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Rajya Sabha Member V. Vijaya Sai Reddy on Tuesday urged the Central government to take immediate steps to curb indiscriminate sand mining in Andhra Pradesh.

Udupi DC files complaint with police, alleges death threats by sand...

Later, the same team raided a place at Kandlur when the culprits attacked two drivers, Francis' gunman and a village...

3 April 2017 12:25 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI/File)

EVM tampering row: AAP booking a reason for future poll losses, says...

Earlier, the election commission had conveyed a similar opinion saying it is unfair to blame the EVMs for AAP's...

3 April 2017 11:30 AM IST

Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar. (Photo: PTI)

Modi can only scream about terrorism, never form concrete policy:...

Narednra Modi had asked the youth to shed terrorism and adopt tourism, adding that bloodshed would never help the state...

3 April 2017 11:16 AM IST

The Dalai Lama fell silent, saluted Das, held him tight, and wiped tears away from his eyes. (Photo: ANI)

58 years later, Dalai Lama meets jawan who escorted him to India from...

Naren Chandra Das is the last known survivor of the group of five Indian army personnel which escorted the Dalai Lama to...

3 April 2017 11:01 AM IST

Fomer SP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia (Photo: ANI)

Former SP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia joins BJP

One of SP's prominent faces in television debates, Bhatia said Modi and Amit Shah inspired him to join BJP.

3 April 2017 10:52 AM IST

The alleged gangrape victim is learnt to have stood by her statement in the press meeting held in Thiruvanathapuram on November 3 along with dubbing artiste Bhagyalakshmi. (Representational image)

Kerala: 21-yr-old girl held under POCSO for sexual assault' on minor...

The arrest was made on a complaint by the 17-year-old boy's mother, that her son was sexually assaulted by the girl.

3 April 2017 10:36 AM IST

They arrived at Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) in Delhi after efforts by both state and central governments.

33 Telangana, AP citizens rescued from ISIS-held Iraq city return to...

Earlier, 11 nurses hailing from Kerala had been safely evacuated from conflict-hit Kirkuk in Iraq.

3 April 2017 10:23 AM IST

Border Security Personnel on guard along India Pakistan border. (Photo: AFP/File)

Jawan held at Srinagar airport with grenades, says junior officers...

The soldier had entered the airport without being stopped because there is no checking for the army at the entry.

3 April 2017 9:41 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: AP)

SC to hear petitions challenging Bombay HC order which upheld beef ban

Earlier in January, the Bombay High Court upheld the beef ban imposed by the Maharashtra government.

3 April 2017 9:26 AM IST

Radha Shekhar,in a letter to Modi, said this was needed to avoid any suffering women entrepreneurs like her face at the hands of a few unscrupulous businessmen posing as start ups. (Photo: Facebook/ Radha Shekhar)

Woman proprietor defrauded by Stayzilla writes to Modi, calls for...

Yogendra Vasupal, co-founder of Stayzilla,an online hotel and homestay booking company, was arrested on March 14 for...

3 April 2017 9:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (C) and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at a public rally in Udhampur, Jammu on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Give hope of 'New J&K' to our youth: Mehbooba Mufti to Modi

She thanked Modi for supporting her solidly last year when the state was 'crossing a river of fire', a reference to the...

3 April 2017 8:55 AM IST

TS prisons including the three Central jails at Cherlapally, Chanchalguda and Warangal can hold 6,848 prisoners. (Representational image)

Plot busted: 14 mobiles used to contact Pak numbers seized from J&K...

The phones were seized from prisoners, who included those held on charges of militancy and stone-pelting.

3 April 2017 7:58 AM IST