INDIA

DUBAI: A Dubai court sentenced three Indians – including two men and a woman – to 517 years each in jail for swindling thousands of people in a multi-million-dollar fraud case, the UAE media reported. Identified as Sydney Lemos, his wife Valany and Ryan D’Souza were convicted on Sunday by ... Read More »

TELANGANA: The Board of Intermediate Education Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) is expected to declare the Andhra Pradesh Intermediate Second Year Results 2018 on Thursday, April 12 at 11 am. Once announced, the students will be able to check AP 12th class Result 2018 by visiting the board’s official website at bieap.gov.in ... Read More »

SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s navigation satellite INRSS-1I was on Thursday launched by PSLV-C41 from the spaceport in Sriharikota and successfully placed in the designated orbit. PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Mission blasted off at 4.04 am from the first launchpad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre. ISRO officials called it a normal ... Read More »

A quick glance at the top news of the day: 1. Sunni Wakf Board claims it owns Taj Mahal, Supreme Court wants Shah Jahan’s signed will Slamming Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board’s claim that it owns Taj Mahal, Supreme Court on Wednesday said that such matters are nothing more than ... Read More »

New Delhi: The Unnao gangrape case has put BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in the line of fire after the survivor accused him as being one of the culprits. Support for the politician came in the most shocking manner on Wednesday when another BJP MLA said that it was not possible ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will observe a day-long fast on April 12, Thursday, will be accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah as well as more than a dozen of party ministers. On Tuesday, PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah said they will observe ... Read More »

Thiruvidanthai: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday brushed aside the Army’s concerns over severe shortage of funds to procure new equipment and weapons, asserting that there was no reason to worry as adequate financial resources are being made available to the armed forces. The Army had told a Parliamentary Standing ... Read More »

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arjit Shashwat, son of Union Minister Ashwini Choubey, was on Wednesday released from jail after being granted bail. Arjit was arrested after he surrendered before police in Patna in connection with the Bhagalpur communal violence case. The BJP leader had surrendered before the police after ... Read More »

MUMBAI: Former media tycoon Indrani Mukerjea, arrested on charges of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, was on Wednesday discharged from the JJ Hospital and taken back to the Byculla prison. The 46- year-old was admitted to the State-run hospital on Friday. She had been brought in a “semi-conscious” condition from ... Read More »

Amid the standoff between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over sharing of Cauvery water, pro-Kannada groups have demanded ban on movies of superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who recently entered politics. According to media reports, the call for ban on the movies of the superstars has been raised by Vatal Nagaraj, ... Read More »

Chennai: All T20 matches scheduled to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium will now be reportedly shifted to another venue outside Tamil Nadu. The move comes on the back of anti-IPL protests across the state and a day after two protesters hurled slippers on the field during a CSK ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his planned fast on April 12 asking the latter to observe a fast to ‘atone for his false promises’. Addressing the media, Owaisi asked as to why the ... Read More »

New Delhi: Slamming Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board’s claim that it owns Taj Mahal, Supreme Court on Wednesday said that such matters are nothing more than a waste of time, unless Mughal Emperor’s signed will indeed proves ownership. Taking a dig at the Sunni Wakf Board while hearing a 2010 ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Launching a counter-attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the grand old party of not letting the country to move forward. “The people who couldn’t gain power in 2014, don’t want the country to move forward,” he told ANI. Accusing the Opposition further, PM Modi ... Read More »

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and has the constitutional authority to decide the allocation of cases and setting up of benches to hear them. The apex court made the observation while dismissing a public interest ... Read More »

In a fresh twist in the Unnao gangrape case, it has been revealed that the alleged victim had not named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the first complaint filed by her under section 164 on June 22, 2017. According to a copy of the complaint accessed ... Read More »

Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan has demanded a monthly compensation of Rs 10 lakh per month for the interim period when the case is on. Hasin Jahan has demanded Rs 7 lakh as family maintenance while Rs three lakh per month for the child. According to the lawyer ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is on the sixth leg of campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka’s Bengaluru, took a ride across the town in Namma Metro on Sunday. The Congress chief was accompanied by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Congress President @RahulGandhi takes time out for a selfie during a ride ... Read More »

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the CPSE Conclave at Vigyan Bhawan on Monday, according to an official statement. Senior officers of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and top ministry officials will also attend the conclave, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in the statement. “The conclave will ... Read More »