A fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday but the pilot is safe, police said. The plane had taken off from the Gorakhpur Air Force station on a routine sortie. The pilot ejected on time and was reported to be safe....
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said the Ayodhya case that has been pending for almost 70 years, should be heard soon as the people of the country expect the construction of a grand Ram temple where the Babri Masjid once stood. Speaking to the media here, Prasad said: "The Ayodhya case has been pending for...
A Special CBI judge here on Monday convicted 15 people, including National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chairman Ranjan Daimary, in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts across Assam, saying the quantum of punishment would be pronounced on Wednesday....
The nation will, on January 30, observe Mahatma Gandhis death anniversary. This is also the year that we are celebrating Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. We should remember that the greatest apostle of peace lost his life in trying to bring different groups together....
In a Chanakya-inspired move that will rank among the most astute in recent times, a veteran Congress loyalist is said to have been the one who successfully managed Priyanka Vadra's formal entry into politics as the party's general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East. ...
The Afghan Army launched an operation and freed 38 people from a Taliban prison in Ghazni province, the authorities said on Monday. "The Afghan National Army (ANA) waged a special operation and freed 38 people from a Taliban prison in Ghat Kali village, Ab Band district, on Sunday night,"...
Haryana's lone Jind seat assembly bypoll registered an over 15 per cent voter turnout in its first two hours on Monday. "The poll percentage till 9 a.m. was 15 per cent," the District Electoral Officer Amit Khatri told reporters....
The Editors Guild of India on Monday condemned the way some journalists were stopped from entering the Sher-i-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar during the Republic Day function, calling it "shocking" and a "state-sponsored" attack on press freedom. "The Editors Guild condemns the arbitrary manner in which several senior ...
The US Treasury Department has formally lifted sanctions on three Russian companies, including Rusal the world's second-largest aluminium producer, which were tied to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite sharp objections in Congress. On December 19, the Treasury Department notified Congress of its intent to lift...
Indian American Senator Kamala Harris has officially kicked off her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination at a rally where she warned that the US and the world were at "an inflection point" in history and called on all Americans to "speak the truth about whats happening". ...
