MHA authorises 10 agencies to intercept, monitor, decrypt computers

New Delhi (IANS): In a decision with wide ramifications, the government has allowed 10 intelligence and investigating agencies and the Delhi Police to intercept, monitor and decrypt "any information" generated, transmitted, received or stored…

1984 riots: Sajjan's plea seeking more time rejected

New Delhi (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking more time to surrender by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was given life imprisonment in an anti-Sikh riot case earlier this week.

Sajjan Kumar had sought more…

Calcutta HC gives conditional nod to BJP's Rath Yatra

Kolkata (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rath Yatra rallies, saying the organizers will be liable for any untoward incident or damage to public property.

Love marriage rage: Man kills sister's husband on main road

Beed (Maharashtra) (IANS) Enraged over their love marriage, a man killed his sister's husband on a busy main road in this Maharashtra town, shocking bystanders, police said on Thursday.

An official from Beed Police, identified…

Congress may not last full term in MP, hints Shivraj

Bhopal (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has hinted at an "earlier than expected comeback" to power in the state as the Kamal Nath-led Congress government may not last its full term of five years.

Farm loan waiver just palliative, not solution: NITI Aayog

New Delh (IANS) On Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's demand for loan waivers for farmers, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said farm loan waivers are just palliative and not a long-term solution for the farming community.

BJP holds civil disobedience demonstration in Bengal, clashes with police

Kolkata (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party activists on Wednesday held a 'civil disobedience programme' in West Bengal's Howrah district to protest against the denial of permission to the party's proposed Rath Yatra and accused…

Indian rocket lifts-off with military satellite for IAF

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) An Indian GSLV-F11 rocket with a two-tonne GSAT-7A military communication satellite lifted-off from the second launch pad here on Wednesday evening.

At 4.10 p.m. the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch…

14 miners still trapped in Meghalaya mine, Fate remains uncertain

Shillong (IANS) The fate of 14 miners, who have been trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for a week, remains unknown as rescuers are battling with the surging water level inside the 370-feet coal pit,…

Bulandshahr violence: Slain youth's family meets UP CM

Lucknow (IANS) Family members of a youth, who was killed in the Bulandshahr mob violence earlier in December, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday and demanded the 21-year-old be declared a martyr, officials said.