From LoC to LAC, 'decisive govt' ensured befitting response to every misadventure: Prez Murmu

New Delhi (IANS) The Budget session of the Parliament started with the maiden address of President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting of both Houses on Tuesday.

Addressing the joint sitting, President Murmu said that from a befitting response…

SC agrees to examine plea against ban on BBC documentary on Gujarat riots

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine on February 6, a plea challenging the Centre's ban on the BBC documentary in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots.

Advocate M.L. Sharma mentioned the plea for urgent listing…

Derogatory comments against Prez Murmu: Bengal CM cannot be made a party in PIL, says Calcutta HC

Kolkata (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee cannot be made a party to a PIL filed over derogatory comments made by a member of the cabinet led by her, referring to the looks of President Droupadi…

AI urination case: Delhi court reserves order in Shankar Mishra's bail plea

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the bail plea of Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunken state on a New York-Delhi Air India flight last November, until Tuesday.

Ramcharitmanas row has casteist overtones now

Lucknow (IANS) The controversial statement made by Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Ramcharitmanas is now being shrewdly turned to advantage into a casteist issue by the Samajwadi Party.

After almost a week after the controversy…

Two suspected Khalistani supporters detained in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Sources in the Delhi Police have claimed that two persons have been detained who allegedly made pro-Khalistani graffiti on the walls in Vikaspuri, Janakpuri, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi and other parts of West Delhi.

The anti-national…

Teachers scam: WhatsApp chat hinting question paper leak recovered

Kolkata (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam, has recovered WhatsApp chats hinting at possible advance leaking of question papers to select candidates who took the written examination for…

2 IAF fighter jets crash in MP after collision during routine exercise

New Delhi (IANS) Two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district after reportedly colliding during a routine bombing exercise, defence sources said.

According to the sources, the Sukhoi-30…

Two fighter jets crash in MP; 2 pilots safe, 3rd sustains 'fatal injuries': IAF

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has confirmed that two fighter jets crashed in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Saturday during a routine exercise, adding that two pilots are safe while a third sustained "fatal injuries".

In…

Passenger tweets 'flight hijacked', arrested at IGI

New Delhi (IANS) A passenger on a Dubai-Jaipur flight, which was diverted to Delhi's IGI Airport due to bad weather, was taken off and arrested after he tweeted "flight hijacked", a Delhi Police official said on Thursday.

The accused, identified…