Deoghar airport row: Delhi Police slaps sedition charges against DM

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi Police have registered a zero FIR against the District Magistrate of Deoghar in Jharkhand on the charge of sedition and under the Officials Secret Acts following BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's complaint, officials said.

Industry leaders mourn Cyrus Mistry's death

New Delhi (IANS) Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry's death in a car accident on Sunday in Maharashtra's Palghar has shocked and saddened the corporate world with several high-profile business leaders condoling his untimely demise.

Those 72 hrs were a make-or-break for India's indigenous aircraft carrier

Kolkata (IANS) The nation cheered as India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) INS Vikrant was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Save for a few, none were aware of the 72 nail-biting hours that were…

CBI arrests Trinamool leader in chit fund scam, recovers Rs 80 lakh

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Trinamool Congress leader and the Chairman of Halisahar Municipality in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Raju Sahani, for his alleged involvement in a major chit…

Can't be a sentence less than life imprisonment for accused convicted for murder: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said there cannot be any sentence less than imprisonment for life, if an accused is convicted for murder, an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

A bench of Justices…

Heavy rainfall lashes Chennai, low-lying areas inundated

Chennai (IANS) Heavy rainfall lashed Chennai and its surrounding areas on Thursday leaving several low-lying areas in the state capital inundated.

The rainfall, which commenced at 12 p.m., is continuing unabated and has thrown normal life out…

Many more influential people involved in WBSSC scam: ED's written submission to court

Kolkata (IANS) What were some hearsay allegations in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities has now been accepted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a written submission to a special court ED in…

Lalan Singh asks Sushil Modi to introspect before commenting on Nitish Kumar

Patna (IANS) After Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the resignation of state Law Minister Kartikeya Singh, JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh on Thursday asked Sushil Modi to first introspect…

NIA planning action against gangsters acting like terrorists including Bishnoi, Bawana

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is mulling action against big gangsters like Lawrence Bishnoi, Kapil Sangwan and Neeraj Bawana and their aides. The Home Ministry has asked the NIA to uproot their entire network as they were…

3 LeT terrorists killed in J&K encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

Acting on specific information generated by the Shopian Police regarding the presence of terrorists…