EPF scam: Ex-UPPCL MD Mishra arrested

Lucknow (IANS) Former managing director of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), A.P. Mishra, was arrested on Tuesday morning by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) that is probing the employees provident fund (EPF) scam in the power department.

Tis Hazari violence: Delhi Police personnel protest at Police HQ

New Delhi (IANS) Hundreds of Delhi Police personnel on Tuesday gheraoed the Police Headquarters (PHQ) at ITO here to protest against repeated incidents of violence against them by lawyers.

A parking row between between police personnel and…

Congress opposes Citizenship Amendment Bill: Ramesh

Shillong (IANS) The Congress on Monday reaffirmed that it will "strongly" and "firmly" oppose the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intends to introduce in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.
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Woman official burnt alive in office near Hyderabad

Hyderabad (IANS) In a shocking incident, a woman official of Telangana's revenue department was burnt alive in her office allegedly by a man angry over the official not fixing errors in his land records.

The incident occurred in Abdullapurmet…

Srinagar grenade attack: Civilian killed, over dozen injured

Srinagar (IANS) One civilian was killed and over a dozen others injured on Monday when militants hurled a grenade at the busy Amira Kadal near city centre Lal Chowk here in Kashmir Valley, police sources said.

Militants hurled the grenade at…

Protect our land, Kashmiri migrants urge govt

Srinagar (IANS) An association for Kashmiri Pandit migrants on Monday urged the central government not to carry out delimitation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir without taking their views into consideration, as it would be akin to denying…

Major restrictions in Ayodhya ahead of verdict

Ayodhya (IANS) Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued strict guidelines disallowing people from posting offensive posts on social media on deities. The order restricts even the electronic…

Fadnavis meets Shah as Pawar-Sonia all set to take call on Sena

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) Amid continuing stalemate over government formation in Maharashtra, BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis on Monday met BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

The meeting took place…

IndiGo server collapses, long queues at airports

New Delhi (IANS) Passengers flying IndiGo faced long queues across airports on Monday morning after the airline's server collapsed.

"Our systems have been down across the network since morning. As a result, we are expecting our operations…

Modi invites Thai entrepreneurs to invest in India

Bangkok (IANS) Asserting that India had stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited Thai entrepreneurs to invest in the country for easy business.

Addressing a programme to mark 50 years…