Love, sex and dhoka in Kashmir

New Delhi (IANS) With Zakir Musa's killing, security forces have recorded an extremely important kill in the battle against Islamic fundamentalism in the Valley, in the main south Kashmir where the jungles are now being used to train local youth.…

Smriti Irani's supporter shot dead in Amethi

Amethi (IANS) A former village head, known to be close to the newly elected BJP MP Smriti Irani, was shot dead in Baraulia village in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district on Sunday.

Surendra Singh was killed by the bike-borne…

Modi calls for removing fear among minorities

New Delhi (IANS) Accusing opposition parties of using minorities for electoral gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the BJP and his allies should remove the sense of fear among them as everybody needs to be taken along for…

Muslim family in UP names newly-born son Narendra Modi

Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) BJP supporters call it the "New India" that wipes away caste and religious boundaries. And offering proof is a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district who has named their newborn son Narendra…

Richest candidate got 1,558 votes, lost deposit

New Delhi (IANS) The richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections -- Ramesh Kumar Sharma, an Independent from the Patliputra seat in Bihar who declared over Rs 1,107 crore -- lost his deposit as he could manage only 1,558 votes.

Mamata offers to quit as CM, party doesn't endorse

Kolkata (IANS) Two days after her party suffered serious setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to step down from the post.

Banerjee said that she had expressed her…

Modi thanks PMO staff, their families for support

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked the staff of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and their families for supporting him during his tenure in the office and asked them to gear up for the second term.

CWC rejects Rahul's offer to quit as Congress chief

New Delhi (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign from the post owning moral responsibility of the party's loss in 2019 general elections.

He made the offer at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet held…

Modi to meet mother on Sunday, visit Varanasi on Monday

New Delhi (IANS) After the landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his mother in Gujarat tomorrow to seek her blessings for the second term.

In a tweet this morning, he also said…

Surat fire toll rises to 23, two students on ventilator

Surat (IANS) The death toll in the Friday's devastating blaze in Surat rose to 23 by Saturday, even as seven students battled for survival in hospitals, officials said.

Two of the injured students were on the ventilator and five…