NIA raids three places in Kerala, police say one detained

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided three places in Kerala in connection with an Islamic State module, with police in the state saying that one suspect had been detained.

The NIA said…

72 constituencies go to polls in fourth phase on Monday

New Delhi (IANS) A total of 72 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over nine states, mostly in Hindi heartland, will go to polls in the fourth phase of the elections on Monday.

An estimated 12.79 crore electorate will be eligible to exercise their…

For BJP, election starts now

New Delhi (IANS) For the ruling BJP, the general election of 2019 jump-starts now. This is where the BJP takes the knife to the prison yard fight, for in 2014, it won 161 of the 240 seats on view. As middle and north India goes to the polls…

Air India server crashes, services hit

Mumbai (IANS) Flight operations of Air India were hit on Saturday after a reported glitch in its main server, according to sources.

At the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, thousands of passengers were stranded and…

Shatrughan stirs controversy over Jinnah remarks

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has stirred a controversy by saying that Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah had the "biggest" role in India's Independence and progress, evoking sharp attack…

Pakistan can never be India's friend: Gen V.K. Singh

Jaipur (IANS) General V.K. Singh (retd), Union Minister of State for External Affairs, said on Saturday that Pakistan can never be a friend of India.

Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here, the former Chief…

Tribunal stays EC suspension of Karnataka IAS officer

Bengaluru (IANS) The Bengaluru Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Thursday stayed the suspension of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin by the Election Commission (EC) for inspecting the helicopter of Prime Minister Narendra…

People want Modi government once again: PM

Varanasi (IANS) A day after his massive roadshow in this Uttar Pradesh temple city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a rally of booth workers, calling each one a Narendra Modi -- instilling in them confidence that the nation once more…

SC stays panel proceedings in Jayalalithaa's death

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings of an inquiry commission probing the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai in 2016.

The hospital group had moved…

Bay of Bengal depression to turn into cyclonic storm

Chennai (IANS) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the depression over the East Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal lay centered at about 1,440 km southeast of Chennai.

According…