IAS vs IPS: Warring K'taka women civil servants transferred

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred two female senior civil servants for indulging in public spat and causing severe embarrassment to the ruling dispensation.

Senior IPS officer D. Roopa Moudgil and senior IAS officer…

Javed Akhtar's comments in Pakistan compared to surgical strikes

New Delhi (IANS) Acclaimed lyricist, screenwriter and poet Javed Akhtar's comments in Pakistan on 26/11 terrorists "roaming free" in the country and the bitterness in the hearts of Indians have drawn huge applause in India.

Akhtar was last…

BJP Bihar chief Jaiswal meets Upendra Kushwaha

Patna (IANS) A day after Upendra Kushwaha announced he was quitting the Janata Dal-United and forming a new political party, BJP's Bihar President Sanjay Jaiswal met him here on Tuesday.

Jaiswal, who was in New Delhi, returned to Patna…

AICC appointments: Gehlot loyalists Joshi-Dhariwal out, 3 from Pilot camp in

Jaipur (IANS) In the newly announced list of the All India Congress Committee, three from Sachin pilot's camp have found place while Ashok Gehlot loyalists, namely state Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi have been excluded.

Dhariwal…

Bengal teachers scam: Rs 111 cr worth cash, gold & property seized/frozen

Kolkata (IANS) The total recovery in the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal so far in terms of cash and gold seized as well as bank accounts and properties frozen has been to the tune of around Rs 111 crore.

Sources said…

Gujarat's Thakor community bans girls form using mobile phones

Palanpur (Gujarat) (IANS) The Thakor Community here has prohibited the community's teenage girls from using mobile phones.

The community, while unanimously passing resolutions to bring reforms in the community traditions, however, decided…

Violence erupts again in Patna's Jethuli village

Patna (IANS) Violence erupted again in Patna's Jethuli village on Monday as an angry mob torched a cigarette warehouse, house and a marriage hall.

These properties belong to Umesh Rai, a strongman in the village and an accused in Sunday's…

Godhra train burning case: Gujarat govt seeks death penalty for 11 in SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for the death penalty to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, as it was a 'rarest of the rare and grave offence." The death penalty of these…

'Akbar, Babur or Aurangzeb are not our heroes', says Ramdev

Panaji (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said that Akbar, Babur or Aurangzeb are not the heroes, but Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is the superhero.

He was speaking at a programme organised by the Goa government to celebrate the birth anniversary…

Raj youths burnt alive: Haryana Police to cancel arms licence of cow vigilante Monu Yadav

Gurugram (IANS) Haryana Police have started a process to cancel the arms licence of Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar who is among the four wanted in the Nasir and Junaid murder case.

The police are also checking the record of other members of…