New Delhi :  Stating that extending passenger friendly services is the motto of Indian Railways, Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday announced a slew of measures for online booking of tickets and availability of food on trains and stations. Presenting his maiden railway budget, Gowda said, that the scope of online booking would be […]

New Delhi: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday declared that no legal status has been granted to the Shariat Courts and religious decrees or fatwas are illegal if they tread on the rights of an individual. The apex court further objected to the Shariat Courts ordering punishments against innocent people and said […]

New Delhi : The 46 Indian nurses, held captive by ISIS militants in Mosul in Iraq, have been freed, the government said on Friday. “Hope has triumphed… The process is underway to get them back to India,” said the Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin. “We can confirm that the Indian nurses who were […]

Beijing: Students and civil servants in China’s Muslim northwest, where Beijing is enforcing a security crackdown following deadly unrest, have been ordered to avoid taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Statements posted in the past several days on websites of schools, government agencies and local party organizations in the […]

Chapra/New Delhi: At least four passengers were killed and eight injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chapra early today in suspected sabotage by Maoists. 12 coaches were derailed in the incident at around 0200 hours today, a Railway spokesperson said. Five coaches-B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 and pantry car-overturned in […]

New Delhi: Around 40 Indians working on projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul were kidnapped by suspected ISIS militants when they were being evacuated from the area Tuesday, local media said Wednesday. They were kidnapped when fleeing the fighting between ISIS and Kurdish forces Tuesday, said to Media. Mosul, the heart of the oil-rich […]

New Delhi : The Delhi Government Monday announced that the national capital has become the first ‘kerosene-free city’ in the country. “With the successful implementation of ‘Delhi: A Kerosene-Free City Scheme, 2012’, no subsidised kerosene is being issued in the national capital and the country can save upto Rs 200 crores every year,” said S […]

Thimphu : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk and the two discussed an entire gamut of ties to cement the “unique and special” bilateral relationship. During the meeting that lasted for about an hour, Prime Minister Modi invited the Bhutanese King and his wife Jetsun Pema to visit […]

Mysore : The Lokayukta Police on Monday booked a case against ten persons, including the present and former deputy directors of Mysore Palace Board and a noted Ganjifa artist, acting on a complaint that gold leaf painting work at the palace was “substandard”. S.M. Jagadeesh Prasad, Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta, Mysore, confirmed that an FIR […]

Kadul : Afghan security forces gather around the lifeless body of a terrorist at the site of a clash between terrorists and security forces at the Indian Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan on Friday. Terrorists armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the Indian Consulate.  After a nine-hour-long encounter, all four heavily-armed terrorists, who had […]