I don’t want Modi as my PM: Amartya Sen
Coming out strongly against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Monday said he does not want him to become India’s Prime Minister, as he does not have secular credentials.
Don’t go beyond party line says Rahul Gandhi
In a signal that out-of-turn remarks will not be tolerated, Rahul Gandhi Monday warned that those who go beyond the party line will face action.
Police hand over disputed plot to Delhi govt
Ending a long pending dispute Delhi police Monday handed over a plot of land to the city government in Bindapur area of West Delhi for construction of a 100-bed hospital following a directive by newly-appointed Lt governor Najeeb Jung.
PM-elect vows to firm India ties
Striking a conciliatory note in the backdrop of India withholding gas subsidy to his country, the Bhutanese Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay on Sunday promised to firm up ties between the two nati
Epilepsy patients 11 times likely to die early
People with epilepsy are 11 times more likely to die prematurely than the general population, and the risk appears to be much higher for individuals with common co-existing psychiatric illnesses, espe
Scientists seek more time on Ladakh ‘UFOs’
The security agencies are baffled by continuous sightings of twin unidentified luminous objects in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, in an area along the India-China border.
Ishrat case: CBI finds clues to a conspiracy
The CBI’s probe of the killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others, allegedly in a fake encounter, has come across a conspiracy involving Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials and some state-level politicia
Shakeel’s riots-IM remark causes row
Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed on Sunday claimed it was the 2002 Gujarat riots that led to the formation of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM).
36 child labourers rescued
Thirty-six child labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal were rescued on Sunday from six garment factories in Seelampur and Usmanpur areas of northeast Delhi.
IGI: 2 women held with drugs
Two South African women have been arrested by anti-narcotics sleuths for allegedly smuggling 78 kgs of popular party drugs from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.