Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an inquiry into the Sunday’s stampede and also announced an ex-gratia payment of `5 lakhs each to the kin of the deceased and `2 lakhs each to t

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that a section of government employees owing allegiance to the CPI(M) were not only constantly creating hurdles in the smooth functioning of t

“Darshan dya, darshan dya, Balasaheb darshan dya” is the incessant chant outside Matoshree since the last two days, as Shiv Sainiks waiting outside Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s residence have onl

A city court has acquitted five persons facing trial for their alleged involvement in the murder-cum-robbery of a Canadian high commission employee due to the prosecution’s failure to prove the guilt of the accused.

A city court, while discharging three members of a family under the provision of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, has said one cannot be prosecuted for hurling cattiest abuses at a person from Scheduled Caste or Tribe unless it is proved that the incident took place in “full public view.

A 20-year old Delhi University student was apprehended from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for allegedly carrying narcotic drugs worth Rs 12 lakhs.

Two persons were shot at over personal enmity in Madangir area on Wednesday night. The injured were taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre, where they are undergoing a treatment. The injured were identified as Bunty and Raju.

After 44 detainees in the Juhu rave party tested positive for consumption of drugs, the police has renewed its efforts to identify and apprehend the peddlers who supplied the drugs to the party.

New permutations and combinations are emerging in the presidential election, to be held next month. While the NDA appears set to “adopt” P.A. Sangma after the latter resigned from the NCP on Wednesday, the JD(U) and Shiv Sena are moving closer to the Congress-led UPA. The Left parties cannot support a BJP-backed candidate ideologically or politically.

The remains of an Indian Air Force pilot, who died when his MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed in the Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh, have finally been found 19 days after the crash.