India

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a public interest petition seeking direction to parliament to enact a uniform civil code to put an end to alleged discrimination being faced by Muslim women. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur said that it is for parliament to take a call on the issue and it was not in the realm of the apex court to issue a

New Delhi, Dec 6: BSP supremo Mayawati today hit out at the NDA government accusing it of having an anti-Dalit mentality as "indecorous" remarks made against the community by those holding high offices are ignored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. She also attacked "communal forces" for "demolishing the Babri Mosque" this day in 1992 which coincides with the death

Rampur (UP), Dec 6: UP minister Azam Khan today stoked a fresh controversy by demanding that RSS be declared a "terrorist" organisation, accusing it of planning riots and having orchestrated them, drawing a sharp reaction from BJP. "They have orchestrated many riots and many others have been planned. RSS should be declared a terrorist organisation," Khan said here. Hitting back at Khan, BJP

Chennai, Dec 6: The airport authorities here have received requests from national carrier Air India to operate flights today after the AAI announced day-time operations of passenger flights from the airport. "Air India has informed us that it will operate a chartered flight to Port Blair and one flight to and fro Chennai today," sources told PTI this morning. The Air India chartered flight AI-549

New Delhi, Dec 5: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today demanded that "fringe elements" acting in the name of Hinduism should be checked, drawing comparison with elements of ISIS who misuse Islam. "In our country tolerance is the strength of the country and if we don't stop this so-called fringe elements...What is happening in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq... because those are also fringe elements who are

New Delhi, Dec 5: Seeking to deflect criticism over the proposed hike in the salaries of Delhi MLAs, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should get a "salary hike" as well. In a strident defence of the decision of his government, Kejriwal said even after the hike is effected, MLAs won't earn even "120th fraction" of what editors of media organisations and top TV

Chennai, Dec 5: The flood-ravaged city was today struggling to return to normalcy with partial restoration of telecommunication and train services, besides many roads also becoming fairly motorable even as waterlogging woes continued in several areas. Torrential rains have left at leasts 245 people dead since October 1, according to Tamil Nadu government. The situation took a turn for the worse on

Chennai, Dec 5: Occasional heavy rain on Friday evening threatened to revive the ghost of flooding in Chennai even as the battered city and its suburbs battled hard to pick up pieces of life. While lakhs of people in the coastal city’s worst-hit areas continued to face acute shortage of essentials, including water, power, milk and food items, a tragedy unfolded at the noted MIOT Hospital in

Chennai, Dec 4: Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where floods and downpour have claimed 325 lives. Thousands of military personnel and social activists were engaged in a major operation of supplying food, water and blankets to thousands trapped in water

New Delhi, Dec 4: Rajya Sabha today witnessed two adjournments before noon after BSP launched a vociferous protest over V K Singh's alleged anti-Dalit remarks and SP created ruckus over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's reported comments on Ram temple in Ayodhya. No sooner did the House met and mourned the death of former member M A M Ramaswamy and the listed papers laid, BSP supremo Mayawati rose to say