India

New Delhi, Aug 7: Justice Misra, who led the three-judge bench that rejected the last- minute appeal of Yakub Memon in an unprecedented midnight hearing, has received an anonymous threat letter. According to a NDTV report, the letter addressed to Misra states, "irrespective of the protection you may avail, we will eliminate you." The Delhi Police has registered a case and are investigating upon

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court on Thursday stressed the need for a new law to regulate social media to curb malicious and defamatory messages circulated online. Expressing concern over misuse of social media and internet, particularly after the controversial section 66A of the Information Technology Act was scrapped by the Supreme Court, a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant

Islamabad, Aug 6: Pakistan today rejected India's assertion that a LeT terrorist captured alive after a terror attack in Udhampur yesterday was of Pakistani-origin and asked India to refrain from making "accusations". "We have also seen media reports and I will not offer any comment on that issue. We expect the Indian authorities to share information with us on the claims that are being made in

Panaji, Aug 6: Former Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao has been arrested by the crime branch in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. Alemao was arrested under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code. The former minister claimed his arrest was part of a political conspiracy and said he was innocent. "I am happy they

Harda (MP), Aug 5: At least 29 passengers, including 11 women and five children, were killed and 25 others injured when several coaches of two trains, one heading to Mumbai and another to Varanasi, derailed over a railway bridge in Harda district and plunged into the swollen Machak river. Over 250 passengers have been rescued, a railway official said. The Railway Ministry has ordered an inquiry

New Delhi, Aug 4: A combative opposition today launched a united protest in Lok Sabha against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs, as members of the Congress, TMC and NCP boycotted the proceedings and those of the Left, SP and RJD walked out soon after the House met. As soon as the House met for the day, members from Left parties, SP and RJD wanted to raise some issues but were disallowed by Speaker

New Delhi, Aug 4: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the suspension of 25 MPs of the party by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was anti-democratic and described it as murder of democracy. Congress members from both houses, led by Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi wore black bands, and protested at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the parliament complex against the

New Delhi, Aug 4: Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti is in the news again, this time for making controversial remarks on women. Bharti said if the AAP government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is granted control of the Delhi Police, then they would make sure "beautiful women" are able to go out even at midnight. "I am fully confident that if Delhi government

New Delhi, Aug 4: In a bid to end insurgency in the northeastern state of Nagaland, the Government of India on Monday inked a historic peace accord with Naga militant group NSCN(IM). The landmark peace treaty was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official 7, Race Course Road residence. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and government's

New Delhi, Aug 3: Confrontation between government and opposition is set to escalate with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today suspending 25 Congress members for five days for "persistently, wilfully obstructing" the House". The Speaker 'named' (identifying for action) the 25 Congress members who were carrying placards and shouting slogans in the Well while pressing for resignation of External