India

Kochi, Apr 18: Two Navy-escorted passenger ships with 475 people, including Bangladesh nationals and Yemenese of Indian origin, evacuated from the conflict-hit Yemen arrived here today, bringing down the curtains on the massive rescue operation undertaken by the government. "MV Kavaratti and MV Corals with 475 people reached Kochi to a rousing welcome by Naval and Cochi Port Trust officials in

Srinagar, Apr 18: A young man was killed and two others injured in firing by the CRPF today during protests in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir where a strike has been called by the hardline Hurriyat faction against the killing of two youths in Tral earlier this week. Authorities have placed several separatist leaders including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under

Bengaluru, Apr 18: Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya on Friday said disciplinary action would be taken against enumerators who were found to have made wrong entries in the questionnaire of the ongoing caste census in the State. Addressing reporters here, he said the government had been receiving a large number of complaints from people on the lapses on the part of the enumerators. Not asking all

Vancouver, Apr 17: Slogan-shouting and placard-waving protesters greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at Canada's oldest gurdwara in Vancouver and a temple, the only sore points during a three-nation tour which resulted in ground-breaking agreements across several vital sectors. The protests outside the Ross Street gurdwara and also the Laxminarayan temple in Surrey saw people from

Srinagar, Apr 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday placed separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Masarat Alam under house arrest ahead of their rally in South Kashmir's Tral town on Friday. "Geelani has been placed under house arrest. A posse of policemen has been deployed outside the Hurriyat chairman's house at Hyderpora as a preventive measure to maintain law and order," a police

Vancouver, Apr 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Vancouver, and is scheduled to offer prayers at Gurdudwara Khalsa Diwan and Laxmi Narain Temple here. Earlier while leaving from Toronto Modi tweeted "Leaving for Vancouver, which is the final leg of my Canada visit. Will offer prayers at Gurudwara Khalsa Diwan and Laxmi Narain Temple there." Modi will leave for India after the Vancouver

New Delhi, Apr 16: Rahul Gandhi today returned from his 56-day "unexplained" sabbatical that had raised a lot of questions over his leadership of the party at a time when Congress has been battered in elections repeatedly. The Congress Vice President arrived here at 11.15 AM on a Thai Airways plane from Bangkok. The plane, which was scheduled to land at 10.35 AM, was delayed by 40 minutes, sources

Srinagar, Apr 16: After a gap of five years, Jammu and Kashmir Government today allowed hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to hold a public rally in the outskirts of Srinagar city where his supporters including Masarat Alam, released from jail last month, raised pro-Pakistan slogans and others waved Pakistani flags. Geelani, who returned here after spending winter months in Delhi

Toronto, Apr 16: Contending that development is the only answer to all of India's problems, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to clean up the "mess" created by others and change the country's image from the one of "scams" to that of a "skilled" nation. Modi said the "jan mann" (the attitude of people) had changed over the last 10 months since he took over and there was now an "atmosphere of

New Delhi, April 15: The Supreme Court today asked the trial court in Maharashtra to decide on the bail pleas of accused persons, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, within a month in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of Justices F M I Kalifulla and Shiva Kirti Singh also said the provisions of stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) would not be considered while