India

Lucknow, Dec 8: A soldier who is the key suspect in the killing of a police inspector during a violent protest staged by hardline Hindutva forces in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr earlier this week, has reportedly been detained. Jitendra Malik, also known as Jeetu Fauji, was detained last night by a team of the Uttar Pradesh police from Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town, sources said. However, the army

Bhaderwah, Dec 8: Setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, a Hindu-majority village in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir elected unopposed the head of its only Muslim family as their Panch in the ongoing nine-phased Panchayat polls. Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain (54), a Gujjar from a family of cattle rearers, has become the Panch of Bhelan-Kharothi village of Hanga Panchayat

Mekedatu, Dec 8: Karnataka minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar today expressed surprise over Tamil Nadu calling for a special Legislature session over Mekedatu drinking water project taken up within the state and said that the riparian State should realise benefits as it was not an irrigation project. Speaking to reporters at the proposed dam site on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

New Delhi: Days, after a police inspector was killed during the Bulandshahr violence, erupted over alleged cow slaughter, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the murder an 'accident', adding that whoever responsible for it will be punished. Adityanath also said that the cop's killing was not an incident of 'mob lynching'. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's statement came reportedly

Chandigarh, Dec 8: Two years after the surgical strikes carried out by the Army across the Line of Control, Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda Friday said it was natural to have an initial euphoria over the success but the constant hype around the operation was unwarranted. Gen Hooda was the Northern Army commander when the surgical strikes were carried out on September 29, 2016 across the LoC as a response

New Delhi, Dec 8: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday carried out searches against three people linked to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in connection with its probe into alleged "commissions received by some suspects in defence deals" and illegal assets stashed abroad, officials said. This is for the first time that Vadra's associates have been linked to alleged

Jaipur, Dec 7: Over 72 per cent of the 4.74 crore registered voters had cast their vote by 5 pm in Rajasthan where elections were held on Friday for 199 of the 200 assembly seats. The exit polls for Rajasthan, which has switched governments every election, show Congress ahead though what people have decided will be revealed only on December 11 when the votes are counted. Two exit polls predict a

The exit polls for Telangana assembly elections are out. There are 119 constituencies in the state. As many as 1,821 candidates including a transgender are in the fray. The Congress has stitched together 'Praja Kutami' (People's Front) along with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) to take on the ruling TRS, which is seeking a second

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate after hearing a petition filed by liquor baron Vijay Mallya seeking a stay on the proceedings to declare him a fugitive economic offender and confiscate his assets. Headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the bench issued notice to the ED on the high-flying businessman's petition. After hearing Mallya

Chhattisgarh, Dec 7: Amid ongoing assembly elections, a security breach in a strongroom—where EVMs and VVPAT machines are kept after the polling is over until the day of counting—has been reported from Chhattisgarh. Three persons, who claimed to be employees of Reliance Jio, were detained by police from a strongroom at Women's Polytechnic College, Dharampura Jagdalpur. However, news agency ANI