CBDT says Yeddy papers of 'doubtful nature'

The Central Board of Director Taxes (CBDT) has said that the diary pages and the loose papers given to the team that raided D.K. Shivakumar's premises in 2017 were "not original" . Sh

Child rescued from Haryana borewell after 48 hrs

After a 48-hour-long rescue operation, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, who fell into a 70-foot narrow borewell in Haryana's Hisar district, was rescued on Friday, said officials.

Agatha Sangma, Pala file nominations in Meghalaya

In a bid to return to Parliament after ten years, former Union Minister Agatha Sangma on Friday filed her nomination papers as a candidate of the National People's Party (NPP) for the Tura parl

Nagaland MP, ex-CM file nominations for LS polls

Sitting Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) MP, Tokheho Yepthomi and Congress candidate K.L. Chishi on Friday filed their nominations for the lone Lok Sabha seat. The rul

Yeddyurappa paid Rs 1,800 cr to BJP leaders: Report

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa made payouts of Rs 1,800 crore to senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, judges and lawyers, reported The Caravan on Friday. T

Hurriyat leader Geelani booked under FEMA

Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani, who advocates Jammu and Kashmir's merger with Pakistan, has been booked under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the Enforcement Directorat

Athawale senses a 'kill' in BJP-Sena tussle for Mumbai seat

NDA ally and Union Minister for Social Welfare Ramdas Athawale senses an opportunity to wrest the Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha seat in the ongoing tussle between Maharashtra's ruling Bharatiya J

Actor Prakash Raj files nomination as Independent

South Indian multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj on Friday filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore Central constituency as an Independent. Raj, 53, who hai

Voters most happy with Telangana, HP, Odisha CMs: IANS-CVOTER Tracker

Telangana's K. Chandrashekhar Rao is the top performer among the Chief Ministers in the country followed by his counterparts in Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Delhi. According to t

5 held with Rs 13 cr worth hashish oil in Kerala

Kerala Excise officials on Friday seized Rs 13 crore worth of hashish oil and have taken into custody here five men in this regard, a top official said. Excise officials acted follow

Do a surgical strike on Congress culture: Shah

BJP President Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the Congress over Sam Pitroda's remarks on the Pulwama terror attack and urged the voters to do a surgical strike in the Lok Sabha polls against &qu

15 polling stations in Mizoram for tribal refugees

 The Election Commission will set up 15 special polling stations at Kanhmun village along the Mizoram-Tripura border to help tribal refugees living in relief camps in Tripura exercise their fr

Mayawati taunts 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign

BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday taunted the BJP's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign, two days after she accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of changing his profile from 'Chaiwala' t

Five Holi revellers drown in Maharashtra

Five Holi revellers drowned in the Arabian Sea at Arnala Beach in Vasai, Maharashtra. Their bodies were recovered on Friday, police said. According to an official, the victims, who w

Karnataka building collapse death toll reaches 14

The death toll in the building collapse in Karnataka's Dharwad on Tuesday rose to 14, whereas 60 people have been rescued so far, officials said on Friday. A man was rescued on F

Two killed by suspected Maoists in Jharkhand

Suspected Maoist guerrillas shot dead two people in Jharkhand's Gumla district early on Friday, police said. Four to five people entered a house in Turunadu village and opened in

Indian government boycotts Pakistan National Day

India will not send any official representative to the Pakistan National Day event at the Pakistan High Commission here on Friday in protest against the invitation extended to Hurriyat leaders from

No talks of merger with AIADMK: AMMK leader Dhinakaran

 AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Thursday categorically refuted Madurai Aadheenam (Mutt) head Arunagiri Nathar's statement that talks being held for its merger with the ruling AIADMK.

India slips on happiness scale; may impact LS polls

 Maintaining a downward trend, India slipped to the 140th position, seven spots down from last year, in a happiness ranking of 156 countries this year, according to a new report which is unlik

AI couldn't catch NZ attack video streaming: Facebook

Facing flak for failure to block the live broadcast of the New Zealand terrorist attack last week, Facebook on Thursday said that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools were not "perfect"