National News Updates

Mumbai: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that shops, malls and eateries in the non-residential areas of Mumbai will have the option of remaining open 24×7 from January 26, although it will not be made compulsory. Giving examples of nightlife in London and Indore city of Madhya Pradesh, Thackeray said Mumbai, too, should not […]

New Delhi: Senior advocate Indira Jaising has urged Nirbhaya’s mother to “follow the example” of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, suggesting that she pardons the four men sentenced to death for raping her daughter in 2012. The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on February 1 in the gangrape and murder case. Jaising, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera on Saturday informed that helmets will now be mandatory for pillion riders in the State. While talking to reporters, Behera categorically ruled out any possibility of reduction in fines under the Motor Vehicles Act. “After the completion of three-month relaxation period, traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Act will […]

Lucknow: Noted Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi has claimed that her ‘Qawwali’ performance organised by the Uttar Pradesh government at a private hotel here was “deliberately stopped”. The Culture Department of the UP government, has, however, denied the accusation. Speaking to a news channel, Chaturvedi said, “I was invited by the Culture department of the UP Government […]

Jammu: Prepaid mobile connections were restored in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday and 2G services resumed in two districts of the valley after being disconnected in August last year, an official said here. Voice and SMS facilities were restored for all local prepaid mobile phones across the Union territory. Rohit Kansal, the principal secretary to the […]

New Delhi: Reacting to a tweet by ace lawyer Indira Jaising urging her to forgive the four men on death row for brutally raping that finally took her life, Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi said on Saturday: “Even if God asks me, I won’t forgive them.” Speaking to IANS, over the phone, the mother who had […]

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said those opposing Bharat Ratna award for Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar should be made to spend two days in the Andaman Cellular Jail, the erstwhile colonial prison, where the freedom fighter had been lodged during his incarceration. Raut’s statement can potentially put his party, which shares […]

New Delhi: Pakistan carried out ceasefire violation twice on Saturday by firing with heavy arms across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army said. The Army said Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Mendhar sector in Poonch district from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Pakistani troops again started firing across […]

New Delhi: A delegation of JNU faculty members from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities on Saturday accused the university administration of discrimination against teachers and students from these underprivileged sections and requested Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan to take up the matter with the government. After meeting the faculty members, Paswan said the allegations […]

Sambalpur: Body of woman, who went missing from Bahalpada village in Sambalpur district on January 1, was found buried following which Dhanupali Police exhumed the decomposed body today. A team of Dhanupali Police rushed to a jungle near Amburi village along with the deceased woman Arati Devi’s husband Kunal Singh and exhumed her body in […]

Malappuram (Kerala): In a shocker, a 47-year- old man who allegedly sexually molested his four minor daughters for years was arrested at Valancherry in this north Kerala district, police said on Saturday. The girls were aged between 10-17 years, police said. The crime came to light after one of the children revealed to her school […]

Malkangiri: Reeling under acute financial hardship, a resident of Kartamguda village in Malkangiri was nabbed while trying to sell his 16-day-old baby girl to another person. As per reports, one Sama Chalan of Kartamaguda tried to sell his baby girl for a certain sum of money when a team of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials […]

Surat: Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Saturday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a way to “atone for the sin of Partition” committed by the Congress. He said the Act, which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim minorities when entered India before December 31, 2014 from Pakistan, Afghanistan and […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after IAS Officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya’s wife alleged conspiracy behind the arrest of her husband, the Opposition political parties today voiced similar concerns and condemned the State government over the issue. After Upadhyaya’s wife said that there is factionalism among the bureaucrats and some are being deliberately targeted, the BJP alleged that […]

Bhubaneswar: Already grappling with infighting and unable to put its best foot forward in the State, the Odisha unit of Congress is now facing even more embarrassment after reports of bouncers being engaged to protect party leaders from resentment brewing among different factions. Tension ran high at Congress Bhawan here on Friday after a heated […]