29 arrested in arson attack after tiger kills teacher in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh police on Saturday arrested 29 people over an arson attack after a school teacher was mauled to death a tiger in near Bandhavgarh National Park in Katni district on Friday.The mob had attacked forest personnel, including local...

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Woman commits suicide over dowry harassment in Muzaffarnagar

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A woman allegedly committed suicide over dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws in neighbouring Shamli district, police said on Saturday.The woman was found hanging from the ceiling at her house on Friday, they said.The woman got...

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Tharoor leads sanitation drive in his constituency

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Days after facing party action for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday led a cleanliness campaign at Vizhinjam near here and said no political meaning should be read into it.Tharoor, who was...

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PM Modi inaugurates Reliance Foundation Hospital

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the revamped Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai.Located in south Mumbai, the hospital in its 90th year was rebuilt by the Reliance Foundation,...

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Amit Shah to address Madhya Pradesh BJP meet on Thursday

BHOPAL: BJP national president Amit Shah will be in Bhopal on Thursday to inaugurate the two-day "Sankalp Adhiveshan (pledge convention)" of state party workers to be held at the Dussehra Maidan in BHEL area. Madhya Pradesh BJP president Nandkumar Singh...

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Veteran Tamil actor SS Rajendran dead

CHENNAI: Tamil cinema's yesteryear actor SS Rajendran, who was battling for life at a private hospital, breathed his last on Friday. He was 85."He was admitted to Meenakshi Hospital on Thursday in critical condition. He passed away this morning due to...

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Canadian couple accused of spying in China held in near isolation

BEIJING: A Canadian couple accused of spying near China's sensitive border with North Korea has been kept in near isolation for more than 80 days, their son said, and they have repeatedly been denied access to legal counsel.Treatment of the couple, who...

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Uttar Pradesh records slowest GSDP growth amid Bimaru states: Assocham study

LUCKNOW: An industry study on the gross state domestic product of the four BIMARU states suggests UP has clocked the slowest compounded annual growth rate of about 6.9% among BIMARU (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan) states. The study, a compendium...

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Venkaiah Naidu adopts Hudhud affected village in Andhra Pradesh

NEW DELHI: Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu has adopted Chepala Uppada village of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district for rehabilitation and development in the aftermath of recent cyclone Hudhud that ravaged north coastal districts...

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Black money scandal a broken BJP promise, says Trinamool

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Friday blamed the BJP-ruled Centre for playing the politics of blackmail on the black money scandal. "Who is the Government trying to protect in the black money scandal? Is it playing politics to blackmail the culprits?...

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Gunmen kill eight Shia Muslims on bus in southwest Pakistan: Police

QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Shia Muslims in the southwestern city of Quetta on Thursday, killing eight of them, just days ahead of the holy month of Muharram, police said.The latest sectarian violence happened at a fruit and vegetable...

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North Korea warns South over planned high-level talks

SEOUL: North Korea issued a fresh warning on Thursday that planned high-level talks with the South might have to be scrapped because of what it called Seoul's arrogant and provocative behaviour."Inter-Korean ties are now standing at the crossroads,"...

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Seven killed in cracker shop fire in Rajasthan's Barmer

Times news network JAIPUR: Seven people were brunt alive while two are feared to be trapped under debris after a firecrackers shop and godown housed in the same building caught fire in Barmer district's Balotara town, some 600 km from Jaipur, early...

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Rajnath Singh set to visit Israel next month

JERUSALEM: Union home minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit Israel next month, amid a flurry of bilateral engagements signalling deepening of ties.Singh is expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 6 while other relevant meetings...

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Six farmers commit suicide in Maharashtra's Vidarbha

NAGPUR: An activist on Thursday blamed official apathy for the suicide by six farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.Four of them were from Yavatmal district and one each from Akola and Amravati districts, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti president Kishore...

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Security beefed up in Kashmir ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit

SRINAGAR: Security has been beefed up here and across the valley as separatists called for a general strike tomorrow against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in strength and are conducting random...

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CBI arrests Railway Board official on graft charges

NEW DELHI: CBI on Wednesday arrested a Railway Board official for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs five lakh from a Mumbai-based tour operator for adding coaches in trains for tourist purposes.CBI sources said Ravi Mohan Sharma, an Indian Railway Traffic...

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Delhi Metro services will be curtailed by only one hour on Diwali

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro services will be curtailed by only one hour on Diwali on Thursday, with the last trains leaving various terminal stations at 10pm, it was announced on Wednesday. It was stated on Tuesday that the last trains that day will depart...

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Ready for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir: Bharatiya Janata Party

SRINAGAR: BJP on Wednesday said it was ready for assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir any time the Election Commission decides on holding polls in the state."As far as BJP is concerned, we were ready yesterday, we are ready today and we are ready...

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No platform ticket between October 24 and 29 in Delhi: Northern Railway

NEW DELHI: In view of safety of passengers and to avoid over-crowding at platforms and foot-over bridges during Diwali and Chhat festivals, Northern Railway has decided to restrict sale of platform tickets at the five major stations, including New Delhi...

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Police release sketch of suspect who set woman on fire on a train in Kerala

KANNUR: The railway police, probing the death of a woman who was set ablaze inside a vacant train compartment on Monday, have released a rough sketch of a youth believed to be in the age group 22 to 25, who has committed the crime.According to the police,...

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Pak Taliban fires its spokesman over allegiance to Islamic State

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has fired its spokesman after he along with five other commanders declared allegiance to the Islamic State terror group, which has been vying for supremacy with the al-Qaida in the region.Taliban spokesman Shahidullah...

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UN chief urges resumption of Israel, Palestine talks

UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has called on the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the negotiation table.Ban made the appeal Monday while meeting Israeli defence minister Moshe Yaalon here, Xinhua quoted the UN spokesperson's office...

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Idols of Jain Tirthankaras belonging to 4th century unearthed

HYDERABAD: As many as twelve idols of Jain Tirthankaras dating back to the 4th-5th century, have been found at Keesaragutta on the city outskirts."Twelve panchaloha (five metal) idols of the Jain Tirthankaras were unearthed during the course of conservation...

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Nitin Gadkari's political advisor is new Madhya Pradesh BJP in charge

BHOPAL : Union minister Nitin Gadkari's former political advisor and BJP vice-president Vinay Sahastrabuddhe has been appointed the new in charge for party affairs in Madhya Pradesh. Sahastrabuddhe regarded as an RSS strategist and intellectual tactician...

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WWII vintage bomb found in Andaman islands

KOLKATA: An unexploded bomb of World War-II era was found by tribals living in an island of Andaman after which it was disposed off safely by defence commandos, officials said on Monday.Last week, locals had spotted the bomb in Tamaloo village of Car...

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Terror suspect was indoctorinated

MUMBAI : The 24-year old suspect Anis Ansari, arrested for `chatting' with his friends on Facebook about jihad and attacking the American school in BKC, was indoctrinated by hearing lectures of Al-Qaida preachers, said sources. The anti-terrorist squad...

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Prisoner hurls human excreta at judge in Tamil Nadu

MADURAI: A prisoner allegedly threw human excreta at a judge at Sattur in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Monday.Sources said Packiaraj of Vembakottai, an undertrial, was brought to the judicial magistrate II court for remand extension on...

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Spanish nurse cleared of Ebola

MADRID: A Spanish nurse who became the first person outside Africa to be infected with Ebola on Sunday tested negative for the virus, Madrid said, as Liberia's president made an impassioned plea for all nations to help fight the disease.Teresa Romero,...

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RSS sticks to 'love jihad' agenda despite U-turn in Meerut case

LUCKNOW : Even as the BJP's claimed "love jehad" case of Meerut boomeranged following girl's statement that she was forced to make it a case of love jehad, RSS was quick to cite Jharkand love jehad case and claimed that the issue has plagued Hindu society...

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Assembly elections 2014: NOTA secures third place in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

GADCHIROLI: The NOTA (None of the Above) option received the third highest number of votes in Gadchiroli constituency, the hotbed of Naxals, during the assembly election in Maharashtra.As many as 17,510 votes went in favour of NOTA at the end of the...

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Assembly elections 2014: BJP's Anil Vij is first winner from Haryana

CHANDIGARH: BJP's Anil Vij on Sunday became the first winner in the Haryana assembly elections.Vij won from the Ambala Cantt assembly seat.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/followceleb.cms?alias=Haryana assembly elections,Assembly elections 2014,Anil...

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Assembly elections 2014: Rahul Gandhi congratulates BJP

NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday congratulated BJP for its success in Maharashtra and Haryana elections and said people in both the states have voted for change."We accept people's verdict. Congress will work hard on the ground...

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Assembly elections 2014: NOTA secures third place in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

GADCHIROLI: The NOTA (None of the Above) option received the third highest number of votes in Gadchiroli constituency, the hotbed of Naxals, during the assembly election in Maharashtra.As many as 17,510 votes went in favour of NOTA at the end of the...

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Anti-nuke activist Udhayakumar quits AAP

MADURAI: Noted anti nuclear activist and convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy S P Udhayakumar has quit Aam Aadmi Party, saying he was doing so as he felt it was not paying attention to people of south Tamil Nadu.In a Facebook post, Udhayakumar,...

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