Ranchi: In a major setback to the RJD, a special CBI court today convicted former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and 15 others in a fodder scam case 21 years after it had surfaced, while acquitting six others including another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra.

Special judge Shivpal Singh pronounced the ver

Lima: Peru has declared two North Korean diplomats persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within 15 days, according to a foreign ministry statement.

“The Peruvian government has informed the North Korean embassy of its decision to declare First Secretary Pak Myong Chol and Third Secretary Ji

Madrid: Barcelona took a huge step towards regaining the La Liga title as goals from Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal beat bitter rivals Real Madrid 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu today to open up a 14-point lead over the European champions.

In a recurring theme of this season Madrid were made to pay for Cr

Aurangabad: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today praised NCP leader Sharad Pawar saying he was “equal partner” in ushering in economic reforms in the country.

Singh, who is considered the architect of the economic liberalisation measures unleashed in 1991 under the P V Narasimha Rao government, a

Mumbai: Salman Khan has bounced back at the office with his latest film “Tiger Zinda Hai”, which raked in Rs 33.75 crore on its opening day.

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, “Tiger Zinda Hai” is a sequel to 2012 hit film “Ek Tha Tiger” and also stars Katrina Kaif, Angad Bedi, Kumud

New Delhi: Air India launched a direct flight between Amritsar and Sikh pilgrimage destination of Nanded in Maharashtra today.

It will deploy an A-320 neo aircraft on Amritsar-Nanded route twice a week on Saturdays and Sundays, according to Air India.

Air India will also launch a direct flight between Am

Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire on an Indian Army patrol, killing a Major and three soldiers, along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district today, officials said.

The latest violation of the ceasefire agreement took place at a time when Chief Minister Mehbooba Muf

Jaipur: At least 33 people, including four children, were killed and seven others injured today when a bus plunged into Banas river after veering off a 100-foot bridge in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, police said.

The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus carryi

Manila: The death toll from a tropical storm in the southern Philippines climbed swiftly to 133 on today, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from a swollen river, police said.

Tropical Storm Tembin has lashed the nation’s second- largest island of Mindanao since yesterday, triggering flash floods and mudsli

Rameshwaram (TN): President Ramnath Kovind today offered prayers at the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple here as he embarked on his first tour of Tamil Nadu since assuming office in July.

Kovind, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter, was received at the temple gate by the priest and other officials with the tradi