If women are allowed in the Sabarimala shrine, it will become a spot for sex tourism, says the head of the Kerala temple’s board.

The comments came after Supreme Court on Friday referred to a five-judge constitution bench, the question on whether Sabarimala, where entry of women from the age of 10 to 50 (ie women of menstruating

Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, leading to protests in which a civilian died.

LeT district commander Wasim Shah alias Usman, hailing from Shopian, was killed along with Naseer Mir of Litter villag

New Delhi: The much-awaited Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act has come into effect from October 12 with a provision to bring more services and products like jewellery under the mandatory standard regime.

Parliament had in March 2016 passed the law to replace the BIS Act of 1986. The consumer affairs ministry finalis

New Delhi: Wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik and pacer Shardul Thakur were today recalled for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand while selectors continued to ignore senior spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Aswhin.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan has also returned to the ODI team after missing the series against Au

Bengaluru: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has sought a report from the Karnataka party unit on poor state of roads in the rain-battered city, following the death of some persons allegedly due to potholes.

He called up K C Venugopal, Karnataka party in-charge, this morning and sought the report on the poor conditi

New Delhi: he government today announced the proposal to set up scrap-based steel plants in the northern and western part of the country.

“The steel ministry proposes to set up steel plants with scrap as the raw material in various parts of north and west India,” Chaudhary Birender Singh said here.

Maryam Beik (Iraq): Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk today as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between the key allies in the war against the Islamic State group.

The clock was ticking down to 2300 GMT today deadline that the Kurd

Mumbai: Akshay Kumar today praised his “Namastey London” co-star Katrina Kaif, saying she has become one of the biggest stars of Bollywood due to hard work and determination.

Akshay and Katrina were present at the Kudo Tournament prize distribution event here.

“I had told her (Katrina) about

New Delhi: Citing the Global Hunger Index, Rahul Gandhi has attacked the government in a veiled manner, evoking a sharp reaction from Union minister Smriti Irani who said the Congress vice president was out to “malign” the nation in his bid to run down Prime Minister Narendra Modi.