Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said situation in the State was not conducive for withdrawing Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives special powers to security forces.

“Situation in J&K is not conducive for repealing of AFSPA in the State,” Mehbooba to

Jaipur: The Shri Rajput Karni Sena on Friday announced it has decided to take back its protest against the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat", stating the movie glorifies the valour of the Rajputs.

Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena's Mumbai leader Yogendra Singh Katar said that on the

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways is having a rethink on flexi-fares and bringing in a dynamic pricing system that will help increase occupancy and enhance revenues, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha, he also said his ministry was planning a major overhaul of

New Delhi: A contentious bill to ban cow slaughter and ensure stabilisation of the population of the Indian breed of bovines was today withdrawn by BJP member Subramanian Swamy in the Rajya Sabha, after the government urged him to do so.

While withdrawing his Cow Protection Bill 2017 during the private member

New Delhi: The CBI today filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a 2005 order of the Delhi High Court quashing all charges against accused persons in the politically sensitive Bofors pay-off case.

The filing of the appeal assumes significance as Attorney General K K Venugopal had recently advised the age

New Delhi: The government today made it clear in Parliament that it will keep away from the tussle between the Chief Justice of India and the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, saying the judiciary is capable of handling its "internal matters".

Responding to three separate questions in the Raj

New Delhi: Top seeded Indian shuttler PV Sindhu shrugged off a second-game lapse to beat eighth seed Beatriz Corrales and reach the women's singles semifinals of the India Open, here today.

Sindhu, world number four, defeated her Spanish rival 21-12 19-21 21-11 in the quarterfinals.

It took

New Delhi: Leander Paes and Joe Salisbury yet again emerged triumphant in a tense Super Tie breaker to progress to the semfinals of the USD 125,000 RBC Tennis Champinships of Dallas.

The top-seeed Indo-American team overcame a spirited challenge from Ruben Gonzales and Hunter Reese 6-3 2-6 17-15 in the quarte

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday took a man into custody for allegedly forcing his wife to convert to Islam and attempting to sell her to the Islamic State terrorists.

A Kannur-native, Muhammad Riyaz Rasheed, who is the first accused in the case, was intercepted at the Chennai a

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex plummeted 840 points today -- its biggest single-day fall in two-and-a-half years -- while the NSE Nifty ended below the 10,800-mark as the post-Budget sell-off continued for the second straight day.

The Budget 2018-19 presented yesterday imposed long-term capital gains tax of 10 per cent