SC seeks centre’s respone on Triple Talaq in Muslims

A Muslim woman, who was divorced by her husband through a phone call from Dubai, has challenged the Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala, leading the Supreme Court to seek response from the Centre on her plea today. Read More

August 25, 2016

Angry Mehbooba condemns stone pelting in press meet with Rajnath

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today lost her cool and abruptly ended a press conference being addressed by her and union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here when journalists asked questions about her role in dealing with the current unrest. Read More

August 24, 2016

Strong quake devastates central Italy, at least 290 confirmed dead

Rescuers worked into the early hours of Thursday, in a desperate search for survivors after a powerful earthquake shook central Italy on Wednesday. Read More

August 23, 2016

Indian Origin Ex-Singapore Prsident SR Nathan passes away

Indian-origin former Singapore President S R Nathan, who passed away on Monday night, will be given a state funeral on Friday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in Singapore. Read More

August 22, 2016

S Korea, US begin military exerscise as North Korea fumes

A joint military drill by South Korea and the United States has begun in the Korean peninsula against the North, despite Pyongyang’s threat of a nuclear strike. Read More

August 22, 2016

Pak Using Stone Pelting As New Strategy against India: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today attacked Pakistan and separatists for using stone pelting by youth in Kashmir valley as a new strategy against India. Addressing a rally near Jammu, Jaitley said these stone pelters were aggressors and asserted that there would be no compromise with the national security. Read More

August 20, 2016

Indian army appeals to restore peace in Kashmir valley

Amid an outrage in Kashmir, the Army on Friday said the actions by its soldiers like the one in which a lecturer was killed will not be tolerated, even as it appealed for calm. Read More

August 19, 2016

End of Road for Narsingh Yadav, Court imposes 4 years ban

What has added more to the heartbreak is a four-year ban handed to him by WADA, after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Read More

August 18, 2016

PM’s Balochistan Remark Not A Policy Shift: MEA

Amid an intense debate over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on Balochistan in his Independence Day address, Union External Affairs Ministry on Thursday indicated that the remarks did not constitute a policy shift as being construed. Read More

August 17, 2016

India Rejects Pak’s Proposal For FS-Level Talks On Kashmir

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar expressed his willingness to travel to Islamabad but maintained that Pakistan has no locus standi in addressing any aspect of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir as it was an internal matter of India. Read More