Washington:A US-based editor of a leading media house has accused former Union minister M J Akbar of raping her in India 23 years ago, saying the “brilliant journalist” used his position as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper to prey on her, an allegation denied by his lawyer. Akbar, 67, who resigned from Prime Minister Narendra […]
A 70-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by some monkeys in a village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, putting the police in a fix as the deceased’s family wants a first information report to be registered against them. The incident took place on October 17 in Tikri village of the district. Circle officer Ramala Rajiv […]
Caught in the #MeToo controversy, MJ Akbar today resigned from his position of Minister of State for External Affairs. In a brief statement, Akbar said he had decided to seek justice in a court of law in his personal capacity. Akbar was accused of sexual harassment by former colleagues from his stint as editor of […]
Taking his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, which he referred to as Gabbar Singh Tax, had destroyed India’s economy. Addressing a rally in Dholpur’s Mania area, Gandhi said the prime minister had declared during elections that he wanted […]
Kaithal :A 16-year-old girl has alleged that she and her mother were raped by an assistant sub-inspector rank police official in a village here last month following which police booked 18 people, including seven policemen in the case. The victim told senior officials the main accused who was a ASI rank police official raped them […]
New Delhi : The Centre has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh and its eight police station areas bordering Assam by another six months, in view of continuing activities of banned insurgent groups of the Northeast. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tirap, […]
United Nations : French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the Rafale deal was a “government-to-government” discussion and he was not in power when the multi-billion dollar agreement for 36 fighter jets was signed between India and France. Addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, Macron was asked if […]
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the new insolvency law, indirect tax regime and demonetization will help drive India’s growth rate and sustain it at 8 per cent. He added that there was a need to trust the banking system for meeting the needs of the economy and asked banks to, […]
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega congregation of BJP workers during his visit here Tuesday, an event which comes just ahead of the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. BJP president Amit Shah will also speak at the event, ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ (grand assembly of party workers), being held on the occasion of birth […]
Mumbai:The Shiv Sena Thursday welcomed the Centre’s ordinance banning instant triple talaq and asked the government to take a similar route for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. The government should take steps to fulfil “at least one promise” made to Hindus of the country, keeping their sentiments in mind, the […]