Efforts are being made to arrest the accused, police said (Representational) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two men in a moving car in Rajasthan's Sirohi district, police said on Saturday. The police identified the accused as Vanna Ram and Dashrath, they said. The incident occurred on …...Read More

Next week, Jammu and Kashmir will also complete five years as a Union Territory. The Election Commission of India has indicated that Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir before September 30, which is the deadline set by the Supreme Court. Sources say the full commission is likely …...Read More

Richest 1% of India's population controlled 22.6% of the national income, French economist said. India should do more to tax its super-rich given its high levels of inequality, French economist and author Thomas Piketty said on Friday. The writer of the best-selling book "Capital in the 21st Century" called on …...Read More

The body was handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem, police said (Representational) A day before the NEET exam, an 18-year-old spirant died by suicide by hanging himself in a rented house in Rajasthan's Bharatpur on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. "Late on Saturday night, we received information …...Read More

The EC has asked District Election Officers to take action against such advertisements Asking all political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-election schemes under the guise of surveys, the Election Commission of India (EC) today said such activities have a potential of quid pro quo and amount to corruption. …...Read More

BJP's Maneka Gandhi, the sitting MP from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, is trailing. However, that is also the state of BJP in the politically prized state that sends 80 MPs to parliament, the most by any state. The Samajwadi Party has given a ticket to Rambhual Nishad replacing Bheem Nishad, …...Read More

Congress allegations about a mismatch in the numbers of stored Electronic Voting Machine units have been rubbished by the Chief Electoral Officer of Chhattisgarh. On the issue raised by former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel -- and highlighted by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on social media -- the Chief …...Read More

The opposition BRS in Telangana on Thursday said it would hold protests against the Congress government's alleged move to remove Charminar and the 'Kakatiya arch' from the state emblem. BRS working president KT Rama Rao, who visited Charminar here along with other party leaders, said Charminar is the identity of …...Read More

A murder case was registered against eight police officials (Representational) Eight policemen, including an SHO, have been booked for allegedly beating a rape-accused to death in Jhunjhunu district, officials said on Monday. The incident took place on May 29 under the Mandrela police station limits, following which the SHO has …...Read More

He said the operation has been going on since Friday afternoon (Representational) An operation to find the body of a 13-year-old boy, who fell into a 70-foot deep well, has been continuing for more than 50 hours in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district, police on Sunday said. A team of the State …...Read More