A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a former Buddhist monk known for his jet-set lifestyle to 16 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl who he also impregnated. Wirapol Sukphol became infamous when he appeared...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday increased ex-gratia amount from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh each for the kin of the deceased, who have been affected due to cyclone Titli in the state.  Meanwhile,...

At least 80 male ‘eve teasers’ have been sent to lock-up by women cops of “decoy squad” in Ahmedabad. According to a report in Ahmedabad Mirror, these women cops, dressed in traditional garba attire, have been...

Shocking visuals of a military truck dragging a car with a family of three inside have surfaced from Chhattisgarh's Kanker. The visuals show an army truck hitting the car from behind and then dragging it...

Six members of a family were killed and 15 others were injured on Wednesday in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district. The accident took place after an auto trolley, carrying the passangers,  was hit...

Self-styled godman Rampal was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 Satlok Ashram murder case. On Tuesday, Rampal was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Hisar court in connection with two other murder cases. These two...

Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s son and MLA Manvendra Singh will join the Congress on Wednesday, ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan in December. Singh (54), who won Barmer’s Sheo constituency as the BJP candidate...

The equity benchmark Sensex rallied for the fourth straight session Wednesday, and jumped 267 points, on encouraging second quarter earnings by tech major Infosys and positive global cues. The 30- share Sensex soared 267.26 points, or...

The doors of Lord Ayyappa’s temple in Kerala’s Sabarimala are all set to open today. The pilgrims have started arriving at Nilackal, the base camp of Sabaraimala temple.  Ahead of the opening of the temple, tension prevailed...

A 34-year-old suspected serial child rapist and molester has been found to be allegedly involved in the rape and murder of two minor girls in 2010 in Mumbai's Kurla. Rehan Abdul Qureshi was arrested from...

Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday. 1 policeman was also martyred in this encounter. The three killed terrorists were identified as Faiaz (LeT), Bangru( LeT)...

As the #MeToo movement gains ground, 19 women journalists who have worked with 'The Asian Age' newspaper, came out in support of their colleague Priya Ramani who has accused Union minister MJ Akbar of sexual...

Pakistan on Wednesday executed the man convicted for rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur. The execution was carried out at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail at 05:30 am, local media reported.  The convict, Imran...

In a bizarre case, the parents of a class 6 boy in Noida thought their child had been kidnapped when he called his father and asked him to pick him up in 5 minutes, they thought it was a ransom call...

India has been ranked as the 58th most competitive economy  on the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index for 2018.  The United States has been ranked as the most  competitive economy of the world. Singapore is...

Intensifying its pressure on Iran, the US imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a multibillion-dollar financial network that supports an Iranian paramilitary force, alleging it recruits and trains child soldiers for the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards.  The...

In a major setback to the Congress party in Goa, two of its MLAs resigned from the party as well as the state assembly and joined the ruling BJP on Tuesday. The two MLAs- Subhash Shirodkar...

Daily dose of news plays very important role in our daily life. For some people, the morning is incomplete without knowing about what's happening across the world. Some digital-savvy people have a habit of consuming...

Gates of the famous Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, Kerala is set to be opened on Wednesday for all women for the first time since the Supreme Court last month lifted the centuries-old ban on...

The Delhi Police has launched a manhunt to nab Ashish Pandey, son of former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Rakesh Pandey, who was seen brandishing a gun at guests and threatening them in the foyer of...

Indrani Mukerjea, a prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, asked a special CBI court if CBI will be responsible for the loss of her life. Mukerjea expressed her concern during the hearing of...

Veteran Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh has not been campaigning for his party in Madhya Pradesh where Assembly elections are due next month. Digvijaya Singh said there is a reason behind him doing...

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved a proposal to officially rename the historic city of Allahabad as 'Prayagraj', a move that drew sharp criticism from the opposition.  Calling it an effort towards restoring an old...

Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammad Shami, joined the Congress on Tuesday. Mumbai Congress Committee president Sanjay Nirupam welcomed Jahan into the party at a function in the city. There was no prior information...

A woman thrashed a bank manager in Karnataka's Davangere district publicly for allegedly seeking sexual favours for sanctioning a loan with the video of the incident going viral on Tuesday. The man has been arrested. The...

President Donald Trump has raised more than USD 100 million for his re-election battle in 2020, giving him a huge financial advantage over many potential Democratic contenders jockeying to challenge him, US media reports on...

The iconic 108-carat Kohinoor diamond was 'surrendered' by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England and 'not handed over' to the British nearly 170 years ago,  the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has...

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) ​president Kanhaiya Kumar's convoy has been attacked by unidentified people in Bihar's Begusarai district.  According to reports, a few people have been injured while several vehicles vandalised in the...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and the AAP government to hold consultations to frame a policy to regulate the burning of Ravan effigies during Dussehra. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat...

Launching a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday accused the Congress president of 'concocting' falsehood and said he had never even seen fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi in person, leave...

Probity watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has shared its report on top 100 banking frauds and shared its analysis with the RBI, ED and CBI among others, Vigilance Commissioner TM Bhasin said on Tuesday. The...

Faced with the charges of sexual harassment, NSUI national president Fairoz Khan has stepped down from his post. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has accepted his resignation, the sources told PTI. Khan, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir,...

Three candidates, an electorate of 11,265 but not a single vote cast through the day. That was the 'zero sum' story of Srinagar Municipal Corporation's Soura ward in the fourth and final phase of elections...

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda spoke to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday as the number of people infected with the Zika virus has reached 80 in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. Nadda assured...

Expressing concerns over the law and order situation in Delhi, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Tuesday after a purported video a BSP leader's son brandishing a weapon at a five-star hotel...

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed dull voting as final phase in urban local bodies elections concluded on Tuesday, with militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley recording merely 4.2 per cent turnout while not a single vote was polled in Srinagar's Soura ward.  Although...

Keeping in mind the enthusiasm of Indians for buying gold, Modi government has launched a Sovereign Gold Bonds that has made gold cheaper this festive season.  Investing in gold is much more easy and convenient now. It...

The country's second-largest IT firm Infosys Tuesday posted a 10.3 per cent jump in its September quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 4,110 crore, helped by strong deal pipeline and traction in digital revenues. Terming it...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the country does not need an 'unstable coalition' government and individuals who lack understanding of policies at the helm. A strong and decisive leadership is required by the...

Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar appointed Prashant Kishor as the party's vice president on Tuesday. Kishor, who joined JD(U) just over a month ago, is now the second most powerful person in the party. Having...

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said the Law Ministry has endorsed a proposal of her ministry seeking to remove the time limit for reporting sexual abuse.  Earlier on October 3, Maneka Gandhi had...

A 59-year-old Kabaddi coach, working with the Sports Authority of India, allegedly committed suicide after being accused of molesting a teenage girl at the training centre, police said on Tuesday.    According to Davanagere Superintendent of Police R Chetan, Rudrappa V Hosamani,...

Terrorists are devising new strategies to strike, said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, adding the increased use of social media by anti-national forces was a new threat. The home minister however said the...

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday officially renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj. The decision comes ahead of the Kumbh Mela which will held in the city from January 15 next year till March 4.  Earlier, announcing the...

An Aurangabad-based broker was killed for allegedly posting some comments on a WhatsApp group  on Monday. According to police, 35-year-old Moin Mehmood Pathan was attacked with swords, knives and rods Sunday night by a group of...

The Delhi Police on Tuesday booked the son of a BSP leader was booked for allegedly brandishing a weapon in the foyer of a five-star hotel after a video of the incident went viral on...

Union Minister of culture Mahesh Sharma on Monday laid the foundation stone for the museum on Indian PMs at the Teen Murti Estate premises and said that it will be completed in a year.   The minister...

India attracted $22 billion of FDI flows in the first half of 2018, according to a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report, however, also disclosed that the global foreign direct...

State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest lender, has said that its customers will not be allowed to use internet banking facility if they fail to link their mobile phone numbers with the bank by...

E-commerce companies in the country are estimated to have raked in sales worth Rs 15,000 crore in about five days of their festive sales with giants like Amazon India and Flipkart claiming stellar show across...