India, All india, 1st Mar 2017, News & Stories from India

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Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI)

'Opportunistic politics' today soft on terror, hard on nationalists: Venkaiah

Naidu's tweets followed the unrest on the Delhi University campus over the last few days.

01 Mar 2017 9:21 PM

Rijiju must resign for questioning martyr's daughter: Congress

Congress said Rijiju's remarks are a result of the polluted mindset and ideology that is dividing the country.

01 Mar 2017 9:18 PM

India has asked Pakistan tore-investigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and put on trial Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed who is currently under house arrest in Lahore. (Photo: File)

Pak gave birth to monster of terrorism, now devouring its own creator: India at UN

India also accused Pakistan of carrying out an intense campaign to destabilise the situation in J&K, through terrorism and infiltration.

01 Mar 2017 9:13 PM

The police put in a nakabandi and during checking of the vehicle, 50 kg "beef" and a cow were found. (Photo: AFP/Representational Image)

Faridabad: 7 cow smugglers held, 50 kg 'beef' recovered

A cow was also recovered from them which the suspected smugglers were taking to a slaughter house.

01 Mar 2017 8:30 PM

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: File)

Coal scam: CBI gets two months to respond to Prakash Javadekar's plea

Central Vigilance Commission had started its proceedings on the complaints made by 2 ministers.

01 Mar 2017 7:59 PM

An old photo of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, right, posing for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala. (Photo: AP)

'Is US the same country we once dreamed of?': Kuchibhotla's wife in FB post

Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed in a firing at a bar in Olathe, Kansas, by 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton.

01 Mar 2017 7:22 PM

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi addresses at an election rally. (Photo: PTI)

For Modi, 'Ganga Maa' has only one son; he ignores farmers: Rahul

Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi misleads people by making false promises.

01 Mar 2017 7:02 PM

Right to recall an idea whose time has come: BJP MP Varun Gandhi

He has moved a bill which proposes that MPs and MLAs may be recalled if electors are not satisfied with their performance.

01 Mar 2017 6:38 PM

Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati. (Photo: File)

'Want to see him behind bars': Teen raped by UP minister Prajapati

The teenager is still to overcome the trauma and gets panic attacks, often waking up in the middle of night and trying to run away.

01 Mar 2017 6:30 PM

The Border Security Force handed over the prisoners to personnel from the Pakistan Rangers. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners, hands them over to Islamabad

The prisoners include 21 people who have served out their sentence in India and 18 fishermen.

01 Mar 2017 6:00 PM

Delhi-based lawyer R P Luthra, while filing the appeal, had told the bench that he was not arguing for the removal of the judges who were elevated to the apex court but had claimed that the collegium system for recommending appointments to the higher judiciary was "unconstitutional". (Photo: File)

Delhi HC dismisses plea against SC collegium recommendations

The high court in May last year too had dismissed two similar pleas.

01 Mar 2017 5:11 PM

WB govt trying to demoralise BJP workers: Vijayvargiya on child trafficking scam

Vijayvargiya further said if any BJP worker is involved in this act then the party will initiate strict action.

01 Mar 2017 3:51 PM

The investigation into the three orphanage homes indicated Juhi Chakraborty and her associate Sonali Mondal reportedly sold babies to the foreign countries. (Photo: Representational Image)

Bengal BJP women's wing leader taken to court after arrest for child trafficking

She was on the run for the last few days after her name was linked to the case involving trafficking of children.

01 Mar 2017 2:29 PM

Prime MInister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Hard work much better than Harvard: Modi's jibe at Amartya Sen

Modi said the UP electorate has already ensured BJP's victory in the first five phases of the polls and now they would give surplus votes.

01 Mar 2017 2:03 PM

Courted on social media, married in India, man set to be deported to Pak

Holding a Masters degree in Economics, Durani taught in a school in Madhya Pradesh for earning.

01 Mar 2017 1:29 PM

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij. (Photo: File)

Those backing Gurmehar pro-Pak, should be thrown out of India: Haryana minister

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday people who are politicising the issue are misusing freedom of speech.

01 Mar 2017 1:27 PM

Students greet each other in schools as they meet their classmates as schools re-opened in Srinagar on Wednesday after winter vacation. (Photo: Habib Naqash)

Schools in the Valley reopen after 3 months

It has been nine months since educational institutions have functioned properly due to unrest in the region.

01 Mar 2017 12:56 PM

Homegrown supersonic interceptor missile test-fired in Odisha

This is the second time that the missile has been test-fired in a month and is part of an effort to put in place a missile defence system.

01 Mar 2017 12:54 PM

All-India bank strike hit services across nation

The bank employees are fighting for NPA bad loan recovery to save public sector to save Indian economy.

01 Mar 2017 8:25 AM

Sunayana Dumala (centre), wife of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in Kansas, US, in an apparent hate crime, is consoled by family members prior to performing the last rites at his funeral in Hyderabad. (Photo: AFP)

Kansas shooting: Teary farewell to slain techie

Some raise anti-US slogans during the hate crime victim’s funeral in Hyderabad.

01 Mar 2017 6:20 AM

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