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Villagers named Manohar Lal and Vikas Chaudhari had filed an RTI application to Gram Panchayat Chhani Bari, Hanumangarh district, demanding record of development work done in the area in the last five years. (Photo: ANI)

Rajasthan: Villagers claim receiving condoms in reply to RTI query

District administration has also taken cognizance of the matter and an investigation has been ordered for the same.

18 Jan 2019 8:44 AM IST

Shatrughan Sinha said he had joined the platform because he had not been given a forum in his party for expressing his views. (Photo: PTI)

No more regional but prominent national leader: Shatrughan on Mamata...

Sinha, 72, praised Banerjee, calling her an 'iron lady' and a 'prominent national leader'.

18 Jan 2019 8:37 AM IST

The announcement by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav came less than an hour after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati made a similar offer to the Congress for government formation in the Hindi heartland state of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: ANI)

ED files case over illegal sand mining in UP district

Sources said the ED filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and pressed charges against those...

18 Jan 2019 6:40 AM IST

Sabarimala Temple

Sabarimala: SC to hear plea on security for women today

Senior advocate Indira Jaising listed the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L.N....

18 Jan 2019 6:35 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said PM Modi has achieved huge success in taking the fight against terrorism on international forum. (Photo: PTI | File)

Panel to study use of space tech in border management

Home Ministry plans to implement the project with assistance of Department of Space.

18 Jan 2019 6:28 AM IST

CBI interim director Rakesh Asthana at Parliament House. (Photo: PTI)

CBI stint of Rakesh Asthana, three other curtailed

Verma and Asthana had levelled allegations of corruption against each other.

18 Jan 2019 6:25 AM IST

Bar dancers flash the victory sign as they address the media after the Supreme Courts verdict in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

SC lifts ban on dance bars, but says no cash showers'

The SC said the state can neither exercise social control with its own notion of morality nor take exception to...

18 Jan 2019 6:20 AM IST

The body was pulled up to mouth of the mine, the spokesperson of the Indian Navy said adding that the body shall be extracted out under the supervision of doctors. (Photo: Twitter | @indiannavy)

Naval divers detect a body in flooded Meghalaya mine

The Supreme Court has rapped the Meghalaya government over the slow progress of the search operation and inaction on...

18 Jan 2019 6:15 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said waiving farm loans is a small step towards addressing agriculture distress and a new green revolution is needed to resolve the problem. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Congress banks on Rahul Gandhi to woo voters in UP

The first rally will be held in Lucknow, and the party hopes to get at least 10 lakh supporters to attend it.

18 Jan 2019 6:10 AM IST

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, had been convicted on Friday of raping the two women at the sprawling headquarters of his hugely popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Haryana, in a case dating back more than 15 years. (Photo: AFP/File)

Ram Rahim, 3 aides get life in scribe killing

Ram Rahim, 51, is currently serving a 20-year prison term in Rohtak's Sunaria jail for raping two of his followers.

18 Jan 2019 6:06 AM IST

Mayawati is of the view that the BJP should solve the Ayodhya land dispute only through the legal route and the Supreme Court. (Photo: ANI)

Nephew to join BSP movement', says Mayawati

It is widely believed in Uttar Pradesh that by giving prominence to Akash, she is trying to attract Dalit youths ahead...

18 Jan 2019 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to inaugurate National Cinema Museum in Mumbai

The creation of the Museum has been guided by the Museum Advisory Committee headed by Shri Shyam Benegal.

18 Jan 2019 12:44 AM IST