Air Commodore J S Dhamoon, who was commanding the Pathankot air force base when it was attacked by heavily armed terrorists last year, has taken pre-mature retirement from service.
The boy died on father's shoulder after being denied medical help.
The Supreme Court found enough grounds to order a CBI probe into 1,528 extra-judicial killings in Manipur between 2000 and 2012.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit was cut short on Wednesday after a "major security lapse" as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesters, prompting the Union Home Ministry to seek an immediate report from the state government and strict action against those responsible.
Taking serious note of alleged obscenity at a cultural event organised in the state health ministry, the Mayawati administration on Thursday ordered suspension of three top officers and four office bearers of the employees union. Action was ordered on the basis of a prima facie report submitted by an inquiry committee, which confirmed that departmental officials organised an obscene dance programme and indulged in drinking during the installation ceremony of new officers.
Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji's views did not change even after Board of Control for Cricket in India CEO Rahul Johri was exonerated of sexual harassment charges on Wednesday.
The pilot-in-command has been sacked for violating aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation's safety norms after following due process, SpiceJet said in a statement.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to lodge an FIR into the alleged conspiracy to "fix" Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
The defence ministry has been hit by a fresh land scam with an in-house inquiry finding that about 70 'adhoc NoCs' were issued to private realtors flouting norms for defence land which included the Srinagar air base.
The JNU panel had in 2016 recommended rustication of Khalid and two other students and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kumar.
Pakistan athletics have been rocked by fresh charges of doping after eight top athletes failed tests at the National Championship held in Islamabad last month.
Shuttering between two under construction metro pillars in Lucknow on Sunday collapsed.
Justice T Jayaram Chouta, who was appointed as one of the members of inquiry commission to investigate the IPL spot-fixing scandal, said it was not possible for the committee to function unless all three members are present.
The Patial House Court in New Delhi, under additional district judge Ms Ruby Alka Gupta, has held, in its order on October 19, that the suit filed by former Indian Premier League CEO Lalit Modi in February 2013 is maintainable.
The varsity, however, clarified that it does not signify a "clean chit" to the students and that the final decision in this regard will be taken after examination of the report by the vice chancellor.
A 19-year-old girl appearing for an examination in Assam was made to wrap a curtain around her legs by an invigilator who chafed at her wearing shorts, provoking outrage and allegations of gender bias, and prompting university authorities to order an inquiry. The girl's family has, however, decided against taking the matter further in the interest of her mental well-being and academic future.
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) inquiry committee has recommended hefty fines on senior players Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi for breach of conduct during the team's disastrous tour of Australia.
The bench said it will take up the matter for hearing on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi dared BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to make public his British passport number and other relevant documents.
The Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which four farmers were killed, is "absolutely condemnable," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, emphasising that there are issues of such nature happening in other parts of India equally which should be raised "when they happen and not when it suits others" because there is a Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh.
Amid speculation that Jawaharlal Nehru University's chief proctor quit from the post over handling of the Afzal Guru row, the varsity on Saturday said he had resigned much before the controversy broke out.
Sharif approved an inquiry committee's recommendation to remove his special assistant on foreign affairs Fatemi from his post.
Under-fire India cricketer Hardik Pandya's loose talk could make him a target of the match-fixing syndicates known for laying 'honey traps', believes BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry.
I keep a licensed revolver with me always in my car, there are some personal issues with someone which I don't want to disclose, said boxer Neeraj Goyat.
The top Congress leader, in his interaction with students of the Stella Maris College in Chennai on March 13, promised 33 per cent reservation in government jobs for women and answered several of their questions.
The panel is believed to have recommended expulsion of Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and two other students.
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday ordered a high-level inquiry into the stampede at the Allahabad Junction which claimed 36 lives, announced compensation for the victims and blamed the tragedy on tardy crowd management by the local administration.
'These charges of the prosecution will fall to the ground and I am 100 per cent sure of that.'
Mathai George George Muthoot joined the family business as an office assistant and in 1979 he became the managing director and group chairman in February 1993.
The woman said that she will consult her lawyer and decide on the next steps.
The mishap occurred at the fifth unit of the thermal power station-II (210 MW x 7) when workers were in the process of resuming operations on Wednesday morning.
The committee met the representatives of Walmart Asia as well as those of Bharti Walmart Private Ltd, the company's Indian joint venture with Bharti group, along with their counsel in New Delhi.
'Justice Ramana is a frequent visitor to the residence of the CJI. Because of this I fear that my affidavit and evidence will not receive an objective and fair hearing'
The court also directed the college not to give an award, the list of which included Devansh Mehta but dropped later due to the controversy, to anyone till the next date of hearing.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India gave a clean chit to Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. But for both the Delhi and Mumbai police, the report of the BCCI is nothing but a piece of paper which will have no bearing on their case. It is the trial before the court based on the police investigation which will be final.
Leaking of official secrets of military operations is treason and those involved in it must be punished, the Congress said on Wednesday on the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and demanded that the prime minister must come clean.
'You don't need do anything extra (in a situation like Pandya's). Whoever comes out of it positive, his career can scale new heights, like we have seen with many cricketers in the past. I hope he goes on that right path and emerges as a better cricketer and I think he can do that'
"There is a high-level committee which is inquiring into the Scorpene leak on our side," Admiral Lanba said.
The law, which dilutes the Indian capital's autonomy and emasculates the elected local government's powers, will be a political millstone for the party for the next elections, reports Aditi Phadnis
The cricketers, who have been in the eye of a storm following their sexist remarks on 'Koffee with Karan', will be returning from Australia where they were to compete in an ODI series starting on Saturday.
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