Heavy rains continued to lash various parts of Himachal Pradesh, disrupting normal life in lower and mid hills while most of the rivers are in spate due to sudden rise in water level due to rains in catchments areas.
The plea, filed in the apex court by advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, has referred to media reports and claimed that encounter of these five co-accused by the police is "not only extremely illegal, inhuman, but also it is shocking to the conscience of the court and is nothing but Talibanisation of the country, which cannot be countenanced at all".
Pakistani troops on Tuesday opened fire and pounded several Indian posts with mortar shells in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistani troops have been firing at Indian posts in the Arnia and RS Pura sectors along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir in what is the third ceasefire violation in the last 24 hours.
If the bribe-for-PPE-supply controversy in Himachal escalates, the BJP could have a lot to lose.
Troops of Pakistan opened fire at Army posts and civilian areas in Poonch district on the Line of Control with automatic weapons and rockets for the fourth day in row on Wednesday prompting army to return fire.
A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it was not going to consider the earlier affidavit of apology filed by Thakur and asked him to file a "one-page short affidavit" tendering unconditional apology.
An army jawan was killed on Tuesday night when Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian forward posts in Balakote sub-sector along the Line of Control in Poonch district in what is stated to be the second ceasefire violation of the day and the eighth in less than a week.
With allegations being made against various Hindu outfits in the wake of the Malegaon blast, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said his organisation was a "disciplined force and not a militant outfit".
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to honour World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Daleep Singh Rana alias Khali. "The state will honour Khali, a native of Sirmaur district," Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's office told PTI on Tuesday.
The Samajwadi Party on Monday sought the disqualification of six of its Members of Parliament who had defied the party whip and voted against the confidence motion last week.The party, which has already expelled the MPs, made the demand for their disqualification in a representation to the Speaker, Lok Sabha sources said.
Elections to four Lok Sabha seats -- Karimnagar, Hanamkonda, Warangal and Adilabad -- and 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh following resignation by Telangana Rashtra Samiti members would be held on May 29. The EC said bypolls to three other Lok Sabha seats -- Hamirpur (HP), Thane (Maharashtra) and Tura (Meghalaya) as also four assembly seats -- Indri, Gohana and Adampur in Haryana and Amritsar South (Amritsar) would take place on May 22.
The Samajwadi Party on Friday expelled six MPs for defying the party whip during Tuesday's trust vote.
People in several states across the country smeared each other with colours, exchanged greetings and savoured sweets to celebrate Holi.
'We cannot have bodies putrefying in water.' 'This is a health hazard and it can create a very inflammatory situation.'
Only traces of rainfall were recorded in a few areas of the national capital on Thursday which continued to experience sultry weather.
Not many know that more than 180 dancers from different parts of Himachal Pradesh were especially roped in to participate in a song alongside Kareena.
Dynastic politics is here to stay. All three winners -- Anurag Thakur, Agatha Sangma and Anand Paranjape -have one thing in common. All of them have been elected to the Lok Sabha from seats vacated by their fathers.
Responding to Shagh, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the country was suffering from too much "ODOMOS- overdose of only Modi only Shah".
The seat sharing formula reached between the BSP and SP is not on the basis of who emerged stronger in the previous election.
The Army is retaliating strongly and effectively, the spokesman said.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi vacated the seat in the wake of office of profit controversy.
Director General of Police O P Singh said that two people lost their lives in Bijnor and one each in Meerut, Sambhal and Firozabad. But officials reported a death in Kanpur as well.
.jpg)
In major escalation in border skirmishes, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire for the third time in 21 hours along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing Army to retaliate.
The locusts initially entered Rajasthan from Pakistan and from there the swarms moved towards Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab over the last few weeks and are now threatening to enter Uttar Pradesh, putting at risk the summer crop.
India's hockey captain Dilip Tirkey married Rourkela girl Meera at a Catholic church on Monday.
1,250 square km area is under pine forest cover and ground fires occurred in an area of 5000 hectares or 5 sq km.
The Pakistan army troops on Thursday pounded civilian areas along the Line of Control by violating ceasefire for the ninth time in four days resulting in injuries to four people, prompting retaliation from Indian troops.
Battling inclement weather, ITBP teams flew low in helicopters and spotted six stranded trekkers near Chanderkheni pass at an altitude of 12,000 feet and evacuated them to safety, Hans Raj, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, said.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
Rediff readers share photos of their beloved Ganpati.
Police said the gangster snatched a pistol from one of the policemen injured in the accident and was shot when he opened fire while trying to flee.
A four-year-old girl was sacrificed by neighbours to propitiate the goddess.
Other parts of north India also continued to face plummeting temperatures.
UP alone accounted for 35 deaths, which took the statewide toll to 76.
There was no relief for the national capital, with the mercury crossing the 44C mark in some parts of the city.
The national capital battled weather conditions in the "red category" as the maximum temperature recorded at the Palam observatory was 46.1C,
Six deaths were reported in Hamirpur, followed by five in Bahraich, two each in Faizabad, Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mirzapur, Chitrakoot, Jaunpur, and Robertsganj and one each in Balrampur and Budaun.
The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections will go to polls on April 29. The voting will be held for 71 seats spread across 9 states.
