Rudrapur: Four youths and three women caught on the spot have been arrested for running an alleged sex racket in Narayan Nagar area of Transit Camp, a woman was reported to be running gang of flesh trade with her tenants in her own house. On Thursday the police revealed the incident. SSP Dr Sadanand Date had received information about the ...

The main accused in the Saharanpur caste violence and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar, alias Ravan, was yesterday arrested from Dalhousie in Chamba district in a joint operation of the UP Special Task Force and the Himachal Pradesh Police. Chandrashekhar, a 30-year-old Dalit rights activist, who had been absconding since clashes broke out in Saharanpur last month, was carrying a reward ...

Riding on Shikhar Dhawan’s 125 and half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India piled up a 321 for 6 only to be stunned by unfancied Lankan batting line-up that produced a splendid batting show to knock off the runs in 48.4 overs. Danushka Gunathilaka (76 off 72 balls) and Kusal Mendis (89 off 93) added 159 runs to ...

The newly elected BJP government in Uttarakhand today yesterday a deficit Budget of Rs39,957.79 crore for 2017-2018 with thrust on electrification of every village by 2019, starting of stalled power projects, developing of religious places as religious circuits and increasing internet connectivity in blocks and tehsils. The total revenue expenditure for 2017-2018 is estimated at Rs31,550.83 crore, leading to a ...

Actress Fatima Sana Shaikh has been shamed on social media for posting pictures of herself in a swimsuit on the beach in Malta, where she is filming Thugs Of Hindostan. Some of those offended object to the 25-year-old actress for wearing what they say is disrespectful clothing during Ramzan; others have branded it ‘besharmi’ simply to be seen in beachwear ...

Public sector oil marketing companies will revise petrol and diesel prices across the country on a daily basis, Indian Oil said on Thursday. Currently, fuel prices are revised on a daily basis across the country, except five cities. The oil marketing companies had earlier implemented daily revision of petrol and diesel prices on a pilot basis in Udaipur, Jamshedpur, Puducherry, ...

Contingents of Rapid Action Force (RAF) were today deployed in Madhya Pradesh’s violence- hit Mandsaur district where the situation remained tense. Two companies of RAF, comprising around 100 men each, have moved into Pipliamandi in Mandsaur, the site of Tuesday’s shooting of five farmers, police said. While two companies of RAF have been posted in Garoth area in the district, ...

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said nearly 83 per cent of the currency has been remonetised so far and denied there was any shortage of cash in the system. “According to our latest data, 82.67 per cent of the currency has been remonetised and in volume terms, it is 108 per cent,” RBI deputy governor B P Kanungo told reporters ...

Myanmar’s military was scouring the waves for more than 120 people missing after their plane vanished flying over the Andaman Sea. Nine navy ships and three air force planes have been dispatched to search for the aircraft, which disappeared as it flew from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon. There was conflicting information on the number of people on ...

With President Pranab Mukherjee’s term coming to an end on July 24, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that polling for the upcoming presidential election will be held on July 17. The counting of votes will begin on July 20, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said. Briefing the press on the election process in New Delhi, Zaidi said ...