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Aurangabad, May 12: A minor was killed, around 40 persons were injured after riots which broke out last night in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad. According to reports, mobs set fire to at least 40 shops and 110 vehicles. The police have imposed section 144, prohibiting the assembly of more than four people in an area, to keep the situation under control. According to reports, the violence erupted over a

Udupi, Nov 12: Only 10 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from Karnataka have registered themselves as 'overseas electors' for the May 12 assembly polls. NRIs whose names don't figure in the voters' list have to fill Form 6A to register themselves as voters, but not many have come forward despite the Election Commission's efforts to create awareness among NRIs. Joint chief electoral officer KN Ramesh

Dharwad/Karwar, May 12: Income Tax officials raided the house of Prashanth Kekere, a close aide of Mines and Geology Minister and Congress candidate from Dharwad, Vinay Kulkarni. Kekere, who is Kulkarni’s campaign manager, was picked up by a team of five I-T officials from a lunch home on Thursday noon and taken to various places, before reaching his house in Saptapur. The officials searched his

Dharwad/Karwar, May 12: Income Tax officials raided the house of Prashanth Kekere, a close aide of Mines and Geology Minister and Congress candidate from Dharwad, Vinay Kulkarni. Kekere, who is Kulkarni’s campaign manager, was picked up by a team of five I-T officials from a lunch home on Thursday noon and taken to various places, before reaching his house in Saptapur. The officials searched his

Janakpur, May 11: Nepal is at the top of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he announced a grant of Rs 100 crore to develop the sacred city of Janakpur and its surrounding areas. “Whenever there has been a problem, India and Nepal have stood together. We have been there for each other in the most difficult of times,” Modi said at a civic reception by

Jakarta, May 11: Indonesian authorities ordered people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closed its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak sent a column of steam and ash into the sky. The Mount Merapi volcano on densely populated Java island is one of the most active in Indonesia and a series of eruptions in 2010 killed more than 350 people. A disaster

Mumbai, May 11: Mumbai top cop Himanshu Roy allegedly committed suicide at his residence on Friday. According to reports, he shot himself at his residence. Himanshu Roy had served as Maharashtra ATS chief. He shot himself at 1:40 PM today at his residence in Mumbai with his service revolver. Himanshu Roy was suffering from Cancer. He was taking steroids. Roy was serving as Additional Director

New Delhi, May 11: An LeT militant, who was arrested along with others for their alleged involvement in the Baramulla terror attack, praised the Indian Army and also urged militants to leave the path of violence. The video of him praising the Army has gone viral. In the video, the arrested terrorist says his name is Aijaz Ahmad Gojri. He said the Indian Army could have killed him but saved his

Guwahati, May 11: Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb has committed another embarassing gaffe. Speaking at a function in Udaipur to mark birth anniversary of Tagore, Tripura CM said that Rabindra Nath Tagore had given away Nobel prize award to protest the misrule of Britishers. He also said Gitanjali had conferred the world's best award to Tagore. In reality, Tagore received his Nobel Prize for his

Janakpur, May 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today on a two-day state visit to Nepal during which he will hold talks with the country's top leadership to build mutual trust. Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel and Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut received Prime Minister Modi at the airport. This is the third visit of Prime Minister Modi to Nepal and the first high-level visit from