Mangaluru: Congress leader from Karnataka U T Khader on Tuesday alleged that the Union government is "looting" the common people by levying hefty GST on essential products.
New Delhi: After the Maharashtra assembly, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday suffered a fresh jolt with 12 of its 19 Lok Sabha members shifting allegiance to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and declaring two-term member Rahul Shewale as their leader in the lower house.
Chennai: Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who was ousted from the AIADMK days ago, has been removed from his position of deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the party announced on Tuesday.
Cairo: A passenger bus slammed into a parked trailer truck on a highway in southern Egypt early on Tuesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 30, authorities said.
New Delhi: Sri Lanka is facing "a very serious crisis" that makes India naturally worried, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told an all-party meeting here on Tuesday and dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in India.
Hapur (UP): Two teachers of a primary school have been suspended and FIR lodged against them for allegedly forcing two Dailt girl students to remove their uniforms and give to other two students for clicking pictures.
Bengaluru: A Class 10 student was detained on Tuesday for allegedly creating a bomb scare in a city school where he is studying with an intention to force postponement of an examination for which he was not prepared, police said.
New Delhi: A video of a woman delivering her baby outside Safdarjung Hospital's emergency wing after she was allegedly denied admission by the Centre-run facility here went viral on social media on Tuesday, prompting the Union health ministry to seek a report in the matter.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested four people who had allegedly offered namaz inside the newly inaugurated LuLu Mall here in an "unauthorised" manner, officials said, adding that efforts are on to trace four more accused in the case.
New Delhi, Jul 19: Several opposition leaders and a BJP ally alleged Tuesday that the army was using caste as a factor for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme, a charge swiftly rejected by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as a "rumour".
