Former Union minister Nayaran Dutt Tiwari passed away on Thursday evening at the Max Hospital in Delhi's Saket after a prolonged illness. Tiwari passed away on his 93rd birthday.
Responding to the former Chief Minister Siddarmaiah's statement regarding retirement from politics, Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said "fans will easily not allow the active politicians to retire from politics. Siddaramaiah must continue. If at all he announces retirement, people will not allow him to keep quiet."
A Delhi court Thursday took judicial note of M J Akbar's criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, and decided to record the statement of the former minister on October 31 in the case.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari died at a private hospital here Thursday after prolonged illness, doctors said.
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Thursday suggested that the RSS shakhas (branches), situated in almost all villages of the country, can serve as a firewall to protect children, especially girls.
Arshdeep Singh started taking photographs at the age of six and ventured into the field of wildlife photography in 2012. The young photographer often travels with his father Randeep Singh who is also a well-known photographer.
The Editors Guild of India Thursday asked M J Akbar to withdraw the criminal defamation case he filed against journalist Priya Ramani, as the top editors' body came out in support of the women journalists who have accused him of sexual harassment.
A day after devotees opposing entry of women into Sabarimala Temple clashed with the police at Nilackal, the Kerala government Thursday charged that the RSS was trying to "destroy" the Lord Ayyappa shrine by "unleashing terror".
Banned Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria Thursday said he finally confessed to spot-fixing after years of denial to get closure for the mistakes he made but the country's cricket community reacted with shock to his admission.
Ashish Pandey, a former BSP MP's son who had brandished pistol at guests and threatened them in the foyer of a five-star hotel here, surrendered Thursday before a Delhi court, which sent him to one-day police custody.
