Arun Nair

Heavy Rains Lash Mumbai, Civic Officials On Alert

Mumbai News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 19, 2017

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Tuesday, but there were no reports of waterlogging or disruption of transport services.

Al-Qaeda Man Caught In Delhi, Was Planning To Radicalise Rohingyas: Cops

Delhi News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 18, 2017

A man suspected to be an operative of al-Qaeda has been arrested from east Delhi, the police said today. Shauman Haq, 27, was arrested near Vikas Marg yesterday by the Special Cell of Delhi Police following a tip-off, an official said.

Amit Shah Testifies In Court, Backs Maya Kodnani's Claims In Gujarat Riots Case

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 18, 2017

BJP president Amit Shah told a Gujarat court on Monday that he had seen Maya Kodnani, a leader of his party, in the state assembly and then at Ahmedabad's Sola Civil Hospital on the morning of February 28, 2002. Mr Shah appeared as a defence witness in a riot case in which Kodnani is accused of murdering 11 Muslims on that day in Naroda Gam, an Ahm...

Arjan Singh, Marshal of Indian Air Force, Critically Ill

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 16, 2017

Arjan Singh, Marshal of Indian Air Force and the only officer of the IAF to be promoted to five-star rank, was on Saturday admitted to hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Union Minister Smriti Irani On Rahul Gandhi's Speech At University Of California, Berkeley: Highlights

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 12, 2017

Union minister Smriti Irani is holding a press conference on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's address to students at University of California's Berkeley

At Berkeley, Rahul Gandhi Attacks PM Modi Over GST, Notes Ban: Highlights

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 12, 2017

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is addressing students of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley on 'India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward', in which he will offer his reflections on contemporary India and the path forward for the world's largest democracy.

Top Court Asks For Poll Body View On Move To Disqualify Nitish Kumar

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 11, 2017

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Election Commission's response on a petition seeking its view on the disqualification of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a member of the state Legislative Council.

'Will Visit Kashmir 50 Times A Year If Needed': Rajnath Singh's Outreach

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 11, 2017

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said five Cs - compassion, communication, co-existence, confidence-building and consistency - will form the basis of a permanent solution to unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, offering to meet anyone who, he said, wants to help do that.

PM Modi's Addresses To Students On Vivekananda's Historic Chicago Address: Highlights

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 11, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a students' convention today to mark the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's Chicago address at the World's Parliament of Religion in 1893.

Siddaramaiah Cracks Down On BJP's Mangaluru Chalo Rally: 10 Facts

Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 5, 2017

More than 1,900 BJP workers were detained by Karnataka police today after they started a bike rally from Bangaluru to for Mangaluru despite being effused permission. The Mangaluru Chalo rally, the BJP said, was meant to draw attention to killings of right-wing workers in communally sensitive areas. The ruling Congress says the rally would raise com...

Video Of Kashmiris Helping Jawans Injured In Accident Goes Viral

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday September 4, 2017

A video showing locals helping army jawans injured in an accident in Jammu and Kashmir has gone viral on the social media.

Terrorist Killed In Encounter In Jammu And Kashmir's Kulgam

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 2, 2017

A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir.

Possible New Ministers And How They Place In BJP's Election Strategy

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday September 1, 2017

While revamping his Cabinet, in a massive shake-up expected on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to factor in key assembly elections in several states ahead of the 2019 national election, when he will seek a second term.

AAP's Ram Chander, Who Won Bawana By-Election, Reveals Winning Formula

Delhi News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday August 29, 2017

After a big win in Delhi's Bawana that has also delivered the first good news from an election in many months for chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's the Aam Aadmi Party, its candidate Ram Chander shared his winning formula that, he said, had "stalled the BJP's victory chariot."

Rs. 200 Notes Launched: All You Need To Know

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Friday August 25, 2017

After launching new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes in November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India will launch Rs. 200 notes today.

Awkward. OPS, 3-Time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Now Deputy To EPS

India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday August 21, 2017

O Panneerselvam, who has been chief minister of Tamil Nadu three times, took oath today as the state's deputy chief minister as part of a merger agreement between his faction of the ruling AIADMK and that led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami.

In Utkal Express Accident, Railways Lose One Of Its Own

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday August 20, 2017

At least 20 people have been killed and over 200 injured in Saturday's train tragedy in Uttar Pradesh' Muzaffarnagar. Among the dead was Alok Sarkar, a 48-year-old railway employee working with Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Office in Delhi.

Flights Resume At Delhi Airport After Drone Scare

Delhi News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday August 21, 2017

All three runways at the Delhi airport were closed on Sunday evening and flight operations temporarily suspended after a pilot said that he had spotted a drone in the area, news agency ANI reported. Several flights were diverted.

4 Railways Officials Suspended After UP Train Accident: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Abhishek Singh, Snigdha Basu, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday August 21, 2017

Four railway officials have been suspended over the train accident on Saturday that left over 22 dead and injured over 200 in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. Three others have been transferred and one has been sent on leave. Thirteen coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express ran off the tracks around 5:45 pm in Khatauli, about 100 km from ...

At Least 23 Killed, Over 60 Injured As Utkal Express Derails In UP's Muzaffarnagar

India News | Reported by Mohammed Dilshad, Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday August 20, 2017

At least 23 people have died and over 72 injured after 14 coaches of the Utkal Express ran off the tracks in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.

BJP Candidate Challenges Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha Election In Court

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday August 18, 2017

Balwantsinh Rajput, the BJP candidate who lost to Congress leader Ahmed Patel in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections earlier this month, has challenged the Election Commission's decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs who had voted for him. The decision helped Ahmed Patel scrape through; he won exactly the number of votes he neede...

AIADMK Merger On The Fritz Again, OPS Unwavering On 2 Demands: 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Friday August 18, 2017

Despite elaborate flower arrangements and expectant party members waiting at the shoreside memorial of J Jayalalithaa in Chennai, the merger of the two rival factions that were formed in her party after her death ran into last-minute glitches: Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his predecessor, O Panneerselvam, or "EPS" and "OPS" in popular parlance,...

AIADMK Merger Delayed, Differences Remain Between Teams EPS And OPS

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Smitha TK, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday August 19, 2017

Talks between the rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK have fallen through for the night, leaders in the camp led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said on Friday. Differences between the two camps led by Mr Panneerselvam and Chief Minister O Palaniswami remain, they said.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Ignores Bureaucrat's 'No', Unfurls National Flag In Kerala School

India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Arun Nair | Wednesday August 16, 2017

Mohan Bhagwat, who heads the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, today unfurled the national flag at an Independence Day function at a government-aided school in Kerala's Palakkad, defying orders to the school from the district's top bureaucrat that he must not be allowed to do so.

PM Modi Keeps His Promise With Shortest Independence Day Speech In 4 Years

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday August 15, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised an Independence Day speech under 50 minutes this year. He went just over at 54 minutes. Today's address to the nation from the Red Fort was the Prime Minister's shortest so far in the last four years.

Northeast Rail Link Cut, Lakhs Displaced In Assam, Bihar Flood: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Manish Kumar, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday August 14, 2017

Heavy rain in the entire Himalayan region have triggered floods in Assam and Bihar. The northeastern state has been the worst hit - 15 people have died in the last four days and nearly 23 lakh have been displaced. The rail link to northeast India from the rest of the country has been severed. Water levels in the Brahmaputra and several other rivers...

More Troops Sent Along China Border, Caution Level Raised

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday August 11, 2017

India has increased operational readiness by sending more troops along the eastern border with China, sources said. The latter said that the army has also raised the "caution level" among army formations who are guarding the 1400-km border in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Jab We Met: PM Narendra Modi's Busy Day Included Nitish Kumar And EPS Sessions

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday August 11, 2017

It was a busy Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met old allies and new, and potential partners too, all in Delhi for the oath ceremony of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. He was also in the Rajya Sabha, warmly welcoming Mr Naidu as Chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.

Gujarat Battle Shifted To Delhi, Delaying Counting Of Votes By Over 6 Hrs

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Arun Nair | Wednesday August 9, 2017

The counting for elections for three Gujarat Rajya Sabha started in Gandhinagar after the Election Commission accepted the Congress petition that votes cast by its two rebel lawmakers should be cancelled because they had shown their ballot paper to the BJP chief Amit Shah.

Ahmed Patel Snatches Win In Gujarat Rajya Sabha Nail-Biter: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Arun Nair | Wednesday August 9, 2017

Congress leader Ahmed Patel is returning to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat for a fifth term, winning the third seat today in a bitterly fought election that became a massive prestige battle between the Congress and the BJP. The other two seats have been won easily by BJP chief Amit Shah, who makes his debut in Parliament, and union minister Smriti Ir...