Shambunath Raigar was filmed burning a Muslim man alive in Rajasthans Rajsamand district. In another video, he said he killed the man to save a girl from love jihad. And he does not think it was a crime. I do not think I committed a crime,Shambunath said at the Delwara police station, where he underwent intensive interrogation by Rajsamand police.He (Mohammed Bhatta Sheikh) committed the crime of threatening to kill my entire family. Raigar,who was arrested Thursday, made statements which revealed the possibility of a girl being at the centre of his enmity with Mohammed Bhatta Sheikh. ... Read More

The elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) decided to admit India as its new member at a two-day plenary meeting of the grouping in Vienna. India will become the Arrangements 42nd participating state as soon as the necessary procedural arrangements for joining the WA are completed,Wassenaar Arrangement said in a statement. This move is expected to help New Delhi acquire critical technologies, and raise its stature in the field of non-proliferation, even though it is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT. India has not signed the NPT, terming it discriminat ... Read More

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said the brutal killing of a Muslim man in Rajsamand was deplorable,and needed to be condemned in strongest possible terms. In a short statement released Thursday, Raje noted that the culprit had been promptly arrested. Culprit promptly nabbed by Police. Have directed them to prosecute the criminal in the shortest possible time. Deplorable Act which needs to be condemned in strongest possible terms,the statement read. The main accused in the case, Shambunath, was arrested Thursday by police in Rajsamands Kelva region. After a video showing Shamb ... Read More

With air quality in Delhi-NCR finally improving to moderate" due to the meteorological conditions, the pollution monitoring agencies say it is the first December in three years when the national capital inhaled normal air. On Thursday, Delhi and the region around it saw a moderate air quality with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 194 in Delhi at 4 p.m. It was consistent till 9 p.m. This is for the first time that normal air quality was seen across Delhi-NCR since October 7 this year, while it is first December to have normal air in the last three years, officials said. The wind speeds are up ... Read More

The deadline to link Aadhaar with bank accounts and various government schemes can be pushed back from December 31 to March 31, the government has told the Supreme Court today. The extension, however, will apply only to those who do not have the Unique Identification Number yet. The deadline for Aadhaar linking to cellphone numbers, February 6, cannot be extended, since it is as per an order of the top court, the Centre said. The government will issue notification for the extension tomorrow, Attorney General K K Venugopal told the top court this morning. The petitioners, who had appealed aga ... Read More

India, in its first reaction on US President Donald Trump recognising Jerusalem as capital of Israel, said today that its position on Palestine is independent and not determined by any third country. Indias position on Palestine is independent and consistent. It is shaped by our views and interests, and not determined by any third country,said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. President Trump on Wednesday recognised the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israels capital and also started on a plan to move the embassy from Tel Aviv, overturning decades of US policy and sparki ... Read More