New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday took a dig at Rahul Gandhi after he claimed that the Supreme Court judgment supported Congress vision, saying, “yes, it won today, just like they won Lok Sabha Polls in 2014.” “Yes, the Congress won today, just like they[Read More…]
Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) The Income Tax Department on Wednesday raided the residence and office premises of RJD legislator Abu Dojana and carried out searches for several hours, officials said. A builder-turned-politician, Dojana is considered close to jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his family. According to[Read More…]
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal on Wednesday witnessed sporadic violence and vandalism in some districts and disruption in train services during the BJP-sponsored 12-hour shutdown in the state. Normal life remained largely unaffected in the capital city and the suburbs. The shutdown’s impact was mostly felt in parts of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that “bringing a money bill as a money bill” cannot be a fraud on the Constitution, and stressed that Aadhaar bill was indeed a finance bill. “A money bill can only be brought as a money bill.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused the Centre’s plea to revisit its 2006 judgment on reservation in promotions to the SCs/STs on the ground that it was impossible to gather quantifiable data showing their backwardness backed by inadequacy of their representation and administrative efficiency. Holding[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Telecom service providers must provide a high level of consumer satisfaction and their resolutions should be based on the latest technological solutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. He said this while presiding over the 29th meeting of ‘Pragati’ — the ICT-based, multi-modal platform[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Four children and two women were killed when a four-storey building collapsed here on Wednesday, police said, adding that six others were rescued from the rubble. Three of the injured were said to be critical. Police said the old building in a JJ Cluster in[Read More…]
United Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron brushed off questions about the controversial Rafael deal saying he was not in charge when the agreement to buy the fighter jets was made and that he would defer to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter. “I was not in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold exams for ‘skill education’ (vocational) and related subjects in the second half of February from next year onwards, it said on Wednesday. The examination for the core academic subjects such as languages, maths, and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Centre has approved the construction of a new domestic terminal building and other allied structures at Patna airport at an estimated cost of Rs 1,216.90 crore. The decision was taken on Wednesday by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). “After construction of the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Somewhere in the slums of Brazil, in Rio de Janerio, a young boy slept every night not knowing if he would be able to survive beyond his teenage days. Paulo Eduardo Goncalves da Silva was a dealer of guns and drugs at the Chacrinha favela. This[Read More…]
Ranchi, Sep 26 (IANS) A police officer was arrested here on Wednesday while taking a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a man. The Anti-Corruption Bureau identified the arrested officer as Arun Kumar Singh, who headed the Sukdeonagar police station in Ranchi. He had reportedly sought a bribe of Rs 50,000[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The CBI has arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Delhi’s Food and Supply department and another individual in a bribery case of Rs 50,000, the agency said on Wednesday. Mukesh Kumar, the official posted at Food and Supply department’s South Zone unit, and Shyam Sunder were[Read More…]
Mexico City, Sep 26 (IANS) Brazilian Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti will continue as the Mexican national football team’s interim coach for four more matches and will then focus on managing his team, the Tigres UANL, the Mexican national football federation said. The federation said in a statement released on Tuesday that[Read More…]
By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, Sep 26 (IANS) Led by former World Champion V. Anand, the fifth seeded Indian team in the open section in the Chess Olympiad in Georgia coasted to a comfortable victory against lowly rated Canada winning three games. On the top board, Anand playing black continued his winning[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department on Wednesday recovered one more carcass of a lioness from the Gir forests, the only abode of the Asiatic Lion, taking the total death toll of the beast to 14 in as many days, even as seven more lions were rescued. Principal[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the live streaming of its proceedings, saying the move will bring “transparency and accountability” to the judicial process and was manifestly in the “public interest”. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud[Read More…]
Ghaziabad, Sep 26 (IANS) A section of Ghaziabad residents on Wednesday denounced the Modi government’s move to privatize the Central Electronics Ltd (CEL), a public sector undertaking in Sahibabad industrial area. Speaking to the media, social activist and BJP leader Rajendra Tyagi said the central government has proposed to sell[Read More…]
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the hill state suffered losses totalling approximately Rs 1,250 crore due to the heavy rains. This was conveyed during Modi’s telephonic conversation with Thakur, an official statement said. The Prime Minister assured the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Calling the IL&FS crisis India’s Lehman Brothers moment, the Congress on Wednesday sought a Supreme Court monitored multi-agency probe saying the irregularities in it has brought India on the verge of economic collapse. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said the IL&FS Group, an infrastructure development and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a declaration that a lawmaker should stand disqualified on conviction notwithstanding the stay granted by higher courts. A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra held that various decisions of the top[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday framed a defamation notice against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and parliamentarian Sanjay Singh following a defamation complaint filed by Ankit Bhardwaj — a state executive member of the BJYM, the youth wing of the BJP. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate[Read More…]
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday urged the Finance Commission for a fair assessment of the state’s revenue receipts and expenditure in view of its tough topographical conditions. Raising the issue with the 15th Finance Commission, the Chief Minister said the state’s topography[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 294 km-long new broad gauge electrified line in Chhattisgarh between Katghora and Dongargarh, to be built at the cost of Rs 5,950 crore. The project will be a joint venture between the Chhattisgarh government and Railways Ministry in[Read More…]
Panaji, Sep 26 (IANS) A Nigerian national was arrested on Wednesday in Goa for not possessing any travel documentation, including passport or visa, an official said. Promise Nkwachuku, 29, was held at the beach village of Baga, around 20 km from Panaji, said police officer Jivba Dalvi. “We have contacted[Read More…]
