Five persons were killed in Maharashtra’s Dhule district today by villagers, who suspected that they were part of a gang of child lifters. “The five, along with a few others, were seen getting down from a state transport bus in the tribal Rainpada hamlet. When one of them apparently tried[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Modi government on the first anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying it has become a bad word among business persons. The design, structure, infrastructure backbone, rate or rates and implementation of GST were so flawed that GST has become[Read More…]
New Delhi: As Modi government hiked the price of non-subsidised LPG cooking gas by Rs 55.50 per cylinder, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of Aachhe Din (good days) has only brought miseries and inflation for the people. The party also asked where are those senior[Read More…]
New Delhi: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Saturday there are problems in the world as humans are not able to deal with their emotions. He also said education needs to impart modern knowledge to children as well as the ability to deal with their emotions. Dalai Lama made[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday voiced his angst against the brutal gang rape and assault of an eight-year-old schoolgirl in Madhya Pradesh and said the nation must come together to protect the children. In Mandsaur an eight-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang raped, and is battling for[Read More…]
New Delhi: The institution of marriage is constantly evolving with millennials nowadays having complex attitudes towards commitments, companionship and gender stereotyping. One of most welcome change is that 8 out of 10 millennials support inter-caste marriage in India, says a survey. Inshorts, a news app has come up with Pulse[Read More…]
New Delhi: Among the 108 most backward districts across the country, Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara has shown the least improvement while Gujarat’s Dahod has shown the most, the NITI Aayog said on Friday. Releasing the first delta ranking of the most backward districts in the country — which the NITI[Read More…]
Gurugram: A case has been registered against unidentified supporters of rape accused self-styled godman Daati Madan Maharaj on the charge of issuing death threats to a man and his family, police said on Friday. An FIR was registered at the Badshahpur police station against unidentified men under Sections 148, 149,[Read More…]
New Delhi: The External Affairs Minisry said on Thursday that it did not receive any request from Congress President Rahul Gandhi to undertake this year’s Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. We have not received any formal request for his visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, External[Read More…]
New Delhi: Keen to further augment opposition unity in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, Congress may opt against fielding a candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and work with other parties outside the NDA to put up a common candidate. Informed sources said the combined[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a mechanism for procurement of ethanol by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and hiked ex-mill price for ethanol derived out of ‘C’ heavy molasses by Rs 3 to Rs 43.70 per litre. Addressing the media here, Union Finance Minster[Read More…]
New Delhi: Petroleum is the taxation milch cow for the central and the state governments and it is unlikely to be brought under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) any time soon. That’s also the view of the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog, Rajiv Kumar. Several senior ministers have demanded[Read More…]
New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called for a change in mindset towards widows, asking if a man can remarry, why can’t a woman? There is a problem in the mindset of the people, we need to change this mindset, Naidu said during the celebration of International[Read More…]
New Delhi: The BJP was pulling out of its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, the party’s general secretary Ram Madhav said here today. It has become untenable for the BJP to continue in the alliance government in the state, Madhav said at a press conference. He said the[Read More…]
Jerusalem: Israel has charged a former cabinet minister with spying for Iran, the Shin Bet internal security service says. Gonen Segev, a medical doctor who served as Energy Minister in the 1990s, was allegedly recruited by Iranian intelligence while living in Nigeria. He was detained during a visit to Equatorial[Read More…]
New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the Indian Railways will provide free meals to passengers on board if trains get delayed on a Sunday by five-six hours due to planned maintenance works on tracks. The Railways will provide free meals and refreshments to the passengers travelling on[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Rejecting the United Nations report on alleged human rights vioaltions in the Kashmir Valley, the MIM has said that the world body has no right to interfere in the internal matters of India, but also dubbed the report as diplomatic failure of the Centre. Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin[Read More…]
Panaji: In what seems to be a crackdown on errant tourists, Goa’s Tourism Department on Friday said it was working on a ban on swimming in the sea from dusk to dawn, limit tourism activity to a limited area on a beach and even put together punitive measures for tourists[Read More…]
Kolkata: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Friday condemned the brutal killing of renowned journalist Shujaat Bukhari outside his office in Srinagar and said none of the accused involved in the murder will be spared. It is a sad incident. We condemn the killing of[Read More…]
New Delhi: High oil prices widened India’s May trade deficit even as exports rose by 20.18 per cent to $28.86 billion from $24.01 billion worth of merchandise shipped out during the corresponding month of last year. According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday, petroleum[Read More…]
Jalgaon (Maharashtra): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday blamed the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party’ politics after two Dalits and a tribal boy were paraded nude and assaulted for swimming in a well in Wakadi village here. The sole crime of these Dalit children was they were taking a[Read More…]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police late on Thursday night released CCTV pictures of the bike-borne assailants who might have shot senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari outside his office in Srinagar. The photos show the assailants riding a motorcycle and a small sack which may have been used to carry the weapons[Read More…]
Srinagar: Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari was Friday laid to rest in his ancestral village with thousands of friends and admirers braving heavy rain to mourn a veteran journalist, who had championed peace in times of conflict and may have been killed for it. English newspaper ‘Rising Kashmir’ published its daily[Read More…]
New Delhi: Driven by exclusive online launches and strong promotions, e-commerce platforms captured a record 38 per cent share of the total smartphone channels in India in the first quarter of 2018, a new report said on Friday. According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor service, Flipkart continued its dominance in[Read More…]
Agartala: The Tripura government has enhanced the journalists pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000, a Minister here said. The cabinet increased the journalists’ monthly pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000. The monthly pension of Rs 10,000 is second highest in India after Tamil Nadu, Law and Education Minister[Read More…]