A court here said on Tuesday it would deliver its verdict on December 21 in the 2G spectrum allocation graft cases involving, among others, former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi who are out on bail. CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini has been hearing two separate[Read More…]
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday released a white paper on air pollution in the national capital, saying the people of Delhi have a right to breathe, but the central and Delhi government are preventing it. The white paper was prepared at the direction of party’s Delhi unit President Ajay[Read More…]
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, on Monday disqualified rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar as members of the upper house of Parliament, party leader R.C.P. Singh said. In a Facebook post, Singh said: “Today (Monday) the Chairman Rajya Sabha M.[Read More…]
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s long-delayed elevation as party chief is eventually taking place at a time when Congress faces an “existential crisis”, as a party leader put it, and has huge electoral challenges in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi, 47, will be the sixth member[Read More…]
The youngest of the famous Kapoor brothers of Bollywood, he did not have their one defining and enduring cinematic image — Raj’s simple, honest ‘tramp’ in the Charlie Chaplin tradition or Shammi’s Elvis-like jiving, rebellious ‘playboy’ persona. Shashi Kapoor, however, surpassed both in sheer variety of acting. Be it romantic[Read More…]
Veteran actor-producer Shashi Kapoor died on Monday, his nephew and actor Randhir Kapoor said. He was 79. “He has passed away,” Randhir told IANS. The legendary actor was known for films like Deewar and Namak Halaal. (IANS) Interview: Playing real life characters gives me real high, says Rajkummar Rao
The 15th Finance Commission on Monday decided to expeditiously hold wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders on national, state and grassroots levels to “suitably address” the wide-ranging terms of reference it has been assigned. It also recognised the need to undertake analytical papers, analysis from leading research organisations and seek academic[Read More…]
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday lauded his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath for his drive against criminals and said that he will also ask the police in the hill state to emulate the crackdown. Addressing an event in Gorakhpur, the hometown of Adityanath, Rawat said it was[Read More…]
Dismissing reports that the AAP was holding talks with them for their return to the party, Swaraj India founders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav on Monday said there was no such possibility. Bhushan retweeted a media report that quoted Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas as saying so and dubbed[Read More…]
The engine of the Bikaner Express train derailed and caught fire after colliding with a truck in Haryana’s Mahendergarh district early on Monday, police said. No casualty was reported. The accident took place about 125 km from Delhi, on the Delhi-Bikaner railway route. The train engine was damaged due to[Read More…]
Continuing his scathing attacks on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the party as “an empire” that can only be ruled by one single family. He also said that the Congress “disliked Gujarat and hated it” and so the people of Gujarat should “punish” the Congress. Modi,[Read More…]
Under the offer called Audi Rush, the luxury carmaker is trying to lure buyers with discounted prices of certain cars and delayed EMI options. The discount of up to Rs 8.85 lakh is only available for the petrol variants of A3, A4, A6 and Q3. The discounted prices are as follows: Audi A3 35 TFSI[Read More…]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday signed the first proposer on the first nomination paper submitted for the election of her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the post of party chief. Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said Sonia Gandhi’s signatures were at the top of the first nomination[Read More…]
A joint team of CBI and ED is in London for the extradition hearing on Monday in a London court of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, wanted in India over non-payment of huge bank loans and a case of fraud and money laundering, an official said. The CBI-ED team will assist[Read More…]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its penultimate monetary policy review of the fiscal on Wednesday owing to higher inflation in October and a surge in oil prices, even as the reversal in the decline of GDP growth during the[Read More…]
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is the “darling” of the party and will carry forward the “great traditions” of the Congress. “Rahul Gandhi is a darling of the Congress and he will carry forward the great traditions of the party,” the[Read More…]
The media and entertainment industry will be able to generate both direct and indirect employment of four million jobs in the next four to five years, according to a report. The finding is part of the CII-BCG Report Media and Entertainment – The Nucleus of India’s Creative Economy, to be[Read More…]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed his nomination papers for the post of party chief at its headquarters amid cheers and enthusiasm by party leaders and workers. Gandhi signed a set of nominations in the presence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior party leaders Kamal Nath, Motilal[Read More…]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping the youth of Gujarat unemployed and not implementing the 7th Pay Commission leading to the plight of contract and fixed salary workers in the state. Keeping up at his 22 questions in the countdown to the[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will hold four rallies in Gujarat’s Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar, where polling is scheduled in the first phase on December 9. “Will continue the campaign across Gujarat. Looking forward to addressing rallies in Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar,” Modi said in a tweet.[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday alleged that BJP was indulging in violence against its candidates in Gujarat and urged the Election Commission to initiate an action against Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. “Our leaders Indranil Rajyaguru, Mitul Donga and MP Rajeev Satav, who are fighting the ‘Shah-kaal’ of fear and corruption[Read More…]
Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said he had written 32 letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including 10 on the Lokpal and issues related to farmers and agricultural land, but received not a single reply. “I did not receive any reply despite writing consistently to the Prime Minister. So,[Read More…]
Hitting out at his detractors within the AAP, its founder-member Kumar Vishwas on Sunday said the party needed an anti-virus system to get rid of “viruses that have been destroying it”. “Anti-virus system will be set up in the party and that will include party workers,” Vishwas told the media.[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over “internal democracy” in his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying many senior leaders of his party were lost in pages of history. “Dear PM, your love for ‘Shahzad’,’Shah-Zada’ and ‘Shaurya’ is now well known. But nation wants to know when will[Read More…]
A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for the party chief’s post at its headquarters on Monday, with over 90 sets of nomination papers likely to be filed to support his candidature. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s[Read More…]
