New Delhi: Visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday said that the global war against terror was not a fight between different religions but between moderates and extremists. “Today’s global war against terror is not a fight between different religions or people. It is between moderates of all faiths and communities[Read More…]
New Delhi: A day after the government set a 15-day deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) to examine all non-performing assets above Rs 50 crore for possible fraud and to identify operational and technical gaps, industry chamber Ficci on Wednesday said the move would help in ensuring the much-required cleansing[Read More…]
Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav is leading by 2139 votes in Madhya Pradesh’s Kolaras after 5th round of counting. The vote count of parties stands at: Congress – 19556 BJP – 17417 NOTA – 208 Bhopal: The Congress on Wednesday took a lead in both Mungaoli and Kolaras assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.[Read More…]
Chennai/New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from Chennai in connection with its ongoing probe into the INX media case, an official said on Wednesday. The Central Bureau of Investigation official said that he was arrested from the Chennai airport after[Read More…]
Washington: US President Donald Trump, upset over the issue of high import duty on Harley-Davidson motorcycles in India, has said that Washington was “getting nothing” despite India’s announcement of slashing customs duty on imported motorcycles to 50 per cent. He also imitated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but this time without[Read More…]
New Delhi: The airfares for the Haj pilgrims this year have been slashed and a Saudi airline has been roped in to carry passengers, besides Air India, at the instance of the government — a move that would offset the impact of withdrawal of Haj subsidy, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar[Read More…]
Panaji: Taking on BJP President Amit Shah for making what he called unreasonable promises to poll-bound Karnataka over Mhadei river water dispute, Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Palienkar on Tuesday said such comments should be avoided. “Amit Shah and others like him will speak in their respective states. There are[Read More…]
Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and a former legislator Rakesh Singh has been arrested after a smuggled pistol was seized from his house in Aligarh, police said on Tuesday. The former lawmaker has been booked under the Arms Act. He has been taken for interrogation to the Quwarsi police station,[Read More…]
Mumbai: The fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported an additional Rs 1,300 crore unauthorised transactions, taking the estimated quantum to Rs 12,600 crore in the scam related to diamond trader Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems, Mehul Choksi. In a 11.22 p.m., late night filing with the stock exchanges[Read More…]
New Delhi: It is the sad demise of love and gentleness — at the behest of skewed patriotism and extreme nationalism — that comes across as the most troubling feature of current times for writer-activist Arundhati Roy. The very fundamentals of the country, she contended in an interview to IANS, are[Read More…]
New Delhi: A week after Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was allegedly attacked by two ruling AAP MLAs, the Delhi government is planning to live stream all official meetings, an official said on Monday. The official told IANS that the government was planning to make the live feed of meetings available on[Read More…]
Chennai: The Central government is working on different new technologies, including fuel, for maritime transport to cut costs, said Union Shipping and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari here on Monday. “We are working with lot of new technologies nowadays. We are planning to use methanol as a fuel for all[Read More…]
Patna: An FIR was lodged against BJP leader Manoj Baitha for the death of nine school children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, police said on Monday. The parents of the killed children demanded his arrest. “We have registered an FIR against Baitha on Sunday on the basis of a complaint by Moh[Read More…]
Kolkata: Former Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday announced that he has resigned from the Trinamool Congress and was no more associated with any political party. In a tweet, the country’s soccer icon also said he has quit all the official and political posts of the Trinamool Congress, which he[Read More…]
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday asked Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to take action against people who attacked a government school teacher here. Sisodia took up the matter with Baijal, as Delhi Police falls under the jurisdiction of the Lt. Governor. The Deputy Chief Minister was referring[Read More…]
Shillong: Meghalaya’s ruling Congress has promised that it would create three lakh new jobs, besides promising to enhance Rs 5 lakh health insurance cover announced by the Central government, if it returns to power in the state. “It shall be our endeavour to create three lakh new jobs, and provide one[Read More…]
Athani: Invoking the teachings of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that his party’s government in Karnataka gave a clean administration in the last five years. “Following the teachings of Basavanna, our party has given a clean administration over the last five years in Karnataka. We[Read More…]
Bhopal: More than 45 per cent polling was reported in five hours in two assembly by-elections in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday that were being keenly contested by the ruling BJP and its rival Congress. An Election Commission official here said that while Mungaoli in Ashoknagar district reported 47 per cent[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said investment for setting up infrastructure was not a constraint for the government and the capital expenditure has tripled in the last five years. The NDA government had increased outlays on railways modernisation, safety and amenities, Goyal said while speaking on[Read More…]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Prime Minister’s silence on major banking scams unearthed in the country over the last few days and termed Narendra Modi the “most expensive chowkidar” in the world. “Modiji used to give a statement everyday against the Congress when a[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Friday wrote to all MPs, seeking support for her demand on the death penalty to child rapists within six months. According to DCW, Maliwal has requested them to join and support the movement – and raise the matter in the[Read More…]
New Delhi: Admitting that India’s urban infrastructure was under “extreme strain”, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government was committed to bringing holistic transformation in the country’s infrastructure development, including providing 12 million houses in urban areas by 2022. Sanctioning at a[Read More…]
Washington: In a move that is likely to hit Indian IT firms and their employees, the Trump administration has announced a new measure that makes it tougher to issue H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian Army on Thursday defended its chief General Bipin Rawat’s comments about the growth of the AIUDF, a political party in Assam, allegedly because it enjoyed the support of the Muslim population as Pakistan and China were pushing illegal Bangladeshi migrants into India. AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal took[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi government employees will observe a five-minute silence outside their respective offices every working day till steps are taken to “ensure their safety and dignity”, the IAS body said here on Thursday. The decision to observe the silent protest during lunch break, came two days after Chief Secretary Anshu[Read More…]
