India again asks Pak to provide consular access to Kulbhushan Jadav
New Delhi: India today again asked Pakistan to grant full and early consular access to its national Kulbhushan Jadav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court as the two countries exchanged a list of prisoners lodged in each other's...
Have not violated any law or insulted the army: Azam Khan
New Delhi: After a total of three complaints were filed on Saturday against Azam Khan over his controversial remark on the Indian Army, the Samajwadi Party leader asserted that he has not violated any law or not insulted any army. "Whatever...
Jharkhand lynching: Muslim women threaten to take up arms against cow vigilantes
Ramgarh: The mob lynching of a Muslim trader in Jharkhands Ramgarh two days ago has sent ripples of anger through the local population with women of the community saying they would pick up arms against self-styled cow protectors. The women say...
Top LeT commander killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district
File Pic Anantnag: Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander, were killed after an hours-long standoff with security forces in Dailgam village in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district Earlier in the day, security forces launched cordon and search operations in the...
Cow vigilantism: Adityanath urges people not to take law into their hands
File Pic Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged the people to not to take the law into their hands in the name of cow vigilantism, adding that they should just inform the administration in any case of...
GST Launched: India Gets a New Tax Regime
New Delhi/Nagpur: At the stroke of the midnight hour, India launched its ambitious pan-India indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to bind the country into a regime of "one nation, one tax, one market". The roll-out was done...
UP Minister Ramapati Shastri embarrasses Yogi govt, doesn’t know GST full form
Lucknow: In a huge embarrassment for Yogi Adityanath-led UP Government, a Cabinet Minister failed to spell out the full form of GST, which is scheduled to be rolled out at midnight today. Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal Affairs minister Ramapati...
Why so much fuss about GST launch, all parties passed it : NCP
New Delhi: Congress ally, NCP, hits out at the party over its decision to boycott the GST launch. The NCP has remained non-committal over its participation, but the party's senior leader Praful Patel's tweet could be read as its intent...
Govt calls Ramgarh lynching ‘barbaric’, but says no religious angle
Ramgarh: The government condemned on Friday the lynching of a 45-year-old Muslim meat trader in Jharkhand. The man was lynched for allegedly carrying beef and died as a result of his injuries. The government condemned the incident but said there was...
IndiGo expresses interest in buying stake in Air India
New Delhi: Private airline IndiGo has expressed interest in buying a stake in the national debt-laden carrier, Air India, TV reports say. The Union Cabinet yesterday gave an in-principle approval for disinvestment of Air India.Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while addressing...
Man dies after being hit by rock enroute Amarnath yatra
Srinagar: A community kitchen operator died today after getting hit on the head by a rock at Brarimarg on Baltal route to the cave shrine of Amarnath, taking the death toll in this year's yatra to two. Bhushan Kotwal (47), a...
Know how to Link your Aadhar with Pan Card
New Delhi: The government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or...
I am BJP’s item girl, they always talk about me: Azam Khan
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who is facing criticism for his statement against the Indian Army, on Thursday said his comments were misconstrued by the media. Khan downplayed that his comments affected the Indian Army's morale and said, "My...
Vice President’s election to be held on August 5
BREAKING NEWS:Vice President's election to be held on August 5 Last date of nominations is July 18, polls will be held on August 5. Results also on August 5. After consultation with Centre, EC has appointed Shamsher Sharif, Secretary General of...
Delhi Golf Club forms 3-member team to probe Khasi ‘maid’ incident
New Delhi: The Delhi Golf Club forms a three-member panel headed by former High Court judge Mukul Mudgal to probe the incident in which a Khasi woman was asked to leave the club because she looked like a maid. The incident...
Union Cabinet approves 7th Pay Commission recommendations on allowances
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission on allowances, with 34 modifications. “The cabinet has approved the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission on allowances with 34 modifications. It will be effective from...
#Notinmyname: Common citizens of 12 Indian cities protest against mob lynching
Bengaluru/Nagpur: Many young professionals, students, house wives, even retired people are braving monsoons and torrid rains - as in Mumbai - to gather in large numbers to protest the horrifying cases of lynching that have occured in India recently. Thousands of...
Seven-tier security as Amarnath yatra begins
Srinagar: Protected by multiple levels of security, the 40-day Amarnath pilgrimage began from here today with the first batch of 2,280 devotees leaving for the high altitude shrine. Minister of State for Tourism Priya Sethi and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief...
PM can’t stop smiling at this unusual gift from Netherlands!
Amsterdam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was gifted a bicycle by his Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte during his visit to that country during the last leg of his 3-nation tour. The PM is now back in India. As the high profile...
Haryana governments praise for veil (ghoonghat) triggers row
In a span of two years, the Haryana government has gone from its 'beti bachao, beti padhao' campaign for women empowerment to beti chupao by advocating that women in veils are the pride of the state. A photo caption in a...
Grenade hurled at Venezuela’s Supreme Court from helicopter: President
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed a grenade attack on the Supreme Court building launched from a helicopter on Tuesday evening. Maduro, speaking on state TV, said the grenades did not explode and Venezuelan special forces were searching for the "terrorists"...
