CJI Khehar backs entry of foreign lawyers
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India J S Khehar on Saturday sought to allay fears of Indian lawyers over the issue of allowing their foreign counterparts practise, saying they are "no less" than offshore attorneys. He said opening the doors of...
BJP is hiding their failures by resorting to gau raksha: Mayawati
File Pic Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today attacked the BJP led governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh alleging that they were trying to hide their failures by resorting to 'gau raksha' (cow protection). She also claimed that...
Centre is behind Basirhat violence: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Continuing her tirade against the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today held the central government responsible for the recent Baduria and Basirhat violence which has turned the entire state into chaos. "The Centre wants to impose President's rule...
BJP MPs detained for trying to visit riot-hit Basirhat
Basirhat: A Bharatiya Janata Party central team was today detained and stopped from visiting riot-hit Basirhat in West Bengal. The BJP MPs comprising Meenakshi Lekhi, Om Mathur, Satyapal Singh were stopped by the police, following which an argument also took place...
ED raids Misa Bharti’s residence in Delhi’s Sainik farms
File Pic New Delhi: In more trouble for the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Misa Bharti, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday raided her residence in Delhi’s Sainik Farms in an alleged corruption case. The raids were also carried out at three...
6 men thrashed for transporting buffalo calves in Delhi
New Delhi: Six people were thrashed by a mob in Delhi’s Baba Haridas Nagar for allegedly carrying buffalo calves. The mob also vandalised the vehicles reportedly carrying calves a news agency reported. One of the drivers Ali Jaan has received major...
5 injured as jet blast shatters IndiGo bus window at Delhi airport
New Delhi: Passengers on-board an IndiGo bus at the New Delhi airport sustained minor injuries after a window shattered due to a jet blast allegedly from a SpiceJet plane approaching a parking bay. An IndiGo spokesperson said the right front window...
Admissions to IITs stopped by Supreme Court over ‘bonus marks’
New Delhi: Admission of students to the Indian Institutes of Technology and other top engineering colleges was halted by the Supreme Court today that is hearing complaints that the bonus marks were wrongly awarded to candidates who appeared in this...
Lalu Yadav on raids: Have done nothing wrong, know how to handle CBI
New Delhi: Terming CBI's raids as a political conspiracy, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday said that everything was done according to the system and he has not done anything wrong. Soon after coming out of...
7th Pay Commission: Ministries asked to pay revised allowances from July
Representational pic New Delhi: The finance ministry has asked all central ministries to ensure revised rates of allowances as per the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) are paid from the current month, a move that will benefit 48 lakh employees. In...
Aadhaar mandatory for welfare schemes: SC asks petitioners to urge CJI to set up Constitution bench
Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the concerned parties in Aadhaar matter to urge Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar to set up Constitution bench to finally decide on all related issues. The SC bench said this while hearing...
Supreme Court halts admissions for IITs, NITs, engineering colleges till further order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), National Institute of Technology (NITs) and other engineering colleges to stay their counselling and admission forthwith. With this, the future of nearly 33 thousand students, who...
BJP’s Roopa Ganguly forced to turn back from riot-hit Basirhat
Basirhat: The West Bengal police today stopped a three-party delegation to Basirhat in the wake of the continued violence in district. BJP's Roopa Ganguly, a team of Left leaders and a Congress delegation led by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attempted to visit...
US Senators ask Pakistan to do more to eliminate safe havens
Washington: Top American Senators have asked Pakistan to do more to eliminate terrorist safe havens in the country. A bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain conveyed this to authorities in Pakistan during a visit to the country this...
Like LPG, you can soon give up your rail subsidy
New Delhi: Taking a cue from the petroleum ministry, the Indian Railways is set to launch a Give-It-Up campaign to travellers for letting go of the subsidy on train tickets. A similar mission launched by the Ministry of Petroleum was a...
13 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 13 IAS officers including Transport Commissioner K Ravindra Naik. Naik has been sent to Azamgarh as Divisional Commissioner while P Guruprasad, who was on wait list, has been made Transport commissioner and MD,...
IAF’s MIG 23 aircraft crashes in Jodhpur’s Balesar
Jodhpur: An Indian Air Force’s (IAF) training aircraft crashed in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan on Thursday. According to reports, the incident happened in Balesar region of the district. Both the pilots have been ejected safely. More details are awaited on...
Achal Kumar Joti takes charge as Chief Election Commissioner
New Delhi: Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti on Thursday took charge as the Chief Election Commissioner. Joti was on Tuesday today appointed as the CEC suceeding Nasim Zaidi. Joti, a 1975-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will have a short tenure of...
Woman gang raped in front of her children
Visakhapatnam: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men in front of her three children at her house in the city, police said. The police on Tuesday nabbed the two accused and their accomplices and are interrogating them. In her complaint...
Tamil Nadu theatres remain shut for 4th day over double taxation
File Pic Chennai: The indefinite strike by theatre owners and distributors in Tamil Nadu demanding withdrawal of 30 per cent local body tax on movie tickets entered the fourth day today. Since new films are traditionally released on Friday, considered auspicious...
Army Jawan goes missing in Kashmir with AK-47, 3 magazines, suspected to have joined terrorists
Srinagar: An Army jawan has went missing with AK-47 and three magazines from north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday. He has been identified as Zahoor Ahmad Thakur and is associated with the 173 Territorial Army. Thakur is a resident of Pulwama district...
