Chetan Bhagat in plagiarism row; courts stays sale of ‘One Indian Girl’
New Delhi: Writer Chetan Bhagat has been accused of plagiarism; his latest book ‘One Indian Girl’ is the subject of litigation in a Bangalore court. Bhagat has been accused of plagiarising the work of Anvita Bajpai, who wrote a book...
Centre has no plan to tax farm income: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: Union Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley has categorically dismissed any prospect of the government bringing agricultural income into the income tax net, a day after the Centre’s think tank NITI Aayog mooted the idea. “I have...
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Indian high commissioner demands consular access to Naval officer
New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale on Wednesday said he met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry to reiterate demand for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been awarded death sentence by the Islamabad military court. The Pakistan Army...
Adityanath govt cancels 15 public holidays in schools, colleges
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversaries of eminent personalities. Instead, students in schools and colleges would now be taught about them on these days, the Cabinet decided today at a...
Bill Gates praises PM Modi for executing ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission
File Pic New Delhi: Bill Gates, world’s richest man and co-founder of Microsoft, has applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission, saying that he has put a spotlight on a subject that most of us would rather not even...
Delhi Results: BJP Set For Huge Win, Arvind Kejriwal Spurned
New Delhi: The BJP is set to retain all three municipal corporations in Delhi for which elections were held on Sunday. It is leading in all three by huge margins, with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress neck and...
Fake passport case: Underworld don Chhota Rajan sentenced to 7 years in jail
New Delhi: A special court on Tuesday awarded a seven-year-jail term to underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and three other government officials in a fake passport case. Patiala House Court had on Monday convicted Chhota Rajan and three...
We will continue to wail over coffins without CRPF reform: Lt Gen Panag
Raipur: Lt General HS Panag, who was vilified and viciously trolled recently for criticising the Indian army for using a "human shield" to protect themselves from stone pelters in Kashmir's Budgam district, weighs in on the CRPF operations in Naxal...
Public sector bank merger healthy for banking system: RBI governor
New York: RBI governor Urjit Patel has said the Indian banking system could be better off if some public sector banks are consolidated to have fewer but healthier entities, as it would help in dealing with the problem of stressed...
Why should I remove red beacon before May 1, asks Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: While most of the ministers have already removed the red beacon atop their vehicles following the Centre's ruling, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that he would remove the beacon when the order comes into force on May...
Don’t open any liquor shops in TN for next three months, Madras HC tells state govt
File Pic Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the AIADMK-ruled Tamil Nadu government to not open any TASMAC liquor shops in the state for the next 3 months. The DMK and the Advocates Forum for Social Justice (legal wing...
Pakistan: 10 killed in landmine blast
Representational Pic Islamabad: At least 10 persons were killed when a passenger van hit a landmine in Kurram Agency in Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said. Yasir Hussain, who is injured in the attack, was bringing stones from a mountain when...
PETA urges PM Modi to ban meat from serving at government functions
New Delhi: Animal Right Organisation PETA has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban meat from being served at all government or government-sponsored meetings and functions. The group asked the government to take cue from the German environment minister Barbara Hendricks...
Centre, state on same page in tackling Naxals: Rajnath
Raipur: HM Rajnath Singh and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh reviewing the situation in the state at a meeting in Raipur. Rajnath Singh, who arrived in the state capital, Raipur, along with MoS Home Hansraj Ahir to pay tribute to the slain...
‘Go to Pakistan’: Elderly Muslim man humiliated by youth in Delhi metro
Representational Image New Delhi: In yet another shocking case of religious discrimination, an elderly Muslim man was denied a seat in Delhi metro by a group of youth, who hurled slurs and abuses at him over his appearance. The incident took...
Home Minister, CM pay tribute to CRPF jawans killed in Sukma
Sukma: Home minister Rajnath Singh reaches Raipur to pay tribute to the 25 CRPF jawans slain in a Naxal attack yesterday. Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh is also there. The attack took place between Burkapal-Chintagufa area in south Bastar, the worst...
26 CRPF Personnel killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
Representational Pic Sukma: In a deadly ambush by Naxals, 26 CRPF personnel were today killed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. Sukma Additional SP Jitendra Shukla said 11 CRPF jawans were martyred and six others injured. The encounter with 74 battalion of Central Reserve Police...
RIL Q4 report: 12% rise in profits
New Delhi: Reliance Industries today reported a 12.3 per cent rise in its March quarter net profit on the back of higher refining and petrochemical margins. Consolidated net profit in January-March quarter at Rs 8,046 crore, or Rs 27.3 per share,...
SC notice to Centre, Army on ‘sahayak’ system
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Central Government and the Army after hearing a PIL filed by a journalist, who alleged that 'sahayaks' and other lower rank staff in the Army were allegedly forced to...
Underworld Don Chhota Rajan convicted in fake passport case
New Delhi: Underworld Don Chhota Rajan and three others found guilty in a fake passport case by a Delhi's Patiala House Court. The Central Bureau of Investigation special judge Virender Kumar Goyal held Rajan guilty of possessing a fake passport The court...
Patanjali’s product banned from defence canteens
New Delhi/Nagpur: Baba Ramdev's Patanjali is always claiming it to be the most trusted and healthy brand. However, the laboratory tests of its food have disagreed sometimes, which led to a black mark on its brand image. In the latest, the...
