Now, link Aadhaar with PAN through ID proof scan and OTP
New Delhi: Individuals struggling to link their Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar because of differently spelt names can now simply upload a scanned copy of PAN to get the work done. Besides, the tax department is planning to introduce an option...
Road caves in on Anna Salai in Chennai
Chennai: A portion of road caved in on Chennai's Anna Salai, also known as Mount Road, on Sunday, pulling down a bus and a car. Initial reports suggest that around 35 people were inside the bus, and sustained minor injuries. Some...
US strike group heads toward Korean Peninsula
A United States Navy carrier strike group was moving toward the Korean Peninsula as the US boosts its defences against North Korea's nuclear ambitions. "US Pacific Command ordered the Carl Vinson Strike Group north as a prudent measure to maintain readiness...
PM Modi announces $4.5 billion line of credit to Bangladesh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday on a four-day visit, of “early” solution to the Teesta water sharing issue. Teesta water sharing issue "important" for India-Bangladesh...
Sex ratio in Haryana touches 950 mark for first time
Chandigarh: For the first time in the history of Haryana, the sex ratio in the state has touched the 950 mark. Haryana is notorious for its skewed sex ratio. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said yesterday that the sex ratio...
‘Does Tarun Vijay think only BJP, RSS members are Indians’
New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today took a swipe at BJP leader Tarun Vijay for his remarks against south Indians, asking whether BJP-RSS members were the only Indians in the country. "When Tarun Vijay said 'we live with blacks', I...
Sweden arrests man for ‘terrorist crime’ after truck attack
Stockholm: Swedish police said on Saturday that a man arrested on "suspicion of terrorist crime" could be the driver of the truck that ploughed into a crowd of people in a busy Stockholm store department. "We suspect that the man who...
German national stabbed, robbed by two men in Delhi
New Delhi: A 19-year-old German national, who is on his second visit to India, was stabbed and robbed by two men near Kashmere Gate in north Delhi on Friday, police said on Saturday. According to police, Benjamin Scolt was returning from...
Another Indian man shot dead in US
Washington: A 26-year-old Indian man who was working at a gas station in Washington was shot dead by miscreants on April 6, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informs on Twitter. In a series of tweets, Swaraj wrote: 'I have received a report...
Stockholm: 3 killed as truck crashes into store near Indian Embassy
Stockholm: A large beer truck crashed into an upscale department store in central Stockholm barely a few metres away from the Indian Embassy on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring several others. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said all...
Hours after AI lifts Gaikwad’s no fly ban, another MP disrupts flight!
New Delhi: One down, one to go. Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen on Friday reportedly created a ruckus on board an Air India flight from Delhi to Kolkata, delaying it by thirty minutes. Sen, according to a news agency, refused to adhere...
BJP leader Tarun Vijay rubbishes ‘racism in India’ with racist remark: If we’re racist, why do we live with South Indians?
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay sparked a row on Friday after he rubbished allegations of racism in India with a rather racist remark. While speaking to Al Jazeera on the issue of attacks on African students in...
Near collision averted between Air India and Indigo planes at IGI airport
New Delhi: The capital's busy IGI Airport saw an aircraft rejecting take off at high speed on Friday morning as another plane was landing on a merging runway at the same time. Parallel operations are not allowed on merging runways...
We share poets, rivers, heritage… Sheikh Hasina begins visit on a positive note
New Delhi: Before she left Dhaka, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that she expects bilateral relations between the two nations to touch new heights of cooperation, and added that she would renew her efforts for the signing of a...
It will be a crying shame if Gaikwad is let off, says AI employees
New Delhi: This should make all Air India naysayers switch to the airlines again. One for all, all for one, we say. That's an image of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad's Air India ticket which was cancelled by the airlines. The Air...
I-T raids TN health minister, actor Sarathkumar
Chennai: Friday has been a busy day for the income tax department in Tamil Nadu, as it conducted searches against Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar at over 30 locations in the state. Another person who felt the heat was...
Opposition wants BJP’s Naqvi to apologise for dismissing Alwar lynching
New Delhi: Congress MPs want Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement on the cow lynching incident in Alwar in Parliament. Opposition also seeks an apology from Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi for his statement in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. Opposition MPs...
SC notice to Centre, 5 states, on gau rakshak ban
New Delhi: More on that SC notice on vigilante groups. Amid anger over the killing of a man by cow vigilantes in Alwar, the Supreme Court today issued a notice to Rajasthan and five other states, as well as the Centre...
Reliance Jio to withdraw Summer Surprise offer after Trai’s order
Mumbai: Reliance Jio, India’s youngest telecom, has been ordered to withdraw its three-month “Summer Surprise” offer under which customers who signed up by April 15 for a data plan worth Rs. 303 per month would get three months of calls...
Real-life Mowgli found in UP jungle; lived with monkeys, walked on fours
Bahraich: An eight-year-old girl was found living with a troop of monkeys in the Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, in Bahraich, UP. After being spotted by locals in the Motipur range of the sanctuary, a police team managed to rescue her in...
Delhi journalist attacked in park battles for life
New Delhi: A Delhi-based freelance journalist, Aparna Kalra, is battling for her life at Fortis Hospital after she was brutally attacked by an unidentified person on Wednesday. Kalra, 45, was out for her evening walk in a park near her home...
