Despite fall, GDP will bounce back sharply: RBI Governor

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel today said India's economic growth will make a "sharp V" recovery following the recall of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Patel also made a strong case for continuing with globalisation even in...

Stay away from encounter sites: J-K govt advisory after Army Chief’s warning

Srinagar: Following Army Chief Bipin Rawat's warning, the Jammu and Kashmir government issues a fresh advisory on encounters in Kashmir. Asks people to stay away from encounter sites to avoid collateral damages during anti-militancy operations. While stressing that the Army has...

Tycoon Rajiv Bajaj Warns Against ‘Made In India’ Becoming ‘Mad In India’

Mumbai: Peeved at hurdles being faced by his company to launch its quadri-cycle in India, industrialist Rajiv Bajaj today said stifling of innovation by regulatory agencies will turn 'Made in India' into 'Mad in India', taking potshots at the Centre's...

Woman Asks SC to Ban Pornography As Husband’s Porn Addiction Has Wrecked Married Life

New Delhi: In the midst of efforts by the Supreme Court to direct the Centre to end the menace of child pornography websites, a woman in Mumbai has approached the apex court seeking a ban on pornography websites as her...

Skewed Sex Ratio: SC Tells Search Engines To Block Keywords Indicative Of Sex Determination

New Delhi: The court observed that while knowledge, information and wisdom should not be blocked from reaching by public, but such knowledge, information and wisdom cannot be allowed to violate the provisions of laws, including the PNDT Act. Expressing deep concern...

MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup appointed envoy to Canada

New Delhi: MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup appointed as High Commissioner of lndia to Canada. Swarup is a writer and diplomat is the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India. He is best known as the author of the...

Akhilesh does ‘kaam ki baat’ not ‘mann ki baat’: Dimple

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is more interested in doing "kaam ki baat" (practical work) rather than "mann ki baat", SP candidate and his wife Dimple Yadav said today in an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

Hafiz Saeed tells Pak govt to remove his name from travel ban list

New Delhi: Hafiz Saeed, chief of terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa has told the Government of Pakistan to immediately remove his name from a list that bars him from leaving the country. He claimed that he is not a security risk. In a letter...

Dear Bajrang Dal walon, look at this cute Valentine’s Day celebration in a BJP office. Make love, not war

E Palanisamy to be C.M. of Tamilnadu, swearing-in likely within 24 hours

Chennai: The allegedly dithering Governor of Tamilnadu, Vidyasagar Rao, has finally made up his mind and invited Sasikala man,or proxy, as some call him uncharitably, to form the next government of Tamilnadu. It is a resounding victory for Chinamma Sasikala whose...

Night on floor, tamarind rice for breakfast: Sasikala in jail

Bengaluru: The morning after: AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, who is now known as prisoner number 9324 slept on the floor of her prison cell at Bengaluru Central jail. She reached jail yesterday evening after a rebuke from the Supreme Court...

Anil Ambani flies sortie in Rafale

Representational Pic Bengaluru: Reliance Group's Anil Ambani on Wednesday took to the skies for a sortie in the French Rafale fighter jet aircraft at the Aero India 2017 airshow at Yelahanka airbase Bengaluru. The 30-minute sortie was a low level...

Trump may be a blessing in disguise for India’s IT industry: Ambani

New Delhi: India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, on Wednesday said that the election for Donald Trump as the president of United States can be a blessing in disguise for India's IT industry. "Trump may be a blessing in disguise for domestic...

Sasikala surrenders at Bengaluru jail

Bengaluru: AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala reaches Bengaluru jail where she will surrender. Sasikala's lawyers have asked for a two-week relief before she surrenders. This is the second time she will be incarcerated at the Bengaluru jail, where she spent...

Shift Shahabuddin to Tihar Jail: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin be moved from Siwan (Bihar) to Tihar Jail for a free and fair trial in the case relating to a journalist's murder. Shahabuddin's trial will...

TN governor may ask Sasikala nominee Palanisamy to form govt

Chennai: AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala and legislative leader Edapadi Palanisamy booked by police for alleged detention of AIADMK legislators at the Golden Bay resort near Chennai on complaint from rival camp MLA. A large posse of police deployed outside...

SC tells Sasikala to surrender NOW, refuses to give her more time

Chennai: All roads lead to Bengaluru Central jail for VK Sasikala. The Supreme Court refuses any more time for Sasikala to surrender. All options are closed. KTS Tulsi, Sasikala's lawyer told Justice Ghosh today that she needs more time to sort out...

Chinamma makes nephew, sacked by Jaya, AIADMK deputy gen secy

Chennai: Sasikala inducts nephew TTV Dinakaran into the AIADMK as the party's deputy general secretary ahead of surrender, which is likely to happen today. Sasikala has also inducted another relative Venkatesh into the party. Dinakaran's appointment is a departure from...

ISRO launches record 104 satellites into orbit

Sriharikota: ISRO is attempting a new world record by launching 104 satellites in a single flight of PSLVC 37 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The main passenger is the Earth-mapping Cartosat 2 series satellite, which weighs 714 kg. Among the 104 satellites...

Raees promotion: FIR against SRK for rioting

Kota:The Government Railway Police in Kota, Rajasthan, lodged an FIR against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and others under several charges, including rioting, while he was in Kota for the promotion of his film Raees on January 24. On way...