MHA asks digital payment companies to beef up cyber security
New Delhi: The Home Ministry asks digital payment and e-commerce companies to beef up their cyber security in the wake of increased digital payments. The government's demonetisation move, and the subsequent cash crunch, has led to a surge in digital...
Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump
A passenger was removed from a JetBlue Airways Corp plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after verbally accosting Ivanka Trump, the website TMZ reported. Airline personnel escorted the man off the plane after he railed at US President-elect...
Delhi LG Jung resigns
New Delhi: Najeeb Jung, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, has resigned 18 months short of his tenure and said he wants to return to his "first love, academics". Mr Jung's two years in office were dogged by his constant battle...
Ravichandran Ashwin, ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016
New Delhi: India's top off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin won the Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 on Thursday, December 22. The World No 1 bowler is also the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year. 'It is an...
Tamil Nadu chief secy suspended, Girija Vaidyanathan replaces him
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Secy P Rama Mohana Rao suspended after income tax raids. Girija Vaidyanathan, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration has been appointed Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu in his place , a government order said. This comes...
PM, Rahul to face off in UP, a day after bribe allegations
Uttar Pradesh: So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi face off today in UP. A day after the Congress vice-president accused the prime minister of receiving crores in kickbacks as Chief Minister of Gujarat, they will address separate meetings...
Rahul Gandhi claims PM Modi got Rs 40 crore from Sahara in 2013, BJP claims Agusta diversion
Rahul Gandhi alleged that Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister had taken money from Sahara and Birla groups and demanded an independent inquiry into it, a charge BJP rejected as an attempt to divert attention from the AgustaWestland probe...
Tax raid at TN chief secretary’s residence
The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted a raid at the premises of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao. The raids were conducted at his residence this morning, reports the Hindu. A senior investigating officer told The Hindu...
Lie detector test on friend of missing JNU student
The Delhi Police will on Wednesday conduct a lie detector test on missingJawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed's room partner Kazim. The Crime Branch unit of the Delhi yesterday entered into its second day of search operations at the...
29 dead, 70 hurt in Mexico fireworks market blast
Police officers walk amongst the wreckage of houses destroyed in an explosion at the San Pablito fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, in Tultepec, Mexico, December 20, 2016. At least 29 people died and over 70 were injured...
Indian army being deployed in printing notes
This is definitely being treated as a national emergency - the inadequate printing capacity of new notes post demonetization. The Huffington post reveals that the Indian Army has been deployed to help RBI print new notes. The sudden surge in manpower...
Terrible last move! BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta slams govt U-turn on old notes
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta criticises the Modi government for changing its stance yet again on the deposit of old notes. Dasgupta tweeted: "New caveats on depositing old notes till Dec 30 were unnecessary & will undermine...
No limit on keeping cash at home: Govt
Highly placed government sources on Monday denied media reports that the government is setting a limit on keeping cash at home. Media reports stated that the government would set a limit on the amount of cash that can be kept at...
Video: Russian ambassador gunned down in Ankara
ANKARA The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot in the back and killed while giving a speech at an art gallery on Monday. Turkish security sources said the gunman, who shouted "Don't forget Aleppo", was...
Yasin Bhatkal, Four Others Sentenced To Death For 2013 Hyderabad Blasts
Hyderabad: Indian Mujahideen co-founder founder Yasin Bhatkal and four others have been sentenced to death for the twin blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar in 2013. This is the first time that top leaders of the Indian Mujahideen, including Yasin Bhatkal, have...
Demonetisation a fire bomb on the nation’s poor: Rahul Gandhi
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said demonetisation was not against black money or corruption, but against the farmers and the poor. “The decision made on November 8 was not against black money or corruption,...
PayPal files case against Paytm for copying color scheme
PayPal, a US-based e-wallet company, filed a trademark infringement case against its Chinese-backed Indian counterpart Paytm in the Indian Trademark office, Hindustan Times reported Monday. PayPal alleged that Paytm uses colour patterns in its logo similar to those it uses....
Russian plane crashes in Siberia with 16 injured
An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on board, BBC reports. The defence ministry said 16 people were seriously injured, correcting earlier reports that 27 had died. The plane was carrying...
Govt may now set limit on keeping cash at home, say sources
New Delhi: After the announcement of demonetisation on November 8, the government may now set a limit on keeping cash at home -- anywhere between Rs 3 and Rs 15 lakh. However, being a developing economy, it will be quite difficult...
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat named next Army chief
New Delhi: The government today appointed vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief superseding his two senior officers, while vice chief of air staff Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new...
After clamour from House MOS Patil suspends Mumbai API who showed laxity in infant assault case
File Photo Mumbai: Ranjit Patil, MoS for Home today suspended an Assistant Police Inspector for dereliction of duty in an assault case in which a 10-month-old infant girl was brutally beaten up by the caretaker of a play school-cum-day care...
