Nagrota attack as shameful as 26/11: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the recent Nagrota attack is as "shameful" as the 2008 Mumbai carnage and has "disproved" the belief that surgical strikes can end cross-border terrorism. Speaking at the launch of former National Security...
Toll plazas in Mumbai refuse card payments, commuters shell out cash
Mumbai : Despite of all the tall promises made by the Maharashtra government to encourage cashless travelling, not a single toll plaza around the country's financial capital Mumbai were ready to accept cards or indulged in mobile wallet payment options...
American alleges rape by guide, 4 others in 5-star hotel in Delhi
An American woman was allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men, including a tourist guide, at a five-star hotel near Connaught Place in Delhi. Police said they received a complaint from the woman through email. The woman said she would...
22-year-old hacks Modi app and accesses private data of 7 million people
Long since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of the nation, he has talked about Digital India. Presently, in India, internet penetration is a mere seven per cent, while those actually who own a smartphone make up roughly 41 per cent...
Large volumes of cash are big source of corruption, says PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that large volumes of cash are a big source of corruption and black money. In an article posted on social media, Prime Minister Modi said corruption slows down growth and takes a...
Bengal was informed, let’s not drag Army into controversy: Naidu in RS
New Delhi: With the deployment of the army at various check points across West Bengal dominating discourse in parliament on Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said it was a routine exercise and insisted that an apolitical institution...
Cyclone Nada weakens further, making landfall in TN today
Tamil Nadu: Cyclonic storm Nada today further weakened into a depression as per expectations, with making its land fall between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu, the MeT Department said. "A large chunk of the depression has crossed coast early morning....
Anthem order should not be overstretched: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refuses to entertain a plea seeking playing of the national anthem in courts after the Attorney General submits that the petitioner should file a proper application. The SC says its order on the national anthem...
Parrikar, Army rebut Mamata: Toll plaza deployment routine exercise
New Delhi: The TMC raises the issue of "army deployment in West Bengal" in the Lok Sabha as does the Congress in the Rajya Sabha. Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad says, "It seems out of the way. Army doesn't collect...
Won’t leave office till Centre withdraws Army from toll plazas: Mamata
Kolkatta: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday night refused to leave the state secretariat until Army personnel are withdrawn from toll plaza in front of it. "Until and unless Army stationed in front of Nabanno, the Bengal state govt...
Jio has grown faster than FB, Whatsapp, Skype : Ambani
Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries reveals big plans for Reliance Jio for the first 3 months. Highlights. Ambani says Reliance Jio has grown faster than Facebook, WhatsApp or Skype. Ambani says in 3 Months, Reliance Jio has become...
ATF price cut by 3.7%, LPG hiked by Rs 2 per cylinder
New Delhi: Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was today cut by 3.7 per cent while subsidised LPG rate was hiked by Rs 2.07 per cylinder, the seventh increase in cooking gas price in six months. ATF or jet fuel price...
After Rahul, now Cong’s Twitter account hacked
File Pic The Congress party twitter account @INCINDIA hacked, abusive tweets pour out. Just yesterday, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's official Twitter account was on Wednesday night hacked and some expletives-laden tweets were posted. Confirming the development, his office said efforts were...
12 vehicles crash into each other on Yamuna Expressway due to dense fog
At least 12 vehicles crash into each other due to dense fog at Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, killing one and injuring more than 10 people. Dense fog engulfed North India on Thursday morning with visibility less than 50 metres in New...
National anthem must in all cinemas in India, standing up compulsory: SC
The Supreme Court has directed all cinema halls in the country to play the national anthem before a film. The SC says citizens must respect the anthem and the flag and orders that nobody can print the anthem on any...
Malegaon blast 2008: Mumbai HC starts hearing Sadhvi Pragya’s bail plea
Mumbai / Nagpur: Hearing the bail application of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court today directed that the statements of witnesses be produced on the next date for further consideration.Although...
Withdrawals from Jan Dhan accounts capped at Rs 10,000/month
The Reserve Bank of India has announced that cash withdrawals from Jan Dhan accounts will be capped at Rs 10,000 per month. The move comes following reports that these accounts have been misused by black money holders post-demonetisation. In just...
Security beefed up in Vaishnodevi following Nagrota terror attack
Authorities today sounded an alert and stepped up security in and around Katra, the base camp of Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. "We have sounded an alert. Security has been beefed up at...
Nandan Nilekani may join NITI Aayog as ‘digital advisor’
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asked former UIDAI chairman and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to advise the NDA government on digital payments, especially on linking governmental banking services directly to its employees, including the Army, judiciary and paramilitary forces. Nilekani,...
I was ready to cooperate, but no probe agency contacted me: Zakir Naik
Asserting that he has repeatedly offered his cooperation to Central agencies in their investigations, Islamic Research Foundation chief Zakir Naik has justified his decision to steer clear of India saying that he was an NRI and that his work kept...
Show all bank transactions from Nov 8, Modi tells BJP MPs and MLAs
File PhotoPrime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all Bharatiya Janata Party members of Parliament and legislative assemblies to submit details of their bank account transactions between November 8 and December 31 to party president Amit Shah. The PM conveyed this...
