Sisodia, 64 AAP MLAs detained en route to PM’s residence
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 64 other Aam Aadmi Party legislators were detained by police on Sunday while they were on their way to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence here to protest the arrest of a...
Shiv Sena will pull out of Maha govt before 2017 civil polls: Chavan
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Prithviraj has said the Shiv Sena may break off its ruling alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra before next year's civic polls in Mumbai and other cities of the state. "The coalition of BJP and Shiv Sena...
Anantnag by-polls: Mehbooba Mufti wins by over 10,000 votes
Anatnag: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has won the Anatnag by-polls by over 10,000 votes. After the four rounds, Mehbooba had polled 8,549 votes followed by Hilal Ahmad Shah of Congress (2,752) and Iftikhar Misger of National Conference (9,526),...
AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya arrested for slapping 60-year-old man
New Delhi: AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya was arested today for slapping a 60-year-old man for allegedly failing to recognize him. The incident took place in Tughlakabad locality where Mohaniya had gone for a visit on Friday. Locals told the police that other...
Think out of the box, China tells India after failed NSG bid
Bejing: Defending its opposition to entry of non-NPT countries like India into NSG, China today said it was guided by the rules of the 48-nation grouping which were not directed against any specific country. It also advocated an "out of the...
No immediate cause for worry, says Rajan as Rupee hits 4-month low
Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said that the central bank is continuously maintaining a close vigil on the market developments, both domestically and internationally, and will take all necessary steps, including liquidity support (both dollar and rupee),...
Switzerland takes U-turn on its support to India’s NSG bid
Seoul: At a time when India needs all the support it can get for its Nuclear Suppliers` Group (NSG) membership, Switzerland, who had earlier extended its complete support, has now opposed New Delhi`s bid citing it being a non Nuclear...
India well-prepared to deal with short, medium-term consequences: Jaitley
File Pic Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's first statement since Brexit as the Sensex plunged and the Rupee slides. "We are well prepared to deal with short and medium-term consequences of Brexit:," the finance minister said. Earlier, MoS finance...
Sensex plunges over 900 pts, Rupee nosedives
Mumbai: Markets have opened sharply lower, amid weak Asian cues, after early counting on the EU referendum indicate that 'leave' votes are slightly more than 'remain'. Sharp decline in the rupee further accentuated the fall. At 10:41 am, the S&P BSE...
BR-EXITS: UK votes to leave European Union
London: The camp in favour of Britain's exit from the European Union was leading by four percentage points over the Remain camp with over 70 per cent of results declared in the referendum today as a BBC forecast said the...
I should speak less now, jokes Salman amid rape comment row
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Thursday chose to keep mum on the "rape remark" controversy and jokingly said he should talk less as these days whatever he says gets misinterpreted. The 50-year-old actor had courted controversy after he compared himself...
Congress to skip iftaar party, hand out ration to poor
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has announced the cancellation of her customary Iftaar party this year, sending ripples down the line. Partymen say the cancellation is the result of a combination of factors. The first is that Rahul...
Gurudas Kamat withdraws resignation, returns to Congress
Mumbai: Gurudas Kamat withdraws his resignation from the Congress. Kamat, who had quit the party recently said, "During last fortnight a large number of senior party leaders tried to convince me to rethink the decision. Meeting with party president Sonia...
21-year-old Raped at Gunpoint, Pistol Inserted in Her Private Parts
The girl is grievously injured and has been hospitalised where her condition is critical. Motihari: A 21-year-old girl was raped at gunpoint and a pistol and wooden particles were inserted in her private parts in Motihari in Bihar. The girl is...
Focus now on creating jobs: NITI Aayog tells government
New Delhi: The government should focus on labour-intensive sectors such as electronics, food processing, leather, textiles and garments to create good jobs, weaning away people from agriculture, says the mid-term appraisal by the NITI Aayog of the 12th Five-Year Plan...
Won’t go after Arvind Subramanian if govt sees him as patriotic: Swamy
File Pic New Delhi: Seemingly unrepentant, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today said he will "suspend" his demand for sacking the chief economic advisor if the government considers him patriotic despite his attempts in the past of trying to twist India's...
Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi
Amjad Sabri died on his way to hospital after being shot in his car Karachi/ Nagpur: One of Pakistan's most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, has been shot dead in the southern city of Karachi. Two gunmen fired on his car in the busy...
Prez tweets pics ‘Abode of Gods’
Dehradun/Nagpur: President of India @RashtrapatiBhvn Dehradun, India More pictures of beautiful Uttarakhand, also known as Dev bhoomi or abode of the Gods. President Pranab Mukherjee's scheduled visit to the Kedarnath shrine in the Rudraprayag district of Uttaranchal was cancelled at the...
Have a list of 27 people I need to fix: Subramanian Swamy
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: After waging war on Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that he has a list of 27 people with him, who are working within the government and...
ISRO continues to break new barriers: PM Modi
Image: The prime minister tweeted this TV grab of him watching the PSLV-C34 putting the 20 satellites into orbit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation following the successful launch of...
Swamy now wants Arvind Subramanian, Modi’s chief economic adviser, sacked
New Delhi: After targeting RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy's next target seems to be Arvind Subramanian, the Chief Economic Adviser to the government. In a series of tweets today, Swamy targetted Subramanian saying: "Modis chief economic adviser Arvind...
