Pakistan’s minister Shuja Khanzada assassinated in suicide attack
Pakistan’s Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was today assassinated along with eight others when a suicide bomber blew himself up at his house in Shadi Khal village in Attock district. “Eight persons have been killed and several others injured...
PM Modi arrives in UAE today, says Gulf region vital for India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be received by Gen Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, a rare of warmth when he arrives in Abu Dhabi on...
Sri Lanka stun India with remarkable comeback Test victory
GALLE/Nagpur: Sri Lanka defeated India by 63 runs in the first Test in Galle on Saturday to take the lead in the three-match series. India, set a victory target of 176 runs, folded up for 112 in their second innings after...
Not a day of politics, will talk tomorrow: Rahul Gandhi on Modi’s Independence Day speech
New Delhi/Nagpur: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi Saturday refrained from commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech, with the party vice president saying it is not a day of politics. "Today is not a day...
PM Modi speaks out against corruption, says need to focus on ‘Start-Up’ and ‘Stand-Up’ India
In a marathon address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort, PM Modi on Saturday underlined India's unity and diversity and said the poison of casteism and communal frenzy have no place in the country. Modi, in his second...
PM Modi’s New Initiative to Create Jobs: ‘Start up India, Stand up India’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a new campaign "Start-up India, Stand up India" to promote bank financing for start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job creation. Addressing the nation on the 69th Independence Day, he said,...
Pranab Mukherjee: Parliament has become an arena of combat rather than debate
New Delhi. In a blunt message to the political class, President Pranab Mukherjee tonight said Parliament has been converted into an “arena of combat rather than debate” and warned that “leaves” of democracy “are beginning to wilt”. “On the fertile ground laid...
Was mediator on OROP, but gave up after 48 hours: Gen VP Malik
General (retd) VP Malik, India's army chief during the Kargil victory, revealed on Friday that he acted as mediator between military veterans and the Narendra Modi government on One Rank One Pension (OROP)issue but gave up "within 48 hours". Gen Malik...
Street dog menace: NHRC sends notices to Centre, Delhi government
New Delhi: Calling for a debate on the human rights versus animal rights issue, the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Delhi government and Union Health Ministry in the wake of a recent fatal attack on a seven-year-old...
Ex-Servicemen Protesting Over One Rank One Pension refuse to leave Jantar Mantar
New Delhi. Military veterans, who are on a relay hunger strike to protest the delay in implementation of one rank one pension (OROP), have refused to move out of Jantar Mantar after Delhi civic authorities tried to clear all demonstrators from...
Bombay HC lifts FSSAI ban order, but Maggi to be re-tested before hitting stores again
Mumbai/Nagpur: In a big relief for Nestle India, the Bombay High Court has set aside the FSSAI order banning the Maggi noodles for six weeks. The order states that principles of natural justice were not followed and so the ban...
Rahul Gandhi claims that Modi doesn’t have the guts to face House
New Delhi. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ruling BJP's allegations against his family in the Lok Sabha. "Today, the Prime Minister does not have the guts to sit in this House," he...
‘My daughter invested in Raje’s hotel, money routed through Mauritius’- Lalit Modi
London: In an exclusive chat with India Samvad former IPL Boss Lalit Modi revealed his daughter invested in a hotel owned by Rajesthan CM Vasundhara Raje’s son Dushyant Singh. Lalit Modi against who the Court has issued Non-bailable warrant in...
Did Google learn the Alphabet to get Pichai as CEO?
Google has always wanted to be the alpha and omega of the Internet, but no one expected it would try to own the very alphabet. In a sudden, eyeball-arresting announcement, the world’s most watched technology company has announced big-bang restructuring,...
Former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav released
Delhi/ Nagpur. Delhi police, after a long irritating as well as confusing drama of arrest of Former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav by the police administration during late night hours of Monday, released him (Yogendra Yadav) and his three supporters by Tuesday...
SC Rules Aadhaar Card Not Mandatory To Avail Schemes
The bench said the Centre shall give wide publicity through electronic and print media that the card is not mandatory to avail the government schemes New Delhi. The Supreme Court has said that Aadhaar card not be mandatory for availing various welfare...
Government introduces GST bill in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi. The government on Tuesday succeeded in introducing a goods and services tax bill in the Rajya Sabha, but the house was adjourned for the day shortly afterwards amid protests by the lawmakers of the opposition Congress...
Supreme Court refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench
New Delhi. The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right. Allowing the Centre’s plea, a...
India-born Sundar Pichai is new CEO of Google
WASHINGTON/Nagpur: India-born Sundar Pichai was named CEO of Google on Tuesday by the company's founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin in course of a re-organization that created a mother company called Alphabet. Pichai, 43, a Chennai native who went to IIT...
Dayanidhi Maran faces arrest in illegal telephone exchange case as Madras HC asks him to surrender in 3 days
In fresh trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled his interim anticipatory bail in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case and directed him to surrender before the CBI within three days. “…interim anticipatory bail...
Afghanistan hit by earthquake: Tremors felt as far as Delhi, Srinagar
Buildings shake, people rush out of houses Representational Pic National: In another catastrophe which occurred in the north of India after an earthquake hit Afghanistan, tremors were felt in northern India on August 10, 2015. Tremors were felt in Srinagar and...
