MHA tells IB to check NGO foreign funds
The Union home ministry has asked the Intelligence Bureau to carry out more stringent checks on the foreign funding pattern or grants being received by the NGOs that are not registered with the...
View ArticleGreenpeace writes to MHA on IB report
International non-government organisation Greenpeace is in a spot after an Intelligence Bureau report called it “a threat to national security” and accused it of impacting the country’s GDP by...
View ArticleCase filed against Himachal Pradesh project
As rescue teams fished out another body Wednesday, SP Mandi RS Negi said that a case under Sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of...
View ArticleCongress to look into Maharashtra loss
The process of organisational reshuffle has begun in the Congress in a piecemeal manner. After dissolving the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi units without removing PCC chiefs, the party is expected...
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Smriti Irani works on multi-nation student exchanges
British High Commissioner to India, Julian Evans with Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani -PTIUnion human resource development minister Smriti Irani is working on a...
View ArticleSonia Gandhi: We deserve Leader of Opposition post
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday wrote a letter to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, saying her party should get the post of Leader of the Opposition, as there is no rule of 10 per cent strength in...
View ArticlePrime Minister’s Office transfers ‘tainted’ additional secretary
As the revamp of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) under Narendra Modi continues with an aim to ensure that the high office remain taint-free, the government, in a significant move on Thursday, shifted...
View ArticleNarmada dam height to be raised
In a major victory for the Gujarat government within weeks of Narendra Modi taking over as Prime Minister, the Centre on Thursday granted it the much-awaited permission to raise the height of the...
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Akhilesh Yadav says law, order OK; gets Rs 39000 crore commitments
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav leaves after meeting PM Narendra Modi at 7RCR in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTIUttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav held an “Investors’ Conclave” in New Delhi on Thursday, a...
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Militants near Baghdad
Iraqi men chant slogans against the Al Qaeda breakaway — APJihadis were pushing towards Baghdad on Thursday after capturing a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to...
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TMC ready to work with government on Teesta pact?
TMC ready to work with government on Teesta pact? Photo: FacebookIn a significant development in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy for cooperative federalism, one of the Modi Sarkar’s leading...
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Government plans to offer each pandit family Rs 20 lakhs
Government plans to offer each pandit family Rs 20 lakhs Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday set the ball rolling for the smooth and safe return of Kashmiri pandits to the Valley. This was...
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After 4 years, men secure top 3 slots in IAS exam
After 4 years, men secure top 3 slots in IAS exam. Photo : Facebook For the first time in four years, a male candidate, Gaurav Agrawal, got top rank in the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2013....
View ArticleIndian degrees set to go global
India, which has been a provisional member of Washington Accord since 2007, was working for several years to become a permanent member In a major development that will enable global recognition of...
View ArticleNarendra Modi Cabinet will meet Wednesdays
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasising the use of information technology in governance and administration, all ministries and departments have been instructed to send soft copies of their final...
View ArticleBoy’s fingers cut off, acid poured in eyes
Vikas Yadav, 17, was attacked by a group of seven men while returning home on his bike In an alarming incident of cruelty, all the ten fingers of a 17-year-old boy in Bihar’s Samastipur district were...
View ArticleGoa axes MLAs’ junket to Brazil
The state govt said the decision was taken ‘bowing’ to public sentiments Facing a relentless Opposition assault over “wasteful expenditure”, the Goa government on Friday cancelled a state-funded trip...
View ArticleLoC: Exchange of fire after soldier killed
A day after an Indian soldier was killed and five others wounded in twin landmine blasts in an area close to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, Indian and Pakistan troops have...
View ArticleSuspect held after tip-off
A key suspect in the shocking abduction and rape of two minor girls from a hostel in Pollachi was on Friday “detained” by the police. The man was picked up from Udumalpet in neighbouring Tirupur...
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Army chief meets MoS V.K. Singh
Gen. Bikram Singh Army Chief Gen. Bikram Singh on Friday met his predecessor and current minister of state for development of the Northeast region (DoNER) Gen. V.K. Singh (Retd.), in what defence...
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