Black money list: 627 names in Supreme Court, March 2015 initial deadline for...
Supreme Court of India. Photo: PTIThe Centre on Wednesday placed a list of names of 627 Indian account holders in HSBC bank, Geneva in blackmoney case before the Supreme Court which asked SIT to go...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor slams PM Modi for ignoring Indira Gandhi
Shashi TharoorCongress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government for “ignoring the martyrdom” of Indira Gandhi, whose death anniversary falls on Friday, but the AICC sees...
View Article600 Hindu meets for Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s golden jubilee
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will hold over 600 Hindu conferences across the country to mark its golden jubilee celebrations. These conferences will be held between November and February next...
View ArticleCongress slams Arun Jaitley over remarks on CAG report
The Congress party on Thursday slammed finance minister Arun Jaitley for his remarks that the CAG should not sensationalise its report, saying it amounts to threatening the government auditor and...
View ArticlePeople’s Democratic Party wants youth to join party
Ahead of the state Assembly elections, Jammu and Kashmir’s main Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which enjoys more political sway in the Kashmir Valley is trying hard to reach out the youth...
View ArticleTop separatists arrested before polls
The police arrests JKLF chief Yasin Malik in Srinagar on Thursday. — PTIThe police in nocturnal raids arrested several top separatist leaders in an apparent crackdown aimed at preventing them from...
View ArticleSmriti Irani meets RSS leaders on changes in textbooks
Smriti Irani meets RSS leaders on changes in textbooksSenior functionaries of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh met Union human resources development minister Smriti Irani on Thursday to lay stress on an...
View ArticleArvind Mayaram shifted again in two weeks
Arvind Mayaram shifted again in two weeksFormer finance secretary Arvind Mayaram, who was shunted to the tourism ministry a fortnight ago for allegedly being close to leaders of the previous UPA...
View ArticleGovernment officials’ spouses, kids need not declare assets
The Modi government appears to have decided to give a major political concession to the largest Opposition party in the Lok Sabha. It is learnt that apart from providing some relaxation to government...
View ArticleSpecial Investigation Team chief vows not to let ‘big fish’ get away
Toughening its stand, the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate black money said on Thursday it will go after all offenders, whether “big or small”. The SIT...
View ArticleGovernment bans first class travel for bureaucrats
10% non-Plan spending cut, no 5-star hotel meetings or purchase of new cars With its focus on keeping the fiscal deficit under a tight leash, the government on Thursday announced a slew of austerity...
View ArticleForeign vessel scrapes Indian Naval Ship Kora
In a freak incident, Indian naval ship Kora suffered minor damages to its side on Friday after the naval vessel was “scraped” by a foreign merchant vessel about 300 nautical miles from the coast of...
View ArticleMinistries to upload reports every month
The Modi move for transparency in the government continued with the Cabinet Secretary on Friday making it mandatory for all the ministries to upload their progress reports on the ongoing projects...
View ArticleCBI chief may get extension
Even as the Modi government has initiated the process for selecting the next chief of the country’s premier investigating agency, the CBI, speculation is rife that the current incumbent, Ranjit Sinha,...
View ArticlePetrol price cut by Rs 2.41, diesel Rs 2.25
State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday cut the petrol price by Rs 2.41 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.25 per litre on the back of falling international oil prices.Also, from November 1 the...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi meets leaders in small groups for talks
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is again going back to basics, interacting with party leaders in smaller groups for the revival of the party following its crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha...
View ArticleCongress ends Jharkhand Mukti Morcha alliance
The Congress has decided to go alone in the coming Jharkhand Assembly polls after calling off its alliance with the JMM after sharing power with the latter for more than a year. The Sonia Gandhi-led...
View ArticleOmar Abdullah drops Ganderbal, to contest Sonwar
Omar AbdullahJammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the working president of the ruling National Conference (NC), will seek election to the state Assembly from Sonwar in Srinagar...
View ArticleWarren Anderson, wanted for Bhopal gas tragedy, dies
Warren Anderson, wanted for Bhopal gas tragedy, diesFormer Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed over 3,000 lives in one of...
View ArticleCharges filed on A Raja, Kanimozhi
A. Raja at the Patiala House courts complex in New Delhi on Friday. — PTIA special court here on Friday framed charges against the former communications minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo...
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