Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh hit out at the prime minister who is on a visit to Gujarat and Rajasthan and posed five questions to Modi. "The prime minister is in Ahmedabad for the Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Project. While the prime minister is embracing the Mahatma for his political

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the application filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) seeking an extension of time, until June 30, for making details of the encashed Electoral Bonds public. Rejecting the application, a Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Just

New Delhi, Mar 9 (IANS): Weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, election commissioner Arun Goel, resigned from his post on Saturday. According to the officials in the know of things, Goel's resignation has been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu. "In pursuance of Clause (1) of Sectio

New Delhi: Bengaluru has been in the news for quite some time and the reason, unfortunately, is not very pleasant. A severe water crisis has struck the Karnataka capital and it has been a few days, that the people of Bengaluru have been facing it. Amid the ongoing crisis, several schools and coachin

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a money laundering probe initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. A Bench presided over by Justice Surya Kant was hearing a special leave petition filed by the Congress

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list includes 34 ministers at the central and state levels, and two being former chief ministers. 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for th

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list includes 34 ministers at the central and state levels, and two being former chief ministers. 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for th

Retired District Judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha of the Varanasi court, who passed an order recently to allow Hindus to carry out prayers at the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, has been appointed as the Lokpal of the government-run Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University in Luc

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has resigned as part-time non-executive Chairman of Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) ahead of the March 15 deadline to wind down its business. PPBL has also reconstituted its Board of Directors with the appointment of Ex-Central Bank of India Chairman Srinivas

The Railways on February 25 ordered a probe after a freight train travelled more than 80 km from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua to Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district without drivers. An official said the 53-wagon diesel locomotive freight drove away from the Kathua station without a driver. &ld

New Delhi: Three new criminal laws – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Saksha Adhiniyam (BSA) – which seek to replace the colonial era Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence act, will come i

The fatwa in question discusses the concept of 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' and allegedly glorifies "martyrdom in the context of India's invasion". The apex child rights body NCPCR has issued directive to the Uttar Pradesh government to register an FIR and take legal action against Darul U

Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS): Ameen Sayani, the iconic radio personality, passed away at the age of 91 due to cardiac failure. He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday evening after which he rushed to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai. He reportedly suffered a heart attack on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The doc

Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is taking up Karnataka tour on Thursday to participate in various programmes across the state. Gadkari will give green signal to the commencement of 15 projects of Rs 6,975 crore in north Karnataka region. He w

New Delhi: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have the world's most powerful passports. Allowing visa-free entry to 194 global destinations, these nations have occupied the top slot on the latest Henley Passport Index. These nations are followed by Finland, Netherlands, South Ko

Paytm shares went deeper into the red, hitting its lower circuit of 10  percent on February 14 to touch a lifetime low, as crisis looked far from over for parent One97 Communications. Sources told  CNBC-TV18 that the Enforcement Directorate has initiated preliminary inquiry against Payt

Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS): A Class 12 student allegedly ended his life by suicide after sending a message to his parents. The student, Mohammed Daniel, 19, hanged himself on Tuesday and was declared dead when he was rushed to the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) trauma centre. A

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS): India on Monday has welcomed the decision of the Qatar court to release the eight former Indian Army personnel, who were previously sentenced to death, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement. The Qatar court on Monday released all eight former In