NEW DELHI: With wave of promises to boost India’s economy, add millions of jobs and bring “good times” to the developing nation, Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister three years ago. Three years later, India’s economic prospects stumbled. India’s economic expansion has slowed to its lowest l

28 September Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mother, Mehroonisa Siddiqui, has featured in top 100 inspirational and innovative women list of 2017 prepared by the BBC. The annual list is a step to support women throughout the world who speak for the welfare of other women. This year’s lis

Mumbai, September 29 At least 22 people were killed in a stampede on Friday as commuters pushed and jostled on a Mumbai railway bridge during the morning rush hour. The cause of the stampede was not immediately known. Deadly stampedes are common at the country’s pilgrimages and religious festival

Bengaluru, September 27 It seeks ban on controversial ‘made snana’, but is silent on regulating astrology, vaastu practices. The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved the much-delayed and debated KarnatakaPrevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017 — better kn

25 September, Mizoram A car horn’s average decibel level is nearly 110dB, which is a serious health hazard as any sound above 60–70dB can result in gradual loss of hearing. Noise pollution has become such a serious problem in cities that ENT specialists say that most of the urban population suffe

26 September,  Mumbai The Bombay High Court today granted bail to retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Accepting Upadhyay’s plea on the ground of parity – since the other prime accused in the case have been granted bail by the high court and the ape

25 September, Gurgaon A 26-year-old graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death from the 23rd floor of a posh apartment building on Golf Course road late Sunday evening. Police said he was grappling with depression for the last 16 months

September 25,  North Kashmir It was a day of 18-year-old Bilal Dar alias Billa of Laharwarpora of Bandipora district on Sunday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned his name in the Mann Ki Baat radio address. Bilal Dar was 14-years-old when he started earning his living by picking up was

Sep 24, 2017, Mumbai: Protests against inflation and price rise by the Shiv Sena in the city on Saturday have strained its relation with its senior partner in the state and the Centre further. The protests, which saw Sena MPs, legislators and corporators taking part in protests at several places, in

24 September, New Delhi. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched a stinging attack against Pakistan on Saturday while addressing the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. In her speech, Swaraj reiterated India’s strong stance against Pakistan exporting terror and shielding

Hyderabad: Jamat-e-Islami Hind has decided to construct 100 houses for Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad. Process has begun to identify land at a suitable place. President Jamat-e-Islami Telangana and Odisha, Hamed Mohammed Khan has issued a circular to all local presidents and district presidents and

Varanasi, New Delhi, 24 September: Several Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students, including man girls, were injured on Saturday night when police allegedly used force to remove protesters from outside the vice chancellor's residence and one of the campus gates. The students have be

A CBI team along with forensic experts on Saturday reached the premises of Gurugram's Ryan International School where the body of seven-year old Pradhuman was found with throat slit on September 8. The CBI sources said the 10-member team will try to gather evidence and make an attempt to recreate

Mumbai: If you are holding cheque books of the banks which have been merged with SBI, you need to change them and get new ones as they will become invalid after 30th September. According to the news published in NDTV, SBI, the country’s largest lender has asked the account holders of its subsidia

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu forests minister C Sreenivasan has sought people’s apology for “lying” about the health condition of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa when she was admitted in Apollo Hospital. Speaking at a public meeting in Madurai, around 500 km from here, on Friday night, Sreenivasan said

NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax department in Mumbai in an alleged bribery case of Rs three crore. Two other persons have also been arrested in the case by the CBI, an agency spokesperson said here on Friday. He said searches were going on. Sources in the a

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that all states are under an obligation to compensate victims of cow vigilantism violence cases. The apex court hearing the matter of murdered dairy farmer Pehlu Khan said that victims in such cases need to be compensated, reported One India. 55-year

NEW DELHI: Both demonetisation and GST have affected India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth adversely, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday. “Both demonetisation and GST have had some impact on GDP,” Manmohan Singh, who has earlier said the Indian economy has been running on o