Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that it has no objection in sending actor Sanjay Dutt back to jail, if rules were flouted in giving parole or furlough to him in 1993 serial blasts case. The court has also asked the government to submit a fresh affidavit

New Delhi: The Opposition in Rajya Sabha today asked Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to clarify whether the government has decided to scrap the newly launched Rs. 2,000 note and introduce Rs. 1,000 coin. However, Mr Jaitley who was present in the House, did not respond even as the Opposition mem

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Nitish Kumar for “joining in the fight against corruption” by quitting as Bihar Chief Minister, within minutes of the latter putting in his papers. In tweets, Modi said: “Many, many congratulations to Nitish Kumar for joining in

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi along with other party members and the rest of the Opposition, protested outside the Parliament at the Gandhi statue in New Delhi on Tuesday against the suspension of six Congress MPs by Lok Sabha Speaker on Monday. The Congress Party said that Lo

Tamil Nadu: The Madras High Court ruled on Tuesday to play and sing “Vande Mataram” in all government offices and institutions, private companies, factories and industries at least once a week, preferably on Monday or Friday, news agency ANI has reported. “A person who has difficulty in singing

The President-elect Ram Nath Kovind is sworn in as the 14th President of India. Polling over 65 per cent votes in the electoral college, Mr. Kovind defeated his rival Meira Kumar by over 33,000 votes. Mr. Kovind is the second Dalit President of India after late President K.R. Narayanan but, mo

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said India had failed to get international support on its issues with Pakistan and China despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi making friends with world leaders. Thackeray, whose party is a constituent of the BJP-led NDA government at the Cent

New Delhi : The Congress on Monday attacked National Democratic Alliance (NDA) vice-presidential candidate M.Venkaiah Naidu over his and his family’s properties. While addressing a press conference, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised a question about Naidu’s accumulation of properties and ass

Berhampur: A mob on Sunday set ablaze a truck after it overturned on the National Highway here, alleging that it was carrying beef, police said. The driver and the cleaner of the truck fled from the spot when the mob attack took place near Golanthara, the a police official said. The truck was

Anantnag: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday rebuked National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks on Kashmir issue and said that the situation in Kashmir Valley would be same as Syria and Afghanistan if America starts intervening. ‘China, America should mi

New Delhi [India]: After Sunanda Pushkar’s son questioned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy’s locus standi in filing a plea in his mother’s death case, the latter on Saturday said the court would take the decision regarding it. “He (Shiv Menon) doesn’t want me to proceed with

Lucknow: In the first two months of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, 803 incidents of rape and 729 of murder were reported, the state Assembly was informed Tuesday. “Between March 15 and May 9, 803 rapes, 729 murders, 799 loots, 2,682 kidnappings and 60 dacoities took place,” pa

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will take a decision on the early hearing of a batch of petitions including cross-appeals in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land dispute case. The SC bench said this when BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who is one of the petitioners, mentioned the matter for urgent lis

Hazaribag: A 24-year-old BSF jawan committed suicide at Meru in Hazaribag district today, police said. Mithilesh Kumar, a resident of Bhojpur district in Bihar was undergoing training at the BSF training centre at Meru, approximately 10 km from Hazaribag. He hanged himself today morning, the p

Hyderabad: The currency notes of Rs. 2000 denomination have been disappearing not only from the market but also from the banks. Reserve Bank of India has been careful in maintaining secrecy in the release of these currency notes. Mr. Niraj Viyas, Chief Operating Officer of RBI told that after the

New Delhi : A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to two people accused of hijacking an Air India plane in 1981. The plane, carrying 111 passengers and six crew members on board, was hijacked to Lahore on its way from New Delhi to Srinagar. Two accused, Satnam Singh and Tajender Pal Singh,

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha was accepted on Thursday by chairman Hamid Ansari, a senior official of the Upper House said. The 61-year-old had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, tendering a hand-written

NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India on Thursday declared BJP-led NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind as the 14th President of India. The former governor of Bihar secured a massive margin over his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rival Meira Kumar in a straight fight. n an electoral college of 4