“I am not scared of anyone. I did not wish to be a minister because the union ministers live in a state of fear” For the very first time, a ‘sitting’ BJP parliamentarian has openly criticised the Prime Minister in this manner. The BJP Lok Sabha member, Nana Patole from Gondia-Bhandara Maha

IndiGo is offering discounted one-way fares starting at Rs 1,005 on select domestic routes. The Rs 1,005 fares are applicable on flights from Bagdogra  to Guwahati, according to the IndiGo website. A search on the airline's website - goindigo.in - showed the fare available in mid-September period. T

New Delhi, 4 September - Arun Jaitley had filed the second defamation suit after Mr Kejriwal's then lawyer Ram Jethmalani allegedly "abused" him in open court during proceedings of another defamation suit he had filed against the AAP chief and five other party functionaries. The Delhi High Court

New Delhi: Known for his administrative acumen, former Union Home Secretary and Lok Sabha member Raj Kumar Singh, who was inducted on Sunday as Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy at the Centre, was instrumental in the arrest of BJP leader L.K. Advani in 1990 in Bihar. The 1975-batch Ind

New Delhi: Raghuram Rajan, Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a revelation that he never favoured demonetization as its short term economic cost would outweigh any long term benefit. This disclosure was made by Mr. Rajan in his latest book, “I do what I do”. This book is the

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has sent out a notice to withdraw recently convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s privilege to use the VIP lounges at the airports across the country. “It has now been directed to withdraw the permission for use reserved lounge at airp

Nine new ministers take oath Nine new faces were sworn-in by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan from 10.30 this morning as part ofNarendra Modi-led NDA government's cabinet reshuffle. This is the third, and probably the last such rejig ahead of the 2019 General Election

UDAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government took various decisions with courage and executed them with conviction unlike the previous dispensation which had crippled the whole system. The whole system had been "crippled" when the NDA government assumed office, he sai

STATING THAT what “may appear to be marital rape” to a wife “may not appear so to others”, the central government took a stand against criminalising marital rape, in its affidavit to the Delhi High Court, on the grounds that it “may destabilise the institution of marriage apart from being an easy to

Hisar: The self-styled godman ‘Sant Rampal’ got acquitted on Tuesday by a Hisar court in connection with two criminal cases registered against him. The court as a reason had cited lack of evidence. Hisar Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar pronounced the verdict, acquitting Rampal, head of Satlok As

Puducherrry: A 13-year-old girl studying in an international school here was reportedly sexually abused by a 12-year-old boy on the school premises on July 21. A month after the incident, the police registered a case. The boy was sent to the Ariyankuppam observatory home this week and investigati

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline is just two days away. Ahead of August 31, people are still confused over the deadline after Arun Jaitley's reply to a Lok Sabha question. The confusion rose even further after the Supreme Court's order on Right to Privacy, which protected it as a fundamental right under

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has defeated BJP, Congress and has retained the Bawana assembly seat with as big as 24053 votes in Delhi today. He would be a booster shot for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi’s ruling party has won a by-election for the seat by over 24,052 votes, leaving behind t

PATNA: Rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Sunday pledged to form another 'Mahagathbandhan' (Grand Alliance) at the national level to defeat and oust the BJP-led NDA in the next general election. "Hindustan bhar mein Gathbandhan banega ab," Sharad Yadav roared to applause from the large gathering

Rampur: Muslims are being “harassed” and it has become “difficult” for minorities to lead a normal life since the Narendra Modi dispensation assumed office, senior Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur MLA Azam Khan has alleged. Talking to reporters here last evening, the former Uttar Pradesh ministe

Panchkula: The Z+ security personnel who were deployed to provide Dera Chief security were taken into remand on Friday, as they tried to save Gurmeet Ram Rahim from being taken into custody. Seven Haryana policemen were a part of the Z+ security provided to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. They were all

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) told an Agra court that the Taj Mahal is a tomb and not a temple as claimed by several petitioners, reported Hindustan Times. In a written statement, the ASI refused to accept the contention that the Taj Mahal was dedicated to Lord Shiva. The court in A

Banka: Motorcycle-borne armed miscreants looted Rs 5 lakh from a SBI branch at Katoria Bazar in Bihar’s Banka district today. District superintendent of police Chandan Kumar said seven armed miscreants entered the bank in the afternoon and three of them held the bank employees and manager captive