NEW DELHI: An FIR has been filed against controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj for his recent shocker blaming Muslims for population boom in the nation. Sakshi Maharaj yesterday stirred a fresh controversy saying, “this population rise in not because of the Hindus. Populati

First Post | 2 Jan 2017 New Delhi -- Can democracy work in India without giving groups — particularly those at the bottom of the social pyramid — the opportunity to bargain for a better deal by mobilising the crowd around identity? The answer, again, is no. That is the reason the Supreme Court’s

India and Pakistan will begin the new year facing off again over alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who is currently in Pakistan's custody. As Islamabad prepares to present a dossier before UN on the alleged terrorist activities of Jadhav, India has issued yet another note verbale to Pakistan fore

Petrol price was on Sunday hiked by Rs 1.29 per litre and diesel by Rs 0.97 per litre respectively with effect from midnight tonight. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 70.60 per litre from midnight tonight as against Rs 68.94 currently, while a litre of diesel will cost Rs 57.82 compared to Rs 56.68 at p

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh on Sunday expelled his cousin, general secretary Ramgopal Yadav for the “illegal” act of making Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav the new “national president”. This was Mr. Ramgopal’s second expulsion in three days, and his third in the last three m

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said that it will introduce a facility for exchange of old specified bank notes for Indian residents and NRIs, who were abroad from November 9 to December 30. According to a RBI notification, Indian residents, who were abroad during November 9 to Decemb

Lucknow: A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav were suspended from the party for six years over disciplinary grounds, the duo’s expulsion was revoked on Saturday. “With Netaji’s order, the expulsion of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram

THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate (ED) has registered a case of money laundering against controversial preacher Zakir Naik and his organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The agency’s Mumbai zonal office has registered an ECIR, which is equivalent to an FIR, against Naik and others after taking co

New Delhi: MBBS students in India will soon have to clear National Exit Test (NEXT) before being eligible to practice anywhere in the country, an official said on Friday. The provision is part of a bill drafted by the Health Ministry, following suggestions by a high-powered Committee led by Niti

New Delhi:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the currency situation has stabilised to a great extent but did not give any indication on lifting curbs on cash withdrawal from banks and ATMs though the 50-day window of demonetisation ended on Friday. “RBI has sufficient stock to inject a lot more c

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party for six years for “indulging in anti-party activities”. He said the party would now elect a new Chief Minister in the poll-bound state. Also expelled was pa

NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office in Vinod Nagar area of his Patparganj constituency in east Delhi has been burgled, with the thieves decamping with computers, documents, CCTV camera DVR among others, police said on Friday. “Some materials have been stolen from the receptio

New Delhi: The deadline to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in banks ends on Friday. From next week onward, those still holding the scrapped currency can deposit it only with the Reserve Bank of India till March 31, 2017. After March 31, holding demonetised notes would be illegal and could i

Mumbai: In a sensational revelation, Mehboob Mujawar a former officer of Maharashtra’s anti-terrorism squad has told a Solapur court on Thursday that Sandeep Dange and Ramji Kalsangra, who were accused of planting the bombs in Malegaon, were not missing but had, in fact, been killed in custody by Ma

Nagpur: A three-day national conclave of Vishwa Hindu Parishad will begin here tomorrow, wherein resolutions demanding a countrywide ban on slaughter of cows and for adopting uniform civil code are expected to be passed. “Presently, there is no uniform national law to ban the slaughter of cows. S

In a daring daylight-heist, a five-member gang committed robbery in Muthoot Finance at its Beeramguda branch in Sangaeddy district on Tuesday night   and escaped with 46 kilos of gold worth Rs.12 crore. On receipt of information,  Cyberabad  Commissioner of Police Sandeep Sandilya rushed to the s

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved promulgation of an Ordinance to make possession of a large number of scrapped banknotes a penal offence making holding of old Rs. 1,000 and 500 notes after March 31st beyond a threshold amount a criminal offence. The possession will attract a monetary

If Demonetization chaos does not normalize after 30 Dec we will pressurize him to resign – Rahul Gandhi Delhi: Congress Party and the other opposition parties questioned Modi whether he will stick to his words and resign if Demonetization chaos does not normalize after the December 30 deadline se