Days after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said he would shortly release details of corruption involving the Prime Minister, he led a party delegation to meet Narendra Modi with a demand to waive all farm loans. Emerging from the meeting, Mr. Gandhi told journalists, "We met the Prime Minist

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), a last-resort tax amnesty scheme that comes into effect from December 17, will allow assessees to disclose previously unaccounted and undeclared income under its ambit till March 31, 2017. The PMGKY permits voluntary declarations of previously undis

On Friday, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with Centre's order on Demonetisation. Calling the order as a 'matters of fiscal policies,' the court also ordered all high courts to put a stay on any proceedings regarding demonetisation and transfer the cases to the SC. "We are not inclined to gra

Mumbai: A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the alleged attack on 2006 Malegaon blast accused Manohar Narwariya in judicial custody. The court, which has ordered an inquiry against four jail officers A.S. Pansare, H.S. Mint, Sachin Zinz

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea by an IAF personnel seeking to grow a beard and said that the IAF’s policies on personal appearance were not intended to discriminate against religious beliefs. “Regulation and policies in regard to personal appearances are not intended to

I have information about the Prime Minister that will puncture his balloon, says Congress leader Days after asserting that there would be an “earthquake” if he spoke on demonetisation in Parliament, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he had detailed information about “person

NEW DELHI: Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju found himself in the midst of a political controversy with Congress demanding his resignation over allegations that he intervened on behalf of a contractor allegedly related to him for payments in a power project in Arunachal Pradesh. Congress sa

Chennai:Eighteen people were killed in six districts of Tamil Nadu in rain-related incidents linked to Cyclone Vardah that crossed the coast, as Chief Minister O Panneerselvam held a meeting of top officials on Tuesday to speed up work to ensure return of normalcy in storm-hit regions. The govern

Hyderabad: A special court on Tuesday held five accused guilty in the 2013 twin bomb blasts case. Pronouncing the judgement, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court fixed December 18 for announcing the quantum of punishment for the five operatives of Indian Mujahideen. The five a

New Delhi: A child born out of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to the mother, the Delhi High Court has ruled. The verdict to this effect, in which a man has been sent to jail for his entire “natural life” for raping his minor step-daughter, was delivered a

New Delhi: At least 16 kg gold biscuits hidden in baby diapers were today recovered from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after a group of fliers coming from Dubai were intercepted by security agencies. Officials said the recovery was made around 7:00 AM when a group of six passengers

Hyderabad: Dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “dictator”, AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that power-drunk Modi took the bizarre decision of demonetization of big currency notes only to satisfy his sadistic ego by causing unprecedented suffering to every household in

Thiruvananthapuram: Six persons, including a woman, were taken into custody by police on Monday for not standing up when the national anthem was played ahead of the screening of a film at the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The IFFK organisers had made it very clear that the apex co

At least 10 people dead and more than 7000 left homeless since the Cyclone's landfall in Tamil Nadu Chennai: Heavy rains coupled with squally winds today lashed the northern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, as very severe cyclonic storm ‘Vardah’ was expected to make landfall this

Mumbai: The state Congress on Monday asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis whether Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray is running a parallel government in the state. “Why should filmmakers run to Thackeray for getting ‘permission’ to release their films even thou

Among the four people injured in the helicopter crash in Mumbai's Aarey colony on Sunday, one person has died. The accident took place at 12.15 pm, reports CNN-News18. According to ANI, four people were injured and were shifted to a nearby hospital for medical aid, adding that the helicopter Robins

New Delhi: The Patiala House Court on Friday reserved its order in the National Herald case after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed an application, seeking documents and ledger books from the Congress party and the Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The court is likely to pronounce an order on Dece

Chennai: The Income Tax department has seized at least Rs 106 crore in cash, including Rs 10 crore in new currency, and gold bars weighing 127 kg in searches at multiple locations in the city to check tax evasion post demonetization. This is the largest seizure of new currency notes after the old Rs