Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee Ravish Kumar received the first Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award in Bengaluru on Sunday. He was chosen for the award for sharp news analysis and uncompromising secular stance by the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust, founded in memory of the journalist. Thr

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts. Shah also said the Census 2021 data will be collected through mobile app. "Why can't we have just one card

Mumbai: Two Air India aircraft were damaged after severe turbulence this week, prompting the airline to launch a probe. An Air India plane carrying 172 passengers suffered "minor" damages after it hit air turbulence on Friday on the way to Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram, but landed safely, an offi

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said the prime minister deserves respect when he visits foreign countries as India’s representative, but when he is in the country, people have the right to question him, reported PTI. Tharoor’s comments come at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

Mumbai: A four-storey building collapsed on Friday in south Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Road area. At least seven fire brigade vehicles, including ambulance and relief teams, were rushed to the spot. Part of the ground and structure of Ahmed building (commercial galas) collapsed at Lokmanya Tilak mar

Lucknow: Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, accused of rape by a law student, has admitted to “almost every allegation” levelled against him and expressed shame over his actions, the chief of a special investigation team said on Friday. “Swami Chinmayanand has admitted to almost every alle

New Delhi: Federal indirect tax body, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, is likely to announce a cut in the tax rates at its Friday meeting on products and services that typically are not major revenue generators for the central and state governments. Items which are likely to see a tax ra

Four different High Court Chief Justices were appointed as judges of the Supreme Court, taking the judge strength of the apex court to 34, the highest ever. The oath ceremony is likely to take place next Monday. The four new judges of the top court are Himachal Pradesh Chief Justice V. Ramasubram

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet has approved the decision to ban e-cigarettes. The minister made the announcement at a press conference in Delhi after the Cabinet meet. “The Union Cabinet has given approval to ban e-cigarettes. It means the production, ma

A 12-year-old boy has allegedly stabbed his school principal to death in her house at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi for scolding him in front of his friends. The victim, 30-year-old Ayesha Aslam Husuyae, had also been privately coaching the boy at her home for the past five years. The minor, who has b

Varanasi: A staunch supporter of Narendra Modi on Monday offered a gold crown weighing 1.25 kg to the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple in Varanasi to mark the Prime Minister's 69th birthday. Arvind Singh, who made the offering on the eve of Modi's birthday, said he had pledged to make the offering if

New Delhi: Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said more than six crore members of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will get interest at the rate of 8.65 per cent on their deposits for financial year 2018-19. The Central Board of Trustees -- the top decision-making body of

New Delhi: A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly sold by her mother to a trafficker last week has been rescued from Bawana here, the Delhi Commission for Women said on Sunday. The rescued girl said her mother had also sold her one-year-old brother last month to a trafficker, according to the panel

New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was on Monday charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) -- a stringent law that enables detention without trial for up to two years -- on a day the Supreme Court took up a petition against his "illegal detention". The politician,

A boat with 61 people onboard capsized in the Godavari River in East Godavari district on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place near Kachaluru Mandal when the boat, which was ferrying towards the Pappi Hills, tried making a narrow turn. At least 11 people have died including the drivers of the b

Amid a debilitating economic slowdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar has claimed that there was no dearth of job opportunities in the country but North Indian candidates lacked qualifications. “I want to say that there is no dearth of job opportunities in the country. Those who come for recruitm

New Delhi: The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nehal Modi, brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD 2 billion PNB scam case, officials said on Friday. They said the global arrest warrant against the Belgian national Nehal, 40, has been issued on charges of alleged

The CBI has arrested a superintendent in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department from Meerut for allegedly taking Rs 3 lakh to clear a pending case, officials said on Friday. Vikas Kumar Singh, posted at the GST department, Meerut, was caught by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a