New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Thursday released Rs 47,436 crore to various states in a major boost towards promoting afforestation and achieving green objectives in the country. The money, released under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), w

Daman: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned last week and stated that he did so as the denial of "freedom of expression" to the people of Jammu and Kashmir was not acceptable to him, has been asked to resume duty and continue to work till his resignation is accepted. Kannan Gopinathan, who

Taxpayers earning between Rs 5 lakh and Rs10 lakh a year may be in line for major tax relief with the task force on the Direct Tax Code suggesting halving the tax rate for them to 10%, two persons aware of the matter said on condition of anonymity. To be sure, this is still just a suggestion and

A group of armed men, possibly Pakistan-trained commandos, are feared to have entered the Kutch area, confirmed alerts issued by Kandla and one more port in the region. The entire region has been put on high alert after the threat was reported by two of the six major ports in Gujarat. “As per int

Lucknow: A man was killed and his brother was injured after a group thrashed them over rumours that they were on the prowl to kidnap children in western Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal. In a similar incident, a woman who was taking her grandson for shopping in Ghaziabad near Delhi was thrashed by a mob over

At least four coaches of a train derailed at the Kanpur Central railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning. The Lucknow-bound train from Kanpur derailed on platform number three while entering the station. The accident of the LC coaches took place while changing the tracks. However, no

MUMBAI : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will transfer ₹1.76 trillion to the government this fiscal, the central bank said after a board meeting. The transfer includes ₹1.23 trillion of surplus for 2018-19 and ₹52,637 crore of excess provisions identified as per the revised Economic Capital Frame

An “underwater wing” of Pakistan- based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is training people to carry out attacks but the Indian Navy is fully prepared to thwart any such attempt, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said here on Monday. He said all stakeholders in coastal security are e

Two people died and four others got injured after an explosion at Gangai Amman temple in Manamathi village in Tiruporur, Kanchipuram, on Sunday evening. Kanchipuram police said that the temple was cleaned recently and some objects were discarded. The police added that some people at the temple fo

The government has sacked 22 more tax officials accused of corruption and serious irregularities in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to purge the “black sheep” in the tax department, the government announced on Monday. The finance ministry had earlier sacked 27 senior Indian Reven

Thiruvananthapuram: An IAS officer said that he has filed his papers to quit the job from his posting in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. While enumerating the reasons, 33-year-old Kannan Gopinathan said that one of them was denial of "fundamental rights" to lakhs of people in Jammu and Kashmir for weeks aft

Patna: A court on Sunday remanded controversial Bihar MLA Anant Singh to judicial custody for two weeks in connection with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case registered against him. Anant Singh, who had surrendered on Friday in Delhi, was produced before the Additional Chief Jud

Former Finance Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday, ANI reported. He died at 12.07 pm, according to a press release issued by AIIMS. Jaitley, 66, had been admitted to the hospital on August 9. Several national lea

At least two persons were killed and several were injured when a dilapidated four-storey building in Bhiwandi, about 40 km north of Mumbai collapsed early Saturday even as residents were being evacuated, officials said. The injured have been rushed to the Indira Gandhi civic hospital. The two dec

Patna: While former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra's mortal remains were being cremated with full state honours on Wednesday, guns toted by 22 police personnel failed to fire a single shot. Hours after the cremation took place at Balua Bazar, Mishra's ancestral village in Supaul district,

New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary for a tenure of two years. Rajiv Gauba, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will initially join as the Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat, before he takes over the cha

Three people were killed as a helicopter carrying relief material for the victims of rain-affected areas of Uttarakhand crashed in Uttarkashi district on Wednesday, officials said. The chopper belonged to Heritage Aviation and was being flown by Rajpal with co-pilot Kaptan Lal. A local involved i

Saifai: A group of 150 first-year medical students were forced to shave their head and salute their seniors, in an alleged case of ragging that took place at a university in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The video of the incident was shared widely, prompting authorities at the Uttar Pradesh Universit