New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court has said that linkage of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory for filing of Income Tax returns. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer said the top court has already decided the matter and upheld the section 139AA of the Income Tax Act. The court'

New Delhi: Army has detained three personnel of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of fellow soldier Aurangzeb by militants in June last year. Sources told CNN-News18, that the three are being questioned over charges that they "shared information of

India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South Amer

While the PUBG craze has taken over gamers in India, it is also facing a lot of backlash as it is leading to video-game addiction and in some cases, suicide. According to a recent report an 18-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself. The reason given for the boy’s extreme step is

After the “unprecedented” turn of events in Kolkata over the CBI’s bid to question City Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund scam on Sunday evening, the Centre is unlikely to recommend President’s rule in the State. Though Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Mon

The government has reached out to social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite fast to push for appointment of Lokpal entered seventh day on Tuesday as two Union ministers and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met him at Ralegan Siddhi in Pune. Fadnavis was accompanied by Union Agricultu

Raipur, Madhya Pradesh: Four office bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested in Raipur for allegedly assaulting a journalist inside the party's’ office in the city, said reports. The arrests were made after a case was registered against BJP district president Rajeev Agarwal and loca

Just hours before for the weekly temple procession, three diamond-studded golden crowns of the processional deity of the Govindaraja Swamy Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, were found missing on Saturday evening. The temple, situated in Chittoor district, is an ancient Vaishnavite temple, and the

Hyderabad: A 22-year-old student passed away when he accidentally fell from the terrace of his hostel building. A student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H), the deceased allegedly fell from the building of his seven-storey hostel on Friday while talking on the phone and succum

Rishi Kumar Shukla, 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, was on Saturday appointed as the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The appointment came almost a day after the second meeting of the PM Narendra Modi-led selection committee was inconclusive. “The Appointmen

Two weeks after deposed CBI Director Alok Verma told the Department of Personnel and Training to consider him retired, the Ministry of Home Affairs replied to him a day before his superannuation as Director, asking him to join office as DG, Fire Services, Civil Defence & Home Guards immediately.

New Delhi: In a major operation carried out on Tuesday, a police inspector and three journalists were arrested from Noida for taking bribe worth Rs 8 lakh. The arrested policeman, identified as Manoj Pant, was the station house office (SHO) of Sector 20 police station in Noida. The three journali

Chennai: In an appalling case reported from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, 15 minor girls were rescued from a shelter home following complaints of sexual abuse against their in-charge. The owner of the shelter home has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra):Social activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike on Wednesday over "non-fulfilment" of assurances by the Centre and the Maharashtra government on the appointment of Lokpal and passage of the Lokayukta Act in the state. Hazare offered prayers at the Padmavati Temple i

BENGALURU: A day after Union minister Anantkumar Hegde sparked an uproar by urging fellow Hindus to “chop off” the hands of those who touch a Hindu girl, he courted further controversy on Monday by launching a personal attack on Karnataka PCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, berating him for marrying a M

CHANDIGARH/JIND: Officials of State Bank of India (SBI) have alleged that data of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been misused. Logins and bio-metrics of their Aadhaar operators have been misused to generate unauthorized Aadhaar cards, bank officials informed UIDAI. Counteri

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar fighter plane crashed in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar on Monday. The fighter plane crashed in a non residential area of Kushinagar. No causality has been reported. Both the pilots were able to eject safely. IAF’s Jaguar fighter plane had taken off from the Gorakh

Meerut: In an encounter in Amroha, a district in Uttar Pradesh, a police constable and a history-sheeter lost their lives. The constable and the alleged history-sheeter lost their lives on Sunday evening in an encounter that saw rounds being fired from both sides. The alleged history-sheeter had ove