New Delhi: Farm loan waivers should not form part of poll promises as has been the trend of late, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday at a press briefing organised by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi. Rajan is among 13 independent economists of internat

A search operation is underway to rescue at least 13 workers trapped and feared dead due to flooding in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. Water is being pumped out and efforts are on to identify the mine workers. The incident was reported to the district

NEW DELHI: Shortly after the Supreme Court rejected any corruption in the Rafale jet deal and dismissed petitions asking for an investigation, parliament exploded today with calls for Congress president Rahul Gandhi's apology from the ruling BJP and its allies. Slogans of "Rahul Gandhi maafi mang

An Interpol red corner notice has been issued against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a key accused in bank fraud cases at Punjab National Bank. The red corner notice, which asks countries to help arrest a wanted person, is seen as a huge setback for Mehul Choksi who became a citizen of the Carib

Nagpur: A 35-year-old Buddhist monk was Tuesday killed by a leopard while he was meditating under a tree in Ramdegi forest in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said on Wednesday. The monk, identified as Rahul Walke, was attacked by the big cat in the deep forest in the east Maharashtra

HYDERABAD: The Asauddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Tuesday won seven of the eight seats it contested in the Telangana assembly polls, retaining its hold in its traditional bastion of the Old City of Hyderabad. All the seven sitting MLAs, including Asauddin Owaisi's

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday till noon following protests by Congress, Shiv Sena and AIADMK members demanding JPC probe on the Rafale deal, construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and justice for farmers of the Cauvery delta respectively. As soon as the Question Hour began af

Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot Tuesday exuded confidence that the party will form the government in the state and Rahul Gandhi, as well as the party’s MLAs, will decide on who will be the chief minister. He said the Congress was marching towards victory in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh a

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday has issued guidelines that the media organisations and law-enforcement agencies cannot reveal the identity of sexual assault survivors, even if the victims are dead. The apex court has laid down a number of guidelines in this regard. The Court further added

A day after a video went viral of a delivery agent from food aggregator Zomato eating food meant for delivery, the person has been removed from the company’s services. According to the company, Zomato conducted a thorough investigation as soon as they discovered the food tampering incident and fo

New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel has decided to step down with immediate effect just few days ahead of the crucial RBI board meeting on December 14 citing personal reasons. "On account of personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my current position effective immediately. It has been

A farmer from Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district has sent a money order of Rs 6 to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to mark his protest against crashing prices of onions and paltry returns. The farmer Shreyas Abhale told PTI Sunday that after selling 2,657 kg onions at the rate of Rs 1 per kg at t

Union minister and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha has resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of minister on Monday, reports ANI. The move comes a day ahead of the Winter Session, capping months of sparring between Kushwaha and the BJP over seat sharing in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale Sunday blamed police for an incident in which a man tried to slap him at a public event in Maharashtra’s Thane district claiming it had failed to provide him adequate security. The Republican Party of India (Athawale) chief was in Ambernath town to address a rally l

Kannur: Kerala has become the first state in the country to have four international airports with the inauguration of the Kannur airport on Sunday. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the inaugural Air India Express flight, carrying 186 passe

Ahmedabad: A court in Banaskantha district of Gujarat on Friday rejected a bail application filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. Additional sessions judge of Palanpur court P S Brahmbhatt refused to grant relief to Bhatt, who is behind bars since September this year in connection with a 22-y

The BJP Friday approached the Election Commission demanding action against the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi for his interview published in an English daily on Thursday, claiming it is a “shining example” of paid news. A delegation including Union ministers J P Nadda, Mukhtar Abbas Naqv

An army soldier who is accused of killing a police inspector in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was handed over by his unit of the Rashtriya Rifles to the UP Police on Saturday for further investigation. Jeetendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was handed over by his unit based in Kashmir to the team invest