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Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ tax free in Uttar Prad...

Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ tax free in Uttar Pradesh

Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax. “Chief Minister Akilesh Yadav has watched the movie and has directed that such films should be exempted from the entertainment tax,” a senior... read more »

Saradha chitfund scam: Entire Bengal wil...

Saradha chitfund scam: Entire Bengal will burn if Mamata Banerjee is arrest...

Kolkata: A prominent member of the West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress has threatened of dire consequences in the event of his party chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s arrest in connection with the multi-crore rupees Saradha chitfund scam.“If Mamata Banerjee is... read more »

Defence agents to be legalised by mid-Fe...

Defence agents to be legalised by mid-February: Manohar Parrikar

In an interaction with journalists late Tuesday night, he also said that the ministry is thinking of giving conditioned and limited approval to dealing with banned firms, and a ban has been lifted to get spare parts for Tatra trucks. “Representatives from defence firms are already allowed in... read more »

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis likely ...

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis likely to go for cabinet expansion soon

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to undertake the cabinet expansion next month. This was revealed by Minister for Cooperation and Marketing Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday. “ The cabinet expansion is high on the agenda. There is still scope to induct atleast 12 ministers in the cabinet,”... read more »

SpiceJet Surpasses Jet To Become Number Two

Riding on a slew of discount offers, low-cost carrier SpiceJet surpassed Jet Airways to become the second-largest domestic airline in July. Its market share in the month stood at 20.9% as... read more »

Israel PM slams beheading of US journo, says ISIS is like Hamas

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has likened the Hamas to the barbaric Sunni extremists from Iraq and Syria – the ISIS, calling them the branches of the same tree. In a statement issued... read more »

Opposition, Pakistan govt deadlock continues

The US has said that it does not support any extra-constitutional changes in Pakistan, where deadlock continues between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and two key opposition figures seeking... read more »

James Foley beheading: Hunt on for ‘British’ jihadist

UK police and security services are attempting to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in footage of the killing of a US journalist. Extremist group Islamic State (IS)... read more »

After Strike on Family, Fate of Hamas Commander Is Unknown

JERUSALEM — The fate of Muhammad Deif, the commander in chief of Hamas’s military wing, remained a mystery on Wednesday, like much of his life spent in the shadows. The Israeli warplanes that... read more »