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Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman has her ...

Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman has her work cut out

Budget Speech @ 12:54 pm: Government proposes to make PAN and Aadhaar interchangeable for income tax return (ITR) filing. Budget Speech @ 12:52 pm: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to resolve angel tax issue, start-ups and investors who file declarations will not be subject to scrutiny on valuation... read more »

Mamata Banerjee Attends Nusrat Jahan-Nik...

Mamata Banerjee Attends Nusrat Jahan-Nikhil Jain’s Wedding Reception

Actor-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan who got married last month, on Thursday hosted a grand reception in Kolkata. The event was a star-studded bash and had prominent personalities from the film industry, politics and business world in attendance. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also... read more »

Ex-Justice Ganguly should resign if he has any morals left: Jagdambika Pal
Supreme Court asks Meghalaya govt. to ha...

Supreme Court asks Meghalaya govt. to hand over ₹100 cr. fine to CPCB

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Meghalaya government to deposit the ₹100 crore fine imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal for failing to curb illegal coal mining with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and K.M.Joseph directed the state... read more »

Narendra Modi holds meeting with BJP’s O...

Narendra Modi holds meeting with BJP’s OBC MPs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met 43 BJP MPs from the Other Backward Classes at his official residence, the first in a series of meetings with party MPs that he will be holding through the Parliament session. Sources present at the meeting said it had no specific agenda and was more of... read more »

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Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment for affair

Tribal girl gang-raped by members of kangaroo court as punishment...

Suri – A 20-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by at least 10 members of a kangaroo court in a Birbhum village on Monday night as punishment for having an affair with a youth from another... read more »

Not returning to Samajwadi Party, says Amar Singh

Not returning to Samajwadi Party, says Amar Singh

Lucknow – Former Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh has dismissed speculations about his return to the... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal meets Lt Governor; action against Somna...

New Delhi – Under intense pressure to sack Law Minister Somnath Bharti, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday... read more »

BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expected t...

BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expected to sweep Gujarat

New Delhi – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expected to sweep Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in the... read more »

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde calls Arvind Kejriwal...

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde calls Arvind Kejriwal a 'mad' Delhi Chief Minister

New Delhi – After being under constant attack from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday called him a... read more »

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Devyani Khobragade case: US embassy asked to shut its club, follow traffic rules

Devyani Khobragade case: US embassy asked to shut its club, follo...

New Delhi –  India today asked the American embassy in New Delhi to stop all commercial activities and shut down a club on its premises by January 16, continuing its unrelenting diplomatic... read more »

Muzaffarnagar forgotten, Uttar Pradesh ministers and MLAs fly out on five-nation study tour

Muzaffarnagar forgotten, Uttar Pradesh ministers a...

Lucknow –  At a time when Uttar Pradesh is struggling with the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar riots and allegations of mismanagement, eight... read more »

Brutal arctic chill means parts of US colder than Mars

Brutal arctic chill means parts of US colder than Mars

Chicago –  A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip on Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures... read more »

Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics

Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics

Four weeks before the start of Winter Olympics in Russia’s Sochi, authorities have launched an unprecedented security operation, sealing off a vast area... read more »

Spanish princess accused of corruption, summoned to tes...

Spanish princess accused of corruption, summoned to testify in court

A Spanish court summoned King Juan Carlos’ youngest daughter Cristina as a suspect over tax and money-laundering crimes on Tuesday, a first for a direct... read more »

Will Alibaba crash impact Indian e-commerce valuation?

NEW DELHI: When Alibaba listed on NYSE a year ago, it created history with the highest share sale value, making the Chinese e-commerce giant valued at around $230 billion. A year on, the... read more »

Nine dead, over 30 injured in attack at Afghan volleyball match

Kabul: At least nine people were killed and 33 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack at a sports match in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, on the same day that Islamic State fighters launched... read more »

Thousands flee as `super typhoon` Dujuan nears Taiwan

Taipei: Evacuations were stepped up in Taiwan Monday as `super typhoon` Dujuan swirled towards the island, gathering strength on its approach to the east coast.Torrential rains and high... read more »

Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note

Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six other satellites

SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle... read more »

In a first, France launches air strikes on Islamic State training...

Paris: Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the group that... read more »