Jayant Sinha Takes Charge as Minister of State in Finance Ministry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry. Mr Sinha was briefed by senior officials in the Ministry soon after taking charge. He assumes office at a time when the ministry is preparing... read more »
Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push
In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and agriculture. Suresh Prabhu, 61, the new railway minister, is also the PM’s sherpa for the G-20 summit later this... read more »
Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq
Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near Mosul. A senior Iraqi official confirmed to the Guardian that the aide, Abdur Rahman al-Athaee, also known as Abu... read more »
As it happened: Modi nominates Akhilesh, 8 others for Clean India drive
Honoured to be nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Swachhta Abhiyaan, will take up the endeavour as soon as I’m in Uttar Pradesh after ODI series, Suresh Raina tweets Social groups have assured me that in one month all the Ganga ghats will be cleaned, Mr. Modi said. In one month... read more »
Subway in France, the United States is the next targets of IS?
Iraq’s prime minister said IS plotting a terrorist attack subway systems in Paris and New York with the participation of Islamist extremism. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said... read more »
5 fearsome weapons of the rebels IS
In the first years, IS has repeatedly defeated Iraqi forces, and Syrian Kurds. IS has been successful despite the lack of actual .arms, heavy weapons that IS has been mostly due to the... read more »
Two civilians killed by Ukrainian troops: Rebels
Moscow: Pro-Russian rebels acccused Ukrainian troops Wednesday of the deaths of two civilians in the eastern Ukraine`s conflict-torn Donetsk region. The military staff of the... read more »
Supreme Court declares National Tax Tribunal law as unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today declared as unconstitutional the National Tax Tribunal Act under which a tribunal was set up to decide tax-related cases by taking away jurisdiction of high courts... read more »
BJP, Shiv Sena deny alliance is over
Mumbai: Amid reports that the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra has collapsed, both parties claimed on Thursday that the talks were still on. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said talks were... read more »
