Mumbai, June 14 Days after announcing a complete waiver of payment of loans taken by farmers, the Maharashtra Government has indicated that it was looking to put a ceiling on the debt that is due to be forgiven. Officials of the revenue department indicated that they are looking to waiveRead More

New Delhi, June 14 Ahead of declaration of the results, a government panel has rejected allegations of question paper leak of the MBBS online entrance examination of the AIIMS. According to a highly-placed source at AIIMS, the results will be out tonight. On May 31, Anand Rai, who exposed theRead More

Rohtak, June 14 A local court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrant against yoga guru Ramdev in a case pertaining to his “beheading” remark made during a speech delivered at a ‘Sadbhawna Sammelan’ organised here last year. The Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Harish Goyal had earlier issuedRead More

Mumbai, June 14 The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed its first chargesheet against embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya and some others in connection with its investigations into suspected fraud in a loan taken by his now defunct company Kingfisher Airlines from the IDBI bank. The 57-page charge sheet or prosecutionRead More

Bengaluru, June 12 Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s central government of “forcing everyone into silence with Dalits being beaten up, minorities frightened and journalists and bureaucrats threatened”. Speaking at a function of the National Herald newspaper, he said: “The power of truth is beingRead More

  New Delhi, June 12 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that state governments will have generate its own funds to waive farmers’ loans, a statement that is likely to cause trouble for states like Maharashtra. Jaitley said that the state governments that decide to waive such loans wouldRead More

New Delhi, June 12 The BJP on Monday formed a three-member panel to hold consultations with political parties over a possible consensus candidate for the President’s post. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu are the members of the panel, aRead More

New Delhi, June 12 The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBSE to declare the results of the NEET examination for admission to MBBS and BDS courses by putting a stay on the Madras High Court order restraining publication of results. The apex court order comes as a relief forRead More

Bengaluru, June 12 The Congress will re-launch the National Herald newspaper here on Monday, which was founded by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Vice President Hamid Ansari will launch a commemorative edition of the National Herald to mark the 70th year of Independence, in the presence of Congress vice presidentRead More

Darjeeling (WB), June 12 As many as eight suspected Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists were detained on Monday for indulging in arson as a GJM-sponsored shutdown of government offices began this morning. The hill station of Darjeeling wore a deserted look as the shutdown began amid tight security. Several hotelsRead More