New Delhi: Defiant Vijay Mallya informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that since he is an NRI, banks have no right to seek information of his family’s assets in India and abroad. He, however, reiterated that he was already offering Rs 4,400 crore towards settlement of dues. In an affidavitRead More

Bengaluru: In a tragic incident C. Gurunath, former labour minister from Janata Dal (Secular) committed suicide by jumping from the second floor window of Sagar Hospital in Tilak Nagar on Thursday afternoon. Gurunath (69), was a resident of Kumaraswamy Layout and hailed from Shabad in Chittapur in Kalaburgi. He wasRead More

Mumbai: Peter Mukerjea’s lawyer on Thursday, while arguing for his second bail application claimed that the former media baron did not know anything about her stepdaughter Sheena Bora’s death till the arrest of his wife Indrani and also put all the blame of murder on her. Peter’s lawyer also toldRead More

Kochi: Chiku, 28, a Malayali nurse working in Badar Al Samaa hospital at Salalah, Oman, for the past three years, was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in a suspected case of attempted robbery. Chiku, married to Linson Thomas, also working as a male nurse in the same hospital,Read More

New Delhi, Telecom regulator TRAI today contended in the Supreme Court that the problem of call drops was due to cellular service providers’ greed for profit.Arguing before a Bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said India and China had almost the same number ofRead More

Kolkata: The third phase of assembly polls in 62 constituencies of West Bengal on Thursday witnessed a series of clashes between political rivals during which bombs were exploded but the violence failed to deter the electors who came out in large numbers, recording a 79.22 per cent voter turnout. ARead More

Dehradun: An upbeat Harish Rawat on Thursday made it clear that his government does not want to pursue a confrontational path with the “mighty, powerful and broad-chested” Centre, asking it to work in a spirit of cooperative federalism. Hailing the Uttarakhand High Court verdict setting aside President’s Rule in theRead More

Bhubaneswar: More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said on Thursday. India’s hottest months are May and June, but some states have already registered temperatures in excess of 40 degreesRead More

New Delhi: The ban on surge pricing by app-based cab services will be made permanent, the Delhi government announced on Wednesday. The ban was introduced for the ongoing phase of the odd-even scheme. The AAP government also said that app-based taxi aggregators will have to charge fares being fixed underRead More

Srinagar, Two unidentified militants were killed on Thursday morning in an encounter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the army said. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Putshai area of Lolab in the district, security forces cordoned off the area and began a searchRead More