New Delhi, Price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was today cut by a steep Rs 113 per cylinder and that of jet fuel (ATF) by 4.1% as international oil rates slumped to multi-year lows. A 14.2-kg cylinder of non-subsidised LPG will now cost Rs 752, down from Rs 865 previously,Read More

New Delhi, “I have done no good work,” was how a visibly peeved CBI Director Ranjit Sinha today reacted with sarcasm on his two years at the agency’s helm, a tumultuous tenure that comes to an end tomorrow. “I am not going to say anything. I have done no goodRead More

New Delhi, The Trinamool Congress Monday staged a protest at the gate of the parliament building demanding BJP president Amit Shah should be named in the Sahara scam and also raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha. Trinamool Congress members alleged that a red diary recovered from Sahara chief SubrataRead More

New Delhi, The Congress Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of making repeated U-turns during the six months it has been in power. Congress general secretary Ajay Maken released a booklet listing 25 U-turns that the party said the government had made vis-a-vis the stand the BJP tookRead More

Kohima, Focusing on improving connectivity to the Northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Centre would provide Rs 28,000 crore for laying new railway lines in the region and develop the “untapped” tourism potential of the area. The Prime Minister also said that the Centre has sanctioned RsRead More

Srinagar, Out of the 175 candidates in fray in 18 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polls in the second phase on Tuesday, 97 or more than 50 per cent are not graduates and nine have criminal cases against them. The affidavits submitted by the candidates alongRead More

Delhi, Opposition parties led by Congress and SP forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha in pre-noon session today after they created uproar over sharp dip in government procurement price of paddy and cotton which had pushed distressed farmers to the brink of suicide. Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll promiseRead More

Chandigarh: After Sant Rampal, Gurmeet Ram Rahim of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect has come under the scanner. While hearing a case relating to Rampal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that activities of the Sirsa-based sect should be monitored periodically by the top brass of Haryana, including governmentRead More

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday said that the bail application of Asaram Bapu will be heard after a medical test is conducted on the controversial spiritual guru. The apex court said the bail plea will be hard after after a medical test is performed on Asaram on DecemberRead More

Washington, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slipped to the second place in Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ poll with the Ferguson protesters surging ahead of him in a vote by the readers. According to the latest reports, Modi is leading second with 9.8 per cent of the total votesRead More