New Delhi,  The renewed vigour to unearth suspected blackmoney of Indians in Swiss bank accounts after a recent meeting of top officials on both sides is expected to initiate final prosecution in one of the most prominent tax crime cases related to Pune-based stud farm-owner Hasan Ali Khan. Sources privy toRead More

New Delhi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor thanked Prime Minister NarendraModi for appreciating the clean-up campaignhe launched in his constituency here yesterday. The Lok Sabha member from the Kerala capital also lauded Modifor bringing the total sanitation drive to the forefront of national consciousness by enlarging the work done by the previous UPA government under Manmohan Singh. InRead More

New Delhi, Over 400 incumbent Lok Sabha members including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh have not yet declared their assets and liability details, according to an RTI reply. Lok Sabha Secretariat said in an RTI query said the assets details of 401 members of LokRead More

New Delhi, Reaching out to media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded its role in spreading awareness about his pet ‘Clean India’ campaign, saying it has helped remove the perception that government is responsible for everything. At his first interaction with the media in Delhi after becoming the Prime MinisterRead More

Nagpur,Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and discussed “important” issues but said there was no talk on politics in Maharashtra, where BJP is in the process of government formation. The meeting took place a day after Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis, said to be aRead More

Jammu, The Pakistan army again resorted to unprovoked overnight firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region using mortars and automatic weapons, an official said Saturday. “The Pakistan army violated the ceasefire at Balakote in Poonch district during the night,” defence spokesman Colonel Manish Mehta toldRead More

New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to go to Mumbai on Monday to discuss government formation in Maharashtra amid back channel talks between BJP and estranged ally Shiv Sena for a possible tie-up. Singh is expected to chair a meeting of BJP MLAs to elect their Legislature Party Leader.Read More

New Delhi, Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand will be held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 and counting of votes will take place on December 23, the Election Commission announced today. Polling in both states will take place on November 25, December 2, 9,Read More

Jammu,  Ahead of the announcement of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma, who has been facing criticism over handling of recent floods, has tendered his resignation from the Omar Abdullah ministry. Citing alleged sabotage of regularisation of daily wagers as a reason for tendering his resignation,Read More

New Delhi, Defence projects worth a whopping Rs 80,000 crore were today cleared by the government which decided that six submarines will be made indigenously and over 8,000 Israeli anti-tank guided missiles and 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance aircraft will be purchased. The decisions were taken following a meeting of theRead More