New Delhi, The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the order of the Madras High Court appointing an IAS officer to inspect and verify steps taken to stop illegal mining in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha saidRead More

New Delhi, The Congress on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to question the Centre on the lack of transparency in the appointment of key constitutional positions and asked the government to come clean on it. “The government is not transparent in its approach nor is it honouring the settledRead More

Mumbai, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday met his party leaders to discuss seat-sharing in the Maharashtra Assembly polls. The meeting came about as ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded 135 seats in the state. BJP leader Amit Shah even said on Thursday that the BJP will form theRead More

Mumbai, A Court in Bulandshahr has summoned Vijay Mallya, chairman-cum-managing director of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines. A pilot working for the carrier filed a petition in the court alleging that Kingfisher Airlines was withholding his payment dues. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Umakant Jindal , after finding Mallya prima-facie guilty ofRead More

Ahmedabad,  On the first day of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Gujarat, three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between China and the state, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The first MoU was signed between the government of Gujarat and Guangdong Province in South China. TheRead More

Chandigarh,  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for Haryana assembly polls to be held next month with “Mission 60 plus” being the catchline of its campaigning. The campaign takes cue from senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who recently asked the state party unit to reviseRead More

Ahmedabad, In the backdrop of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Ahmedabad, the police detained about 40 students at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara. “Male students were taken to the police station, whereas the female students were detained at their hostel,” Amit Dholakia, director of MSU’s Communication Cell toldRead More

Gorta/Bidar, Seeking to downplay the setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the by-elections to Lok Sabha and assembly seats in various states, BJP National President Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the party would display its popularity by sweeping the forthcoming assembly elections in four states. “Do not comeRead More

Guwahati,  Former Assam Director General of Police, Shankar Barua, reportedly shot himself in his residence at Barowari locality in Guwahati on Wednesday. He was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared dead. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches in the residence of the former DGP onRead More

Chennai, A Chennai court on Wednesday ordered issue of summons to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to appear before it on October 30 in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Principal Sessions Judge Audinathan ordered issuance of summons after a libel complaint wasRead More