Lucknow, In a major embarrassment for the Samajwadi Party government led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, a local court on Thursday returned the chargesheet filed yesterday by the Uttar Pradesh Police against BJP national president Amit Shah for an alleged hate speech he made in April ahead of the nationalRead More

New Delhi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday threw indications that the Narendra Modi government is willing to engaging Pakistan in a meaningful dialogue if it responds positively. Speaking to reporters, the Home Minister said, “If Pakistan wants then talks can be held again.” “We want better relations withRead More

New Delhi, Former CAG Vinod Rai has come out with a stinging criticism of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying integrity is not just financial but intellectual and professional too and claimed that Congress leaders had sought to apply pressure on him to keen the PM’s name out of auditRead More

New Delhi/London,As British MPs’ plan to hold a debate on the “political and humanitarian situation in Kashmir”, the Indian government has expressed its anger. India has construed the move as an attempt to criticise India’s role in Kashmir, even put a question mark on its sovereignty over the region. Ironically,Read More

New Delhi, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani Thursday stressed the need for a new education policy which would also address academic merit. “The country now needs a new education policy in which a discussion on academic merit – which course should be taught in which way – will alsoRead More

New Delhi, After the Aam Aadmi Party’s ‘sting operation’ puportedly showing BJP attempting to buy support of its MLAs to help form government in Delhi, party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday evening met with Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi and asked him to file FIR against BJP leaders. “We haveRead More

New Delhi,The British subsidiary of French train and turbine maker Alstom paid around USD 8.5 million in bribes over a six-year period to win transport contracts in India, Poland and Tunisia, Britain`s leading fraud prosecutor alleged on Tuesday. Alstom Network UK, which was charged with six offences of corruption andRead More

Jammu, Over 96,000 people have so far been evacuated to safety from flood-ravaged parts of Jammu and Kashmir by the Armed forces as the rescue and relief operation enters its 10th day Thursday. “Over 96,000 persons have been rescued so far by the Armed forces and NDRF from different partsRead More

New Delhi, If Swami Vivekananda’s message of universal brotherhood been followed by the world, history would not have witnessed “dastardly acts” like 9/11 in the US, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. “Had we followed Swami ji’s message, history would never have witnessed such dastardly acts as we sawRead More

New Delhi, The government is looking at the proposal for extending excise duty concessions to the automobile sector beyond December, a move that would provide further relief to auto makers. “We have already discussed the proposal (to extend excise duties beyond December) that the incentives provided (to the auto sector)Read More