New Delhi Persons with disabilities will be exempted from rules of the odd-even scheme, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. The road-rationing scheme is set to return in the national capital for the third time from November 4-15. Responding to a tweet, Kejriwal said, “Yes @MajDPSingh, persons with disabilitiesRead More

Akola Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar’s values are the basis for nation-building. His remarks came a day after the BJP raised the demand for the Bharat Ratna honour for Savarkar, one of the tallest Hindutva icons in the pantheon of Sangh Parivar, inRead More

New York Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir denied women the state inheritance rights and this was a “serious human rights violation” that no one spoke about but human rights had become a “global buzzword” following the revocation of the temporary constitutional provision. She saidRead More

Washington The labour force participation of women in India is quite low and one of the reasons was insecurity among them in workplace, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. Speaking at an event “Women, Work, and Leadership: One-on-One Conversation” on Tuesday, she said, “women just don’t feelRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted the progress made by the government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat programme under which 50 lakh beneficiaries have been treated free of cost. He described it as an “important milestone” towards a healthy India. “It would make every Indian proud that in aRead More

Thane Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said had India possessed Rafale fighter jets earlier the IAF would not have needed to enter Balakot in Pakistan to hit the terror camps. Addressing a poll rally for BJP’s Mira Bhayander nominee Narendra Mehta in Maharashtra’s Thane district neighbouring Mumbai, Singh defendedRead More

Gurugram The abrogation of Article 370 provisions is a “decisive battle” waged by the Narendra Modi government to end years of proxy war and terrorism from Pakistan and the step would bring ever-lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Attending the 35th RaisingRead More

New York The newly-minted economics Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has warned that the Indian economy is going into “a tailspin” and his prescription is for the government to focus to increasing demand rather than on deficits or stability. When “the economy going into a tailspin is the time when youRead More

New Delhi Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Tuesday pitched for greater inclusion of indigenous technology in the armed forces and asserted that India will fight and win the next war with home-grown solutions. In his address at the 41st DRDO Directors Conference, he also said the development of weaponryRead More

Mumbai The new BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly on Monday said “it’s a great opportunity for him to do something good” as he is taking over the reigns of the board at a time when it’s image has got a serious beating. Ganguly pipped Brijesh Patel in a see-saw battle andRead More