New Delhi: Over 10 lakh messages have come in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “#Sandesh2Soldiers” appeal, with several prominent figures, including cricketer Virat Kohli, businessman Anand Mahindra and actor Aamir Khan, sending their Diwali wishes to soldiers. Over 10 lakh messages have already come in via different mediums, officialsRead More

New Delhi: Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, who allegedly shot dead a Class XII student for overtaking his SUV in Bihar, will have to go back to jail with the Supreme Court on Friday staying a Patna High Court order granting him bail. A bench headed by Justice SA BobdeRead More

Srinagar: The five-member civil society delegation led by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday completed its three-day visit to Kashmir during which it met various stakeholders to “understand the situation” and “share the pain” of the people here. The delegation will now discuss the future course of action afterRead More

New Delhi: In what could bring cheers to 50 lakh central employees and 58 lakh pensioners ahead of Diwali, the Centre on Thursday announced a 2 per cent dearness allowance to be effective from July 1, 2016. The proposal to provide 2 per cent dearness allowance and dearness relief toRead More

New Delhi: The civil services preliminary examination, to select IAS and IPS officers among others, will be held in June instead of August next year. It is after the gap of three years that Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting the examination in June, rather than August. TheRead More

New Delhi: Management of urban infrastructure, especially water, will become a challenge with more and more people shifting to cities, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. The minister further said rapid urbanisation India is experiencing will make it a nerve-centre of growth. “Today (Thursday), we have 31 per centRead More

News Delhi: Government plans to make changes in the six decades-old cinematography law to tone up the functioning of the censor board, which has been at the centre of many controversies. Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu says he is examining the recommendations made by Justice Mudgal committee andRead More

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi who is also an MP from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh will be affected by the ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court which deals with the contentious issue of politicians seeking votes on religious grounds. On Thursday, a petition challenging the election of Sonia GandhiRead More

New Delhi: Straining the troubled relationship between the two countries further, India on Thursday asked a Pakistan High Commission staffer to leave the country immediately after he was caught red handed in an espionage attempt. The spy ring was busted leading to the arrest of two Indians and a PakistaniRead More

New Delhi: Scrutiny in appointments to the higher judiciary is much more stringent these days and it would have been “inconceivable” for a judge like late V R Krishna Iyer, who flaunted his political activism, to be elevated to the apex court, Chief Justice T S Thakur on Wednesday said.Read More