Pune,  Even as the rift between Congress and NCP on the issue of seat-sharing for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections remained wide open, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today sought to play down differences between the two coalition partners. Asked whether the Democratic Front (DF) alliance of the two parties would be intact to fight together theRead More

New Delhi, The NDA government will not allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today. “We are clear that FDI will not be allowed in multi-brand retail trade. We shall not entertain FDI in MBRT. There is no ambiguity. There is no confusionRead More

New Delhi,  The army has evacuated nearly 20,000 people marooned by floods in Jammu and Kashmir with the navy and air force also engaged in relief and rescue operation, the military said Monday.A defence ministry statement said the 20,000 were rescued in different regions of the state. The army has deployedRead More

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday said that averments made against CBI director Ranjit Sinha, arising out of entry list at his residence, are “serious” in nature and directed him to respond to the allegations in “black and white”. The apex court took serious objection to the director’s submissionRead More

New Delhi, The Supreme Court Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea by one of the Italian marines, facing murder charges in India, to travel to his country for medical treatment for two months. The apex court also exempted Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre, who suffered brain stroke onRead More

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death sentence of Surinder Koli for killing children in a house in Nithari village in Noida near here in 2006. A bench comprising justices H L Dattu and A R Dave stayed the execution for a period of one week.Read More

New Delhi, Evading a direct reply on the government formation in Delhi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said only the Lieutenant Governor can take a decision in this regard. “Only the LG (Najeeb Jung) can say what will be done. Only he can take any decision,” Rajnath SinghRead More

New Delhi,  The government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on 218 coal blocks held as illegal by it. The government also left it to the apex court to decide on the issue of cancellation. The government gave details about 40 operational coal blocks and six readyRead More

Bangalore, A local court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, in a rape and cheating case filed against him by a Kannada actress after he got engaged to another woman. According to reports, Karthik is absconding since the police started toRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today appointed Mr. Charanjit Singh Brar as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal and Mr. Paramjit Singh Sidhwan as Political Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister with immediate effect. According to notification issued by State General Administration Department theRead More