- India
Anti-minority sentiments behind scrapping of Maulana Azad Fellowship scheme by Modi govt: Cong MP in LS
New Delhi: Congress MP K Suresh on Friday termed the scrapping of the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) scheme an “anti-minority” move by the Narendra Modi government and said the decision will…
- Hyderabad
BRS leader K T Rama Rao hits out at Centre over cut in windfall tax on crude
Hyderabad: Ruling BRS leader and Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao on Friday attacked the NDA government at the Centre over the reduction in windfall profit tax levied on domestically produced…
- India
WB teachers’ recruitment scam: Court takes cognisance of ED charge sheet against Manik Bhattacharya, others
New Delhi: A court in Kolkata has taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Manik Bhattacharya and others in connection with the…
- India
One more arrested in PFI conspiracy case: NIA
New Delhi: One more person was arrested from Tamil Nadu on Friday in connection with a case related to a conspiracy hatched by the proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI), a spokesperson…
- Delhi
Waqf board employees go on strike against pending dues; threaten to protest outside CM’s house
New Delhi: With their salaries pending for the past several months, staff of Delhi Waqf Board went on strike on Friday, with Imams and Muazzins of the mosques affiliated to the board…
- India
Saffron politics and Bollywood: BJP and TMC leaders fight it out on Twitter
New Delhi: A political slugfest broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP leaders over comments made by actor Amitabh Bachchan and a song by playback artiste Arijit Singh at the Kolkata International…
- India
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s uncivilised personal attack on Modi new low, even for Pakistan: India
New Delhi: India on Friday launched a no-holds-barred attack on Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari for his “uncivilised” outburst against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the comments were a “new low”…
- India
Siddaramaiah slams Nadda for lying, calling Karnataka govt bribe-free
Koppal: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday slammed BJP national president J P Nadda for allegedly lying to the people by calling the BJP government in the State bribe-free’. Siddaramaiah’s statement…
- India
Cong demands sacking of MP minister whom woman calls ‘rapist’ in video and then takes U-turn
Bhopal: The Opposition Congress on Friday demanded sacking of a Madhya Pradesh minister, whom a woman called a “rapist” in a viral video only to change her statement later, and a probe…
- Business
India will grow at 7-8% next year, Rajan’s views will change about economy: Shekhawat
New Delhi: BJP leaders led by Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat on Friday cited the views of global institutions that Indian economy will have a high growth rate of over 7 per cent…
- Delhi
Teacher hits class 5 girl with scissors, throws her from 1st floor of school; MCD suspends her
New Delhi: A class 5 student was allegedly hit with scissors and flung from the first floor of the building of a municipal school by her teacher who has subsequently been detained,…
- India
BJP to hold nationwide protests over Bhutto’s ‘highly shameful’ comments on PM Modi
New Delhi: The BJP dubbed Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto’s personal comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “highly shameful and derogatory” and said it will hold nationwide protests against them on…
- Delhi
AIIMS data retrieved, services restored: Government
New Delhi: More than two weeks after the AIIMS cyber attack, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that all the data has been retrieved from…
- India
Is govt trying to orchestrate confrontation with judiciary: Cong MP on Rijiju’s ‘frivolous PILs’ remark
New Delhi: Congress MP Manish Tewari raised questions on Friday over Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s recent remarks on the Supreme Court and asked if the government is trying to “orchestrate” a confrontation…
- India
China preparing for war, Indian govt asleep: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that China is preparing for war and the Indian government is sleeping over it and trying to ignore the threat. He also alleged that…
