New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s wife Nalini Chidambaram in a multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, an official said. The agency asked Nalini Chidambaram,…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Centre will invite bids during this week for the procurement of aggregate power amounting to 2,500 MW on a competitive basis for three years from generators with commissioned projects…
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Three civilians were killed by militants on Monday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town, police said. The dead were identified as Asif Ahmed Sheikh, Haseeb Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Asghar,…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A day after the Centre announced that all villages in India have been connected with power, the government on Monday said the definition of village electrification – of connecting at…
Washington, April 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday floated the inter-Korean border as a possible venue for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING,…
Bengaluru, April 30 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Monday claimed that Congress President Rahul Gandhi met convicted RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in Delhi on Monday to seek his support in the 2019 general…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities in the criminal justice system in the country,…
Patna, April 30 (IANS) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said the decision to shift Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad from AIIMS in New Delhi to a Ranchi hospital is part of a…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was told to leave AIIMS where he was being treated to return to Ranchi, shortly after…
London/New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) After the massive Facebook data scandal, a report in The Sunday Telegraph claimed that micro-blogging platform Twitter had also sold users’ data to a Cambridge Analytica (CA) researcher who collected…
Jammu, April 30 (IANS) Controversy hit a new reshuffled Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday when BJP leader Kavinder Gupta said after being sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister that the rape and murder of…
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that “400 cops will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists” in the biggest anti-Maoist security…
Jammu, April 30 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the ruling PDP-BJP alliance, Jammu and Kashmir’s new Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta said after being sworn in that the Kathua rape and murder was a “small…
Kabul/Kandahar, April 30 (IANS) At least 29 people, including eight journalists, were killed as two suicide bombers exploded themselves in quick succession in the Afghan capital on Monday. Hours later, another suicide attack killed 11…
Gurugram, April 30 (IANS) In order to cut delays in police verification for fresh and renewed passports, Gurugram Police on Monday provided android-based tablets and mobile application to all police stations in the district. “With…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India’s cultural heritage was not preserved the way it should have been post Independence “due to various reasons”, but now his government is…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Income Tax Department has sent a second notice to Deepak Kochhar, husband of ICICI Bank Chief Executive Chanda Kochhar, who is facing conflict of interest questions over the bank’s…
Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged India, China, Russia and Japan to provide major support to its efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis. “We expect India, China, Russia and…
Kandahar (Afghanistan), April 30 (IANS) At least 11 students of a madrassa were killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Monday, officials said. A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives…
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) Leaders of two major political parties – the DMK and PMK – on Monday condemned the BJP-led Central government for “insulting” Tamil language by neglecting Tamil scholars for the Presidential Award…