Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda Wednesday slammed Rahul Gandhi's "wealth redistribution promise", stating that only someone with no practical knowledge can speak like that. The 90-year-old JD(S) supremo ridiculed the Congress manifesto claiming that only a party that is sure of never coming to power can make as many promises. “The Congress has promised so...

Ambikapur/ New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday seized on Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax to step up the ruling BJP's blistering attack on the issue of "wealth redistribution", saying "zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad bhi" is the opposition party's mantra to "loot" people. In his poll rallies, Modi framed Pitroda's comments...

Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Union minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday fainted while speaking at an election rally in eastern Maharashtra's Yavatmal district. The BJP leader was campaigning at Pusad which comes under the Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha constituency. As he suffered a fainting fit, the security personnel accompanying him carried him off-stage. The minister, however, recovered after a few minutes and...

Mumbai: Hindi film industry heartthrob Varun Dhawan celebrated his 37th birthday Wednesday in a special way, surrounded by fans and the media outside his Juhu home. Dressed in a stylish white and pink striped shirt paired with light blue denims, Varun looked effortlessly cool as he marked another year of his life. The highlight of the celebration...

Mumbai: The RBI Wednesday barred Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new customers through its online and mobile banking channels and issuing fresh credit cards with immediate effect after the regulator found serious deficiencies in the lender's IT risk management. These actions, the RBI said, are necessitated based on significant concerns arising out of Reserve Bank's IT examination...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken 400 million (40 crore) people out of poverty and is doing an “unbelievable job” in India, Global banking giant JP Morgan Chase chief executive officer (CEO) Jamie Dimon has said. Speaking at an event hosted by the Economic Club of New York Tuesday, Dimon lauded the economic reforms implemented...

Hinjili (Odisha): Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched his party's campaign for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and pledged to make Odisha the number one state in the country by 2036. In the election campaign from his home turf Hinjili, Patnaik targeted the opposition parties and accused them of "obstructing" developmental...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday observed that allegations of conspiracy against the Prime Minister cannot be made irresponsibly and need to be based on “cogent and substantial reasons.” The High Court said this while hearing a defamation suit by BJD MP Pinaki Misra against Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai over claims of corruption. The court said...

Mumbai: A throwback monochrome photograph featuring late Hindi film star Sushant Singh Rajput has gone viral on social media. In the viral image, the late actor is seen cuddling star cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s baby daughter Ziva. In the black and white image, Sushant can be seen smiling, while Dhoni happily looks at the two. Social media...

New Delhi: A few farmers from Tamil Nadu, including a woman, Wednesday climbed onto a mobile tower as they protested at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over demands of better prices for their crops and the river interlinking issue, officials said. Scores of Tamil Nadu farmers gathered at Jantar Mantar, some of who climbed nearby trees and a mobile...