Home News

New Delhi: Amid West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's apprehension of 'mass exclusion' of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, the Supreme Court Monday said it would not allow anyone to create an impediment in the exercise. A...

New Delhi: India's approach on crude oil purchases has been to maintain multiple sources of supply and diversify them to ensure stability in the energy flow, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Monday amid a swirling controversy over Washington's claim that New Delhi has agreed to...

New Delhi: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions Monday said that the call for a nationwide general strike on February 12 is on, and not less than 30 crore workers across the country are expected to join the protest. The group of unions...

New Delhi: The draft Income Tax rules that propose to bring sweeping changes ranging from simplified, smart pre-filled forms, to new limits for PAN quoting for transactions such as payment of hotel bills and buying insurance, will come into effect from April 1. The draft...

Ottawa: A 37-year-old Indian-Canadian died after being shot by unidentified men in the parking lot of a busy shopping centre in Toronto, Canada, police said. In a statement Sunday, the Toronto Police Service identified the victim as Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar of Brampton. On Saturday,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked the Delhi High Court to accord an out-of-turn hearing to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea challenging his conviction in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father, and said it should be decided within...

Madhepura: Over 70 children fell ill after allegedly consuming mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Madhepura district, officials said Monday. The incident took place at the Upgraded Middle School in Karu Tola, Madhepura Sadar block, Saturday, they added. "An investigation has been initiated,...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday described the siphoning of over Rs 54,000 crore by digital frauds as absolute "robbery or dacoity" and asked the Centre to draft a standard operating procedure in consultation with stakeholders like the RBI, banks and the Department of Telecommunications to...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Monday claimed that Speaker Om Birla assured him that he would be allowed to speak before the Union Budget discussions in the house, triggering a rebuttal from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and...

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi is set to request his Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to withdraw the boycott of their T20 World Cup match against India after being requested to do so by his Bangladesh counterpart, a PCB source has revealed. Naqvi is...