India

Indian Oil to turn to traditional suppliers to meet Iran oil shortfall

Indian Oil Corp controls 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity or about a third of the country's overall capacity.

May 23, 2018

HD Kumaraswamy Takes Oath As Karnataka's 24th CM Amid Massive Show Of Strength By BJP Rivals

HD Kumaraswamy took oath at 4.30 pm on Wednesday, May 23. Around two lakh people cheered for the newly elected chief minister. Massive show of strength by BJP rivals at the swearing-in ceremony in front of Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru

May 23, 2018

What is the Vedanta Sterlite issue? 9 dead in Tuticorin mass protest

As per Madras High Court orders, the police imposed section 144 of CrPC around the Sterlite unit. The agitators raising slogans pelted stones at the cops and toppled the police vehicles.

May 22, 2018

India's right-wing lambasts Delhi Archbishop over his 'turbulent' letter

The Archbishop has called for a prayer campaign owing to the "turbulent political atmosphere threatening democracy and secularism" before the 2019 general elections. However, he said that it has nothing to do with the Modi government.

May 22, 2018

Chhattisgarh police to get special force 'Black Panther' to combat Maoists

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he is confident that the Black Panther force will be able to uproot Maoism from Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, where the militants have a stronghold.

May 22, 2018

BJP leader Lal Singh's brother booked for hurling 'derogatory' remarks at J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Lal Singh's brother abused the CM during a rally, which was in held in Kathua district to seek a CBI probe into rape and murder case of a minor.

May 22, 2018

Congress-JD(S) alliance agrees to 'let the past be history' and 'forge ties for future'

HD Kumaraswamy, the nominee for the position of the 24th chief minister of Karnataka will take oath on Wednesday. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony.

May 22, 2018

Off colour: Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal green

Falling water table is weakening the Taj's wooden foundation. Also, pollution and rampant construction around the building are worsening the air quality.

May 22, 2018

Top executives at fraud-hit PNB misled RBI, CBI alleges

PNB, which is India's second-largest state-run bank, had said that two jewellery groups headed by Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi had defrauded it of about $2.2 billion.

May 22, 2018

Sensex falls; Karnataka political situation unnerves market

The fall is being linked to the uncertainty in the Indian political landscape following the resignation of BS Yeddyurappa, who was the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka for two days.

May 21, 2018

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says considering steps to keep fuel prices in check

Opposition leaders have criticised the Indian government for failing to rein in rising fuel prices, which is a politically-sensitive issue in the country.

May 21, 2018

Irked by three-hour delay, drunk Air India flier stabs himself with pen

As there was mild bleeding, the man was rushed to a hospital within the airport premises and the flight departed without him.

May 21, 2018

Indian Railways may soon stop serving non-vegetarian food on Gandhi Jayanti

Besides serving vegetarian food on its premises, stations and on the trains on Gandhi Jayanti, the Indian railways will also appeal all its employees to eat vegetarian food on October 2.

May 21, 2018

IMD predicts early onset of south-west monsoon, rains might hit Kerala on May 29

The rainy season in the south-west usually sets over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. The rains will prove beneficial for states such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, where Kharif crops are grown.

May 20, 2018

Jet Airways hijack scare: Meet the first person to be put on India's no-fly list

Birju Kishore Salla has become the first person in India to be put on no-fly list, due to the hijack scare that he had created in a Jet Airways flight on October 30, 2017.

May 20, 2018