India

No Jat agitation in Delhi on Monday, says Haryana CM Khattar

The leader of the Jat agitation, Yashpal Malik, confirmed that there would be no agitation in Delhi on Monday.

Mar 19, 2017

Arvind Kejriwal takes credit for Captain Amarinder Singh's decision to ban beacons, introduce Lokpal Bill in Punjab

Captain Amarinder Singh chaired his first Cabinet meeting on Friday following which he announced a series of decisions taken by Congress-led Punjab government.

Mar 19, 2017

Who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?

Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal. He took deeksha and changed his name.

Mar 19, 2017

CVC denies report claiming loss of data post-demonetisation

The migration of earlier data from the physical server to a cloud based storage application is taking some more time, the CVC said in a statement.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath oath-taking ceremony: Spiritual guru sworn in as UP Chief Minister; Mohsin Raza only Muslim face in Cabinet

In a first, state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma — were sworn in as deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. PM Narendra Modi is also attending the ceremony.

Mar 19, 2017

School tries to prevent students from giving Telangana SSC exam over non-payment of fees

Police have filed a complaint against the school for confining the students before the SSC exam.

Mar 19, 2017

Jat quota agitation: Protests turn violent in Haryana's Fatehabad district; Roads to avoid in Delhi-NCR

Yashpal Malik, the leader of the All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), agreed to meet Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar along with 20-30 protesters at noon on Sunday to have a one-on-one dialogue.

Mar 19, 2017

Yellow Ambassador taxis are failing to survive test of time: One of Kolkata's famous identities on path to extinction?

The enthusiasm to operate yellow taxis in the City of Joy has come down alarmingly, thanks to the advent of modern service-providers like Ola and Uber and also the gradual disappearance of the iconic Ambassador itself.

Mar 19, 2017

Indus Waters Treaty: India-Pakistan expected to discuss five hydro projects at Permanent Indus Commission meet starting March 20

The Permanent Indus Commission is a bilateral commission comprising Indian and Pakistani officials who have been given the task to implement and manage goals of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath is UP chief minister: 5 things that may happen now

Yogi Adityanath is a firebrand leader, but will his style of leadership court controversy in UP?

Mar 19, 2017

Two Indian clerics, who went missing in Pakistan, have been found

The two clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah were reportedly found in a remote village of Sindh province with no mobile connectivity.

Mar 19, 2017

G20 financial leaders acquiesce to U.S., drop free trade pledge

G20 finance ministers and central bankers made a token reference to trade in their communique, a clear defeat for host nation Germany, which fought the new U.S. government's attempts to water down past commitments.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath picked as UP chief minister: How BJP ruined all the good work it did last week

Just when the BJP top brass was giving signals that the party looked beyond its traditional Hindutva politics in a changing India, its pick of the hardliner took it back by 25 years.

Mar 18, 2017

Jat protests: Trouble for commuters as Delhi Metro services in NCR to remain shut from Sunday night

Delhi Police have asked DMRC to terminate all trains at the last station on all lines in Delhi from 11.30 pm on Sunday. At least 12 stations in central Delhi will also be shut from 8 pm on Sunday.

Mar 18, 2017

Yogi Adityanath to take oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday

Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma have been named the deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. According to Venkaiah Naidu, Adityanath suggested the idea of having two deputy CMs.

Mar 18, 2017