India

Lalu denies allegations; calls it a 'conspiracy', says he will 'destroy' BJP

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been accused of illegally giving lease to one Harsh Kochhar to run two hotels in Ranchi and Patna while he was the railway minister in 2008.

Jul 7, 2017

110 light utility helicopters to be produced under 'Make in India' initiative

Indian firms like Mahindra, L&T and Bharat Forge and foreign vendors like Airbus Helicopters from Europe, Russian Helicopters, Sikorsky and Bell Helicopter from the US are likely to participate in the tender.

Jul 7, 2017

Mamata's tugs and Tripathi's war!! 5 cases of Governor-CM tussles and their sheer entertainment value

Mamata recently lashed out at the West Bengal Governor after the latter called her up to take stock of the situation in Basirhat, which is currently witnessing communal riots.

Jul 6, 2017

A sugar-coated scam pill: Maharashtra factory sought Rs 328 cr loans in the names of 'dead' farmers

Sugar factory took loans under names of fictitious beneficiaries and siphoned them off.

Jul 6, 2017

'West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi is a soldier of Narendra Modi's army': BJP leader's remark embarrasses party

Former Bengal BJP chief Rahul Sinha said Tripathi could not be intimidated by the TMC for he is a soldier of PM Modi's army. The BJP's embarrassment was evident when the party's Bengal observer Kailash Vijayvargiya said Sinha's remark was not right.

Jul 6, 2017

IT majors to lay off at least 56,000 employees this year [VIDEO]

IT majors Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant, Tech Mahindra are planning to lay off 56,000 engineers this year. The year 2017 witnessed massive IT Sector layoffs in India.

Jul 6, 2017

Karnataka's language war escalates as pro-Kannada activists deface English, Hindi signages in Bengaluru

The pro-Kannada activists demand that Kannada signs should be used in New Delhi and other places in the North for Karnataka to use Hindi or English signages in the southern state.

Jul 6, 2017

Good and Simply done: Commissioner of Central Tax R Sriram, Bengaluru, talks taxes with IBT

Watch IRS officer R Sriram simplify the Goods and Services Tax (GST), in an exclusive interview with International Business Times India. GST is seen as the biggest ever indirect tax reform in post-Independence India.

Jul 6, 2017

Qatar to be expelled from GCC? It will be a foreign policy disaster for Saudi Arabia & allies

Crisis involving Qatar and problems in GCC are not something new but this time, the Saudis and their allies are pushing things to a point of no return. This will only make West Asia more unstable.

Jul 6, 2017

Terrible floods rock Assam again: Not much change under BJP government either?

In the last two years of Tarun Gogoi's chief ministership, the Assam govt had a clash with the Centre over flood reliefs in the state. Now with BJP ruling both in Assam and Centre, why is there no end to the agony of the common people?

Jul 6, 2017

Uttar Pradesh government will gift newlyweds condoms and contraceptive pills

The 'nayi pahal ' kit will also contain a letter from the health department highlighting the importance of family planning and the minimum time between two children.

Jul 6, 2017

Three AAP MLAs booked for assaulting woman inside Delhi Assembly

A FIR was registered against Amanatullah Khan, Jarnail Singh and Somnath Bharti at Civil Lines police station in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Jul 6, 2017

Modi-Jinping meeting: With India and China at constant loggerheads, is there any future for BRICS?

With two of its major members not in good terms, it is very likely that the future of BRICS will go the way of SAARC, the South Asian platform which has been crippled by IndiaPakistan tussles.

Jul 6, 2017

West Bengal communal riots: 1 dead, Shanti Vahini on the roads as CM-Governor spat continues

A 45-year-old man injured in the communal violence that happened in Basirhat dies in a hospital in Kolkata. Yet the spat between the CM and Governor seems to continue.

Jul 6, 2017

Bengal Governor KN Tripathi is terribly upset with communal tension; strangely, he was silent on Gorkhaland crisis

While one may find fault with CM Mamata Banerjee's language used against the governor, one would also like to question why the latter opts to stay mum on an issue which the BJP evades?

Jul 6, 2017