Politics

Tamil Nadu, Puducherry allowed to fix their time-slots to burst fireworks on Diwali

On October 23, the Supreme Court had fixed the slot for 8 pm to 10 pm and ordered the use for green crackers. It also banned the sale of 'joined crackers' citing that it causes air, and noise pollution.

Oct 30, 2018

Government trying to destroy autonomous structure of RBI: Congress

Anand Sharma said that it was in the interest of India and the economy that the RBI alone remains the regulator for the banks for the lending, borrowings and fixes the rates for the banks.

Oct 30, 2018

Malegaon blast case: Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya and others charged under UAPA

The NIA court has framed charges against the accused Sadhvi Pragya or Pragya Singh Thakur, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ajay Rahirkar and Major Ramesh Upadhyay.

Oct 30, 2018

Amid Panama Paper gaffe, Shivraj Singh Chouhan to file defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi clarified his statement on Tuesday saying that he got confused because of the amount of corruption in the Bharatiya Janata Party

Oct 30, 2018

CBI row escalates as AK Bassi claims incriminating evidence against Asthana

The senior CBI sleuth's controversial transfer had come after the midnight shakeup at the agency last week, in which Director Alok Verma and Special Director Asthana were divested of charges.

Oct 30, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek re-election as CDU party chair: Sources

Merkel, 64, has been chairwoman of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) since 2000 and chancellor since 2005.

Oct 30, 2018

Delhi's Dialogue and Development Commission gets new head

The post was lying vacant since April after Ashish Khetan, who was appointed to the post in 2015, resigned. Khetan later quit the Aam Aadmi Party as well.

Oct 29, 2018

Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya is not on our party's agenda: JD(U)

JD(U) has made it clear several times that the party is not with the Bharatiya Janata Party as far as the Ram Janmabhoomi issue was concerned.

Oct 29, 2018

Let people burst Diwali crackers from 4.30 am to 6.30 am: TN govt appeals to SC

Citing cultural differences between the northern and southern states in the way Deepavali is celebrated, the Tamil Nadu government says that it is a religious right of people to burst crackers in the morning.

Oct 29, 2018

Siddaramaiah warns BJP against Operation Lotus 2.0

Siddaramaiah criticised Yeddyurappa for making baseless allegations against the Congress-JD(S)-led coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy. He said the BJP is in a state of coma.

Oct 29, 2018

Shashi Tharoor responds to Twitter outrage over controversial 'Scorpion on Shivling' comment on PM Modi

Tharoor quoted journalist Vinod K Jose of the Caravan, who in turn was quoting an unnamed RSS leader. The original quote came out six years ago.

Oct 29, 2018

Modi in Japan Day 2 LIVE: PM urges Japan to increase engagement with India in speech

PM Narendra Modi is on a visit to Japan for the 13th India—Japan Annual Summit, follow him live here.

Oct 29, 2018

Far-right Bolsonaro rides anti-corruption rage to Brazil presidency

Bolsonaro won 55.2 percent of votes in a run-off election against left-wing hopeful Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party (PT)'s 44.8 percent.

Oct 29, 2018

Supreme Court to hear Ayodhya case on Monday

The matter would be heard by a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph.

Oct 28, 2018

PM Modi visits Japan; to focus on vital sectors to boost cooperation in Indo-Pacific region

Shinzo Abe will host a state banquet for PM Modi on Monday after the discussions. PM Modi is the first world leader invited to Abe's holiday home. PM Modi will leave for India after the banquet.

Oct 28, 2018