Category: India

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that if Rahul Gandhi would have been allowed to speak in Parliament, the Prime Minister would have been “exposed”. “Well he (Rahul Gandhi) was not given the opportunity as he wanted to say something…

Union Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal on Saturday said lower tax rates will be the direct fallout of demonetisation, but did not stipulate a time frame on when it would happen. Delivering a talk on the “importance of demonetisation” organised…

Thirty-two years after he became the first Indian astronaut, Rakesh Sharma’s craving for space travel has not died down and he would love to do it again, but this time as a tourist. “Last time I visited, I was busy (working) every…

Militants on Saturday opened fire on an army convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Pampore, killing three troopers and injuring two. Sources said two bike-borne militants carried out the attack in the crowded Kadlabal area of Pampore, 14 km from here,…

A Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor has been vocal in his criticism of the government’s demonetisation policy, calling it an “ill-conceived” strategy. The standoff led to a complete washout of the Winter Session of Parliament, with the Opposition insisting on a…

The Anti Corruption Department conducted raids at premises related to Additional Exise Commissioner K Lakshman Bhaskar in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The property documents of two flats, nine house sites, 4.5 acres agricultural land, have been recovered so far, according to reports.…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided at least four bullion firms in Zaveri Bazaar and nearby areas in Mumbai and froze two bank accounts in different branches of banks in connection with laundering of the scrapped currency of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000…

Russia wants India and Pakistan to resolve all their differences, including the Kashmir issue, through peaceful means, the Russian envoy said in Islamabad on Saturday. Replying to a question, Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y Dedov said his country wants Pakistan and…

Bollywood actor Salman Khan met Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Saturday to promote the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s efforts to set up toilets at 118 locations in the city aiming to make Mumbai free of open defecation. While the civic body has set…

In a bid to clear the air on tax exemption to political parties, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said they can not accept donations in old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes since these bills were junked last month and clarified that…