Tag: New Delhi

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India from October 4-5 during the course of which he will hold an annual bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was announced on Friday. “Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to New Delhi on October 4-5 for the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday parried questions on whether the government was considering a cut in taxes on imported crude to bring down the prices of petrol and diesel. “It was not in the agenda,” he said at a media briefing to a question on whether the government was considering any relief […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished legendary Indian playback singer and Bharat Ratna recipient Lata Mangeshkar on her 89th birthday, praying for her long life and good health. “Birthday greetings and best wishes for a long and healthy life to Lata Mangeshkar, who has been honoured with […]

New Delhi: Amazon on Thursday refreshed its line-up of Echo smart home devices and also introduced an Echo companion device for the Indian market. The new Echo devices are currently available for pre-order on Amazon.in and can be experienced first-hand, exclusively at the “Amazon Festive Home”. Amazon Echo devices are smart speakers designed around users’ […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged young officers to develop a close rapport with people as it is one of the keys to achieving success in their tasks and objectives. An official release said that Modi saw presentations of IAS officers of the 2016 batch as part of their valedictory session as […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs on Thursday launched the “Punch Tantra” collection to promote tribal artefacts and named world boxing champion Mary Kom as the brand ambassador of “Tribes India” — an initiative to promote tribal artefacts. The Punch Tantra range of tribal artefacts promoted by the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of […]

New Delhi: The government on Thursday said the media report which talked about a senior official putting his objections to the benchmark pricing of 36 Rafale fighter jets “seeks to create confusion through distorted and selective presentation of facts” and maintained that the report suffered from “several factual errors that impact its entire tone and […]

New Delhi: By a majority 2-1 judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea for referring the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid issue to a larger Constitution Bench and referred the case to a three-judge bench to be set up that will begin hearing from October 29. “No case has been made out to refer the case […]

New Delhi: The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation on Wednesday said that 9,034 children were trafficked in the year 2016 alone, a dramatic rise in the figure compared to 2015. In a statement citing the National Crime Records Bureau for 2016, the Foundation said: “9,034 children were trafficked in the year 2016 alone, a figure that […]

New Delhi: The Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 on the grounds that it invokes penal provisions against a class of people based on their religious identity. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 — commonly referred […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to disqualify candidates against whom cognisance of chargesheet have been taken by courts, saying no further disqualification under the law could be added but urged Parliament to enact a law to address the malaise of criminals entering legislatures. At the same time, the apex Court directed political parties […]

Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress had done politics for decades in the name of poverty eradication. “Since Independence the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ has been given. Only politics has been done in the name of ending poverty. If politics had not been done, India would have been different now,” Modi […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP and the RSS of undermining the institutions like the Supreme Court, Election Commission and said that it was trying to take over the education system. Interacting with college and university teachers from nearly 20 states as part of the party’s outreach campaign, he slammed […]

New Delhi: The slugfest over the Rafale deal continued on Sunday with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley citing conflicting media reports on Francois Hollande’s claims regarding a private firm becoming an as offset partner in the jet deal at the instance of Modi government and asserting that there was “no partnership as suggested by the […]

New Delhi: Delhi police have busted an international drug cartel and arrested three foreign nationals from capital’s Saket area. Heroin worth Rs 25 crore has been seized from the accused, police said on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Esmatullah (40), Khalilullah (22), from Afghanistan and Victor Osondu (37) from Nigeria. Deputy Commissioner of […]