Tag: New Delhi

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi accusing him of speaking on the lines of Pakistan and asked the Congress President whether he was trying to forge an international alliance in the name of “Modi Hatao”. “Rahul Gandhi says ‘Modi Hatao. Pakistan says ‘Modi Hatao’. Now Pakistan also […]

New Delhi: In a first, the government on Thursday came out with a National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO), containing a list of 4.5 lakh convicts with photos of about 3.5 lakh of them available. The offenders face charges of rape, gangrape and eve-teasing. The database, which was rolled out by the Ministry of Home […]

New Delhi: Actors Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The actors through their film “Sui Dhaaga – Made in India” are saluting India’s entrepreneurs and skilled workforce, especially homegrown artisans, craftspeople and weavers. The film highlights the untapped […]

New Delhi: As the rupee keeps falling to new lows, a top government official on Wednesday said it was a temporary phenomenon and the long-term path for rupee-dollar exchange rate was “quite stable”. He also said the government will soon come out with the list of non-essential imports, which the government had earlier announced would […]

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a package of Rs 1,224.97 crore for the government scheme ASHA, doubling the incentives given to workers under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Under the NRHM, the government provides villages with a trained female Accredited Social Health Activist or ASHA. The CCEA chaired […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the commencement of the process of submitting claims for inclusion of names in Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft list from September 25. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the claims for inclusions in NRC would be backed by 10 identity documents which were […]

New Delhi: Upping the ante against the Narendra Modi government for its “collaboration” in letting Vijay Mallya flee the country, the Congress on Tuesday demanded a probe into why the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not act against the liquor baron. “Complicity, collusion, connivance and collaboration of the Modi government […]

New Delhi: Domestic fuel prices continued to scale new heights on Monday, with the price of petrol nearing the psychological Rs 90 a litre-mark in Mumbai with the fuel selling at Rs 89.44 under the dynamic pricing regime. As per rates released daily by state-run Indian Oil Corp, the depreciating rupee and expensive crude oil […]

New Delhi: Actor Tiger Shroff, who is often linked with his rumoured girlfriend and actress Disha Patani, confessed that there is more than friendship between them. During the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2018 here on Saturday, the “Heropanti” actor said: ” We can be friends also na? There is more. We are very […]

New Delhi: Singer-actress Selena Gomez is open to singing in a Bollywood film, and says it will be a beautiful experience. Asked if she would consider singing for a Bollywood film, she told IANS: “I’ve never been asked that! Why not, I think that would be beautiful.” Gomez found fame as a child through a […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBM) has become a “people’s movement” with a large participation of women, noting that the decision to hike compensation will benefit around 25 lakh Anganwadi workers and their families. The Minister said SBM has witnessed a “phenomenal increase” in rural sanitation from 39 […]

Chandigarh: Over three days after a 19-year-old board examination topper was gang-raped in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district, the police has failed to make any arrests, officials said on Saturday. The state police has set up a special investigation team (SIT), to be headed by Nuh Superintendent of Police (SP) Nazneen Bhasin, to probe the incident. Though […]

Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday headed to the national capital via a special chartered flight for further treatment and examination at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Parrikar, who is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, also held meetings with Speaker Pramod Sawant and Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo amid talks […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the contribution of India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) in the Swachh Bharat Mission was immense. “The contribution of India’s Nari Shakti (women power) in the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission is immense,” Modi said while launching the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Movement’. “Youngsters are ambassadors of […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s resignation after accusing him of colluding with fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya “and giving him a free passage” to flee the country. Addressing the media at the Congress headquarters here, Gandhi asked why the Minister did not inform the investigating agencies about Mallya’s […]