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Black Money Probe Put on Fast Track, Fin...

Black Money Probe Put on Fast Track, Final Action by March

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has asked its tax sleuths to put black money investigations on the fast track and quickly gather all foreign-based evidences against Indian individuals who feature in the infamous HSBC list and have allegedly stashed ill-gotten wealth in tax... read more »

Charlie Hebdo attack: Rush to buy new &#...

Charlie Hebdo attack: Rush to buy new “survivors” issue

Long queues have formed at newsstands in France for the latest edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Three million copies are being printed – a week after Islamist gunmen murdered eight journalists at the magazine and four other people in Paris. The cover shows a cartoon depicting the... read more »

No Ulterior Motive in DRDO Chief’s...

No Ulterior Motive in DRDO Chief’s Removal, Say Sources in Prime Mini...

Sources in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office today denied any “ulterior motive” in the removal of top missile scientist Avinash Chander as the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO. (DRDO Chief and Architect of Agni Missiles Avinash Chander... read more »

Italian marines case: Supreme Court gran...

Italian marines case: Supreme Court grants three months extension of stay t...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended, by another three months, stay in Italy of Massimiliano Latorre, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012. The court allowed his application for extension of stay on medical grounds. A bench led by Justice Anil R Dave allowed... read more »

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Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpa breaks down, in custody for 6 days

Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpa breaks down, in custody for 6 ...

Panaji: Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal broke down on Sunday while being interrogated by Goa police crime branch at their office in Dona Paula, police officers said. The interrogation lasted five... read more »

Delhi Assembly polls: Narendra Modi targets Congress, Aam Aadmi Party

Delhi Assembly polls: Narendra Modi targets Congre...

A day before campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections comes to an end, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted the... read more »

Tarun Tejpal remanded in police custody for 6 days

Tejpal CCTV clip not yet given by hotel: Goa Police

Panaji: Tarun Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka, has been remanded to police custody for six days by a Goa Sessions court. Mr Tejpal was arrested on charges of... read more »

Polling begins in Rajasthan

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls 2013: 70% polling in naxal-affected areas

Polling began on Sunday in 199 Assembly seats in Rajasthan to decide the fate of 2,087 candidates including Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BJP’s Chief... read more »

ISRO successfully sends Mars orbiter Mangalyaan into M...

Countdown begins for Mars Orbiter Mission to leave earth's gravity at 12.49am

Chennai/Bangalore: Crossing a major milestone in the country’s space history, ISRO’s Mars Orbiter mission on Sunday ventured out of Earth’s... read more »

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Geneva talks end inconclusively but hope remains

Geneva talks end inconclusively but hope remains

Geneva – Though talks between the world powers and Iran failed to reach an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme once again, there were signs of progress at the conclusion and optimism... read more »

Quake hits Japan

Quake hits Japan

Tokyo – A 5.5-magnitude quake hit Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture Sunday morning, according Japan’s Meteorological Agency. There were no... read more »

Iran urges for not missing opportunity in Geneva talks

Iran urges for not missing opportunity in Geneva talks

Tehran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged world major powers Saturday to not miss the “exceptional opportunity” for a deal with Iran in... read more »

If no-deal, n-talks to resume in 10 days: Iran

Iran says nuke talks with world powers making 'slow progress'

Tehran – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday that if no deal was reached in the ongoing nuclear talks in Geneva, the talks would... read more »

No leniency for illegal foreign workers: Saudi Arabia

Saudi petrochem giant opens tech centre in Bangalore

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia said Saturday that there would be no leniency shown toward those organisations who hire illegal immigrants, Xinhua reported. Saudi... read more »

Muzaffarnagar riots inquiry commission seeks extension

With its tenure ending, the one-man inquiry commission appointed by Uttar Pradesh government on Muzfarranagarriots has sought an extension. The commission of retired judge ofAllahabad High... read more »

PM Narendra Modi Speaks to Sri Lankan President Over Death Penalty to Indian Fishermen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday over the death sentence handed out to five Indian fishermen which has sparked protests in their home... read more »

China to the rescue: Modi needs the dragon for Make in India to succeed

New Delhi: India’s steel consumption is expected to grow at its fastest pace in five years next year on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s infrastructure push, but a scarcity of raw... read more »

Jayant Sinha Takes Charge as Minister of State in Finance Ministry

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry. Mr Sinha was briefed by senior... read more »

Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push

In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and... read more »