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Saradha scam: TMC MP Srinjoy Bose held, ...

Saradha scam: TMC MP Srinjoy Bose held, Congress, BJP demand Mamata’s...

Kolkata: Stepping up the heat in the wake of the CBI arresting Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose, the Congress and the BJP on Friday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Bose was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his prima... read more »

Obama phones Pakistan PM after announcin...

Obama phones Pakistan PM after announcing India trip

WASHINGTON: Hours after the White House publicly confirmed that President Obama will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day, the US president phoned Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to tell him that Washington values its ties with Islamabad. The mollifying phone call made from... read more »

Jerusalem mayor: We cannot discriminate ...

Jerusalem mayor: We cannot discriminate against Arabs

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat spoke out strongly in an interview with Army Radio on Friday against the actions of Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni, who stopped the city’s employment of Arab workers doing renovation to bomb shelters in local daycare centers. Shimoni made the decision in the wake of... read more »

Maharashtra has to be biggest contributo...

Maharashtra has to be biggest contributor to Make in India, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra has to be the biggest contributor if Make in India is to succeed, the state’s chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. “I represent a state which has always held the key to India’s makeover. It contributes most to GDP of India,... read more »

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Retired judge appointed UP Human Rights chief

Lucknow – The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed late Friday retired Justice Tarun Chaterjee as the new chairman of the state Human Rights Commission, an official said. 68-year-old... read more »

CBI files two more fresh FIRs : Coal scam

PMO gives Hindalco coal block allocation file to C...

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Friday handed over to CBI the file related to the controversial allocation of coal block to Hindalco in Odisha... read more »

Aarushi case: Talwars rubbish CBI sudden provocation th...

Aarushi case: Talwars rubbish CBI sudden provocation theory

Ghaziabad – In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, the defence trashed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) theory that dentist couple Rajesh and... read more »

Solar scam: Kerala HC grants bail to Saritha

Solar scam: Kerala HC grants bail to Saritha

The Kerala High court on Friday granted bail to Saritha S. Nair, an accused in the solar panel scam.The accused was given bail in two cases registered in... read more »

Modi to Rahul: Reveal names of youth in touch with ISI ...

Rahul stumbling, but Modi not yet a clear winner

Narendra Modi on Friday attacked Rahul Gandhi for saying that ISI was in touch with Muslim youth of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar and asked him to reveal the... read more »

Nifty reclaims 8,000 level

With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeping its main lending rate unchanged after a monetary policy review, key benchmark indices extended gains and hit fresh intraday high in afternoon... read more »

Larsen and Toubro gains on Rs 1,423 crore new orders

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has moved higher by 2% to Rs 1,490 after the company said it has won new orders worth Rs 1,423 crore across various business segments in September 2014,... read more »

Israeli fire wounds Gaza teenager

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli troops shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday in the second such incident in 24 hours, medics said.   The... read more »

16 TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan navy

Sixteen fishermen have been arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel for allegedly fishing in the island nation’s territorial waters, off Neduntheevu. Four mechanised boats were also seized... read more »

Record 4,000 migrant deaths at sea, in deserts this year: Interna...

A record 4,077 migrants have died already this year crossing deserts and seas worldwide, three-quarters of them in perilous journeys across the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, an aid agency... read more »