Category: India News

Defamation case: Delhi court imposes Rs 5000 cost on Tharoor for not appearing before it

New Delhi, Feb 15: A Delhi court on Saturday imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for not appearing in hearing on a criminal defamation complaint filed against him for his alleged “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja […]

Modi trying to destroy Constitution : YC president

Agartala, Feb 15: Youth Congress president B V Srinivas on Saturday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to destroy the Constitution and said that the BJP- led government at the Centre has introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act to divide the country along communal lines. He hit out at […]

406 people brought back from Wuhan may be released next week if final samples test negative

New Delhi, Feb 15: A total of 406 people, who are housed at a quarantine facility of the ITBP after being brought back from China due to coronavirus outbreak there, may be released next week if their final samples turn out to be negative, officials said on Saturday. The […]

Credit growth momentum picking up; Budget proposals not to stoke inflation, says RBI governor

New Delhi, Feb 15: Amid concerns over economic slowdown, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said credit growth momentum is picking up and ruled out any possible spike in inflation due to Budget proposals as the government is maintaining “fiscal prudence” After the first meeting of the RBI board […]

India, Portugal exchange 14 pacts in key areas

New Delhi, Feb 14: India and Portugal on Friday exchanged 14 agreements and understandings in a number of key areas, including maritime, intellectual property rights, aerospace and scientific research, as President Ram Nath Kovind hosted his Portuguese counterpart here. Kovind received Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the Rashtrapati Bhavan […]

Union minister faces pro-ILP demonstrations in Meghalaya

Shillong, Feb 14: Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal’s visit to Shillong on Friday was met with pro-Inner Line Permit activists demonstrating on the streets. The activists from over 15 pro-ILP organisations under the umbrella of the Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organisation (COMSO) shouted slogans on the North-Eastern […]

College, university teachers protest in Kolkata over pay

Kolkata, Feb 14: College and university teachers in the state held a sit-in demonstration here on Friday, demanding the implementation of the revised UGC pay scale from 2016. Members of 16 teachers’ bodies from across the state took part in the demonstration, said Partha Pratim Roy, general secretary of […]

Man lodged in Tihar Jail held for trying to extort money

New Delhi, Feb 14: A 26-year-old man lodged in Tihar Jail was held for trying to extort money worth Rs 50 lakh from another person by allegedly threatening to kill him if he failed to pay the amount, police said on Friday. The accused, identified as Lokesh, is a […]

SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel to UK, France

New Delhi, Feb 14: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases being probed by the ED and CBI, to travel to the UK and France this month for attending a tennis tournament. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde permitted Karti […]

People of Delhi wanted to defeat BJP at all costs: Shukla

Indore, Feb 14: Senior Congress leader Rajeev Shukla on Friday said the people of Delhi gave a massive mandate to the Aam Aadmi Party as they wanted to defeat the BJP at all costs. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP retained power in Delhi winning 62 out of 70 seats in the […]

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