Category: India News

Cong-NCP meet to discuss alliance with Sena called off

New Delhi, Nov 19:  A meeting with the Congress scheduled on Tuesday to further discuss the possibility of government formation in Maharashtra was called off due to pre-occupation of Congress leaders with Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary events, NCP leader Nawab Malik said. He said Congress leaders requested that […]

HP constable, three companions held with heroin in Kullu

Shimla, Nov 19: A constable posted with the Himachal Pradesh police and his three companions have been arrested with heroin in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, police said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old constable, Lakshay Chauhan, and three persons accompanying him were arrested on Monday at Bazir Bawari when 11 gram […]

OPEC’s share of Indian oil imports in October hits lowest since 2011

NEW DELHI – OPEC’S share of India’s oil imports fell to 73% in October, its lowest monthly share since at least 2011, tanker data from sources showed, as refiners shipped in fuel from the United States and other suppliers. India, which usually imports about 80% of its needs […]

Police round up students in Delhi as JNU fee protests grow

NEW DELHI – Indian police said they briefly detained around 50 students in New Delhi on Monday as protests against proposed fee hikes at a prestigious public university entered a second week and degenerated into clashes. Police erected barricades around the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as hundreds of […]

Bihar govt engineer caught accepting Rs 16 lakh bribe

Patna, Nov 18: Vigilance sleuths caught an executive engineer of the Road Construction Department red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 16 lakh on Monday. Acting on a complaint, a vigilance team laid a trap and arrested Arvind Kumar from his residence here while he was accepting Rs 16 […]

About 100 JNU students detained, several injured in police lathicharge

The protesters marched towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session on Monday demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike; traffic, metro train services affected Around 100 JNU students, including students union president Aishe Ghosh, were detained and some were injured when police allegedly baton-charged […]

Justice R Banumathi to become part of SC collegium

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Supreme Court collegium, which comprises five senior-most judges, will now have Justice R Banumathi as a new member after Justice Ranjan Gogoi demitted office as the CJI. Justice Banumathi will be the second-ever woman to be part of the collegium after Justice Ruma Pal […]

India looks to relax norms to attract global coal miners, industry sceptical

NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE – India is looking to lower advance payments and offer larger mining blocks to attract global companies to invest in its coal sector for the first time, but industry sources say the measures may not be enough to draw in big international miners. India plans to […]

Heavy deployment of police outside JNU ahead of protest march to Parliament

New Delhi, Nov 18: In the wake of a protest march to Parliament by the JNU Students’ Union against hostel fee hike, heavy police deployment was made outside the university’s campus on Monday. The agitation comes on the first day of the Parliament’s Winter Session, which will end on […]

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