Category: INDIAN NEWS

 Thanks to the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a woman assistant professor has finally got her gratuity from a leading institute here after running from pillar to post since 2013. Assistant professor Kavita Surabhi said she was harassed for many months for her gratuity which she sought from the institute where she worked between…

The stage is set for the election of the new chief minister of Maharashtra by the BJP here . A meeting of the newly-elected 121 legislators of the Bharatiya Janata party has been scheduled this afternoon to elect their new leader who would be the next chief minister. Govind M. Rathod, a newly elected BJP legislator…

Amid opposition attack of being soft on money laundering, the Indian government Monday furnished the names of two individuals, including a promoter of the Dabur consumer goods company, and a mining company and its five directors to the Supreme Court, alleging they had funds in bank accounts abroad over which proceedings had been initiated for…

  Ahead of the government formation in Maharashtra which got a fractured mandate in the recent assembly elections, the Shiv Sena  appeared to soften its stance vis-a-vis the BJP and the chief ministerial choice. The party indicated its willingness to support “anybody” from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the state chief minister who would…

  Life across Srinagar was affected  due to a separatist shutdown and authorities imposed restrictions in five areas of the city, police said. Separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, and Muhammad Yasin Malik have called for a shutdown Monday and the day will be marked with protests as it was on Oct…

The central government  disclosed names of three people, including Pradeep Burman, who are holding bank accounts in foreign countries and are now under the lens of Income Tax authorities. The names are: Pradeep Burman, Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhiya, and Timblo Private Limited and its director Radha Satish Timblo and others. The government in an affidavit  said…

The Modi government will disclose the names of three black money account holders in an affidavit to Supreme Court on Monday. The account holders are not political personalities, said sources. The Centre will disclose more names of account holders to the court as and when prosecution in the case is launched. The government had earlier told…

Pakistan will not allow India to solve the Kashmir issue on it own way, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said. “India wants to resolve the Kashmir dispute on its own way and Pakistan will not allow this Indian attempt to succeed,” The Nation quoted Aziz as saying…

The central government has decided to observe the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ (National Unity Day) Oct 31 every year to pay tributes to the efforts made by Patel to unite India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said. According to a union home ministry statement, a function to pay floral…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi  underlined the need to give importance to preventive health care with simple habits like washing hands among children to reduce the burden on the nation’s health care systems. Inaugurating the swank renovated Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital in south Mumbai here, Modi said treating illness and convalescence were expensive but preventive…

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday launched a cleanliness drive, asking “why cede Gandhiji’s sanitation drive to any party” even after losing the post of party spokesman for tagging along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean Indian Campaign. The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member launched the drive at the Kovalam beach. “Before my actions today are…

The assets of at least three union ministers have increased since they assumed office five months ago, a joint statement by the National Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms said Friday. The highest increase in assets in five months was shown by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. “His assets have shown an increase of…

Google  celebrated one month of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the Mangalyaan, by putting up a special doodle on its home page for India. The recently launched Mangalyaan by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed one month in the Martian Orbit. In its very first attempt, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission traversed over 650…

Even as the World Trade Organisation’s trade deal remained stalled due to India’s objections, an Indian envoy at the UN stood firm on them, declaring a “permanent solution on food security with necessary changes in World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, if required, is a must and cannot be kicked down the road”. Amit Narang, a…

India’s UN Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) to enforce without exception its resolutions on countering terrorism in order to stave off “an ever-widening spiral of violence and destruction”. “The Council must seriously and transparently take measures available to it under the Charter to require member states of implement its…

Dressed up in traditional fineries, residents of the national capital celebrated Diwali by decorating the forecourts of their houses with colourful rangolis, visiting temples, and exchanging sweets and gifts with friends and families. Temples around the city were decked up and were thronged by devotees throughout the day while many visited their near and dear…