India

New Delhi, Dec 3: The opposition demand for resignation of Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for making controversial remarks led to pandemonium in Parliament for the second day Wednesday, but the government refused to yield. Members from Congress, Trinamool Congress and RSP staged a walkout after government said that the matter should end as she has already apologised and the Prime Minister

New Delhi, Dec 3: Lok Sabha was today adjourned briefly as a united opposition created uproar demanding resignation of Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over her racist remarks against non-Hindus. As soon as the House took up Question Hour, Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge said in an apparent sarcasm that it is a privilege that the Prime Minister is

New Delhi, Dec 3: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was today injured when he slipped during morning walk at his residence here and has been taken to Mumbai by air ambulance. Pawar, 73, suffered injury in his leg and apparently in his back and will be admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, sources said. His wife Pratibha and daughter Supriya Sule are accompanying him. Pawar slipped during his usual

New Delhi, Dec 3: Senior IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha was on Tuesday night appointed the new director of CBI—the probe agency embroiled in controversies during the tenure of outgoing chief Ranjit Sinha. A 1979-batch officer who was No 2 in the agency under Ranjit Sinha, Anil Kumar Sinha pipped several other top IPS officers, including senior batchmates like Special Secretary (Internal Security) in

New Delhi, Dec 2: Posting this year's biggest single-day rise of Rs 840, gold today regained the Rs 27,000 per ten gram level after a gap of over one month in the national capital, tracking rebounds in global markets. In addition, pick-up in domestic demand from jewellers and retailers for the wedding season also buoyed sentiment. After losing Rs 730 in last six sessions after the RBI eased

New Delhi, Dec 2: Prime Minister Nanrendra Modi’s aide and union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Tuesday expressed regret and apologized for her abusive and unconstitutional remarks in the Indian Parliament. The Opposition party created a ruckus in both the Houses of Parliament over the controversy, forcing repeated adjournments. The Congress party even demanded her resignation. The newly

New Delhi, Dec 2: Parliament today witnessed uproar over alleged controversial remarks made by Union ministers Niranjan Jyoti and Giriraj Singh, with opposition forcing brief adjournments of both the Houses. As soon as Lok Sabha met for the day, Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge reminded Speaker Sumitra Mahajan of the adjournment notices given by him and his party colleagues over the reported

Ranchi, Dec 2: Polling began today at 7 am in 20 Maoist-affected constituencies amid tight security in the 2nd phase of Assembly election to the Jharkhand Assembly, with polling personnel airdropped in the remote parts of the state. An electorate of 44,31,900, including 21,72,982 women, is eligible to vote in 5,048 polling stations across seven districts to elect 223 candidates, said Jharkhand

New Delhi, Dec 1: A Catholic church in Delhi was gutted under mysterious circumstances Monday, police said. The caretakers of the church have alleged the involvement of some unidentified men in the fire. Police have not ruled out any possibility and have begun a probe. The blaze was noticed around 7.15 a.m. at the Saint Sebastian's Church in east  Delhi's Dilshad Garden area by a chowkidar (guard

Raipur, Dec 01: Thirteen CRPF personnel, including two officers, were today killed while an equal number were injured in an encounter with Maoists in the Naxal hotbed of Sukma in Chhattisgarh. According to preliminary reports reaching the force's headquarters here, a squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was undertaking operations in Kasanpara village of the district in the south