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New Delhi, Mar 13: VK Jain, the advisor to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has resigned citing personal reasons and family commitments, days after he was questioned by police in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, sources said today. "VK Jain has resigned from the post of advisor to the Delhi chief minister citing personal reasons and family commitment," one

Raipur, Mar 13: At least eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and six injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday. The Maoists blew up their mine-protected vehicle (MPV) in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, an official told news agency. Out of the six injured, four are in a critical condition. A lot

Mumbai, Mar 13: The State Bank of India on Tuesday reduced its charges on non-maintenance of an average monthly balance (AMB) in the savings account by up to 75 percent, effective April 1. The charges for non-maintenance of AMB for customers in metro and urban centres have been reduced from a maximum of Rs 50 per month plus goods and services tax (GST) to Rs 15 per month plus GST. The above

Mumbai, Mar 13: Budget carrier IndiGo has cancelled as many as 47 flights on Tuesday after the country's aviation regulator DGCA grounded its eight A320Neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, along with three such aircraft of GoAir. IndiGo has cancelled 47 flights across its domestic network on March 13, the airline announced on its website. The flights that have been cancelled are from

Mumbai, Mar 12: After holding a meeting with a delegation of farmers in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday evening accepted most of their demands. "We have accepted most of their demands and have given them a written letter," said Fadnavis after concluding the meeting at the Vidhan Bhawan here. Fadnavis, earlier in the day, said he was extremely positive in fulfilling

New Delhi, Mar 12: While the Delhi Police is yet to come out with a conclusive report over the cause of death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, a report has claimed that she was poisoned and the investigating authorities were aware of the fact. The first report, prepared by the then Deputy Commissioner of Police BS Jaiswal in the Sunanda Pushkar death case, said that it was

New Delhi, Mar 12: The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram, former Union minister P Chidambaram's son, in a Delhi court after his three-day police custody in the INX Media corruption case expired and sought 15 days judicial custody. Karti Chidambaram was produced in the court of Special Judge Sunil Rana, before whom CBI counsel V K Sharma moved an application for judicial custody of the senior

New Delhi, Mar 12: The CBI has told the Supreme Court that AG Perarivalan's plea seeking the recall of its May 1999 judgement upholding his conviction in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case should be dismissed as it was devoid of any merits. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the CBI's Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), probing the larger conspiracy aspect behind Gandhi's

Mumbai, Mar 12: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said his government was "sensitive and positive" towards the demands of farmers and tribals, who have marched from Nashik to Mumbai to draw the administration's attention towards their problems. Fadnavis was responding to a discussion in the Assembly, initiated by Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who lauded the

New Delhi, Mar 12: The Supreme Court on Monday directed investigating agencies CBI and ED to complete their probe into the 2G spectrum allocation cases and other related matters in six months. A bench of Justices Arun Misra and Naveen Sinha directed the Centre to file a status report on investigation into the 2G spectrum scam and related cases arising out of it, including the Aircel-Maxis deal, in