India

Jammu, Mar 4: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today expressed grave concern over communalisation of politics" ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and cautioned the BJP to desist from "dividing the nation into religious lines". A polarised India is detrimental to its growth, progress, unity and peace, he said during a function at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here. The former chief

Mumbai, Mar 3: A special court in Mumbai issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi on Saturday, the key accused in the over Rs 11,400-crore PNB fraud case, news agency reported. On Monday, the court, set up under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, had allowed the central agency's plea seeking issuance of Letters Rogatory (LRs) to six countries for

Patna, Mar 3: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hailed the Assembly poll trend in three northeastern states and said that the country is moving fast in the direction of becoming 'Congress-mukt'. The poll outcome in the north eastern states will have serious repercussions in national politics, Prasad, also a senior BJP leader, said. ''The results that have come prove that Congress-mukt

New Delhi, Mar 3: BJP chief Amit Shah said today his party's victories in the Left's citadel Tripura and Nagaland was an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership by the people of the Northeast. A jubilant Shah said the BJP's golden era would be when its wrests West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka from rival parties. "It is a day of joy for me and crores of BJP workers. The victory of

Agartala, Mar 3: If BJP chief Amit Shah is a student of post graduation then Congress president Rahul Gandhi is still in nursery class, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today while comparing the two leaders' capability in politics. Sarma was in the Congress for nearly two decades and a minister in the then Tarun Gogoi-led Congress governments for nearly 15 years before joining the BJP in

Hyderabad, Mar 3: The bodies of eight Maoists, who were among the 10 killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, were flown to a Telangana hospital and their identification was likely to be completed today, an official said. The Greyhounds, an anti-Naxal force, had on Friday swooped on the camp of Maoists near Pujari Kanker in Bijapur district, as a part of a joint operation with

Agartala/Kohima/Shillong, Mar 3: The BJP and its ally surged ahead of the Left Front in Tripura establishing a lead in 37 seats, while the Congress was ahead in Meghalaya, according to Election Commission sources. In Nagaland, the ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) was ahead in 15 constituencies. The BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) were also leading in 15 seats

Mumbai, Mar 2: The CBI on Thursday arrested another senior executive of the Punjab National Bank and claimed to have recovered documents related to Letter of Undertaking from 'chawl' as it continued its searches in connection with the USD 2 billion fraud. Internal Chief Auditor (retd) Bishnubrata Mishra, who was responsible for concurrent audit for the period 2011-2015 at PNB Brady House branch

Hyderabad/Raipur, Mar 2: At least 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday morning, a senior official of the Telangana Police said. The Maoists were killed in a joint operation by the Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police. A trooper was also injured in the gunfight that took place in the Pujari Kanker forests under Pamed police station area

Washington, Mar 2: The United States government is unable to confirm whether diamond jeweller Nirav Modi, who is at the centre of the multi-million Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, is in the country. The statement comes from a State Department official on Friday. "We are aware of recent media reports that Nirav Modi is in the United States but cannot confirm them," the spokesperson told PTI when