India

New Delhi, May 9: Congress today created pandemonium in Rajya Sabha, forcing two adjournments in the pre-noon session over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation during an election rally that an Italian court had named Sonia Gandhi in the AgustaWestland chopper bribery case. They asked how could the Prime Minister make such allegations when Defence Minister had not stated this in his reply to

Nainital, May 9: In a boost to sacked Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the Uttarakhand High Court today dismissed the petition of nine Congress MLAs against their disqualification, a decision that will bar them from participating in the confidence vote proceedings in the Assembly tomorrow. Justice U C Dhyani pronounced his order on the petition challenging Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal's decision

New Delhi, May 9: India is ranked at ninth position in crony-capitalism with crony sector wealth accounting for 3.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new study by The Economist. In India, the non-crony sector wealth amounts to 8.3 percent of the GDP, as per the latest crony-capitalism index. In 2014 ranking also, India stood at the ninth place. Using data from a list of

New Delhi, May 8: Investigators have got some "vital" leads on the Indian contacts and fund sources of Christian Michel, an alleged defence middleman, after interrogating his local driver here in connection with the money laundering probe in the nearly Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal. Officials said Michel's driver, Narayan Bahadur, was questioned at length by ED sleuths in the last few days and

New Delhi, May 8: A Jet Airways aircraft with 66 passengers and four crew onboard skidded off the runway after landing at the Indore airport this evening. All passengers and crew have deplaned safely, Jet Airways said. "Jet Airways flight 9W-2793 from Delhi to Indore, has departed the paved surface after landing," Jet Airways said in a statement. All 66 guests and four crew aboard have been safely

Pune, May 8: A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's expected visit in April, was received by the office of the director of the FTII in Pune this evening, police said. The packet was addressed to the previous director of the Film and Television Institute of India, Prashant Pathrabe. Bhupendra

New Delhi, May 7: Launching an attack on the Narendra Modi government and the Congress on the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have “enough courage” to arrest Sonia Gandhi and that the two parties have an “alliance in corruption“. Questioning the Congress on the issue of PM’s alleged “fake” degree, Mr. Kejriwal said

Jaipur, May 7: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches in at least seven locations in Bikaner in Rajasthan in connection with the money laundering case arising from a land grab case involving a company allegedly linked to Robert Vadra. ED teams examined documents allegedly related to Vadra’s company, which purchased lands, and also quizzed people, ED spokesperson AK Rawal said on

New Delhi, May 7: In a strong attack, former union minister Arun Shourie today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of "narcissism" and of running a one-man "Presidential government" the direction of which was "dangerous" for India. Shourie, a Cabinet minister in the Vajpayee government who has drifted away from BJP in recent years, called the Modi government "a Presidential

New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court today made clear that students, who appeared in National Eligibility Entrance Test-I (NEET) on May 1 for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses, cannot be permitted to re-appear in NEET-II on July 24. "Those students who had appeared in NEET Phase-I shall not be permitted to appear at NEET Phase-II but the students who could not appear in NEET Phase-I may appear in