India

New Delhi, Sep 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress for not allowing parliament to function during the monsoon session, terming it 'hawalabaaz' (corrupt) and accusing it of creating roadblocks for the government. "Decisions were taken one after another in parliament. The 'hawalabaaz' were worried at the tough decisions by the government against black money. They

New Delhi, Sep 10: The government on Wednesday cleared two moves meant to reduce the import of gold. While the first entails the issue of gold bonds that individuals can invest in instead of buying it in physical form, the second is the Gold Monetization Scheme or a new deposit tool meant to help people earn returns on the precious metal lying idle in bank lockers. The gold deposited through this

Lucknow, Sep 10: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday stressed on the need for deployment of central forces in large numbers on election duty in Bihar as she flagged concern for free and fair polls in the state. “There is a need for deployment of central forces in large numbers in Bihar to conduct free and fair election,” Ms Mayawati said in a statement here. The Election Commission

New Delhi, Sep 9: A Saudi diplomat, who has been accused of raping two Nepalese women, today met senior External Affairs Ministry officials and protested the action by Gurgaon police at his residence which he claimed was in violation of the Vienna Convention. According to official sources, the diplomat, who is of the rank of First Secretary in the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, met Joint Secretary

New Delhi, Sep 9: Bihar will have five-phase Assembly elections between October 12 and November 5 and counting of votes will take place on November 8. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi today said polls to the 243-seat Assembly will be held on October 12, 16, 28, November 1 and 5. The term of the current Assembly expires on November 29. Noting that a number of important festivals like

Gurgaon, Sep 9: A diplomat from Saudi Arabia is among those booked for gangrape and wrongful confinement after two women — a woman, 44, and her daughter, 20, from Nepal — were rescued from his residence in Gurgaon after a raid on Monday night, police said. The women, who were hired as domestic help, were allegedly kept as “hostages for more than a month”. Their medical examination has confirmed

New Delhi, Sep 8: Sonia Gandhi will continue as the Congress president for up to one year after the party today resolved to push back its internal polls by a year, signalling that Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to take over at its helm in the immediate future. With a view to bringing in massive changes in the wake of its worst showing in the Lok Sabha polls last year, the resolution passed the Congress

Mumbai, Sep 8: Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria was on Tuesday promoted as the new Director General of Police (Home Guards), and Javed Ahmed appointed in his place. A top home department official said Ahmed will take charge from Maria with immediate effect on Tuesday itself in view of the ensuing festive season of Ganeshotsav, Eid and Navratri. Maria - who recently hogged limelight for his

Houston, Sep 8: Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia's ninth Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting most noteworthy contributions to philanthropy from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Of them, four are co-founders of Infosys, one of India's largest information technology (IT) services companies. Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, who in June pledged about half of his USD 2.25 billion

New Delhi, Sep 8: Amidst the current global economic turmoil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a meeting of the industry leaders today to discuss the present scenario. The industry leaders expected at the meeting include Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Cyrus Mistry, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Anand Mahindra, Shashi Ruia, Gautam Adani and bankers Raghuram Rajan, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chanda