India

New Delhi, Aug 14: A massive ground-to-air security apparatus has been put in place in the national capital, especially at Red Fort and surrounding areas where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver his maiden Independence Day address to the nation tomorrow. Given the security threat to the Prime Minister from several terrorist outfits, the security arrangements

New Delhi, Aug 14: The 21-year-old collegium system of appointing and promoting judges will soon be history with the Lok Sabha putting its stamp of approval on creating a six-member National Judicial Appointments Commission. The Modi government scored a significant victory by agreeing to the Congress’ demand to drop a word in a clause of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill

Bangalore, Aug 14: India's tech titans and fierce cross-town rivals, Wipro's Azim Premji and Infosys' N R Narayana Murthy, are squaring off in the burgeoning $3-billion e-commerce market space too. Premji has gone with the domestic players; he has investments in Myntra (recently acquired by Flipkart) and Snapdeal while Murthy has placed his bets on global e-tailing giant Amazon. India's rapidly

Mumbai, Aug 13: AirAsia India, the latest entrant in domestic air space, has lowered its fares by 20 per cent for a limited period on all its flights. The discounted ticket scheme was launched yesterday for a six-day period (till August 17) and offers customers 20 per cent discount on tickets across categories for flights from Bengaluru to Chennai, Kochi and Goa and vice versa, AirAsia India said

New Delhi, Aug 13: Hindus who have migrated to India from Pakistan will have to go through the usual process to get Indian citizenship and no special provisions are being made for this, the government said Wednesday. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said the migrants are being given long term visa. "The process of getting citizenship in India

New Delhi, Aug 13: As an election campaigner, Narendra Modi promised sweeping market reforms to revive India's economy and put the country to work. As prime minister, he has dismayed admirers, apparently reverting to the script of the hapless government he defeated. To some of the economists and business leaders who as his campaign cheerleaders dared to dream of a Thatcherite revolution, he seems

New Delhi, Aug 13: A day after hitting out at Narendra Modi-led government for spurt in incidents of communal violence across the country, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that he party will attack the government over the issue. She also reiterated that there has been an increase in sectarian violence since the new government took over. At the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meet

New Delhi, Aug 13: Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday accused Modi government of imitating UPA schemes and following a policy of minimum governance. "Nothing new to offer the country, "they are welcome to steal our ideas...imitation is the best form of flattery". She said the BJP, since coming to power, has implemented the policies that were introduced by the government her party led till

New Delhi, Aug 13: President Pranab Mukherjee has made an emotional appeal to lawmakers to maintain Parliament's dignity, honour and prestige, after a row erupted between members of the Trinamool Congress or TMC and the Telugu Desam Party or TDP over a room in Parliament. "Please, for God's sake, except you nobody can do it. It is our responsibility, we the elected members of both houses including

New Delhi, Aug 12: Indian Internet users will surpass the number in the US by the end of this year and around 500 million people will be online by 2018, Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India said here Tuesday. "Even at the current growth rate, we will have 500 million Indians on the Internet by 2018. By the end of this year, India will become larger than the US in terms of number of