India

Hyderabad, Oct 25: Even as Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees' strike continues and reports of several protestors committing suicide, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has washed his hands off the matter stating that it is not his responsibility. "TSRTC workers who have committed suicide are not my responsibility. They are responsible for themselves. We did not ask them

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order of granting bail to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX media case. Earlier on October 22, the apex court granted bail to Chidambaram in alleged connection with the INX media case registered by the CBI. Granting bail to Chidambaram, the top court had

New Delhi, Oct 25: Eighty-six-year-old Banarasi Lal Chawla vividly recalls the day when he was strewing the ashes of his daughter Kalpana Chawla in the hills of Zion National Park in the US. Unexpectedly, he encountered an American woman sobbing uncontrollably as she also grieved the death of the Indian-American astronaut who was on board space shuttle Columbia when it exploded while returning to

New Delhi, Oct 25: Weak demand environment dented automobile major Maruti Suzuki India's second quarter earnings, as the company reported a drop of 39.4 per cent in its net profit for the period. Accordingly, the company's net profit for the quarter fell to Rs 1,358.6 crore compared to the same period previous year, largely on account of lower sales volume, higher sales promotion expenses and

Oct 25: Almost 2,000 informal settlements in Delhi are set to be legalised under a new law agreed by the government this week, which ministers said would give more than 4 million residents the right to own their homes in India's capital. Union Cabinet this week passed a bill to regularise 1,797 unauthorised slums in the country's most populous city, giving residents ownership rights at "minimal

Hyderabad, Oct 25: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday urged BJP to stop with "polarisation" politics and asserted that the election results of Maharashtra and Haryana were not what the national party had expected. "BJP was claiming they will get a clean sweep in Maharashtra, they did not get expected results. And I would say BJP lost in Haryana. BJP

Aurangabad, Oct 25: The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Thursday won all the nine assembly segments in Aurangabad district and also fared well in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Marathwada consists of eight districts, including Aurangabad, and accounts for 46 of the 288 assembly seats in the state. In the region, the Sena won 13 seats in the October 21 elections as compared to 11 in 2014. The BJP

New Delhi, Oct 24: The standoff between students and Jamia Millia Islamia administration ended on Wednesday after the university agreed to not allow Israeli delegates in its programmes. The varsity had issued show-cause notices to five students for protesting against allowing an Israeli participant in an event on the campus, but the notices were withdrawn after the students submitted their

New Delhi, Oct 24: As a consumption slowdown grips the economy, even festival season sales (September-October) have taken a massive hit this year, with sales down around 40 per cent compared to a year-ago period. The Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) says the major reasons for decline in sales are cash crunch of consumers and the mass shift to the online markets on

New Delhi, Oct 24: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre that how long it intends to continue with the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. "How many days you want restrictions. It is already two months now. You have to come clear on this and you have to find out other methods," a bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana said. "You may impose restrictions, but