India

New Delhi, Jan 15: Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reinforced his image as a mass leader whose message finds resonance with Indians all over the world, the party said in a press statement on Monday. During the trip last week, Gandhi received an enthusiastic response and held meetings with several groups, including construction labourers

Srinagar, Jan 15: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to re-issue visa to a woman Maroofa Jan (a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) resident, who got married to a Kashmiri 20 years ago and has two sons. President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was reacting to a tweet that requested her intervention, following which she asked

Kolkata, Jan 15: India is setting up a cyber agency under the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to deal with potent threats in the cyber-space, Lt Gen M M Naravane, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, said Tuesday. He said that the Armed Forces were alive to cyber threats which necessitated a cyber agency that will be set up by pooling talent from all three services - Army, Air Force and Navy. "It will be an

New Delhi, Jan 15: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for receiving the Philip Kotler Presidential award, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he wants to "congratulate" him on winning "the world famous" prize that has no jury and has never been given out before. Gandhi's jibe comes a day after Modi received the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award here. The award

New Delhi, Jan 15: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that a “very serious issue” has been raised in a petition seeking a CBI probe into 1,100 police encounters which have taken place in Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi Adityanath government. The petition said the encounters killed 49 people and injured 370. Filed by the NGO, People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), the petition termed the

Lucknow, Jan 15: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Tuesday appealed to workers of her party and the Samajwadi Party to forget their past differences. On Saturday, the BSP and the SP announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to unitedly fight the BJP. "Forget past differences and ensure victory of all joint candidates of the SP and the BSP. This will be my

Madurai, Jan 15: Tamil Nadu's ruling party, the AIADMK, indicated on Monday that they are not averse to being the part of the BJP's plan in the south for the 2019 elections. The party's comment comes after the BJP - which has lost several allies - had said recently that it was looking for new partners, especially in the southern and eastern parts of the country. Deputy Chief Minister O

Allahabad, Jan 15: The largest religious gathering anywhere on earth gets underway on Tuesday, with tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims congregating to bathe in the sacred rivers for the Kumbh Mela. Organisers are expecting the enormous spiritual festival in Allahabad to attract more than 100 million devotees over the next 48 days, with seas of pilgrims camped by the riverside. The ancient city in

Dubai, Jan 15: Etihad Airways, which owns 24 percent of debt-laden company Jet AirwaysNSE 5.20 %, plans to increase its stake in the Indian airline, a source close to the Abu Dhabi carrier told news agency. Shares in India's Jet Airways jumped over 18 percent on Monday after CNBC TV18 reported earlier on Monday that founder and chairman Naresh Goyal was likely to step down from the board and give

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) December 20 notification allowing ten agencies to monitor any computer resource. The apex court said that it will examine the issue and sought the Centre's reply within six weeks. On December 20, the MHA had issued the notification