India

Hyderabad, Dec 26: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh Government over a Noida police order against the offering of Friday prayers at a local park, saying it was "showering petals on Kanwariyas" (devotees of Lord Shiva) but was issuing notice to Muslim faithful who want to offer prayers in public places. The police in Noida had recently sent notices to 23 private

New Delhi, Dec 26: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday detained 10 people in connection with its probe into a new ISIS module which was allegedly planning to carry out blasts in north India, especially in the national capital, officials said. The agency conducted searches across 16 locations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi in connection with its probe into the new ISIS module called

Mumbai, Dec 26: Operations at branches of public sector banks across the country were impacted Wednesday due to a strike by unions against the proposed merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB). The strike has been called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) - an umbrella organisation of all 9 unions including the All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), the All

New Delhi, Dec 26: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday made a fervent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save 15 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13, alleging the government was not organising high-pressure pumps for the rescue operation. He accused Modi of instead posing for cameras and strutting on the Bogibeel bridge on the mighty Brahmaputra river

New Delhi, Dec 26: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Wednesday said it is recalling 5,900 units of its light commercial vehicle Super Carry to replace the faulty fuel filter. The company will inspect a possible defect in fuel filter of 5,900 Super Carry vehicles manufactured between April 26, 2018, and August 1, 2018, MSI said in a regulatory filing. The recall also includes

Noida,Dec 26: A day after a notice by the Noida police triggered furore in the city’s industrial hub, the district administration and the police on Tuesday said private companies would not be held liable for Friday prayers by employees in public places. They also said the notice, asking companies not to allow their employees to offer prayers in parks, was not religion-specific as was being made

Bogibeel , Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25 inaugurated the country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam. After reaching Dibrugarh in the afternoon from New Delhi, Mr. Modi directly flew to Bogibeel in a chopper and inaugurated the 4.94-km-long double-decker bridge from the southern bank of the river. Mr. Modi along with Assam

Bhopal, Dec 25: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath formed his Cabinet on Tuesday, eight days after he was sworn in. The Ministers who were administered the oath by Governor Anandiben Patel include 27 from the Congress and one Independent. All took oath in Hindi and were accorded Cabinet rank. The strength of the Council of Ministers cannot exceed 34, or 15% of the total number of seats in

New Delhi, Dec 24: A Delhi court on Monday allowed former air chief SP Tyagi, accused in the VVIP chopper case lodged by the CBI, to travel abroad in March next year. Special Judge Arvind Kumar permitted Tyagi and his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi's plea to go to the United States of America. Hearing on a similar plea filed by them them in the ED's money laundering case was adjourned to January 3. If the

Dec 24: The world’s fastest growing source of mega-wealth hit a speed bump this year. The 128 people in Asia with enough money to crack the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index lost a combined $137 billion in 2018, the first time wealth in the region has dropped since the ranking started in 2012. Global trade tensions and concerns that stock valuations are too frothy hammered some of the area’s