India

New Delhi, Dec 19: Former Union minister P Chidambaram arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office for questioning in the INX Media money laundering case on Wednesday, official sources said. They said the senior Congress leader was asked to depose before the investigating officer (IO) of the case to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He arrived around

Noida, Dec 19: Five persons were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged roles in the mob violence and the cow slaughtering cases in Bulandshahr. Two people including a police officer were shot dead during the violence in the Uttar Pradesh city. Three of them have been arrested by the Bulandshahr police for their alleged involvement in the cow slaughtering case, while two accused were arrested by

Dec 19: The US regulator FAA has retained the highest aviation safety ranking for India, a senior official said Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) carried out an audit of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in July this year. The official said that the FAA on Tuesday formally confirmed that India’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating remains

New Delhi, Dec 19: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the relationship between the government and the RBI is like of "husband-wife" and the difference of opinions must be resolved in a manner that the two institutions work in harmony. The comments came against the backdrop of Urjit Patel resigning as RBI Governor earlier this month amid a tussle between the central bank and the

Chandigarh/Mumbai, Dec 19: It was an emotional reunion with his parents when 33-year-old Hamid Nehal Ansari, an Indian software engineer, entered India through Punjab's Wagah-Attari border with Pakistan, after six years on Tuesday evening. He had languished for years in a Pakistani jail after being caught while entering the neighbouring country and being charged with "spying". As soon as he

Dec 18: Facing cash flow problems just months before a national election, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi could have a savior in the country’s new central bank chief. India’s spending is exceeding its revenue, leaving the government looking for funds to help an ailing banking sector -- key to boosting loans and investment and creating jobs. Finance ministry officials estimate the Reserve Bank

New Delhi, Dec 18: A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to Manoj Prasad, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted bail to Prasad saying that no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody. Prasad, arrested on October 17, is currently in judicial custody. The court had

New Delhi, Dec 18: With Hindutva organisations ramping up pressure on the government to bring a law to build Ram temple in Ayodhya, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asked BJP lawmakers to be patient on the issue. At the BJP parliamentary party meeting, Ravindra Kushwaha and Hari Narayan Rajbhar, both of whom represent Lok Sabha constituencies from Uttar Pradesh, enquired about the government

New Delhi, Dec 18: Charging the Narendra modi Government with waiving loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of his industrialists friends by taking money from the pockets of the poor, farmers and small shopkeepers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Congress and other opposition parties will not allow the Prime Minister and the NDA Government to rest till the loans of farmers across

New Delhi, Dec 18: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday. On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. "I tender my resignation with immediate effect from the primary