India

New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court Friday gave the Narendra Modi government a clean chit on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France and dismissed all the petitions seeking a direction to the CBI to register an FIR for alleged irregularities in the deal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion

Mumbai, Dec 14: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said his government is ready to "pay a political price" for stringent decisions like demonetisation and the GST, even as he admitted there is an agricultural crisis and rural distress in the country. He also hoped the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections won't be the same as the just-concluded assembly polls, in which the BJP lost three

Mumbai, Dec 14: Finance minister Arun Jaitley Thursday admitted there were two-three areas of differences with the Reserve Bank (RBI), but questioned how a mere discussion on its functioning could be considered "destruction" of an institution. Under attack politically for creating circumstances that led to the resignation of Urjit Patel as the central bank's Governor, Jaitley listed out a string

New Delhi, Dec 13: The central government has spent over Rs 5,200 crore in advertisements through electronic, print and other media since 2014-15, Lok Sabha was informed today. This was stated by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore in a written reply to a question. Giving the details, the minister said Rs 979.78 crore was spent in 2014-15, Rs 1,160.16 crore in

Hyderabad, Dec 13: TRS president K Chandrashekar Rao, who led his party to a massive victory in the December 7 assembly elections, was sworn-in Thursday as the chief minister of Telangana for a second straight term. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor E S L Narasimhan at a simple ceremony on the lawns of Raj Bhavan here. Along with Rao, party

New Delhi, Dec 13: The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against absconding billionaire Mehul Choksi, who is accused of cheating state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore in alleged collusion with his nephew Nirav Modi, officials said Thursday. Choksi, who escaped in the first week of January this year after he and his companies cheated the bank of Rs 7,000 crore, has

New Delhi, Dec 13: The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday suspended the memberships of former Union minister M J Akbar and ex-Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal over allegations of sexual misconduct. The move comes weeks after the Guild put out an updated list of its members, which included the names of Akbar, Tejpal and senior journalist Gautam Adhikari, evoking calls from within the media

New Delhi, Dec 13: Amid hectic deliberations and lobbying for selection of chief ministers in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, Congress president Rahul Gandhisaid on Thursday that the party was taking inputs from MLAs and workers and the names will be declared soon. Gandhi held hectic deliberations with Congress workers earlier at his residence ahead of selecting the party's chief

Jammu, Dec 13: Days after his expulsion from the BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit, Gagan Bhagat on Wednesday accused the state party leadership of being "anti-Dalit" and alleged he was victimised for being one. He claimed that the party's debacle in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states was a result of its "anti-Dalit" ideology. Going against the party line, Bhagat had on December 3

Jodhpur, Dec 13: The Rajasthan High Court Wednesday stayed the arrest of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey but refused to quash an FIR against him for allegedly defaming the Brahmin community. Senior counsels Mahesh Jethmalani and Sandeep Kapur had moved a criminal miscellaneous petition praying for quashing of the FIR and staying the probe against Dorsey. Justice P S Bhati rejected the appeal but stayed