India

Mumbai, Nov 21: Changes in regulatory landscape are making it unviable to operate ATMs, and may lead to the closure of half of the 2.38 lakh machines in the country by March 2019, the Confederation of ATM Industry (CATMi) warned on Wednesday. Closure of the ATMs will impact thousands of jobs and also the financial inclusion efforts of the government, the industry body said in a statement. "Service

Ahmedabad, Nov 21: Four persons were injured and some shops and vehicles were set on fire during a clash between members of two communities at Matar town in Gujarat's Kheda district Tuesday, the police said Wednesday. The trigger behind the last night's skirmish was planting of a flag for Wednesday's Eid Milad celebrations. The incident occurred when activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)

New Delhi, Nov 21: After Union External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj's announcement that she won't contest the next year's Lok Sabha elections, her husband Swaraj Kaushal today thanked Sushma for her decision and said that even Milkha Singh stopped running after a point. "Madam (Sushma Swaraj) - Thank you very much for your decision not to contest any more elections. I remember there came a time

New Delhi, Nov 21: The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested the man who allegedly attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with chilli powder. The police further informed that 40-year-old Anil Kumar Sharma, the attacker was found to be "unstable and incoherent". "The accused Anil Sharma has been arrested. A case has been taken up for investigation. Since the accused has threatened Chief Minster, a

New Delhi, Nov 20: A man threw red pepper powder at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside the Delhi secretariat on November 20, officials said. The man, Anil Kumar, has been detained, they said. The attack took place outside the chief minister's chamber on the third floor when he was leaving for lunch. Further details are awaited.

New Delhi, Nov 20: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has kicked up a social media storm in India after a picture of him with a placard saying "smash Brahminical patriarchy", referring to the highest Hindu caste, went viral in one of the company's fastest-growing markets. The picture, posted on Twitter on Sunday by a journalist who was part of group of women journalists, activists, writers whom Dorsey met

Mumbai, Nov 20: Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2005 with the "dual motive of political and monetary gains", Amitabh Thakur, the chief investigating officer (CIO) in the case told a special court here Monday. Amitabh Thakur, who is also the former Superintendent of Police in the CBI, Gandhinagar, told the court that he had not found any material evidence to show who

New Delhi, Nov 20: During the past two decades, Delhi's air quality was the "most deadly" in 2016 as it reduced the life expectancy of a resident by more than 10 years, a new study said Monday, asserting that the national capital was the second among 50 most polluted areas of the country. India is today the world's second most-polluted country, trailing only Nepal, it said and pointed out that

Bengaluru, Nov 19: Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily Monday said his party would return to power in Chhattisgarh after a gap of 15 years, riding on a "strong anti-incumbency" wave. He also claimed that the Congress would increase its tally from 12 to 15 of the 18 seats in the Naxal-hit areas of the state. "We are definitely returning to power in Chhattisgarh after a gap of 15 years, because

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay high court to deal with the plea of Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bast case, that he was being prosecuted in the matter without any valid sanction. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed the high court that Purohit's plea be dealt with on November 21. A special court on