India

Sabarimala, Nov 5: Hundreds of police personnel, armed commandos, surveillance cameras and mobile jammers have turned Sabarimala, the abode of Lord Ayyappa in the southern Indian state of Kerala, into a virtual fortress, hours before it opens Monday evening for a special puja The unprecedented security arrangements have been made in the backdrop of protests by devotees and Hindu outfits from

New Delhi, Nov 5: In the midst of growing demand by Union Ministers and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leaders to bring an ordinance to construct a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya, the Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led Centre, alleging that it had not achieved anything in the past four years, and at the end of its term was

Nov 5: Gold and jewellery sales in the morning trade remained subdued this Dhanteras Monday owing to sluggish demand from consumers amid high prices, according to industry players. However, organised players like P C Jewellers are expecting better sales later in the day as quality and better designs at competitive prices are likely to attract more footfalls. Unorganised jewellery players in India

Hyderabad, Nov 5: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi fired a fresh salvo against the Congress-Telegu Desam Party (TDP) alliance on Sunday. Addressing a public meeting at Milad Gound Jalal Bagh Sangareddy constituency in Medak district, the Hyderabad lawmaker said, “This is not Mahakutumbi (alliance of Congress-TDP and others), this is 2018’s East India Company.”

Aizawl: Mizoram Speaker Hiphei said on Monday he has resigned from his post, House and the Congress. Hiphei said he submitted his resignation letter to Deputy Speaker R Lalrinawma, who accepted it. He said that he also resigned from the ruling Congress party and would join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Hiphei, a veteran leader, was elected to the 40-member Assembly from the Palak

Mumbai, Nov 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to do to India what dictator Adolf Hitler did to Germany, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday said. The Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka was speaking at a "Samvidhaan Bachao Parishad" organised in Bandra by the Mumbai Congress. He said the country was deteriorating under BJP rule but added that the Congress would never let the RSS, BJP and

New Delhi, Nov 5: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show-cause notice to RBI Governor Urjit Patel for “dishonouring” a Supreme Court judgment on disclosure of wilful defaulters’ list. The CIC has also asked the Prime Minister’s Office, the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make public the letter of former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on bad loans. Irked

New Delhi, Nov 5: A penalty of over Rs. 83 lakh was imposed on violators on a single day on Sunday by the teams deployed to monitor implementation of measures to combat pollution in the Delhi NCR under the Clean Air Campaign, The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said. The highest number of complaints were related to illegal construction and demolition activities. An aggressive ten-day-long

Raipur, Nov 5: Latching on to the remark of Congress leader Raj Babbar on the Naxal movement in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, BJP chief Amit Shah Sunday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to make clear his party's stand on Naxalism. Mr Shah also claimed that Mr Babbar had described Naxalism as a "revolution". Addressing a public meeting in Ambagarh Chowki town in Rajnandgaon district, Mr Shah said,

New Delhi, Nov 4: With the Ram Mandir movement gathering momentum, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said no Hindu text condones the use of violence to get one's way and scriptures say people should build Ram in their hearts. "In fact, if anything, there is a scripture that says build Ram in your heart. And if Ram is built in our heart it should little matter where else he is or he is not