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New Delhi, Sept 4: Any case of moral turpitude and corruption will be dealt with sternly, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said Tuesday, referring to Major Leetul Gogoi, who was found guilty of "fraternising" with a local woman at a Srinagar hotel. Gen Rawat said action will be taken against Maj Gogoi according to his guilt. "I had clearly said that any case of moral turpitude and corruption will be

Kota, Sept 4: Calling Rafale deal the grandmother of all corruption, Congress spokesperson Shakti Singh Gohil has said the culture of crony capitalism has become part of the Narendra Modi government's DNA. Speaking to media persons during his one-day visit to Kota on Sunday, Gohil said Congress workers would tour the country and expose the corrupt Rafale deal. How did the price of Rafale aircraft

New Delhi, Sept 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit's plea seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into his alleged abduction, illegal detention and brutal torture in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi Naveen Sinha and K M Joseph said entertaining the petition at this stage might impact the

Gorakhpur, Sep 4: Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha claimed that the cost of air tickets was much lesser than that of an auto rickshaw in the present day. Speaking at the inaugural event of the new domestic terminal building of Gorakhpur Airport, he said, "Today airfare is less than that of an auto-rickshaw. You will ask how is that possible? When two people take an auto-rickshaw

Jaipur, Sept 4: A MiG-27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jodhpur's Banad area during a routine mission on Tuesday. The pilot ejected to safety, defence spokesperson Colonel Sombit Ghosh said. The aircraft had taken off from the IAF's Jodhpur airbase. "A MiG-27 aircraft airborne from Jodhpur crashed during a routine mission today morning. The pilot ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry

New Delhi, Sept 4: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Tuesday sent a letter to the Central government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor. Justice Gogoi will be sworn in as the next CJI on October 3, a day after Justice Misra's tenure ends. The CJI has written to the Ministry of Law and Justice endorsing and recommending the name of Justice Gogoi, the senior-most judge, as

Bhopal, Sept 4: Active presence on the social media is one of the eligibility criteria for the aspirants seeking to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh on Congress tickets, a party functionary said Monday. Madhya Pradesh is going to polls later this year along with Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. "It is essential for the candidates seeking nomination for the assembly polls to be

New Delhi, Sept 4: Indian airlines are expected to post combined losses of up to $1.9 billion this financial year led by full-service carriers like Air India and Jet Airways driven by rising costs and low air fares, aviation consulting firm CAPA India said. The loss forecast for the 12 months ending March 31 is up from an estimated $430 million to $460 million sector-wide loss in January largely

New Delhi, Sept 3: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has raked up a controversy by unhesitatingly blaming the former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan for the slowdown in country's economy in the days that followed demonetisation. Rajan’s policies on non-performing assets (NPAs) led to the slowdown in the economy and not the government's decision to ban 500 and 1000 rupee

New Delhi, Sept 3: Discrimination on the basis of religion, caste or gender is unacceptable to any "nationalist" and this approach should be followed by everyone, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday. Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, called for deciding upon a national policy on the need for the Upper House in state legislatures, and urged political parties to evolve a consensus