India

New Delhi, Sept 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 1, 2018, blamed ‘phone-a-loan’ scam of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the bad loans in the banking sector and asserted that every penny given at the behest of ‘naamdars’ (dynasts) would be recovered. Launching a payments bank of the postal department, Mr. Modi said that during the previous regime, the

Kolkata, Sep 1: The Imam of a prominent Kolkata mosque has asked people of the community to ensure that documents proving their citizenship and other legal records were in order and up to date. The appeal by the Imam of Nakhoda mosque Maulana Shafique Qasmi was made at the congregation after the Friday prayers. It comes in the wake of reports that names of 40 lakh people were left out of the

New Delhi, Sept 1: India's economy grew at 2-year high of 8.2 percent in the April-June quarter of 2018-19 on strong performance of manufacturing and agriculture sectors, increasing its lead over China to remain the world's fastest-growing major economy. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices (2011-12) had grown at 5.6 percent in the April-June quarter of last fiscal, according to

New Delhi, Sept 1: Jain monk Tarun Maharaj died in the early hours Saturday at east Delhi's Radhapuri Jain Temple. He was 51. "He was not keeping well and was earlier admitted to a private hospital in Vaishali. A few days ago, he had decided to come to the Radhapuri Temple in Krishna Nagar, where he died at around 3.18 am Saturday morning," said a senior official of the Bhartiya Jain Milan, a pan

New Delhi, Sept 1: Delhiites will get doorstep delivery of various government services, including driving licence, marriage certificate and ration cards from September 10, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. The chief minister made the announcement on Twitter, terming it as “revolution in governance” which would be “big blow to corruption”. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government had

New Delhi, Sept 1: The Ministry of Defence has come out with the Request for Information (RFI) Assault Rifles which is being placed to add push to the indigenization process. The whole process will be under the 'Buy and Make (Indian)' with 'Buy' component being kept nil. The Army is looking to replace around 8 lakh Insas Rifles which are produced by the Ordinance Factory Board. The RFI being

Mumbai, Aug 31: Maharashtra police today said there was "conclusive proof" to link the arrested activists to Maoists, adding a letter exchanged by an arrested activist spoke of planning a "Rajiv Gandhi-like" incident. An email letter, between Rona Wilson and a CPI-Maoist leader speaks of ending "Modi-raj" with a 'Rajiv Gandhi-type incident', Maharashtra police additional director general (law and

New Delhi, Aug 31: The Law Commission in its consultation paper released on Friday said that personal laws, by virtue of being enacted as laws, cannot be codified in a way that contradicts the Constitution. The Commission, however, clarified, that certain issues such as polygamy, nikah halala, settlement of a Parsi wife's property for benefit of children, and the law on adultery are presently sub

New Delhi, Aug 31: The Congress on Friday accused the BJP government of selling petrol and diesel to other nations at far cheaper rates than to Indian citizens and alleged the people, who were suffering due to the all-time high prices, would give it a befitting reply in elections for this "betrayal". Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala claimed the common man was suffering due to

New Delhi, Aug 31: The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of just over 71 to a US dollar during the morning trade session on Friday. Against the UAE dirham, the rupee was trading at 19.31 at 9am (UAE time), according to XE.com. Around 10am the Indian rupee was pegged at 70.97-98 to a US dollar after it touched 71 to a US dollar -- the lowest ever mark -- against the greenback. It opened