India

New Delhi, Jul 1: Punjab National Bank MD Sunil Mehta has said there are "positive developments" in favour of the lender pertaining to bankruptcy case filed in the US by Nirav Modi's firm Firestar Diamond Inc. Firestar Diamond is a group company of billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is accused of defrauding PNB of about Rs 14,000 crore, the biggest ever baking fraud of the country. Soon after

New Delhi, Jul 1: The CPI(M) today strongly condemned the government's decision to allow insurance behemoth LIC to bailout the "worst defaulter" IDBI Bank, stating that the move was tantamount to "loot of public savings". It asked the Centre to rescind the decision. In a statement, the Left party said the Life insurance Corporation (LIC) was a repository of public savings in the form of insurance

New Delhi, Jul 1: The BJP on Saturday took a dig at the Congress after fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya re-posted a tweet of Rahul Gandhi, terming it as support of a "maha thug" (big cheat) for a 'maha gathbandhan' (grand alliance). BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni said Mallya had always enjoyed good relations with the Congress and his retweet only brought it into the open. "After all, Mallya

New Delhi, Jul 1: On the first anniversary of the GST regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the tax as a tool that has brought growth, simplicity and transparency. "It is boosting formalisation, enhancing productivity, furthering 'Ease of Doing Business', benefitting small and medium enterprises," the prime minister tweeted. I congratulate the people of India on the special occasion of

New Delhi, Jun 30: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was again trolled on Twitter on Saturday and accused of appeasing Muslims. Her husband Swaraj Kaushal tweeted a screenshot of a post by a Twitter user who asked him to teach the Minister not to do Muslim appeasement. Ms. Swaraj also retweeted some of the tweets by that person. This comes days after Ms. Swaraj was trolled and abused on

Thane, Jun 30: The city police have filed a charge sheet against fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his brothers Iqbal Kaskar, and Anees Ibrahim in connection with an extortion case filed on the complaint by a prominent builder last year. "The charge sheet was filed in the district court on Thursday," a senior inspector of Thane police's Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) said today. In October last year, the

Mumbai, Jun 30: Mumbai's Art Deco buildings, believed to be the world's second-largest collection after Miami, were added on Saturday to UNESCO's World Heritage List alongside the city's better-known Victorian Gothic architecture. The decision was approved at a UNESCO meeting in the Bahraini capital Manama. A not-for-profit team of enthusiasts are in the process of documenting every single one of

Srinagar, Jun 30: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid on Saturday urged the families of militants in the Valley to appeal to their sons to leave the path of violence and promised all possible assistance, including rehabilitation for those who leave militant ranks. "Today once again I urge to the families to appeal to their boys who have taken the wrong path to leave the path of violence & (and

New Delhi, June 29: A criminal complaint has been filed against senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz in a Delhi Court for making 'seditious statements against Indian Army'. The complaint was filed by advocate Shashi Bhushan at Patiala House Court. The plea filed by Bhushan sought action against Azad for offences under Sections 124 (sedition), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and

New Delhi, Jun 29: An Army major, arrested for allegedly killing another officer's wife, was on Friday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. The direction was issued by Metropolitan Magistrate Manisha Tripathy. Major Nikhil Handa was arrested on June 24 from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh for his alleged involvement in the killing of another Major's wife in west Delhi on Saturday. The woman's