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New Delhi, Jun 29: With deposits by Indians in Swiss banks surging, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today wondered how all of it can be assumed to be black money, but said strong action would be taken against anyone found guilty of wrongdoing. India would start getting details of bank accounts from Switzerland under a bilateral treaty, he said. Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50

New Delhi, Jun 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Centre along with the state governments is trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare to benefit the poor and the middle class of the country. After laying the foundation stone for the National Centre for Ageing at the AIIMS, Modi said that in the last four years, the Centre has given priority to the health sector to

New Delhi, Jun 28: The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose details of buyers of electoral bonds, political parties which have redeemed these and the bank's reports sent to the government on their sales, calling it a personal information held by it in fiduciary capacity exempted from disclosure, an RTI response shows. The details provided by the bank shows that in March 2018, it sold

Srinagar, Jun 28: There is tangible evidence to establish that the conspiracy to kill journalist Shujaat Bukhari was hatched by Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) in Pakistan and three cadres of the banned outfit including Naveed Jatt had executed the plan, a top police official said here today. Inspector General of Police Kashmir S P Pani said while a Srinagar resident based in Pakistan had started an online

New Delhi, Jun 28: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has dismissed as a "sweeping statement" a new survey that ranked India as the world's "most dangerous" country for women, asserting that he was astonished that Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan fared better than India on the list. Tharoor's remarks came after a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked India as the world's "most dangerous" country for

Sant Kabirnagar, Jun 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath refused to wear a cap offered to him at the mausoleum of Sant Kabir Das here. The chief minister was here yesterday evening to oversee preparations for the prime minister's visit to the mausoleum of the mystic poet and was offered a fur cap by Khadim Hussain, the caretaker, which he politely refused. "As per tradition I offered

Mumbai, Jun 28: Five persons were killed when an aircraft on a test flight crashed in a crowded Mumbai suburb this afternoon, police said. Those killed include two pilots and as many flight engineers on board, besides a pedestrian in the Ghatkopar area where it crashed, police said. The King Air C90 12-seater aircraft, which took off from the Juhu airstrip, crashed in the Jagruti Nagar area of

Mumbai, JUN 28: The rupee collapsed to a lifetime low of 69.10 against the US dollar by plunging 49 paise in early trade on Thursday as rising crude oil prices deepened concerns about the country's current account deficit and inflation dynamics. Consistent dollar demand from banks and importers, mainly oil refiners, following higher crude oil prices kept the rupee under pressure. At the interbank

New Delhi, JUN 28: The Congress on Thursday accused the Modi government and the BJP of politicising the September 2016 surgical strikes after a video of the same was released and said the blood and sacrifice of the country's brave soldiers cannot be a political vote garnering tool for them. Addressing a press conference, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala charged that while on the one

New Delhi, Jun 27: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has visited Akshardham temple, in the Indian capital New Delhi, as part of his official visit to India. During the tour, Sheikh Abdullah was briefed on the historical artefacts of the temple and its architecture, heritage, traditional culture and unique arts, as well as the