India

New Delhi, Jun 21: Employees of Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, on Tuesday, sent an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, urging them to bring back the "fugitive" as he has "blood on his hands." Signed as 'Kingfisher Employees', the letter questioned PM Modi and Sushma Swaraj as to why dues owed by Vijay Mallya to banks were given precedence

Pune, Jun 20: In a sudden development, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) here arrested Ravindra P. Marathe, the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra, in a case of Rs. 3,000 crore fraudulent loans extended to Pune's DSK Group, an official said here on Wednesday. The EOW has also arrested the bank's Executive Director Rajendra K. Gupta, Zonal Manager Nityanand Deshpande from

Thoothukudi, Jun 20: Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its southern Indian copper smelter was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences. The district administration had said on Sunday the leak at the plant in the seaside town of Thoothukudi was minor, and steps were being taken to empty the storage tanks as a safety precaution. "There is

New Delhi, Jun 20: Union Minister Arun Jaitley said today that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian will be leaving the finance ministry because of "pressing family commitments" and will return to the US. Subramanian was appointed as CEA to the finance ministry on October 16, 2014 for a period of three years. In 2017 his term was extended for a year. "Few days ago Chief Economic Advisor

New Delhi, Jun 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has doubled the budget for agriculture to Rs. 2.12 lakh crore to achieve its objective of doubling farm income by 2022. Interacting with farmers from over 600 districts via video conferencing, the prime minister said the four cornerstones of the government policy for raising farm income are cutting input cost, fair price for

Jammu, Jun 20: Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today visited the family of the soldier, who was abducted and killed by terrorists two days ahead of Eid, and described him as an inspiration for the nation. Accompanied by senior Army officers, the minister went to the remote hamlet of Salani in the border district of Poonch to express her condolences to the family of slain soldier Aurangzeb

New Delhi, Jun 20: Less than a year after banks and post offices were asked to set up Aadhaar facility on their premises, as many as 18,000 centres have come up for enrolment and updation of the biometric ID at such locations, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had in July last year asked private as well as public sector banks to set up

Srinagar, Jun 20: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday called for the immediate dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and holding of fresh elections in the state. In a surprise move, the BJP on Tuesday pulled out of the three-year-old ruling coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the State was placed under Governor’s rule on Wednesday

Pithoragarh, Jun 20: The first batch of Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims crossed over to Tibet through the 17,500 feet high Lipulekh pass on Wednesday morning, an official said. The first batch had reached Gunji base camp by trekking 33 km from Mangti, the last motorable station in two days. Dharchula SDM RK Pandey said one member of the 58-member batch Ram Dayal Mali from Rajasthan had to return from

Mumbai, Jun 20: The Shiv Sena today wondered if the BJP's decision to part ways with alliance partner PDP in Jammu and Kashmir was taken to avoid "uneasy questions" over violence in the state ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Dubbing the BJP's decision as a "political move", Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the coming together of the PDP-BJP to form the government in the state was "unnatural and