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Wanaparthy, Apr 1: Seeking to woo women voters, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Rs 72,000 money proposed to be given to the poor by Congress under the ' Nyay' scheme would be deposited in their bank accounts. This money would go to the bank account of the woman in a family. Every month, this money will directly go to the bank account of women. Crores of women will get power and

Mumbai, Apr 1: Singer Sonu Nigam has recorded a new song allegedly penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming web series "Modi: Journey Of A Common Man". According to a press release, Nigam has sung the verse 'Shyam Ke Rogan Rele' composed by music composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, for the Eros Original series, directed by Umesh Shukla. Shukla said in a statement that he has taken

Paralakhemundi, Apr 1: BJP president Amit Shah Monday lashed out at the Congress, accusing the grand old party of trying to "defame" Hindus by giving them a terror tag. "Rahul (Gandhi) Baba's party attempted to link Hindu community with terrorism. It was a bid to defame Hindus across the world," Shah said, addressing a rally in Paralakhemundi under the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency, which will

New Delhi, Apr 1: Facebook Inc said on Monday it was removing 687 pages and accounts linked to India's main opposition Congress party, just days before voting begins in a general election, because of "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" on the social media platform. The announcement marks a rare action from Facebook against a prominent political party in a country where it has more than 300 million

New Delhi, Apr 1: Had it not been for Khalid Khan Bachcha, Dawood Ibrahim would not have been Dawood; he would have perished in obscurity long ago, killed either by his rivals or the police, says a new book. "Dawood's Mentor: The Man Who Made India's Biggest Don" chronicles how Dawood meets Khalid and they eventually forge an unlikely friendship. Together they defeat and neutralise every mafia

Sriharikota, Apr 1: ISRO's PSLV C-45 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on Monday, carrying India's EMISAT satellite along with 28 nanosatellites of global customers. As the 27-hour countdown concluded, the nearly 50-metre tall rocket, a new variant of ISRO's trusted workhorse PSLV-QL, blasted off from the second launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 125 km from here

Apr 1: The accused in the Dadri lynching case were seen sitting in the front row of a BJP rally addressed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Bishahra village of Dadri area on Sunday. Mr. Adityanath was campaigning for Union Minister and BJP candidate Mahesh Sharma who is contesting from Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. On September 28, 2015, 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was

Abu Dhabi, Mar 31: UAE approved new rules for expats sponsoring family members, on Sunday. The UAE Cabinet has adopted a decision to amend provisions of the resolution on sponsoring of foreign workers to their families in the country. According to a statement by the General Secretariat of the Cabinet, the amended provisions now indicate "income" as a requirement for sponsoring family members, as

New Delhi, Mar 31: Rishabh Pant's prediction, caught on the stump mic during the Delhi Capitals' (DC) home game against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has created a flutter on social media with some fans claiming the match was fixed. According to reports, Pant on Saturday was caught on the stump mic, saying "yeh to waise bhi choka hai (this is going to go for a four)" in the fourth over when KKR

New Delhi, Mar 31: Congress president Rahul Gandhi will also contest the Lok Sabha election from Wayanad in Kerala, apart from Amethi in UP. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Congress leader A K Antony announced that Rahul Gandhi has given his consent to contest from two seats. Speculations about Rahul Gandhi contesting from a second seat had been doing rounds for some time now. To a