GST Bill Stalled Yet Again, No Consensus Reached
NEW DELHI -- No consensus emerged between the main opposition Congress and the Central Government on Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill on Monday. Congress leader Anand Sharma said the government and...
View ArticleCongress Lawmaker Caught Watching Porn In Assembly Says 'Never Seen Adult...
A senior Congress MLA in Odisha vehemently denied that he has ever seen any 'adult video' in his life when confronted with the accusation that he was watching pornographic clips in the Assembly on his...
View ArticleYou Are Next: Barack Obama's Message To The ISIL
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday progress needs to speed up against Islamic State militants, calling on allies to increase their military contributions to coalition efforts to...
View ArticleHC Calls Shakur Basti Demolition 'Pathetic', Asks Authorities To Rehabilitate...
NEW DELHI -- Stepping into the demolition row, the Delhi High Court yesterday came down heavily on the Railway Ministry and police for razing of a slum cluster in west Delhi and directed the...
View ArticleRanveer Is Proud Of Deepika, Says She Deserves Awards
MUMBAI -- Praising his Bajirao Mastani co-star Deepika Padukone for delivering a slew of outstanding performances, actor Ranveer Singh said she deserves all the accolades coming her way. "It is...
View ArticleSeparatists Meeting Pak Envoy Not In Nation's Favour, Says Congress
NEW DELHI -- The Congress party on Tuesday said that the meeting between Hurriyat Conference leaders with Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit was not in the interest of the nation and added that talks between...
View ArticleArvind Kejriwal Calls PM Modi A 'Psychopath' After CBI Allegedly Raids His...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'psychopath' and a 'coward' following an alleged Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raid in his office. In an unprecedented...
View ArticlePCB Chairman Extends Deadline For BCCI's Final Call On Indo-Pak Series..Again
KARACHI -- A day after publicly "giving up hopes" on the proposed Indo-Pak cricket series taking place, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan yesterday once again extended deadline for BCCI "till tonight" to...
View ArticleMild Tremors Of 4.2 Magnitude Felt In Bihar, Jharkhand
JHARKHAND -- Mild tremors of 4.2 magnitude were felt in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand on Tuesday morning. People reported feeling mild tremors in Gaya and Jamui of Bihar and Deoghar and Dhanbad of...
View ArticlePakistan To Renovate Hindu Katas Raj Temples Near Islamabad
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan plans to renovate and improve facilities at a historical Hindu temple complex near here besides allowing more devotees to visit it as over 120 Indian pilgrims on a trip to the...
View ArticleAnu Malik Goofed Up Big Time At A Recent Awards Show
Music director Anu Malik is well-known for his awe-inspiring confidence, which often manifests in his ability to constantly refer to himself in the third person, and deny that he has occasionally...
View ArticleIt Has Become Kejriwal's 'Fashion' To Blame Centre For Everything, Says...
NEW DELHI -- With Arvind Kejriwal blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raiding his office, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said...
View Article80 Percent of Indian Women Didn't Have Bank Accounts In 2014: UNDP
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released the Human Development Report for 2015 and it paints a disturbing picture of gender inequality in Indian society. In the section titled 'Imbalances...
View ArticleManish Sisodia Blames Modi For Trying To Stop 'Honest Politics'
NEW DELHI -- Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to stop 'honest politics' following the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s...
View ArticleLord Venkateswara Temple Attender Gets Suspended For 'Laddu' Fraud
TIRUPATI -- An attender attached to the Lord Venkateswara temple at nearby Tirumala was today suspended for allegedly swindling at least 20,000 laddus from different accounts of devotees who had...
View ArticleThree Years 'Nirbhaya' Rape, Govt To Help Juvenile Convict Set Up Tailoring Shop
Three years after a young woman was brutally raped and murdered in the national capital on a moving bus, one of the accused, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, is set to walk free but the...
View ArticleEight-Year-Old Suffering From Thalassemia Becomes Police Commissioner For A Day
HYDERABAD -- An eight-year-old boy, Madipalli Roop Aurouna, who is suffering from Thalassemia and requires blood transfusion after every 20-25 days, on Tuesday got the charge of the Hyderabad Police...
View ArticleArun Jaitley Says, Arvind Kejriwal's Statement 'Absolute Rubbish'
NEW DELHI -- Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's allegations against him as 'rubbish' and said that it is not suitable for him to respond to such...
View ArticlePeshawar School Attack: Families Of Victims Feel They Received No Medical Aid...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Families of children killed or wounded in Pakistan's worst militant attack accused the local government of breaking its promises of medical treatment and justice, a year after...
View ArticleMore Than 300 Combination Drugs Available To Public Don't Have Centre's Approval
MUMBAI -- Since 1961, India’s drug controller has approved more than 1,200 combination drugs, according to a list published on the website of the Health Ministry’s Central Drugs Standard Control...
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