Expressing concern over the continuous rise in fuel prices, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that petrol and diesel should come under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). “I want petrol and diesel to come under the ambit of GST. The GST Council should take a decision on this. […]

Sharad Kalaskar, an accused in arms hauls case, was on Monday remanded to judicial custody till September 29 for probing his alleged role in activist Narendra Dabholkar murder in 2013. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) produced Kalaskar before the Pune Session court as his custody with the investigation body ended today. […]

The owner of the property, who was among the two people arrested, told police that the three key accused had taken the keys to the room from him on the day of the incident The arrested main accused who allegedly planned the kidnap and gang-rape of a 19-year-old college student […]

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday made a derogatory comment about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indore to observe Ashura, the annual commemoration of Imam Hussain’s martyrdom. “Modi ji, Bohra samaj ke pass gaye iss vichaar se ki shayad musalmano ko rijhha liya jaayega, lekin na woh idhar ke rahenge na […]

Narendra Damodardas Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), born on September 17, 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, is the 15th Prime Minister of India. As a child Modi helped his father sell tea at Vadnagar railway station, and later ran a tea […]

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 68th birthday. Referring Prime Minister Modi “our PM”, Rahul wished him good health and happiness. “Happy Birthday to our PM, Narendra Modi ji! Wishing him good health and happiness always. @narendramodi,” he tweeted. The Congress party also extended birthday greeting to the Prime Minister through its official Twitter handle, the Indian […]

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the victims’ families in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to amend their petitions of not releasing the convicts, and file fresh petitions after three weeks. In May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber, during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The […]

The Congress party on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after a video of Godda Member of Parliament (MP) Nishikant Dubey, letting a party worker wash his feet surfaced on media. The BJP MP drew flak after the party worker, Pawan washed the parliamentarian’s feet and drank the […]

Odisha’s first “Tribes India” outlet has been opened in Bhubaneswar under the Van Dhan scheme of Tribal Cooperation Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), which comes under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Various products, including metal sculptures, handicrafts, handloom, jewellery and various home furnishings items made by tribal artisans from […]

At least two men were arrested by Assam Police for disguising as bank officers and duping people by cloning their ATM cards. Both accused, the native of Haryana, were arrested near Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Sunday. At least 43 blank ATM cards, one laptop, swipe machine, three mobile handsets, and Rs 20,000 in cash […]