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Upset over Rahul Gandhi citizenship row, Congress digs out Arun Jaitley-Vijay Mallya connect

Upset over Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan sending a complaint against its vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the House Ethics Committee, Congress on Monday accused finance minister Arun Jaitley of tipping off liquor baron Vijay Mallya to leave the country when they met in the Parliament House on March 1. Rahul was put on notice on […]

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Asaduddin Owaisi won’t say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, Shiv Sena tells him ‘Go to Pakistan’

Rejecting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s suggestion for infusing patriotism, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said he will not chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ even if a knife is put to his throat. Owaisi’s assertion days after Bhagwat said the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India drew sharp condemnation from

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Supreme Court asks Centre to frame rules for child adoption

The Supreme Court on Monday said there should be a “credible mechanism” for intra and inter-country adoption of children and asked the Centre to frame rules and regulations to facilitate it within three months. A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, however, said the new mechanism should lay down rules and regulations similar to

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Vladimir Putin says Russians to start withdrawing from Syria, as peace talks resume

President Vladimir Putin announced out of the blue on Monday that “the main part” of Russian armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, telling his diplomats to step up the push for peace as U.N.-mediated talks resumed on ending the five-year-old war. Damascus rejected any suggestion of a rift with Moscow, saying President Bashar

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JNU panel recommends rustication of Umar Khalid, Anirban; fine on 21 students

A high level internal inquiry committee, constituted to probe the February 9 incident where allegedly ‘anti-national’ slogans were raised during an event on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, has in its report recommended rustication of two JNU students and imposition of fines on at least 21 students. Twenty-one JNU students were also served a show-cause

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Rusty Jets On Tarmac Show India Beer Baron’s Fallen Empire

In an airfield in southern India, seven planes of the failed Kingfisher Airlines rust away — relics of a former billionaire’s ambition and emblems of the complex regulations that hamper Indian aviation. The decaying aircraft, damaged by floods in Chennai late last year, were part of the fleet of India’s once second-largest airline. As authorities

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World Twenty20: Balanced and well-prepared, India must cut through ‘favourites’ noise to rewrite history

“I think the favourites for this tournament are India, simply on the fact that they are very good in home conditions”: England captain Eoin Morgan. “No doubt India will be favourites to win the title”: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. “India are favourites to win the title for the home condition advantage”: South Africa captain

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Saina, Srikanth look to put recent losses behind; set sights on Swiss Open GP Gold qualifiers

Two-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion K Srikanth will look to put behind the disappointing outing at the All England Championship and train their guns on the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold starting with the qualifiers here on Tuesday. Top seed Saina, who clinched the title in 2011 and 2012, will start her campaign

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‘Shame on you!’ Former Pakistan captain Miandad shocked and hurt by Afridi, Malik praising India

“Shocked and hurt” by Shahid Afridi’s comments that Pakistan’s cricketers were loved more by Indians than the fans here, former captain Javed Miandad has said that players making such statements should be “ashamed” of themselves. “These cricketers should be ashamed of themselves for saying such a thing. Shame on you,” Miandad said on the ‘Aaj

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Rohit Sharma’s 106 vs South Africa in Dharamsala voted ‘T20I Innings of the Year 2015’

Flamboyant opener Rohit Sharma on Monday won the prestigious Maruti Suzuki ESPNCricinfo award for the third year in a row with recently-retired New Zealand legend Brendon McCullum winning the newly constituted ‘Captain of the Year’ award. The awards were given for stand out performances across three formats for the year 2015. Rohit, who has won

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5 militants held in Bangladesh, authorities suspect they had planned attacks on the country’s Independence Day

Five militants, including the commander of a banned terror outfit, were arrested by Bangladesh’s elite security force which also seized a huge cache of explosives possibly aimed at disrupting the country’s Independence Day celebrations next week. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), acting on a tip-off, laid down a trap and arrested the members of outlawed

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Fukushima clean-up: Japan, US, France to team up to make the area habitable again, says officials

The Japanese government will team up with experts in the United States and France to develop brand new technologies to collect melted fuel from crippled reactors at Fukushima, an official said on Monday. Removal of the melted rods at the nuclear plant, which was wrecked by a tsunami five years ago, is one of the

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Will they? Won’t they? Swaraj, Sartaz Aziz may meet on sidelines of Saarc meeting in Nepal

Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj may meet on the sidelines of a Saarc ministerial-level meeting in Nepal this week, according to a media report today. Quoting diplomatic sources, The Express Tribune reported that India and Pakistan were exploring the possibility of a meeting between

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Anti-national slogans cannot and will not divide the country: Farooq Abdullah

In the wake of a massive row over anti-national slogans allegedly raised in JNU, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said such sloganeering cannot and will not divide the country. “In Kashmir, raising anti-national slogans is normal. Such slogans cannot and will not divide the country,” he told reporters on the

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Health Ministry bans 344 fixed dose combination drugs, including cough syrups

Health Ministry has banned 344 fixed dose combination drugs, including cough syrups compositions, saying they involve “risk” to humans and safer alternatives were available. The ban on the drugs comes into immediate effect and the ministry has come out with a gazette notification regarding the matter. “Altogether, 344 such fixed dose combinations have been banned.

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SC-appointed SIT to monitor probe into alleged rice export scam

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money will monitor the probe into the alleged over Rs 1,000-crore scam in export of high-quality Basmati rice to Iran which was fraudulently diverted mid-sea to Dubai. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), which has unearthed the scam, has shared relevant details of the case with

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‘We are all different’: Arjun Kapoor doesn’t liked being compared to other actors

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor believes comparing him with others in the industry is “unfair” as each talent is different. “We all are different and it’s not fair to compare. That just takes away the USP of who you are. I am excited to be doing good work. I have just started and still learning on

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Vijender dedicates his fourth professional triumph to Pathankot martyrs

Boxing star Vijender Singh has dedicated his fourth successive professional triumph to the Indian Armed Forces personnel who were martyred in the Pathankot terror attack. The 30-year-old from Haryana state knocked out Hungary’s Alexander Horvath in under three rounds last night, in what was to be a six-round contest. “I dedicate this win to the

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HAL’s LCH passes rocket trials; will participate in ‘Iron Fist’ exercise

After completion of basic performance flight testing and outstation trials, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has now satisfactorily fired Rockets (70 mm) from its prototype, TD-3 in weaponized configuration, a HAL press release said. “The initial rocket firing trials have been carried out at Jaisalmer, establishing satisfactory integration of hardware and software, structural integrity and

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