New Delhi, The government will extend all help to an Indian man working in Saudi Arabia without being paid his salary for the last 28 months, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. The minister’s comments came after she came to know of a video in which Kumar Akash, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, […]
Pune, A woman was allegedly raped by two men who also filmed the act at the sprawling campus of IT major Infosys here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. The matter came to light after the woman, working as a canteen cashier inside Phase I of the 115-acre campus, filed a complaint with police in […]
New Delhi, An Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, who was lured into spying for Pakistan’s spy agency ISI while chatting with a woman on Facebook, was dismissed from service and was arrested from an airbase in Punjab, a police official said on Tuesday. “We have arrested an IAF personnel from Punjab on charges of spying […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government is working for the empowerment of Dalits and only industrialization can benefit them. “Our government is your government. We are working for your benefit and empowerment. Financial inclusion is at the core of our focus. We want to create job-creators, not job-seekers,” Modi said […]
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Tipplers in Kerala were left wringing their hands in despair as the Supreme Court upheld the state policy to restrict service and consumption of liquor at bars in five star hotels only — a verdict that was hailed by the Oommen Chandy government The apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice […]
Guwahati, Protests rocked different parts of Assam on Monday seeking Congress leader Nolamoni Sen Deka’s ouster from the party for making objectionable comment against union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday. Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators have filed FIR against Deka, a former Assam minister who while addressing a public meeting on Sunday in Assam’s […]
Hyderabad, Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has agreed to set up a Microsoft centre for excellence in Visakhapatnam. Nadella, who met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday, assured cooperation with the state government in utilisation of cloud data for improving citizen services. During the 80-minute-long meeting with Naidu at the latter’s […]
New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he will not apologise to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the DDCA row, and added that the Bharatiya Janata Party was “begging” for it. “BJP almost begging me for an apology. Sorry. I won’t oblige them. Let Jaitley-ji be cross-examined in defamation cases. Let truth […]
Thiruvananthapuram, The Communist Party of India-Marxist should stop its blind opposition to the Congress and help strengthen secular forces against BJP’s Hindutva agenda, V.M. Sudheeran, Kerala’s Congress unit chief, said on Monday. “The BJP is going forward with its Hindutva agenda. It’s the Congress party that has always kept the secular flag flying high and […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Monday announced it would run 3,000 additional buses on the capital’s roads starting January 1 in a bid to help commuters, considering the implementation of the odd-even-numbered vehicle restriction formula. “A total of 3,000 buses will be added on Delhi roads from January 1,” Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai […]