ED attaches property worth Rs 2,747 cr of ABG Shipyard in bank fraud case

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached assets worth Rs 2,747.69 crore of the ABG Shipyard Limited in bank fraud case.

The ED said that the attached assets include Shipyards in Gujarat's Surat and Dahej; agricultural…

Manish Tewari preparing to contest Cong prez poll: Sources

New Delhi (IANS) Former Union Minister Manish Tewari is also preparing to contest the Congress presidential poll, sources close to him revealed that he was in his constituency to meet the state party delegates who are the voters in the election.

Burden of promise weighing heavily on ruling BJP as leaders who came aboard unhappy

Bengaluru (IANS) The ruling BJP in Karnataka is a worried lot as those who switched ?over to its fold from other parties have expressed their unhappiness over the treatment meted out to them in the state party.

BJP leaders had made tall promises…

Single-point taxation implemented in NCR for passenger transport

New Delhi (IANS) The Combined Reciprocal Common Transport Agreement (Contract Carriage and Stage Carriage) signed amongst the governments of Haryana, NCT-Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh aims at inter-state road connectivity amongst the National…

Cong, BJP use QR code posters to blame each other in K'taka

Bengaluru (IANS) The ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress in Karnataka have begun a war of QR code posters to trade corruption charges against each other.

Opposition Congress came with the idea first by releasing 'PayCM' posters to…

BJP accuses AAP of selling DDA land, demands Somnath Bharti's resignation

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta alleged on Wednesday that after scams in the health and transport sectors, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has now started selling government land by grabbing them.

Delhi…

Vande Bharat Express: Major changes to be made on entire network

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Railways will have to make major changes in its network for the Vande Bharat trains as they consume double the electricity than the normal electric trains.

This system has been implemented in many countries where…

Dalit family fined Rs 60k after boy touches Hindu god's idol

Kolar (Karnataka (IANS) A Dalit family in Karnataka's Koppal district has been fined Rs 60,000 after its boy entered the temple and touched Hindu god's idol.

According to local sources, the Dalit boy had touched the idol ready to be…

Punjab DGP constitutes SIT over 'leaked objectionable videos' of students

Chandigarh (IANS) Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Monday constituted a three-member all-women Special Investigating Team (SIT), under the supervision of Additional DGP Gurpreet Deo, to investigate allegations by Chandigarh University…

Cheetahs back on Indian soil after 70 years: Modi

Bhopal (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said cheetahs are back on Indian soil after 70 years and the move will lead to restoration of forest and grassland ecosystems.

The Prime Minister released the big cats -- five male and…