Cairn gets French court nod to takeover Indian assets in Paris to recover arbitration award

New Delhi (IANS) UK's Cairn Energy has secured a French court order to seize about 20 Indian government properties in Paris to recover a portion of $1.2 billion from India on the backdrop of the arbitration victory of the company, sources privy…

Everyone has to follow law of land: New IT Min Vaishnaw

New Delhi (IANS) New Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday did not waste any time to make it crystal clear how he wants things to pan out in the ongoing Twitter-Centre face off as he assumed office as the Union Minister for…

Ahmedabad Rath Yatra to be organized on July 12

Gandhinagar (IANS) Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to permit the Ahmedabad Rath Yatra with provision for curfew on the route and a ban on Prasad distribution on July 12.

"With…

SC: Not within Delhi Assembly's mandate to call FB accused in 2020 riots

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Delhi Assembly can seek information from Facebook and its officials in connection with their alleged role in the 2020 Delhi Riots, but the social media platform can't be compelled to answer…

'Important point': SC seeks Centre's stand on plea against conjugal rights restitution

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday granted two weeks' time to Centre to file a counter-affidavit on a plea challenging the provisions dealing with restitution of conjugal rights.

A bench comprising Justices R.F. Nariman, Justice…

PM begins work with fresh cabinet, interacts with institutions

New Delhi (IANS) A day after the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started working with the new batch of ministers and initiated the move with Directors of centrally funded technical institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras,…

Top Hizbul commander killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar (IANS) A top terrorist commander of proscribed terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen was killed during an encounter between the terrorists and security forces at North Kashmir's Handwara on Wednesday.

Police said Mehrazuddin Halwai…

21 new faces likely in Modi2.0, Bihar tipped for lion's share

New Delhi (IANS) A new look Modi government will be unveiled on Wednesday evening as 21 new faces find their way into the Council of Ministers.

This will be the first big reshuffle of Modi2.0 and the names have been arrived at after much distillation…

NE presence in Union Ministry rises to 5

Guwahati (IANS) With the induction of Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Pratima Bhowmik into the Union Counci of Ministers on Wednesday, the number of central ministers from the northeastern states has risen to five.

Kiren Rijiju,…

Modi Cabinet gets makeover with emphasis on experience, qualification

New Delhi (IANS) As the Modi government gets a makeover, the new Council of Ministers is being shaped in terms of experience and qualification.

In the new Council of Ministers, there are four former Chief Ministers, 18 former state ministers,…