BJP-called shutdown in Bengal's Basirhat, normal life affected

Kolkata (IANS) Train services were disrupted and normal life in West Bengal's Basirhat sub-division was affected on Monday due to a 12-hour general strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the killing of their party…

Kathua rape-murder case: Six of 7 convicted

Pathankot (IANS) A Special Court in Pathankot in Punjab on Monday convicted six out of the seven in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

The trial began in a court here a year back. Arguments on quantum…

Jharkhand, Arunachal, Andhra and Telangana Governors meet Shah

New Delhi (IANS) B.D. Mishra, E.S.L. Narasimhan and Droupadi Murmu, the Governors of Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and Jharkhand respectively on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his office in the North block here.

Budget may consider sops to MSME export units

New Delhi (IANS) The Finance Ministry is keen on key employment and export boosting steps to be accomodated in the Budget. It may consider fiscal incentives like interest rate subvention, lower tax rates for upto certain turnover threshold for key…

Some leaders sold poll tickets, claims Telangana Congress leader

Hyderabad (IANS) Differences within the opposition Congress in Telangana once again came to the fore on Saturday when senior party leader V. Hanumantha Rao claimed that some leaders had sold party tickets in the recent Assembly election.

He…

Govt to move full steam ahead on labour reforms with new Bill

New Delhi (IANS) In what could be a significant improvement over existing wage rules, the government is likely to extend the applicability of the Minimum Wages Act to all forms of employment and workers in both the organised and the unorganised sectors.

The new Modi NITI, how to take on China with 'AIM'

New Delhi (IANS) Eyeing the global revolution in tech-innovations, the Modi government, in its second avatar, is all set to redefine the scope of 'Knowledge and Innovation' at NITI Aayog. Before leaving for his foreign visit to the Maldives,…

Sri Lanka can't be cowed down by terror, says Modi

Colombo (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his tribute to the victims of the horrific Easter Sunday suicide bombings, saying "cowardly acts of terror cannot defeat the spirit of Sri Lanka".

"I am confident…

Top Delhi surgeons under police scanner in international kidney racket

New Delhi (IANS) Over a dozen leading private surgeons, including top urologists of Delhi are under the scanner of Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with a sensational international kidney transplant racket, spread across Turkey and the Middle East…

Modi to make offerings worth Rs 40,000 at Guruvayoor temple

Kochi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will fly from here on Saturday to Guruvayoor to offer to prayers at the famed Sri Krishna Temple, will make various offerings worth around Rs 40,000.

Modi arrived in Kochi late…