ED Special Director transferred

New Delhi (IANS) In an unusual move, the tenure of Special Director in Enforcement Directorate Vineet Agarwal has been curtailed by the government with immediate effect.

The government order issued on Tuesday said Vineet Agarwal,…

Heavyweights including Arjun Munda, Subodhkant Sahai, Sanjay Seth and Ramthal file nominations in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Khunti Arjun Munda and former Union Minister and Congress nominee from Ranchi Subodhkant Sahai were among the key contestants who filed their nominations for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha…

Jet staff hopeless, sentiment hits lowest

New Delhi (IANS) Staff sentiment at crisis-hit Jet Airways has hit the lowest as the endgame nears for the airline.

With no interim funds coming from the lenders and suspension of all its operations imminent, they have lost…

Lenders remain committed to Jet revival: PNB

New Delhi (IANS) As Jet Airways awaits emergency funding to stay afloat, the airline's lenders on Tuesday said they remain committed to its revival.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) managing director and CEO Sunil Mehta said discussions…

SC seeks response on women's entry in mosques

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, the Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on a plea seeking the entry of women in mosques.

A bench of Justice S.A. Bobde…

No mention of Ram temple in Congress manifesto: Thackeray

Amravati (Maharashtra) (IANS) Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday hit out at the Congress for not mentioning the Ram temple at Ayodhya in its 2019 election manifesto.

Addressing an election rally here, he reiterated that…

Sitharaman visits Tharoor in hospital

Thiruvananthpuram (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday visited Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in hospital where he was admitted after suffering a freak accident a day earlier.

Tharoor was performing a ritual at a temple…

LS polls phase II: Farm distress, development, nationalism take lead

New Delhi (IANS) Western Uttar Pradesh will be a test case in the second phase of the general elections on April 18 when polling will be held for 97 Lok Sabha seats. There are serious farmers issues at stake there, yet they could be subsumed by the…

Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral on fire, spire collapses

Paris (IANS) A fire at Paris's iconic Notre-Dame cathedral on Monday has spread over the more than eight-century-old building, destroying its spire and a large part of its roof, media reports said.

The cause of the fire…

Congress candidates hit back at Mamata's RSS jibe

Kolkata (IANS) Hitting back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for trying to link two of its candidates to the RSS, the Congress on Monday accused her of trying to sow the seed of suspicion among the minorities about the Congress, and reminded…