Yogi's 'Modiji ki sena' remark violated poll code: EC

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission on Friday found Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath guilty of violating the model code of conduct (MCC) for his "Modiji ki Sena" (Modi's army) remark and warned him to exercise…

Election Commission removes Kolkata Police chief

Kolkata (IANS) The Election Commission of India (EC) on Friday removed Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma and his counterpart in the Bidhannagar Commissionerate Gyanwant Singh.

The EC order, which came in the form of a missive…

High airfares to hit passenger traffic growth: Fitch

Mumbai (IANS) Rating agency Fitch on Friday said that a capacity constraint led an increase in airfares will dent passenger traffic growth.

According to Fitch, the Indian aviation market has seen a sharp increase in airfares…

Was tough to revisit my dark chapters: Sunny Leone

Mumbai (IANS) Actress Sunny Leone, who is gearing up for the final season of the web series "Karenjit Kaur - The Untold Story of Sunny Leone", says she often broke into tears while filming it as she had to go down the memory lane and…

IAF refutes report saying no F-16 was shot down

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday reiterated that the plane shot down in an aerial engagement by a Mig-21 in Nowshera sector on February 27 was an F-16, rejecting a claim in a report that none of the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF)…

EC finds NITI Aayog VC guilty of violating poll code

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Friday found NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar's remarks on the Congress' promise of minimum income guarantee scheme "Nyay" as a violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) and…

PM refers to chopper scam 'evidence' to blast Congress

Dehradun (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress and the Gandhi family claiming they were involved in all the corruption scandals rocking between "the earth and the sky" and called for "punishing"…

Gangrape accused jailed for 20 years in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) A court in Jharkhand's Jamtara district on Friday awarded 20 year imprisonment to two persons found guilty of gang-raping a girl.

According to a lawyer, Additional District Judge Kamal Kumar Srivastav had found them guilty…

US disputes Indian claim of hitting Pakistan's F-16

Washington, April 5 (IANS) India's claim that one of its pilots shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle in February "appears to be wrong" as US personnel counted Islamabad's F-16s and found none missing, a US news…

70mn euros paid to UPA leaders, others: ED's Agusta charge sheet

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its fourth supplementary charge sheet has mentioned that kickbacks worth 70 million euros were paid to "important political persons of the ruling party, media persons, defence officials…