BJP declares candidates for 10 Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand

Ranchi: The BJP has announced candidates on 10 Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand with the only big change being former Chief Minister Arjun Munda who has been made party candidate for Khunti Lok Sabha seat replacing eight-time…

Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora hails government decision to ban JKLF

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Saturday welcomed Union government's "positive and pathbreaking" decision to ban separatist organization Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and holding its…

Mamata regime one-person show, did nothing: Rahul

Chanchal (West Bengal) (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of running the entire state according to her whims.

"Bengal is being run by…

Yogi to kick off BJP's UP campaign on Sunday

Lucknow (IANS) With less than 20 days to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to kick off its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

The party has also planned about 40 public meetings across…

Higher taxes for foreign investors from April 1

Mumbai (IANS) Changes in the SEBI listing and prevention of insider-trading regulations, revisions in the double-taxation avoidance agreements (DTAAs) with Mauritius and Singapore are set to come into effect from April 1.

The changes…

Justice Ghose takes oath as India's first Lokpal

New Delhi (IANS) Retired Supreme Court Judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose on Saturday took oath as India's first Lokpal.

"President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as Chairperson,…

Omar condemns 'selective outrage' in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday hoped that there was equal condemnation against rights violations by militants in the state as when the security forces are accused of it.

His remark comes a…

India's forex reserves up $3.60 bn to over $405.63 bn

Mumbai (IANS) India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $3.60 billion during the week ended March 15, official data showed on Friday.

According to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly statistical supplement,…

Lenders to take over Jet Airways: Ministry sources

New Delhi (IANS) Lenders of cash-strapped Jet Airways are in the process of securing "substantial stake" in the ailing airline to try and revive it to a manageable state before selling it to new promoters, a senior Finance Ministry…

CBDT says Yeddy papers of 'doubtful nature'

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Board of Director Taxes (CBDT) has said that the diary pages and the loose papers given to the team that raided D.K. Shivakumar's premises in 2017 were "not original" . Shivakumar told the investigators that…