WBSSC starts process of termination of illegally appointed non-teaching staff

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday started the process of termination or cancellation of appointments of illegally appointed non- teaching staff in Group-D category by publishing the names of 2,819 such candidates…

'Cannot impose censorship', SC junks Hindu Sena plea for ban on BBC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL filed by Hindu Sena seeking a ban on the BBC for airing the documentary, 'India: The Modi Question' on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv…

PM Modi flags off two Vande Bharat trains, launches Mumbai infra projects

Mumbai (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off two new Vande Bharat Express trains linking Mumbai with Solapur and Sainagar Shirdi, amid cheers and clapping from the passengers and the audiences, here on Friday afternoon.

Landing here…

PFI wanted to bring Islamic rule in India by 2047: Maharashtra ATS

New Delhi (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in its charge sheet has claimed that the Popular Front of India (PFI) wanted to target the police machinery and establish an Islamic rule in India by 2047, and for this they were getting…

Maha: Bombay HC says bullet train project of 'national importance', junks Godrej plea

Mumbai (IANS) Declaring that the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is of 'national importance', the Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. challenging the acquisition of its land in…

Phone tapping case: Delhi HC grants bail to ex-NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday granted bail to former National Stock Exchange (NSE) Managing Director and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to the alleged illegal…

ED makes 8th arrest in Delhi excise policy scam

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday made its eighth arrest in the Delhi excise policy scam.

A man named Rajesh Joshi was arrested by the ED, who is said to be connected with an advertising agency, sources said. Further…

Women can offer 'namaz' in mosques: AIMPLB to SC

Lucknow (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has informed the Supreme Court in an affidavit that the entry of women into mosques for offering 'namaz' inside is permitted.

However, free intermixing of genders in the…

Bengal coal scam: Companies with cross-holdings by arrested bizman under ED scanner

Kolkata (IANS) Gajraj Towers Private Limited director Vikram Sikaria, who had been taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the latter's ongoing probe in the multi-crore coal smuggling scam in West Bengal, have…

Our development has shut accounts of many: PM Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking on the motion of thanks in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday hit back at the Congress saying other than providing lip-service, it did nothing for the people but in the past 9 years, the BJP has…