An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in a fresh corruption conviction. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader was arrested from the courtroom for having investments beyond his declared assets in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference. The court acquitted Sharif in the the Flagship Investments case. […]
After waiting for hours barely one kilometre from the Sabarimala temple, two Kerala women devotees were escorted down the hill, as thousands of Ayyappa devotees on Monday put up a massive protest causing one of the woman to faint. Bindu from Malappuram and Kanaka Durga from Kannur, both from the hitherto banned age group, were […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased out, except on luxury and “sin goods”. He noted that the standard rate could be between the 12 and 18 per cent. “A future roadmap […]
Indonesian authorities have confirmed the death of at least 281 people in the devastating tsunami that hit the Sunda Strait in the western part of the archipelago on Saturday night, which also left 1,016 injured. Emergency teams on Monday resumed rescue efforts. According to the the latest figures released by the National Agency for Disaster […]
The Indian and Pakistani armies on Monday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir prompting authorities to shut down schools in the vicinity. The Pakistan Army were using automatics and mortars to target Indian military and civilian facilities, defence sources said. “Unprovoked firing and shelling from […]
A Mumbai man, who spent around three years in a Pakistan jail, has been released and will return home on Tuesday, an activist said here. “Yes it’s really a great news. Hamid Nehal Ansari has been released from jail and will be handed over to India at the Wagah Border later this afternoon,” Pakistan-India Peoples […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone. On the issue of migration, she said: “Today is International Migrants Day. It is our humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants. “In Bangla we will take care of anyone […]
Delhi experienced a chilly winter morning on Tuesday with the minimum temperature dropping to 5.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s normal as the air quality continued to be very poor. Experts advised against any outdoor activity early morning and after sunset, and to wear N-95 or P-100 respirators when stepping out. “Mist covered […]
Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday adjourned the House till 2 p.m. as some members came near the Chair’s podium and started sloganeering. Minutes after the House met for the day, members from the Tamil Nadu-based parties, the AIADMK and DMK, came near the podium holding placards and raising slogans. They were protesting […]
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. on Tuesday after opposition and treasury benches faced-off over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Soon after the House met, the Congress, AIADMK and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members started sloganeering. The Congress demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 36 ready-to-fly Rafale fighter jets deal […]