Gehlot to be Rajasthan CM, Pilot Deputy CM

The Congress on Friday declared that Ashok Gehlot will be the Rajasthan Chief Minister while state Congress chief Sachin Pilot will be his deputy, bringing an end to the three day impasse on the question of leadership in the state. The announcement was made by party observer for the state K.C. Venugopal. He said the […]

Manmohan, Rahul visit indisposed Amarinder

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called on Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to enquire about his health. The Chief Minister had been advised rest at home for 48 hours by doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here. Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were here […]

India test fires Agni-V missile

India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday. The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5,000 km was launched at 1.30 p.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Bhadrak district, said Defence Ministry sources. The sources said the missile test […]

Congress to press for JPC into Rafale deal

The Congress on Monday said it will press for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the Rafale deal and raise the issue of alleged misuse of electronic voting machines (EVM) when Parliament’s winter session opens on Tuesday. Talking to the media, senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said the party will also seek discussion […]

Owaisi reaches Telangana CM’s house on bike

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi reached Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s official residence on his motorbike on Monday for a luncheon meeting with him ahead of the declaration of Assembly election results. Owaisi and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief have been discussing possible scenarios and the strategy to be adopted after the results are […]

DRT serves notice to Nirav Modi, family to recover PNB’s 7,000 cr

.The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) on Monday served notice to absconder diamantaire Nirav Modi, his family members and his companies to recover over Rs 7,000 crore owed to the Punjab National Bank (PNB). The notice by the DRT-1 Registrar, A. Murali, came six months after the beleaguered PNB had moved the tribunal in July to […]

Kushwaha to resign from Council of Ministers

Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha is all set to resign from the Union Council of Ministers on Monday, BJP sources said. The sources said that Kushwaha, who has been at loggerheads with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the seat sharing formula in Bihar […]

SC declines to entertain plea against J&K assembly dissolution

SC declines to entertain plea against J&K assembly dissolution

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to dissolve the state assembly and impose Governor’s rule. “We are not inclined to entertain,” said a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul as senior counsel Jaideep Gupta told the bench […]

Sensex tanks over 570 points fearing oil output cut, trade war

Fears over a rise in global trade protectionist measures and a possible crude oil production cut by the OPEC pulled the barometer S&P BSE Sensex index lower by over 570 points on Thursday. Market observers said the Indian stock indices fell in line with their global peers in Asia and Europe even as outflows of […]