The Telangana assembly on Sunday passed amendments to the Land Acquisition Act sent back by the Law Ministry, amid protests by the Congress demanding a discussion on farmers’ problems. The amendments to the Telangana Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Telangana Amendment Act, 2016) were passed within 10 minutes […]
Economic ties and cooperation in the fight against terrorism are expected to dominate the bilateral talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have here on Monday. Erdogan’s Sunday-Monday India visit comes at the start of a diplomatic blitz he is embarking on after winning a referendum on April 16 which […]
Accounts of those individuals and entities who have not provided self-certification by April 30 will be blcked by the Indian government from Monday, it has been announced. This would be done in order to comply with the provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). “The account holders may be informed that, in case […]
Five including three soldiers and two militants were killed while another five soldiers were injured in Thursday’s fidayeen (suicide) attack on an army camp in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Fidayeen terrorists attacked the Panzgam army camp in north Kashmir close to the Line of Control (LoC) around 4.30 a.m.,” Defence Ministry Spokesman, Colonel Rajesh Kalia told […]
With the BJP poised to sweep the civic polls, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday alleged large-scale tampering of EVMs. Speaking to reporters after counting trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party winning and AAP at second spot, Delhi Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai and party leader Ashutosh said the results were coming […]
The BJP was on Wednesday set to sweep the Delhi civic polls, leading in over 140 wards and has won six wards so far, according to the Delhi State Election Commission. The Aam Aadmi Party, was at second spot, leading in 40 wards and has won one ward so far. The Congress was at third […]
Normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu due to the shutdown strike called by opposition parties in the state on Tuesday. While shops, hotels downed their shutters across the state, government buses were seen plying on the roads. Offices — central/state government, public and private sector undertakings remained open. Police were deployed in large numbers […]
In a huge setback to the Pinarayi Vijayan government, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Kerala to reinstate T.P. Senkumar as the state police chief. Senkumar was removed as Director General of Police on the day that Vijayan assumed office on May 25, 2016. The DGP has won a moral victory as he is set […]
As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir Valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said. Students of the S. P. College assembled on the Maulana Azad Road and started pelting stones on security forces causing blockade of one of the busiest roads in […]
Over 50 students of the Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT) near here have been hospitalised following suspected food poisoning, a senior doctor said on Friday. “The students were admitted late last (Thursday) night…,” Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) Senior Medical Superintendent Ramesh Chand told IANS. After taking meals the students had […]