The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of the bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician would misuse his liberty to derail the trial in the murder of his son. Chandrakeshwar Prasad alleged that his own life was in danger […]
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday referred the alleged dope case of grappler Narsingh Yadav to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a detailed probe. WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, who met officials at the Prime Minister’s Office, requested that the probe be carried out by the country’s premier investigating agency. “The […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is undertaking a quarterly performance review of state-run banks here on Friday not just to see the progress of various financial inclusion schemes, but also look at the overall health of the banking system, officials said. The meeting is also expected to take up suggestions made during the last review of […]
A sense of unease prevailed in the Uttar Pradesh capital on Friday, hours after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, his son Aditya Yadav and wife Sarla Yadav quit important party posts. Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has reportedly convened a meeting at the party headquarters here to thrash out a solution on the […]
The CBI on Thursday said it was examining the Defence Ministry request to probe allegations of kickbacks in the purchase of three Embraer aircraft in a $208 million deal during UPA rule in 2008. “We have not registered any case so far. We just got the reference from the Defence Ministry in the Embraer deal […]
Two Indian teachers who were abducted in Libya over a year ago have been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. “I am happy to inform that T Gopalakrishna (AP) and C BalaramKishan (Telangana) who were captive in Libya since July 29, 2015 have been rescued,” she tweeted. Both Gopalakrishna and Balaramkishan were […]
Heavy deployments of security forces were made by authorities on Thursday in Srinagar and other places of the Kashmir Valley where life remained paralysed for the 69th consecutive day. A senior police official said: “Heavy deployments of police and paramilitary forces have been made in Srinagar and other district headquarters of the valley to maintain […]
Amid the in-fighting within the ruling Samajwadi party in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati on Thursday advised her SP counterpart Mulayam Singh Yadav to quit active politics and retire. Referring to the ongoing power struggle within the SP, the former UP Chief Minister said that if what was being said was true about […]
Michelle Cahill, a poet, a short fiction writer and a proud recipient of Hilary Mantel International Short Story Prize speaks to Indus Age about her debut collection of short stories, Letter to Pessoa, its cover page, the section she enjoyed writing the most, what poetry and writing mean to her and much more. Read on: By […]
Gandhinagar/Australia, 9th September 2016: Hon. Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani received a delegation from Australia led by Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India, in Gandhinagar on Friday. Hon Chief Minister, Australian High Commissioner and the delegation discussed cooperation and collaboration in the areas of education and skill development, ahead of […]