Opposition parties — the Congress, the AAP and CPI-M — on Thursday slammed the surge pricing in railway fares on premium trains and demanded its rollback. The Congress termed the government decision as “Tughlaqi farmaan” and the Communist Party of India-Marxist said it showed the government’s “pro-rich bias”. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also denounced […]
In a first, a Special Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Delhi resident Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for a fatal acid attack his neighbour Preeti Rathi as she stepped off a train here in May 2013. Special Women’s Court Special Judge A.S. Shende had on Tuesday found Panwar guilty of hurling sulphuric acid at […]
A Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of an ED chargesheet against LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a disproportionate assets case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, observing it had territorial jurisdiction to entertain the matter. Special Judge Vinod Kumar also directed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet and other documents be supplied to […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, the state Government and Niantic Inc, the San Francisco-based developer of controversial mobile phone game Pokemon Go, following a petition seeking a ban on the game in the country. A division bench comprising Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice V.M. Pancholi issued the […]
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday that he did not take Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s refusal to meet him and others as an insult. “I did not take it as an insult. We set out to meet five people (separatists) and could meet four. One person refused […]
In an escalation of the diplomatic row, India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit over the “discourtesy” shown to New Delhi’s top diplomat in Islamabad, Gautam Bambawale. Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Amar Sinha summoned Basit and “conveyed the concern of the government of India … on the discourtesy […]
Indian Railways on Wednesday said that it will introduce flexi fare pricing in its Rajdhani, Duranto and Shatabdi trains from September 9. “The base fares will increase by 10 per cent with every 10 per cent of berths sold subject to a prescribed ceiling limit. There will be no change in the existing fare for […]
The Singur issue of West Bengal is likely to be discussed at the CPI-M Central Committee meeting in New Delhi on September 17-19, a party leader said here on Tuesday. “The Central Committee meeting in New Delhi is likely to discuss the Singur issue. The Tripura state committee of the party can not make any […]
A day-long protest shutdown is being observed at Mandya town in Karnataka against releasing of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme Court’s directive to the state government. The district authority was forced to declare holiday for schools and colleges in the town, about 100 km from here, due to protesters staging massive […]
Students from Mexico come to India to learn different kinds of skills ranging from information technology (IT) to yoga and even how to play the tabla, said the Mexican envoy to India. Ambassador Melba Pria also said Mexico is interested in signing up for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India and the process towards […]