The air quality in the National Capital Region, including Delhi, again went down to "very poor" by Wednesday morning from "poor" for a day only in the wake of moderate rain on Monday. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality at 11 of the 21 monitoring stations across NCR was "very poor", as against on...
Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped him "the most" and he does not hate him. "Modiji has helped me the most... How can I hate him," Rahul Gandhi said in an interview to Gujarati news channel GSTV. He was asked about the comments made against the Nehru-Gandhi family by the Prime Minister...
Days after their bitter war of words over a meeting with Pakistani officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh greeted each other and shook hands on Wednesday at an event here to pay homage to the victims of the 2001 Parliament attack. Also present were Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi and p...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday his government has sought Rs 1,843 crore from the Centre to mitigate the damage caused by Cyclone Ockhi. "This was one of the worst disasters that struck the state. The Centre has been very supportive in all aspects," Vijayan told the media soon after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an NCLT order suspending real estate major Unitech's directors and allowing the Centre to appoint its nominees in their place. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud stayed the December 8 order of the National Company Law Tribunal by which it had suspended nine directo...
The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of mandatory linking of Aadhaar to various schemes. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Wednesday said the matter will be heard at 2 p.m. on December 14. The petitioners are pressing for an extension of interim relief on the mandatory linking ...
A court here on Wednesday convicted former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, among others on corruption charges in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar held Koda, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, Jharkhand's then Chief Secretary A.K. Basu, among others, guilty of criminal conspiracy and cheating under various provi...
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday left for China on a four-day visit. He will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss the North Korean crisis and bilateral issues. Moon and Xi are set to hold their third summit on Thursday, when they are expected to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, Efe news reported. They w...
Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea has asked for further strengthening of his country's nuclear force, the state media said on Wednesday. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim "expressed belief that the scientists of the national defence industry and workers of munitions would bolster up the nuclear force in quality ...
Campaigning for the second and final phase of Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday ended on Tuesday evening after one of the most vicious round of attacks, with the stakes high both for the ruling BJP and an aggressive Congress. ...
