Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday put up a spirited defence of demonetisation in the face of sharp attacks at home and abroad, saying the move was only one of the many intended radical reforms to cleanse India of corruption and black money and make the country developed in one generation....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday strongly defended the government's demonetisation move as a war against corrupt people in India that would continue till its victory with the support of the 125 crore people of the country....
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the central government's demonetisation decision, saying the decision is "anti-poor", favours 50 corporate families and is a "firebomb on country's cash economy"....
Independent MLA Engineer Rashid and his supporters who were protesting the state government's alleged decision to provide domicile to West Pakistan refugees, were on Saturday removed from the pavement outside Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's residence here. Rashid was on a 48-hour long sit-in against Jammu and Kashmir government's d...
The INS Sahyadri stealth frigate and the Indian Army's Poona Horse cavalry regiment were affiliated at a ceremony here on Saturday, an official said. Lt. Gen. R.V. Kanitkar, Colonel of the Poona Horse Regiment, and Vice Admiral H.C.S. Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, attended the ceremony at the naval dockyard....
A female militant was reportedly killed as she blew herself up when Dhaka police, who were looking for Islamist radicals, raided a building on Saturday. "Militant Suman's wife came outside and detonated her suicide vest. Militant Iqbal's daughter was with her," a counter-terrorism official said. The police were yet to confirm whether the woma...
The External Affairs Ministry has crossed another milestone in its extensive use of social media when its Twitter handle @IndianDiplomacy crossed the one million followers mark. "The cherry on the top of a year of digital milestones! Our @IndianDiplomacy account crosses 1 million followers," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson V...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the crucial role played by financial markets for the growth of the Indian economy but warned of damages they can wreak if not properly regulated. Inaugurating the new campus of National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) run by the stock markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Mumbai by an IAF aircraft for a daylong visit to Maharashtra, where he has series of engagements during the day, an official said. On his arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around noon, he was received by Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and ot...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday was granted bail in a complaint case filed against him for allegedly giving "misleading information" in his poll affidavit ahead of the 2013 assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Aashish Gupta allowed the bail plea moved by Keriwal's counsels Rishikesh Kumar and Irsad as the concerned magistrate was ...
