Within hours of taking charge as the state's chief minister, the veteran Communist leader has etched the stamp of his authority on the government, giving plum cabinet berths to his chosen ones, and keeping the Home and Vigilance portfolios with himself. ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the second Italian marine, Salvatore Girone, under probe for the shooting of two Indian fishermen, return home till international arbitration goes on in the case that has soured bilateral ties between the two countries....
Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra has shaken up the race for the new UN secretary general with her late entry that makes her the 10th candidate and the fifth woman in an election tipped to favor a female. Malcorra, who put in her bid Monday about a month after the nine others had made their pitches to the General Assembly, is like...
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that international pressure must be put on Pakistan to act against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. "International pressure should be put on Pakistan to act against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim," Rajnath Singh said in an interview to a TV channel here marking two years of the Na...
As the government fine-tunes tax regime with countries it has the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with, India Inc. has asked the Income Tax department to ensure that Indian firms are not subjected to double taxation. “Difference in accounting practices followed by different countries would lead to a double taxation...
The Congress on Thursday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government's "consistently inconsistent" foreign policy. "The foreign policy of the government is consistently inconsistent vis-a-vis China and Pakistan," senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told the media as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government completed two years in office. ...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met the 13-year-old mentally challenged rape survivor at AIIMS and raised the issue of full statehood over the prevailing law and order situation in the national capital. “I’ve met the girl and her family. Delhi is not a full state, thus this kind of problems are coming repertedly. And e...
The Supreme Court on thursday cleared the decks for the return of Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone - who along with Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala's coast in February 2012 - to leave India as it relaxed its earlier bail conditions. AN apex court vacation bench of Ju...
The US State Department’s inspector general has sharply criticised Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, saying she had not sought permission to use it and would not have received it if she had....
Delhi Tourism and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said that Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) members had intimidated a French and an Indian artists commissioned by the Delhi Government for 'Delhi I Love You' wall painting campaign. ...
