BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded a discussion on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, saying no autopsy was conducted on the body. Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha amid protests from the Congress, Swamy said this must be debated as "parliamentarians" were making comments on it and had to be pulled up by the Supreme Court. "Recen...
New Delhi, July 26 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that there was no "standardised definition" for the One Rank One Pension scheme for retired defence personnel, adding that the earlier "interpretation" for revision after every retirement was not viable. Jaitley was responding in the Rajya Sabha to a question by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) memb...
Jharkhand's "ruling party" used money power and other unfair means to win the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in the state, JMM member Sanjiv Kumar said on Tuesday in the upper house of parliament. He was supported in his assertion by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, who said it has become a "modus operandi" to sabotage election...
Leading e-tailer Flipkart's fashion and lifestyle products' subsidiary Myntra on Tuesday announced its acquisition of e-store Jabong from the London-based online Global Fashion Group for an unspecified amount to strengthen its position in the segments both operatein. Gurgaon-based Jabong is a major fashion multi-brand e-store with 1,500 global brands, sport...
Amid a sustained revolt by his supporters, Bernie Sanders, the unsuccessful insurgent candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, struggled on Monday night to rally the fractured party to support Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee. Speaking at the party convention here, Sanders d...
Violent protests broke out in Anantnag town on Monday night with an official building set on fire by protesters, while in nearby Achabal town thousands surrounded a police station late in the night to protest the arrest and beating up of four youth, including three teens....
Largescale violence had erupted in the state a day after a coach of the Sabarmati Express train was set on fire on February 27, 2002 killing 59 people. During the violence, three persons from the minority community were killed by a mob near a railway crossing in Viramgam of Ahmedabad district....
The Surat police on Monday booked its own Sub-Inspector N.S. Patel on charge of murdering a 25-year-old Dalit man, who died under mysterious circumstances....
At least 10 schoolchildren were killed and nine others injured on Monday after a train hit their school van at an unmanned level crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district, police said....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised President Pranab Mukherjee for helping him as a "guardian and mentor" in the last two years....
