Telecom operators under their umbrella association heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday with the Supreme Court striking down the watchdog's order to compensate subscribers for call drops, and said the real issues need to be fixed now. "We are very pleased with the Supreme court Verdict. It affirms what we have been saying all along," Ra...
Congress leader Harish Rawat, set to return as the Uttarakhand chief minister, on Wednesday said he had no acrimony with the central government and will need its support for the state's progress. "It has been a tense period, a period of uncertainty and the state suffered losses. But all is well that ends well," Rawat told reporters after the central ...
A day after Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Manorma Devi was suspended by the party, the Bihar government issued an arrest warrant against her following the recovery of liquor bottles from her residence in Gaya town, police said on Wednesday. Manorma Devi's son Rocky Yadav, who was arrested on Tuesday from a house in Bodh Gaya f...
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that "democracy has won" in Uttarakhand despite the BJP doing its "worst" to topple the elected government. He also hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would learn a lesson from his party's defeat that the people and the institutions built by founding fathers "will not tolerate the murder of...
The central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat had the legislative majority and his government would be restored as soon as President's Rule was revoked in the hill state. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi informed the court that Rawat got 33 votes in his favour while as 28 legisl...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the UK has turned down India's request for deportation of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, but added that he can be extradited once a chargesheet is filed against him. Jaitley, who is Leader of House in Rajya Sabha, was speaking after Janata Dal-United (JD-U) member Sharad Yadav raised the i...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received consistently high financial support from Wall Street during her campaign, with business interests increasing donations in the wake of mainstream Republicans bowing out of the race, a media report said....
At least 40,000 Christian and other non-Muslim refugees, currently residing in migrant centres in Germany, are being discriminated against and harassed by other asylum seekers, and even guards because of their religion, human rights groups said....
The Congress on Tuesday virtually ruled out the possibility of either party vice-president Rahul Gandhi or his sister Priyanka Gandhi being projected as chief ministerial candidate for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BA degree was genuine, the Delhi University said on Tuesday....
