The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP government in Gujarat had let four private companies -- Adani, ESSAR, Tata and China Light Power -- to "squander" Rs 26,000 crore of the public exchequer by purchasing electricity from them at "unimaginably high rates" in a "huge power purchase scam" in the state. "Th...
The Gandhinagar police has filed charges against Patidar leader Hardik Patel and six others for disturbing peace and breaking the law by holding a rally at Mansa despite not being given permission. Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police (DSP), Virendra Singh Yadav told the media: "We have filed charges against Hardik Patel, Dh...
Defending his party's stand demanding capping of GST at 18 per cent, senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling it a "grand stupid thought" and asked if the government considered its Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian also stupid for voicing the sam...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed demonetisation a money laundering scheme, and raked up the issue of BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay Shah's company recording massive turnover after the NDA government came to power. "Demonetisation was implemented suddenly, maybe he did not like the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency no...
Expressing hope that India will be able to create "world class infrastructure" in another 20 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that his confidence in the timeline was based on how the country has become an "aspirational society" whose energies have been unleashed by the 1991 economic liberalisation. Delivering the ...
Five militants were killed and a para commando of the Indian Army injured on Thursday in two separate gunfights in Kashmir Valley. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that four terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Futlipora. In another gunfight that erupted in north Kashmir Sagipor...
At least three people were killed when a US drone fired missiles along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the media reported on Thursday. The strike took place before dawn on the Kurram Agency border with Afghanistan. However, Pakistani officials said that it was unclear whether the drone had struck in Pakistani territory. Local sources quoted b...
Warning that if it comes to war, North Korea will be "totally destroyed", the US has called on China to show leadership and cut off oil supplies to pressure Pyongyang following its latest missile test. US Permanent Representative Nikki Haley told the Council on Wednesday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was bringing "th...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will seek another term in next year's election, Vice President Tareck El Aissami has said. ...
North Korea has said the missile it tested on Wednesday held a warhead capable of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. ...
