April 29, 2016
NEW DELHI – The government on Friday rebutted charges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had struck a deal with Italy on Agusta Westland case and said the central issue was corruption and any other effort to divert from it was “misleading”.
April 29, 2016
The Centre rolled back on Friday a decision to lower the interest to 8.7% on the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and said deposits will earn 8.8% interest for 2015-16 as originally recommended by the Central Board of Trustees, EPFO’s apex decision-making body.
The decision is the newest in a series of multiple roll backs made by the NDA government.
April 29, 2016
LONDON: Vijay Mallya, the boisterous Indian beer and spirits tycoon, now cuts a chastened figure.
Vijay Mallya, former chairman of United Breweries Group, which owns the Kingfisher brand. Photographed in the Dorchester Hotel, London
April 28, 2016
ISLAMABAD – If there is any doubt on who calls the shots in Pakistan - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif - this incident dispels it.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif. (File Photo/Getty)
April 28, 2016
NEW DELHI – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Thursday why it was not making the educational qualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi public.
April 28, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Mumbai Indians 178 for 4 (Rohit 68*, Pollard 51*, Narine 2-22) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 174 for 5 (Gambhir 59, Uthappa 36, Southee 2-38) by six wickets
April 28, 2016
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint meeting of the US Congress on June 8 during his visit, Speaker of the US House of Representative Paul Ryan said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama. (File Photo/Reuters)
April 28, 2016
Former House Speaker John Boehner said he'd vote for Donald Trump in the general election if he were the Republican presidential nominee, but he wouldn’t vote for Ted Cruz.
April 27, 2016
CHENNAI, INDIA – Hola Amigo, a single composed by Anirudh Ravichander for the film Rum, has taken the social media by storm. The song which was released on Tuesday is already popular with the fans.
April 27, 2016
Mumbai: The worst drought in decades across several states in the country is forcing tens of thousands of people to migrate from rural areas in search of water, food and jobs, increasing the risk that they may be trafficked or exploited, activists said.
Women carry water in a drought-hit village (PTI)
