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Worry about yourself, Sonia Gandhi for 2019: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over his dare to Narendra Modi New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his dare that Prime Minister ...
Kathua rape-murder case: Pakistan-based militants responsible for the crime, claims MP BJP chief Indore: Even as outrage grows over the horrific brutality by the perpetrators and the Centre's alleged delayed action in the Kathu...
CM Yogi was ready to get rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar arrested but a call changed everything: BJP leader Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is facing massive wrath over the rape allegations against its MLA Kuldeep...
'Tricked' into opening a nightclub says Sakshi Maharaj as UP BJP is left red-faced New Delhi: Days after facing the flak for not acting against rape- accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, the Uttar Pradesh BJP is on...
CWG 2018: Rahul Venkat Ragala’s village hopes glitter of gold will shift spotlight from village’s dark past The Yerukulas of Stuartpuram are fighting a battle. And Venkat Rahul Ragala hopes to lead them in their struggle. For over a centu...
Between the faultlines: In Sheikhpura, widening communal cracks lead to new Bajrang Dal unit THEY ARE young, between 19 and 24 years. They travel across Bihar’s Sheikhpura district on their motorcycles, carrying the message...
IIT to offer 779 seats exclusively to women in new academic session INDIAN INSTITUTES of Technology (IITs) will collectively offer 779 seats over and above the normal intake exclusively for female c...
Govt committed to protecting interests of SC/STs, says Rajnath ahead of review petition hearing Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking in Lok Sabha, said that the Modi government has made no change in the SC/ST Act....
Congress takes war in Karnataka to Yeddyurappa's bastion Shimoga Congress President Rahul Gandhi's Jana Ashirwad Yatre will resume from Shimoga and will head to Devangere today. Congress Presi...
Punjab Congress MPs climb roof of Parliament to demand compensation for Mosul victims In a bizarre incident, Punjab Congress MPs protested on the roof of the Parliament to demand compensation for families Indians kil...
Ramdev gives ‘diksha’ for sanyas to first batch of 92 disciples In a grand ceremony organised at the VIP ghat of Haridwar’s Hari Ki Pauri on Sunday, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev gave ‘diksha’ for sanya...
Telangana: 11 killed as autorickshaw falls in open well At least 11 persons, including four women and six children, were killed when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling in fel...
Delhi witnesses pleasant day, thunderstorm warning in West Bengal, Odisha In the next 24 hours, a thunderstorm may strike Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha with heavy rainfall, according to the India Meteor...
Diabolical genius' given 25 years in prison for carrying out massive fraud, trying to flee to Ecuador ikesh Patel was supposed to be living with his parents and helping authorities recover money for victims while he awaited sentenci...
US-based Indian doctor in HC against cancellation of OCI card NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's response on a plea by a US-based Indian-origin doctor against the cancella...
3,768 complaints from Indian women abroad against NRI husbands during 2014-17 NEW DELHI: The Indians missions and posts abroad received 3,768 petitions from distressed Indian women on complaints related to d...
MPs fixing salaries themselves a moral, ethical issue: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that parliamentarians determining their salary and perks themselves was an "moral" an...
Assembly elections 2018: What results mean for BJP, Congress and the Left Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya may be small states, but in the larger scheme of Indian politics, Saturday’s results will have a r...
PSU banks need an ethical business environment Janmejaya Sinha In past decades, especially between 1970 -2000, our public sector banking system was required to help fund the ...
Collect passport details of big borrowers in 45 days, finance ministry tells banks (News Agencies) New Delhi : The Finance Ministry has directed state-owned banks to obtain passport details of all borrowers, who h...
Dawood keen to return to India (News Agencies) New Delhi: A well-known criminal lawyer recently said fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is reportedly "kee...
PNB fraud: Nirav Modi gives ‘repay’ plan, I-T issues blue corner notice (News Agencies) Under-fire diamond merchant Nirav Modi has given a ‘concrete proposal’ to Punjab National Bank (PNB) offering it j...
India’s new season of scandal rattles global investors In India, the name of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi was once synonymous with glamour and the good life. It could be seen on bill...
Dr. Jagdish Gupta-led new Executive Committee 2018 of AAPI-QLI inaugurated (Press Release) (Long Island, New York) During a solemn ceremony that was attended by over 250 physicians and community leaders, D...
WHY MODI SNUBBED TRUDEAU? We are living in a civilized community of nations, where a certain definite international protocol is observed. Whenever a foreign...
Nirav Modi, Be they the cooperative bank scamsters of Maharashtra or the chit fund frauds of West Bengal, the powerless poor get robbed all the time. All that sparkles is often an ugly, behind-the-counter scam. And this counter is mostly likely an extension of a paan-stained pub...
India is losing languages, Apart from a cultural loss, the process can also hamper governance Last week, the Census directorate said more than 42 languages or dialects in India are heading towards extinction as fewer than 10...
Thirty-six Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses from Cybercrimes (News Agencies) A federal indictment was unsealed today charging 36 individuals for their alleged roles in the Infraud Organizatio...
Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah stepping down as part of settlement with investors (By Our Staff Reporter) Out tcome Health struck a deal with its investors to settle allegations of fraud and end a monthslong and ...
BJP faces catch-22 in Vasundhara Raje’s Rajasthan: Alwar, Ajmer bypolls point to disaster, but no replacement for CM at hand (News Agencies) Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje would have inspired Joseph Heller to write a political version of his novel Catch-2...
Bigotry And Islamophobia In Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” By Rana Ayyub Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s highly controversial historical drama “Padmaavat” was released a day before the unfortunate...
‘Own Your Health, Change Your Destiny’ Offers Powerful Advice for People who Want to Take Back Their Health (By Our Staff Reporter) Rita Panahi, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M., has announced the release of her brand new book on the market. Own Your He...
New York Publisher Gets Vishwa Gujarati Samaj Award (By a staff reporter) Indian-American physician, philanthropist and publisher, Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh of Parikh Worldwide...
Tejashwi targets BJP, Nitish after Lalu’s conviction, CM says not involved RJD chief Lalu Prasad is a “people’s hero and icon of social justice” but was now in jail after being framed by the BJP and Bihar ...
Singh pleaded guilty, agreed to testify in Mangano case (Media Reports) Mineola, long Island- Restaurateur Harendra Singh has admitted to bribing former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangan...
The extension of proxy voting rights to NRIs needs meticulous planning (News Agencies) (News Agencies) With the government introducing a bill in Parliament in the winter session, more than 25 million N...
DNA of a man who died nearly 200 years ago recreated without his remains (News Agencies) Recreating the DNA of a deceased person or animal was hitherto not possible without extracting a sample from the r...
Eric Trump defends president over racism: ‘My father sees one color: green’ (News Agencies) Eric Trump defended his father from accusations of racism on Wednesday by saying the president “sees one color: gr...
Jallikattu death toll reaches 4 as more spectators killed in Tamil Nadu (News Agencies) Three people were killed during two separate Jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, taking the death toll rel...
Aadhaar 'data breach': govt. committed to freedom of press, says Ravi Shankar Prasad Amid criticism of action by the authorities on a newspaper report on alleged Aadhaar data breach, Law and Information Technology M...
Rahul promises new version of Congress Promising to offer an updated version of the Congress in the next six months, party president Rahul Gandhi appealed to the Ind...
India, China hold border meet over Tuting incident India and China held a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) last week to resolve the incident of road building by Chinese civilians ...
Jerusalem move: India made a huge mistake by voting against US, Israel at UN, says Subramanian Swamy New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday denounced the governments move to oppose the United States decision to recognise J...
Fodder scam hearing highlights: Lalu Prasad Yadav held guilty, quantum of punishment on January 3rd Ranchi: A special CBI court found RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav guilty in the Rs 89 lakh fodder scam, whereas former Bihar CM Jagann...
Huge jump in allowances for armed forces - Details here New Delhi: A soldier's life isn't an easy one, even in peacetime and particularly, in this age of terrorism. Life on the line of c...
For first time, India not being blamed for collapse of WTO talks, says Suresh Prabhu For the first time in the over two-decade old history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), India was not blamed for the failure ...
Dhumal is man of the moment in Himachal Pradesh A day after the declaration of exit poll results, people from all walks of life were seen making a beeline for the house of Prem K...
The pyre of the tiger (Insider Bureau) A tigress was given a traditional funeral at an Indian wildlife reserve after she was electrocuted by an illegal...
Surface-to-air missile Akash successfully test fired (News Agencies) Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired on Tuesday with an indigenous radio frequency seeker, an ...
Akhilesh blames EVM for BJP sweep in civic polls Questioning the magnitude of the Bharatiya Janata Party's win in Uttar Pradesh civic body polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhiles...
Underground power station plans in Western Ghats raise concern An underground pipeline connecting two major reservoirs, and power stations situated underneath a pristine reserve forest are par...
Marans discharged in Aircel-Maxis deal case In a big relief to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and the latter’s wife Kaveri Kalanithi, a special court here o...
Security council secretariat gets ₹333 crore, a tenfold hike The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which reports to National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, has seen a tenfold increase in budg...

Worry about yourself, Sonia Gandhi for 2019: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over his dare to Narendra Modi

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his dare that Prime Minister ...

Kathua rape-murder case: Pakistan-based militants responsible for the crime, claims MP BJP chief

Indore: Even as outrage grows over the horrific brutality by the perpetrators and the Centre's alleged delayed action in the Kathu...

CM Yogi was ready to get rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar arrested but a call changed everything: BJP leader

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is facing massive wrath over the rape allegations against its MLA Kuldeep...

'Tricked' into opening a nightclub says Sakshi Maharaj as UP BJP is left red-faced

New Delhi: Days after facing the flak for not acting against rape- accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, the Uttar Pradesh BJP is on...

CWG 2018: Rahul Venkat Ragala’s village hopes glitter of gold will shift spotlight from village’s dark past

The Yerukulas of Stuartpuram are fighting a battle. And Venkat Rahul Ragala hopes to lead them in their struggle. For over a centu...

Between the faultlines: In Sheikhpura, widening communal cracks lead to new Bajrang Dal unit

THEY ARE young, between 19 and 24 years. They travel across Bihar’s Sheikhpura district on their motorcycles, carrying the message...

IIT to offer 779 seats exclusively to women in new academic session

INDIAN INSTITUTES of Technology (IITs) will collectively offer 779 seats over and above the normal intake exclusively for female c...

Govt committed to protecting interests of SC/STs, says Rajnath ahead of review petition hearing

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking in Lok Sabha, said that the Modi government has made no change in the SC/ST Act....

Congress takes war in Karnataka to Yeddyurappa's bastion Shimoga

Congress President Rahul Gandhi's Jana Ashirwad Yatre will resume from Shimoga and will head to Devangere today. Congress Presi...

Punjab Congress MPs climb roof of Parliament to demand compensation for Mosul victims

In a bizarre incident, Punjab Congress MPs protested on the roof of the Parliament to demand compensation for families Indians kil...

Ramdev gives ‘diksha’ for sanyas to first batch of 92 disciples

In a grand ceremony organised at the VIP ghat of Haridwar’s Hari Ki Pauri on Sunday, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev gave ‘diksha’ for sanya...

Telangana: 11 killed as autorickshaw falls in open well

At least 11 persons, including four women and six children, were killed when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling in fel...

Delhi witnesses pleasant day, thunderstorm warning in West Bengal, Odisha

In the next 24 hours, a thunderstorm may strike Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha with heavy rainfall, according to the India Meteor...

Diabolical genius' given 25 years in prison for carrying out massive fraud, trying to flee to Ecuador

ikesh Patel was supposed to be living with his parents and helping authorities recover money for victims while he awaited sentenci...

US-based Indian doctor in HC against cancellation of OCI card

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's response on a plea by a US-based Indian-origin doctor against the cancella...

3,768 complaints from Indian women abroad against NRI husbands during 2014-17

NEW DELHI: The Indians missions and posts abroad received 3,768 petitions from distressed Indian women on complaints related to d...

MPs fixing salaries themselves a moral, ethical issue: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that parliamentarians determining their salary and perks themselves was an "moral" an...

Assembly elections 2018: What results mean for BJP, Congress and the Left

Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya may be small states, but in the larger scheme of Indian politics, Saturday’s results will have a r...

PSU banks need an ethical business environment

Janmejaya Sinha In past decades, especially between 1970 -2000, our public sector banking system was required to help fund the ...

Collect passport details of big borrowers in 45 days, finance ministry tells banks

(News Agencies) New Delhi : The Finance Ministry has directed state-owned banks to obtain passport details of all borrowers, who h...

Dawood keen to return to India

(News Agencies) New Delhi: A well-known criminal lawyer recently said fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is reportedly "kee...

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi gives ‘repay’ plan, I-T issues blue corner notice

(News Agencies) Under-fire diamond merchant Nirav Modi has given a ‘concrete proposal’ to Punjab National Bank (PNB) offering it j...

India’s new season of scandal rattles global investors

In India, the name of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi was once synonymous with glamour and the good life. It could be seen on bill...

Dr. Jagdish Gupta-led new Executive Committee 2018 of AAPI-QLI inaugurated

(Press Release) (Long Island, New York) During a solemn ceremony that was attended by over 250 physicians and community leaders, D...

WHY MODI SNUBBED TRUDEAU?

We are living in a civilized community of nations, where a certain definite international protocol is observed. Whenever a foreign...

Nirav Modi, Be they the cooperative bank scamsters of Maharashtra or the chit fund frauds of West Bengal, the powerless poor get robbed all the time.

All that sparkles is often an ugly, behind-the-counter scam. And this counter is mostly likely an extension of a paan-stained pub...

India is losing languages, Apart from a cultural loss, the process can also hamper governance

Last week, the Census directorate said more than 42 languages or dialects in India are heading towards extinction as fewer than 10...

Thirty-six Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses from Cybercrimes

(News Agencies) A federal indictment was unsealed today charging 36 individuals for their alleged roles in the Infraud Organizatio...

Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah stepping down as part of settlement with investors

(By Our Staff Reporter) Out tcome Health struck a deal with its investors to settle allegations of fraud and end a monthslong and ...

BJP faces catch-22 in Vasundhara Raje’s Rajasthan: Alwar, Ajmer bypolls point to disaster, but no replacement for CM at hand

(News Agencies) Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje would have inspired Joseph Heller to write a political version of his novel Catch-2...

Bigotry And Islamophobia In Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”

By Rana Ayyub Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s highly controversial historical drama “Padmaavat” was released a day before the unfortunate...

‘Own Your Health, Change Your Destiny’ Offers Powerful Advice for People who Want to Take Back Their Health

(By Our Staff Reporter) Rita Panahi, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M., has announced the release of her brand new book on the market. Own Your He...

New York Publisher Gets Vishwa Gujarati Samaj Award

(By a staff reporter) Indian-American physician, philanthropist and publisher, Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh of Parikh Worldwide...

Tejashwi targets BJP, Nitish after Lalu’s conviction, CM says not involved

RJD chief Lalu Prasad is a “people’s hero and icon of social justice” but was now in jail after being framed by the BJP and Bihar ...

Singh pleaded guilty, agreed to testify in Mangano case

(Media Reports) Mineola, long Island- Restaurateur Harendra Singh has admitted to bribing former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangan...

The extension of proxy voting rights to NRIs needs meticulous planning

(News Agencies) (News Agencies) With the government introducing a bill in Parliament in the winter session, more than 25 million N...

DNA of a man who died nearly 200 years ago recreated without his remains

(News Agencies) Recreating the DNA of a deceased person or animal was hitherto not possible without extracting a sample from the r...

Eric Trump defends president over racism: ‘My father sees one color: green’

(News Agencies) Eric Trump defended his father from accusations of racism on Wednesday by saying the president “sees one color: gr...

Jallikattu death toll reaches 4 as more spectators killed in Tamil Nadu

(News Agencies) Three people were killed during two separate Jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, taking the death toll rel...

Aadhaar 'data breach': govt. committed to freedom of press, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Amid criticism of action by the authorities on a newspaper report on alleged Aadhaar data breach, Law and Information Technology M...

Rahul promises new version of Congress

Promising to offer an updated version of the Congress in the next six months, party president Rahul Gandhi appealed to the Ind...

India, China hold border meet over Tuting incident

India and China held a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) last week to resolve the incident of road building by Chinese civilians ...

Jerusalem move: India made a huge mistake by voting against US, Israel at UN, says Subramanian Swamy

New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday denounced the governments move to oppose the United States decision to recognise J...

Fodder scam hearing highlights: Lalu Prasad Yadav held guilty, quantum of punishment on January 3rd

Ranchi: A special CBI court found RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav guilty in the Rs 89 lakh fodder scam, whereas former Bihar CM Jagann...

Huge jump in allowances for armed forces - Details here

New Delhi: A soldier's life isn't an easy one, even in peacetime and particularly, in this age of terrorism. Life on the line of c...

For first time, India not being blamed for collapse of WTO talks, says Suresh Prabhu

For the first time in the over two-decade old history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), India was not blamed for the failure ...

Dhumal is man of the moment in Himachal Pradesh

A day after the declaration of exit poll results, people from all walks of life were seen making a beeline for the house of Prem K...

The pyre of the tiger

(Insider Bureau) A tigress was given a traditional funeral at an Indian wildlife reserve after she was electrocuted by an illegal...

Surface-to-air missile Akash successfully test fired

(News Agencies) Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired on Tuesday with an indigenous radio frequency seeker, an ...

Akhilesh blames EVM for BJP sweep in civic polls

Questioning the magnitude of the Bharatiya Janata Party's win in Uttar Pradesh civic body polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhiles...

Underground power station plans in Western Ghats raise concern

An underground pipeline connecting two major reservoirs, and power stations situated underneath a pristine reserve forest are par...

Marans discharged in Aircel-Maxis deal case

In a big relief to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and the latter’s wife Kaveri Kalanithi, a special court here o...

Security council secretariat gets ₹333 crore, a tenfold hike

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which reports to National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, has seen a tenfold increase in budg...

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