India

Modi wants to 'capture' RBI to gain control over its Rs 9L-cr reserves: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Nov 18: Ahead of RBI Board meeting, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the central government was determined to "capture" the bank to gain control over its Rs 9 lakh crore reserves.

In a series of tweets, the former finance minister also claimed that the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was heading...

SC dismisses plea alleging torture of Kathua temple gang-rape witness

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea claiming that a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case was allegedly tortured in custody by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with a separate rape case.

A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta rejected the petition filed by a...

‘Secrecy around Parrikar's health can't be compared to Sonia Gandhi's illness'

Panaji, Nov 18: The cloak of secrecy surrounding the illnesses of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and former Congress President Sonia Gandhi are not comparable, Congress National Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday.

He said that while Parrikar is a Chief Minister of a state, Sonia Gandhi was neither a Prime Minister nor was she holding...

RBI, govt are set for a Monday face off

New Delhi, Nov 18: India’s monetary policy makers and government officials will meet Monday in a board meeting that promises to be anything but its usual dull affair.

Locked in a power struggle over how much capital the central bank needs and how tough its lending rules should be, a trained accountant parachuted into the Reserve Bank...

Rahul promises farm loan waiver, says money will come from Ambani, Mallya

Raipur, Nov 17: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from the "likes of" Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani.

Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation ahead of the second and...

Muslims are in India by choice, not by chance: Mahmood Madani

Mau, Nov 17: Reiterating that Muslims have contributed their part in the development of the country, Jamiat Ulema-Hind general secretary Mahmood Asad Madani here said that Muslims need to change their roles according to the changing scenarios.

Addressing the gathering here in a programme organised on 'communal harmony', Mr Madani said, "Muslims started from scratch about 70 years back...

BJP is seeking political gains from Sabarimala: Kadakampally Surendran

Thiruvanathapuram, Nov 17: Travancore Devaswom Board Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Saturday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS for announcing indefinite strike by the right-wing activists from Sunday to protest against the arrest of Hindu leader K P Sasikala. "BJP is seeking political gains from Sabarimala," he said.

While addressing a press conference here, Surendran said,...

Hope Sajjan Kumar gets death sentence in Sikh riots case: KTS Tulsi

New Delhi, Nov 17: Congress Rajya Sabha MP and noted advocate KTS Tulsi on Saturday expressed hope that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar would get the death sentence for his role in 1984 Sikh riots case.

Tulsi's statement comes a day after he was identified as an instigator by the witness Cham Kaur in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case before...

Demonetisation highly ethical move, not political: Jaitley

Bhopal, Nov 17: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday defended demonetisation, saying it was a "highly ethical" move and not a political one.

His statement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi engaged in a war of words during the respective election rallies over the decision suddenly announced in November 2016 to junk a bulk...

Black money earned in Modi's rule is double the amount of black money recovered in UPA's regime: Moily

Raipur, Nov 17: Former Union Minister and Senior Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, while claiming recovery of back black money of Rs 35 thousand crore during UPA regime, alleged that during four and a half years of Modi rule frauds like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Mallya have fled abroad with Rs 62 thousand crore.

Moily who came to...