India

Lucknow, Mar 5: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today shot a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, seeking clarification on whether he "justifies" it to "retain" the tainted minister Gayatri Prajapati in his cabinet. "A non-bailable warrant has been issued against Prajapati after an FIR was registered against him in rape case. Serious question of constitutional morality and dignity arise on his

Mumbai, Mar 5: Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel allegedly received a threat mail asking him to quit the job from a 37-year-old man, who has been arrested from Nagpur, police said today. The RBI Governor received the email on February 23 in which the sender threatened to harm Patel and his family if he did not quit, a police official said. Patel forwarded the email to a senior RBI officer

Srinagar, Mar 5: Two militants and a policeman were killed in a fierce gun battle at Tral in south Kashmir which lasted for nearly 12 hours. One of the militants was a Hizbul Mujahideen operative identified as Aaquib Bhat, popularly known as Aaquib Maulvi, who was active in the area for the last three years. The other militant, Saif-ul-lah alias Osama, was a Pakistani terrorist working with Jaish

Ujjain, Mar 5: Police have registered an offence against RSS leader Kundan Chandravat, who had announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for beheading the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Meanwhile, the RSS has also stripped Chandravat of the post of Ujjain Mahanagar Sah Prachar Pramukh (joint chief of publicity). Ujjain district Superintendent of Police Manohar Verma said, “We booked Chandravat

New Delhi, Mar 4: Gold prices got past the Rs 30,000-mark again by climbing Rs 375 to Rs 30,100 per 10 grams today, reflecting strong global uptrend and increased buying by local jewellers. Silver also went past the Rs 43,000-mark by covering up Rs 400 at Rs 43,100 per kg, backed by increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said that apart from a better trend in global markets

New Delhi, Mar 4: The GST Council today fixed a 5 per cent tax rate on small hotels and restaurants and approved draft of key supporting legislations to enable rollout of the new indirect tax regime from July 1. The all-powerful Council approved the final draft of Central GST (C-GST) and Integrated GST (I-GST) and will take up for approval the State-GST and Union Territory-GST (UT-GST) laws at its

Varanasi, Mar 4: On a whirlind day in his Lok Sabha constituency to rally voters around the BJP in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a road show, offered prayers at two historic temples and paid tributes to Hindutva ideologue Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya today. His road show was scheduled on a day when 49 constituencies went to the polls in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, Mar 4: The GST Council at a meeting today broadly agreed on the contours of two key legislations - CGST and IGST - but a final approval is likely only by mid-March. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met with his state counterparts today and discussed the GST legislation to be adopted by Union Territories, but there was no discussion with regard to the State GST Bill. "As many as 26

Mumbai, Mar 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maharashtra chief has hit the headlines over his son’s opulent wedding that involved sleek video invites, designer sets and a lavish ceremony monitored by police using drone-mounted cameras. At least 30,000 guests, including the state’s entire cabinet led by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, attended the wedding of Raosaheb Danve’s son Santosh, who is an

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 4: A fresh autopsy was today ordered on the body of a jawan from Kerala, found dead after a sting video on the "abuse" of buddy system in the army, after his family insisted on it, raising doubts over this demise. The fresh post-mortem of Roy Mathew (33), a native of Karuvelil in Ezhukon in Kollam district, was underway at the Government Medical College Hospital here, hours