India

Chennai, Feb 4: Tamil Nadu may see a change of guard as a section of ruling AIADMK MLAs are likely to urge Sasikala, a close aide of late Jayalalithaa, to take over the reins of the government at a meeting here tomorrow. The meeting is likely to be held here in the afternoon tomorrow, party sources said.However, the sources did not commit on the agenda of the meeting and declined to confirm

Chandigarh/Panaji, Feb 4: Archrivals BJP and Congress will battle it out in the electoral arena when polls are held in Punjab and Goa today, with Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, debuting in assembly elections in the two states seeking to play a spoilsport for the two major contenders to power. BJP is in government in Punjab in alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for two successive terms, while it also

Noida, Feb 3: Several people who had invested in an online trading company which allegedly duped nearly seven lakh investors to the tune of Rs 3,700 crore on the pretext of paying them in lieu of clicking on specific links today visited its office in Sector 63 here demanding their money back. They also had a minor scuffle with the policemen when they forcefully tried to enter the office permises

New Delhi, Feb 3: BJP President Amit Shah today called off his foot march in Meerut following the murder of a businessman's son and lashed out at the Samajwadi Party government, saying Uttar Pradesh has become India's "crime capital" under it and vowed to make it a poll issue. Such murders have become a common occurrence in the state, he said citing the recent killing of a businessman in Lucknow

New Delhi, Feb 3: Concerns over safety of marine life are rising as the oil spill caused by the collision of two ships off Chennai's coast on Saturday is spreading further. As per reports, although nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge has been removed by hundreds of volunteers, the spill has crossed the Marina Beach and travelled 32km south. It has now entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road

Kohima, Feb 3: Violence continued in the Nagaland capital on Thursday as a mob went on rampage, burning down several government properties and vandalised government vehicles in protest against Chief Minister TR Zeliang's refusal to meet their demand on local body polls. Over a thousand tribesmen armed with spears and machetes took to the streets and set afire the old secretariat building which

Lucknow/Noida, Feb 3: Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) today busted an alleged online trading scam worth over Rs 3,700 crore in which nearly seven lakh people were duped on the pretext of getting money in lieu of clicking on specific links. STF detected the fraud by Noida-based Ablaze info solutions Private Limited which was operating through online portal http://Socialtrade.Biz and later

New Delhi, Feb 2: As much as Rs 4.17 lakh crore of suspicious cash was deposited by about 18 lakh people post demonetisation of high value currency notes, CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra said today. Of the people whose data the income tax department now has, email and SMS queries have been sent to 13 lakh people today, he said addressing a post-Budget seminar here."We have (accumulated) around 18

New Delhi, Feb 2: A special court here today discharged former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal cases lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). However, today's order would not have any effect on the two accused Malaysian nationals -- Ralph Marshall and T Ananda Krishnan -- as the court has already segregated the trial

Sangrur (Pb), Feb 2: Launching an all-out attack against Arvind Kejriwal in the backdrop of the Maur Mandi blast, Rahul Gandhi today accused him of "helping" forces who want to disturb Punjab's peace and push it back to the dark days of militancy. On the last day of the poll campaign in Punjab, Rahul addressed a gathering in Ballian village here and referred to the Tuesday night's car explosion in