India

Kanpur, Dec 28: At least two people were killed and 26 others injured when 14 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah express train derailed near Rura railway station in Kanpur dehat district today. The mishap took place around 6 AM near Rura railway station, 70 km from here, Northern Central Railways PRO Amit Malviya said. Fourteen coaches of the train, 12987 Ajmer-Sealdah express, derailed when it was

New Delhi, Dec 27: Tata Sons today slapped a legal notice on its ousted chairman Cyrus P Mistry for alleged breach of confidentiality by making public sensitive company documents including minutes of board meetings, financial information and data. It termed attaching dozens of confidential and sensitive company documents with the petition filed by his family investment firms before the National

New Delhi, Dec 27: Unfazed by the absence of leaders of the Left, JD(U), SP and BSP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee along with some regional parties today sought to put up a united face raising the pitch against demonetisation by demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After the eight-party meeting, the leaders also sought a probe into the issue

Dehradun, Dec 27: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi's charge of helping big corporates and the rich, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government is focused on working for the poor and asserted that demonetisation has destroyed in one stroke black money, terror funding as well as human and drug trafficking. Targeting parties who are opposing the note ban, he claimed some people are upset as

Chennai, Dec 27: Senior Tamil Nadu bureaucrat P Rama Mohana Rao, who was removed as Chief Secretary after unprecedented tax raids at his home and office last week, alleged today that his life was in danger and his home and that of his son had been "searched at gunpoint". "I am still Chief Secretary. The government doesn't have guts to serve me transfer orders," Mr Rao declared in the middle of his

New Delhi, Dec 27: The ED on Monday detected cash deposits totalling over Rs104 crore in an account belonging to the BSP and Rs 1.43 crore in an account belonging to party Supremo Mayawati's brother Anand Kumar in a branch of United Bank of India here, sources in the Enforcement Directorate said. Officials said the agency, Enforcement Directorate, as part of its routine survey and enquiry

New Delhi, Dec 27: The Income Tax department has issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party, citing discrepancies in the donors' list submitted to tax officials and what had been put up on the party website. Terming the notice as "malicious", AAP alleged that the BJP-led NDA government is harassing the party and targeting its donors. AAP national treasurer Raghav Chadha said, "Initially, there was an

New Delhi, Dec 27: External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday that the government will spare no effort to secure the release of Indian Catholic priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil from his captors. "I have seen the video from Father Tom. He is an Indian citizen and the life of every Indian is most precious for us... We will spare no effort to secure Father Tom's release from captivity,"

New Delhi, Dec 26: A Delhi court today dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking certain documents from the Congress party and Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) in the National Herald case filed by him against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen rejected Swamy's application while giving him the last opportunity to submit the list of complainant witnesses

New Delhi, Dec 26: Ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi, arrested on December 9 in AgustaWestland chopper scam case, was today granted bail by a special court here. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Tyagi on a personal bond of Rs two lakh and one surety of like amount. The court, however, imposed certain conditions on the accused and asked him not to try to influence the witnesses and hamper