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Chandigarh, Nov 11: All Opposition Congress MLAs today submitted their resignation to the Punjab Assembly Secretary here today to protest the Supreme Court's ruling favouring Haryana on the SYL issue. State Congress chief Amarinder Singh, meanwhile, launched a fresh attack on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, alleging Badal has "failed to protect the interest" of the people and announced that

New Delhi, Nov 11: A day before India and Japan is to sign a civil nuclear cooperation pact, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has triggered a controversy when he said that the country should not get into the first use debate with regard to nuclear weapons. “Why should I bind myself? I should say I am a responsible nuclear power and I will not use it irresponsibly. This is my (personal) thinking,”

New Delhi, Nov 10: Punjab today suffered a serious setback as the Supreme Court held as unconstitutional the 2004 law passed by it to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring states. "All the questions have been answered in the negative," a five-judge bench headed by Justice A R Dave said, while pronouncing its decision on the presidential reference

Bangkok, Nov 10: En route to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a surprise stopover in the Thai capital to pay his respects to revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month after a protracted illness. Prime Minister Modi will lay a wreath and pay final respects to the late King Bhumibol, whose body is lying in state at the Grand Palace complex here. Modi was received at the

New Delhi, Nov 10: Tata Sons has removed Cyrus Mistry as chairman of India's largest software services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and has called a special shareholders meeting to do the same in the hospitality firm that runs the Taj Group of Hotels. Weeks after ousting him as Chairman of Tata Sons - the holding company of the USD 100-billion Tata Group, Mistry has been replaced as the

New Delhi, Nov 10: The government will unveil more measures to tackle the menace of black money, including restrictions on the use of cash for high value transactions, a top official said on Wednesday, a day after the Modi administration scrapped high denomination currency notes. "There will be many more follow-up steps. Of course, it is a continuous drive and we have been taking different

New Delhi, Nov 10: A day after announcing the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, the Modi government made it clear that deposits of old currency would not enjoy immunity from tax. “This is not an immunity scheme. This (deposit) does not provide any relief from taxation. The law of the land will apply (on source of fund),” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters here when asked about

New Delhi, Nov 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on being elected as US President, saying he looks forward to working with him closely to take India-US ties to a new height. "Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on being elected as the 45th US President," Modi said in a tweet. He said the country looks forward to working closely with Trump to strengthen bilateral

New Delhi, Nov 9: Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for declaring Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes invalid, wondering as to how bringing in the new Rs 2000 note is going to make black money hoarding a lot harder. In remarks laced with sarcasam, the Congress Vice President said "well done Mr Modi"."Real culprits" who have stashed black money are "sitting tight" while lives

Mumbai, Nov 9: Stock markets tumbled today with an estimated Rs 6 lakh crore getting wiped off from the invested wealth within seconds of opening trade as Sensex plunged 1,689 points on the US election trends showing lead for Donald Trump and the withdrawal of high-denomination notes worth billions. Rupee also lost value, but gold appeared to be a gainer as an investment option with sovereign gold