India

New Delhi, Oct 28: "You cannot bring the entire institution (of judiciary) to a grinding halt," the Supreme Court today told the government while expressing anguish over the delay in appointment of judges in high courts despite recommendations made by the collegium in this regard. "Courts rooms are locked down. Do you want to lock down the judiciary," a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur

Jammu, Oct 28: BSF today said it had killed 15 Pakistani paramilitary personnel while retaliating to cross- border shelling and firing in which two Indian civilians were killed and two injured in Jammu region. Firing mortar shells and using automatic weapons, Pakistani troops targeted civilian areas and forward security posts along the International Border and Line of Control in Jammu, Kathua

Washington, Oct 28: The US Justice Department on Thursday indicted 61 individuals, mostly Indians, including 32 based in India and 20 in the US, on charges of fraud, impersonation and money laundering in connection with an extraction scheme that scared Americans into paying nonexistent tax dues through threatening phone calls. Authorities said 20 individuals have been arrested in the US and one is

New Delhi, Oct 28: Amid calls from some quarters for boycott of Chinese goods in ongoing Diwali season, China today said any such move will negatively impact the India-bound investments from its enterprises and also the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. China also asserted that any such boycott would not have much impact on its exports, but "without proper substitutes, the biggest

New Delhi, Oct 27: India today declared a Pakistan High Commission staffer 'persona non-grata' for spying and asked him to leave the country within 48 hours after he was caught by Delhi Police with sensitive defence documents, including those about deployment details of BSF along the Indo-Pak border. "Today morning Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit

New Delhi, Oct 27: A Pakistan High Commission official was questioned on Thursday by the Delhi Police over alleged spying and theft of defence documents. Two men have been arrested in Rajasthan for allegedly leaking documents to him. Mohammed Akhtar, 35, who works in the Pakistan High Commission, was detained after a tip-off, said the police. He was reportedly let off because of diplomatic

New Delhi, Oct 26: A pilot of private carrier Jet Airways and another of state-owned Air India -- were grounded and their licence suspended after being found drunk before operating their overseas flights. The licence of Jet Airways pilot, who was to operate its flight to Paris from Mumbai, has been suspended for three months while that of Air India pilot for three years since he is a second time

Lucknow, Oct 26: The feud in the Samajwadi Party showed no signs of ending with state unit chief Shivpal Yadav today expelling from the party for six years minister Tej Narain Pandey alias Pawan Pandey, who is considered close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Pawan Pandey had clashed with SP MLC Ashu Malik at party meet and also beaten him up. "Pawan Pandey is being expelled from Samajwadi Party

New Delhi, Oct 26: The Centre will soon empower all the states and Union territories to bring in provisions for holding annual examinations in their schools for Class V and Class VIII students, by tweaking the no-detention policy stipulated under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The Human Resource Development Ministry on Tuesday agreed to amend the RTE Act to enable the states and Union

Mumbai, Oct 25: A day after the abrupt removal of Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman, Ratan Tata, who has assumed charge as interim chairman, on Tuesday asked senior management of the conglomerate’s firms to focus on their businesses without being concerned about the top level change. Mr. Tata stated that his role is for short term so as to ensure stability and continuity at the Tata Group, and