India

Mumbai, Jun 18: Badgered by political attacks on him, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said no to a second term in the post, in a surprise announcement putting at rest all speculation over his continuance. "... on due reflection, and after consultation with the government, I want to share with you that I will be returning to academia when my term as Governor ends on September 4, 2016," Rajan said

London, Jun 18: Vijay Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender by a Mumbai court in a money laundering case, has been spotted at a book launch event at London School of Economics this week that was attended by the Indian envoy. Social media was in a frenzy after it emerged that Indian High Commissioner Navtej Sarna, who was one of the special guests at the event on Thursday evening to

Hyderabad, Jun 18: The Indian Air Force on Saturday inducted its first batch of women pilots, comprising three cadets into its fighter squadron. Bhawna Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh, will undergo another six months of training in the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer before they start flying the fighter jets in regular missions like their male counterparts. They graduated from the IAF academy

Mumbai, Jun 17: In an apparent snub to BJP ahead of the 2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls, Shiv Sena has not invited its ally for its 50th anniversary celebrations on Sunday. "We have not invited the BJP because it is an internal celebration of our party which is aimed at gearing up our party workers. Recently, BJP held its National Executive meet in Allahabad for which none of its

Ahmedabad, Jun 17: Calling the Gulberg massacre as the "darkest day" in the history of civil society, a special SIT court here today sentenced 11 convicts to life imprisonment in the case of burning alive of 69 people, including former Congress MP Eshan Jafri in the 2002 post-Godhra violence. Rejecting the demand for death sentence for all the convicts, the court said life imprisonment for the 11

Jammu, Jun 17: Authorities today decided to suspend all Internet services across Jammu region to stop spread of rumours on social networking sites following the desecration of a temple here last evening. All mobile and broadband-based Internet services have been suspended, a district official said. "To stop rumour mongering on social networking sites in the wake of the desecration of Shiv temple

Jabalpur (MP), Jun 17: A 33-year-old man was killed and six others injured, five of them seriously in a clash between two camps in the early hours of the day over an objectionable photo of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a WhatsApp messenger group, police said here. Area City Superintendent of Police Inderjeet Balsavar said that one Umesh Verma who sustained injuries in the clash, succumbed to his

New Delhi, Jun 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today set a target for the taxmen to double the taxpayer base to 10 crore and warned "the long arm of the law" will catch up with those evading taxes. At the same time, he asked tax officers to be "soft and sober" in their approach and not treat everyone as tax evaders. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day annual conference of tax

New Delhi, Jun 16: Gold prices surged by Rs 580 today to trade above the Rs 30,000-mark at Rs 30,250 per 10 gram, its highest level in over five weeks at the bullion market, largely in tandem with firming global trend. Furthermore, increased buying by jewellers at the domestic market too supported the upside in the yellow metal. Silver also recaptured the Rs 42,000-mark by rising Rs 700 to Rs 42

New Delhi, Jun 16: In the backdrop of a twitter spat with Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary and other controversies, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani has slammed her critics and asserted she is not a person who subscribes to the conventional wisdom of not responding to humiliations or provocations. In a facebook post, which she signed off as "Aunty National" - an apparent reference to a newspaper's