India

Srinagar, Aug 20: Schools, colleges and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off roads.The attendance in government offices was thin. Mobile Internet and telephony services also remained suspended. Curfew remained in force in Srinagar district and two south Kashmir towns even as normal life in the Valley was paralysed for the 43rd day today due to unrest in the wake of

New Delhi, Aug 19: Irked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks over adversities faced by BJP, Congress today hit back, accusing the ruling party's erstwhile avatar the Jan Sangh and RSS of being "collaborators" of the British during the freedom struggle. Targeting the Prime Minister for "trivialising" the freedom struggle, the party said that Modi should not only take back his "shameful"

Srinagar, Aug 19: The CRPF has informed Jammu and Kashmir High Court that if pellet guns are banned as a crowd control measure, its personnel will be forced to fire bullets in extreme situations, which can cause more fatalities. "In case, this (pellet gun) is withdrawn from the options available with the CRPF, CRPF personnel would have no recourse in extreme situations but to open fire with rifles

Jaipur, Aug 19: A suspected Pakistani spy was apprehended by intelligence sleuths in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. "The accused who identified himself as Nandu is a Pakistani national and entered the country on visa," U R Sahoo, ADG Intelligence told PTI today. "He was found in suspicious circumstances in Jaisalmer yesterday and was interrogated. He is now being taken to Jaipur. He will be

New Delhi, Aug 19: A special court today framed various charges including cheating and criminal conspiracy against former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, two public servants, private firm Vikash Metals and Power Ltd and its two officials in a coal blocks allocation scam case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar put on trial all the accused in the case in which the CBI's closure report was earlier rejected by

New Delhi, Aug 19: During a surprise inspection in a Delhi government hospital, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia catches hospital worker ignoring duty and fires him on the spot. Government hospitals across our country are known for their indifferent attitude towards the patients. Seeing a staff merrily ignoring duty while patients are waiting to be attended is really not a surprise. When Delhi Deputy CM

New Delhi, Aug 19: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought to scotch "rumours" on Navjot Singh Sidhu's possible induction in Aam Aadmi Party, saying the cricketer- turned-politician has not put any pre-condition and just needs "time to think". Kejriwal said his respect for Sidhu, who met him last Friday at his residence, will continue irrespective of whether "he joins (AAP) or not". Earlier

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the looming water crisis in the state due to the deficit monsoon rains. In a letter to Modi, Siddaramaiah explained with statistics how the state would face problems in the coming days. Water level in major reservoirs is low due to deficit rains in the catchment areas of the Cauvery and the

Bareilly (UP), Aug 18: Islamic seminary of Barelvi sect today issued a 'fatwa' (edict) against Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed declaring him anti-Islamic. The 'fatwa' was issued against the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief by Mufti Mohammed Saleem Barelvi, an Islamic seminary in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. It dubbed Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba who carries a USD 10 million bounty

New Delhi, Aug 18: Only 14 lakh individuals out of the 2.89 crore assessees in the country declared an annual income of over Rs 10 lakh, attracting the highest tax bracket of 30 per cent, in assessment year 2012-13. As per the Income Tax Return Statistics for Assessment Year 2012-13, 14 lakh people or just 4.6 per cent of the total assessees paid taxes in the highest 30 per cent tax bracket. There