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New Delhi, Mar 9: In further setback for three-day cultural extravaganza organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) foundation on the Yamuna flood plains, the National Green Tribunal, a qusai judicial body on environmental issues, posed tough questions on Tuesday regarding the event over which environmentalists have raised a banner of revolt. The event drew criticism after some

New Delhi, Mar 9: A consortium of 13 banks led by State Bank of India approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to prevent controversial tycoon Vijay Mallya from leaving the country, but they may have left it for too late. Mallya is believed to have left for a foreign destination a few days ago. The banks urged the court to stop him from going abroad as they claimed he owed them over Rs 9,000 crore

New Delhi, March 8: After Hyderabad varsity and JNU, Allahabad University was at the centre of a row that escalated today with eight Opposition parties targeting HRD Minister Smriti Irani over alleged harassment of its Student's Union President, accusing her of acting like ABVP's "patron saint". "We are agonized over the fact that the first ever lady President of Allahabad University Student's

New Delhi, Mar 8: As the government rolled back the controversial proposal to tax EPF withdrawal, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mounted a fresh attack on it, saying the attempt to tax the safety net of the middle class was “morally” wrong. The Congress Vice President, in a series of tweets, said the government was forced to listen to people and roll back the “patently unfair” tax on EPF. “Finally the

New Delhi, Mar 8: With the globe marking International Women’s Day today, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha announced that the nation will see its first batch of female fighter pilots on June 18th this year. “As of now three women trainees have volunteered to join the fighter stream. They are under the second phase of their training. Once they complete their training and are at par with their male

Mumbai/New Delhi/Bengaluru, Mar 8: In a double blow to beleaguered business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai lodged a money laundering case and the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in Bengaluru barred British liquor giant Diageo from paying him anything till a case against him was disposed off. The tribunal barred Diageo plc from paying Rs 5.04 billion ($75

New Delhi, Mar 7: President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend a festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living in the wake of the controversy over holding the three-day cultural function on the Yamuna flood plains beginning here this Friday. "The President cannot attend the function due to unavoidable circumstances," an official of the Rashtrapati Bhavan said here today

Mumbai, Mar 7: In a veiled attack on the BJP for letting JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar get "free publicity", ally Shiv Sena today sought to know how he got bail in such a short span of time when others charged with 'sedition' are still languishing in jails. "(Union Minister) Venkaiah Naidu said Kanhaiya Kumar is getting free publicity. If that is so, who is responsible for letting him get free

New Delhi, Mar 7: After Gujarat, now a high alert has been sounded in the national capital following a warning issued by the intelligence agencies that suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jash-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants could have sneaked into Delhi. According to media reports, security officials have passed information to Delhi Police that 10 suspected militants from Pakistan, who may have

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Countering allegations, liquor baron Vijay Mallya came out with a statement on Sunday saying that personally he is not a borrower or a judgement defaulter. Adding further Mallya said that he is trying all efforts to reach reach a one-time settlement with banks while payments from Diageo Plc agreed last month are to himself towards his personal, non-compete obligations. “The