India

New Delhi, Dec 18: The confrontation between Delhi's ruling AAP and the Centre today intensified with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal making fresh allegations that CBI has been asked to "target" the opposition and "finish those who don't fall in line". Kejriwal's latest salvo came a day after he demanded that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley be removed from the Cabinet for alleged corruption in

New Delhi, Dec 18: NDA ministers will fan out across the country from January to "expose" the Opposition's "stalling tactics" in Parliament due to which several key bills are stuck and highlight the government's achievements seeking to project it as "pro-poor". At a meeting of the Council of Ministers at his residence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the ministers to "feel upbeat" about what

New Delhi, Dec 17: Hitting back at Arvind Kejriwal over the DDCA row, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused him of spreading "false propaganda", saying he seems to believe in untruth and defamation and delivers a language that borders on hysteria. Jaitley also attacked West Bengal and Bihar chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar for supporting Kejriwal, saying "they need to redeem

New York, Dec 17: India has been ranked a low 97th out of 144 nations, behind Kazakhstan and Ghana, on Forbes’ annual list of the best countries for doing business in 2015, scoring poorly on metrics like trade and monetary freedom and tackling challenges like corruption and violence. Denmark topped the list of the 144 nations on the Best Countries of Business in 2015 list by Forbes. The US has

New Delhi, Dec 17: Keeping up the attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, AAP today alleged huge financial bunglings in DDCA during his 13 year-old tenure as its chief, saying large amounts were siphoned off through fake companies besides other irregularies including in team selection. At a press conference here, the AAP leaders, quoting from reports of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)

Kanpur, Dec 16: Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan made a shocking allegation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi figures in the list of top 10 criminals of the world. "If Modi ji can be the Prime Minister, then why can't I? Have you seen in Google whose name is there in world's ten top criminals? I have not said this. it is the Prime Minister's name," Khan told the media

New Delhi, Dec 16: Technology giant Google hopes to bring its Project Loon to India, which will offer affordable Internet access to millions, soon even as the government holds the view that the project will interfere with cellular transmissions of mobile operators in the country. Speaking at the Google for India event, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai said: "Project Loon will launch balloons in the

New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned registration of diesel-run SUVs and cars having engines beyond 2000 cc in Delhi and NCR from March 1, next year. In addition, the court announced slew of measures to curb the pollution levels in the city.Apex court raised the Green cess by 100 per cent being levied on commercial vehicles entering the capital. Commercial vehicles, which are

New Delhi, Dec 15: In the midst of his biggest confrontation with the Centre yet, a furious Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today accused it of targeting him in a daylong CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat and claimed the real reason for the action was to look for a file of alleged graft in Delhi's cricket body that "traps" Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Jaitley dismissed the allegations, dubbing it

Bhubaneswar, Dec 15: Odisha assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari on Tuesday suspended Congress legislator Nabakishore Das for seven days for allegedly watching obscene video clips inside the house. Das was accused of watching porn on his mobile phone while sitting in the assembly in session on Monday. The speaker took the decision following a motion moved by ruling Biju Janata Dal's chief whip Ananta