India

New Delhi, Sep 19: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat dominated the national tourism awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function here on Friday. While Kerala bagged as many as nine national tourism awards under various categories, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat won six and four, respectively. ‘The Oberoi’ in Delhi bagged the Best 5 Star Deluxe hotel award while Mumbai’s ‘Meluha The

Kolkata, Sep 19: Secret documents on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose released here on Friday showed that some members of his family believed that the nationalist leader was alive after 1945, the year he was reportedly killed in an air crash. A declassified file contained a letter written by Netaji’s nephew S K Bose to his father and Netaji’s elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose in 1949 that he had

Ahmedabad/ New Delhi, Sep 18: At least one Indian fisherman was killed in firing off the Gujarat coast today, the Indian Coast Guard said, even as the local fishermen association blamed the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) for the attack. "One fisherman was killed in the firing today morning on a boat off Gujarat coast. Our team has rushed to the spot," a senior Coast Guard official said

Kolkata, Sep 18: The West Bengal government on Friday made public 64 files on freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to help unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. The digitised version of the declassified 64 files were made available in a set of seven DVDs. The original files have been housed at the Calcutta Police Museum. The files comprise 12,744 pages and are available to

Varanasi, Sep 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked opposition for raising questions against his ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana and asked, "Those who kept poor away from banking facilities even after four decades of nationalization of banks are seeking account of such a scheme of government which has brought Rs 30,000 crores cash in rotation in a record time." While addressing a function of rickshaw

New Delhi, Sep 18: Known for being quite vocal about his opinions, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Thursday backed government's decision to discontinue Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi's stamps while also raising questions on their credentials as the former PMs of India. Former chairman of Press Council of India, Katju in his blog said that though he is not an admirer of BJP government

Lucknow, Sep 17: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and two other outfits and announced the formation of a 'Third Front' for the Bihar assembly elections. Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav announced the alliance and said that other than the SP and NCP, former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma's National People's Party and Samajwadi Janata

New Delhi: Sep 17: Saudi Arabia has withdrawn its diplomat, who has been accused of raping two women from Nepal at his residence in Gurgaon near New Delhi. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi late on Wednesday confirmed that the diplomat had left India. “We learn that Saudi embassy First Secretary, Mr Majed Hassan Ashoor, who is allegedly accused of abusing two Nepali maids, has left

New Delhi, Sep 16: The government wants to enact a comprehensive bail law that clearly sets out conditions for grant of relief to end the discretion of courts and quell the perception that the existing system is "inextricably linked to the financial well-being of the accused". "All is not well with the way cases relating to grant of bail are being handled. While those with resources are able to

New Delhi, Sep 16: A controversy erupted today over the decision to discontinue postage stamps of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi with the government saying only one family can not get this honour, even as the Congress termed the move as "insult to the history" and demanded an apology. Defending the move, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that an advisory committee has suggested to