India

New Delhi, Aug 11: Acting against Nestle India over the Maggi issue, the government today approached consumer forum NCDRC seeking damages worth Rs 640 crore from the company on charges of unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements of the popular noodles brand. The Consumer Affairs Ministry filed a complaint against Nestle India before the National Consumer Disputes

New Delhi, Aug 11: Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government, the Supreme Court today said and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority. A three-judge bench, which in the forenoon referred to a larger Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhar scheme and the issue whether right

New Delhi, Aug 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at Congress for "misusing" Parliament to stop the country's growth and hailed SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for "understanding this conspiracy" and working to end the logjam in the House. Addressing the last scheduled BJP parliamentary party meet in the Monsoon session, Modi spoke of "some people", a reference to top Congress brass, who

New Delhi, Aug 10: Earthquake shook buildings in New Delhi on Monday afternoon. People were seen coming out of buildings in Delhi. Tremors were also felt in Kashmir valley and other parts of north India. Panic-stricken people ran out of homes and offices as buildings swayed in Kashmir. The epicenter of the magnitude 6 quake was 88 kilometers (54.68 miles) from Feyzabad in Afghanistan, at a depth

New Delhi, Aug 10: Amid the controversy over imposing ban on pornographic websites, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that while it was committed to block child porn, it was facing technical difficulties imposing ban across all pornographic websites. Addressing the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court that the state cannot

London, Aug 10: He is living in exile and facing arrest but that has not stopped sacked IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi from preparing the blueprint for a breakaway governing body for cricket to rival the ICC -- a plan which he claims is the future "world order". Modi, who faces allegations of financial impropriety and is currently based here, said the new body would be affiliated with the Olympic

New Delhi, Aug 10: The war of words between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached a new level with Nitish's new 'shabdwapsi' campaign. Hitting back at Modi for his DNA remark, Nitish tweeted today, "In this shabdwapsi /take back your words/ campaign, at least 50 lakh people of Bihar will join the campaign and send their DNA samples to Modiji for test." Nitish

Ranchi, Aug 10: At least 11 people were killed in a stampede in Jharkhand's Deoghar city early Monday, police said. "More than one lakh people were in a queue to offer prayers at a temple. All of a sudden some confusion prevailed and stampede took place. At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 have been injured," a police official said. Deoghar is 300 km from here. During Shravani month of

Gaya, Aug 9: Tearing into the ruling Nitish Kumar- Lalu Prasad alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people of Bihar to use the upcoming assembly polls as an opportunity to "free themselves from the jungle raaj" by electing a BJP-led government to and develop and modernise the state. "You have suffered their arrogance, deceipt and exploitation for the last 25 years. Do you want

New Delhi/Bhopal, Aug 9: In a latest update, seventy Vyapam scam accused who are lodged in Gwalior Jail of Madhya Pradesh have written to President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to either grant them bail or allow them "iccha mrityu" (suicide by legal sanction). Apart from the President, the letter has also been sent to Prime Minister, Home Minister, NHRC and Jabalpur High Court. In the letter to