India

New Delhi, Dec 7: Government today ruled out any bail-out measure to cash-strapped budget carrier SpiceJet. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathy Raju also justfied the actions taken by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation against the airline including withdrawal of its unused slots for flight operations. "I don't think the government can afford to take on such loans onto itself," Raju told

Bengaluru, Dec 7: After its launch was deferred twice due to bad weather, India's latest communication satellite GSAT-16 was placed in orbit by Ariane 5 rocket in the early hours today from the space port of Kourou in French Guiana. The European launcher blasted off at 2.10 AM (IST) and hurled the GSAT-16, designed to augment the national space capacity to boost communication services, into space

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Dec 6: A day after terror strikes rocked the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said terrorists tried to attack Indian democracy but brave jawans sacrificed their lives protecting the country's security. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting militants. "Terrorists tried to attack the democracy of India. But

Ayodhya, Dec 6: On the eve of 22nd anniversary of Babri mosque demolition, the temple town has turned into a fortress with nearly 10,000 security personnel deployed amid calls by Muslim outfits to mark the day by hoisting black flags even as Hindu bodies seek to commemorate it. Prohibitory orders have been clamped in the city and mounted police will be among about 10,000 police and anti-riot

New Delhi, Dec 6: Gets six-week breather; in fresh trouble as DGCA withdraws 186 of its slots and asks the airline to clear salary dues of all its employees in the next 10 days Troubled budget airline SpiceJet Ltd got a breather on Friday after Union aviationminister Ashok Gajapathi Rajuintervened and asked the state-owned vendors to go easy with the airline on getting assurance that things would

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Come 2015 and the subsidy component towards LPG refill will be credited directly to the consumers’ bank accounts. State-owned oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation — will implement the modified Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme across Karnataka from January 1, 2015. LPG distributors have

Srinagar, Dec 5: In multiple attacks two days ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, militants stormed an Army camp in Uri in Baramulla district, killing 11 security personnel, including a Lt Col, and targeted a police party in Shopian while a top LeT commander was killed in an encounter. In a daring pre-dawn attack ahead of third phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir on

New Delhi, Dec 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday told the Lok Sabha Friday that Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti had apologised for her abusive remark and the business of the house should be carried forward. "The minister has apologised, she is new and we are also aware of her social background. She comes from a village," he said. The prime minister addressed the Lok Sabha a day after he

Amritsar, Dec 5: At least 60 persons have lost their eyesight after an operation at an eye camp organised by an NGO in Gurdaspur district, civil and medical authorities said today. While 16 persons belonged to villages of Amritsar the rest were from Gurdaspur district. All of them were admitted in city ENT hospitals of Amritsar and Gursdaspur. Confirming the incident, Deputy Commissioner Amritsar

Kochi, Dec 4: Eminent jurist V R Krishna Iyer, a left-leaning intellectual who had stood for the rights of the downtrodden and reinterpreted bail jurisprudence as a Supreme Court judge, died today. Justice Iyer, who turned 100 on November 13, breathed his last at a private hospital here following multiple organ failure. He was admitted to the private Medical Trust hospital on November 24. He died