India

Gandhinagar, Jan 11: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today announced Rs 100,000 crore investment across businesses in the next 12-18 months and said India was on the path to become the world's fastest growing economy. The investments will be in expanding petrochemical production capacity as well as in launch the much-awaited 4G broadband services while contributing to Make in India and

New Delhi, Jan 11: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked the governors to be vigilant against efforts to disturb peace and tranquility in the country. Alluding to incidents that have led to tension, Mukherjee reminded the governors that they were the first citizens of their states and they draw their authority from the Constitution and are oath-bound to protect, preserve and defend the

New Delhi, Jan 10: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "anarchist" comment, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today said the BJP was rattled ahead of the Delhi assembly elections and was resorting to personal attacks since it had no "positive agenda". Attacking the BJP for making "personal" remarks against him, Kejriwal said, the saffron party in Delhi is a "ship without a captain" which

New Delhi, Jan 10: Kickstarting BJP's poll campaign for Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wooed voters with a host of promises as he singled outAAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked people to punish him for "wasting" one year. Without naming Kejriwal or his party, Modi said at a rally here that if the AAP leader wants to be an "anarchist" as he has claimed to be, he should go to

Washington, Jan 10: US Secretary of State John Kerry today headed for India to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit during which he will address investors to boost economic ties and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss a broad range of bilateral and global issues, including climate change. "The Secretary would be emphasising the importance and future potential of our economic partnership with

Guruvayur, Jan 9: Expressing concern over the way investigation was being done into the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today demanded a professional police probe without any political pressure or consideration and pre-determined outcome. He also offered to face questioning by Delhi Police at an early opportunity to address the questions they may have. Days after the

New Delhi, Jan 9: Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir today after political parties failed to muster the requisite number in the 87-member Assembly for staking claim to form the government. The decision came after Governor N N Vohra submitted a report to the President last night stating that Omar Abdullah had requested to be relieved of the post of being a caretaker Chief Minister

New Delhi, Jan 8: Delhi Police has served a notice to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asking him to join investigation into the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Sources said that Tharoor, who is in Kerala, has been asked to join probe at the earliest. "A legal notice has been issued to Tharoor to join the murder probe. The questioning will be held under section 160 CrPC," said a senior an

Meerut (UP), Jan 7: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has stoked controversy with his remarks yet again by asking Hindu women to have at least four children, drawing criticism and ridicule from opposition which demanded a clarification from the government. "We have accepted the slogan 'Hum do, hamare ek'. Now these traitors are no satisfied. They have given another slogan 'Hum do aur hamara.... They are

Kolkata/New Delhi, Jan 7: Coal industry employees across the country yesterday went on a five-day strike, halting production at over 60 percent of state-run Coal India units that may also severely hit fuel supply to power plants, while talks failed late tonight to end the industrial action. The government officials held hours-long negotiations with union representatives, but failed to convince