India

New Delhi, Nov 22: No party may get a clear majority in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, an opinion poll by a news channel has claimed while two other surveys on Jharkhand polls show that BJP is likely to emerge on top in the state. As per the opinion poll conducted by Hindi channel - News Nation India - in Jammu and Kashmir, none of the political parties is likely to get a clear

New Delhi, Nov 22: The government is considering doing away with the LPG subsidy for the well-off, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. “The next important decision India will have to take is whether people like me...(are) entitled to get our LPG subsidy,” he said at the HT Leadership Summit here. “I think the sooner we are able to take these decisions as to who is entitled to these subsidies, of

New Delhi, Nov 21: In a major sign of deepening India-US ties, US President Barack Obama accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to be the chief guest at the Jan 26, 2015 Republic Day parade. At the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, the President will travel to India in January 2015 to participate in the Indian Republic Day celebration in New Delhi as the Chief Guest, said the White

New Delhi, Nov 21: The Delhi High Court today said the ceremony (dastarbandi) to anoint Shahi Imam Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari's son as the Naib Imam of Jama Masjid "would not amount to an appointment". A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw made the observation after taking into account the contentions of the Centre, Delhi Wakf Board and petitioners, who have challenged

Chennai, Nov 21: Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa pardoned them, arrived in Chennai on Thursday. The fishermen from Rameswaram, who were released by Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday, arrived by an Air India flight at 1.05 a.m., airport officials said. Tamil Nadu Ministers B

Mysuru, Nov 21: The offline ticket booking office of Air India, located at Hotel Mayura, in the city, will be be shut down from December 20. The move, according to sources, is due to the trend of travellers booking air tickets online, causing a decline in sales at the booking offices. According to a release by Air India Corporate Communications Assistant General Manager, other avenues have been

New Delhi, Nov 20: Twelve days before his retirement, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha today suffered a major blow when the Supreme Court removed him from the 2G scam case, saying the allegations against him of protecting some accused appears to be "prima facie credible". The apex court, in an unprecedented order, handed over the case to the senior-most officer after Sinha in the 2G scam investigating

Chandigarh, Nov 20: Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday cancelled the bail of controversial godman Rampal in a 2006 murder case and ordered that he be taken into custody immediately. The HC pronounced the cancellation of bail immediately after Haryana advocate general and station house officer (SHO) of Barwala police station in Hisar moved an application stating that Rampal had been arrested

Chandigarh, Nov 20: After weeks of standoff and loss of six lives, self-styled godman Sant Rampal was finally arrested in his fortress-like ashram in the Hisar district of Haryana after the police raided the premises on Wednesday. In a well-orchestrated strategy, the police stormed the 12-acre ashram around 9 pm on Wednesday after evacuating a majority of the followers who had been camping inside

New Delhi, Nov 19: In the first case of Ebola in the country, an Indian national returning from Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus and has been quarantined at a special facility at Delhi airport. The Health Ministry said the 26-year-old man, who reached here on 10 November, was already treated for the deadly disease in the African country and carried no symptoms but tests of his