India

New Delhi, Feb 10: The government on Wednesday denied that civilians, including a journalist, were privy to information related to the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government got the approval of Parliament on August 5, 2019 for the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union

New Delhi, Feb 9: Despite improving its tally on online civility in the Asia-Pacific region in 2020, India has seen a significant increase in hate speech, hoaxes, scams, frauds and discrimination for online users in the last three to four years, a Microsoft study revealed on Tuesday. For online users in India, hate speech doubled from 2016 to 26 per cent in 2020, along with a 5 per cent increase

New Delhi, Feb 9: Congress' Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the party MPs from Punjab have decided to bring private members' Bills in Parliament to seek the repeal of three new central farm laws opposed by the farmers. Tewari, who represents Anandpur Sahib, said: "Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the farm laws in the Rajya Sabha on Monday but no farmers is willing to

Lucknow, Feb 9: A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) functionary and local farmer allegedly committed suicide after accusing officials of corruption. In his suicide note, he has alleged harassment and levelled corruption charges against the sub divisional magistrate (SDM) and revenue official (kanungo). Harveer, 35, who belonged to the Dalit community and was a father of five, had been visiting the

New Delhi, Feb 9: Actor Deep Sidhu, who was wanted in connection with the Red Fort incident on Republic Day, has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Tuesday The arrest has been made by a team of Delhi Police's Special Cell, said Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell). The police had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Sidhu's

The tussle between two of the world’s richest men -- Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani -- to dominate India’s estimated $1 trillion retail market is testing foreign investor patience with flip-flopping court rulings. This week saw new developments in Amazon.com Inc.’s legal battle to block Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. from acquiring Future Retail Ltd.’s assets, in what would be the country’s

Chamoli, Feb 8: They had lost hope of survival when one of them found his mobile phone network working, helping them contact the authorities who rescued them from an underground tunnel at Tapovan in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli where flash floods wreaked havoc following a glacier burst. "We heard people screaming at us to come out of the tunnel but before we could react, a sudden gush of water and heavy

New Delhi, Feb 8: The farm unions' legal cell which is representing farmers facing legal challenges emerging out of the Republic Day violence, has written to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on "illegal detention" and suspension of internet at protest sites on the borders of the national capital. Internet has been snapped at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri protest sites to "maintain

Mumbai, Feb 8: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday said the state intelligence department will conduct a probe into allegations that some celebrities were pressurised recently to issue tweets in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest. Deshmukh made the remarks on an online platform after the Congress, a ruling coalition partner in Maharashtra, sought an investigation into the

New Delhi, Feb 8: As multi-agency relief operations continue in Chamoli and adjoining areas of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said a comprehensive analysis of the entire incident is being carried out to avert future tragedies, and asserted the immediate priority was to provide food and other assistance to the affected people. In an interview, he said the incident