India

New Delhi, Dec 18: Charging the Narendra modi Government with waiving loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of his industrialists friends by taking money from the pockets of the poor, farmers and small shopkeepers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Congress and other opposition parties will not allow the Prime Minister and the NDA Government to rest till the loans of farmers across

New Delhi, Dec 18: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday. On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. "I tender my resignation with immediate effect from the primary

Bhopal, Dec 17: Loans of up to Rs two lakh of Madhya Pradesh farmers will be waived, with Chief Minister Kamal Nath Monday signing a file to the effect. The move follows a promise by Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the poll campaign that if people of Madhya Pradesh voted for Congress, then they would implement farmers' loan waiver within 10 days of coming to power. Nath was sworn in as the

New Delhi, Dec 17: The new president of the Maldives has called India the island nation's closest friend, welcome words for New Delhi after years of Beijing's growing economic influence. News agency reports that President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, speaking Sunday in New Delhi, said India "is not only our closest friend, it is also our largest trading partner". Solih defeated strongman Yameen Abdul

New Delhi, Dec 17: Congress leaders on Monday said the conviction of Sajjan Kumar by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be politicised and the law should take its own course. The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted the Delhi Congress leader for conspiracy to commit murder in the case and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod

Patna, Dec 17: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav said on Sunday that he sought a separate government residence to focus on his mission of defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. Speaking to news agency, Tej Pratap, the elder son of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, said: "Does Tejashwi not have a separate residence? Earlier also I didn't live at 10

London, Dec 17: The increasing involvement of the Indian government in the affairs of the country`s central bank is a negative for the ratings of giant Asian economy`s banking system, S&P Global said on Monday. "S&P Global Ratings views as credit negative the circumstances leading to the recent resignation of Urjit Patel, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)," S&P analysts Michael Puli and

Jaipur, Dec 17: Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony here, while Sachin Pilot took oath as a cabinet minister. The party announced that Pilot will be the state's deputy chief minister. Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath of office to Gehlot and Pilot in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former

New Delhi, Dec 17: The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court asked Kumar to surrender before December 31 and imposed a fine of Rs 500,000 on him. Today's verdict reversed the 2013 trial court judgment which had acquitted Kumar. While pronouncing the judgment the judge

New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 17: The ruling BJP is moving the Calcutta High Court again on Monday protesting against the West Bengal government denial of permission for the party's proposed Rath Yatra or 'Save Democracy Rally' across the state eying the 2019 parliamentary elections. According to state BJP president Dilip Ghosh, the West Bengal BJP unit is moving the court again today as the Mamata