India

New Delhi, Jul 14: The Congress today hit back at Arun Jaitley for his Facebook post criticising the party, saying the senior BJP leader should write social media posts on who is India's finance minister and on the economic woes that "Modinomics has heaped upon India". Union minister Jaitley, in a Facebook post titled 'The Congress Gave Slogans to Rural India -- Prime Minister Modi Gave Resources'

Hyderabad, Jul 14: Describing fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya as 'smart', Union minister Jual Oram on Friday advised scheduled castes and tribes to become smart enough to avail bank loans to become successful entrepreneurs. Speaking at the maiden National Tribal Entrepreneurs Conclave 2018, here, the Minister for Tribal Welfare said the government would encourage tribal entrepreneurs through

New Delhi, Jul 13: The Congress party made a blooper when they tagged actress Priyanka Chopra in a tweet, instead of their spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi. The Congress on Thursday took to Twitter to blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as they alleged him of lying about the soil testing labs, which gives soil health report to the farmers. "PM Modi is lying about Soil Testing Labs too. During UPA

Bengaluru, Jul 13: The country's second-largest software services major Infosys today reported 3.7 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,612 crore for the quarter ended on June 30, 2018, compared to a net profit of Rs 3,483 crore in the year-ago period. Revenues from operations of the Bengaluru-based firm grew 12 per cent to Rs 19,128 crore in the April-June quarter compared to Rs 17

New Delhi, Jul 13: Jatin Das, a labourer, was beaten to death by an angry crowd at a wedding venue in Assam three days ago for allegedly demanding that revellers stop bursting firecrackers, laying bare once again the veneer of tolerance that gives way only too easily to extreme rage and aggression. The 35-year-old labourer's tragic death this week is only the latest in a series of lynchings that

Jul 13: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani became the richest Asian on Friday, pushing Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma to the second spot, according to a report by Bloomberg. The market valuation of Reliance Industries surged past Rs 7 lakh crore mark during Friday morning trade, as Ambani positioned his company to disrupt the e-commerce space in India. His net worth is estimated

New Delhi, Jul 13: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday exuded confidence that India will pip Great Britain to become the fifth largest economy in the world next year if economic expansion continues at the projected rate. However, rising international crude oil prices and the global trade war would throw up challenges going forward, he said. "If we keep growing at the rate which is being

New Delhi, Jul 13: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy returned to the Congress fold on Friday, four years after quitting the party. Congress' communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala announced Reddy's return to the party after the former chief minister met party president Rahul Gandhi at his residence on Friday. Reddy joined the party in the presence of AICC Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi, Jul 13: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy returned to the Congress fold on Friday, four years after quitting the party. Congress' communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala announced Reddy's return to the party after the former chief minister met party president Rahul Gandhi at his residence on Friday. Reddy joined the party in the presence of AICC Andhra Pradesh

United Nations, Jul 13: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced support for the UN human rights chief's call for an independent international investigation into the human rights situation in Kashmir, saying his action "represents the voice of the UN" on the issue. "As you can imagine, all the action of the Human Rights High Commissioner is an action that represents the voice of the UN in