India

New Delhi, Nov 17: Pinning faith in the continued progress on economic front backed by institutional reforms, Moody`s Investor Services lifted the Government of India`s local and foreign currency debt ratings to Baa2 from Baa3. The rating agency said that the reforms will improve the business climate in the country and raise productivity. Moody`s also changed its rating outlook to stable from

Ahmedabad, Nov 16: Panic gripped Muslim families in some pockets of a Hindu-dominated area here after they found red "cross marks" on the main gates of their societies last Sunday. An investigation, however, revealed that the marks were painted by the civic body's sanitation staff. The residents wrote in the letter that they feared it (putting the marks) was done with a "clear purpose to identify

Kannur, Nov 16: Retired Supreme Court judge V. Khalid died here on Wednesday. He was 95. Justice Khalid had also served as judge in the Kerala High Court and as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He is survived by wife and daughter. A native of Kannur, Khalid began his career as a lawyer at the Kannur munsiff court in 1948 and moved to the Thalassery bar in 1949. He served at the

Nov 16: Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, aka Sam Pitroda, the man behind India’s telecom revolution, has termed the BJP’s Gujarat model as a process that makes the ultra rich richer and the poor poorer. In an interview, Pitroda said that under the Gujarat model, a few people have become very rich, ultra rich while large numbers of people have become very poor. “Is that the kind of development we

Washington, Nov 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains "by far" the most popular figure in Indian politics, the Pew said on Wednesday, releasing the main findings of its latest survey conducted among 2,464 respondents in India. Modi at 88 per cent is 30 points ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (58 per cent), 31 points ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi (57 per cent) and 49 points ahead

New Delhi, Nov 16: The murder of 24-year-old Sheena Bora took a new and murkier turn on Wednesday as Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused and Sheena's mother, told the special CBI court that her husband Peter Mukerjea might have framed her and sought his call data record. Though she did not directly accuse Peter — a former media baron — of killing Sheena, Indrani said he and their former driver

New Delhi, Nov 16: Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Wednesday said that he will not share stage with the Congress or any other party during the upcoming Assembly elections in the state but asserted that his sole aim was to defeat the BJP. The Dalit leader, who has come into prominence since the public floggings of Dalits in Una last year, also said that his meetings with Congress vice

Ahmedabad, Nov 15: The Election Commission has barred the ruling BJP in Gujarat from using the word "Pappu" in an electronic advertisement, which apparently targeted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, calling it "derogatory". "Pappu" is perceived as a social media slur coined to target Gandhi. Confirming the development, sources in the BJP said the script of the advertisement did not link the

Ahmedabad, Nov 15: Former finance minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, said even the 14th century Delhi sultan, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, had implemented note ban 700 years ago. Criticising Modi for the controversial move, Sinha at a function here claimed that demonetisation had hit the economy to the tune of Rs 3.75 lakh crore.

Lucknow, Nov 14: After getting his office at the sprawling secretariat annexe building painted in saffron colour, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has turned his attention towards the text books. According to sources in the government, the cover pages of the text books for classes up to 8th standard would be coloured saffron from next academic session. The Basic Education Department