India

New Delhi, Oct 5: India could witness national and state elections being held simultaneously in 2018. The Election Commission of India, on Wednesday, said that they are logistically capable to conduct state assemblies and Lok Sabha polls together by September 2018. “After purchase of new machines we would be logistically ready by Sept 2018 to hold parliamentary and assembly polls together,” said

New Delhi, Oct 4: The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI today said there has been no security breach of its database or central repository following a report by a security firm that a hacker had placed information of over 6,000 Indian entities up for sale. "The supposed incident related to the claimed breach of information from IRINN (Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers) does not contain any

New Delhi, Oct 4: Over 169 million income tax online filers have not yet linked their pan numbers with their Aadhar despite extending the deadline from last August, according Arvind Gupta, the National Head of the Information Technology Department of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Speaking at the CyFy2017 panel on "Security through Identity", organised by Observer Research Foundation, Mr.Gupta

New Delhi, Oct 4: Honeypreet Insan has been sent to six-day police remand by the Panchkula court on Wednesday. Honeypreet, the adopted daughter of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was produced in the Haryana's Panchkula court earlier today in connection to the case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief-- Ram Rahim. After a hunt of over a month by the police, she was arrested on

Mumbai, Oct 4: The Reserve Bank today kept interest rate unchanged as was widely expected in view of upward trend in inflation even as it cut the growth forecast to 6.7 per cent for the current fiscal. Consequently, the repo rate, at which it lends to banks, will stand at 6 per cent. The reverse repo, at which RBI borrows from banks will continue to be at 5.75 per cent, it said at the fourth bi

New Delhi, Oct 4: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath trained his guns on the Kerala government moments after reaching the state on Wednesday for the Janaraksha Yatra. Accusing the CPM government in the state of indulging in political killings, Adityanath said the yatra launched a day earlier by BJP chief Amit Shah is a strong message to communist state governments in the country. "This

Djibouti City, Oct 4: The rise of India is opening new opportunities for collaborations and the Indian diaspora has an important role in building bridges between India and the world, President Ram Nath Kovind has said. Addressing the Indian community here yesterday, President Kovind, who is the first Indian leader to visit Djibouti, spoke about India's high growth trajectory and said it is opening

Washington, Oct 4: The Trump administration on Wednesday threw its weight behind India's opposition to the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying it passes through a disputed territory and no country should put itself into a position of dictating the Belt and Road initiative. India skipped the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in May this year due to its sovereignty concerns over the nearly USD

Ahmedabad, Oct 3: The young dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on late Tuesday evening threatened that dalit anger could burn Gujarat unless state home minister resigns over attack on one more dalit youth in the state on Tuesday. Sharing the details on his social media platforms, Mevani claimed that one more youngster was stabbed in Limbodra village, that had seen beating up of two youngsters late last

Kannur, Oct 3: BJP chief Amit Shah today announced a two-week 'padyatra', against the CPI(M) targeting his party's workers, in all state capitals from tomorrow. Addressing a rally in the CPI(M) bastion, also the hometown of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Shah said Vijayan was responsible for the violence in the state. BJP workers were victims of "political murders", he added. Shah is here