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New Delhi, Jul 25: China is expanding its influence across the Himalayas in India's neighbourhood and is bound to be a "threat" in the coming years, a top Army general said today. Lt Gen. Sarath Chand, the vice chief of the Indian Army, also castigated Pakistan's Army for targeting civilians in cross-border shelling, stressing they had "stooped so low" as to fire at schools. "This is not what the

New Delhi, Jul 25: The Supreme Court today directed Sahara group chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs 1,500 crore in the SEBI-Sahara refund account by September seven. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was informed by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Roy, that the Sahara chief has deposited Rs 247 crore as against the promised amount of Rs 552.21 crore which was to be

New Delhi, Jul 25: Throughout his illustrious career as a scientist, administrator and science communicator, Yash Pal was known for his indomitable spirit, the first signs of which were visible when he was barely a 9 year kid. He was born at Jhang (now in Pakistan) in November 1926 and spent his early childhood in Quetta in Balochistan that was hit by a massive earthquake in 1935. The temblor not

New Delhi, Jul 25: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said driverless cars will not be allowed in India as it will lead to joblessness. The road transport minister further said that instead the government will focus on training drivers as adequate driving skills can provide employment to about 50 lakh people. "We will not allow driver-less cars in India. India suffers a huge shortage of 22 lakh drivers

New Delhi, Jul 25: Ram Nath Kovind was today sworn in as India's 14th president, the first BJP leader and the second Dalit in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kovind was administered the oath of office to "preserve, protect and defend the constitution and law" by Chief Justice of India J S Kehar in an impressive ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament. The 71-year-old took oath in Hindi to thunderous

New Delhi, Jul 25: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday suspended six Congress MPs for five consecutive sittings for improper conduct after they tore up papers and threw them towards her podium. The six MPs - Gaurav Gogoi, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ranjit Ranjan, Sushmita Dev, MK Raghavan and K Suresh - would have to remain out of the lower House for the whole of this week. During Zero Hour

New Delhi, Jul 25: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stoked a controversy with his reported remark that he would "hang officials upside down" if there were delays in clearing routine revenue matters. While addressing a meeting of the BJP's state executive committee in Bhopal on Saturday, Chouhan purportedly made the controversial statement. The chief minister said he would

New Delhi, Jul 24: Batting for freeing public discourse from all forms of violence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said plurality and tolerance makes the country "special" and one cannot deny the "essential prevalence of multiplicity of opinion". In his address to the nation on the eve of his demitting his office, Mukherjee creation of an inclusive society has to be an "article of faith" as

New Delhi, Jul 24: The Women and Child Development ministry today launched an online platform to enable women employees of the central government to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace. "We are also going to soon conduct a national survey to assess the nature and magnitude of sexual harassment at the workplace," Union minister Maneka Gandhi said after launching the portal

New Delhi, Jul 24: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee had told Governors and Lt. Governors that their role was “mainly confined to giving advice to the Chief Minister as there cannot be two functional executive authorities in a state”. He said Mukherjee had also noted that the Governor had no discretion but to accept the verdict of floor test in certain