India

May 1: SC orders medical examination of Justice C S Karnan by a team of doctors on May 4. SC directs West Bengal DGP to set up a team of police officials to assist the medical board in examining Justice Karnan. The medical board to be set up by government hospital Kolkata, will have to submit its report in SC on or before May 8. SC asks Justice Karnan to file his response, if he desires so. If

New Delhi, May 1: On Labour Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today saluted workers, saying they play a big role in the country's progress. "Today, on Labour Day we salute the determination & hardwork of countless workers who play a big role in India's progress. Shrameva Jayate!," he tweeted. International Workers' Day also known as Labour Day celebrates the spirit of labourers. The Prime Minister

New Delhi, May 1: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari claimed that his Delhi house was attacked by 8-9 people late on Sunday night. Tiwari was not present in the house at the time of the incident. "8-9 people have attacked my 159 North Avenue residence," Tiwari tweeted around 3am on Monday morning. "This was a janlewa (deadly) attack. Two of my people have been injured," Tiwari said. According to an

Chandigarh, Apr 30: A major mishap was averted when an Air Vistara flight was asked to abort its take off at the last moment to avoid crashing into an Indian Air Force plane that was landing on the same runway at the International Airport here. Sources said the timely intervention by the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) prevented the mishap from happening when the Delhi-bound Air Vistara flight was

Gorakhpur, Apr 30: Chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi said the results of Delhi civic body elections have given a befitting reply to those raising questions about these machines, and people have shown that EVM stands for 'Every Vote Modi'. "In the recent MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) elections, BJP has got an overwhelming majority. Those who had been raising doubts over the credibility of the

Hyderabad, Apr 30: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to not politicize the burning issue of Triple Talaq, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday echoed similar sentiments and asserted that the controversial practice has no sanction in Shariat. Addressing the press conference in Hyderabad, Naidu said, "Triple Talaq is a matter of right of equality and

New Delhi, Apr 30: Policy think-tank Niti Aayog has suggested outsourcing of public services to private hands in order to reduce dependence on the government administrative machinery. It has also recommended induction of specialists into the governance system through lateral entry, a move which, it says, will bring "competition to the established career bureaucracy". In its draft report on a three

New Delhi, Apr 30: India embarks on space diplomacy like never before. For the first time, New Delhi is flexing its prowess of space technology by embarking on an unprecedented and un- chartered 'stratospheric diplomacy' through a special Rs 450 crore gift for south Asians. India is carving a very unique place in the universe, this week New Delhi will 'gift' a heavyweight bird in the sky to its

Chandigarh, Apr 29: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will soon call a meeting of all political parties to assure them that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tampering-proof and secured, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said today. He also said that the commission intends to use Voter- Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in all coming elections to bring in more transparency and

Lucknow, Apr 29: Raising questions about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said today that when petrol can be stolen with the help of a chip, there also were possibilities of misuse of the machines used during polls. "When petrol can be stolen with the help of a remote through a chip without having any internet connection then through EVMs too. Need to