India

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

Ahmedabad, Nov 14: Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel got embroiled in a controversy on Monday as two sex video clips allegedly showing him with a woman went viral on social media. About 10 days ago, Hardik had predicted that a doctored sex CD would be out soon to defame him. "Soon they will release my sex CD. Enjoy, keep watching," Hardik had said. The video clips, showing recording of the night

Chennai, Nov 14: After repeated raids by Income Tax officers at several premises linked to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala and her kin, including TTV Dinakaran, a whopping Rs 1,430 crore in undisclosed income was recovered. I-T officers on Monday said the department had on last Thursday carried out simultaneous multi-city raids on 187 premises including those linked to Sasikala and her nephew and

Manila, Nov 13: The task of transforming India is proceeding on an “unprecedented scale,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the powerful ASEAN grouping on Monday while hardselling his government’s economic reform initiatives to boost trade and investment. Addressing the ASEAN Business Forum in the Philippines capital, the Prime Minister said most sectors of the Indian economy were opened up for

Mumbai, Nov 13: The Malaysian Budget carrier AirAsia today announced a discount sale, offering passengers one-way base fare at Rs 99 for a domestic journey across its Indian JV airline network and Rs 444 for international flights under a limited period offer. However, the travel period under the offer, for which the bookings commence tonight, will be between May next year and January 2019, as per