India

Oct 25: Almost 2,000 informal settlements in Delhi are set to be legalised under a new law agreed by the government this week, which ministers said would give more than 4 million residents the right to own their homes in India's capital. Union Cabinet this week passed a bill to regularise 1,797 unauthorised slums in the country's most populous city, giving residents ownership rights at "minimal

Hyderabad, Oct 25: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday urged BJP to stop with "polarisation" politics and asserted that the election results of Maharashtra and Haryana were not what the national party had expected. "BJP was claiming they will get a clean sweep in Maharashtra, they did not get expected results. And I would say BJP lost in Haryana. BJP

Aurangabad, Oct 25: The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Thursday won all the nine assembly segments in Aurangabad district and also fared well in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Marathwada consists of eight districts, including Aurangabad, and accounts for 46 of the 288 assembly seats in the state. In the region, the Sena won 13 seats in the October 21 elections as compared to 11 in 2014. The BJP

New Delhi, Oct 24: The standoff between students and Jamia Millia Islamia administration ended on Wednesday after the university agreed to not allow Israeli delegates in its programmes. The varsity had issued show-cause notices to five students for protesting against allowing an Israeli participant in an event on the campus, but the notices were withdrawn after the students submitted their

New Delhi, Oct 24: As a consumption slowdown grips the economy, even festival season sales (September-October) have taken a massive hit this year, with sales down around 40 per cent compared to a year-ago period. The Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) says the major reasons for decline in sales are cash crunch of consumers and the mass shift to the online markets on

New Delhi, Oct 24: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre that how long it intends to continue with the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. "How many days you want restrictions. It is already two months now. You have to come clear on this and you have to find out other methods," a bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana said. "You may impose restrictions, but

Mumbai, Oct 24: The BJP won three Assembly seats, the Shiv Sena bagged two and an Independent candidate emerged victorious on one seat in Maharashtra on Thursday, as per the results announced by the Election Commission so far. Senior BJP leader and state school education minister Ashish Shelar won from Bandra-West seat in Mumbai by defeating Congress' Asif Zakaria by 26,507 votes. BJP's Parag Shah

Mumbai, Oct 24: The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Thursday looked on course to retaining power in Maharashtra as per trends available in 283 of the 288 Assembly seats. BJP is leading in 99, Shiv Sena 61, Cong 41, NCP 49 and Independents are ahead in 15 seats as per trends available so far. The Sharad Pawar led party has fared better than its parent party, which seems to have held on to its

Washington, Oct 24: India jumped 14 places to the 63rd position on the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking released on Thursday, riding high on the government's flagship ''Make in India'' scheme and other reforms attracting foreign investment. The country also figured among the the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row. The rankings come at a time when the Reserve Bank

Shimla, Oct 24: The ruling BJP is set to retain both Dharamshala and Pachhad seats in Himachal Pradesh where bypolls were held on Monday, a state election official said. After the fifth round of counting, Vishal Nehriya of the BJP is leading with 8,162 votes over his nearest rival Vijay Inder Karan (5607 votes) of the Congress in Dharamshala. In Pachhad, Reena Kashyap of the BJP is leading with 1