India

New Delhi, Sept 28: The Delhi Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet before a city court against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and several others for alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating flat buyers. Over 50 flat buyers have filed a complaint alleging that they booked flats in a real estate project in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram in 2011 but it did not take off. Gambhir, a

New Delhi, Sept 28: India had a "worrisome" debt burden of over ₹88 lakh crore at the first financial quarter of 2019 with the government apparently having no inkling to deal with the country's economic slowdown, the Congress said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also said the debt has risen by 4 percent compared to the last quarter. “India's debt

New Delhi, Sept 28: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday appointed Rohan Gupta as the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's (AICC) social media department. "Congress President has appointed Rohan Gupta as chairman of Social Media Department, All India Congress Committee with immediate effect," said the party in an official statement on Saturday. Earlier, Gupta was heading the

Batote, Sept 28: An exchange of fire took place between Army and two suspicious individuals who tried to stop a civilian vehicle in Batote on Saturday. The search operation was disrupted due to heavy rain in the area, the sources said, adding the two-three terrorists have entered a home and taken a hostage. They fired at the security forces before entering the home. A hostage situation is likely

United Nations, Sept 28: Strongly hitting back at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's rant at the UN General Assembly, India has said its citizens do not need anyone else to speak on their behalf and "least of all those who have built an industry of terrorism from the ideology of hate." Khan delivered his maiden speech at the 74th UN General Debate on Friday and in his almost 50-minute address

Lucknow, Sept 27: A special CBI court here on Friday framed charges against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh in the Babri Masjid demolition case after he surrendered before the court. Singh was charged under sections 153 A (promoting enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion), 153 B (imputations and assertions prejudicial to national

Pala, Sept 27: Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Mani C Kappan registered a win in the Pala assembly by-polls by a margin of over 2,900 votes. The counting of votes was taken up on Friday morning. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Kappan had bagged 54,137 votes by around 2:28 pm. However, United Democratic Front candidate Advocate Jose Tom did give him a tough competition

Pune, Sept 27: Social activist Anna Hazare has expressed surprise over Nationalist Congress Party or NCP chief Sharad Pawar's name cropping up in the multi-crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank scam. Probe agency Enforcement Directorate or ED has filed a money laundering case against Sharad Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar - a former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra - and others in connection

Gorakhpur, Sept 27: Two years after 70 infants died at the BRD Medical College here, a UP government inquiry has given a clean chit to Dr. Kafeel Khan in the case. Dr. Khan was suspended following the death of children in the hospital in August 2017. Investigating Officer of the case, Principal Secretary, Stamp, and Registration, Himanshu Kumar, said on Friday that Dr. Khan has been given a clean

Mumbai, Sept 27: The country's democracy is in "peril" and will be "extinct", warned NCP leaders on Friday as they slammed the BJP government over the ED case against their chief Sharad Pawar and alleged detention of party workers ahead of his visit to the central agency's office here. The Congress, an ally of the NCP, has also slammed the Modi government and accused it of targeting Pawar ahead of