India

New Delhi, Jan 22: Heavy rains drastically reduced the pollution level of the national capital, which recorded the best air quality of this year on Tuesday, authorities said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the overall air quality index (AQI) in the city was 133, which falls in the 'moderate' category. This is the first time this year that an AQI as low as 133 was

Jaipur, Jan 22: Taking a swipe at the opposition for forming a committee on the voting machine issue, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the parties were going to face defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and therefore they have started to look for excuses. Exuding confidence that the BJP-led NDA will again form the government at the Centre, the human resource development minister

New Delhi, Jan 22: Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha threw his hat in the race for prime ministership on Monday when he declared himself as the "closest" person who could deliver on job creation, building roads, townships and industries. Sinha, a former finance minister during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led previous NDA government, also said that Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari would not succeed

New Delhi, Jan 22: A fishing boat that could contain more than 100 Indian migrants may be heading to New Zealand, Indian police said on Monday. The boat, which is carrying people from New Delhi, the Indian capital, and Tamil Nadu, left Munambam harbour in Kerala on Jan. 12, two officers involved in the case told Reuters. An individual from New Delhi arrested in connection with the investigation

Patna, Jan 22: Disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Monday took a veiled dig at party spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy, saying he could only feel sympathy for the former union minister who has been under lot of pressure because of being sidelined. Mr Sinha, who refrained from mentioning Mr Rudy by name, was criticized by the Saran MP on Saturday when he appeared at the opposition rally in Kolkata

New Delhi, Jan 21: NSA Ajit Doval’s son Vivek Doval on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a news magazine for allegedly publishing a defamatory article. Mr. Doval also sought prosecution of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in the case. The complaint has been filed against The Caravan and the author of the article, besides Mr. Ramesh. The article claimed that Mr. Doval was running a

New Delhi, Jan 21: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking direction for the Election Commission of India to ask political parties not to field candidates charged with serious offences. The plea also sought direction to withdraw symbol of a political party if it fields a candidate despite serious offences charged against him. A bench

Kolkata, Jan 21: Casting apprehensions on the agenda of the grand alliance stitched together by opposition parties, Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav on Sunday said the 'Mahagathbandhan' is a "big joke" and filled with "hollow people" with no ideology. He said all the leaders in the grand alliance, who are portraying themselves as anti-BJP or anti-Modi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), were

Jan 21: The fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi has surredered his Indian passport to the Antiguan government, news reports said Monday morning. Choksi is one of the main accused — the other being his nephew Nirav Modi — in the over Rs 13,000 crore Punjab and National Bank scam. Choksi fled to Antigua in January 2018 and has been living there since. He had in December last year told a Mumbai

Chandauli, Jan 21: An MLA from the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday came under strident criticism from allies and opposition leaders for calling BSP chief Mayawati a "blot on womankind" and "worse than a transgender". Sadhna Singh, the Mughalsarai MLA, made the controversial remarks at a rally on Saturday while referring to the infamous incident when Mayawati was assaulted by Samajwadi Party