Delegations from China, Pakistan attending SCO meet in Delhi

Delegations from China, Pakistan attending SCO meet in Delhi

New DelhI: Delegations from China, Pakistan and other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are attending a meeting of the grouping being hosted by India that is expected to deliberate on pressing security challenges, including threats of terrorism. The three-day meeting in New Delhi that began on Wednesday is expected to witness extensive […]

ED grills Rahul for 3rd day, makes audio-video recording

ED grills Rahul for 3rd day, makes audio-video recording

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED on Wednesday for the third consecutive day of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case, with the agency seeking answers about his “personal role” in taking decisions with regard to the media organisation and its owner Young Indian. Gandhi (51) arrived at the ED […]

Govt panel recommends market authorisation for SII’s qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer

Govt panel recommends market authorisation for SII’s qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer

New Delhi: An expert panel of India’s central drug authority on Wednesday recommended granting of market authorisation to Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture indigenously-developed India’s first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer, official sources said. Prakash Kumar Singh, director (government and regulatory affairs) at SII had applied to Drugs Controller General […]

Karnataka govt. circular on Hindi sparks language “imposition” charge, Minister says no such direction

Bengaluru: A Karnataka government circular on selecting students with knowledge of Hindi for a tour of Uttarakhand has sparked a “Hindi imposition” row, with the government clarifying there was no such direction either from the state or the Centre on the matter. The contents of the purported circular which have gone viral state that, as […]

CBI arrests daughter of Himachal Pradesh HC’s Acting Chief Justice in athlete murder case

New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday arrested Kalyani Singh, daughter of Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, in connection with the killing of national-level shooter Sukhmanpreet Singh alias Sippy Sidhu over six years ago in Chandigarh, officials said. The CBI had called Kalyani Singh to its office for questioning after it recovered documentary […]

Presidential poll: Pawar’s no to becoming oppn candidate, hectic parleys on ahead of Mamata’s meet

Presidential poll: Pawar’s no to becoming oppn candidate, hectic parleys on ahead of Mamata’s meet

New Delhi: Leaders of some major political parties held hectic parleys on Tuesday ahead of a meeting called by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to forge a consensus for fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election, a move that has exposed the fault lines within the opposition. Banerjee, the Trinamool […]

Modi directs recruitment of 10 lakh people in next 1.5 years: PMO

Modi directs recruitment of 10 lakh people in next 1.5 years: PMO

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked various government departments and ministries to undertake the recruitment of 10 lakh people on a “mission mode” in the next year and a half, his office said on Tuesday. The direction from Modi came following a review of the status of human resources in all government departments […]

Rlys to armour 3000 km of Delhi-Mum, Del-Howrah route with ‘Kavach’

New Delhi: The Railways will armour 3,000 km of its network covering the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes with the protection system Kavach at an estimated cost of Rs 1000 crore to prevent train collisions, officials said on Tuesday. The anti-train collision system or Kavach, which literally means armour, is being promoted by the Railways as […]

Land acquired after possession and payment of compensation vests with State: SC

Land acquired after possession and payment of compensation vests with State: SC

New Delhi: Land acquired by authorities after its possession and payment of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act vests with the State, free from all encumbrances, the Supreme Court has said. A vacation bench of justices M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose agreed with the view of the Allahabad High Court that any person retaining […]

SC issues notice to CBI, ED on bail plea of actor in Ponzi schemes cases

SC issues notice to CBI, ED on bail plea of actor in Ponzi schemes cases

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea of actor Mohd Naseer seeking bail in connection with criminal cases related to alleged cheating and siphoning of funds in the names of Ponzi schemes. Naseer, a visually impaired actor who had acted in the 2009 Bollywood […]