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In People They Trust? No More Affidavits, Interviews For Govt Jobs
NEW DELHI -- Path-breaking initiatives like discontinuation of affidavits for host of government services and ending job interviews for various posts from January 1 among other initiatives kept the...
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Bobby Jindal To End His 8-Year Tenure As Louisiana Governor In January 2016
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The glimmer on Bobby Jindal has faded for most voters as he wraps up his final days as Louisiana's governor. While the governor has been traveling the state to shine up his...
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Sukhpal Singh Khaira Effect: 21 AAP Leaders From Punjab Join Congress
CHANDIGARH -- 21 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers from Sangrur joined the Congress Party in presence of Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday. Along with 21 AAP members, 34 SGPC members and SAD supporters...
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Air India Won't Serve Non-Vegetarian Food On Short Flights Anymore
NEW DELHI -- Come January 1, loss-making government-run Air India will not serve non-vegetarian food to its economy class passengers on flights upto 90 minutes duration. The national carrier has also...
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National Students' Union Of India Protests Against Release Of Juvenile...
THANE -- Hundreds of students, led by National Students' Union of India (NSUI), took out a protest march here against the release last week of a juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape case. The...
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Worry About 'Your ISIS', BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav Tells Muslim Al...
BJP's national general secretary Ram Madhav may have set the party up for embarrassment during an interview with Al Jazeera presenter and journalist Mehdi Hasan. Ironically, Madhav had clearly agreed...
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ATS, Telangana Police Detain Youths Allegedly On Their Way To Join IS
Nagpur/Hyderabad -- Three Hyderabad-based cousins, who y planned to join "jihadi terror groups", were today picked up from Nagpur international airport while on their way to Srinagar, months after they...
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RSS Believes India, Pakistan And Bangladesh Will Reunite One Day: Ram Madhav
NEW DELHI -- Ram Madhav, BJP general secretary on lien from RSS, has said that RSS believes that India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will one day reunite again not by war but through "popular goodwill",...
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Indo-Pak Foreign Secys To Meet In Islamabad To Avoid Kashmiri Separatists
NEW DELHI -- While the how and why of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore on Christmas Day is still being worked out, its first concrete outcome is that Foreign Secretary S...
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Sartaj Aziz Says Don't Expect Too Much From Indo-Pak Talks In January
ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said it would not be fair to expect much from the talks scheduled here next month between the foreign...
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Voting Begins For Legislative Council Seats In Telangana
HYDERABAD -- Polling has begun for six seats of local bodies constituencies in state Legislative Council today in Telangana. The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct...
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Adani's 600-MW Power Plant In Chhattisgarh Delayed On Public Opposition
RAIPUR -- The Adani Group's 600-MW power plant in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh has hit a roadblock after residents of nearly 10 villages, whose land will have to be surrendered for the thermal...
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'Dreaded Gangster', Film On Abu Salem To Release In October 2016
MUMBAI -- A feature film based on the life of alleged gangster Abu Salem, who is currently facing trials for serious crimes such as murder, extortion and terrorism, including the 1993 bomb blasts case....
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ISIS: 25 Indians Have Joined The Terror Group, So Far
NEW DELHI -- The number of Indians who have joined the Islamic State now stands at 25, according to the Indian government. Citing a government official, The Hindu reported that two more men of Indian...
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Parliamentary Panel Asks MHA To Increase Women In Delhi Police To 33 Percent
NEW DELHI -- A parliamentary panel has found that women personnel constitute only a little over 9 percent of the Delhi Police force and asked the Home Ministry to ensure that their numbers are enhanced...
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Over 9,500 Complaints Pending With Banking Ombudsman: RBI
NEW DELHI -- Over 9,500 complaints of deficient services by nationalised and private sector banks are pending with banking ombudsmen, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. The revised Banking...
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Not Viklaang, Modi Asks India To Call Them Persons With Divine Bodies
NEW DELHI -- In his final radio broadcast of 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians not to describe persons with disabilities as "viklaang" (handicapped) but suggested another word -...
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Nestle Aims Double Digit Growth For Maggi Noodles
MUMBAI -- In the aftermath of the Maggi crisis, Nestle India is aggressively trying to increase the consumption of its flagship instant noodles brand eyeing double digit growth, a top company executive...
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Passenger On Train Complains Of Harrassment On Twitter, Railway Ministry...
The train ride for Mumbai-based Priya Parashar, who was travelling from Mumbai to Amritsar in the Golden Temple a day after Christmas, wasn't as smooth as she had hoped. When she asked the railway...
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Stylist At High-End Mumbai Salon Nips Off Part Of Man's Ear During A Haircut
When Mumbai-based businessman Nitin Kagzi signed up for a Rs25,000 annual package at an upscale Mumbai salon, he couldn't have imagined it would land him on the surgery table at Breach Candy Hospital....
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