India

A CISF jawan allegedly opened fire on his colleagues, killing three of them and critically injuring another at their unit at a thermal power station in Aurangabad district in Bihar on Thursday.

Government will add by next month 40 more cities to the list of towns it wants to develop as Smart Cities by providing funds for initiating urban reforms, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday.

Tellis is currently a Senior Fellow, South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington -based influential think-tank.

Delhi Police on Tuesday told a special court that a plea by a private bank official, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a demonetisation fraud, seeking to surrender in a related case was "not maintainable".

Asked if the PAC would call the Prime Minister if replies were not satisfactory, he said: "The committee has all right to call anybody involved in the matter. But that will depend on the outcome of the January 20th meeting. We can call PM on demonetisatio...

With two of its MPs, Tapas Pal and Sudip Bandopadhyay, arrested by the CBI in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam, shifted to Bhubaneswar, the Trinamool Congress has decided to hold a protest rally in the Odisha capital on Monday.

Seeking to analyse the banking transactions in months before the demonetisation, the Income Tax Department has asked banks to report cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 to November 9, 2016.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Modi government’s demonetisation decision is intended to create a “new normal", and despite short-term inconvieniences, it would change the spending pattern of Indians for the better.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will soon launch a skill development programme for young Indians seeking jobs abroad.

Two CRPF troopers were seriously wounded when suspected insurgents attacked a group of paramilitary personnel in Manipur's Imphal West district on Saturday evening, police said.

The guidelines for nursery admissions to private schools running on DDA land have been approved by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

A six-member team of Gujarat Fisheries department on Saturday took custody of the 218 Indian fishermen, who were by the Pakistan government as a 'goodwill gesture' at the Wagah border, a government official said.

Police said the incident took place at around 9 AM when the ex-serviceman Subhash was at his under-construction plot near his residence in Badshahpur village.

"The fourth phase of the Delhi Metro will provide the commuters a better connectivity with outer parts of the city and also to the Delhi Airport,"Sisodia said in the press conference after the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The Supreme Court on Friday brought curtains down on the contempt proceedings against its former judge, Justice Markandey Katju, as it accepted an unconditional apology tendered by him.

BJP President Amit Shah on Friday addressed party office-bearers here ahead of two-day National Executive meet, where its top brass is expected to give final shape to BJP's poll strategy in assembly elections in five states.