Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed concern over the rising instances of farmers in Bihar setting agricultural residue on fire and warned that the cultivators burning stubble in fields will be deprived of government benefits.
The CBI has charged seven persons for allegedly being part of international WhatsApp groups in which child porn images were being shared, officials said Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday defended the communication blockade in the valley saying safety of Kashmiris was more important than mobile services which the terrorists use for their activities and mobilisation.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday October 14, 2019, New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee for winning the the Economics Nobel prize for his contribution in the alleviation of global economy.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said his government will monitor the trade situation with India, which is reported to be considering trade curbs on the Southeast Asian nation over his criticism of actions in Kashmir, news wire Bernama reported.
The Parli Assembly seat in Beed district, brought to prominence on Maharashtra's political map by BJP veteran late Gopinath Munde, will again see his daughter Pankaja Munde and nephew Dhananjay Munde lock horns for supremacy in the upcoming state Assembly polls.
Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday October 14, 2019, Guwahati (Assam)
Nagaland Governor RN Ravi will meet regional church leaders and civil society representatives in state capital Kohima on Friday amid rising discontent over the slow progress in the Naga peace talks. Representatives of 14 Naga tribes from the northeastern state and the United Naga Council from neighbouring Manipur will be among those attending it.
A Delhi court Monday extended the judicial custody of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, till October 25 in a money laundering case related to the alleged AgustaWestland chopper scam.
Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday October 14, 2019, New Delhi
A Delhi court has reserved order on the Enforcement Directorate's appeal to arrest and interrogate former finance minister P Chidambaram fr alleged money laundering in the INX Media case. Mr Chidambaram, who was arrested and questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation on August 21 in the same case, has been in Tihar jail for more than a month.
A Delhi court on Monday reserved order on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking to arrest and interrogate former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case.
The Uttar Pradesh government today suspended five officials, including a District Magistrate and a Chief Veterinary Officer, for alleged irregularities in the state's cow protection programme
Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday October 14, 2019, New Delhi
Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee created headlines across the world today when he, along with two other world-renowned experts in field, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics for "their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".
The family of a man who died while in detention after being declared a foreigner, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a Indian citizen. Dulal Chandra Paul, a 65-year-old man from Alisinga village of Assam's Sonitpur district, died at the Guwahati Medical College on Sunday after an illness.
Abhijit Banerjee, the India-born economist who was today declared joint winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in "fighting poverty", might be on top of the academic world but the 58-year-old could be in trouble back home for not having told his mother the wonderful news
