Lucknow : Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Tuesday closed all doors of rapprochement with the Samajwadi Party (SP) and told his supporters at an event here that he will “not look back now”. Having formed the Samajwadi Secular Front a few days back, the former […]
Day: September 11, 2018
Team has character, lacks experience: Virat Kohli
London : Observing that the five-match Test series against England was highly competitive, India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday said India played fearless cricket and the team has a lot of character but lacked in experience. India lost the fifth and final Test by 118 runs despite heroic resistance from opener KL Rahul (149) and […]
‘Mehul Choksi diverted Rs 3,257 crore to foreign dummy companies’
New Delhi : Fugitive diamnond jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, diverted over Rs 3,257 crore of the money raised from fraudently obtained letters of undertaking (LOUs) and foreign letters of credit (FLCs) to overseas dummy firms, an informed source said on Tuesday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) […]
Wrong to blame OPEC for soaring fuel prices: Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi : Former Union Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday flayed the Modi government for blaming international factors for fuel prices reaching an all-time high. “They are now blaming international reasons for the rise in prices, but for the last four years they have been reaping its benefits. When because of international […]
Rajan indicted Modi on NPAs as he devised ‘wink-a-loan-scam’: Congress
New Delhi : Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi devised a ‘wink-a-loan-scam’ referring to the bad loans, Congress on Tuesday said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan indicted the Prime Minister and his office on the frauds being committed in the banking sector. Congress was replying to Modi’s allegation that “phone-a-loan” scam of the UPA government […]
Fifth Test: England outclass India by 118 runs, clinch series 4-1
London : Opener Lokesh Rahul and Rishabh Pant’s heroics went in vain as England defeated India by 118 runs in the fifth and final Test to clinch the series 4-1 at the Oval here on Tuesday. Chasing a massive 463-run target, Rahul (149) and Pant’s (114) centuries had given India a slim hope of clinching, […]
57 killed as bus falls into gorge in Telangana
Hyderabad : The death toll in Tuesday’s ghastly bus accident in Telangana rose to 57 even as the state government suspended an official of the state road transport corporation and ordered an inquiry. As many as 43 people were also injured in the accident that occurred when an overcrowded state-run bus fell into a gorge […]
Sanjiv Bhatt, retired Inspector sent in police remanded for 10 days
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday accepted the state government’s plea for police remand of arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and sent him and a retired police officer in 10-day police custody. Justice R.P. Dholariya allowed the state’s plea and granted 10-day remand of Bhatt and retired Inspector I.B. Vyas. Bhatt and […]
Fuel prices continue to rise, climb to new highs
New Delhi : Domestic fuel prices continued their northward push on Tuesday with a depreciating rupee and expensive crude oil further pushing petrol and diesel to new record highs as per daily rates under the dynamic pricing regime. Petrol in Delhi rose to Rs 80.87 per litre, while it increased in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai […]
Aadhaar can’t be hacked, vested interests spreading lies: UIDAI
New Delhi : The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday dismissed reports of hacking of Aadhaar enrolment software as “completely incorrect and irresponsible” and said some vested interests were deliberately trying to create confusion among people. The denial came after an investigation by HuffPost India revealed that the Aadhaar database, which contains the […]