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January 23, 2018 6:28 PM

Home Ministry to deploy 1,000 immigration officials at IGI Airport

Union Home Ministry will hire 1,000 officials who will be deployed at immigration counters in Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport in a bid to end serpentine queues and ease travel woes. <br/><br/>The competent authority has given approval to the Bureau of Immigration for app...

January 23, 2018 2:16 PM

CBI probes Rs 487 crore coal import scam

The CBI has begun a probe into a 487 crore rupee scam related to over valuation of inferior quality of coal imported from Indonesia, which was passed on to NTPC and other power generation companies in collusion with officials. The action of the agency came on the basis of a Directorate of Revenue In...

January 23, 2018 1:38 PM

SC rejects plea of Rajasthan & MP govts against release of movie Padmaavat

The Supreme Court today refused to modify its earlier order that had cleared the decks for the nationwide release of film 'Padmaavat' on the 25th of this month. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, rejected the pleas filed by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments against the re...

January 23, 2018 1:38 PM

India means business: PM Modi tells global CEOs at Davos meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India means business and presents an exciting opportunity for the global businesses.<br/><br/>Addressing a round-table of top CEOs in Devos last night, Mr Modi narrated India's growth story. Under the tagline of "India means business&q...

January 23, 2018 1:23 PM

OP Rawat appointed next CEC; Lavasa election commissioner

Om Prakash Rawat today took over as the Chief Election Commissioner. He succeeded Achal Kumar Joti who retired yesterday. Mr Rawat's tenure will end in December this year. He was appointed Election Commissioner in August 2015. <br/><br/>Mr Rawat is a former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS ...

January 23, 2018 12:47 PM

NIA can't probe marital status: SC on Kerala love-jihad case

The Supreme Court has said, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) can continue with its probe into the alleged love jihad case of Kerala, but cannot investigate the marital status of the man and the woman. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said this after the NIA told the court today t...

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