Category: India

Lenders to the grounded Kingfisher Airlines will auction one of promoter Vijay Mallya’s flagship properties, Kingfisher House, in Mumbai, on Thursday. The e-auction will be conducted by SBI Cap Trustee Co Ltd, which is an arm of SBI Caps, the merchant banking arm of State Bank of India. SBI Cap Trustee Company had taken possession of the 2,401 sq m […]

A 24-year-old national-level kabaddi player was shot dead by two men in Rithal village here on Tuesday. Sukhvinder Singh was returning home after practice around 7 p.m. when two men on a two-wheeler accosted him, and one of them opened fire on him at point-blank range. The entire incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed at a nearby house. […]

Government is preparing to launch a global campaign to hard sell India as attractive investment destination for startups and has invited proposals from creative agencies. The campaign will be launched in global as well as domestic markets across all medias – print, electronic and social. “The objective of the campaign is to generate awareness about the investment opportunities and prospects of […]

The government has undertaken various steps, which include making yoga compulsory at sports centres, to prevent sexual harassment of sportswomen, Parliament was told on Tuesday. Actions have been taken against at least nine officials of various sports institutions following sexual harassment complaints against them, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. […]

Putting to rest the controversy over the number of terrorists who attacked the Pathankot airbase, a forensic examination has concluded that remains of two more terrorists were found from the debris, thus confirming that six terrorists were involved in the attack. Top government sources said a detailed forensic examination was concluded on the remains collected by the National Investigation Agency […]

Rejecting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s suggestion for infusing patriotism, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said he will not chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ even if a knife is put to his throat, prompting Shiv Sena to tell him on Monday that he should go to Pakistan. Mr. Owaisi’s assertion days after Mr. Bhagwat said the new generation needed to be […]