Eight ex-servicemen have been arrested by police for their alleged involvement in spying activities at the behest of Pakistani intelligence operatives (PIOs) in last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. “These ex-servicemen have been contacted by PIOs under various assumed identities on the pretext of providing jobs, scholarship, monetary consideration,” Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary […]
» Read moreFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the Government would take a final decision on the Budget proposal to tax 60 per cent of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings of those earning over Rs. 15,000 a month, before it responded to the issue during the debate on the Finance Bill in Parliament. “We will respond in Parliament…,” Mr. Jaitley said […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Wednesday sacked Animal Husbandry Minister T.K.M. Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar from their party posts. A Raj Bhavan press release said, “Governor K. Rosaiah accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to drop Mr. Chinnayya from the Council of Ministers.” The Animal Husbandry portfolio has now […]
» Read moreAfghan security forces on Wednesday killed four suicide bombers who targeted the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad, following an attack in which at least two people were killed and 19 wounded, officials said. The violence, coming just days after dozens of people were killed or wounded in suicide attacks in the capital, Kabul, and the eastern province […]
» Read moreDelhi Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in a court against TERI Executive Vice Chairman R.K. Pachauri for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging modesty of a former woman colleague. Pachauri has also been accused of stalking and criminally intimidating the victim with gesture or act intended to insult her modesty, said the charge sheet filed in the court of Metropolitan […]
» Read moreState-run Indian Oil Corporation moved in contrary directions on Monday, cutting the petrol price by Rs.3.02 a litre, but raising diesel by Rs.1.47, both in Delhi, with corresponding changes in other states and effective midnight.
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