Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and polling would be held over seven phases through May 19, followed by counting of all votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will also be held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) said. However, elections for the Jammu and Kashmir ...

Fugitive billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi, accused in the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, is living openly in a swanky 8-million pound apartment in London’s West End and is now involved in a new diamond business, a British daily reported on Saturday. Modi, 48, is currently living in a three-bedroom flat occupying half of a floor of the landmark Centre ...

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha in connection with a criminal case lodged against her for allegedly cheating an event organiser in Moradabad. The actress and four others were booked in the case last month. In a complaint on November 24 last year, an event organiser, Pramod Sharma, had alleged that he ...

In the scholarship scam, action will be taken against the officials of the social welfare department, after taking action against the operators of private educational institutions. SIT has issued notices to the department nodal officer IT cell Anurag Shankhar and three assistant social welfare officers. On Saturday, the SIT will interrogate these officers. So far, SIT has caught a scam ...

Amidst reports of negotiations for a deal with china hitting a bump, President Donald Trump has said that he will enter into a trade deal with Beijing only if he is confident that it is good for the US. But he also told reporters at the White House on Friday that he is confident of entering into a trade deal ...

Uttarakhand Forest Corporation (Van Vikas Nigam), which is one of the beneficiary corporations of the state, is gradually falling. For the last two years, this corporation is operating in a deficit. Concern was also expressed in the meeting of the governing body (GB) of the corporation. It was reported that the loss of the corporation in the current financial year ...

Since its inception, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has undertaken several initiatives to achieve women empowerment through skill development. Increase of women participation in workforce can give further boost to our economy and Skill India mission is committed to facilitate this through equipping women with market relevant skills and lead them to a path of self-sufficiency through entrepreneurship. Following ...

The Delhi Cabinet Friday approved recommendations of a fare revision committee to hike auto-rickshaw tariffs by Rs 1.50 per kilometre. The meter-down charge of Rs 25 per two kilometre has also been revised by the committee to Rs 25 for 1.5 kilometre, said Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. The revised charges will be implemented after the Transport Department’s notification, Gahlot said. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Opposition of “appeasing” Pakistan by seeking proof of the Balakot air strike. “Will you (people) do anything that appeases Pakistan or makes Pakistan clap? But some of our Opposition leaders have been doing the same for the past 10 days. Identify these people, they are not worried about the country, but scared ...

A man was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 75 lakh on behalf of a Central Bureau of Investigation inspector in a probe related to a cooperative housing society case, a top Anti-Corruption Bureau official said Friday. The middleman, Shantilal Anchalia, was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 30 lakh in cash and Rs 45 lakh in 11 self-bank ...