New Delhi: The dress allowance given to diplomats and elite Special Protection Group (SPG) officers, entrusted with the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime ministers and their families, have been hiked considerably.

The move comes on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

SPG officers dur

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court on Monday commuted the death sentence to 11 convicts, in connection with the 2002 Godhra train burning case, into life imprisonment.

On March 1, 2011, the special SIT (Special Investigation Team) had convicted 31 people under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections related to murder, at

Srinagar: In a breakthrough, a joint team of security forces today killed top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant commander Umer Khalid in Ladoora area of North Kashmir, police said.

Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police S P Vaid said it was a major breakthrough for the security forces as the militant was involved i

Thiruvananthapuram: Leading actor Kamal Hassan today heaped praises on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his government’s decision to appoint 36 non-Brahmin priests in temples managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB).

The Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board had recently recommended 36 non-Brahmi

Stockholm: The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioral economics.

The prize was awarded for “understanding the psychology of economics,” Swedish Academy of Sciences secretary Goeran Hansson said Monday.

The Nobel com

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi pressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “say something” on claims in a media report that a company owned by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son saw a huge rise in its turnover after his party came to power in 2014.

“Modiji, …Did you act as a watchman or were you a par

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today dared his party’s ruling ally BJP to “resign” from the Maharashtra government and face midterm polls.

The state’s ruling partners are also part of the NDA at the Centre, but relations between them are strained for quite some time.

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Bengaluru: he United Petroleum Front (UPF) today announced a 24-hour closure of outlets by petroleum dealers nationwide from October 12 midnight to press the government on their demands, including rectification of trade anomalies.

The UPF has said that if the government does not relent, it would go for an indefinite closure of purchase

New Delhi: Hookah bars, widely in existence in restaurants and bars across the national capital, today came under the lens of the National Green Tribunal which sought replies from the government on the issue.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Ministry of Environment of Fore

New Delhi: Domestic orders placed for the BrahMos missiles have been worth more than USD 7 billion over the last 20 years, and if exports fructify the sales could double in the next five years, BrahMos chief said today.

BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture formed in 1998, manufactures the supersonic cruise