India tops list of new TB cases in 2016: WHO

Oct 31, 2017, New Delhi: India topped the list of seven countries, accounting for 64 percent of the 10.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide in 2016, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday. India was followed by Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa, according to a Global TB […]
Amit Shah asks Congress to clarify stand on Kashmir separatists, Rohingyas.

BJP national president Amit Shah, slammed Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi and said that they should clarify the party’s stand on separatists in Kashmir and the illegal migration of Rohingyas.Amit shah has started his five-day tour to Himachal on Monday, Addressing an election rally at Banikhet of Dalhousie asssembly segment in Chamba […]
Y.C Modi new NIA Chief.

Senior IPS officer Y.C. Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, on Monday took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar. In an official statement, the counter terror probe agency said, Yogesh Chander Modi, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, took over as Director […]
Connectivity should be open, equitable: India on Belt and Road project

Oct 28, 2017 New Delhi: A day after China said that it welcomes other countries including India to join its ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative, which includes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the government on Friday said connectivity has to be open and equitable. “Though India supports connectivity, it has to be open and equitable,” […]
BJP erupts over Shiv Sena’s praise for Rahul Gandhi

Oct 28, 2017 New Delhi: At a time when the entire saffron machinery has been unleashed to corner the Congress, the Shiv Sena’s move to hail Rahul Gandhi has upset the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. While Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis cautioned it’s oldest ally, Bharatiya Janata Party top leaders in Delhi have begun to […]
Hindustan is a country of Hindus but doesn’t exclude others: RSS chief

October 28, 2017 Hindustan is a country of “Hindus”, but it does not mean that it does not belong to “others”, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said. Addressing a gathering of college-going RSS volunteers in Indore on Friday, he said the government alone cannot bring development, and that it needed changes in the […]
India and the US ask Pak to dismantle terror infrastructure

New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) In a blunt message, India and the United States today asked Pakistan to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating from its soil, asserting that terror havens inside that country would not be tolerated. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after holding wide-ranging talks here, said Islamabad […]
Congress has no idea of GST, says Jaitley

October 25, 2017 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Congress, which has been attacking him over the alleged failure of the goods and services tax, has “no idea” of the taxation scheme. In an interview with news agency, ANI, Jaitley also clarified that the GST Council, under him, was looking into rationalising the […]
Govt’s muscular approach over Kashmir has failed: P Chidambaram

October 23, 2017 Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that with the appointment of an interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, the government has admitted that its “muscular approach” has failed in the state. “From no-talks to talks-with-all-stakeholders is a major victory for those who had strongly argued for a political solution […]
Gujarat is priceless, can never be bought: Rahul Gandhi after Narendra Patel’s bribery claims

October 23, 2017 A day after Patidar leader Narendra Patelclaimed he was offered Rs 1 crore as bribe to join the BJP, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said Gujarat can never be bought. In a tweet, the 47-year-old leader said, “Gujarat is priceless. It has never been bought. It can never be bought. It will never be […]