Flight operations suspended at Srinagar airport after heavy snow
Feb. 7, 2019, 10:26 a.m.Flight operations were suspended on Thursday at the Srinagar airport due to poor visibility and heavy snowfall.
Modi to flag off Train 18 on Feb 15
Feb. 7, 2019, 9:45 a.m.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the indigenously built Train 18, called the Vande Bharat Express, on February 15 from here, a Railway Ministry official said.
Cabinet approves revised office memorandum for upper caste quota
Feb. 7, 2019, 12:30 a.m.The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval to the revised Office Memorandum (OM) pertaining to the Cabinet Note on "Amendment of Constitution to provide for reservation for Economically Weaker Sections".
Robert Vadra quizzed by ED for over six hours, called again on Thursday
Feb. 7, 2019, 12:24 a.m.Four days after a Delhi court ordered Robert Vadra to join the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday afternoon appeared before the agency which questioned him for around six hours in a money laundering case and asked him to join the probe again on Thursday.
Cabinet approves amendment to Cinematograph Act to tackle film piracy
Feb. 7, 2019, 12:22 a.m.The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved amendment to the Cinematograph Act for imposing strict penalties to combat the menace of film piracy.
Mamata can't escape consequences of her acts: Amit Shah
Feb. 6, 2019, 9:25 p.m.BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her attempts to block the entry of BJP workers and leaders into the state and said she cannot escape the consequences of her actions.
Man hides gold in Delhi airport toilet, held for smuggling
Feb. 6, 2019, 9:17 p.m.A man, who had concealed two-kilogram gold in a toilet at Delhi airport, has been arrested by the customs officials for smuggling of the yellow metal, according to an official statement issued Wednesday.
In SC, temple board supports entry of women into Sabarimala
Feb. 6, 2019, 9:02 p.m.The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which runs the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, took a U-turn in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by supporting its verdict+ which had allowed women of all age groups to enter the shrine.
FIR lodged against Sushil Ansal for concealing criminal cases from passport authorities: Delhi HC told
Feb. 6, 2019, 8:10 p.m.The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an FIR has been lodged against real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, for not disclosing the criminal cases pending against him when he applied for passport in 2013. The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an FIR has been lodged against real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, for not disclosing the criminal cases pending against him when he applied for passport in 2013.
Clear stand on quota at AMU, Adityanath tells opposition parties
Feb. 6, 2019, 7:21 p.m.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) to clarify their stand on the issue of members of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) not getting reservation benefits at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
