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New Delhi, May 27: Strongly rebutting the charge that cases involving Congress functionaries were driven by political vendetta, finance minister Arun Jaitley said he was ready to present evidence regarding serving and former chief ministers and Congress heavyweights in Parliament so that the issues could be debated at the earliest opportunity. "In each of those cases, which have come to surface

Saharanpur, May 26: Citing shortage of doctors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced raising the age of retirement of government doctors to 65 years and said the Union Cabinet will give its nod to the decision this week. In a rally to observe the second anniversary of his government, Modi said there is a need for more doctors across the country but it was not possible to fill the gap in

New Delhi, May 26: Top BJP leaders led by the party chief Amit Shah today highlighted the "achievements" of Narendra Modi government during its two years in office, claiming they included empowerment of the poor, infrastructure growth and youth-led devlopment. Top echelon of the government including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and

Bengaluru, May 26: The Supreme Court today allowed Salvatore Girone's plea seeking relaxation of bail conditions, to enable him to return to Italy. His request was supported by the Government on humanitarian grounds. Two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are facing charges of murdering two fishermen in 2012 off the Kerala coast. Latorre was allowed to return to Italy after

New Delhi, May 26: States cannot keep an IAS or IPS officer suspended for more than a month, as per new procedures issued today by the Centre. Besides, state governments will have to inform the Centre within 48 hours about the suspension of an all India services officer--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). The new procedure assumes

New Delhi, May 25: Seeking to dispel the controversy over chanting of 'Om' during the World Yoga Day programme, Ayush Minister Shripad Naik today said there was "no compulsion" to say it. The ministry said there is no change even in "a full stop or a comma" in the protocol of exercises performed last year and that Surya Namaskar will also not be a part of the yoga day programme. However, this year

New Delhi, May 25: A senior decorated Navy officer has been sent on leave and a Board of Inquriy ordered against him after a junior woman officer accused him of molesting her twice, including once at the house of a top admiral. Navy sources said the incident happened this month. "We are seized of the matter and a Board of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident which is likely to submit its

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25: CPI(M) strongman Pinarayi Vijayan was today sworn in as Chief Minister of Kerala heading a 19-member ministry of the party-led Left Democratic Front(LDF) that had 13 new faces including two women. 72-year-old Vijayan, who pipped his bitter party rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor

New Delhi, May 25: Outraged over the recent killing of a Congolese national, African countries have demanded concrete steps against "racism and Afro-phobia" and sought deferment of the celebrations of Africa Day by India, which today assured them of safety and security of their nationals. The envoys of the African nations, taking strong exception to killing of Congolese national Masonda Ketada

New Delhi, May 25: The government has withdrawn the tender for purchase of 98 torpedos for Scorpene submarines which a subsidiary of chopper scam tainted Italian defence conglomerate Finmeccanica had won during the UPA regime. The government action by default means that Finmeccanica will not be considered for the over Rs 1,200 crore deal for which it is likely to float a fresh tender. The