India

Mumbai, Mar 17: E-auction for beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher House closed as lenders failed to get any bids on Thursday. Lenders to long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines today morning began auctioning the KFA headquarters - Kingfisher House - situated near the domestic airport here. The property, with a built-up area of over 17,000 sq ft in Vile Parle area, is being auctioned by

New York, Mar 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the most influential people on the Internet, TIME magazine said, describing the Indian leader as an "Internet star" who often uses social media to "conduct diplomacy". The magazine cited Modi's unconventional announcement on Twitter of his visit to Pakistan last year while naming him among 'The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet' for

New Delhi, Mar 16: The Election Commission and Delhi University (DU) were today directed by a court here to bring the documents related to records of educational qualification of Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani against whom a complaint was filed for allegedly giving false information in affidavits to the poll panel. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh noted that in pursuance to court's earlier

Jammu, Mar 16: The Centre should not give into "provocation" and continue its engagement with Pakistan, the RSS today said and ridiculed the separatists who have been invited by Pakistan for 'Pakistan Day' function at its High Commission in Delhi. "They (separatists) don't want us to be friendly with that country (Pakistan). We want good relations with our neighbours. We should continue on our

New Delhi, Mar 16: Provocative slogans at the controversial February 9 event on JNU campus were raised by a group of outsiders, a high-level inquiry committee of the varsity has said, noting it was "unfortunate" that the students allowed that to happen. It said holding of the event despite cancellation of permission was an act which amounts to "willful defiance". The panel has also pointed out

New Delhi, Mar 15: It will now be difficult for promoters and builders to delay projects, with Parliament today giving nod to a bill which gives relief to home-buyers and proposes imprisonment of up to three years besides monetary penalties for any violation of rules. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, approved by Lok Sabha today, five days after its passage by Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, Mar 15: As outrage over the brutal attack on a horse by BJP legislator Ganesh Joshi in Dehradun grew, the Uttarakhand politician has denied attacking the animal and claimed that he was not there at the march organised by his party. "I was not there at the march," Joshi told India Today TV on phone, even as he could clearly see visuals of him attacking the horse with a stick on his TV

New Delhi, Mar 15: Metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru have the maximum 'crorepati' entities who have declared agricultural income of over Rs 1 crore in the last nine assessment years with the Income Tax department. The department is conducting a tax evasion probe in a select number of such cases after the taxman was directed in this regard recently. As per official data in this

Geneva, March 15: One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health OrganiSation (WHO) said today. An estimated 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of living and working in unhealthy environments, 23 per cent of all deaths reported globally, according to the new study. "If

Mumbai, Mar 15: With alleged political meddling in loan appraisals to beleaguered businessman Vijay Mally coming under scanner, former finance minister P Chidambaram today hinted that there were inaccuracies during the erstwhile NDA regime as well. "Please remember, in 2002-03, The Indian Express ran a series of articles called the 'Great Indian bank robbery'. Just jog your memory and ask yourself