India

New Delhi, Feb 29: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley faces a tough task of balancing the needs of farm sector as well as the industry when he presents his third and challenging Budget Monday as he seeks to garner resources to boost public spending for higher growth amid global headwinds. On the income tax front, the Budget may continue with the status quo on the tax slabs while it may tinker with the

New Delhi, Feb 28: Accusing the NDA government of using Rohith Vemula and JNU incidents to "divert attention" from its "failure" in keeping poll promises, youth wings of Left and other parties today decided to intensify their stir against the Centre. They demanded dropping of sedition charges against the JNU students and action against Delhi Police Chief B S Bassi, who will retire tomorrow. "The

Bareilly (UP), Feb 28: Pitching for converting farmers' challenges into opporunities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged all states to give priority to implementation of the "roadmap" for boosting the agriculture sector with a target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022. Addressing a farmers' rally here, he sought to hardsell the recently-launched Crop Insurance scheme, which he termed

Lahore, Feb 28: Three suspects arrested in Pakistan in connection with the Pathankot terror attack have been sent to a six-day police remand by an anti-terrorism court, days after an FIR was registered in the high-profile case. The three accused - Khalid Mahmood, Irshadul Haque and Muhammad Shoaib - were yesterday presented before ATC-2 judge Bushra Zaman in Gujranwala, some 70 kms from here, in

Geneva, Feb 28: Amid much hoopla over alleged black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks, Switzerland has disclosed that India is the top source for illegally imported medicines confiscated by their customs department. As per the latest data released by the Swiss government, India accounted for 42 per cent of the confiscated medicinal product shipments in 2015. Two thirds of all seized

New Delhi, Feb 27: A Delhi court today allowed the custodial interrogation of two JNU students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case, by two more days. The court extended the police custody of the duo, who had allegedly organised a controversial event at the JNU on February 9 where anti-India slogans were said to have been raised, after police contended that they were

New Delhi, Feb 27: Watching child pornography cannot be allowed in the name of liberty or freedom of expression, the Supreme Court said on Friday, even as the Centre informed that an exercise to block such contents on the Internet has been undertaken. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh asked Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand to take suggestions from the National

New Delhi, Feb 26: If we are being called anti nationals for shouting "seditious" slogans questioning hanging of Afzal Guru, then why BJP has an alliance with PDP in Kashmir, which has always "opposed" his execution, asked three students of JNU who were under scanner for an event on campus on the same issue. "Can BJP charge PDP with sedition for its stand on Afzal Guru. If even thinking about Guru

New Delhi, Feb 26: Smriti Irani and Mayawati had a face-off yet again in Rajya Sabha, with the BSP leader today saying she was not convinced by HRD Minister's statement with regard to Rohith Vemula's suicide and asking whether she would implement her two-day-old statement about "chopping off" her head. The issue related to the suicide by Vemula, a Dalit student of Hyderabad University, also led to

New Delhi, Feb 26: Opposition parties today sought an apology from HRD minister Smriti Irani for reading out in Rajya Sabha "objectionable" comments made outside against a god, as she defended herself saying she was asked for proof of her statements against JNU students. BJP members also hit back at the Congress saying the opposition party was raising the issue due to the criticism of its Vice