India

New Delhi, Jan 1: Almost half of Hindu and Muslim women are illiterate with rural areas faring the worst, latest Census report has said. Across India, 48.11 per cent (4.03 crore) of Muslim women and 44.03 per cent (20.60 crore) of Hindu women cannot write or read even their names. Though more and more girls are getting into schools, the Census figures showed that more ground has to be covered, as

Kolkata, Dec 31: The West Bengal unit of the Congress has written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking seat adjustment with the CPI-M led Left Front to dethrone the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee. "A Congress-Left Front seat adjustment with a declared common minimum programme would dethrone the TMC government and usher in a Congress-Left Front alliance in West Bengal," state

New Delhi, Dec 31: Almost all senior bureaucrats of Delhi Government today went on mass leave protesting suspension of two officials, an action declared void by the Centre, setting the stage for yet another tussle between the two sides as AAP dispensation called the strike part of a "conspiracy" to "fail" the odd-even scheme. While around 200 DANICS-cadre officers went on a day-long mass-leave

New Delhi, Dec 31: Delhi government bureaucrats today went on mass leave to protest against the suspension of two DANICS-cadre officers even as the Union Home Ministry declared the suspension as null and void. A day after two senior civil service officers of the Home Department were suspended by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, around 200 DANICS officers went on

New Delhi, Dec 30: Seeking to eliminate corruption and promote ease of doing business, the revenue department has asked field offices only to raise specific queries in income tax assessment cases picked up for scrutiny. Issuing comprehensive norms for scrutiny, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said questionnaires on specific issues should be sent to assessees so that there is no waste of

New Delhi, Dec 30: After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government's image. Problem is, several sources said, he can't find the right replacements. As New Delhi buzzes with speculation about changes in several ministries, senior members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

New Delhi, Dec 30: Noted Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award for his contribution to Indian literature, it was announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the selection boardafter a meeting here. A novelist, poet and critic, Chaudhary is a recipient of Sahitya Academi Award for his novel, "Trilogy Uparvaas" in 1977. His popular novels include

New Delhi, Dec 29: Striking a defiant note, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the Commission of Inquiry ordered by his government will probe alleged irregularities in DDCA even if it is struck down by the Centre. Kejriwal said the file pertaining to setting up of the commission has been forwarded to the PMO by the Home Ministry even as head of the probe panel Gopal Subramanium has

Mumbai, Dec 29: City unit Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Monday came under intense criticism from his party over articles in a Congress mouthpiece slamming Jawaharlal Nehru and Sonia Gandhi's father, with a senior leader claiming that terminology used in the write-ups was borrowed from the "RSS dictionary". Accusing Nirupam, the journal editor, of bringing "disgrace" to the party on the occasion

New Delhi, Dec 28: The Centre is set to allow popular bull taming sport Jallikattu and a few other bullock races in the new year with Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today saying that the government will let such cultural practices continue while ensuring that animals are not subjected to cruelty. "Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, bullock cart race in Maharashtra, Kambala in Karnataka and some