India

New Delhi, October 25: A Delhi court has convicted a man named Jitender Mohalla for his lead role in a hijack drama on a flight from Goa to Delhi in 2009. Mr Mohalla will be sentenced later today. The prosecution has asked for life imprisonment for him. Mr Mohalla and two other passengers of an Indigo flight had claimed to be armed. The crew sent a hijack alert which created a massive security

New York, October 25: Mukesh Ambani has retained his position as the world’s richest Indian for the fifth year in a row, although his net worth declined by $1.6 billion to $21 billion but remained well above that of the second-ranked Lakshmi Mittal. Steel baron Mr. Mittal’s net worth also fell by $3 billion at $16 billion, making him the second richest, as per global business magazine Forbes’

Mumbai, October 25: Ailing Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday virtually announced his retirement from public life and urged his followers to stand by his political heirs: son Uddhav and grandson Aditya. “I have collapsed physically… I can’t walk... I am tired,” said an emotional Thackeray, 86, in a video-recorded address that brought tears to the eyes of many of the Sena workers who had

New Delhi, October 25: The questions over the source of funds to Nitin Gadkari's Purti Power and Sugar Ltd have deepened, with investigations revealing that money flowed in from a multi-layered maze of companies registered all over India. A TOI report on Tuesday had mentioned some two dozen companies, many with unverifiable addresses, whose directors included Gadkari's driver and astrologer. A

Nagpur, October 24: Virtually advocating a war with Pakistan, the RSS Wednesday urged the government to "liberate" parts of Kashmir held by Islamabad to arrest the growth of terrorism. Addressing the annual Dassehra rally here, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said terrorism was on a comeback trail because of the government's policies on Jammu and Kashmir over the past decade. "The areas under Pakistani

New Delhi, October 24: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today backed party chief Nitin Gadkari saying he has come "clean" by asking for a probe on charges against him and said the party should not claim immunity on either scale or nature of the allegations. "Nitinji has come clean by asking for an inquiry by the Department of Company Affairs," Advani said in a statement here on certain media

New Delhi, October 24: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday backed party chief Nitin Gadkari saying he has come “clean” by asking for a probe on charges against him and said the party should not claim immunity on either scale or nature of the allegations. “Nitinji has come clean by asking for an inquiry by the Department of Company Affairs,” Mr. Advani said in a statement here on certain

New Delhi, October 24: A UPA cabinet reshuffle, anticipated for months now, might finally take place on Sunday, October 28. Among the changes expected is that ministers who currently hold additional charge of portfolios are likely to give those up, sources said. The sources said a Sunday reshuffle was also likley to effect other changes like Tariq Anwar of the Nationalist Congress Party replacing

New Delhi, October 24: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has refused to comment on the corruption allegation against BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, saying it was an internal matter of the saffron party. "Gadkari's issue is BJP's internal matter," said Bhagwat. Media reports on Tuesday said an infrastructure company, Ideal Road Builders (IRB), had made major investments in and given a large loan to a company

New Delhi, October 24: India's home ministry Tuesday recommended the rejection of the mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, lone survivor among the 26/11 attackers, a government source said. The mercy petition made to the president by Kasab, after the Supreme Court Aug 29 upheld his death sentence, has been rejected and the recommendation in this regard forwarded to the president, the