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New Delhi, Nov 19: Stepping up probe into the Panama Papers, the Income Tax Department has slapped criminal charges under the new anti-black money Act and launched fresh assessment of stashed offshore income against more than six Indian entities in the list, official sources said. They said the department has detected undisclosed assets and stashed funds located in foreign countries in case of

New Delhi, Nov 19: More than 200 central and state government websites publicly displayed details such as names and addresses of some Aadhaar beneficiaries, the Unique Identification Authority of India has said. The Aadhaar issuing body added, in response to an RTI query, that it took note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites. It did not specify when the breach took place. It

New Delhi, Nov 19: Decks are set to be cleared for Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the next chief, with the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday to approve the schedule for the party president's election. Party sources have said that Rahul will be elected as the national president of the grand old party before the Gujarat Assembly elections, which starts on

Sanya (China), Nov 18: Miss India Manushi Chhillar has become the sixth Indian to be crowned Miss World. The 20-year-old will bring the crown back to India after 17 years. The last Indian to bag the title was Priyanka Chopra, who wore the crown in 2000. The medical student couldn't believe herself when her name was announced and reacted with extreme joy. Her family, who were in the audience

Mumbai, Nov 18: A Patna-bound GoAir flight with 174 passengers on board on Saturday returned to New Delhi following a bird strike soon after it took off from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, the airline said. The Airbus A320 neo plane suffered the bird hit when it was on the climb, forcing the pilot to discontinue the journey and return to New Delhi for an inspection of the plane

Paris, Nov 18: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in France on on November 18 from Saudi Arabia, where his shock resignation announcement two weeks ago sparked accusations that he was being held there against his will. Mr. Hariri is in Paris at the invitation of France's President Emmanuel Macron, who is attempting to help broker a solution to a political crisis that has raised fears over

Kochi, Nov 18: The NDA government should not be "lured into false belief" that the economy is out of the wood, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, reacting to the Moody's upgradation of India's sovereign credit rating. The US-based agency upped India's rating to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed its rating outlook to "stable" from "positive", saying the reforms will help stabilise

Mumbai, Nov 18: Actor Rahul Roy on Saturday joined the BJP in presence of Union Minister Vijay Goel at the party headquarters here. He said it was a significant day for him and thanked the party. "The way Narendra Modi ji and Amit Shah ji have been taking the country forward and the way the perspective of the world towards India has changed in the past two years is remarkable. I am elated to have

Mumbai, Nov 18: Actor Rahul Roy on Saturday joined the BJP in presence of Union Minister Vijay Goel at the party headquarters here. He said it was a significant day for him and thanked the party. "The way Narendra Modi ji and Amit Shah ji have been taking the country forward and the way the perspective of the world towards India has changed in the past two years is remarkable. I am elated to have

New Delhi, Nov 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only world statesman to have stood up to China and their Belt and Road Initiative, even though the US has been silent on the ambitious project till recently, a top American expert on China has said. During a Congressional hearing, Michael Pillsbury, Director of Center on Chinese Strategy at the prestigious think-tank Hudson Institute, told