India

Mumbai: Oct 31: Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as first BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP patriarch L K Advani and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray were among the key leaders present at the glittering ceremony. Uddhav Thackeray agreed to attend the ceremony after a last-minute call from BJP president Amit Shah inviting him to the

New Delhi, Oct 31: Unveiling an austerity drive to cut non-plan expenditure by 10 per cent, the Narendra Modi government has barred bureaucrats from travelling first class on overseas visits and have been asked to use video conferencing as much as possible. With an aim to restrict fiscal deficit to 4.1 per cent of GDP in 2014-15, the Finance Ministry has barred officials from holding meetings in

New Delhi, Oct 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 'Run for Unity' here on Friday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is being commemorated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. PM Modi paid floral tributes at the statue of independent India's first home minister at Patel Chowk, Parliament Street today morning. And thereafter addressed the participants of

New Delhi, Oct 30: Following the Supreme Court’s directive on Tuesday, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Wednesday submitted to the court in a sealed envelope, a list of 627 names of persons with foreign accounts along with a status report regarding the investigation conducted against them and . Mr. Rohatgi told the court said the investigation into the income tax violations would be completed by

New Delhi, Oct 29: The Centre government on Wednesday submitted a list of names of Indians having accounts in foreign banks to Supreme Court in black money case in a sealed envelope. The apex court refused to open the envelope and directed to place documents before the Special Investigative team (SIT). Only SIT chairman and vice chairman can open the sealed envelope containing names of account

New Delhi, Oct 29: The government will today submit the names of all Indians with foreign bank accounts following a severe reprimand from the Supreme Court which is monitoring the attempts to recover untaxed or black money stashed abroad. "Why are you providing a protective umbrella to foreign bank account holders?" asked the judges. "We can't leave the issue of bringing back black money to

New Delhi, Oct 28: Rejecting the Centre's stand, the Supreme Court today ordered Centre to disclose all the names of blackmoney holders abroad to it by tomorrow in a sealed envelope and slammed it for reluctance on the issue. The apex court had some strong words for the new government for seeking modification of its earlier order on disclosure of all names saying this was accepted by the then UPA

Mumbai, Oct 28: Devendra Fadnavis was today elected the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Maharashtra, paving the way for his appointment as the first party Chief Minister of the state. The name of Fadnavis, state BJP president, was proposed by Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Eknath Khadse and seconded by his counterpart in the Legislative Council Vinod Tawde, and members of the

New Delhi, Oct 28: President Pranab Mukherjee has given his consent to Delhi LG's proposal to invite BJP to form the government in the national capital, the Centre today told the Supreme Court which rapped the LG for the five-month delay in taking a decision. The apex court said that in a democracy, President's Rule cannot go on forever and questioned why the authorities failed to act

New Delhi, Oct 28: The government on Monday disclosed in the Supreme Court eight more names against whom it has initiated prosecution under the Income Tax Act for allegedly stashing black money in foreign banks. Those who have been named are: Dabur India promoter Pradip Burman, bullion trader Pankaj Chamanlal Lodhiya, Goa mining company Timblo Private Ltd and five of its directors — Radha Satish