Industrial growth likely to slow down to 6.2 pc for FY25

New Delhi: India’s industrial sector is expected...

Japan attempts a bold balancing act between guns and butter

Nation-states are perpetually engaged in the act...

Abhinandan Mishra

‘Buoyed by Pulwama, Masood planning more attacks’

Masood Azhar, the key conspirator behind the 14 February Pulwama terrorist attack, if not “tackled” soon, will carry out more such “spectacular” attacks targeting...

4 terror-prone districts giving whole of J&K a bad name

Pulwama, Kupwara, Baramulla and Srinagar accounted for 60% of all the terror-related activities and fatalities occurred in the state in last five years.   New Delhi:...

‘Freeing Masood was IC-814 hijack motive’

Pakistan allowed Masood Azhar to thrive on its land and helped him carry out many deadly terror attacks in India.   New Delhi: The complicity of...

CBI likely to miss SC deadline in Babri case

25 witnesses are still to be examined, while some of the unexamined witnesses are untraceable.   New Delhi: The Supreme Court had in April 2017 set...

TSD could have prevented Pulwama massacre if not sabotaged

New Delhi: Media reports alleging that two highly sophisticated “off-air interceptors” were being used to monitor the conversation of ministers and other senior UPA...

Officer who led disbanded Army unit was ‘tortured’

NEW DELHI: In the effort to discredit a former Army Chief—in what essentially was a battle between two Army Chiefs—Colonel Munishwar Nath “Hunny” Bakshi,...

CBI yet to make headway in case against Ranjit Sinha

‘Have they summoned Sinha even once? Have they carried out searches?’   NEW DELHI: Almost two years after registering an FIR against its former boss Ranjit...

‘There was no specific intel on Pulwama’

New Delhi: The Pulwama attack has stunned the country and fingers are being pointed towards intelligence failure. But officials in the security establishment have...

External factors succeeded in shutting down core Army intelligence ops

New Delhi: At least 10 covert operations outside India were carried out by a tiny specialised unit of the Indian Army, the Technical Service...

CBI slept on Saradha probe for nearly five years

New Delhi: “The (West Bengal) state police has not been able to make any headway in the conspiracy angle, money trail and the seizure...

Ranjit Sinha’s wife likely to join BJP, may fight polls

She was supposed to join the BJP on 10 February in Patna.   New Delhi: Reena Narayan Sinha, the wife of former CBI director Ranjit Sinha,...

‘UPA-2 top leaders wanted coup attempt by Army proved’

NEW DELHI: The top leadership of the UPA 2 government, in the last few months of 2011 and early 2012, had informally indicated to...

Mixed views on Congress’ basic income plan

NEW DELHI: The brains behind the “minimum income guarantee scheme”, that was recently promised by Congress president Rahul Gandhi if his party comes to...

BJP’s first list for 2019 polls may have top leaders

The list may also have the names of some ‘newly’ inducted leaders.   NEW DELHI: The first list of Bharatiya Janata Party  candidates for the 2019 Lok...

Christian Michel refuses to implicate Sonia in Agusta scam

A questionnaire was sent to Michel’s lawyers. They provided this newspaper with his answers.   NEW DELHI: The Sunday Guardian got in touch with the lawyers...

Despite PM’s direction, doctors not prescribing generic medicines

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health and its regulatory arm Medical Council of India (MCI) have failed to ensure that doctors write only generic...

Lalu won’t play active role in Bihar campaigning

NEW DELHI: For the first time since the 1977 Lok Sabha elections, RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav will not be playing an active role...

Mehul’s lawyer says he is not being extradited

NEW DELHI: The lawyer of absconding businessman Mehul Choksi, who is an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, has told The Sunday...

India, China are good friends, so we do not face problems balancing ties: Nepal Finance Minister

Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada says that stocks of demonetized Indian currency notes are lying in his country and hopes the issue will be sorted...

Government gets ready to prosecute Chidambaram in Ishrat affidavit case

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government is getting ready to prosecute former Home Minister and senior Congress leader Palaniappan Chidambaram for his alleged role in...

Chouhan likely to get larger role in BJP

Though he had resisted it earlier, the former Chief Minister is now mentally prepared to move to the Centre after party’s defeat in Madhya...

Nepal gets over its anger against India

KATHMANDU: The anti-India feelings that had gripped the Nepalese for a temporary period during the trade blockade three years ago, have become a thing...

Bihar BJP leaders want crime rate brought down

‘Since Nitish Kumar took over as Chief Minister in 2015, crime rate in the state has gone up manifold’.   New Delhi: The increasing crime rate...

‘CBI going slow in NSE co-location scam probe’

‘The scam involved powerful people and influence is being used to scuttle the probe’.   New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been...

Vivek Tankha played important role in Congress victory in MP

NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer and Congress Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh, Vivek Tankha played a crucial role in formulating his party’s strategy for...

Antigua may send Mehul Choksi to India within a few months

New Delhi: There is a very strong possibility that Mehul Choksi, a prime accused in the Rs 13,400-crore PNB scam, may be extradited to...

PM’s medical care scheme reaches 5.5 lakh patients in three months

New Delhi: More than 5.5 lakh patients have availed of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), often known as the Ayushman Bharat scheme,...

Upper caste anger hit BJP in MP

Loss in polls blamed on anti-Brahmin perception, infighting among key leaders.   NEW DELHI: Arrogance among MPs and MLAs, anti-upper caste and anti-Brahmin perception and infighting...

Centre may not take ordinance route to build Ram temple

Fear of allies deserting NDA, possibility of a face-off with the judiciary and ‘uncontrollable’ repercussions deter BJP from taking the ordinance route.   NEW DELHI: The...

Nirav living, doing business in London on visitor visa

Absconding business tycoon Nirav Modi, the prime accused in the multi-thousand crore PNB scam, and someone who has Interpol’s “red corner” notice against him,...

‘BJP leadership ignored state unit views to strike deal with LJP’

Sources in Lok Janshakti Party claim that BJP has agreed to their demand of one RS seat for Paswan, one LS seat in Uttar...

Prashant Kishor expanding Delhi JDU

New Delhi: Ever since he was appointed as the national vice-president of Janata Dal-United (JDU), political strategist Prashant Kishor Pandey has been focusing on...

Digvijaya, Jogi manage to resurrect themselves

Singh’s Narmada Yatra helped the Congress in MP; Jogi’s party did ‘well’ in polls.   NEW DELHI: Digvijaya Singh and Ajit Jogi share many a similarity...

Kamal Nath had Rahul’s prior assurance on CM post

New Delhi: Supporters of Kamal Nath had told him that he should take up the charge of Madhya Pradesh Congress only if he got...

Many political scions bite the dust in MP

NEW DELHI: In Madhya Pradesh, both BJP and the Congress did not shy away from giving tickets to dynasts and people who come from...

NOTA played a big role in BJP’s MP defeat

In more than 20 seats, number of NOTA votes was more than the defeat margin of BJP candidates.   NEW DELHI: In his annual Vijayadashmi address...

Nirav Modi seeks political asylum in Belgium

New Delhi: Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, the prime accused in the Rs 15,000-crore Punjab National Bank scam, has sought political asylum in Belgium, official...

Michel’s lawyers planning to move ICJ against extradition

New Delhi: The legal defence team of British national and alleged middleman in the VVIP helicopter scam, Christian Michel, is preparing to move the...

Christian Michel in custody, CBI will probe babus’ role in helicopter scam

New Delhi: Former Union ministers who are still in influential positions, and top bureaucrats and individuals who have occupied gubernatorial positions in the past...

Babus want appraisals done before 11 Dec

They are afraid of a change in government when results are in.   New Delhi: The IAS and IPS officers, who are posted in Madhya Pradesh...

Four Jaish terrorists believed to have entered Delhi

New Delhi: Four terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), including three Pakistani nationals and one Afghan national, entered Delhi last month, and are likely...

‘Higher-ups may be seeking to rescue Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case’

CBI officers are worried about impediments from within the agency slowing down their progress.   New Delhi: Officers within the Central Bureau of Investigation are pushing...

‘Demonetisation was based on flawed report on black money’

The findings of a report, prepared by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, on the basis of which officials of the Ministry of Finance...

CBI on Centre’s radar for not probing arms company chief

The Central government is examining whether, or not, extraneous circumstances played a role in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not probing Bodo Herbert...

Agencies asked to probe CBI ‘phone-tapping’ saga

Security agencies have been asked to go into details of the illegal “phone-tapping” saga that had been unleashed during the internal feud between senior...

‘Headless’ CBI gives TMC a breather in scam cases

The Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) investigation into the high-profile Narada, Sarada and Rose Valley scams involving top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, has been...

CBI officer alleges colleagues protecting murder accused

A serving Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has levelled serious charges of destruction of evidence and indulgence...

Hasmukh Adhia prefers spirituality over becoming next CEC

The top bureaucrat, who is credited with implementing demonetisation and GST, retires on 30 November.   Speculation is rife that Finance and Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia,...

MEA clueless regarding Bhandari’s whereabouts

Replying to an RTI, the ministry claimed that queries raised in the application were ‘vague’.   The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has no information regarding...

Kushwaha’s RLSP all set to walk out of NDA

Gives an ultimatum to BJP,  says Amit Shah should announce the seat-sharing formula for Bihar by 30 November.   The relationship of Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok...

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