MT Vasudevan Nair, Suzuki, ex-CJI Khehar Singh get Padma Vibhushan

Former Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, folk singer late Sharda Sinha and hockey player PR Sreejesh are......

Hands off Amarnath yatra, VHP tells Sri Sri

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday asked Art of Living founder and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board member, Sri Sri Ravishankar, to keep away from the "boiling issue" of curtailment of Amarnath yatra,......

Perceptions differ on VHP, Bajrang Dal, says BJP

"The Congress is accusing the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal ofmurder and violence in Orissa. This is far from truth. The VHP and Bajrang Dal are patriotic organisations and are not......

Pandher, Koli get death in Nithari case

Businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surinder Koli were sentenced to death by a special court on Friday for rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl Rimpa Halder, one of the 19 victims......

Bullion markets shut for 30th day protesting excise duty

  Bullion and jewellery traders in several parts of the country, including Delhi and Kolkata, on Thursday continued their strike for the 30th day, demanding roll back of 1 per cent excise......

Up against excise duty, bullion traders shut shops for 2nd day

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget for 2016-17 had proposed 1 per cent excise duty on jewellery without input credit or 12.5 per cent with input tax credit on jewellery.  Gold and......

No breakthrough for jewellers; strike enters day 28

Most jewellery shops and establishments in the country are shut since March 2. A large number of gold traders and jewellers continued their strike for the 28th day on Tuesday in protest against the......

No breakthrough for jewellers; strike marches on to day 17

  Gold traders and jewellers continued their strike for the 17th day on Friday, in protest against the proposed one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery. Most jewellery shops and......

Bollywood remembers Krishna Raj Kapoor

The Kapoors prayed for the matriarch at a chautha. Bollywood personalities grieved with the Kapoor family at the chautha (prayer meet) for the late Krishna Raj Kapoor on Thursday, October 4.......

Bansal panel trounces Bedi faction in DDCA elections

Sneh Prakash Bansal and his panel, as expected, cruised to a landslide victory over former India skipper Bishan Singh Bedi and his team in the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association polls on......