Left unhappy as Congress says Rahul will contest Wayanad too

The Left parties questioned the Congress’s commitment to fight the BJP after Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday chose Kerala’s Wayanad as his second seat, where the CPI is in the fray as part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Release list of convicted officials, CIC orders Customs Department

The Central Information Commission has directed the Customs Department to make public a list of officers caught red-handed for smuggling gold and heroin, and other illegal activities.

Surgical strikes alone can’t counter terrorism: Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda

Former Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda, who helmed the 2016 surgical strikes, elaborates on a vision document on national security that he presented to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, and highlights issues of politicisation of the armed forces and the role of surgical strikes as an anti-terror tactic.

Govt extends PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline to September 30

The government on Sunday announced that the deadline for the linking of Aadhaar with PAN has been extended to September 30, 2019. Those looking to file their income tax returns on or after April 1, 2019 will still have to quote their PAN while doing so.

Seized ₹14,000 crore of assets of an offender: Narendra Modi

Without naming absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government had seized ₹14,000 crore worth of assets of “a man who committed a ₹9,000-crore fraud and left the country”.

BJP wants to bring in foreigners, people will judge them: Tarun Gogoi

At 82, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi continues to be the fountainhead of fuel for the Congress at it seeks to reclaim ground lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Lok Sabha election and the Assembly election two years later. Mr. Gogoi, confident of the Congress bouncing back, was particularly harsh on Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in an interview.

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Sheila Dikshit said an official announcement would be made on Monday on an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). She did not divulge any other information as she met scores of people at her residence on her birthday.

IPL: CSK does what CSK does best — win from a precarious position

It was what fans in Chennai had waited for years now — M.S. Dhoni, in yellow, wielding his big blade at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium to lay the base for Chennai Super Kings’s victory in the Indian Premier League.

Music streaming providers like what they hear as listeners tune in

Music lovers in India are spoilt for choice with various music streaming applications flooding the market. The segment has come under the spotlight following the entry of two international giants — Spotify and YouTube Music — within a span of a month. They will compete with homegrown players such as Wynk, Gaana and JioSaavn, besides international rivals Apple Music and Amazon Music

Opinion | Seeking the next frontier

On March 27, India carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) test using an interceptor missile (as a kinetic kill vehicle) to neutralise a target satellite (possibly the Microsat-R launched in January this year) in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of around 300 km. While India is the fourth country (after the U.S., Russia/USSR and China) to acquire this capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first leader to have announced the successful test in a national address. In contrast, China had quietly carried out its first successful hit-to-kill intercept in January 2007 till international reports about the consequent increase in space debris forced Beijing to acknowledge the test. France and Israel are believed to possess the capability. India’s test has not violated any norm as there is no international treaty prohibiting the testing or the development of ASATs.