Piyush Goyal says Congress ‘NYAY’ scheme recipe for scam, may burst like balloon
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the Congress party’s promise of a minimum income scheme for poor is a “disaster” in its design itself and could lead to another “scam” as selection of beneficiaries would be full of corruption.
Narendra Modi has no time for Varanasi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on April 14 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all the time to visit foreign shores but “cannot spare even five minutes” for his constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
Opposition parties to approach SC again to demand verification of 50% votes by VVPATs
Opposition parties on Sunday held a meeting to discuss the issue of EVM malfunctioning and said they will approach the Supreme Court again to demand that at least 50% of paper trails be verified with EVMs.
Facebook down for some users, issues reported with WhatsApp, Instagram too
Facebook Inc.'s social networking site is inaccessible to some users across the world on Sunday, according to Downdetector.com, a website which monitors outages.
Will not allow Abdullahs, Muftis to divide India: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Abdullahs and Muftis, saying two families “ruined” three generations of Jammu and Kashmir and he will not allow them to “divide” India.
1,100 Jet Airways pilots decide not to fly from April 15: National Aviator’s Guild
Around 1,100 pilots belonging to crisis-hit Jet Airways’ pilots body National Aviator’s Guild (NAG) have decided not to fly from 10 a.m. on Monday in protest against “non-payment of salary dues”, a source said on Sunday.
Congress-NCP will win all Mumbai seats: Milind Deora
Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora has said his party, along with partner NCP, will win all the six Lok Sabha seats in the metropolis as anti-incumbency was a major factor in the polls and people will not be fooled by the BJP-Shiv Sena’s “opportunistic alliance”.
Iranian who removed headscarf sentenced to year in prison
The lawyer for an Iranian woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf in a public protest says she has been sentenced to one year in prison but pardoned by the supreme leader.
‘Madhura Raja’ review: Another leaf from the trusted masala playbook
Raja’s broken English and one-man army action sequences are the focus this time too.
Chinese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton wins Formula One's 1,000th race
Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix to seize the overall lead from his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One's 1,000th world championship race on Sunday.