India, All india, 17th Jun 2018, News & Stories from India

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To give assurance to officers, Kejriwal posted one-page message on Twitter after IAS officers’ Association expressed their concerns in the press conference on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gives public assurance, guarantees IAS officers safety

Kejriwal addressed officers as his 'family' and urged them to stop 'their boycott of elected government and return to work'.

17 Jun 2018 9:39 PM

Maintaining that there was no direct enmity between the lawmaker and his brother, Dr Khan alleged both Kamlesh Paswan and Satish wanted to occupy a plot of land belonging to his maternal uncle for which an FIR had been registered earlier. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

BJP MP behind attack on brother, says Dr Kafeel Khan

Kafeel Khan alleged that BJP MP from Bansgaon Kamlesh Paswan was behind the recent attack.

17 Jun 2018 9:01 PM

A Chandkheda police station official said that 12,800 demonetised notes of Rs 500 denomination and 3,599 scrapped notes of Rs 1,000 denomination, totalling Rs 99.99 lakh, were seized from Manjula Barot, Malhar Purohit, Rajesh Parmar and Gopal Pandey. (Photo: Representational | File)

4 held in Ahmedabad with demonetised currency notes worth Rs 99.99 lakh

All four are local residents and were nabbed from near a mall at Chandkheda crossroad on Saturday night, the official said.

17 Jun 2018 8:37 PM

The visit from June 17-23 will provide an opportunity to hold in-depth discussions with the political leadership on a wide range of global, regional and bilateral issues and advance India's growing strategic engagement with the European Union, the Ministry of External Affairs said. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sushma Swaraj leaves for 7 day tour of four European nations

India and France are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership.

17 Jun 2018 7:53 PM

Banerjee, Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, Andhra Pradesh's N Chandrababu Naidu and Karnataka's H D Kumaraswamy had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the sidelines of the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting and urged the Centre to resolve the issue. (Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)

PM didn't say anything when we raised Delhi crisis with him: Mamata Banerjee

Terming deadlock as 'political crisis', Oppn leaders had said that people should not suffer due to any political crisis.

17 Jun 2018 7:33 PM

Modi, Mehul Choksi and others are being probed by the agencies after the fraud came to light, following a complaint from the PNB that they allegedly cheated the nationalised bank to the tune of over Rs 13,000 crores. (Photo: File)

Nirav Modi faces fresh FIR for using multiple Indian passports

Agencies detected that the absconding diamond merchant possessed at least half-a-dozen Indian passports.

17 Jun 2018 6:15 PM

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Photo:File)

BJP govt needs to do lot more to win Muslim support: Union minister Naqvi

He said their minds had been 'poisoned over the last 70 years', but now the BJP was beginning to be evaluated on its merits and demerits.

17 Jun 2018 6:07 PM

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said that the dharna was a bid to form an 'anti-BJP, anti-Narendra Modi' front in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election. (Photo: File/AP)

BJP calls AAP protest 'political stunt' to rally together anti-BJP parties

Delhi BJP Prez Manoj Tiwari said that it was 'unfortunate' that the CMs of 4 states let themselves be a part of the AAP supremo's 'drama'.

17 Jun 2018 5:54 PM

Aam Aadmi Party supporters have joined the protesters gathered to march to the Prime Minister’s Office. (Photo: AamAadmiParty/Twitter)

Centre vs AAP: Party's protest stopped midway by cops

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury is lending support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

17 Jun 2018 5:27 PM

These bullets have the capability of piercing through the static bunkers used by security personnel during encounters with terrorists. Representational image (Photo: File)

Armour piercing bullets now in terrorist arsenal, triggers alarm in J&K

A senior officer said that precautionary measures have already been taken after the findings.

17 Jun 2018 5:00 PM

Manisha Saxena of the IAS Association at a Press Conference today (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

All depts working, not on strike, says Delhi IAS Association on AAP claim

'The information that IAS officers in Delhi are on strike is completely false and baseless,' said Manisha Saxena.

17 Jun 2018 4:41 PM

The stricter set of food safety standards and hygiene have been put in place at all the 10 Gurudwaras where around one lakh devotees partake Langar, said Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh. (Photo: File/AP)

10 Gurudwaras in Delhi implement FSSAI food safety guidelines

The FSSAI has initiated Project BHOG to encourage places of worship to adopt food safety and hygiene in the preparation of Prasad.

17 Jun 2018 4:17 PM

Mallya is contesting these charges in London as part of India's efforts to extradite him from there and face the legal system here in connection with these charges. (Photo: File)

Vijay Mallya faces fresh money laundering chargesheet, fugitive tag from ED

The ED in 2017 had filed its first chargesheet against Mallya in Rs 900 crore IDBI bank-Kingfisher Airlines alleged bank loan fraud case.

17 Jun 2018 3:44 PM

The party plans to begin the protest march by 4 pm from Mandi House on Sunday. (Photo: File/PTI)

AAP determined to hold protest march today, cops say no permission sought

Exit gates of 4 metro stations namely Udyog Bhawan, Lok Kalyan Marg, Patel Chowk and Central Secretariat will be shut, police said.

17 Jun 2018 3:32 PM

The Asian Development Research Institute study noted that the consumption of honey registered a monumental increase by 380 per cent and cheese by 200 per cent, after liquor ban in Bihar. (Photo: File | Representational)

Bihar turning to expensive clothes, honey, cheese after liquor ban, say studies

The studies pointed out that 19 per cent of households acquired new assets from the money they earlier splurged on alcohol.

17 Jun 2018 2:45 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the challenge now before the government is to take the economic growth rate to double digits, for which many important steps would have to be taken. (@narendramodi/Twitter)

PM Modi hails 'team India', says NITI Aayog can bring historic change

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal skipped the meeting as he continued to stay put at L-G Anil Baijal's office in view of his sit-in protest.

17 Jun 2018 2:32 PM

'We stay here when menstruating. We have idols of Gods at home, so we are not allowed to stay there,' said a teenage girl. (Photo: ANI)

Chhattisgarh women forced to live in 'menstruation house' during periods

The women in Vananchal's Sitagaon are sent to an outhouse located in outskirts, which they refer as "MC house" during their menstruation.

17 Jun 2018 1:27 PM

Union Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar (Photo: File/PTI)

Convocation ceremonies mandatory for universities every year: HRD Ministry

The Ministry has also asked all universities to send details of the last convocation held by them.

17 Jun 2018 1:18 PM

The official said that Dave had been charged under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code as well as under relevant sections of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. (Photo: File | Representational)

Professor arrested for raping minor student in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda

Police said professor allegedly lured the girl, student of Class XI, on the pretext of imparting lessons and financing her higher education.

17 Jun 2018 1:12 PM

School curriculum to now teach about healthy lifestyle: HRD Minister

This will help students adopt a healthy lifestyle, he said at a conference.

17 Jun 2018 1:06 PM

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