India, All india, 28th Mar 2018, News & Stories from India

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Following the meeting, Ram Madhav said that he received an assurance from the Finance Commission’s chairman that the states with progressive population would not be penalised. (Photo: PTI/File)

No injustice to south: Ram Madhav meets 15th finance panel chief

Southern states have objected to the parameters chosen by the panel for the devolution of finances.

28 Mar 2018 9:26 PM

The government will, with the help of technology, put in place a system 'which is so foolproof that there is no leak', Javadekar said. (Photo: PTI/File)

New foolproof system from Monday to check CBSE paper leak: Javadekar

The CBSE announced a re-examination in the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers.

28 Mar 2018 9:16 PM

BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata calls on Sonia, meets Shatrughan, Yashwant Sinha

The BJP hit out at its former ally, saying while her state was 'burning', Mamata was 'doing politics' in Delhi.

28 Mar 2018 8:55 PM

The two were classmates and had just passed their class 10 exams. (Photo: Representational/File)

Hyd minor girl set ablaze by boy for getting engaged; accused on run

The boy who is also believed to be a minor, had allegedly proposed the girl for marriage.

28 Mar 2018 8:29 PM

The Centre wants the apex court to clarify as to what is the meaning of 'framing a scheme' under Section 6(A) of the Inter State Water Disputes Act as there is no specific mention about 'CMB' in the judgement. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Centre to move SC seeking clarification on Cauvery Management Board

The AIADMK MPs have been stalling both houses of Parliament to press for their demand to set up the CMB within six weeks.

28 Mar 2018 7:59 PM

The officials believe that the militants had sneaked into Rajouri from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after breaching the Line of Control (LoC) five days ago. (Representational Image)

J&K: 4 'foreign' militants planning suicide attack on security forces killed

The police in a statement said that the militants were 'eliminated' in a 'well coordinated daylong operation.'

28 Mar 2018 7:46 PM

The government has issued notice to Facebook on Wednesday seeking information over the alleged data leak. (Photo: AFP/File)

Did CA misuse personal data of Indian voters: Govt seeks Facebook reply by Apr 7

Earlier, the government had issued a notice to Cambridge Analytica on March 23 seeking details relating to breach of data from Facebook.

28 Mar 2018 7:34 PM

The deadline now stands extended to June 30, 2018, according to an office memorandum of the Ministry of Electronics and IT. (Representational Image | PTI)

Govt extends deadline for linking Aadhaar with welfare schemes to June 30

The deadline for linking bank accounts and mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar has already been extended indefinitely.

28 Mar 2018 7:07 PM

The information memorandum said the transaction will involve Air India, its low cost arm Air India Express and Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd. (Photo: File)

Govt plans to sell 76 pc stake in Air India, transfer management control

The Civil Aviation Ministry has sought Expression of Interest for the stake sale in the loss-making carrier and two of its subsidiaries.

28 Mar 2018 6:58 PM

Sarmah said this in reference to the rape and murder of a class 5 student. The girl was raped and set on fire by three persons, two of whom were minors. (Photo: Twitter | @ramprasadsarmah)

Rape convicts must be shot dead in public to create fear: BJP MP

The BJP lawmaker proposed stricter laws for rape accused while asserting that even minors should not get away with lax punishment.

28 Mar 2018 5:49 PM

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right. (Photo: AP/File)

With US relations souring, China to Pak's rescue with USD 60 bn for CPEC

New power plants, roads, rail networks and a deep-water port are planned, with the project touted to overturn Pak's financial crisis.

28 Mar 2018 5:37 PM

Scared after the act, the girl's friends ran away from the house without telling about the incident to anyone. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

UP: Girl, 8, tries copying crime show scene, hangs self by mistake

Confirming the incident, a police officer told that the girl was upset when she left home to play at a neighbour’s house.

28 Mar 2018 5:21 PM

'Though the West Bengal government is being targeted for asking police to act sternly against those instigating riots by taking out a yatra, in a similar case in Bihar, the government there is out to save the son of a union minister,' Mayawati said.

Centre adopting double standards based on coalition: Mayawati

BJP is adopting double standards while dealing with Bihar and West Bengal as the former is led by their own coalition and the latter by TMC.

28 Mar 2018 5:20 PM

The Class 10 Maths examination was held on Wednesday, while the Economics exam for Class 12 was held on Monday. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Paper leak: CBSE re-exam for Class 10 Maths, Class 12 Economics; PM upset

PM Modi spoke to HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and conveyed his unhappiness over the paper leak issue.

28 Mar 2018 4:50 PM

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya had deleted within moments his tweet, which had the date of counting wrong (May 18 instead of May 15). (Photo: Twitter/Amit Malviya)

K'taka poll date leak: Cong leader, not BJP's Amit Malviya to be probed

BJP's Amit Malviya and Cong's Srivatsa B tweeted May 12 polling date before Election Commission announced it on Tuesday.

28 Mar 2018 4:40 PM

Wylie tweeted there are 10 offices in India. The firm is headquartered in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad and has offices in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolktata, Patna and Pune. (Photo: AP)

Several Indian political parties used Cambridge Analytica: whistleblower

SCL India carried out a caste census in Uttar Pradesh on behalf of a national party, tweets Christopher Wylie.

28 Mar 2018 4:13 PM

The visuals were caught on a CCTV camera which shows the accused muscling his way through the policemen standing in front of his car. (Photo: Screengrab)

Video: 'Drunk' man runs over cop at check-post in AP, arrested

An engineering student, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition tried to escape after running over the policemen.

28 Mar 2018 3:51 PM

Shyam Sunder Wadhwa was described as a 'close confidant' of Nirav Modi. (Photo: PTI)

ED books Firestar VP, Nirav Modi's close aide Shyam Sunder Wadhwa

Shyam Sunder Wadhwa, the vice president of the Firestar group, was arrested on Tuesday night under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

28 Mar 2018 3:29 PM

In the letter to Shah, Seer termed the ongoing movement in Karnataka between the followers of Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats community as a 'temporary outbreak of emotions', which will not last long. (Photo: PTI/File)

Chitradurga Mutt seeks BJP support for minority status to Lingayats

Seer said granting special status to the community will unite the divided sub-castes of Lingayats.

28 Mar 2018 2:18 PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was reportedly on a private visit to meet his ailing sister in the US. (Photo: File | AP)

Pak PM Shahid Abbasi frisked like regular visitor in US airport

Videos shared on Youtube showed Pak PM Abbasi adjusting his t-shirt after going through security checks at the John F Kennedy airport.

28 Mar 2018 2:02 PM

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