The man works as a computer operator in the accounts department at this firm. (Representational) In a bizarre incident, a man chopped off four fingers of his left hand with a sharp knife to make himself unfit for his job as a computer operator at his relative's diamond firm, police …...Read More

The DRDO also described the reports as "misleading". (Representational) The defence ministry on Saturday trashed reports that a model of a Chinook chopper installed by the DRDO at the 2020 edition of DefExpo went missing. Defence Ministry spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) …...Read More

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity. In an exclusive interview with The Statesman, …...Read More

Sam Pitroda, the Congress's overseas unit chief, stepped down from the post this evening amid a huge row his recent remarks have generated. The announcement came in a terse post on X from the party's communications-in-charge Jairam Ramesh. "Mr. Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman of the …...Read More

Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, who has been in a London prison for over five years, on Tuesday filed a new bail application which was rejected by a UK judge who ruled that he continued to pose a "substantial risk" of absconding justice. Declared a 'fugitive economic offender' in December 2019, …...Read More

A total of 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participated in the electoral process. The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, conducted over seven polls from April 19 to June 1, is currently underway. As per the Election Commission, a total of 8,360 candidates had their …...Read More

Chandrababu Naidu has scripted a remarkable comeback. Never write off any politician. That is the biggest lesson from the Andhra Pradesh election. Less than eight months ago, when Chandrababu Naidu went to jail, it looked like the 74-year-old politician and his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were down and out. Prospects …...Read More

The high court also directed Naresh Goyal to surrender his passport (File) The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail for two months on medical grounds to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. A single bench …...Read More

This takes the total count of surrendered Maoists to 674 till date in Maharashtra (Representational) A hardcore Maoist couple carrying a combined bounty of Rs 10 lakh, laid down their arms before the security forces in Gadchiroli, here on Monday, top officials said. The husband-wife duo includes Varun Raja Muchaki, …...Read More

The operation is still underway and further details were awaited, police said (Representational) Seven Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along the Narayanpur-Bijapur inter-district border in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said. The gunfight broke out around 11 am when a joint team of security …...Read More