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

Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 | Last Update : 10:32 AM IST

India All India 17 Feb 2018

India, All india, 17 Feb 2018

'As long as a law for women's reservation in Parliament and legislature is not passed and a provision is not made in the Constitution, a concrete step towards women's empowerment cannot be taken,' said Kumar. (Photo: PTI)

Women empowerment only possible through legal step: Nitish Kumar

The Bihar CM pitched for the reservation of seats for women in the Parliament and state legislative assemblies.

17 Feb 2018 9:02 PM

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, 'NDA cheap sense of politics has reached ludicrous and ridiculous proportions.' (Photo: File | PTI)

Abishek Singhvi threatens Sitharaman with legal action, denies blame

Singhvi said, 'Neither My wife, sons nor me have anything whatsoever to do with Gitanjali or Nirav Modi companies.'

17 Feb 2018 6:39 PM

Deodhar alleged that Manik Sarkar's rule has only resulted in the poor becoming poorer, 67 per cent of the population holding BPL cards. (Photo: Facebook)

Amit Shah told me to create Communist-mukt India: Tripura BJP state secy

Sunil Deodhar said that the upcoming Tripura elections is more 'CP(M) hatao than Modi lao' sentiments.

17 Feb 2018 6:12 PM

Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday held BJP responsible for the Rs 11,400-crore PNB scam involving jewellery designer Nirav Modi and accused Narendra Modi of institutionalising 'crony capitalism'. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

NiMo scam: PM sleeps while thieves flee with country's wealth, accuses Cong

Kapil Sibal accused the Prime Minister's office and the finance ministry of turning a blind eye to the multi-crore bank scam.

17 Feb 2018 5:06 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who was present in the program, requested the RJD members to keep silent or leave the room. (Photo: ANI)

Patna: RJD leaders create ruckus, allege Sushil Modi of mocking Lalu

Sushil Modi in his address said that the four former chief ministers of the country are in jail on corruption charges.

17 Feb 2018 4:36 PM

The MCGM claimed in using the hoarding, it had merely acted on an e-mail from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporations advertisement section. (Photo: File)

MCGM terms hoarding illegal, then uses it for PM's event, faces HC

The MCGM used the 90x20 ft hoarding in suburban Bandra for advertisement of the Magnetic Maharashtra Convergence conclave.

17 Feb 2018 4:01 PM

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the entire might of the Government has been invoked to pin the 'culprit' Nirav Modi in the Rs 11,000-crore PNB fraud case. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

We're doing what Congress didn’t do: Sitharaman on PNB fraud case

Sitharaman asked the Congress to explain the circumstances under which the Allahabad Bank official Dinesh Dubey was forced to resign.

17 Feb 2018 3:31 PM

'Until Friday night, 18 people were missing out of which two died. By Saturday morning, four more bodies have been recovered,' District Collector Gaurav Goyal told reporters. (Photo: ANI)

Cylinder blast in Ajmer claims at least 6 lives, several injured

The incident took place on Friday evening around 6:00 pm.

17 Feb 2018 3:20 PM

Congress leader Kapil Sibal said, 'Our country's custodians are busy advising us to make 'pakodas'. Today the situation is such that the custodian is sleeping and the thief has run away.' (Photo: ANI)

Congress holds BJP responsible for Nirav Modi fraud case

Both Congress and the BJP have been holding the other responsible for the fraud, with Surjewala even calling Nirav Modi as 'Chota Modi'.

17 Feb 2018 3:04 PM

'We want to enhance connectivity... I thank you for helping develop Chabahar port,' Modi said. (Photo: AP)

India-Iran sign 9 bilateral agreements with special focus on Chabahar port

Earlier on Saturday, Rouhani met Modi and held delegation-level talks at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

17 Feb 2018 2:55 PM

He was delivering the Sree Chithira Thirunal Memorial Lecture in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Religion is ‘personal’; don’t mix it with politics: Venkaiah Naidu

In socio-economic context of pre-Independence India, removal of barriers to social integration of Dalits was a big challenge, Naidu said.

17 Feb 2018 2:35 PM

Uttar Pradesh Police pats its own back, says criminals scared of crime, not cops. (Representational Image)

UP police congratulates self, says criminals scared of crime, not cops

UP Police tweet comes after criminals were seen carrying placards apologising for behaviour, promising not get involved in crime hereafter.

17 Feb 2018 2:25 PM

A suicide note, purportedly penned by him, was found from the flat, in which it was stated that he was taking the extreme step due to financial difficulties. (Representational Image)

38-yr-old man in money crunch kills wife, 2 minor daughters, hangs self

The police suspected that the man from Pune committed suicide after killing the three due to financial woes.

17 Feb 2018 2:08 PM

Months after joining BJP, Arvinder Singh Lovely makes a comeback in Congress on Saturday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Arvinder Singh Lovely makes a u-turn, joins Cong, says was ‘misfit in BJP’

Arvinder Singh Lovely had joined BJP in April in 2017 raking up allegations of bribery in ticket distribution for MCD polls by the Congress.

17 Feb 2018 1:28 PM

According to the report, improvement in SRB was witnessed in Punjab, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. (Photo: File)

Girls still unwanted: Sex ratio dips in major states, Gujarat falls 53 pts

The Niti Aayog report stressed the need to effectively implement the PCPNDT Act and the need to check sex-selective abortion.

17 Feb 2018 12:58 PM

The officials of the Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Federation in an effort to make money, joined hands with two middlemen, bought lentils at a price lower than the minimum support price (MSP) and fudged the records. (Photo: Representational | File)

UP officials fudge records, create 527 fake farmers to earn over Rs 2 cr, booked

A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the officials and the middlemen.

17 Feb 2018 12:38 PM

Besides Shetty (who is now retired), PNB’s single window operator (SWO) Manoj Kharat and authorised signatory of the billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi Group of Firms Hemant Bhat have been apprehended. (Photo: PTI)

PNB scam: CBI arrests bank ex-official, prime accused Gokulnath Shetty

Shetty and two others apprehended will be produced before CBI special court in Mumbai later on Saturday.

17 Feb 2018 12:36 PM

The agency had earlier registered a separate case involving Rs 280-crore fraud, which has now been expanded to cover LoUs worth Rs 6,498 crore issued to accused companies of Nirav Modi and Choksi. (Photo: File)

CBI registers fresh FIR against Mehul Choksi in PNB fraud case

The CBI has alleged that the new FIR pertains to 143 LOUs worth over Rs 4,886 crore fraudulently issued to three companies of Choksi.

17 Feb 2018 11:50 AM

Trudeau will also participate in several business round-tables to promote further trade and investment between Canada and India. (Photo: AP)

Trudeau to focus on job creation, strengthening bilateral ties in visit to India

The prime ministers will reaffirm the close friendship between the two countries, and discuss ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation.

17 Feb 2018 11:35 AM

The commission observed that the state government had 'accepted the negligence' of the school authorities. (Photo: Representational | File)

15 tribal students who couldn’t write NEET 2017 given compensation of Rs 2 lakh each

The NHRC recommended that the students of Eklavya Model Residential School who could not write exam be given free coaching for NEET 2018.

17 Feb 2018 11:16 AM

1 of 3

Columns

Shobhaa De