NEW DELHI - Marshal of Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, who was on Saturday admitted to Army Hospital (R&R) here after a suspected massive heart attack and in a critical condition, has passed away, a defence official said. He was 98. The end came at 7.47 p.m., the official said.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the three service chiefs had earlier visited the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

ROHTAK - Eighteen years after he raped two of his female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years jail for rape and criminal intimidation and fined Rs 30 lakh. The rapist sect chief has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in each of the two cases of rape. Both the sentences will run consecutively, the sect chief's counsel S.K. Garg Narwana said after the special CBI judge pronounced...

NEW DELHI - The authorities on Friday night imposed prohibitory orders in Delhi till further orders after 12 buses and two train coaches were torched by mobs agitated over the rape conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim Singh. A Delhi Fire Services official said at least 12 buses were set on fire allegedly by supporters of Ram Rahim in various areas of the capital in four hours after a CBI court in Haryana convicted the...

NEW DELHI - The wings of two aircraft collided at the IGI airport here early Wednesday morning but there were no casualties. More than 190 passengers and crew were reported to be safe. According to airport sources, the incident took place around 2.30 a.m. when the wing of an Ethiopian Airlines' aircraft came in contact with that of an Air India plane which was parked nearby. The Ethiopian Airlines' aircraft was being "pushed-back" for take-off to...

NEW DEKHI - People can now pay later for tickets booked under the tatkal quota on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) website, it was announced on Wednesday. Till now, this service was available only for general reservations. For tatkal bookings people had to pay first via the standard online payment gateways before the IRCTC portal confirmed their ticket. For tatkal tickets, IRCTC users will be able to pay via cash, 

NEW DEHLI-The Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant and 3,459 children from the Reliance Foundation Junior NBA program in India entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Jul 29 after holding the world’s largest basketball lesson in multiple venues. ​Durant, the MVP of the 2017 NBA finals, conducted the record-breaking feat at the NBA Academy India, the new basketball training center in the Delhi National Capital Region for the top male and...

NEW DELHI - The Reserve Bank of India on Monday told the Supreme Court that it could not make public the identities of the big defaulters of loans as such disclosure could severely impact the businesses. Telling the bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar that disclosing the names of big defaulters could adversely impact the businesses, the RBI said that there were laws that can be looked into to decide whether the identities...

NEW DELHI - National passenger carrier Air India hopes to save up to Rs 10 crore per annum by not serving non-vegetarian meals on all its domestic economy class flights. According to a senior airline official, the move is consistent with its earlier decision to stop serving non-vegetarian meals on flights of less than 90 minutes."The initial estimates with us show that around Rs 8-10 crore can be saved through this move," sources told IANS...

NEW DELHI - After the countrywide launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Friday midnight, many businessmen in Delhi-NCR on Saturday seemed confused about the new indirect tax regime, with some even refraining from buying and selling any products. However, there were some who found different ways of generating bills, while a number of businesses with updated software generated bills with GST levied on their products. 

NEW DELHI - In yet another measure against black money generation, the government has made it mandatory to give Aadhaar number while opening a new account and also to link the existing accounts with the Aadhaar numbers of their holders. Not disclosing it by December 31 will lead to suspension of the account till it is done. The government move comes close on the heels of the decision last week that all income tax assessees...