Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the rise in fuel prices and fall in the value of rupee as it asked why it was bothered about "grand alliance" of the opposition parties more than anything else.
The US on Monday announced the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s office in Washington, citing its lack of steps to advance direct negotiations with Israel.
BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa alleged that as the Lok Sabha election is fast approaching, the Congress leaders have been misleading the people to protect the sinking Congress by telling half truth regarding fuel price hike.
The Union government on Monday effected a major reshuffle in the mid-level bureaucracy transferring as many as 30 officers, most of them IAS, in various ministries and departments.
At least 31 members of the security forces and 81 Taliban rebels were killed, while dozens of others were wounded in three offensives by the insurgents earlier in the day in the northern and central Afghanistan, an official told the media on Monday.
In a move to provide some relief to people reeling under increasing fuel prices, the Andhra Pradesh government on Monday announced reduction in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre in the state.
England declared their second innings at 423/8 on Monday, setting India a target of 464 runs to win the fifth and final Test here. England have already won the series 3-1.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced it is now available on Reliance Jio Phones across India.
On a day the Delhi High Court dismissed Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi's plea challenging the IT notice seeking tax reassessment for fiscal 2011-12, the party said the Narendra Modi government is "unnerved" by the Bharat Bandh and "is blinded by personal vendetta".
The Parliament's Committee on Estimates had invited Rajan to brief it on the matter after former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian praised him for identifying the NPA crisis and trying to resolve it.
