Hyderabad: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Saturday alleged Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das was involved in corruption and termed his recent appointment to the top post as a "surprise".
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the government was committed to making a law on triple talaq despite facing "hurdles" and resistance from "hardliners" and opposition parties.
Mumbai: Amid a controversy over Naseeruddin Shah's remarks on mob violence, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Saturday said the veteran actor's children need not feel scared as tolerance was in the DNA of the country.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Saturday expanded his six-month old cabinet, inducting eight members from the Congress in the much-awaited exercise marked by rumblings of dissidence.
New Delhi: In a relief to the common man, the GST Council Saturday cut rates on 23 commonly used goods and services, including TV screens, movie tickets and power banks.
Nairobi (Kenya): An explosives-packed vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others, police said.
Bengaluru: The much-awaited expansion and reshuffle of the six month-old H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition Cabinet in Karnataka finally came to climax. Eight ministers are inducted into the Cabinet and took oath here on saturday evening.
Mangaluru: The Bhopal Gas tragedy has taught the country a lot of lessons about corporate crime. It would be similar to inviting another such tragedy if people do not become cautious about this, warned Dr. Satinath Sarangi, an activist fighting for justice for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.
Ahmednagar: A 30-year-old man, who had allegedly set himself on fire on Thursday in front of the district magistrate's office at Ahmednagar in Maharashtra seeking removal of encroachments, has died during treatment, police said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday arrested Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.
