Time has come for parliament to keep criminals away by bringing law, the Supreme Court said today on petitions asking that lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or be disqualified after conviction."We are not in a position to add disqualification of candidates...

Nine years after the foundation stone of Sikkim's first - and only - airport was laid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pakyong airport today. The greenfield airport is expected to improve the connectivity to the land-locked state nestled in the Himalayas and give a boost...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet the heads of public sectors banks (PSBs) next week as part of the annual financial performance review exercise. The meeting scheduled for September 25 would discuss a host of issues, including progress made with regard to reduction in non-performing...

Anushka Sharma became the latest actress to receive another prestigious honour in form of the Smita Patil Award last night which was awarded to her by Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal in Mumbai.The 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' actress has time and again proved herself by giving...

The government on Thursday announced new interest rates on small savings schemes, including National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF). The interest rates for small savings schemes were hiked by up to 0.4 per cent for the October-December quarter, the Ministry...