Tag: PTI
India Goes Up Three Notches In Global Corruption Index
India has improved its ranking by three positions in the Global Corruption Index 2018 released on Tuesday while the US has dropped out of top 20 countries for the first time since 2011.....
Election Bonanza For Middle Class, Tax Exemption Limit Up At Rs 5 Lakh
In a bonanza for the country's middle class in an election year, the government on Friday proposed various tax sops including tax exemption for individual annual incomes of Rs 5 lakh, all of which add up to taking individual incomes up to Rs 9.5 lakhs outside the tax net.....
Modi Launches 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' Campaign
Gearing up for the coming Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 'Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign, calling everyone who were fighting corruption, social evils and working hard for the progress of India, as watchmen.....
SC Takes Exception To Stir By Bengal Lawyers
The Supreme Court has taken exception to the strike called by lawyers in West Bengal since April 29. Terming the strike extraordinary, the court observed that it is having major implication on the fundamental right of life and liberty of citizens, many of whom want to move court seeking bail.....
Modi Pitches For Non-disruptive Parliament At All-party Meet
A day ahead of the commencement of Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged floor leaders of different political parties in the Parliament to keep political differences aside and not disrupt the functioning of the two Houses.....
CBI Books Prajapati, 4 IAS Officers In Illegal Sand Mining Cases In UP
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said it has registered two fresh cases against former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati and four IAS officers in the alleged illegal sand mining case and has carried out searches at 12 locations in the state, recovering cash to the tune of Rs 57 lakh.....
Ex-Pak PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Held In Graft Case
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday in a multi-billion-rupee corruption case related to the awarding of a contract to a liquified natural gas firm.....
INX Media Case : Chidambaram Sent To Tihar's Jail No 7
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has been lodged in jail number-7 which is for economic offenders in the capital's Tihar Jail.....
Grand Traditional Reception Marked Xi's Arrival In Chennai
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Friday afternoon as part of his maiden two-day visit to the state to participate in the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mamallapuram.....
Ex-J&K Finance Minister's Son Arrested In Bank Fraud Case
Hilal Rather, the son of former J&K Finance Minister and National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather, was on Thursday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in a bank fraud case.....
