Army to cut down order for assault rifles to 250,000 due to budget constraints

New Delhi: The Indian Army will place an order for only 250,000 modern assault rifles -- just a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, a person with knowledge of...

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By Nagpur Today On Monday, June 4th, 2018

Amit Shah meets Ramdev as part of BJP’s outreach exercise

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today met Yoga guru Ramdev, who is associated with the Patanjali group of companies, as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign and shared the Modi government's achievements with him. "I met...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, June 4th, 2018

Amrut Pharma MD Shailesh Joshi commits suicide in Belagavi

Belagavi: An industrialist committed suicide reportedly over personal issues, in Belagavi. Shailesh Joshi, 40, managing director of Amrut Pharmaceuticals, shot himself in the chest on Sunday night. His relatives found his body on Monday morning. Police officers who spoke to his...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

Video: Teacher molests student in Nashik school, gets thrashed severely

Nashik: A teacher in a Nashik school was thrashed mercilessly for sexually molesting a girl student on Saturday. The lewd teacher, named Sunil Kadam, at St Francis School allegedly outraged modesty of a Class X student on the very first...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

Farmers’ protest affects vegetable, milk arrival at Nashik markets

Nashik: The arrival of vegetables at various market committees and collection of milk in Nashik were affected as a 10-day nationwide farmers' protest entered its second day today, said a senior functionary of one of the participating farm organisations. "All milk...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

Kerala woman under observation for Nipah symptoms dies

Thiruvananthapuram: A 39-year-old woman, who was under observation for Nipah virus symptoms, died today. However, the samples of the woman were found to be negative, Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja told reporters. The cause of her death has to be ascertained,...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

Hindu outfit seeks ban on Loveratri, announces Rs 2 lakh reward for thrashing Salman Khan

New Delhi: In a fresh trouble to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Hindu groups in parts of North India have been protesting against his upcoming home production 'Loveratri'. Loveratri, a Salman Khan Films production, has sparked a controversy even before its...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 1st, 2018

Power Failure In Mulund And Navi Mumbai

File Pic Mumbai: Due to the sudden power failure on Thursday night in Mulund and Navi Mumbai, the locals had to face a lot of problems in this unforgiving heat. However, the more problematic issue is that the power is...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 1st, 2018

Major fire breaks out in south Mumbai’s Scindia House

Mumbai: A massive fire has broken out at Scindia House office building near south Mumbai's Ballard Estate Area. According to officials, the fire has been designated at Level-2 and five fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. No casualties...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 1st, 2018

Bollywood star Arbaaz Khan summoned by Thane Police in IPL betting scam

Thane: Hindi film actor and director Arbaaz Khan has been summoned by Thane police in connection with Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scam. According to media reports, Salman Khan's brother was summoned on Friday afternoon. Police have asked the Dabangg star...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 1st, 2018

BJP’s failure to create Vidarbha cost it Bhandara-Gondia: Ashish Deshmukh

Nagpur/Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh today said his party lost the Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha bypoll because it "failed" to implement its electoral promise of carving out a separate Vidarbha state. Deshmukh, a staunch proponent of separate Vidarbha, alleged that the...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 1st, 2018

RInfra among 13 lowest bidders for Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway

Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Thursday announced the 13 lowest bidders out of 18 eligible for the Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE). These 13 lowest bidders for the 13 packages of the 700-km Maharashtra...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Uddhav Thackeray asks Oppn to boycott elections if EVM row not resolved

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today asked opposition parties to "unitedly boycott" elections if controversies surrounding electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not resolved quickly. He also threatened to drag the Election Commission to court over the Palghar bypoll result...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Ramdev’s messaging app disappears from Google Play store

New Delhi: Baba Ramdev's swadeshi messaging app called Kimbho that aims to take on WhatsApp and WeChat has suddenly disappeared from Google Play Store. The app is still available for iPhones and iPads on the App Store. Several people who tried to...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

JD-S to get finance portfolio, Cong gets Home in Karnataka

Karnataka CM and DY CM Bengaluru: If party sources are to be believed then the Janata Dal-Secular-Congress coalition in Karnataka has solved the cabinet tussle. The JD-S will get the finance ministry, while the Congress will get to keep the home...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Congress wins Karnataka’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar seat election

Representational Pic Bengaluru: Congress's N Muniratna has won the election from the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency in the Karnataka assembly polls. Congress's N Muniratna over his nearest BJP rival Tulsi Muniraju Gowda. Assembly elections across the state were held on May 12. However,...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

RJD wins Bihar’s Jokihat seat, Tejashwi says ‘lesson for Nitish & BJP’

Patna: The counting of votes for by-elections to four Lok Sabha seats including politically-crucial Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, and 10 assembly constituencies is underway. The Lok Sabha seats which went for polls were: Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra; the politically-crucial Kairana...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Governor felicitates tribal students returning from successful Mt Everest Expedition

Mumbai: The Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao congratulated tribal students from Chandrapur District on their successful completion of Mount Everst Expedition at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Thursday (31st May). Impressed by the success of young tribal mountaineers who scaled...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launches Kimbho Messaging App; will compete with WhatsApp

New Delhi: After launching Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards, yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali has launched a new messaging application called Kimbho. It seems to be aimed at giving competition to the most popular messaging app WhatsApp owned by Facebook. At the...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Mayawati sends Lucknow home keys by speed-post

New Delhi: Claiming compliance with a Supreme Court order, BSP supremo Mayawati vacated a government house but is holding on to a second sprawling bungalow which her party says is a memorial to their founder Kanshi Ram. Her personal secretary today...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

Raghuram Rajan is not going to attend World Hindu Congress

New Delhi: The somewhat puzzling 'news' had been doing the rounds of many news stories recently that former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, whose tenure was not extended by present Modi government, was going to be attending...