No hacking of websites: National cyber security chief
New Delhi: Government websites, including those of defence and home ministries, have not come under any cyber attack, but suffered a hardware-related glitch, National Cyber Security Coordinator Gulshan Rai said today. Explaining the outage, he said the websites have been down...
Rajasthan rebel MLA writes to Shah: ‘Sack Raje in public interest’
Rajasthan: As the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrates its 38th Foundation day on Friday, a rebel party MLA in Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari, wrote a letter to party chief Amit Shah making several accusations against Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and demanding she...
BJP rally in Mumbai: Amit Shah says countdown for 2019 has begun
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday organised grand celebrations, marking the party's 38th foundation day in Mumbai. BJP decided to dedicate its day-long effort to party workers at a time when it is either directly or indirectly in...
Defence Ministry website hacked, shows Chinese characters
New Delhi: The website of the Ministry of Defence went down on Friday evening. The website has reportedly been hacked allegedly by Chinese hackers. The website -- mod.gov.in -- is inaccessible due to the hack. Chinese characters were appearing on...
BJP will not allow removal of reservation against SC/STs: Amit Shah
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today said that his party is committed to not to allow removal of reservation against SC/STs. Speaking in Mumbai on party's 38th Foundation Day rally, Shah said that it was under the Narendra Modi...
UN chief concerned over Kashmir situation: Spokesperson
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed his concern at the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, his spokesperson said as he reiterated that the UN chief's "good offices" to help resolve disputes between nations are available only...
Woman brutally thrashed by husband in local train in Mumbai
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a woman was brutally thrashed by his husband in a moving local train between Kurla and Dadar at around 11 pm on Thursday. Reports claim that the man was in inebriated condition. “A man was cruelly...
5 YSRCP MPs resign from Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Five MPs of the YSR Congress Party have submitted their resignations to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to protest the "failure" of the National Democratic Alliance government to grant special category status to Andhra...
Army jawan cremated with full military honours in Maharashtra
Parbhani: The last rites of a 21-year-old army jawan, killed in shelling by Pakistan, were performed at his village in Maharashtra today with full military honours. Sepoy Shubham Suryakant Mustapure was killed after Pakistani troops fired mortar bombs at forward posts...
Aadhaar can’t stop bank frauds, bank officials in association with fraudsters: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Aadhaar can’t stop bank frauds and it is the bank officials who are hand in glove with the fraudsters. “Aadhaar can do little to stop bank frauds,” the apex court said....
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank today kept the key policy rate unchanged at 6 per cent for the fourth consecutive time since August last year in view of uncertainties around inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee, headed by RBI Governor Urjit...
PM ignored me in Parliament, says Chandrababu Naidu, slams Amit Shah too
New Delhi: Three weeks after torching his relationship with the BJP, Chandrababu Naidu blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a disinterest in salvaging their alliance, and BJP chief Amit Shah for what he alleged were unbecoming insinuations of corruption. "The PM...
AIIMS doctor performs ‘wrong’ procedure on patient
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of medical negligence, a senior doctor at AIIMS allegedly performed a procedure required for dialysis treatment on a 30-year-old woman who had complained of abdominal pain, and tampered with documents to cover up his...
After getting MoS status, two babas cancel stir against MP govt
New Delhi: A day after being accorded the 'Minister of State' (MoS) status, two religious leaders have cancelled their proposed campaign against the alleged scam in the Madhya Pradesh government's Narmada conservation programme. Ahead of the assembly elections due later this...
Kapil, Raina, Kohli respond to Afridi’s remarks on Kashmir
New Delhi: A day after cricketer Gautam Gambhir had slammed former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi for his remarks on Kashmir, other stalwarts like Kapil Dev, Suresh Raina and Captain Virat Kohli also spoke on the issue on Wednesday. "Who is he?...
SC Refuses to Interfere in CBSE’s Decision of Re-examination, Dismisses All Petitions
New Delhi: Refusing to interfere with the CBSE’s decision to hold re-examination of class 12 Economics paper, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed all the petitions filed by students and parents against the board’s decision. Besides challenging the CBSE’s decision...
Candidate Should Not Contest From Two Seats, Election Commission Tells Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it supports the proposal to allow one candidate to contest from only one seat in elections. Under the existing laws, a candidate can contest from up to...
After fake news directive, Smriti Irani’s I&B ministry might track journalists with RFID press cards, says report
File Pic New Delhi: Facing backlash over controversial directive on fake news, Union minister Smriti Irani is set to ruffle some more feathers as media reports said that the Press Information Bureau is now planning to track journalists' movements...
Editors Guild ‘warns’ government against ‘policing the media’
New Delhi: 'The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the arbitrary manner contemplated by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry ostensibly to penalise any journalist or media organisation publishing fake news. 'By notifying that the I&B ministry will initiate such...
AIB Knockout: HC refuses interim relief to Ranveer, Arjun
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today declined to grant any interim relief to Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor over a first information report filed against them and other film personalities for using 'obscene' and 'abusive' language during a...
Rs 40 crore sanctioned for development works at Deekshabhoomi
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 40 crore for development of Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, where Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism with lakhs of his followers. Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole today said the government has also sanctioned funds...
