Frauds cost Rs 18,170 cr to banking sector in FY17: Report
New Delhi: The domestic banking sector reported a total of 12,553 fraud cases worth Rs 18,170 crore in fiscal 2016-17, with state-run Bank of Maharashtra registering the highest number of such cases, says a report. While Bank of Maharashtra reported 3,893...
Irani accuses Sibal of ‘money laundering’; do you know what it means, he asks
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal and his wife are involved in a land scam. According to a media report, the duo acquired a piece of land valued at Rs 89 crore...
Anna Hazare breaks fast after meeting Devendra Fadnavis
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare ended his 7-day fast on Thursday after meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh visited Anna after reports of his health deteriorating. Anna's doctor said on...
Congress demands removal of Javadekar, CBSE chairperson
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday the demanded removal of Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and the CBSE chairperson in connection with the CBSE paper leak case. The Economics question paper of class XII and Maths question paper of...
ATMs Running Dry in Telangana And Andhra Pradesh, Neighboring States Come to Rescue
Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are facing severe cash crunch situation, as ATMs across the two cities are devoid of cash. According to reports, currency is available only 60 per cent of the time in most of the ATMs, and...
Prime suspect Vicky detained for CBSE question paper leak
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday questioned prime suspect Vicky in connection with the CBSE class 10 Maths and class 12 Economics board exam question paper leak. The police, according to the reports, has not ruled CBSE’s role in...
After RAT now its TEA SCAM in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Congress's Mumbai unit on Wednesday alleged a massive "Tea Scam" in Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO) where daily, an average of 18,500 cups of the hot beverage are served. Furnishing RTI documents, Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam said there...
What was 3000 kg of explosives doing in Kerala?
Malappuram: A huge cache of explosive material, including detonators, gelatin sticks and fuse wire, was seized from a lorry in Malappuram district of Kerala early today and two people were arrested in this connection, police said. A police team searched the...
CIC to be appointed within four weeks time: CM
Mumbai: The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed to the council on Wednesday, that new 'Chief Information Commissioner' (CIC) will be appointed within four weeks or even before that. A question was raised by congress, MLC Sanjay Dutt in the Council that...
Anna Hazare supporters to launch collective self immolation stir in Ralegan Siddhi
Ralegan Siddhi: Utterly disappointed over Central Government turning a blind eye towards agitation launched by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, his supporters have decided to launch a collective self immolation stir in Ralegan Siddhi, the hometown...
EC Not To Probe BJP’s Amit Malviya In Poll Date Leak?
New Delhi: The committee set up by the Election Commission to probe the source of leak of Karnataka polls date schedule will knock on the doors of Karnataka Congress’s social media in-charge Srivatsa B but not BJP’s IT Cell head...
Strict Action Against Maharashtra Board Officials Who Change Exam Centres Last Minute: Minister
Mumbai: Vinod Tawde, Minister for School Education, Maharashtra informed the Legislative Council today that strict action will be taken against SSC and HSC Board officials who change exam centres that have been fixed as per norms laid down for the...
Hookah bars raided in Thane
File Pic Thane: The district rural police raided four hookah parlours in Bhayander here and found irregularities in one of them, an official said today. The police seized about 40 hookah pipes and 15 boxes containing flavoured tobacco from one of...
Hookah parlours to be banned in Maharashtra
Representational Pic Mumbai: Hookah parlours are to be banned in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party led government on Tuesday introduced an amendment to the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production,...
Congress party initiates impeachment process against CJI Dipak Misra
New Delhi: Indian National Congress has initiated the process for impeachment of Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra. According to Times Now, the draft on impeachment motion against CJI has been signed by Kapil Sibal, Ghulam Nabi Azad and many other...
Dia mirza, CM Devendra Fadnavis, Afroz Shah feature in top 10 global plastic pollution influencers list
Mumbai: A few days after Afroz Shah and his team safely escorted Olive Ridley turtles to the sea, the stellar work done by him has made him a global influencer on tackling plastic pollution. Afroz Shah is the fourth most...
BJP Minister grabs Fire Brigade land and builds bungalow, too, in Solapur
Mumbai: A BJP Minister in Fadnavis Government has found himself in deep trouble over alleged grabbing of land reserved for a Fire Brigade Station and constructing a sprawling bungalow. Maharashtra Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles Minister Subhash Deshmukh's bungalow in Solapur is...
Didi in Delhi meets Kanimozhi, Pawar; Sonia likely on March 28
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and the party's senior leader Praful Patel in New Delhi. She attended Parliament today and met Shiv Sena MPs and DMK's Kanimozhi apart from TDP, TRS MPs...
#DeleteFacebook: Top Celebrities Who Have Quit Scandal-Hit Social Network
Facebook's PR nightmare is not getting over any time soon it seems. Full-page newspaper ads in UK over the Cambridge Analytica scandal notwithstanding, privacy concerns and the political fallout of the row seems to be only growing. Actor-Director Farhan Akhtar...
64 perish as fire engulfs shopping mall in Russia
Siberia: At least 64 people were killed by a fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday. The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the end of the Soviet...
Elgar Morcha in Mumbai Updates: ‘Arrest Devendra Fadnavis if Can’t Nab Sambhaji Bhide’
5:22 PM IST Do not try to bring Hitler’s rule: Prakash Ambedkar warns Prime Minister Narendra Modi
5:00 PM IST Government should not work for the court: Prakash Ambedkar
4:41 PM IST A delegation of 10 people along with Prakash Ambedkar will meet...
