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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...