Another Dr BR Ambedkar bust desecrated
Chennai: Unidentified miscreants poured paint on the bust of Dr BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night. This is the second Ambedkar bust to be desecrated in the last couple of days. On Tuesday night, a statue of Dalit icon BR...
Mahatma Gandhi statue in Kerala vandalised
Kannur: In keeping with the flavour of the season, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unknown persons in the Thaliparamba area of Kannur. The spectacles of the statue was damaged. Early reports say only one man was responsible...
SC order at 2pm over annulment of Hadiya’s marriage by HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said today that it will pass a short order at 2 pm over Kerala High Court's annulment of marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad'. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...
A Day Before Modi’s Visit, Congress Sweeps Local Body By-Polls in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Just a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Rajasthan on Thursday, the BJP got its second electoral jolt this year, with the Congress sweeping local body by-polls held in the state. By-polls were held for local bodies...
After Lenin, Periyar, SP Mookerjee Now Ambedkar statue vandalised in Meerut
Meerut: A statue of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar was vandalised and replaced later in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, amid an ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country. Following the incident, members of...
I’m not going to divorce Shami till my last breath, says wife
New Delhi: The wife of Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has claimed that the sportsman is having an extramarital affair. In a bid to expose the pacer's affair, she posted several screenshots of Messenger and Whatsapp messages on her Facebook page. Married...
Jalyukt Shivar Yojana stares at Rs 18 cr scam in Beed
Beed: Despite the tall claims by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to bring transparency in key projects in rural areas, the Maharashtra government’s flagship Jalyukt Shivar Yojana has come under scanner in Parli taluka of Beed district. There are allegations of...
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Shetty stabbed in Bengaluru office, attacker arrested
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta or anti-corruption ombudsman Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed multiple times today inside his office in Bengaluru by a complainant, who has been arrested. Shetty is out of danger, said state...
Bharatiya Jana Sangh Founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s Statue Blackened in Kolkata
New Delhi: A day after two statues of Russian Communist icon Vladimir Lenin were knocked down in Tripura, a statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee was blackened in Kalighat on Wednesday. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of the Bharatiya Jana...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is now the richest man on Earth
New Delhi: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first person to amass a fortune surpassing $100 billion in Forbes magazines annual ranking of the worlds moguls. Forbes estimates Bezos wealth at $112 billion as of February 9, up from about...
Subramanian Swamy drops Rs 72000-crore bombshell on Gautam Adani
New Delhi: Subramanian Swamy is at it again. This time around, Indian politics' enfant terrible has trained his guns on industrialist Gautam Adani, perceived by many Modi baiters as being close to the PM. "The biggest NPA (Non-Performing Assets) trapeze artiste in...
Vladimir Lenin’s statue pulled down in Tripura
Agartala: A statue of communist icon Lenin, has been pulled down by some people with an excavator machine at Belonia in South Tripura district, the police said today, with the CPI(M) holding BJP workers responsible for it. Days after the Left...
Shocking: Butcher cuts off son’s hand over cell phone addiction in Hyderabad
Representational Pic Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hacked off his teenager son's hand following a tiff over the son's habit of watching films on his cell phone, the Hyderabad police said today. Qayyum Qureshi (45), a butcher by...
CBI gets Karti’s custody for 3 more days
New Delhi: The Patiala House court has extended Karti Chidambaram custody with the CBI by another three days. The CBI had asked for nine more days. Karti's next date with the court is on March 9, at 2 pm. The CBI...
Sri Sri’s 2nd appeal to AIMPLB to consider out-of-court settlement
New Delhi: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today renewed his appeal to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to consider an out-of-court settlement to the Ram Janmabhoomi row, saying he feared a "large-scale" communal flare up...
Emergency in Kandy not Colombo: BCCI
New Delhi: BCCI on the India vs Sri Lanka T20 to be held in Colombo. Sri Lanka declared a state of Emergency in the country after clashes between Muslims and Buddhists. The BCCI statement said, "There have been reports of...
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after Buddhist-Muslim clash
Colombo: Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island's central district...
Biplab Kumar Deb set to be next Tripura CM
Agartala: Tripura BJP president and newly-elected MLA Biplab Kumar Deb was today unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party in the state, Union minister Nitin Gadkari announced. Deb, whose name was proposed by party MLA Sudip Roy Burman in...
I Will Fill The Political Vaccum in Tamil Nadu Left by Jayalalithaa: Rajinikanth
New Delhi: After taking a political plunge last year, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth delivered his first speech on Monday. Speaking to students at the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai, Rajinikanth said that he is entering politics to fill...
Maharashtra government ‘withheld’ medical reports in Judge Loya case, alleges a fresh plea in SC
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government “appears to have withheld” from the court certain documents that could “demolish” the official version that Judge BH Loya died of a heart attack, claimed an intervention application filed in the Supreme Court on Monday....
Munde Audio Clip: Devendra Fadnavis suggests probe by house panel
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today proposed a panel of senior members of the Maharashtra Legislature to probe the audio clip that allegedly featured the name of Leader of Opposition in the Council, Dhananjay Munde. Mr Fadnavis said in the Legislative...
