Ishrat Jahan encounter case: Ex-Gujarat DGP PP Pandey discharged
New Delhi: CBI court allows discharge plea of retired Gujarat DGP P P Pandey in Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Pandey was heading the state crime branch when Ishrat, a 19-year-old girl based in Mumbra near Mumbai, Javed Shaikh...
CBI begins questioning Rotomac owner
New Delhi: The CBI today began questioning Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari at its headquarters in New Delhi in connection with the alleged loan default of Rs 3,695 crore towards a consortium of seven nationalised banks, officials said. Earlier, Kothari was being...
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan detained
New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was today detained in connection with the alleged scuffle between Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash and party MLAs. Khan reached Jamia Nagar Police Station to surrender and added that he has not done anything wrong. Earlier...
State board brings strict norms to check paper leaks for class 12th
Mumbai: Taking cue from the past incidences of paper leaks, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has taken extra precaution to make the class 12th exams, which began across Maharashtra on Wednesday, completely 'leak-proof'. In order...
I was hit on the head: Full text of ‘assault’ on Delhi Chief Secy
New Delhi: As the alleged manhandling of the Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash by few AAP MLAs intensified on Tuesday, Prakash wrote to DCP North narrating the entire incident. In a letter, the chief secretary alleged that the AAP MLAs abused...
Rohith Vemula’s mother accepts compensation from Hyderabad University
Hyderabad: The mother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide, has accepted a compensation of Rs 8 lakh from the University of Hyderabad. Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula said her lawyers had advised her to take it. Vemula,...
Ambani among 4 arrested in PNB scam
File Pic New Delhi: Vipul Ambani, the top executive handling finances of celebrity designer Nirav Modi's firm is among the five officials arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday evening. The arrests were made after questioning the officials...
Earthquake of 3.3 magnitude hits Jammu & Kashmir
Representational Pic Srinagar: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale today hit Jammu and Kashmir, an official of the MeT department said. The epicentre of the quake was in Jammu and Kashmir, he said. "Earthquake of magnitude...
On AAP vs Delhi Chief Secretary tussle, Rajnath says ‘deeply pained’
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted about the issue saying, "I am deeply pained by the happenings involving the Chief Secretary of the Delhi government. The civil servants should be allowed to work with dignity and without fear".
Moody’s places PNB under review for downgrade
File pic New Delhi: Following the biggest scam in the country's banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at state-run Punjab National Bank, Moody's today placed the lender under review for downgrade. The agency has a Baa3/P-3...
Kejriwal calls crisis meeting after babus go on mass strike
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is holding a crisis meeting even as babus in the capital go on strike over the alleged assault on the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. "We are going on a strike with immediate effect,...
Maharashtra Governor condoles the demise of Cardiologist B.K.Goyal
Mumbai: The Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao has expressed grief on the demise of well known Cardiologist and Dean of Bombay Hospital, Padma Vibhushan Dr B K Goyal in Mumbai on Tuesday (20th Feb). In a message, the Governor...
Maharashtra Today: Govt appoints judicial commission to probe Bhima-Koregaon violence
Mumbai: Mumbai: The Maharashtra Today, government appointed a judicial commission, under retired justice Jai Narayan Patel, to conduct a probe into the Bhima-Koregaon violence which erupted last month, a senior official said. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sudhir Shrivastav said besides Patel,...
Maharashtra News : Investor Mahesh Murthy arrested by Mumbai Police on sexual harassment charges
Mumbai: Well-known investor and founder of Pinstorm, Mahesh Murthy has been arrested by Mumbai Police on sexual harassment charges based on a complaint filed by Delhi-based women. After the intervention of National Commission for Women, which came after several complaints against...
NITI health report: Kerala, Punjab top; UP at bottom but improving
New Delhi: Kerala has topped the Health Index report prepared by NITI Aayog while Uttar Pradesh appeared at the bottom among larger states, though it has shown improvement in the recent past. As per the index report for large states, Kerala...
Rahul-led delegation asks Prez to set up probe into Judge Loya’s death
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and members from opposition parties handed over a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding a special investigation into the death of Judge Loya. Speaking to reporters later, the Congress president said, "A judge died...
ICC appoints Indra Nooyi as its 1st female director
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council on Friday appointed PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi as the ICC board's first independent female director. Nooyi will join the world cricket governing body in June 2018 to align with the term of...
Women MPs show the way as LS adjourns
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha adjourned today for nearly a month-long recess amid unrelenting protests by Andhra Pradesh members demanding more central assistance for the state. Members from the ruling NDA ally TDP and YSR Congress went on with their...
Javed Akhtar backs Sonu Nigam over loudspeakers at religious places
New Delhi: Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has voiced his support to singer Sonu Nigam and said loudspeakers should not be used at places of worships. Last year, Nigam had described the loud sermons from the loudspeakers as hooliganism in a...
Rahul’s mindset undemocratic: Amit Shah on PM’s speech disruptions
New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in his address to party leaders at the BJP parliamentary meeting. Never before in the parliamentary history was a prime minister's reply to the president's address disrupted...
Defamation case: Arun Jaitley to be cross-examined before single judge, says HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today decided to transfer the ongoing cross-examination of Arun Jaitley before the joint registrar to a court in a defamation suit filed by him against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and five other party leaders. Expressing...
