Teacher, allegedly grilled by ATS in Naxal case, ‘ends life’
Representational Image Mumabi: Days after he was allegedly questioned by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in a Naxal-related case, a school teacher in Mumbai committed 'suicide' last week. Prabhakar Narayan Machha, 64, was found to hanging at his house in Pratikshanagar area of...
Ex-Navy chief files plea in SC for probe into Loya’s death
New Delhi: Former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retd) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a panel of retired apex court judges and former police officers into the alleged mysterious death of special...
CR to run 452 special trains to clear summer vacation rush
New Delhi: To clear the extra rush of long-distance passengers during the summer season, the Central Railway (CR) will run 452 summer special trains, a statement said. These trains include unreserved specials from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Lokmanya Tilak...
Will Khadse’s political exile end?
New Delhi: Aggrieved senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari met at the latter's residence in Delhi over a breakfast, surprising many in political circles. Khadse's daughter MP Raksha Khadse was also present. It is still not...
Congress Questions Judge Loya’s Death, Says “Circumstances Tell A Story”
New Delhi: The death of judge BH Loya must be investigated by a Special Investigation team, the Congress has demanded, saying democracy cannot survive in a nation where lawyers and judges involved in important cases are targetted. The party said...
A Yatra to protest, provoke, conquer… or defeat?
Nagpur/Agra: Despite situation in U.P. already being tense; despite the death of a young man, and despite prohibitory orders hundreds of men are taking out 'yatras' across 20 towns of the state rendering the atmosphere even more incendiary. These people are...
Maharashtra gets banks on board for road project
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government's Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway project, touted as a game-changer of sorts, may finally see some headway after the state government acceded to some of the conditions put forth by some state-owned banks. State officials have agreed...
No orange colour passport, Centre scraps plan
New Delhi: The government has scrapped its decision to come out with an orange colour passport for those who have not passed their Class 10 examination. 'Have decided to continue with the current practice of printing of the last page of...
ACB traps IPS officer in Nanded for Rs 3 lakh bribe
Nagpur/Nanded: In a development that would create ripples in police circles across Maharashtra, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped an IPS officer in Nanded for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakh red-handed. The action was taken by...
Govind Pansare murder: Kolhapur court grants bail to main accused Virendra Tawde
Kolhapur: A court in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on Tuesday granted bail to Hindu Janajagruti Samiti leader Virendra Tawde, who was the main accused in the murder case of Communist Party of India politician and author Govind Pansare, a news agency reported. Tawde...
Time to see if IPL is in interest of cricket: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today said the Indian Premier League has made people familiar with phrases like 'betting and fixing' and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it was time to see if the tournament...
AAP disqualifications: HC seeks facts from poll panel
New Delhi: The Delhi high court today asked the Election Commission to state the factual aspects behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit by filing an affidavit. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and...
Cow vigilantism: SC notice to 3 states on contempt plea
File Pic New Delhi: A plea seeking contempt action against the governments of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not following its order to take stern steps to stop violence in the name of cow vigilantism, on Monday led the...
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ekbote seeks anticipatory bail
Mumbai: Right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, booked for allegedly inciting violence on January 1 during an event to commemorate the bicentenary of Bhima-Koregaon battle, has approached the Bombay high court for anticipatory bail. The leader submitted his plea before a bench led...
Padmaavat banned in Malaysia by censor board
New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmaavat has been banned in Malaysia by the country's censor board as the film touches on the "sensitivities of Islam". The chairman of National Film Censorship Board Mohd Zamberi Abdul Aziz has said the lavishly-mounted film...
Why cover page of Economic Survey turns pink
New Delhi: The pink coloured Economic Survey document tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today recommended that India must confront the societal metapreference for a son, observing that the adverse sex ratio of females to males has led...
HC transfers disqualified AAP MLAs’ plea to division bench
New Delhi: The Delhi high court today transferred to a division bench the pleas of AAP MLAs, seeking quashing of their disqualification from the Delhi assembly for holding office of profit. Single judge bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru fixed the matter...
Temporary effect of GST, note ban are over: Chief Economic Adviser
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian address a press conference after the Economic Survey 2018-19 expected to regain India's GDP growth to be between 7-7.5% in 2018-19, from 6.75%. Here are the highlights:- - This year oil prices went up that...
Watch video: Dozing driver caused mishap killing 13 people in Kolhapur
Kolhapur/Nagpur: A dozing driver could have caused the chilling accident in which 13 people were killed and three others were injured after a minibus fell into Panchganga River in Kolhapur city on the...
Invited to model UN conclave Ministers talks about modelling profession!
New Delhi: This one surely takes the cake; almost on the same level as the have- you-seen- man-turning-into-monkey quote. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Government of India, was invited by the Indrapastha College for Women,...
Mah Governor Vidyasagar Rao hails contribution of Customs Deptt
Mumbai: Observing that the role of Customs department is crucial in preventing explosives, arms and ammunition, contraband goods and fake currency from entering into the country, Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao hailed the contributions of the Customs Department in nation...
