Scribes boycott Jignesh Mevani meet after he asks Republic TV to leave
Chennai: In a show of solidarity, journalists today boycotted a press meet to be addressed by Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in Chennai after he refused to talk in the presence of Republic TV news channel. After a close...
Raise awareness on sanitary napkins: HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and N W Sambre said...
Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight takes off 25 minutes before schedule, leaves 14 passengers stranded at Goa airport
File Pic Panaji: Fourteen passengers who had booked themselves on a Goa-Hyderabad flight were left stranded at the Goa International Airport on Tuesday after their IndiGo flight took off 25 minutes before its scheduled time, according to the media report. Indigo...
Centre Ends Haj Subsidy, Says Will Use Funds for Education of Minorities
New Delhi: The central government has withdrawn the subsidy given to Haj pilgrims. Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the decision is in line with the government’s agenda to empower miniorities without appeasement. Naqvi said that for the first time in...
In Kamala Mills fire case, Yug Tuli, co-owner of Mojo Bistro sent to police custody till January 20 by Bhoiwada Court
Mumbai: Yug Tulli, one of the owners of Mojo Bistro has been sent to judicial custody till January 20 by Bhoiwada court on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Tulli, another absconding in the Kamala Mills compound fire case, owner of Mojo's...
Kamala Mills Fire: Bombay HC sets Feb 12 as next date of hearing
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday fixed February 12 as the next date of hearing the plea filed by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro, seeking a judicial inquiry into Kamala Mills Fire incident that claimed 14 lives. While hearing...
CJI Dipak Misra meets 4 dissenting SC judges, offers olive branch
New Delhi: Four days after four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court aired their differences with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra publicly, the latter met the dissenting judges on Tuesday. According to sources, the meeting lasted for 15 minutes and...
2 more deaths at Jallikattu event amid big prizes offered by politicians
Chennai: Three people have been gored to death while watching and participating in Jallikattu or bull-taming in Tamil Nadu, but the political importance of the controversial tradition was driven home as both Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O...
ED summons Lalu’s son-in-law Rahul in railway hotels PMLA case
Patna: The Enforcement Directorate has now summoned another son-in-law of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Rahul Yadav, in connection with its money laundering probe in railway hotels allotment corruption case, official sources today said. The fresh trouble for the Lalu Prasad...
VHP Claims Pravin Togadia is Missing, Cops Say Not in Their Custody
File Pic Ahmedabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday claimed its international working president Pravin Togadia was "missing" since morning and held a protest demanding that he be "traced". The VHP claimed Togadia (62) was detained by the Rajasthan Police...
Hardik, Mevani expected at opposition march on R-Day to be lead by Sharad Pawar
New Delhi: After giving a major scare to the BJP in the Gujarat elections, it seems that Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel, dalit activist and first-time MLA Jignesh Mevani and OBC activist and Congress MLA Alpesh Thakore have suddenly become...
Jallikattu spectator gored to death in Madurai
Madurai: A 19-year-old spectator was reportedly gored to death by a bull during the controversial bull-taming sport, Jallikattu, today in Madurai. Jallikattu started in Tamil Nadu on Sunday after a gap of three years in view of the ban. As per the...
#NotoNetanyahu: We know Netanyahu and Modi love each other, but how much did the RSS love Zionism?
Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit India next week. India and Israel are closer than ever before. In light of the Donald Trump's announcement that the United States of America (USA) will officially view Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,...
It’s puja-path for Rahul in Amethi
Amethi: In the Gandhi borough of Amethi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi offers prayer and participates in a 'Khichdi daan'. Rahul Gandhi embarks on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi, starting today. It is Rahul's first visit to...
Mumbai’s Kamala Mills fire: HC permits accused Vishal Karia to seek bail
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today permitted hotelier Vishal Karia, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the Kamala Mills fire, to seek immediate bail from a magistrate's court. Karia was booked under Section 216 of the Indian Penal...
Kamala Mills Fire: BMC to submit report by Jan 19
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner will submit the inquiry report in the Mumbai's Kamala Mills Fire tragedy to the state government by January 19. During the hearing of a PIL, filed by former police officer Julio Ribeiro, BMC's lawyer...
Can’t read the future: Adityanath on Padmaavat release in UP
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath is non-committal on the release of the controversial film 'Padmaavat' in the state. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie is set for release on January 25. "I am not a future teller," was his cryptic...
SC’s press conference judges attend court, AG says storm in a tea cup
New Delhi: Four top Supreme Court judges today resumed work like always, belying the simmering tensions sparked by their accusations against the Chief Justice, while the Attorney General described the unprecedented crisis as "a storm in a tea cup". The four...
Army kills 7 Pak soldiers along LoC in retaliatory action
Srinagar: As India celebrates its 70th Army Day, reports coming say that the Indian Army has carried out "retaliatory action" against Pakistan killing 7 soldiers and injuring 4 others in forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and...
Haryana CM promises justice for teen who was brutally raped, murdered
Jind: Medical examination of the 15-year-old girl, who was found dead near a canal in Haryana's Jind district, revealed that she was raped by several individuals and had suffered immense internal injuries after the criminals inserted a blunt object into...
Bar council forms 7-member panel to resolve rift within judiciary
New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court judges mounted a virtual revolt against the country's chief justice in an unprecedented press conference, the Bar Council of India today form a seven-member team to meet all SC judges from tomorrow...
