Kamala Mills fire: Mumbai Police announce Rs 1 lakh reward for information on accused
Mumbai: Police on Monday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who would provide information about the three persons accused in Kamala Mills fire incident. On the night of December 28, as many as 14 people including 11 women...
Adarsh scam: Supreme Court defreezes three bank accounts of Mumbai’s Adarsh Society
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today defreezed three bank accounts of Mumbai-based Adarsh cooperative housing society allowing it to withdraw amount of around Rs one crore for maintenance and litigation cost. The bank accounts, which the society claimed to have opened...
HC to process request of State for probe into Bhima-Koregaon incident
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Vijaya Tahilramani. On behalf of the government he made a formal request for an appointment of sitting High Court judge so that he could urge for a...
GDP growth projected at 4-year low of 6.5% in 2017-18
New Dehi: The economic growth is expected to slow to a four-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2017-18, the lowest under the Modi-led government, mainly due to poor performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The gross domestic product was 7.1...
“People from villages do not possess talent” Indigo Chief explains away his staff manhandling a passenger
New Delhi: "People from villages, from tier 2 and tier 3 cities, specially those educated in Government schools have no talent; they cannot speak English" was how Indigo Chief 'explained' the contents of a shocking video which showed an Indigo...
Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan: Fadnavis calls for expediting the project
Mumbai: Asserting that several entities have contributed to 'Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan', Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stressed on its expeditious implementation. 'Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan' is a flagship project of his government aimed at improving irrigation facilities. "Now we need to increase...
BJP, Sangh targetting me: Jignesh Mevani
New Delhi: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani today denied making any inflammatory speech in Pune and said he was being targeted by the BJP and the RSS. An FIR was filed against the Gujarat MLA and Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader...
Union Budget on February 1
New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament will be held from January 29 to April 6, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The Phase-1 of the Budget session will be held...
UP Haj House goes saffron
Lucknow: The exterior walls of the Haj House in Lucknow has been painted saffron. Reacting to it, Mohsin Raza, UP minister said, "There is no need for controversy. Saffron is an energetic and bright looking colour, the building looks beautiful....
Lalu asks for leniency in sentencing on health grounds
New Delhi: A special CBI court is likely to pronounce the quantum of punishment for Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case today. Yadav through his counsel, moves a written plea in the court of Shivpal Singh in Ranchi,...
Who is this man who brought Mumbai to its knees like once only Balasaheb could do?
Mumbai: Mumbai with an urban population of 22 million is by far the largest city of India. And the 4th largest in the world. Stopping Mumbai in its tracks and enforcing an almost complete 'Bandh' on just one day's notice was...
Video: Tired Of Waiting, Passenger Uses Emergency Exit, Sits On Wing
Madrid, Spian: The passenger of a Ryanair flight from London to Malaga in southern Spain, apparently tired of waiting inside the plane on arrival, got out and sat on the wing, a witness and the airline said Wednesday. "We had been...
Delhi court declares Vijay Mallya proclaimed offender
New Delhi: A Delhi court today declared absconding businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a FERA violation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat passed the order after noting that Mallya failed to appear before it despite...
Is Sharad Pawar set to play Maratha card against Fadnavis?
Mumbai: The Maharashtra has fallen silent after a major upheavel followed by Dalit protests across the state. But is it the peace time or lull before the storm. While dalits are yet to finish their steps of agitation, Marathas are...
UIDAI rejects media report on getting Aadhaar data in minutes
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has denied the media report published in The Tribune titled "Rs 500, 10 minutes, and you have access to billion Aadhaar details" and has said that it is a case of...
Patole meets Rahul Gandhi, hints at joining Congress soon
Nagpur/Delhi: Nana Patole, who raised a banner of rebellion against BJP governments at State and Centre and resigned from Lok Sabha, on Thursday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and gave enough hints of ‘Ghar Vapsi’. After a 2-hour...
Rajinikanth meets DMK patriarch Karunanidhi, days after turning neta
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth met DMK supremo Karunanidhi at his residence in Chennai today. The party's working president, MK Stalin, was present at the meet. As he left his home in Poes Garden, he told reporters his visit to the veteran leader's...
Take strict action against culprit no matter which caste religion, demands Sakal Maratha Kranti Morcha
Mumbai: Sakal Maratha Kranti Morcha office bearers have demanded a thorough probe into the Bhima-Koregaon incident. The incident took an ugly turn because the picture of the Bhim-Koregaon was painted in such a way so that situation flares up. Social...
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis Promises Inquiry Into Violence After Bandh Cripples Mumbai, Pune
Mumbai: The Maharashtra bandh by Dalit groups was called off by BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar of Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh Party on Wednesday evening. The bandh that began on Wednesday morning and crippled several cities including Mumbai, Pune and Aurangabad...
Maharashtra bandh called off
Mumbai: Prakash Ambedkar, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader and BR Ambedkar's grandson has withdrawn the Maharashtra bandh call. Ambedkar said that Umar Khalid and Jignesh Mewani, against whom a complaint has been filed for giving provocative statement have no connections to the...
After Nitin Patel, another Gujarat minister expresses displeasure over portfolio
Ahmedabad: In yet another headache for the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani-led Gujarat government, five-term MLA Parshottam Solanki on Tuesday expressed his displeasure on the allocation of portfolios. Solanki, who is a Koli, said the inadequate representation of the community in the...
