Modi to focus on farmers’ distress after Gujarat loss
New Delhi: New Delhi political circles are agog with speculation about imminent portfolios changes in the Narendra Modi's council of ministers as a direct impact of the Gujarat election losses. Changes in portfolios like Radha Mohan Singh getting the Agriculture ministery...
Patanjali eyes diaper, sanitary napkin market
New Delhi: After making headway into several markets, Patanjali Ayurveda is now eyeing the diaper and sanitary napkin industry, to take on the international companies. According to Patanjali spokesperson SK Gupta Tijarawala, Patanjali will launch both kids and adult diapers and...
Rabadi Devi to hold reins of RJD
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader has gone to jail as he was convicted in fodder scam. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on January 3. No doubt the Lalu’s relatives and RJD workers...
Shaurya Doval’s rise a quiet affair
New Delhi: Shaurya Doval son of Ajit Doval, Prime Minister’s Security Adviser, had recently participated in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s State Executive Committee’s two-day meeting in Haldwni in Uttarakhand. He is a BJP member but he had been called as...
16-yr-old girl, forced into flesh trade, helped cops nab mastermind
New Delhi: After a six-month-long chase, the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Saturday finally arrested Sonu Punjaban – a woman infamous for running high-class prostitution rackets and trafficking young girls across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. But arresting Punjaban with concrete...
Mumbai: Fire Breaks Out in 31-Storey Building, Rescue Work on
Mumbai: A major fire broke out in a residential building in the Malabar Hills area of Mumbai on Monday. Reports said that 17th and 18th floors of Legend Building were engulfed in fire. Dense smoke could be seen billowing out...
Modi takes a ride on Delhi Metro’s new magenta line; no Kejriwal at event
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride today on Delhi Metro's new Magenta Line connecting the capital with neighbouring Noida for the first time. A 12.6-km section of the line connects south Delhi's Kalkaji and Noida's Botanical Garden. PM...
17 train cancelled, 26 delayed due to fog in north India
New Delhi: At least 17 trains were cancelled while several others arrived late as fog enveloped parts of north India today. According to a Northern Railway spokesperson, at 6 am, 17 trains stood cancelled, 26 were delayed and six others were...
Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother reach Islamabad to meet him
New Delhi: Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother on Monday arrived in Islamabad for a meeting with him at the foreign affairs ministry, officials said. TV footage showed a convoy of around seven vehicles escorting Jadhav’s family in the...
School in Mumbai bans Muslim female students from wearing Hijab
Mumbai: A private school in Thane, Maharashtra has taken a decision to ban Muslim female students from wearing hijab citing security on the premises. This decision was resented by parents and they protested against the school management. Going into the details,...
Indian Railways bust ‘Make in India’ by seeking to import over 7 lakh tonnes’ of rails
File Pic New Delhi: Is this a blatant case of one Ministry of the Indian government itself flouting the P.M.'s Make in India diktat? Or are their hands tied due to availability compulsions? The steel and rail ministries are at loggerheads...
Victory for The Wire as Court Lifts Injunction Granted to Jay Amit Shah
New Delhi: The civil court, Mirzapur, Ahmedabad on December 23, 2017, vacated the ex parte ad interim injunction imposed on The Wire in the wake of its recent story on the the meteoric rise in the business activities of BJP...
2G and the ‘notional loss’ caused by Yoga Guru Ramdev
Has the Government and the nation suffered any ‘notional loss’ because of the enormous tracts of land given away for the Yoga Guru’s FMCG business at throwaway rates? Has Yoga Guru Ramdev caused any “notional loss” to the nation? The question...
Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in Deoghar fodder scam case
Ranchi: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and 22 others accused in the fodder scam were acquitted by a special CBI court in Ranchi today. The case relates to embezzling of more than Rs 89 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury...
The whole foundation of BJP is based on lies: Rahul after CWC meet
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi addresses the media after chairing first Congress Working Committee meet as the party president: "The whole architecture of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is about lies, the whole structure is about lies." "Everyone knows about 2G, the truth has...
Is the tide turning for Modi?
New Delhi: Yesterday, it was a shocking negation of all the 'explosive' 2G scam charges - a scam that was supposed to have robbed the country of a whopping Rs. 1760000000000/ !!! The amount was so humongous that of course the...
Anti-India editorial in Maldives paper sparks political row
New Delhi: A pro-Abdulla Yameen paper has kicked up a fresh political storm in the Maldives by describing in an editorial Indian PM Narendra Modi as a Hindu extremist who is also anti-Muslim. The editorial in the local Dhivehi language...
City hosp fails to follow 10% reserved bed rule, fined Rs 5L
File Pic Mumbai: As per the Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950, private hospitals registered with the state charity commissioner have to reserve 10 per cent of the beds for econimically weaker sections. However, two months ago, a surprise visit by...
What was 2G scam? A storm in a tea cup or a political conspiracy against UPA Govt??
New Delhi: Till the 2G 'scam' came to the fore giving chance for opposition to begin slaying Manmohan Singh's 'clean image', it was ironically Dr. Singh's penchant of keeping everything transparent and above board that gave his political enemies the...
Manmohan Singh hails 2G scam verdict
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, reacting to the 2G scam verdict, said the "judgment speak(s) in itself (sic)". Singh, whose credibility had come under doubt over the scams unearthed during the UPA II rule, said there was a...
The two faces of Gujarat and how they voted
Ahmedabad: Amit Shah, BJP President was seen in a new avataar this afternoon. In a press conference held after the results were declared, he was seen listening to, and replying to questions from all journos most patiently. Predictably he did gloat...
