Seaplane ride: Omar says PM violated security guidelines
Ahmedabad: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaching the security protocol by travelling in a single engine seaplane. Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi travelled from Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to Dharoi...
Fire at Stock Holding Corps back office in Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai: A fire broke out at the back office of the Stock Holding Corporation in Navi Mumbai, a fire official said. The office is situated in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area near the Trans-Thane Creek and houses investor...
The real Band Baaja Baarat girl for the reel one is from Lucknow
Lucknow: Remember Anushka Sharma's second outing in a Bollywood film as Shruti Kakkar, the Wedding Planner? This movie must have inspired many young Indian girls to follow in Shruti' path and become wedding planners too. May be Devika Narain of Lucknow...
No road show so river side show in a Seaplane!
New Delhi: On the last day of campaigning in Gujarat, Congress President Elect Rahul Gandhi addressed a press conference while the PM took a Seaplane ride from Sabarmati river. Both had been denied road shows by Gujarat police earlier. Prime Minister...
Gujarat’s Rs 20,000 crore gas scam and malfunctioning EVMs: Are they connected?
Post election results in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab this year and, more recently, the ongoing campaigning for Gujarat assembly polls, have raised two very pertinent national issues affecting the freedom and rights of every citizen of the country. 1. GSPC SCAM:...
Confident of victory in Gujarat, Rahul says as Congress President will bring down poltics of hate and anger
Ahemdabad: Giving his first press conference as Congress President in Ahemdabad Rahul certainly stole the thunder on the last day of campaigning in this election-war battled state. Replying to the last question in English, where a journo asked him what his...
Amul congratulates Virat-Anushka with a punchy ad
New Delhi: Even as the social media, fans and entire show and sports industry is going gaga over the wedding of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, our dairy brand Amul, known for its witty advertisements on current affairs, has come...
Nana Patole shares stage with Rahul Gandhi; hits out at PM
Gandhinagar: Nana Patole, who recently resigned from Lok Sabha and the BJP, today shared stage with Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi at election rally here and fulminated against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he "abused" senior MPs who had once gone...
New York: Explosion Reported at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, 4 Injured; Suspect Held
New York: An explosion was reported at Port Authority Bus Terminal near Times Square in New York on Monday. Taking to Twitter, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said that a total of 4 injuries have been reported at the...
Modi Can’t Lamely Question My Public Service Record: Manmohan
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 December said that he was “pained and anguished by falsehood and canards being spread” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Gujarat elections unfold. Singh accused Modi of setting a "dangerous precedent"...
Rahul elected Congress President
New Delhi: Congress formally announced Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to the post of the party’s president today. He filed his nomination papers for the election to the post of Congress president on 4 December. Gandhi has emerged the lone candidate in the...
Nana Patole arrives in Gujarat for ‘defeat BJP mission,’ says many more disgruntled leaders will leave party
Ahmedabad: Erstwhile BJP leader who was elected M.P. from Bhanda-Gondia constituency is in Gujarat to 'help the Congress defeat BJP' which he proclaimed is an anti OBC, anti farmer and anti Dalit party and must go. Ironically, Patole had defeated Praful...
Micro mgt of water crucial to rural economy: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi: Micro management of water in accordance with the geology of each region is crucial to the development of rural economy, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari said here on Monday. Inaugurating the 7th...
24 companies to invest Rs 60,000cr in JNPT SEZ: Nitin Gadkari
Mumbai: Union Shipping and Ports Minister Nitin Gadkari today said 24 companies have offered to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in a special economic zone adjoining the country’s largest container port JNPT. “Twenty-four companies have already offered to come (and) set...
Sir, is it must to endorse unbelievable stories to win elections: Shatrughan targets Modi over Pakistan remark
New Delhi: A day after Narendra Modi, during his Gujarat campaign, referred to a secret meeting at suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence which was attended by Pakistani diplomats, BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha attacked the Prime Minister for coming...
Touched her unintentionally, I apologised, says man accused of molesting Dangal star during flight
Mumbai: The man accused of molesting a Bollywood teen actor during a Vistara Delhi-Mumbai flight has told police his leg touched the star unintentionally and that he even apologised to her after she raised an alarm. 39-year-old Vikas Sachdev, who stays...
Gujarat polls: EC dismisses claims of EVM tampering via Bluetooth
New Delhi:The Election Commission in Gujarat said today that an inquiry found that the apprehension about possible electronic voting machine tampering through bluetooth technology, raised by opposition Congress, was baseless. The device which the complainant's mobile phone detected after putting on...
Gujarat: First phase voting ends with 68% turnout
Surat: Voting for first phase in Gujarat assembly elections has concluded. The Election Commission said o far 68 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the first phase. It said 'by the time we get final figures, voting percentage may go...
SpiceJet conducts seaplane trials in Mumbai
Mumbai: SpiceJet today conducted seaplane trials in association with Japan’s Setouchi Holdings at Mumbai’s Girgaum Chowpatty. The seaplane trials were conducted in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, and Ashok Gajapathi Raju,...
Congress complains of EVM ‘tampering’ via bluetooth, EC orders probe
Surat: Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia today complained of possible tampering with electronic voting machines at three polling booths in a Muslim-dominated area of Porbandar claiming that some machines were found to be connecting to external devices via bluetooth. The Election...
Gujarat votes: Little over 35% turnout recorded till 2 pm
Ahmedabad: Over 35 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm today during the polling on 89 seats of Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions in the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls. As per the latest data released...
