Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Somnath Mandir sparks row, marked Non-Hindu in register entry
Nagpur/Saurashtra: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Somnath Mandir in Gujarat on Wednesday sparked a major controversy. His entry in the Security Register of the Mandir has been marked as Non-Hindu. The entry was made by Congress Media Coordinator...
Varun Gandhi May Ditch BJP To Join Cousin Rahul’s Congress: Reports
New Delhi: If reports are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and late Sanjay Gandhi's son Varun Gandhi could join the Congress soon. Varun, who represents Sultanpur in the Lok Sabha, is not getting his due in the BJP...
Danve should be kicked on his back for his “bullets of farmers’ legs” remark: Munde
Mumbai: Senior NCP leader and Opposition Leader in Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde on Tuesday came down heavily on State BJP President Raosaheb Danve for his outrageous remark on farmers. Recently, Danve had said that police should have fired bullets...
Gun in hand, trigger happy Minister Girish Mahajan hunts for leopard
Jalgaon: Girish Mahajan is Maharashtra's Minister for Water Resources. But he seems to have a natural calling for the 'wild'. Sometime he is in the news for making 'wild' statements ("give liquor names of women to increase sale") and recently he...
Love jihad hearing: I want my freedom, Hadiya tells SC
New Delhi: Kerala woman Hadiya, who is at the centre of the Love Jihad controversy, appeared before the Supreme Court today. Hadiya has maintained that she wants to be with her husband Shafin Jahan and had married him out of...
School expels rape victim in Maharashtra
Latur: A rape victim on Monday was expelled from a school in Maharashtra’s Latur district in the name of maintaining dignity of the institution. The 15-year-old victim, a Class 11 student, had allegedly been raped by an army man on the...
Will skin Modi, says Lalu’s son after security is withdrawn
Patna: Furious over the Centre's decision to withdraw the NSG security from former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, son Tej Pratap today said that he will skin Narendra Modi, reported a news agency. "Narendra Modi-ji ka khaal udhedva lenge," he...
Maharashtra cuts extra marks for arts and culture of class 10 board exam
File Pic Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has revised the rules for awarding additional marks to SSC (Class 10) students excelling in arts and culture. The students can now earn up to 15 marks extra instead of 25 given earlier. The...
Waiver fails to reduce deaths, Maharashtra reports 2,414 farmer suicides in 10 months of 2017
Mumbai: Not much has changed for the aggrieved farmers who expected things to take a positive turn post the announcement of farm loan waiver by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. And, the proof of this is over 2,414 farmer suicides...
Sushil Modi to Change Son’s Wedding Venue After Tej Pratap Threatened to Disrupt Reception
Patna: A week after Lalu Prasad Yadav’s younger son Tej Pratap Yadav threatened to disrupt the wedding of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi’s son, the family recently decided to “change” the function venue, a BJP leader said in a...
Irfan Dar, Off-duty Kashmiri Officer Killed Like Ummer Fayyaz
Shopian: Irfan Ahmad Dar, an off-duty army soldier, who had gone missing on Friday evening was found with bullet marks this morning in Keegam village of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. The officials said that 23-year-old Irfan Dar was...
Sanjay Joshi says Hardik sex tapes a likely conspiracy
Vadodara: Former state BJP general secretary, Sanjay Joshi, came out in support of Patidar quota stir Hardik Patel's in the sleazy CDs row and said that it could be conspiracy. Joshi visited the city on Friday morning and had a brief...
Judiciary obliged to stand with citizens on Fundamental Rights: CJI
New Delhi: Dismissing the perception of judicial activism, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said that protection of fundamental rights of citizens is the "sacrosanct duty of the judiciary" and it is obliged to stand with citizens if government...
Kerala love jihad case: Husband fears Hadiya being forced to reconvert
New Delhi: Sheffin Jahan, husband of Hadiya, has filed a complaint stating that attempts are being made to reconvert her to Hinduism ahead of her being produced in Supreme Court on Monday. Hadiya, a Hindu, had converted to Islam and later...
Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton come to Malia Obama’s defence
Washington: Members of the US First Daughters' Club sprang into action when one of their own came under attack. This week, conservative media outlets and tabloids have been circulating and reporting on videos that they claim show Malia Obama former US...
BJP leader warns Mamata Banerjee of Shurpanakha-like fate for ‘welcoming’ Padmavati
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suraj Pal Amu on Friday warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for 'welcoming' Padmavati in the state. "There are some women with develish intent like Shurpanakha. Lakshman cured Shurpnakha by cutting off her nose....
No chance of settlement on Ram Temple: Mohan Bhagwat to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has rejected any moves by Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar towards an out-of-court settlement in the Ayodhya Ram Temple issue. "There is news coming in the media about someone well-known. I got...
Fewer GST slabs possible in future, says chief economic adviser
Hyderabad: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said going forward the Goods and Services Tax may "probably" have fewer rates by "collapsing" 12 per cent and 18 per cent tax slabs into one. He said the new tax regime, rolled out from...
Bhiwandi building collapse: Toll rises to 4; owner booked
Mumbai: The death toll in a building collapse in Bhiwandi has risen to four after the recovery of a woman's body and the police has booked its owner in connection with the case. The unauthorised four-storey 'Tahir Biznor' building, situated in...
Congress Questions Gadkari Over Dealings of Private Secretary’s Firm
New Delhi/Nagpur: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday (November 24) raised questions over the alleged involvement of road transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s private secretary, one Vaibhav Dange, in a company called Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE) and called...
Only Ram Temple, nothing else at Ayodhya disputed site: Mohan Bhagwat
Udupi: Only a Ram Temple will be built at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said at the VHP’s ‘Dharma Sansad’ in Karnataka’s Udupi town on Friday. Raking up the Ayodhya issue, Bhagwat said no other structure will come...
