This Attitude Of Suspecting Everyone To Be Thief Is Damaging To Democratic Discourse: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today said demonetisation and GST is a complete disaster for our economy and has broken back of small time investers, while addressing small businessmen in Gujarat ahead of the crucial elections. On demonetisation which...
At this age and time of my life I seek peace: Amitabh Bachchan on offshore account Allegations
Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has spoken at length about his name featuring in the Panama papers and Bofors scandal, explaining that he has always cooperated with the "system" but wishes to be left alone at this stage of his life. His outpouring...
BJP seeks Smriti Irani’s intervention in stopping ‘Padmavati’ release
Mumbai: The Mumbai BJP unit today sought Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani's intervention to stop the upcoming release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" claiming the movie is a "distortion of historical facts" and will hurt sentiments of Hindus if...
Rahul Gandhi uses famous Gita saying to slam PM Modi
Shimla: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for twisting a saying from Bhagvad Gita to suit his interests. A high decibel campaign is being run in Himachal Pradesh with senior leaders of...
Press freedom does not include freedom to be factually incorrect: PM
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Daily Thanthi newspaper and said the media is an instrument to produce reform through peace, rather than by force, hence, it has as much social accountability...
Mamata Banerjee slams Modi’s ‘Great Selfish Tax’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the Narendra Modi government by terming the Goods and Services Tax "Great Selfish Tax to harass people and finish the economy". She said demonetisation was a disaster and urged social media users...
Paradise Papers leak: Names of Amitabh Bachchan, Jayant Sinha (minister in Modi govt) and BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP RK Sinha appear in the list
New Delhi. After the Panama Papers leak, Indian government faced another moment of big shame and embarrasment in the form of the Paradise Papers leak, the biggest ever exposure of nation's who's who including mega star Amitabh Bachchan along with...
Give female names to alcohol brands to increase sales: Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan
Nandurbar: In a blatantly sexist comment, Maharashtra water resources minister Girish Mahajan said liquor manufacturers could rechristen their products with female names to increase sales. Mahajan, who was speaking at a function at the Satpuda co-operative sugar factory at Nandurbar in...
Indian-origin businessman killed in botched police raid in Nairobi
Nairobi: Bunty Shah, the 32-year-old Indian-origin Kenyan businessman, was killed in a case of mistaken identity during an anti-terror operation in capital Nairobi's last month, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Swaraj said Kenyan security forces were conducting anti-terror operations on the...
Air India scouts for $535 million loan to buy three Boeing planes
New Delhi: Air India is looking to raise loans worth $535 million to finance acquisition of three Boeing planes, including two aircraft that will be used for ferrying VVIPs, a senior airline official said. An Air India spokesperson confirmed the report...
BJP mustn’t be “one-man show”, two-man army”: Shatrughan Sinha
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha today said the BJP would be able to live up to the expectations of people only if it ceased to be "a one-man show and a two-man army". Sinha said the youth, farmers and the traders...
Can’t hurt Indian woman’s pride: Uma Bharti on Padmavati row
New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti is the new entrant in the controversy surrounding the release of movie Padmavati. Uma tweeted an open letter on November 3 stating she cannot remain neutral over the Padmavati controversy and urged people not to...
Shell companies deposited Rs 17,000 cr after demonetisation
New Delhi: Around 2.24 lakh companies have been struck off till date for remaining inactive for two years or more, the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs said on Sunday in a release. Some of these companies are suspected to be...
Poachers kill rhino, calf in Kaziranga; 3 rhinos dead in 48 hours
Representational Pic Kanchanjuri: Assams Kaziranga National Park -- a World Heritage Site -- on Saturday night lost a rhino and her calf after poachers used an AK-series weapon to gun down the animals. This was the second incident of poaching...
ATS arrests Islamic State suspect at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on Sunday nabbed an ISIS suspect from Mumbais International Airport. Identified as Abu Zaid, the suspect is believed to have run an ISIS network involving several youths from Western Uttar Pradesh while staying in Dubai. He...
Hyderabad’s biryani, Tirupati laddoo & idli-dosa get India Post stamp
Hyderabad: The aroma of Hyderabad's trademark cuisine biryani, baghare baingan and seviyan -- may 'waft' through the air the next time you receive a mail from the India Post. These three signature dishes of Hyderabad have made their way into India...
Maharashtra govt okays new township in Palghar
Navi Mumbai: The new township development project in the vast expanse of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is Palghar district where the Devendra Fadnavis government has allotted 440.37 hectares to Cidco to develop the chunk of landmass in the district, close...
Station manager suspended after Hema Malini escapes bull attack
Mathura: Days after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini narrowly escaped a bull attack at the Mathura Junction railway station, the station manager has been suspended for allegedly failing to curb the menace, an official said today. Station manager K L...
Uddhav hails Mamata, says she defeated Left ‘without tampering with EVMs’
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today hailed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a 'tigress' for decimating the communists in her state, a task, which the saffron party said, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party had 'failed'...
Niti Aayog sees India to be free of poverty, corruption by 2022
File Pic New Delhi: Government think tank Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free of poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. According to New India @2022 document presented by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv...
Rashtrabhasha Row : HC sends contempt notice to Chief Secy over change of user
Nagpur/Mumbai: The row over Maharashtra Rashtrabhasha Sabha seems to be far from over even though it got a reprieve from State Government. The original petitioner Citizens Forum has filed a contempt petition before High Court against top officials charging them...
