BJP chest-thumping over ‘independent’ Gram Panchayat elections premature; state poll panel debunks BJP’s claims
Representational Pic Mumbai: In a desperate attempt to impose its popularity, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday claimed that it has won the largest number of sarpanch posts in the recently concluded first phase of Gram Panchayat elections even though,...
Andhra cop’s hilarious reaction to traffic violators goes viral
Anantapur: Five people..One bike..No helmet, the fed cop bowed to the violators for their ignorance, a click of which has now become viral. A hilarious picture to promote road safety, shared by a senior Karnataka cop, has Twitter in splits. Abhishek...
Chinese woman loses partial eyesight after playing game on smartphone for 24 hours continuously
Representational Pic Beijing: Addiction of playing game has cost a young Chinese woman of her eyesight when she was rendered partially blind after playing video game on her smartphone for 24 hours, the media reported. The unnamed gaming addict was...
In Bengaluru, Accenture techie, 28, is stabbed to death
Bengaluru: A 28-year-old techie working with software major Accenture was killed in a Bengaluru suburb early on Monday morning while he was on his way to meet a woman friend. Pranoy Mishra belonged to Odisha. He was found bleeding after being...
From ‘beti bachao’, govt transitioned to ‘beta bachao’: Rahul
New Delhi: The government had transitioned from "Beti Bachao" to "Beta Bachao", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today in another swipe following a report alleging that a firm owned by Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah's son saw a...
It’s a girl! Baby born on Mumbai train platform
Mumbai: Finally, a happy story from Mumbai's suburban railway system. A 26-year-old woman Salma Shaikh delivered a baby girl on platform 3 of Mumbai's Dadar Station last night. The train was en route to CST from Kalyan and was stationed on platform...
NHRC notice to GOI & Mah. GOVT on pesticide deaths of innocent farmers & farm Labours
File Pic New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra several farmers had to be hospitalized, during the last three months, due to an infection, caused...
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali got discounts worth $46 million for land acquisitions since Modi came to power, claims Reuters
Nagpur: In a recent report by Reuters, it has been claimed that since the Narendra Modi led government has captured the power in centre, our very own ‘Yoga Guru’ Ramdev Baba has been aided with discounts in land acquisition amounting...
Faced With ₹100-Crore Defamation Case, Journalist Who Reported On Jay Shah’s Business Refuses To Back Down
New Delhi: Journalist Rohini Singh, who investigated into the alleged irregularities in business enterprises run by Jay Amitbhai Shah, BJP President Amit Shah's son, for The Wire, has stood up for herself after being slapped with a defamation case. In...
The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah
News as Published in The Wire New Delhi: The turnover of a company owned by Jay Amitbhai Shah, son of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, increased 16,000 times over in the year following the election of Narendra Modi as...
Sitharaman makes aerial survey of Doklam-Nathula area
New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today made an aerial survey of the Doklam-Nathula area on the Sino-India border, a day after the government said the status quo at the site has not changed since the disengagement on August 28. Sikkim...
Heavy rains likely in Mumbai for the next few hours
Mumbai: The Indian Meteorological Deptment has forecast showers coupled with thunder and lightning over the next few hours in Mumbai. According to IMD's forecast, Mumbai will experience 'loud peals of thunder with frequent lightning flashes, moderate to heavy spell...
Sanatan Sanstha trio behind Gauri Lankesh’s killing?
Jay Prakash ‘Anna’, Sarang Akolkar alias Sarang Kulkarni and Praveen Linkar Bengaluru: In the first sign that the Special Investigation Unit, investigating the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh may have homed in on her killers, the SIT has...
Jaitley announces changes to GST, to help small companies
New Delhi: The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, met in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the GST Council to review all the problems arising from the new indirect tax regime. The council deliberated...
No PAN, Aadhaar details for jewellery above Rs 50,000: GST council
New Delhi: Government on Friday suspended GST notification on gems and jewellery stating that PAN card will no longer be mandatory on the purchase of jewellery for over Rs 50,000. Also, government need not be informed on jewellery purchase of over...
SMEs with annual turnover of up to Rs 1.5 cr can file quarterly returns
New Delhi: In a relief to small and medium enterprises, the GST Council today raised the turnover threshold to Rs 1 crore for businesses to avail of the composition scheme that allows them to pay 1-5 per cent tax without...
‘Once done with chest thumping, explain what’s China doing in Doklam’, Rahul asks PM
New Delhi: A day after it came to fore that Beijing is still flexing its muscles and has deployed more troops in the Chumbi Valley, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over China constructing...
Pirate attack thwarted by Indian Navy in Gulf of Aden
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Friday thwarted a piracy attempt on an Indian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden. Stealth frigate INS Trishul thwarted a piracy attempt on Indian registered merchant vessel Jag Amar at around 12:30...
Maha govt sets up panel to study report on scam in tribal
Representational Pic Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has set up a one-member panel to study the recommendations of the Gaikwad committee which probed the alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam in the tribal welfare department during the previous Congress-NCP regime. The government recently...
SC asks Centre why not ban hanging by neck as mode of death sentence
New Delhi: In the backdrop of decades-old debate over the human form of executing a criminal who has been sentenced to death, the Supreme Court has raised fresh questions before the government. The apex court to explain within three weeks...
States can’t get into what tourists eat, drink: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
New Delhi: With the widening alcohol prohibition threatening to impact the country's tourism industry, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today said it is not the states' business to decide what a tourist should eat and drink. "Indian states can't get into...
