ED summons Tejashwi, Rabri in ‘hotels-for-land scam’
Patna: The ED has summoned former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his mother Rabri Devi in connection with its money laundering probe in a railway hotels allotment corruption case dating back to the UPA rule, officials today said. They...
Will think about dealing with fake photos: UNGA prez on Pak pic gaffe
New Delhi: United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has said that he will look into how to deal with the use of erroneous pictures, days after Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN used a photo to portray an injured...
Delhi HC rejects Honeypreet’s anticipatory bail plea
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, the "adopted daughter" of the now jailed Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. "The plea is without merit. Honeypreet has...
MoS Home Hansraj Ahir slams Varun Gandhi for his Rohingya comment
New Delhi: Union minister Hansraj Ahir today criticised BJP MP Varun Gandhi for his views that Rohingya Muslims should be given asylum in India after security vetting, saying those who have national interest in mind should not make such statements. In...
Give momentum to Sitaphal processing industry through NOGA: Phundkar
Nagpur/Mumbai: State Agriculture Minister Pandurang Phundkar has called upon Maharashtra Agro Industries Development Corporation (MAIDC) to carry out extensive marketing of Sitaphal (Custard Apple) pulp through NOGA (Nagpur Orange Growers’ Association) brand. He has also said that Sitaphal processing industry...
Judicial probe into Banaras Hindu University violence
Banaras: The Uttar Pradesh government today ordered a judicial inquiry into the violence on the campus of the Banaras Hindu University. A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a lathicharge by the police in BHU...
Malegaon blast case: Army Major gets bail
Representational Pic Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today granted bail to retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Accepting Upadhyay's plea on the ground of parity -- since the other prime accused in the case...
‘Sulking’ BJP MP Nana Patole skips party’s National Executive meet
Nagpur/New Delhi: Bhandara-Gondia BJP MP Nana Patole, who had raised a storm recently by saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t like to take questions, has eventually skipped the party’s National Executive meeting being held in New Delhi on Monday. Patole,...
World’s ‘heaviest woman’ passes away in Abu Dhabi months after being shifted from Mumbai
Abu Dhabi: Egyptian national Eman Ahmed, who had been undergoing treatment for weight loss, passed away in Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel hospital. She passed away on Monday morning at 4.35 am due to complications from the underlying co-morbid conditions. Shifted from India in...
Haseena Parkar’s son held special screening of biopic for ‘D’ family in Dubai
Mumbai: While Shraddha Kapoor-starrer Haseena Parkar failed to impress critics, it has found some fans in the family of the notorious Aapa, on whom the movie is based. The Thane Crime Branch, which is currently investigating extortion charges against Parkar's brother...
RSS survey predicts 60 seats for BJP, 100 seats for Congress in Gujarat Assembly elections
Ahmedabad: The survey conducted by RSS has disturbed the peace of mind of Mr. Modi and Mr. Amit Shah since it predicted that in Gujarat Assembly BJP may get 60 seats whereas Congress is likely to get 100 seats. It may...
Shane Warne accused of hitting porn star, vic calls hims ‘vile creature’
London: Shane Warne has been accused of hitting porn star Valerie Foxx in a row that escalated to the point of alleged violence from the former Australia cricketer. Witnesses at the spot reportedly saw Foxx, 30, fall to the floor...
No Chetan Bhagat books in Delhi University syllabus
New Delhi: The proposal by Delhi University's English department to include author Chetan Bhagat's novels in the literature curriculum has hit a roadblock following opposition from teachers of various colleges. The university has decided to put the proposal on hold and...
‘Thank You, Sushma Ji’: Rahul Gandhi sees praise for Cong in UN speech
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for finally recognising Congress governments vision in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly a day earlier. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said, Sushma ji,...
Iqbal Kaskar admits speaking to Dawood Ibrahim
Mumbai/Nagpur: Contrary to his earlier claims, Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar has admitted before Thane police interrogators that Dawood has called him four times in the past few years. These calls were made mainly during the year 2011, when an attack...
Pradhyumn’s dad wants Sep 8 to be Students’ Safety Day
New Delhi: Father of Pradhyumn Thakur, who was found brutally murdered inside the premises of Ryan International School Gurgaon, today said that he would approach the government and request it to declare September 8 as 'Students' Safety Day'. Pradhyumn's murder at...
We built IITs, IIMs; you built LeT, JeM: Sushma to Pak
New York: Terrorism, climate change and UN Security Council reforms are on the agenda of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj when she addresses the UN General Assembly. This is the second consecutive year when Sushma Swaraj will be addressing the UNGA....
Activist Damania claims ‘Dawood’ called her to drop case against Khadse
Mumbai: Social activist Anjali Damania on Saturday claimed she received a threat call from a Pakistan-based number, asking her to withdraw the cases she has filed against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Eknath Khadse. The former Aam Aadmi Party leader said the...
Senior journalist KJ Singh, mother found dead in Mohali, murder suspected
Chandigarh: KJ Singh, a senior journalist, and his 92-year-old mother have been found dead at their residence in Mohali in Punjab. The police suspects KJ Singh and his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, were murdered. KJ Singh was a former news editor of The...
Honeypreet Insan was not adopted daughter, she was lover of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh claiming Honeypreet Insan as his adopted daughter has been dismissed as a sham by latter's former husband Vishwas Gupta. Honeypreet Insan's former husband Vishwas Gupta has claimed that she never slept with...
Arvind Subramanian gets 1-year extension as Chief Economic Adviser
New Delhi: The government will extend the term of Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian by one year till October 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. Subramanian, a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, was appointed India's...
