‘Will you chant Hanuman Chalisa…’: Uddhav Thackeray slams BJP over Rahul Bhat’s killing
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday launched an all out attack on former ally Bharatiya Janata Party over the killing of Kashmiri Pandit government employee Rahul Bhat in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.Addressing a rally in Mumbai, the...
Match-fixing racket influenced IPL results: CBI
The CBI has booked three suspected punters, one from Delhi and two from Hyderabad, in connection with alleged fixing of Indian Premier League matches ''based on inputs'' from Pakistan, officials said on Saturday. The central...
Denial of justice would lead to anarchy: CJI
It is imperative for a healthy democracy that people feel their rights and dignity are recognised and protected, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday, stressing that denial of justice would ultimately lead to anarchy. ...
26 dead in massive fire at 3-storey building in Delhi
As many as 26 died while 50 to 60 people were rescued after a massive fire broke out in a building near Delhi's Mundka metro station on Friday, the police said. Speaking to the media, Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Sameer...
Week after Kedarnath Yatra opens 28 tourists dead
After an unprecedented number of devotees turned up at the Kedarnath Temple, one of the Char Dhams in Uttarakhand, the Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) was deployed for crowd management on Friday. Since the yatra began, as many as 28 tourists en...
Gyanvapi survey: SC refuses to order status quo
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant an interim order of status quo on the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The top court, however, agreed to consider listing the plea of a...
Helicopter crash at Raipur airport; two pilots dead
RAIPUR: A state government helicopter crashed at Raipur airport on late Thursday, leaving two pilots dead, police said. The accident occurred when the training pilots were trying to land the helicopter, they added. Taking it to Twitter, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel...
Chinese plane skids off runway, catches fire
A passenger plane of China's Tibet Airlines skidded off the runway and caught fire while taking off in the country's southwest Chongqing city on Thursday. The number of casualties was not known immediately, state-run CGTN reported. Video footage posted by CCTV...
N Korea sees 1st case of Covid, imposes lockdown
North Korea on Thursday reported its first case of COVID-19 and put in place a 'maximum emergency' virus control system in the country with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to 'eliminate' the virus, state media reported. According to the Korean...
Maharashtra will burn if Raj Thackeray is harmed: MNS leader
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Bala Nandgaonkar on Wednesday met Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil over a letter threatening Raj Thackeray, and demanded action. Speaking to reporters later, he said there would be repercussions across the state if the MNS chief was...
282 skeletons of Indian soldiers killed in 1857 revolt found
The skeletons of 282 Indian soldiers who participated in India's First War of Independence in 1857 were found during the excavation near Amritsar, said Dr JS Sehrawat, Assistant Professor, Dept Anthropology, Punjab University. "These skeletons belong to 282 Indian soldiers killed...
SC puts sedition law on hold
The Supreme Court has put the draconian sedition law on hold. The court has urged the Centre and states to refrain from registering any FIRs invoking Section 124A IPC. In other words, registering any FIR invoking sedition charges cannot be...
Naqvi slams “illegal” protests at Shaheen Bagh
Amid a row over the demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said it has become a fashion to give a "communal colour" to criminal acts, and asserted that "legal action" against "illegal acts"...
Maha govt announces state funeral for Pt Shivkumar Sharma
Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma will be accorded a state funeral, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's office said in a statement on Tuesday as he and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari led other leaders in condoling the death of the Santoor maestro. ...
Govt aims to halve road accident deaths: Gadkari
The government has set a target to reduce 50 per cent road accident deaths by 2024, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. He also stressed the sensitisation of stakeholders for collectively addressing issues regarding road safety. Addressing an event on...
Cryptocurrencies may be taxed at par with lotteries
The government is considering to tax cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, at par with casinos, lotteries, betting and racecourses, sources said.The highest decision-making body on indirect taxes, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, is considering to levy 28 per cent GST...
SC asks Centre to reply on sedition law tomorrow
The government today faced tough questions in the Supreme Court today, a day after it sought more time saying it had decided to review a colonial-era sedition law. "The state says they are reexamining. But we cannot be unreasonable. We will...
LIC IPO closes: Allotment on May 12, check grey market premium
LIC IPO Subscription Status, LIC IPO GMP: Life Insurance Corp's mega public offering -- India's largest to date -- closed with 2.95 times subscription at the end of the six-day bidding on Monday. The subscription was predominately lapped up by...
Delhi temperature may rise to 44C, warns IMD
The minimum temperature in the city settled at 28 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with a fresh spell of heatwave expected to sweep the national capital starting May 11. The relative humidity at 8:30 am on Tuesday stood at 61...
Sangh special training programme begins
More than 700 RSS swayamsevaks are participating in a special 25-day training programme which commenced on Monday at the Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Maharashtra. A Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh functionary informed that Sangh volunteers from various states in the age...
Centre decides to re-examine sedition law
Two days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law and asking the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging it, the government on Monday made an about-face, saying it has decided to re-examine and reconsider provisions of the law and...
