Activist Stan Swamy, accused in Elgar case, dead
Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case last year, died in on Monday. The 84-year-old Jesuit priest was put on ventilator after his health deteriorated further early Sunday. Swamy was admitted to a private hospital...
Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday termed as "amazing" and "shocking" that people are still being booked under the Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was scrapped by the apext court verdict in 2015. A bench of Justices R F...
Ajit Pawar: MPSC vacanct posts to be filled by July 31
A day after the sucide of an MPSC aspirant in Pune, deputy CM Ajit Pawar on the first day of two-day monsoon session announced that the posts for which MPSC exams are completed will be filled up by July 31,...
Sena-BJP like Aamir-Kiran, friendship intact: Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on BJP's Devendra Fadnavis' 'we are not enemies' remark: "We are not India-Pakistan. Look at Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, it is like them. Our (Shiv Sena, BJP) political ways are different but the friendship...
J-K leaders meet before delimitation panel visit
A meeting of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was held here on Sunday, the first such meet after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on June 24. The meeting of the leaders...
Former Maha home minister Deshmukh moves SC for protection in money laundering case
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday moved the Supreme Court seeking protection from any coercive action in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate had, on Saturday, issued fresh summons to the 71-year-old NCP leader seeking his...
Godown loaded with plastic items catches fire in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad
Aurangabad : A godown in Maharashtra's Aurangabad loaded with plastic items was gutted in fire on Sunday. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained yet. "We will review their documents. There were plastic items at the godown. A detailed...
59% men feel work stress taking toll on personal lives: Survey
With work from home becoming a norm due to Covid-19, a survey has revealed that 59 per cent men interviewed admitted that work-related stress is affecting their personal lives. With the pandemic going on and the third wave...
Big win for BJP in UP local body polls, blow to SP
The Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed that the party-backed candidates won 67 of 75 seats of the district panchayat chief, the voting for which was held on Saturday. State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh told reporters...
ED issues fresh summons to ex-Maha HM Deshmukh
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has been issued fresh summons by the ED for appearance on July 5 in a money laundering case investigation being conducted against him and others, officials said on Saturday. They said this is...
Pushkar Singh Dhami to be new Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami was today chosen by the Uttarakhand BJP legislative party to be the eleventh Chief Minister of the state. The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post amid infighting and fading...
IT minister praises FB, Google for compliance report
Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday lauded significant social media platforms such as Google, Facebook and Instagram for publishing their first compliance report on voluntary removal of offensive posts as per new IT rules, terming it a big...
France begins judicial probe into Rafale deal
A French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial investigation into alleged "corruption and favouritism" in the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with India, French investigative website Mediapart reported. Following the development, Congress chief...
Ban imposed on use of drones in JK district
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Friday imposed restrictions on the use of drones and other flying objects, amid heightened security following a recent drone attack on an Air Force station in Jammu. The move comes after...
Can’t extend Monsoon session, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray tells Governor
Chief Minister (CM) Uddhav Thackeray has told a ‘probing’ Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari that extending the Monsoon session of the state legislature beyond two days amid the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t a good idea and that the Assembly Speaker will be...
Monsoon session of Parliament from July 19 to Aug 13
The Monsoon session of Parliament will commence from July 19 and will continue till August 13, an official communication said on Friday. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha issued official orders about the convening of the Monsoon session from July 19. "The...
Covaxin has 65% efficacy against Delta: BB
New Delhi: Bharat Biotech has released the results from the phase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin after evaluation of 130 confirmed cases. Covaxin’s demonstrated an overall efficacy of 77.8% against symptomatic COVID-19 and 65.2% against the Delta Plus variant. The...
Southwest monsoon to revive after July 7: IMD
The southwest monsoon over the country is likely to be normal in July, the India meteorological department said on Thursday in its forecast for the month. IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said though the rainfall is not expected to be...
Nirav Modi’s sister remits Rs 17.25 cr to ED
Purvi Modi, sister of Nirav Modi, remitted an amount of USD 23,16,889.03 from the UK bank account to the bank account of the Government of India, Directorate of Enforcement. The ED was able to recover approximately Rs 17.25 cr (USD...
Maha to start door-to-door vax for bedridden people
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it would soon start home vaccination against COVID-19 for people who are immobile or bedridden on an experimental basis, and would not wait for an approval from the Centre....
Pvt hospitals have to place vax orders on CoWin
Starting July 1, private hospitals in the country will no longer be allowed to directly procure Covid-19 vaccines from manufacturers and have to place orders on the Centre's CoWIN portal. All private hospitals have to register on CoWIN as a...
