Sena admits tussle among MVA for Cabinet berths
The Shiv Sena on Thursday admitted that there was a tussle among senior leaders of the three ruling alliance parties in Maharashtra for key Cabinet berths, and said some MLAs could not be inducted as ministers because the list of...
Several trapped in Delhi building collapse, fire
Several people including firefighters are trapped under the debris of a factory in west Delhi's Peera Garhi after it caught fire and the structure collapsed following an explosion, officials said. Thirty-five fire engines are at the site. The firefighters were working...
Hinduja brothers preparing bid for Jet Airways
The Hinduja Group is preparing a bid to buy grounded carrier Jet Airways India Ltd, according to people familiar with the matter. The UK-based group, run by brothers Gopichand Hinduja and Ashok Hinduja, plans to submit an expression of interest by...
34 trains hit due to low visibility in Delhi
As many as 34 trains are running late due to low visibility in the Northern Railway region. The delay in train varies from 15 hours to one hour. Long-distance trains such as Bhubaneshwar- Anand Vihar Odisha Sampark Kranti Express (12819) was...
Fire At PM Modi’s House In Delhi, 9 Fire Engines Rushed
File pic A fire has been reported at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 7 Lok Kalyan Marg residence in Delhi. Nine fire engines have been rushed to the spot after the fire was reported around 7:25 this evening. News agency ANI reports that...
Ajit Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today - more than a month after he had sided with the BJP and was sworn-in as the deputy of Devendra Fadnavis....
Maharashtra cabinet expansion today; 36 ministers likely to be inducted
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is set to expand his council of ministers on Monday. The development comes 32 days after Thackeray took oath as the CM, on November 28. Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and...
At 2.4 degrees, Delhi records coldest day of season
With winters intensifying in northern India every day, temperatures in Delhi too have been breaking all records. Delhiites woke up to a bone-chilling weekend this morning as the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 2.4 degrees Celsius. According to the...
CAA has no provision to take away citizenship: HM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the opposition Congress, accusing the party of misleading people over the amended Citizenship Act. He also clarified that the legislation had no provision to take away citizenship. "The Congress and...
At Least 9 Killed in Plane Crash in Kazakhstan
New Delhi: A passenger plane of Bek Air airline with 100 onboard, including 5 crew members, has crashed into a two-story building, just after taking off from Almaty airport in Kazakhstan. According to preliminary data, at least 9 were killed...
317 arrested in Meerut for violence at protests
Additional Director General Prashant Kumar on Thursday said that 317 people have been arrested and 79 cases registered in connection with the violence during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Meerut. "79 cases have been registered and 317 were arrested. 108...
BJP govt trying to bring NRC in garb of NPR: Cong
The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP government of bringing the National Register of Citizens in the garb of the National Population Register and claimed that questions related to the NRC will be asked in the pre-test forms for the...
Link your PAN to Aadhar by December 31
With barely a week to go for linking your permanent account number (PAN) and Aadhaar, taxpayers need to hurry since it is mandatory for filing income-tax returns. Balwant Jain, a Mumbai-based tax expert, says, "Not linking the two cards would render...
Raghubar Das booked for making ‘objectionable’ remarks on Soren’s caste
A first information report was registered against caretaker Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das for allegedly making 'objectionable' remarks on Jharkhand Mukti Morcha working president Hemant Soren's caste, police said. Based on a complaint lodged by Soren on December 19, a preliminary...
Last solar eclipse of 2019 begins, will turn Sun into Ring of Fire
The annular solar eclipse, the last one of 2019, has begun. The last solar eclipse of 2019 took over the skies around 8 am Thursday morning. The December 26 solar eclipse will be visible most prominently from South India. Cities...
Name of 1st CDS to be announced in a day or two
The government is expected to take a day or two more for announcing the name of the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), sources said. According to sources, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet will consider the names of panel of military...
Marathi for elite language status, demands Uddhav
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider giving Marathi language elite...
Rs 8500 cr fund for National Population Register
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved over Rs 8,500 crore for updating the National Population Register, officials said. The updating exercise is to commence from April next year. The NPR is a list of "usual residents" of the country. A "usual...
Cabinet Committee on Security approves creation of chief of defence staff
The Cabinet Committee on Security on Tuesday approved the creation of a chief of defence staff, who will be the single-point military adviser to the government as suggested by the Kargil Review Committee in 1999, official sources said. The CCS...
CAA deaths: Cops bar Gandhis from entering Meerut
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were on Tuesday stopped by police from entering Meerut on their way to meet the families of those who died during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The two had requested that...
Fire Breaks Out in Two Factories in Delhi’s Narela; Doused in One, Rages on in Other
New Delhi: In another such incident in the national capital in the last few days, fire broke out in two factories in Narela industrial area on Tuesday, prompting an emergency response from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS). A total of 22...
