Chidambaram to spend 74th birthday in jail
Former finance minister P Chidambaram will spend his 74th birthday in Tihar Jail as the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed CBI to file its status report on his bail plea in the INX Media corruption case within a week. ...
SC clarification on Madras HC CJ transfer
The transfer of Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani from Madras High Court to Meghalaya High Court has created a flutter with many questioning the apex court's move. Tahilramani hails from Latur in Marathwada region. Chief Justice Tahilramani last week tendered her...
BJP offers 106 seats to Sena in Maha: Reports
The BJP has offered 106 seats to its main alliance partner Shiv Sena for next month's Maharashtra Assembly polls, but the latter is not likely to accept less than 120 seats, a source said on Thursday. The seat-sharing talks between the...
Mumbai Ahmedabad Bullet Train Fare To Be Rs 3,000, Says Official
Ahmedabad: The fare for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet practice would be around Rs 3,000, an official of the Nationwide High Hotfoot Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) said on Thursday. Of the total 1,380 hectares of land required for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high scramble rail...
Ahead of assembly elections, Maharashtra stays new Motor Vehicle Act
Mumbai: Adding to the states which have opted out of the latest Motor Vehicle Act 2019 is the state of Maharashtra. The transport minister Divakar Raote on Wednesday said that the new traffic laws will not apply to the state....
Governor calls upon Vice Chancellors to make Universities ‘Centres of Excellence’
The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari today asked Vice Chancellors of all state universities to strive to make their universities centres of excellence by laying thrust on quality of education. In his first interaction with Vice Chancellors of 16 state...
PK Mishra Takes Charge as PM Modi’s New Principal Secretary
New Delhi: Pramod Kumar Mishra was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new principal secretary and has already taken over his new assignment, an official statement said on Wednesday. Earlier, PK Mishra served as the additional principal secretary to the prime...
States free to reduce penalties under new Motor Vehicles Act: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: The Centre has no objection on states bringing down penalties for traffic violation under the new Motor Vehicles Act, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari said. Gadkari said that states are free to make changes...
Chandrababu Naidu, son put under house arrest
Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh have been put under house arrest. Naidu was supposed to hold a hunger strike from 8 am to 8 pm at his residence. TDP leaders and workers who were trying...
Filmistan Studio: Major fire breaks out on sets of Coolie No 1
A massive fire broke out on the sets of Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan starrer Coolie No 1 on Wednesday. The sets of the film is situated at Filmistan studio in Goregaon. The comedy film directed by David Dhawan...
Three-Storey Building Collapses in Mumbai, 17 Rescued so Far
Mumbai: A part of a three-storeyed building located in Lohar Chawi in Mumbai's Fort area collapsed Tuesday night. Seventeen persons were rescued from the debris. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far. The incident took place at around 9...
Govt capable of handling Pak at UN, we stand with it: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the Indian Government is capable of handling Pakistan at the United Nations and it stands with it in solidarity to tackle "manipulative actions" of the neighbouring country seeking to internationalise Kashmir. ...
Newasa custodial death: Aurangabad HC slaps murder charges against PI Lokhande, 10 other cops
Nagpur: A murder case has been registered against 11 cops including PI Praveenchand Lokhande of Newasa Police Station in the custodial death of an accused. The slapping of murder case against the police personnel came after Aurangabad Bench of the...
India-Pak to fight it out over Kashmir at UNHRC today
India and Pakistan are set to battle it out over Kashmir during the ongoing 42nd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva on Tuesday. Both the countries have deployed their big guns for the 'diplomatic offensive'. The Indian delegation is...
Ex-MLA from Imran Khan’s party seeks asylum in India
Pakistan's record of using unfair means of treatment against the minority communities was exposed once again after a former legislator of Prime Minister Imran Khan's party sought political asylum in India in one of the latest reports of atrocities across...
32-yr-old held at IGIA for impersonating elderly
In two separate incidents, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) nabbed two passengers, one for impersonation and the other for carrying dual passports at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi, an official statement said on Monday. According to...
Shehla Rashid granted protection from arrest
Delhi's Patiala House court has granted interim protection from arrest to Shehla Rashid in connection with a first information report lodged against her under sedition law. An FIR was lodged on a complaint filed against her, by a Supreme Court lawyer,...
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled an oil painting of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's oil painting and an image of preamble of constitution of India in Mantralaya today. The oil painting of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar has been placed near the main entrance of the...
1 Dead, 1 Injured After a Part of Building Collapses in Palghar
Palghar: One person on Monday died, while another was injured after a part of a slab of an under-construction building collapsed in Palghar’s Dongari area, news agency ANI reported. More details are awaited. In an earlier incident which took place on August...
Chidambaram’s family tweets on his behalf
Congress leader P Chidambaram, in jail for alleged corruption in clearances given to INX Media when he was Union finance minister, on Monday said no officer had done anything wrong and he did not want anyone to be arrested. Chidambaram,...
Vikram lander found on lunar surface: ISRO chief
ANI quotes Indian Space Research Organisation chief K Sivan as saying that the space agency has found the location of Vikram lander on lunar surface. "We've found the location of Vikram lander on lunar surface and orbiter has clicked a thermal...
