Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah To Be Placed Under House Arrest: News media
Srinagar : Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajjad Lone, among the three most prominent politicians from Jammu and Kashmir, are set to be placed under house arrest, government sources told news media NDTV late Sunday. The move comes at a...
Airfares for flying out of Srinagar soar
Airfares for flights from Srinagar this weekend have shot up to abnormally high levels after the Jammu and Kashmir state government issued an advisory urging pilgrims to curtail their Amarnath Yatra and return as soon as possible. For a one-way direct...
J-K govt advisory to Amarnath yatris: Go home
The J&K govt issues a security advisory with the ongoing Amarnath Yatra to pilgrims and tourists saying they should curtail their visit to the Valley immediately. The advisory dated August 2, 2019, reads, " "Keeping in view the latest intelligence...
Unnao accident case transfer to Delhi deferred
The Supreme Court Friday kept in abeyance its earlier order by which it had transferred, from Rae Bareily in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi, the accident case in which the Unnao rape victim was severely injured. A bench, comprising Chief Justice...
Journalist Ravish Kumar wins Magsaysay award
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar has been named for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless". The NDTV journalist is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel,...
Ayodhya land dispute: SCto Review Mediation Panel’s Report at 2 PM Today
The Supreme Court is likely to hear the Ayodhya land dispute mediation report at 2 pm on Friday. A three-member mediation panel submitted its report in the Ayodhya land dispute case in a sealed cover on Thursday in compliance with...
Cops act against man who cancelled Zomato order
The police in Jabalpur on Thursday sought a written undertaking from Zomato customer Amit Shukla that he would not spread religious hatred. Shukla had tweeted on Wednesday that he cancelled his food order on Zomato because the delivery man was not...
SC to transfer cases linked to Unnao rape to Delhi
The Supreme Court on Thursday made clear it will transfer the rape case involving Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar out of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh and summoned a "responsible" Central Bureau of Investigation officer before it by...
Break traffic rule, now see what you will have to pay as heavy penalty
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, to amend the provisions under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and legislate stricter rules against traffic violations. The bill was earlier passed in 2017 but got lapsed while...
Roof of Solapur branch of Bank of Maharashtra collapses; 20 feared trapped
Solapur: A person was killed and 20 injured after the roof of a bank building in Solapur district of Maharashtra collapsed on Wednesday, officials said. The roof of the building which houses the Bank of Maharashtra’s branch at Karmala collapsed at...
NCP, Congress leaders including Sandeep Naik, Chitra Wagh, Vaibhav Pichad, Madhukar Pichad join BJP
Representational Pic Mumbai: Several prominent Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress leaders who resigned from their posts over the last few days, joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. The leaders made the entry into the saffron party in...
Instant triple talaq bill passed in Rajya Sabha
The instant triple talaq bill, passed thrice by Lok Sabha, cleared its toughest test in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The absence of several MPs from different political parties from voting helped bring down the effective strength of the 240-member Rajya Sabha...
Cafe Coffee Day Owner’s Body Found By River 2 Days After He Went Missing
MANGALURU/BENGALURU: Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha, who is the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, was found dead this morning, 36 hours after he went missing from a bridge near Mangaluru in Karnataka. A massive search operation...
Jolt to NCP, Congress as 4 MLAs quit, may join BJP
Mumbai: In a jolt to NCP and Congress ahead of State Assembly elections, four MLAs of the two parties resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday. They are likely to join the ruling BJP. NCP MLAs Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale (Satara), Vaibhav Pichad (Akole)...
17 killed as Pak army plane crashes in Rawalpindi
At least 17 people, including two pilots and three military personnel, were killed and 12 others injured when a Pakistan army aviation aircraft on a routine training flight crashed in a residential area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early...
MSME portal to be launched soon: Gadkari
New Delhi: The government has decided to launch within a month a portal on the lines of Alibaba in China and Amazon in the US for selling products manufactured by small industries, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Lok...
Rajya Sabha to take up triple talaq bill for consideration today
New Delhi: The contentious triple talaq bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for consideration and passage. Unlike the Lower House, where the BJP-led NDA enjoys a majority, it has its task cut out in Rajya Sabha where Opposition...
Senior Congress leader Jaipal Reddy passes away at 77
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister S Jaipal Reddy, who was known for his oratorical skills and carved a place for himself in Parliament and state assembly, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday. The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed...
CWC likely to pick chief after Budget session
Congress Working Committee the highest decision-making body of Congress is likely to meet next week to decide on the new working president of the party, sources said on Sunday. The party is expected to convene a meeting of the CWC to...
Mahalaxmi Express: 500 passengers rescued so far
National Disaster Response Force on Mahalaxmi Express rescue operation: "500 people have been rescued till now." Passengers are being brought to Badlapur, it said. Central Railway, Chief Public Relations Officer said, "Evacuated passengers being lodged at safe places from where they will...
Explain why Rahul Bose paid GST on tax-free bananas: JW Marriott told
The Excise and Taxation department sent a show-cause notice to JW Marriott hotel for levying GST on two bananas for which actor Rahul Bose had to pay Rs 442.50. The department has sought a reply from the hotel in Sector 35...
