Rahul Gandhi Pleads Not Guilty In Defamation Case By RSS Worker

Mumbai : Rahul Gandhi pleaded "not guilty" on Thursday before a Mumbai court that is hearing a defamation case filed by an RSS worker over his comments allegedly linking journalist Gauri Lankesh's killing with the "BJP-RSS ideology". A day after...

Now, pay in Indian rupee at Dubai Duty Free shops

The Indian Rupee will now be accepted for transaction at all airports in Dubai, according to a leading newspaper in the United Arab Emirates. The acceptance of Indian currency is good news for tourists from that country as...

WhatsApp Is Down: Users Failing To Download Photos And Videos

WhatsApp seem to be having a rough time at the moment as users are failing to download pictures, videos, documents or voice notes. But texting is working as normal and also you can send photos (only that a receiver can’t...

Motilal Vora appointed interim Congress chief shortly after Rahul Gandhi resigns as party president

New Delhi: Shortly after Rahul Gandhi resigned as Congress president, the party appointed Motilal Vora as interim party chief. The party has, however, not made any official statement in this regard as yet. After days of delay delaying, Gandhi earlier today...

BK Birla passes away

Birla group patriarch Basant Kumar Birla, 99, passes away in Mumbai: Family. Born on 12 January 1921, Birla was the chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, BK Birla Institute of Engineering and Technology and various educational trusts and institutes. He was the...

Tivare Dam collapses in Chiplun’s Ratnagiri, 7 villages flooded, 18 people missing

Mumbai: A small dam named Tivare in Chiplun Tehsil in Ratnagiri district was breached due to continuous rain in Maharashtra. About seven villages in the lower areas were flooded due to the collapse of the dam. Around 18-20 people are...

SpiceJet flight overshoots runway at Mumbai airport

A SpiceJet flight from Jaipur skid and overshot the main runway while landing at the Mumbai airport amid heavy rains on Monday, although none of the passengers were hurt in the incident, said a source privy to the matter. The incident...

Mumbai rain chaos kills 16; holiday declared

Mumbai: Sixteen people have been killed overnight in two rain-related accidents in Mumbai and the neighbouring city of Thane as the city witnessed heavy rain overnight. Several suburban and long-distance trains have been cancelled after railway tracks were flooded. The...

Maharashtra legislature passes bill to slash quantum of Maratha quota

The Maharashtra legislature Monday passed a bill bringing down the quantum of Maratha reservation from 16 per cent, as determined earlier by the state, to 12 per cent and 13 per cent in education and government jobs. The bill, which...

BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, Arrested For Thrashing Municipal Official With Bat, Gets Bail

Bhopal: A special court on Saturday granted bail to BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of senior party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, who was arrested for thrashing a Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat, in Indore, on June 26. Vijayvargiya, a first-time...

Nana Patole, Kisan Congress President resign

All India Congress Committee Secretary and Rajasthan Co-Incharge Tarun Kumar on Saturday submitted his resignation to Congress President Rahul Gandhi. He has resigned from the post taking responsibility for the poll disaster. In a letter to Congress Rahul Gandhi, Kumar stated,...

Jaguar jet flies into birds, drops practice bombs

The Indian Air Force hailed the pilot of a Jaguar aircraft that had a narrow escape in Ambala on Thursday for his prompt action that not only saved the fighter jet but also the lives of people. The aircraft,...

Nitin Gadkari proposes Alibaba like platform for MSME sector

Hailing MSME sector as a backbone of Indian economy, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Nitin Gadkari said that the sector has a huge role to play in generating employment. Gadkari, in order to make MSMEs in the...

I-T Department Introduces Pre-Filled Forms to Make Tax Returns Easier

If you belong to the group of taxpayers in India that file income-tax returns (ITR) through Form ITR-1, you are lucky as the Income-Tax Department has made the process much simpler for you now. Starting this year, the I-T Department is...

15 people killed after 60-ft-wall collapsed in Pune’s Kondhwa area

GoAir inducts 50th aircraft into the fleet

Mumbai: GoAir has inducted 50th aircraft into the fleet. With this new milestone, GoAir has doubled its fleet in less than two years, earning itself the coveted title of India’s fastest growing airline that operates 270 daily flights connecting 24...

Naxal carrying Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head killed in Sukma

A Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh on his head, was killed by the District Reserve Guard in Sukma on Thursday. The killed Naxal has been identified as Vanjam Budhu, Nilamadgu RPC (Revolutionary People's Committee) in-charge and Jan militia...

Bombay High Court upholds Maratha reservation in Maharashtra

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court, on Thursday, upheld the Maratha reservation given by Maharashtra government. A bunch of petitions had challenged its constitutional validity of the quota. The state legislature had, on November 30 last year, passed a bill proposing...

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate international convention on MSMEs today

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday will inaugurate an international convention on micro, small and medium enterprises here to mark the International MSME Day. The objective of the convention is to boost the international competitiveness of Indian MSMEs by making them...

1 killed, 6 rescued in fire in New Delhi

New Delhi: A fire on Wednesday broke out at a building on Shanker road in the national capital’s Ranjeet Nagar on Wednesday, ANI reported. At least seven people have been rescued so far. No loss of life or property was reported...