Heavy rains hit Mumbai; flights, train affected
Mumbai: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Monday evening, leading to delay in the running of suburban trains and severely affecting flight operations. Flight operations at the city airport were put on hold after heavy rains brought down visibility below the required...
Kathua murder: 3 get life, 3 get 5-year-jail
Srinagar: Former JNU vice-president Shehla Rashid along with local students during a protest demanding justice for 8-year-old girl Ashifa, who was raped and murdered, in Srinagar on Wednesday. PTI Photo (PTI4_11_2018_000160B) Just in: Life imprisonment for the three...
Six convicted in Kathua rape-murder case
A special court on Monday convicted six people (and not five as reported earlier) accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. A seventh accused, Vishal, who is the son of...
Auto Rickshaw Unions threaten strike to push fare hike demand, shut cabs
New Delhi: Over 10 lakh auto drivers across Maharashtra have threatened to go on indefinite strike from July 9 if their demands are not met by the end of the month. The strike was declared as a result of negligence over...
Actor, playwright Girish Karnad passes away
Girish Karnad BENGALURU: Girish Karnad, veteran actor and playwright, and Jnanpith awardee, passed away this morning at around 6:30 am. He was 81. Karnad was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992. Girish Karnad was born...
Jittery Cong watches as Kamal Nath, son, met PM
New Delhi: Tongues are wagging about Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday in New Delhi. The MP CM met the PM with his son, Nakul, the MP from Chhindwara. Congress observers in particular and...
Riding Out The Storms: How Devendra Fadnavis transformed into a seasoned politician
By KIRAN TARE @kirantare , The writer is senior associate editor, India Today. Below is his article as published in Dailyo.in File Photo Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis always acknowledges that the three biggest challenges during his tenure were...
Sikh-American airman allowed by US Air Force to keep turban, beard on active duty
Finally, some good news from a country that's being fractured by divisiveness. (Not India, it's the US, this time.) A Sikh airman has been allowed by the United States Air Force to serve with a beard, turban and unshorn...
Seized bombs explode inside Maha Forest Dept Pune office
Pune: The office of Maharashtra State Forest Department in Pune got severely damaged after crude bombs seized from poachers exploded inside the office premises on Wednesday morning, police said. According to police, the seized bombs which went-off were used for poaching...
Maharashtra drought: Ramdev urges people not to waste water
File Photo Mumbai: Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday urged people not to waste water and utilise every drop in the wake of dried water sources in Maharashtra " I request people not to waste water and also urge authorities to make...
Praful Patel seeks another date to depose before ED
Gondia/New Delhi: Former civil aviation minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Thursday requested for another date to depose before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering probe related to the losses suffered by national carrier Air...
Those who give unnecessary statements have ‘no religion: Nitish’s jibe at Giriraj
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took a pot-shot at Union Minister Giriraj Singh saying those who give unnecessary statements to remain in limelight have 'no religion'. "Giriraj, I will not give any reaction to what he said. Some...
He who challenges us will be destroyed: Mamata
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally in Kolkata on the occasion of Eid and throws a challenge to the BJP which has been nipping at her heels. "There is nothing to be scared. Muddai lakh bura chahe to...
Prez, PM extend Eid greetings to citizens
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended their greetings and best wishes to Indian citizens and the Muslim community around the world on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims around the globe to...
Explosion on sets of ‘Bond 25’ leaves one injured, damages stage
The upcoming James Bond film has hit yet another roadblock following a major accident on the sets at Pinewood Studios in the U.K. According to a statement from the official James Bond Twitter handle, a controlled explosion went wrong during...
Bombay HC upholds death penalty for repeat offenders in rape cases
The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section of the Indian Penal Code under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty. A division bench of Justices BP Dharmadhikari...
RSS will give constructive advice to govt whenever it falters: Bhagwat
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will give constructive advice to the government whenever it falters, Mohan Bhagwat said as he cautioned that any democratically-elected dispensation should guard against any "misuse" of its power. Addressing a Sangh gathering in Kanpur,...
Praful Patel Summoned In Alleged Aviation Scam
Praful Patel, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged aviation scam, involving cash-strapped Air India, that took place during the Congress-led UPA government's rule between 2008-09. Mr Patel, who was the civil...
Sonia elected as CPP president
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi has been chosen the chairperson of the Congress's elected parliamentarians at the meeting of the party's parliamentary committee this morning. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed her name. The suspense is now over whom the chairperson...
Trump ends preferential trade status for India
President Donald Trump has terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the United States that it will provide 'equitable and reasonable access to its markets'. The Generalised...
Navy gets new chief
New Delhi: After serving for more than four decades, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba will pass on the baton to Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, who will take over as the Navy chief at a ceremony in South Block...
