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...
PM’s team: 25 Cabinet ministers, 33 MoS take oath
A total of 58 ministers are in the new cabinet. The Council comprises of 25 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Minister of State (Independent Charge) and 24 Minister of State(MoS). State wise allotment in the cabinet shows that there are 9 ministers from UP,...
Payal Tadvi suicide case: Two more doctors arrested
Mumbai: Two more doctors have been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague by tormenting her with casteist slurs at a state-run hospital here, police said on Wednesday. With this, the police have arrested three doctors, all women. While...
TMC says defect to BJP took place “at gunpoint”
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress gave the BJP a "factcheck" this morning after a large number of its leaders jumped ships to the BJP on Tuesday. The party also alleged that people were "forced" to join the BJP "at gunpoint". The Trinamool...
SC dismisses Karti Chidambaram’s plea seeking return of Rs 10 crore
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of Congress lawmaker Karti Chidambaram seeking a return of Rs 10 crore which he had deposited with the courts registry for travelling abroad. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice...
