Mumbai CSMT footbridge collapse: Toll rises to 5
UPDATE: Disaster Management Unit of BMC updates the death toll in CSMT bridge collapse to five. The deceased people are identified as: Zaheed, 32; Apoorva Prabhu, 32; Anjana Tambe, 48; And 2 unknown. “Foot over bridge connecting CSMT platform 1 north end with BT Lane near...
Rafale documents can’t be produced in court without permission: Govt tells SC
The Centre today claimed privilege over documents pertaining to the Rafale fighter jet deal and told the Supreme Court that no one can produce them in the court without the permission of the department concerned. Attorney General K K Venugopal,...
Rafale Deal: Supreme Court to Hear Petitions Seeking Review of Verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the petitions seeking review of its verdict on Rafale fighter jets deal on Thursday. The development comes a day after the Centre told the top court that documents attached by the petitioners relate...
Raj Babbar, Sriprakash Jaiswal, Priya Dutt in Cong’s 2nd list of LS candidates
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding party's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad, former Union minister Sriprakash Jaiswal from Kanpur, ex-Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde...
EC notice to BJP MLA for using posters featuring IAF officer Abhinandan
New Delhi: The EC has issued a show-cause notice to Delhi BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma for putting up two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook. The Election Commission has asked...
Rahul promises GST reform if Cong voted to power
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a press conference in Chennai after interacting with students of the Stella Maris college in the city. He said alliances have been firmed up in a number of states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and...
26 teachers in Maharashtra booked for refusing election work
Mumbai: At least 26 teachers from Palghar district in Maharashtra have been booked for allegedly refusing to do election-related duty, police said Wednesday. The teachers from a school in Nallasopara area were last year appointed as booth-level officers to update...
Month after joining Twitter, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweets for first time
In her first Twitter post, a month after she joined the social media platform, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted for the first time and invoked Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals of non-violence. "In the simple dignity of Sabarmati, the...
All Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft would be grounded in India by 4 pm: DGCA
New Delhi: All Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft would be grounded in India by 4 pm on Wednesday, said a senior official of Indian aviation watchdog DGCA. The decision came days after a 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by the...
Shatrughan Sinha to contest LS poll from Patna Sahib on RJD ticket
Nagpur: In a significant development, the dissident BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha would be contesting the Lok Sabha election from Patna Sahib on RJD ticket. While speaking to Nagpur Today on Phone from Mumbai Mr Sinha confirmed the same. The flamboyant actor-turned-politician...
PM playing victim, real victims are people: Sonia at CWC meet
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he was trying to play victim while compromising on national interest, sources said. She spoke at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar won’t contest election
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo and former union minister Sharad Pawar will not be contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Speaking to the press, Pawar said he will not contest so that two of his family members — daughter Supriya Sule and...
Demonetisation to kill black money: RBI directors didn’t agree
On November 8, 2016, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, banning high-currency notes, to hit at black money, a few directors at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) differed with the government, according to a report. There is little...
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Date in Maharashtra, Election in 4 Phases
The Election Commission has announced the schedule of Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra and the rest of the country today. Lok Sabha Election 2019 Date in Maharshtra,Election in 4 Phases Maharashtra will vote to elect 48 MPs for the 2019 Lok...
Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashes with 157 on board
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said, as Ethiopia's prime minister offered condolences to victims' families. "We hereby...
EC to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule at 5 pm today
The Election Commission is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May. The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm...
Indian Army Shoots Down Pakistani Drone Along International Border in Sri Ganganagar
Jaipur: The Indian Army on Saturday shot at a Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) in Sri Ganganagar of Rajasthan after it violated Indian airspace, sources were quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Notably, this is the third Pakistani...
Conducted 3 cross-border strikes in 5 years: Rajnath
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said apart from the surgical strike after the Uri terror attack and the air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot after Pulwama, there was a "third strike" but stopped short of giving details. "In the last five years,...
EC to review poll readiness today
The Election Commission today to hold a key meeting to finalise modalities the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections. The meeting will be chaired by chief election commissioner Sunil Arora. Two other election commissioners and other officials of the poll commission will attend...
Start probe into “missing” Rafale papers from Parrikar: Rahul
The probe into the "missing" Rafale papers should start from Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar who had claimed files related to the deal were with him, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Friday. Parrikar was Defence Minister when the Rafale deal was...
AG Venugopal makes U-turn, says Rafale documents not stolen
Attorney General K K Venugopal Friday claimed the Rafale documents were not stolen from the defence ministry and that what he meant in his submission before the Supreme Court was that petitioners in the application used "photocopies of the original"...
