Lok Sabha passes bill to grant 10 per cent quota to general category

New Delhi: The constitutional amendment bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for economically weaker sections in the general category has been passed in the Lok Sabha. It will now face the test in the...

Alok Verma reinstated as CBI chief by Supreme Court

Alok Verma has been restored as CBI chief by the Supreme Court, three months after the government divested him of his powers and sent him on forced leave. The court cancelled the government's midnight order removing Alok Verma and installing an...

Govt to table upper caste quota bill in Parliament today

Social Justice Minister Thavarchand Gehlot is likely to table in Parliament today the bill, which provides a 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for "economically weaker" sections in general category. The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a whip...

Former BJP MLA Jayantilal Bhanushali Shot Dead Inside Train; Probe Underway

New Delhi: Jayantilal Bhanushali, former Gujarat BJP vice president and MLA from Abadasa constituency was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday night. If reports are to be believed, Bhanushali was on board Sayji Nagri Express between Kataria-Surbari stations...

Nitish locked in spat with TV journalist during Lok Samvad

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had a spat with a national TV journalist after the latter used the word "double standard" for the CM. A visibly angry Kumar quickly countered the journalist's charge saying "I don't have any double standard, rather...

Without salaries, HAL’s engineers will be forced to move to AA: Rahul

Congress president Rahul Gandhi keeps up the attack on the government over the decision not to choose Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as the offset partner in the Rafale deal. Anil Ambani's group is the offset partner, and the decision to choose...

BEST Employees to Begin Strike Today From Midnight; Loss of Rs 3 Crores Expected

Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is expected to incur a loss of around Rs 3 crore in daily earnings from the sale of tickets if the employees decide to go ahead with their indefinite strike from Monday midnight....

Air India’s Dubai-bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Mumbai Airport

Mumbai: An Air India Express IX-247, Mumbai-Dubai flight made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport today due to hydraulic failure. Earlier today, a SpiceJet flight, carrying over 140 passengers along with the crew, made an emergency landing at Varanasi airport...

Light Shower in Parts of Delhi-NCR; Temperature Dips

New Delhi: The National Capital area witnessed showers on Sunday morning as predicted by the India Meteorological Department Forecast. The temperature dipped to a minimum of 5.4-degree Celsius on Saturday, as the cold wave continued to hit the city. Visuals of...

Defaulting on loan- Ex-CM’s son loses Dadar twin towers after

The ₹2000-crore project will now be helmed by Sandeep Shikre and Associates (SSA), a Prabhadevi-based architectural firm. SSA plans to restart construction on January 26. Former chief minister Manohar Joshi’s son Unmesh’s Kohinoor Group has lost control of Dadar’s Kohinoor Square...

Haryana sports minister slams Manu Bhaker over jumla comment

Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij has hit back at India's shooting sensation Manu Bhaker for criticising the state government over a promise of a cash prize for her Youth Olympics gold medal in October 2018. Vij stated that Bhaker should have...

Lokpal search committee: SC directs Centre to file affidavit on steps taken since Sept 2018

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken since September last year to set up a search committee for the Lokpal. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to file the...

New bench to hear Ayodhya matter on Jan 10: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court hearing the Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case along with public interest litigation questioning delay in the adjudication of the matter, will now hear the matter on January 10. The CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the appropriate bench constituted...

No state funeral for Achrekar, Raut asks Tendulkar to boycott govt programmes

Mumbai: Expressing distress overSachin Tendulkar's coach Ramakant Achrekar not being accorded a state funeral, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut Friday asked the master blaster to boycott government programmes in future. "Why wasn't Padma Shri and Dronacharya awardee Ramakant Acharekar given...

Ajay Maken resigns as Delhi Congress president

Ajay Maken has resigned as chief of the Congress in Delhi, months before the national election due by May. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has accepted his resignation, say sources. The 54-year-old took over as Delhi Congress president four years ago,...

‘Communication Gap’ is Maharashtra Minister’s Answer to No State Funeral for Coach Ramakant Achrekar

Mumbai: A senior Maharashtra minister Thursday attributed master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's first coach Ramakant Achrekar not being given a state funeral to a 'communication gap' at the government level. Housing minister Prakash Mehta, who represented the state government at the funeral...

Prepare to fight Lok Sabha polls alone if needed, Amit Shah tells Maharashtra MPs

BJP president Amit Shah has reportedly asked the party’s Maharashtra MPs to be prepared to contest the ensuing elections alone in the state. Shah gave this message at a meeting with Maharashtra BJP MPs in Delhi Wednesday, said an MP...

Another 931 villages declared drought-affected in Maharashtra

Representational Pic The Maharashtra government on Thursday announced another 931 villages in the state as "drought-affected", which will entitle them to several benefits and conessions. Earlier, the Union government had announced 151 of the 358 tehsils in Maharashtra as drought-affected in...

Popular noodles brand has poisonous lead in it! Presence of toxin admitted during SC hearing

China’s lunar probe makes first-ever landing on dark side of moon

A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, becoming the world's first spacecraft to touch down on the moon's uncharted side never visible from Earth, in a major boost to Beijing's quest to become...