CBI Director Alok Verma should be given CVC report in sealed cover: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday said CBI Director Alok Verma should be given the CVC report on the allegations against him in a sealed cover and asked him to file his response by Monday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan...
Mumbai Local Train Services Disrupted For 30 Minutes as Overhead Wire Catches Fire
Mumbai: The services of Mumbai local trains on the Western Line were delayed for about 30 minutes on Thursday evening after an overhead wire caught fire at Khar. The fault was attended by the rail personnel and services have been...
Merely crying out ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ not patriotism: VP
Merely crying out "Bharat Mata ki Jai" does not represent patriotism, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said Thursday, adding real nationalism is to work towards the upliftment of "all 130 crore Indians". He was speaking at the annual Jamnalal Bajaj Awards presentations...
Activist Trupti Desai reaches Kerala, unable to exit airport as protesters swell
Activist Trupti Desai has reached Kochi International Airport in the early hours of Friday to visit the Sabarimala temple but she could not come out of the domestic terminal following protest by devotees opposing the entry of menstrual women into...
We fully support Maratha reservation: Ashok Chavan
Mumbai: “We fully support Maratha reservation. The government should take immediate action to guarantee Maratha reservation,” said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Ashok Chavan at Mumbai’s Tilak Bhavan. Chavan dismissed the claim that Maratha reservation was delayed because the government was...
Fire Breaks Out at Factory in Bawana Industrial Area; 22 Fire Tenders at Spot
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a factory in Bawana Industrial Area on Thursday morning, reported ANI. Twenty-four fire tenders have been pressed into service. Firefighting operations are underway. More details are awaited. Earlier in the week, at least two...
No New Fighters’ Induction Since 1985: IAF Officers to SC During Rafale Hearing
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there has been no new induction of the fighters since the year 1985 and the ones it has are of three-and-a-half or fourth generation. The IAF...
Foreigner Arrested For Abusing Air India Crew Member After Being Denied Extra Wine
Mumbai: A foreign woman, travelling in business class manhandled Air India crew member after being denied extra alcohol on-board. The video of the incident, recorded by another crew member, shows the woman using expletives several times at the airline staff....
Rafale pricing can be discussed only if facts of deal come into public domain: SC
The Supreme Court Wednesday said a discussion on the pricing of Rafale fighter jets can only take place if the facts of the deal are allowed to come into the public domain. The apex court, which began its hearing on...
Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95
Stan Lee, the man responsible for much of the Marvel Universe, has died ... Stan's daughter tells TMZ. We're told an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We're told...
SC to consider pleas seeking review of Sabarimala verdict today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on Tuesday a batch of petitions seeking review of its September 28 verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. On September 28, a five-judge...
First phase of Chhattisgarh polls ends with 70% voting
The Election Commission said that a voting turnout of 70 per cent was recorded in the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections. "Figures will be updated later," Umesh Sinha of EC said. According to news reports, the lowest polling percentage was recorded in...
In 2019, we will form our government – a farmer’s government, a people’s government: Ashok Chavan
Government declared a drought but made no provisions for drought relief! Mumbai: “In 2019, we will form our government - a farmer's government, a people's government,” said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Ashok Chavan at the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha’s Kisan...
CJI reject plea for early ayodhya hearing
New Delhi: CJI Gogoi today on Monday rejected plea for early ayodhya hearing. He said that hearing in Babari Case will be done as per scheduled date in Jan 2019 set by court. More details awaited...
Voting begins under tight security for 10 seats in Chhattisgarh
Voting began in 10 out of 18 assembly constituencies in the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections on Monday under a tight security blanket comprising over 1.25 lakh police and paramilitary personnel. In the first phase, 190...
Union minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar dies at 59
Union minister and six-time Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ananth Kumar died at a hospital in Bengaluru early on Monday. The 59-year-old was suffering from cancer and was earlier treated at a hospital in New York, PTI reported. Kumar was the minister...
CM greets Governor on Diwali
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis accompanied by Smt Amruta Fadnavis and daughter Divija met Governor of Maharashtra CH Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. The Chief Minister extended his Diwali greetings to the Governor...
Ahead of Sabarimala reopening, 550 women register online for darshan
Portending violent protests when the Sabarimala temple opens for the two-month long mandalam-makaravilakku pilgrimage season next week, a total of 550 women in the age group of 10 to 50 are believed to have signed up for darshan through the...
India’s economic growth held back due to demonetisation, GST: Rajan
Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax are the two major headwinds that held back India's economic growth last year, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current seven per cent growth rate is not...
Woman mauled to death by wild animal, suspected to be tiger or leopard
Mumbai: A woman farm labourer was mauled to death by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger or leopard, at a forest in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, police said on Saturday. Sakhubai Kasture, 55, a resident of Pendhri village in Chandrapur,...
