UP govt orders early release of Bhim Army chief

Uttar Pradesh government orders early release of Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar alias Ravan, who is jailed under National Security Act charges in connection with 2017 Saharanpur caste violence. He would be released on November 1. More details awaited....

Prez appoints Justice Ranjan Gogoi as CJI

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Gogoi will assume the office on October 3, 2018, after the retirement of the current Chief Justice, Justice Dipak Misra. Born on November 18,...

Surrendered Naxal Pahad Singh says arrested ‘activist’ was present at high ranking meeting of CPI Maoists

Recently, owing to the government’s robust surrender policy, many Naxals and Maoists have surrendered to the police. Last month, Pahad Singh, a senior Naxal commander who had the police forces of three states in hot pursuit surrendered to the Chattisgarh...

Fire Breaks Out at Delhi’s Mori Gate; 1 Dead

Hardik Patel Ends Indefinite Hunger Strike After 19 Days

Ahmedabad: Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday ended his indefinite hunger strike after carrying it out for 19 days. Notably, Hardik Patel launched his fast on August 25 pressing for demands, including farm loan waiver and...

5.5 earthquake in Assam, parts of north-east India

Earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocks Kokrajhar in Assam. Strong tremors were felt across northeast India and in West Bengal as well. It was not immediately known where the epicentre of the earthquake was but reports indicate it...

Court grants bail to former IAF chief S P Tyagi, others in chopper case

New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday granted bail to former Air Force Chief S P Tyagi and others in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Tyagi and his...

RSS to Invite 60 Countries For 3-day Lecture Series; Pakistan to be Kept Out

New Delhi: For its three-day lecture series next week, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would be sending out invitations to diplomatic missions of around 60 countries, but the invitees won’t include Pakistan, said a report on Wednesday. The series will...

1 killed, scores injured in Gotmar Mela in Pandhurna

Chhindwara/Nagpur: The traditional but hazardous contest – Gotmar – claimed one life in Pandhurna. A youth was killed while more than 600 people including 15 seriously were reportedly injured in the Gotmar Mela or fair held on Monday. In the...

First look: Lalbaugcha Raja 2018

Mumbai’s most famous of Sarvajanik Ganpatis, Lalbaugcha Raja, was unveiled on Tuesday, two days ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Lalbaugcha Raja, known as the 'one who fulfills all wishes', has entered its 85th year. The 10-day festivities at Lalbaugcha Raja will...

Bhima Koregaon violence was pre-planned: Panel

MUMBAI: The fact-finding committee, constituted to probe the Bhima Koregaon violence, has submitted its report. According to the report of the nine-member committee, the violence in Bhima Koregaon was part of a conspiracy. The report said that tankers filled with kerosene,...

Mamata pens lyrics of Durga puja theme song

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has composed the theme song for a popular Durga puja in Kolkata this year. Banerjee said on Monday at a function with organisers of Durga puja committees that the lyrics aimed to bring back...

Raj Thackeray likens Shiv Sena to ‘dog’

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday compared Shiv Sena to a dog after the latter party claimed that the ‘Bharat Bandh’ failed in the state. The Congress along with other Opposition parties called a nationwide strike across...

Lalu depressed, say doctors

Ranchi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is suffering from depression, director of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences R K Shrivastava said Monday. Doctors attending the former Bihar CM at RIMS have mentioned this in their report, Shrivastava told PTI, adding...

Class 11 girl commits suicide for reservation to Maratha

Representational pic A 17-year-old student allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district on Monday, demanding reservation to the Maratha community, police said. Kishori Baban Kakade, a Class 11 student of Radhabai Kale women's college, was found hanging from a ceiling...

Soon Diesel at Rs 50 per litre and petrol alternative at Rs 55 per litre: Nitin Gadkari

While the entire nation is bearing the brunt of skyrocketing fuel prices, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday revealed how people would be able to buy diesel at just Rs 50 per litre and an alternative of petrol at Rs...

Govt rules out excise duty cut as petrol, diesel prices hit fresh high

A cut in taxes on petrol and diesel is ruled out for now as neither the central government nor some states have the appetite to stomach revenue loss from such a move, a top government official said Monday. While a...

No BJP role in our decision to stay away from bandh: Sena

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut Monday dismissed talks of senior BJP leaders asking his party to stay away from the nationwide bandh called by the Congress to protest the rising prices of fuel. Raut asserted it was the Shiv Sena's...

State Minister asks civic bodies to repair roads before Ganesh fest begins

Mumbai/Nagpur: The State PWD Minister Eknath Shinde has directed all the civic bodies to ensure that the roads are free of potholes before commencement of 10-day Ganesh festival. He announced that the vehicles going to Konkan through Mumbai-Pune Expressway and...

Link denied, but the naxals have now openly supported their urban buddies

Gadchiroli: Amidst all the denial that the arrested activists are sympathetic towards naxalites, a poster lending support was put up by the CPI (Maoist)'s Perimili Dalam. The incident was reported from Perimili, which is around 135 kilometres from Gadchiroli in...