Rahul leads opposition bandh against fuel price hike

New Delhi: Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi kick-started Monday with the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat. Gandhi, soon after his return from the Kailash Mansarovar, reached Rajghat and paid his tributes...

Bharat bandh: Cong claims support of ’21 Oppn parties’; may hit normal life

It said 21 opposition parties are supporting the Bharat bandh, besides a number of chambers of commerce and traders' associations. The party demanded that petrol and diesel should be brought under GST, by which oil prices could drop by about Rs...

Hardik discharged from hospital, continues his indefinite fast

Bharat bandh: Sena to stay out of stir, MNS to participate

The Shiv Sena Sunday spurned Congress' request to participate in the Bharat Bandh called on Monday by the latter against rising prices of petroleum products. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan said he had made the request...

Oppn Parties Lash Out at Mohan Bhagwat Over ‘Lion and Wild Dogs’ Analogy at World Hindu Congress

Nagpur/New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's strong pitch for the consolidation of Hindus has drawn sharp reaction from opposition parties. Speaking at the second World Hindu Congress in Chicago on Friday, Bhagwat said Hindus had no “aspiration of dominance” and...

Maharashtra to develop 10,000 km of corridors for pedestrians, cyclists

New Delhi: Maharashtra will undertake a massive programme to develop about 10,000 km of corridors for non- motorised transport (NMT), which includes pedestrian paths, cycle tracks and regional roads for bicycles, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. Addressing the...

HDFC Vice President Missing for 3 Days, Blood Stained-Car Found in Mumbai

Mumbai: The car of an HDFC bank executive, who has been missing since Wednesday, was found abandoned in adjoining Navi Mumbai with blood stains on its rear seat. The executive was a vice president of the bank. Thirty-eight-year-old Siddharth Sanghavi, a...

Maharashtra revenue officer held third time for bribery

Mumbai : For senior revenue official, Subhash Balchand Katte, it was a different kind of hat-trick. In last two decades, he was caught red handed while accepting bribes on three occasions. After the first trap, he was acquitted owing to...

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat gives clarion call to Hindu community, urges to work for betterment of society

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Fridayy urged the Hindu community to unite and work for the betterment of the mankind. Addressing teh second World Hindu Congress in Chicago, Bhagwat said even though the Hindu society has the largest number of...

Ram Kadam tweets about Sonali Bendre’s ‘death’, retracts after trolled heavily

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ram Kadam, under fire over his "will kidnap girl" remarks, was caught on the wrong foot again Friday after he tweeted that Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre was no more, only to retract it after realising that...

Hardik Patel hospitalised

Patidar agitation head Hardik Patel, who is on an indefinite fast since 25 August, has been hospitalised after his health deteriorated. Last night he gave up taking water to press for the demand for reservations for his community and loan...

Three Injured in Wall Collapse Near Kurla Railway Station in Mumbai

Mumbai: Four people were injured when a railway compound wall collapsed at Kurla Station, one of the busiest stations of Mumbai. The railways compound wall collapsed near Platform Number 1, near Rammahal Hotel, Hariyana Lane, Kurla West. However, railway traffic...

Minor fire at pub near Kamala Mills compound in Mumbai

A minor fire broke out at a pub near the Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai Friday morning, a civic official said. The incident took place at Tamasha pub located on the ground floor of a building near the Kamala...

Pilgrims share the frame with Rahul on Kailash yatra

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today shared several pictures with other pilgrims at the Mount Kailash Yatra. Rahul is on a 12-day trip to Kailash Mansarovar. He is likely to cover a distance of 60 km on foot. The Congress president...

Fire Breaks Out at Howrah Railway Station Following Short-Circuit on Electricity Board

Kolkata: Fire broke out on Thursday at the Howrah Railway Station due to short-circuiting on an electricity board on a pillar near a food plaza in the station premises. At least two fire tenders are present at the spot. More details...

Rahul Gandhi is the biggest buffoon: KCR

Ending weeks of speculation, the Telangana government recommended the dissolution of the state assembly Thursday, official sources said. A resolution recommending the dissolution of the House was adopted at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister K...

Bhima Koregaon: SC extends activists’ house arrest till Sep 12

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the house arrest of the five activists, who were allegedly involved in Bhima Koregaon violence, till September 12. The five activists- Sudha Bhardwaj, P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Arun Ferreira, and Vernon Gonsalves,...

Telangana Cabinet recommends dissolution of state assembly

The Telangana Cabinet recommended the dissolution of the state assembly Thursday, official sources said. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met Governor ESL Narasimhan shortly convey the decision. Speculation was rife for quite some time that Rao may go in for...

SC makes gay sex legal, decriminalises Section 377

NEW DELHI: IN a huge victory for LGBT rights, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court has decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes same-sex relations, even if consensual, a punishable offence. Four opinions put forth by...

Early polls in Telangana?

Hyderabad: The Telangana Cabinet is likely to meet in Hyderabad on Thursday, the second time in five days, amid indications that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao may take a call on the dissolution of state assembly to pave the way...