Dilip Kumar admitted to hospital with chest infection
Mumbai: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital with a chest infection, his wife Saira Banu said Wednesday. Lilavati Hospital officials added that they were not sure how long the 95-year-old actor would stay in hospital and...
Not curbing dissent but protecting society from chaos: Cops tell SC
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government has strongly rebutted in the Supreme Court that the five activists were arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence due to their 'dissent' or 'difference in their political or other ideologies'. Submitting its reply affidavit in...
Supreme Court may hear plea seeking stay on Rafale deal next week
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it may next week hear a public interest litigation seeking a stay on Rafale fighter jet deal between India with France. The PIL has been filed by lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma in...
Gutka scam: CBI raids at residences of Tamil Nadu health minister, DGP
The CBI today carried out searches at around 40 locations in Tamil Nadu, including at the residences of state's health minister and the director general of police, in connection with the Gutka scam, officials said. They said the searches...
Modi-baiter, former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt held
Modi-baiter and former IPS office Sanjiv Bhatt has been held in a 1998 fake narcotics case. Bhatt had allegedly framed a laywer in the fake case. Details awaited. Bhatt was suspended in 2011 for not showing up at work,...
Now, a farmers’ march in Delhi
In Delhi, the Delhi the Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh has begun its rally towards Parliament from Ramlila Maidan. The rally is being organised by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, All India Kisan Sabha and the All India Agriculture Workers Union....
No hatred in Mansarovar, says Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is at Kailash Mansarovar, tweeted this picture of the place, writing, "The waters of lake Mansarovar are so gentle, tranquil and calm. They give everything and lose nothing. Anyone can drink from them....
Gauri Lankesh Patrike relaunched with new name
On Gauri Lankesh's first death anniversary, friends and colleagues are piecing together a new edition of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly that she used to edit, with a new name that is said to reflect her ideology and...
PIL filed against Maharashtra Police’s ADG for disclosing evidence in presser
Mumbai: In a move against Additional Director General of Maharashtra Police Param Bir Singh, a petition was filed in the Bombay high court on Tuesday seeking action against him under contempt of court for disobeying the order of the magistrate...
1st flight from Navi Mumbai airport likely in 3 years: Civil aviation secy
MUMBAI: The first flight from the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport could start operating by September 2021, Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said Tuesday. Choubey, who reviewed the progress of the greenfield project at a high-level meeting in...
‘Will kidnap the girl you like’: Maha BJP MLA Ram Kadam tells youngsters
MUMBAI: A Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLA has told youngsters that he would "kidnap" the girl a boy likes even if she says no to the proposal, a controversial remark that drew sharp reactions from ally Shiv Sena and opposition...
Consul General of Turkey calls on Governor
The newly appointed Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Mumbai Ali Tolga Kaya met the Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Tuesday (4th Sept). Investment opportunities, economy, horticultural trade and student-exchange between...
Bridge collapse in south Kolkata,5 feared dead, several injured
Kolkata Bridge Collapse Latest Updates: Majerhat bridge in South Kolkata collapsed in West Bengal's capital on Tuesday. Five people have reportedly been killed in the incident. At the time of collapse, several vehicles were passing under and over the bridge,...
India Post Payments Bank Issues QR Cards Replacing ATM, Debit Cards
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) on Saturday which replaces ATM cards and debit cards with QR (Quick-Response) cards. The QR cards work on biometric authentication and cannot be used as a debit...
Student arrested for anti-BJP slogans gets bail
The 28-year-old student, Lois Sofia, who was arrested yesterday for sloganeering against the BJP in a flight has been granted bail. Sofia, who is studying in Canada, was sent to judicial custody for 15 days after she shouted "fascist BJP...
IAF MiG 27 Fighter Plane Crashes in Jodhpur, Pilot Escapes Unhurt
Jodhpur (Rajasthan): An MiG 27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jodhpur on Tuesday morning. The incident was reported from Banar’s Devaliya village. The pilot managed to eject safely. The police and fire brigade team have reached...
Major Fire Breaks Out in Somwari Bazar in Malad West, 8 Fire Tenders on Spot
Malad (Mumbai): A major fire broke out in Malad West’s Somwari Bazar in Mumbai. At least eight fire tenders have rushed to the spot to douse the fire. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained yet and there...
2 of 5 accused convicted in 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts
A local court in Hyderabad has convicted two people and acquitted three others in the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad in 2007 at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park that killed 44 people and left 68 injured. Aneeq Shafeeq Sayeed and Ismail...
HC for disabled friendly Govt websites
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court last week directed the state government to update all its websites, make them disabled-friendly and file a status report in three months. The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by NGO, Disability Rights...
Reuters journalists sentenced to 7 years in jail
A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against Rohingyas, reports the BBC. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested last year while carrying official...
Stones Pelted at CM Shivraj Chouhan’s Vehicle in MP’s Churhat
Sidhi: Miscreants threw stones on the vehicle carrying Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is touring the state ahead of assembly polls, in Churhat area near Sidhi district, a police official said. Chouhan was not hurt in the incident,...
