Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis approves Bandra-Versova sea link, Vashi creek bridge

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today approved the construction of projects including Bandra-Versova sea link, a new lane on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and third bridge on Thane creek at Vashi. Chairing a meeting of infrastructure projects committee of his cabinet,...

MIAL inducts first of its kind advanced emergency passenger evacuation vehicle for all types of aircrafts

Mumbai: GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the company that administers the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) inducts first of its kind Advanced Passenger Evacuation Vehicle for rescuing stranded personnel from inaccessible areas of aircrafts. The vehicle covers all...

Simultaneous polls: Law Commission for changes in Constitution

Holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies is a solution to prevent the country from being in constant election mode, the Law Commission said today in its draft report and recommended changes in the Constitution and the...

Demonetisation helped PM Modi’s ‘crony capitalist friends’, says Rahul Gandhi

New delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation of high-value currency notes in November 2016 was a “huge scam” to help his “crony capitalist friends”, said Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. “It was not a mistake but a deliberate attack on...

4 get death in Rajasthan under new law against rape of minors

Four persons have been given death penalty in three cases of rape with minors in Rajasthan since March, when the state introduced a provision for capital punishment if the rape victim is up to 12 years of age, a top...

SC reserves order on pleas to reconsider verdict on quota benefits for SC/ST in job promotions

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions seeking a seven-bench examination of its judgment in the M Nagaraj case which had put conditions for granting quota benefits for job promotions to SC/ST employees working in the public...

Kamala Mills fire: HC asks probe panel to submit report on Sept 10

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court today asked the committee probing the Kamala Mills Compound fire incident that claimed 14 lives to submit its report before the court on September 10. In April this year, the high court had ordered that...

Clarify your stand on term ‘Hindu terrorism’, Shiv Sena asks BJP

Mumbai: Taking on its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena on Thursday said that it had protested the term “Hindu terrorism” while in the opposition but it was a “surprise” that in the government, it is branding people...

Cong advises Rahul to not accept RSS invite

Lalu Prasad Yadav surrenders before special CBI court in Ranchi

NIA arrests Syed Salahuddin’s son in terror funding case

New Delhi/SriNagar: The National Investigation Agency today arrested Syed Shakeel Yousuf, son of globally wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, in connection with a 2011 terror funding case for allegedly receiving money from his father. An NIA spokesman said in Delhi that...

Worried over their safety, Maha babus meet CM Fadnavis

MUMBAI: TO express their solidarity with two colleagues who were attacked by mobs in recent weeks, a group of nearly 30 young IAS officers met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, seeking quick investigation and arrests in the two cases....

Nation’s IQ is higher than yours: Shah to Gandhi

New delhi: Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his push for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Rafale deal, BJP president Amit Shah described JPC as 'Jhoothi Party Congress" and said the Congress chief's "lies to fool the...

5 Killed, 30 Injured in Violent Clashes Between TMC And CPI-M

Kolkata: As violent political clashes continued over the formation of the state Panchayat board in West Bengal, five persons were killed and nearly 30 were taken injured in the state on Wednesday. Notably, armed clashes took place between groups allegedly belonging...

No jail, house arrest for all five arrested activists: SC

The Supreme Court directs all five activists to be kept under house arrest till September 6. The court is hearing the petition of Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and others against the arrest of activists Sudha Bhardwaj and activist...

NHRC issues notices to Maha govt and DGP over arrests of activists

The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief, saying "it appears" that standard operating procedure was not properly followed in the arrests of five activists and this may amount to...

Cops commits sucide in Pusad

Yavatmal: A 32-year-old police naik allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself today in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, a police official said. Anis Patel, in-charge of the riot control police, allegedly shot himself in the head with his service pistol in the...

Don’t spread dirt through social media, appeals PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people to not use the social media to spread dirt, saying the issue was not about any ideology but simply does not behove a decent society. In a video interaction with Bharatiya Janata...

99.3% of demonetised notes returned to RBI: Report

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India's annual report for 2017-18. RBI says processing of demonetised old 500, 1000 rupees notes completed; 99.3 per cent of notes returned. Excerpts from the report: -- The processing of SBNs (Specified Bank Notes, Rs 500 and...

Subarna Nodi,a Woman TV journalist hacked to death

A woman journalist of a television channel in Bangladesh has been hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon by some unidentified assailants at her home, media reports said today. Subarna Nodi, 32, was a correspondent of private news channel Ananda...