SC refuses to cancel WB panchayat polls

Maharashtra Rail projects discussed by CM Fadnavis and Goyal at review meeting

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal yesterday held a review meeting about railway-related projects in Mumbai and Maharashtra. Among other things, issues regarding implementation of an Integrated Ticketing System in Mumbai "were resolved" in the...

Rift in Vajpayee’s family over his ashes

The niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Kanti Mishra has rebuffed another niece of the late leader, Karuna Shukla, over her statement criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party for carrying the veteran leader's ashes to different states for immersion. Speaking...

CBI court denies bail to Dera chief Ram Rahim in castration case

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term each in two rape cases, was denied bail today by a Panchkula Central Bureau of Investigation court in another case involving castration of 400 of his followers. Gurmeet...

As Jaitley resumes work, all visitors told to wear sanitised shoes

New Delhi: Arun Jaitley, 65, who had stopped attending office a month-and-half before the May 14 renal surgery, came to North Block -- the seat of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs -- at 1100 hrs...

SC seeks EC response on Cong leaders’ plea on duplicate voters in MP, Raj

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission of India on pleas of Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Sachin Pilot alleging duplication of voters in the voters' list in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and Rajsthan. A...

Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Ashes Immersed in Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and state BJP Chief Jitu Vaghani on Wednesday immersed ashes of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, ANI reported. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Bharatiya...

Satya Pal Malik sworn in as J-K governor

New delhi: Satya Pal Mailk was sworn-in as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Malik replaced N N Vohra whose term as the governor of the state expired in July. Malik was the governor of Bihar for less than...

Veteran Journalist Kuldip Nayar Dies At 95

NEW DELHI: Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar passed away in Delhi on Thursday today, a member of his family said. He was 95. Nayyar died at around 12:30am at a private hospital, his elder son Sudhir Nayyar said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled...

SpiceJet Airline Set to Launch 6 Flights From October

New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday announced its decision to launch six new daily direct flights on domestic as well as international routes from the month of October. The airline reportedly stated, “SpiceJet is the first airline in the...

Nitin Gadkari gets a thank you note from Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: With change of governments, fortunes of various parliamentary constituencies also tend to change. This, Congress leaders believe, is certainly the case with the two most high-profile constituencies for the party –– Amethi and Raebareli. Projects in the two...

Not involved in active politics at moment: Ashish Khetan

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan on Wednesday said that he is not involved in active politics at the moment and is "completely focused" on his legal practices. Khetan's comments come after rumours of him leaving the AAP surfaced, following Ashutosh's...

Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Dies At 63

Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat died on Wednesday. He was 63 years old. His last tweet was late last night when he wished everyone on the occasion of Eid Kamat's death, as said by many on social media, has left a void...

Mumbai high-rise fire: Death toll rises to four

The death toll in the Mumbai high-rise fire goes up to four. ANI reports that four people have died in the fire accident that broke out in Crystal Tower near Hindmata Cinema in Parel area earlier today. Identification of two...

PM wishes on Eid al-Adha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended greetings on Eid al-Adha, hoping that the festival of sacrifice would deepen the spirit of compassion in the society. "Best wishes on Id-ul-Zuha. May this day deepen the spirit of compassion and brotherhood...

No GST on petrol, diesel in near future

Petrol and diesel will not come under the purview of goods and services tax in the immediate future as neither the Central government nor any of the states is in favour on fears of heavy revenue loss, a top source...

RS Prasad asks WhatsApp CEO for 3-point compliance

Union IT Minister RS Prasad after meeting WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels: "I had a very productive meeting. I complimented him for the extraordinary technological awakening that WhatsApp has led in the country, for education, healthcare, relief in Kerala. These are positive...

Ahmed Patel new treasurer of Congress

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today appointed Ahmed Patel as the party's treasurer in place of Motilal Vora, who will now be All India Congress Committee general secretary administration, a newly created post. Patel, who was the political secretary of former party...

Amarnath Yatra suspended due to non-availability of pilgrims

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu today due to non-availability of adequate number of pilgrims, officials said, adding that it may be resumed depending on the arrival of pilgrims at the base camp. However, the Budha Amarnath Yatra went smoothly...

Maharashtra sanctioned only 7% of the required police strength in last 4 years

Mumbai: The state government has failed to fulfill the demand of additional police personal required for policing the growing population of Maharashtra. As per info received under RTI the new BJP-Sena Government has managed to sanctioned only 2733 police personnel when...