NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launch postponed
We do not have lift off. Nasa's much-anticipated Parker Solar Probe - a spacecraft which it is claimed will "touch" the sun - failed to launch following a countdown on Saturday morning. Engineers "scrubbed" takeoff at the last second...
Slab of under-construction flyover in UP collapses, labourer injured
A labourer was injured when a slab of an under-construction flyover of National Highways Authority of India collapsed at Phutaiyya Chauraha in Basti district today, an official said. The labourer on duty in the night shift was immediately admitted...
Somanth Chatterjee’s Condition Critical, Put on Ventilator
New Delhi: Somnath Chatterjee, former Lok Sabha speaker, has been admitted to a private nursing home in Kolkata. His condition is said to be critical and has been put on a ventilator. As per the hospital sources, Chatterjee has been...
Air India Delays Employees Salary for July, says will be paid by next week
New Delhi: Debt-ridden Air India, which has not paid its July month salary, issued a notice to its staffs stating that it is making all efforts to disburse them by the next week. This is the fifth...
Anant Bajaj dies due to heart attack
Mumbai: Industrialist Anant Bajaj, son of chairman of Bajaj Electricals Shekhar Bajaj died on Friday at around 6 pm in Mumbai due to heart attack. The funeral will reportedly take place at Chandanwadi crematorium at Kalbadevi at 10.30 am on Saturday. Anant...
Trump cracks down on Pakistan, cuts military training programme
The United States administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, according to a Reuters report. The move, which has...
Triple Talaq Bill deferred to next session of Parliament
The draft law making triple talaq, or instant divorce, a criminal offence is likely to be taken up in the next session of parliament as parties in the Rajya Sabha failed to reach an agreement over it, Vice President Venkaiah...
In Mumbai School Grade VI Student Dies After Poisoning Due To Medicine, 211 admitted
A student died due to drug poisoning after medicines were given by the Govandi Municipal School. Till now, nearly 211 students from the Sanjay Nagar School at Govandi have been diagnosed with poisoning. Some students have been rushed to Rajawadi...
Outside Food at Multiplexes: Supreme Court Stays High Court Order Allowing Outside Eatables
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a stay on a Jammu and Kashmir High Court's directive asking owners of multiplexes/cinema halls in the state to allow outside food inside theatres. The apex court stayed the high court's order...
Indrani Mukerjea seeks bail, cites threat to life
New Delhi: Indrani Mukerjea, former CEO of INX media and key accused in Sheena Bora murder case has filed a bail application before the special CBI court in Mumbai, seeking bail. Mukerjea claimed that she fears threat to her life....
Triple Talaq Bill to be Tabled in Rajya Sabha Today
New Delhi: The Triple Talaq Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Friday, a day after the Union Cabinet approved inclusion of a provision of granting bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives. Today...
Huge quantity of explosives found in Maharashtra’s Palghar
Mumbai: A huge quantity of explosives, suspected to be RDX, was seized by Anti-Terrorist Squad in a raid on a bungalow at Nallasopara in Palghar district on Thursday night, police said. The explosives were found at Bhandar aali in Nallasopara west,...
SC asks Maharashtra Govt “Is moral policing going on in the state”
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state. The top court questioned the state for...
SC modifies BCCI’s ‘one state, one vote’ policy
The Supreme Court modified its earlier order on the 'one state, one vote' policy for Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) members today and granted permanent membership of the board to the cricket associations of Mumbai,...
NDA’s Harivansh Singh is RS deputy chairperson
New Delhi: NDA nominee Harivansh Narayan Singh has been elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, Arjun Jaitley was present today for the first time after undergoing a renal transplant...
Maratha bandh in Mumbai begins with a whimper
Mumbai: The day-long Maharashtra bandh called today from 8 am to 6 pm by Maratha organisations demanding reservations in jobs and educational institutions is getting a mixed response. In Mumbai, local trains are running on time and there are no reports...
Video: Home they brought her warrior dead
Mumbai: Mortal remains of Major Kaustubh Prakash Kumar Rane who lost his life in Gurez Sector of J&K on August 7, arrives at his residence in Mira road area. The major and three soldiers were killed while foiling an infiltration bid...
Jaitley likely to attend RS from thursday for deputy chairman election
Leader of the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, who stepped aside as finance minister in May to undergo a kidney transplant, is likely to attend the House tomorrow to participate in the election for the Deputy Chairman's post, sources...
Over 40 injured as fire breaks out at BPCL refinery in Mumbai
At least 45 people have been injured in a massive fire that broke out at a fuel refinery in Mumbai on Wednesday. After preliminary treatment at BPCL first aid centre, 22 workers were allowed to go home while 21 were...
Bihar Minister Manju Verma Resigns Over Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal
PATNA: Bihar minister Manju Verma has resigned over allegations against her husband, who is accused of links to the Muzaffarpur shelter rape horror. The police say call records confirm that minister Manju Verma's husband was regularly in touch with the...
Editors Guild accuses NDA govt of attempting to curb press freedom
The Editors Guild of India today decried "all attempts" by the government to "interfere" with the independence of the media, taking strong note of senior journalists of two TV channels quitting and frequent instances of broadcast signals being blocked of...
