Go to SC to clear ‘confusion’ over Delhi verdict: Kejriwal to Centre, LG
Aam Aadmi Party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asserted that the apex court has given his government "reasonable independence" to work and vowed it will work day and night for the welfare of people. ...
Woman injured in Andheri bridge collapse dies
A 36-year-old woman, who was severely injured when the pathway of a bridge collapsed over the railway tracks at Andheri station, died on Saturday at RN Cooper Hospital, a civic official said. A section of the bridge, in the southern...
Fadnavis launches Tina Ambani’s second super-speciality hospital in Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday inaugurated the second world-class super-speciality healthcare facility of the Reliance Hospital headed by Tina Ambani. This is the second venture of the Reliance Group after the success of...
Student From Telangana, 25, Shot Dead In US Restaurant; Suspect On CCTV
A 25-year-old student from Telangana was shot dead in a restaurant in Kansas City in the United States on Friday evening. The incident in Missouri was described as an armed robbery and the police have launched a manhunt...
New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani halted after bomb scare
New Delhi: The Howrah-bound Rajdhani Express train from New Delhi was halted near Ghaziabad on Saturday evening after authorities received a call warning of a bomb being planted on board. News agency ANI has reported that the train was immediately stopped...
NEET exams twice from next year
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Competitive exams such as the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test, Joint Entrance Examination Main, the National Eligibility Test, Common Management Admission Test and others will now be computer-based and conducted by the National Testing Agency, Union education minister...
After retirement from SC, Justice Goel appointed NGT chair
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who retired from the Supreme Court today, has been appointed the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He has been appointed to the post for five years, according to an order issued by the personnel...
Mumbai may face massive milk crisis from July 16
Mumbai: Milk and milk products may become extremely scarce in the city from July 16. This after a call for supply to the city being forcibly halted went out from farmer leader Raju Shetty. Shetty has been leading a movement for...
Shashi Tharoor granted regular bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been granted regular bail in the case relating to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death almost four years ago. Tharoor today appeared before Delhi's Patiala House Court as accused in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death...
Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption
Pakistan’s deposed premier Nawaz Sharif was on Friday sentenced in absentia to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by an anti-graft court in one of the three corruption cases against him in the Panama Papers scandal, dealing a huge blow to...
PSI shot at near Yerawada Jail; escapes unhurt
Pune : In a shocking incident, two unidentified persons on a motorcycle opened fire at PSI Mohan Patil outside the Yerawada Jail in Pune on Friday morning. Patil luckily escaped the attack as the bullets didn’t hit him. The accused...
Ex-navy Seal dies in Thai cave rescue
A former Thai navy Seal diver working as part of the effort to rescue a soccer team trapped in a cave died on Friday after running out of oxygen, authorities said. The diver, identified as Saman Kunont, was coming...
Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid Dispute: SC to Resume Hearing in Ayodhya Case Today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to resume final hearing on the Babri Masjid-Ram Temple land dispute case on Friday. In the last hearing on May 17, a special bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...
Tharoor gets interim bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Delhi's Patiala House Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Bail was granted on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. The court said that he cannot tamper...
Pune School Issues Diktat on Girl Students’ Innerwear Colour, Says ‘Intentions Are Pure’
Pune : A top Pune school on Wednesday issued a directive on the girl students’ innerwear colour leaving parents puzzled. The new diktat by the Maeer’s MIT School says that the girl students are supposed to wear white...
Passport officer, police exceeded brief in interfaith couple case
An internal government probe has found that the Lucknow passport officer was wrong in asking an interfaith couple irrelevant questions about their religion when they visited his office with their applications for the document, sources said today. They...
Center cannot rule Delhi by proxy now
The five-judge bench of the Supreme Court today, in a unanimous verdict, has stated that the real power rests with the Council of Ministers. The Delhi government has the power to legislate on all issues except land, police...
Now, dangerous cracks on Grant Road station bridge in Mumbai
Mumbai: A day after the footbridge collapse at Andheri, the Mumbai police has sounded an alert for another bridge. @MumbaiPolice tweeted that the bridge at Grant road station has developed cracks. Traffic has been diverted to Nana chowk towards Kennedy...
Lt Governor Can’t Be Obstructionist, Says Top Court, Big Score For AAP
New Delhi: The operative part of the judgment is in. The majority opinion among the five judges has clipped the LG's powers and has said that the LG is bound by the aid and advice of the elected government barring...
Dubai-based carrier Emirates to stop ‘Hindu meal’ option
New Delhi: Dubai-based mega carrier Emirates is withdrawing “Hindu meal” — a popular option given by several international airlines for travellers to pre-book meals based on their religious beliefs — from its flights. The airline says its “Hindu...
Israeli man booked year after girlfriend dies of suffocation during sex in Mumbai hotel
The police has booked a 23-year- old Israeli national in connection with the death of his girlfriend in a hotel last year, an official said on Tuesday. Oriron Yakov was on Monday booked under IPC section related to culpable homicide not...
