Shah meets Uddhav, says differences will be sorted out
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai for a meeting which is seen with much significance since the two allies have been bickering for quite some time. Shah, accompanied by Maharashtra Chief...
Shah meets industrialist Ratan Tata
BJP president Amit Shah met industrialist Ratan Tata and actor Madhuri Dixit and shared the Modi government's achievements with them as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign. Shah, who was in Mumbai today, is also scheduled to meet sporting...
Sex scandal: Five get 10 years in prison
A Central Bureau of Investigation court today sentenced five persons, including a former Border Security Force deputy inspector egenral, to 10 years in prison in the 2006 Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal. The quantum of sentence was pronounced by CBI special...
Sameer Bhujbal Gets Bail in Money Laundering Case
Mumbai: Sameer Bhujbal, nephew of former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, was granted bail by Bombay High Court in a money laundering case today. Sameer, through his counsel Vikram Chaudhary, had pleaded for his liberty on grounds of parity...
Unwell Lata cancels meeting with Amit Shah
Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah who was to meet singer Lata Mangeshkar today, and share the Modi government's achievements as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign, will not be able to do so. Mangeshkar tweeted that she was...
Rahul promises MP farmers loan waivers in 10 days if Cong comes to power
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today announced here that the farmers' loan would be waived within 10 days if his party comes to power in Madhya Pradesh later this year. "Here Kamal Nath (MP Congress President) and Jyotiraditya Scindia (the State...
Will fight all elections solo, says Sena before meeting with Amit Shah
The Shiv Sena today questioned the BJP's outreach programme after suffering defeats in bypolls and asserted it will fight all upcoming elections solo, attacking the party on a day its president Amit Shah meets Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Shah is...
LeT threatens to blow up Kashi Vishwanath temple
Kashi: The Uttar Pradesh police has issued a statewide alert after the LeT threatened to blow up several stations as well as the Krishna Janmabhoomi and the Kashi Vishwanath temples in a letter by a commander of the group, a...
BJP President Amit Shah Visit, Mumbai police stalking me: Sanjay Nirupam
Mumbai: On a day when BJP President Amit Shah reached the city, Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday accused the police of stalking him without any reason. Nirupam said a huge posse of policemen was stationed outside his Andheri home...
Cabinet approves Rs 8,500 cr bailout package for sugar industry
New Delhi: The Cabinet today approved a Rs 8,500 crore bailout package for the sugar industry which includes Rs 4,500 crore soft loan for building ethanol production capacity and creating a 3 million tonne stockpile to soak up excess supply....
Amit Shah’s celeb outreach with Madhuri
Mumbai: In Mumbai: BJP President Amit Shah meets Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit and her husband Dr Sriram Nene as part of the 'Sampark for Samarthan' campaign. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis was also present. Shah will also meet Ratan Tata, Lata Mangeshkar...
Mandsaur: Victim’s family, say they’re prohibited to meet Rahul
Mandsaur: In Madhya Pradesh, parents of Abhishek Patidar, who died during the Mandsaur farmers' protest last year, say, "SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) called our other son and asked who among us will meet Rahul Gandhi. When my son told him that...
Today’s youth enter politics because of their families: Nitish’s dig at Tejashwi
Launching a veiled attack at Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that today's youth don't enter politics with their own capabilities but only because of their families. Addressing a Yuva Sankalp rally in Patna, Kumar...
Phone Explodes In Man’s Pocket In Mumbai
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a phone exploded in a man's pocket while he was having lunch in a Mumbai restaurant in Bhandup area. In a CCTV footage recorded on June 4, the man can be seen jumping...
Modi’s Rs 200 bn drought package for Maharashtra
The Centre is considering a Rs 200 billion irrigation package for drought-hit areas of Maharashtra, which see the highest incidents of farmer suicides in the country. The package, which is expected to be announced soon, will provide funds for completion of...
Amit Shah To Meet Ratan Tata, Lata Mangeshkar, Madhuri Dixit on 6 June
Mumbai: BJP president Amit Shah will today meet industrialist Ratan Tata, singer Lata Mangeshkar and actor Madhuri Dixit and share the Modi government's achievements with them as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign, sources in the party...
Defamation case filed against Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani in Pune
Pune: A defamation case has been registered against Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani after he allegedly tweeted a morphed picture of a columnist, police said. The columnist, Shefali Vaidya, lodged a complaint based on which a case...
Monsoon Expected to Reach Maharashtra by June 6: IMD
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Ajay Kumar on Tuesday said that Monsoon is expected to reach Maharashtra and surrounding areas by tomorrow, i.e. June 6. Talking to a new agency ANI, Kumar said, “Rainfall is expected to...
11 IAS officers Reshuffled by Maharashtra Government
Mumbai: In the latest development, the Maharashtra government has undertaken a major reshuffle of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. In an order dated June 5, 2018, 11 IAS officers have been transferred. The officers who are transferred, includes Anup Yadav,...
Maha announces financial aid for tur farmers
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government would provide financial grant of Rs 1000 per quintal to those farmers whose tur and gram could not be purchased by the administration before the May 31 deadline, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today. "The government...
Blaming Yogi Adityanath Baba Ramdev Patanjali to shift mega food park out of Noida
Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd has decided to shift the proposed Patanjali Food and Herbal Park from Greater Noida after the Uttar Pradesh government denied permission for it. Reacting to the development, Patanjali Ayurved's co-founder and MD Acharya Balkrishna blamed the...
