Boeing 737, With 107 Onboard, Crashes Shortly After Takeoff
HAVANA: A Boeing 737 plane crashed on Friday shortly after taking off from Havana's main airport, Cuban state-run media reported, adding that it was not yet known if there were any casualties. The plane was a domestic flight going to...
8 persons killed in Texas school shooting, gunman arrested
Texas: A gunman opened fire at a high school in the US state of Texas today, killing at least eight persons. The incident took place at Santa Fe High School in the city of the same name, located about 50 kilometres...
Dial 1958 for state forest department to report fires, poaching
Pune: The Maharashtra forest department has set up a helpline number through which citizens can report forest fires. This will help forest officials reach the spot faster to prevent the fires from spreading,” said Sudhir Mungantiwar, state forest minister, on...
BSF Jawan Martyred Wife Condemns Centre’s Decision of Ceasefire in J&k During Ramzan
Srinagar: A Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, identified as Sitaram Upadhyay, was killed during a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers along the Line of Control (LoC) in RS Pura Sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A security personnel who...
IndiGo Flight Grounded After Aircraft Experiences Engine Failure
Lucknow: An IndiGo flight was grounded on Friday at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Amausi Airport) after one of its engine reportedly failed during take-off. The Mumbai-bound flight number 6E-685 suffered the technical glitch around 7.45 AM during in...
SC orders Karnataka floor test at 4 pm on Saturday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly takes place tomorrow (Saturday, May 19) for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to prove its majority. The bench, comprising Justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde...
Now HIV +ve students can also seek admission under RTE
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has on Thursday brought in some optimistic measures in the caste groups to benefit more categories under the Right to Education (RTE) act. Well, the significant development that came is that now HIV positive students are...
Crucial test in Supreme Court for 1-day-old CM Yeddyurappa
Three judges of the Supreme Court will today resume hearing a petition challenging Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's controversial invitation to BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to become chief minister. The invite, which led to Yeddyurappa taking charge as chief minister on Thursday,...
Cyclone Sagar: IMD Issues Advisory to Five States, Union Territory
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an advisory to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and the Lakshadweep archipelago over cyclonic storm ‘Sagar’. The cyclonic storm lay centered over the Gulf of Aden, about 390 km east-northeast...
Maharashtra farmers protest bullet train project
Mumbai: Over 800 farmers from across the State protested at Azad Maidan on Thursday against the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. The government will need to acquire around 850 hectares in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Dadra and Nagar Haveli for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet...
Bank of Maharashtra will shut down its Latur office
Mumbai: Bank of Maharashtra is all set to close its Latur office with an objective to control cost. This would mean all the activities handled by Latur district office will have to be taken care by Solapur office. The bank...
Tej Pratap Yadav takes wife Aishwarya Rai on bicycle ride
Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi got married to the daughter of former minister Chandrika Prasad Rai, Aishwarya Rai in a grand ceremony on May 12. Tej Pratap has...
Rs 4 a litre hike in petrol, diesel prices coming up, say brokerage firms
New Delhi: A Rs 4 per litre increase in petrol and diesel prices is in the offing if state-owned fuel retailers are to return to pre-Karnataka poll hiatus margin levels, brokerage firms said. No sooner had Karnataka polled to elect a...
Cong to stake claim to form govt in Goa
New Delhi: Seeking adoption of the Karnataka example in Goa, the Congress today decided to stake claim to form government in the state where it had emerged as the single largest party in the Assembly polls held last year. Congress Legislature...
Now, RJD to stake claim to form govt in Bihar
Patna: A domino effect evident now that the RJD has also staked claim to form government in Bihar. Seeking adoption of the Karnataka example in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, the former deputy CM of the state said the party would be...
Maharashtra Governor felicitates National Awardees at Raj Bhavan
Ghulam Mustafa Khan Mumbai: Vocalist Ghulam Mustafa Khan, the recipient of Padma Vibhushan Award and Sitar player Pt Arviind Parikh, recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award were felicitated at the hands of Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao at RajBhavan, Mumbaion...
TMC wins 2,467 gram panchayat seats: West Bengal Panchayat Election 2018 Results
The ruling Trinamool Congress today surged ahead in 1,800 gram panchayat seats while the BJP and the CPI(M) were leading in 100 and 30 gram panchayat seats respectively, as per initial trends available at 10 am, SEC officials said. The...
Jethmalani moves SC against Karnataka Guv’s decision
New Delhi: Senior lawyer and jurist Ram Jethmalani today moved the Supreme Court in his personal capacity against the Karnataka governor's decision to invite the BJP to form government in the state, saying it was a "gross abuse of constitutional...
WB Panchayat Polls: Counting of votes underway
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the Panchayat Election in West Bengal has started in North Bengal's Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Malda. Counting has also resumed in the counting centre in North 24 Parganas, where it...
Yeddyurappa takes oath as Karnataka CM
BENGALURU: BJP leader and Lingayat strongman BS Yeddyurappa was on Thursday sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka shortly after the Supreme Court, in a rare mid-night hearing, refused to stay the oath taking ceremony - a demand made...
Maharashtra, Singapore join hands to fast-track mega-projects
Maharashtra and Singapore have constituted a joint committee to work in core areas, like affordable housing, airport development and urban infrastructure. The decision was taken in Mumbai on Wednesday at a meeting between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Singapore’s Minister...
