SC Suggests The Wire To Resolve Differences With Jay Shah, Lawyer Says ‘No Question Of Any Settlement’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested to the lawyers representing The Wire to resolve the differences with BJP Amit Shah's son Jay Shah over a report that claimed the turnover of Jay Shah’s firm grew exponentially after BJP...
‘I know how to respond to terror against my fellow countrymen’
London: During the event at London's Central Hall Westminster, an audience member asks PM Modi about terrorism and the surgical strikes. This is what PM Modi had to say: Look back at India's history. India has never desired anyone else's territory. During...
HC asks Maharashtra Cricket Board to not use water for IPL matches in Pune
What could be a setback to the IPL and Chennai Super Kings, the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra Cricket Association not to use water from the Pavana Dam to maintain stadiums in Pune for the IPL...
Raids on Dalit activists ‘to destroy evidence’: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai: Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) President Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that the raids on Dalit activists in which the Maharashtra Police have seized electronic gadgets was intended to destroy evidences pertaining to the Koregaon-Bhima riots of January 1. Meeting media...
UIDAI brings updated QR code for offline Aadhaar verification
New Delhi: To provide an extra layer of privacy to Aadhaar, Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced an updated 'QR code' that holds non-sensitive details like name, address, photo, and date of birth, and can be used for offline...
Kashmir unites over Kathua rape
Srinagar: The campaign for justice for the eight-year-old victim of Kathua rape and murder case is gaining momentum across Kashmir with students and people holding protest marches across the length and breadth of the valley today, giving police a tough...
Lalu’s son Tej Pratap gets engaged
Patna: Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap gets engaged to RJD MLA Chandrika Rai's daughter Aishwarya. The woman with the red dupatta is Lalu Pradad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti. Lalu Yadav is serving time behind bars after getting convicted in...
1993 Mumbai blast convict Tahir Merchant dies of cardiac arrest
Mumbai: Mohammad Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya – one of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case – died of a suspected cardiac arrest on Wednesday, 18 April, at Pune’s Sasoon Hospital, reported Maharashtra Times. Merchant was lodged at the...
Scam-Hit Louis Berger Bags Mumbai Metro Project as Part of Larger Consortium
Mumbai: Ignoring the ongoing criminal proceedings against the controversial New Jersey-based consultancy firm Louis Berger, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has approved its presence in the consortium that has bagged a contract for project and construction management services...
6-month jail for revealing Kathua victim’s identity, warns Delhi HC
File pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court orders media houses who had revealed the identity of the Kathua victim and to whom notices were issued to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the court. The court will transfer the...
Tragic accident kills 15 after truck falls off Sone river bridge in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: At least 15 members of a marriage party were killed when a mini-truck carrying them fell off a bridge over the Sone river in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said. They said that the casualties might go up as...
Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92
Former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of a United States president and mother of another, died today. She was 92. Her husband George Herbert Walker Bush, the former US president and her son George walker Bush, also a former president,...
Mumbai: Fire Breaks Out in Two Garment Godowns in Gulab Shah Market in Kurla
Mumbai: Fire broke out in two garment godowns on Tuesday in Gulab Shah market in Kurla of Mumbai, reported a news agency PTI. No casualty or mishaps have been reported so far. The fire was confined to the godowns. Continuous efforts...
Veteran journalist T.V.R. Shenoy passes away at 77 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Veteran journalist T V R Shenoy died at a private hospital here last night, family sources said. He was 77.He is survived by his wife Sarojam and daughter Sujatha and son Ajith.His body will be flown to Delhi, where...
NRI Woman Can Give Consent For Divorce Via Skype, Rules Mumbai High Court
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has allowed an NRI woman to record her consent for a mutual divorce from her estranged husband via Skype or any other video calling technology. Justice Bharati Dangre, earlier this month, set aside an order of...
ATM cash crunch: ‘Financial emergency’ returns, says Opposition
New Delhi: Opposition parties today slammed the government over cash crunch in ATMs and banks in several parts of the country, saying the 'terror of note ban' has returned to haunt the people and dubbed the situation as a 'financial...
Central and Western Railways win awards at 63rd National Railway Week
Mumbai: Central and Western Railways won accolades for their performance at the 63rd National Railway Week celebrations that ended in Bhopal yesterday, Mumbai-based railway officials said on Tuesday. While CR won praise for it stall commemorating the journey of the...
Modi has destroyed the banking system: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the cash crunch. "Modiji has destroyed the banking system. Nirav Modi fled with Rs 30,000 crore and PM didn't utter a word. We were forced to stand in queues as he snatched...
Parl panel summons RBI Governor Urjit Patel on banking crisis
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has called Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on May 17 to answer queries on a spate of banking scams unearthed in the last few months, sources said. The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by veteran...
Rahul gives bizarre answers to students in Amethi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi gave bizarre answers to students while he was on a visit to a government school. During his interaction with school children in Amethi, one of the girl students asked: The government has enacted many laws...
Maharashtra CM beating drums without sound: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: Taking a dig at the BJP-led government in Maharashtra over the recent unseasonal rains and falling prices of vegetables, the Shiv Sena today said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is beating drums that have no sound. The Uddhav Thackeray-led...
