Editors Guild ‘warns’ government against ‘policing the media’
New Delhi: 'The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the arbitrary manner contemplated by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry ostensibly to penalise any journalist or media organisation publishing fake news. 'By notifying that the I&B ministry will initiate such...
AIB Knockout: HC refuses interim relief to Ranveer, Arjun
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today declined to grant any interim relief to Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor over a first information report filed against them and other film personalities for using 'obscene' and 'abusive' language during a...
Rs 40 crore sanctioned for development works at Deekshabhoomi
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 40 crore for development of Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, where Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism with lakhs of his followers. Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole today said the government has also sanctioned funds...
Don’t Link Rajguru with Any Organisation: Kin on RSS Tag on Freedom Fighter
Mumbai: Taking umbrage to the portrayal of freedom fighter Rajguru as an RSS ‘swayamsevak’ in a recently released book, his descendants have asserted that there was no evidence to prove the freedom fighter’s association with the Sangh. The book, written by...
Orphans in Maharashtra to get 1% reservation in government jobs, education
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced reservation benefits for orphans, in what is being touted as the first such move in the country. Orphans in the state will be provided with one percent reservation in government jobs and education, the...
PM withdraws Smriti Irani’s order on fake news
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered the withdrawal of the Information and Broadcasting ministry's order on fake news. The PMO has now ordered that the matter of fake news should be referred to the Press Council of India. There...
Senior journalist Parthasarathi Swami passes away
Business India managing editor Parthasarathi Swami passed away in Mumbai on Monday night around 11 pm. Partho, as he was fondly called, has over three decades of experience as a business journalist and has worked with several leading business and news...
Bharat Bandh: BR Ambedkar’s Grandson Holds Centre, SC Responsible For Violence
Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar on Monday held the Central Government and the Supreme Court responsible for the violent protests that erupted during the nationwide Bandh. What we believe is that people do not resort to violence...
IAF Mi-17 Helicopter Crashes During Landing Near Kedarnath Temple, Six Injured
New Delhi: An Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during landing near Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. The Mi-17 helicopter, which was flying to Kedarnath carrying some stuff for the Army, caught fire following a collision...
Journalist accreditation could be cancelled for fake news: Centre
The government on Monday said the accreditation of a journalist could be permanently cancelled if the scribe is found generating or propagating fake news, as it came out with stringent measures to contain the menace. As per the amended guidelines for...
Kin of those killed in Iraq refuse to accept bodies, demand compensation
As bodies of five people killed in Iraq reached Bihar's Siwan in the wee hours of Tuesday, families of two of them refused to accept the bodies, while demanding financial assistance from the state government. Adalat Singh and Sunil Kumar were...
Indian workers killed in Mosul were illegal immigrants: VK Singh
The Indian workers killed in Mosul were illegal immigrants and the Indian embassy in the country had no record of them, General VK Singh (retired), minister of state for external affairs, on Monday at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International...
Major Fire Breaks Out at Hospital in Aurangabad; Patients Safe
Aurangabad: A major fire broke out in the Manik hospital in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra on Monday. The fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot. The officials rescued 30 patients safely and on time. However, no deaths were reported in...
Fire Breaks Out at Union Bank of India Branch, No Injuries Reported
Thane: A fire broke out at a Union Bank of India branch in Bhiwandi in the wee hours of Tuesday. Two fire tenders were at the spot to douse the fire. No injuries were reported in the fire incident. The entrance...
Will RSS chief be stamped ‘anti-national’ for speaking on corruption, asks Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday wondered if RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat would be branded “anti-national” or “anti-Hindu” for his comment that the country needed a protest against corruption. The ‘sarsanghchalak’ has voiced his strong opinion on the same issues...
Jobs are not biscuits: VK Singh on compensation for families of Iraq victims
New Delhi: VK Singh, MoS MEA on if there would be some compensation announced today for the kin of the 38 Indians killed in Iraq: "Yeh biscuit baantne wala kaam nahi hai, ye admiyon ki zindagi ka sawal hai. Aa...
Death Of Judge Loya: Post-Mortem Examination Was Manipulated Under Directions Of Doctor Related To Maharashtra Cabinet Minister
Mumbai: In a further twist to the death of Judge Loya, The Caravan has reported that there is sufficient evidence that the post-mortem report was manipulated. The report highlighted the political clout behind the post-mortem. The focus was on the...
Indians killed in Iraq: Aircraft carrying 38 bodies lands in Amritsar
Amritsar: The special flight carrying the mortal remains of the 38 Indians killed in Iraq's Mosul, lands in Amritsar. MoS MEA VK Singh is on board. On Sunday, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh left for Iraq to...
Kejriwal apologises to Jaitley
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh in a joint letter have apologised to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the defamation case he had filed against them. Jaitley had filed a Rs 10-crore...
Bharat bandh call: Sporadic violence in parts of north India
New Delhi: There have been sporadic incidences of violence in Meerut, Agra, Patna, Rohtak, Delhi and Bagpat during the Bharat Bandh called by Dalit organisations and parties today to protest the amended SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The government is expected...
RSS Lays Claim To Freedom Fighter Rajguru.
A new book written by former RSS pracharak (functionary) and journalist Narendra Sehgal claims freedom fighter Rajguru, who was sent to the gallows along with Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev was a swayamsevak with the Sangh. Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh and...
