Rs 50 lakh Audi SUV set on fire at parking lot in Pune
Pune: 50 lakh rupees, gone up in flames, in seconds. For the owner of this Audi SUV, this video will perhaps be the most painful to watch, ever. At a basement parking in Pune's Dhayari, two men on a scooter cautiously approach...
CBSE paper leak: 6 students detained from Jharkhand
Ranchi: Six students were detained by police in Jharkhand on Friday for questioning for their alleged involvement in Central Board of Secondary Education paper leak case. The students were held near Chatra's Sadar Police Station area. Earlier in the day, the Delhi...
In paper leak, CBSE exam in-charge questioned for 4 hours
New Delhi: The Delhi crime branch has interrogated the CBSE controller of examination for some four hours over the CBSE paper leak case, the police said, adding at least 1,000 students could have accessed the leaked papers. The Central Board...
Justice J Chelameswar red flags Centre’s interference, asks CJI to convene full court- READ LETTER HERE
Senior-most Supreme Court judge, Justice J Chelameswar, has shot off a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) asking him to consider convening a full court to take up the issue of alleged executive interference in...
Rs 1.3 Lakh on Tea Every Day? Congress Asks Fadnavis to Explain ‘Chai Pe Kharcha’
Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday demanded a probe into an alleged ‘Tea scam’ in Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis‘s Office (CMO) and asked the CM to explain the ‘Chai Pe Kharcha’. The demands for an internal inquiry...
I Will Rip Your Skin Off, Babul Supriyo Threatens Protesters in Asansol
New Delhi: Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday stoked controversy while he was on his way to a relief camp in Kalyanpur, in Asansol (one of the areas hit by communal violence). Babul, the Minister of State for Heavy Industries...
‘PM Modi will destroy nation’, Amit Shah’s translator goofs up at Karnataka rally
New Delhi: It seems the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign in the election-bound Karnataka is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The party's president Amit Shah was caught in a fix today, thanks to a translator who twisted the BJP chief's...
Founder of fake news website PostCard News arrested
The co-founder of online portal "Postcard News", Mahesh Vikram Hegde, was arrested in Karnataka on charges of spreading fake and communally sensitive news. The editor has been charged under cybercrime laws. Hegde's arrest is based on his tweet on March 19,...
Shoe hurled on stage during Fadnavis’s speech at Anna Hazare’s protest site
New Delhi: A shoe was hurled on stage during Anna Hazare’s protest at Ramlila Ground on Thursday. The incident happened when Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was addressing the protesters and Anna Hazare was also present on the stage. It...
CBI registers 3 FIRs in Rs 743 crore IDBI bank fraud
New Delhi: The CBI has filed three cases to probe alleged fraud worth Rs 743 crore committed by various persons by defaulting IDBI bank in Andhra Pradesh between 2009 and 2012 by availing Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and pisciculture loans...
Decision of re-test in favour of students: CBSE chief Anita Karwal
New Delhi: Under attack over the board paper leaks, Central Board of Secondary Education Chairperson Anita Karwal today said that the decision to hold re-examination of two subjects was taken in 'favour of the students' and the new dates for...
Frauds cost Rs 18,170 cr to banking sector in FY17: Report
New Delhi: The domestic banking sector reported a total of 12,553 fraud cases worth Rs 18,170 crore in fiscal 2016-17, with state-run Bank of Maharashtra registering the highest number of such cases, says a report. While Bank of Maharashtra reported 3,893...
Irani accuses Sibal of ‘money laundering’; do you know what it means, he asks
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal and his wife are involved in a land scam. According to a media report, the duo acquired a piece of land valued at Rs 89 crore...
Anna Hazare breaks fast after meeting Devendra Fadnavis
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare ended his 7-day fast on Thursday after meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh visited Anna after reports of his health deteriorating. Anna's doctor said on...
Congress demands removal of Javadekar, CBSE chairperson
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday the demanded removal of Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and the CBSE chairperson in connection with the CBSE paper leak case. The Economics question paper of class XII and Maths question paper of...
ATMs Running Dry in Telangana And Andhra Pradesh, Neighboring States Come to Rescue
Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are facing severe cash crunch situation, as ATMs across the two cities are devoid of cash. According to reports, currency is available only 60 per cent of the time in most of the ATMs, and...
Prime suspect Vicky detained for CBSE question paper leak
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday questioned prime suspect Vicky in connection with the CBSE class 10 Maths and class 12 Economics board exam question paper leak. The police, according to the reports, has not ruled CBSE’s role in...
Close shave for IndiGo passengers at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: As many as 77 people on board an IndiGo flight from temple city Tirupati had a narrow escape after the aircraft suffered a tyre burst on landing at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday evening. All the 73 passengers including an...
‘Ramji’ to be part of Dr BR Ambedkar as middle name
Lucknow:'Ramji' will officially become the middle name of Dr BR Ambedkar in Uttar Pradesh. The state government on Wednesday passed an order asking all departments and high court benches in Lucknow and Allahabad to replace the use of 'Dr Bhimrao...
Fadnavis hints at joint contest with Sena in 2019 polls
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today told the Legislative Council that the "lion and tiger"-- an allusion to the BJP and the Shiv Sena-would contest the 2019 elections together. Fadnavis' remarks came in response to Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil's...
After RAT now its TEA SCAM in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Congress's Mumbai unit on Wednesday alleged a massive "Tea Scam" in Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO) where daily, an average of 18,500 cups of the hot beverage are served. Furnishing RTI documents, Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam said there...
