We were out-marketed: Sonia on BJP’s successive wins
In a deeply introspective speech, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today spoke on a wide range of topics, including her children, her own shortcomings and the role of democracy in India, the first time she has opened up since relinquishing the...
AAP MLA gets bail in chief secretary assault case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today granted bail to AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash during a meeting at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in New Delhi. Justice Mukta Gupta allowed...
SC gives sanction for ‘living will’ in passive euthanasia
New Delhi: Supreme Court allowing passive euthanasia gives sanction to a living will. It also issues guidelines governing execution of living will and also passive euthanasia in the absence of living wills. The Supreme Court pronounced the verdict on a plea...
Maharashtra economic growth falls to 3-year low in 2017-18
Mumbai: Maharashtra's economic growth has slumped to 7.3 per cent in 2017-18, the weakest in the three years of Devendra Fadnavis’s government. According to the Economic Survey Report (ESR) 2017-18, presented to the Maharashtra legislature on Thursday, the real gross...
Maharashtra Budget 2018 to be Presented Today
File Pic Mumbai: The Maharashtra Budget 2018-2019 is set to be presented by state Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar in State Assembly today. This is Mungantiwar’s fourth successive budget. Ahead of the Budget, Mungantiwar on Thursday tabled Maharashtra economic survey...
Major fire breaks out after explosion in chemical factory in Palghar
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at a pharmaceutical factory in Tarapur area of Palghar on Thursday evening. At least one person was killed and several others were injured after the fire spread to three other plants located near the...
29 naxals surrender in Sukma
Sukma: In a major success for Chhattisgarh police, 29 naxals, including 11 women, surrendered today in insurgency-hit Sukma district. The 29 ultras, mostly lower-rung cadres, turned themselves in before Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Shalabh Sinhaciting disappointment with the "hollowideology"...
Aarushi murder case: CBI moves SC against acquittal of Talwars
New Delhi: The Central Bureua of Investigation today moved the Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the sensational 2008 twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The move by the...
Violent Protests Over Statue Vandalism Rock Jadavpur University Campus, Cops Injured
Kolkata: Massive protests rocked the Jadavpur University campus on Thursday evening when a group of students affiliated to Hindu Jagran Manch tried to burn effigies in front of the university. The right-wing students had planned a protest against the alleged...
SC Upholds Hadiya’s Marriage, Sets Aside Kerala High Court Order in Love Jihad Case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the marriage of Hadiya setting aside the Kerala High Court which had annulled the validity of her marriage. The apex court also said that Hadiya can’t be sent to anyone’s custody. The...
Another Dr BR Ambedkar bust desecrated
Chennai: Unidentified miscreants poured paint on the bust of Dr BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night. This is the second Ambedkar bust to be desecrated in the last couple of days. On Tuesday night, a statue of Dalit icon BR...
Mahatma Gandhi statue in Kerala vandalised
Kannur: In keeping with the flavour of the season, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unknown persons in the Thaliparamba area of Kannur. The spectacles of the statue was damaged. Early reports say only one man was responsible...
SC order at 2pm over annulment of Hadiya’s marriage by HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said today that it will pass a short order at 2 pm over Kerala High Court's annulment of marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad'. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices...
RSS’s highest decision making body to meet from March 9
New Delhi: A three day meeting of the RSS's highest decision making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will begin from March 9 in Nagpur. The meeting assumes significance as it is held every three years and this will be the...
Protesting parents of schoolkids allege police harassment
Mumbai: The Marine Drive police detained ten parents as they gathered to protest against private schools near Vidhan Bhavan, on Wednesday. The parents wanted to meet Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and demanded government action against schools that hike fees arbitrarily...
A Day Before Modi’s Visit, Congress Sweeps Local Body By-Polls in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Just a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Rajasthan on Thursday, the BJP got its second electoral jolt this year, with the Congress sweeping local body by-polls held in the state. By-polls were held for local bodies...
Two TDP ministers in Modi Govt Quits
New Delhi: According to v reliable sources two ministers belonging to TDP has put their resignations to their Party Chief and Andra CM C Naidu. With the Centre making it clear that special category status for Andhra Pradesh is not possible...
After Lenin, Periyar, SP Mookerjee Now Ambedkar statue vandalised in Meerut
Meerut: A statue of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar was vandalised and replaced later in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, amid an ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country. Following the incident, members of...
I’m not going to divorce Shami till my last breath, says wife
New Delhi: The wife of Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has claimed that the sportsman is having an extramarital affair. In a bid to expose the pacer's affair, she posted several screenshots of Messenger and Whatsapp messages on her Facebook page. Married...
Jalyukt Shivar Yojana stares at Rs 18 cr scam in Beed
Beed: Despite the tall claims by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to bring transparency in key projects in rural areas, the Maharashtra government’s flagship Jalyukt Shivar Yojana has come under scanner in Parli taluka of Beed district. There are allegations of...
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Shetty stabbed in Bengaluru office, attacker arrested
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta or anti-corruption ombudsman Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed multiple times today inside his office in Bengaluru by a complainant, who has been arrested. Shetty is out of danger, said state...
