Ishrat Jahan encounter case: Ex-Gujarat DGP PP Pandey discharged
New Delhi: CBI court allows discharge plea of retired Gujarat DGP P P Pandey in Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Pandey was heading the state crime branch when Ishrat, a 19-year-old girl based in Mumbra near Mumbai, Javed Shaikh...
CBI begins questioning Rotomac owner
New Delhi: The CBI today began questioning Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari at its headquarters in New Delhi in connection with the alleged loan default of Rs 3,695 crore towards a consortium of seven nationalised banks, officials said. Earlier, Kothari was being...
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan detained
New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was today detained in connection with the alleged scuffle between Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash and party MLAs. Khan reached Jamia Nagar Police Station to surrender and added that he has not done anything wrong. Earlier...
State board brings strict norms to check paper leaks for class 12th
Mumbai: Taking cue from the past incidences of paper leaks, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has taken extra precaution to make the class 12th exams, which began across Maharashtra on Wednesday, completely 'leak-proof'. In order...
I was hit on the head: Full text of ‘assault’ on Delhi Chief Secy
New Delhi: As the alleged manhandling of the Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash by few AAP MLAs intensified on Tuesday, Prakash wrote to DCP North narrating the entire incident. In a letter, the chief secretary alleged that the AAP MLAs abused...
Rohith Vemula’s mother accepts compensation from Hyderabad University
Hyderabad: The mother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide, has accepted a compensation of Rs 8 lakh from the University of Hyderabad. Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula said her lawyers had advised her to take it. Vemula,...
Those unhappy with India’s rise trying to create social tension: Bhagwat
Varanasi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that those uncomfortable with India's rise globally were spreading false narratives by distorting history to create tension in the society. "We have always been one. Before 1857, there was Hindu-Muslim amity in the country....
Ambani among 4 arrested in PNB scam
File Pic New Delhi: Vipul Ambani, the top executive handling finances of celebrity designer Nirav Modi's firm is among the five officials arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday evening. The arrests were made after questioning the officials...
Earthquake of 3.3 magnitude hits Jammu & Kashmir
Representational Pic Srinagar: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale today hit Jammu and Kashmir, an official of the MeT department said. The epicentre of the quake was in Jammu and Kashmir, he said. "Earthquake of magnitude...
On AAP vs Delhi Chief Secretary tussle, Rajnath says ‘deeply pained’
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted about the issue saying, "I am deeply pained by the happenings involving the Chief Secretary of the Delhi government. The civil servants should be allowed to work with dignity and without fear".
Moody’s places PNB under review for downgrade
File pic New Delhi: Following the biggest scam in the country's banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at state-run Punjab National Bank, Moody's today placed the lender under review for downgrade. The agency has a Baa3/P-3...
Kejriwal calls crisis meeting after babus go on mass strike
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is holding a crisis meeting even as babus in the capital go on strike over the alleged assault on the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. "We are going on a strike with immediate effect,...
Maharashtra Governor condoles the demise of Cardiologist B.K.Goyal
Mumbai: The Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao has expressed grief on the demise of well known Cardiologist and Dean of Bombay Hospital, Padma Vibhushan Dr B K Goyal in Mumbai on Tuesday (20th Feb). In a message, the Governor...
AAP MLAs Allegedly Assault Delhi Chief Secretary at CM House in Front of Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs allegedly assaulted Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday night. Amanatullah Khan, who is considered a close Kejriwal aide was reportedly among the two...
DB Realty owner’s brother abducted in Mozambique
Mumbai: City-based businessman Pramod Goenka (52), brother of chairman of construction firm DB Realty Vinod Goenka, is believed to have been kidnapped by an African gang in Mozambique on Saturday. According to TOI reports , TOI sources, the gang had taken...
Snap ties with TDP if required: Andhra BJP to central leadership
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has suggested to its central leadership to break ties with the Telugu Desam Party before the latter does it, but felt the TDP was "not in a position" to walk out...
Maharashtra sews up Rs 6.1 tln investment proposals on Day 2
Mumbai: Maharashtra today claimed that it has received over 50 fresh proposals entailing an investment of over Rs 6.10 trillion from the ongoing global investment summit here, led by a massive interest by realtors in the affordable housing segment. The state,...
Ask Maharashtra to state position on Judge Loya probe, lawyers body urges SC
New Delhi: The Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) on Monday urged the Supreme Court to direct the Maharashtra government to make its position clear through an affidavit vis-a-vis an independent probe into Judge B. M. Loya's death in 2014. Judge Loya was...
BJP HQ ready within 16 months, not a single brick laid for Shivaji, Ambedkar memorials, says Nirupam
Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam criticising the BJP tweeted, two year have lapsed after the announcement of Shiv Memorial and Dr Ambedkar Memorial but still the work has not started, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party's headquarter is ready just...
Gujarat municipal polls 2018: BJP wins, but victory margin falls
NEW DELHI: The BJP repeated its winning performance in the municipal polls in Gujarat, but saw a decline in its seats this time around. The party won in 47 of 75 municipalities this time - down from the whopping 59 it...
CBI quizzes Nirav Modi’s CFO
The CBI is questioning Vipul Ambani, the Chief Financial Officer of diamantaire Nirav Modi's Fire Star diamond company, officials said in Mumbai today. They said Vipul Ambani was holding the position for the last three to four years. He is...
