80 per cent Ganga to be cleaned before Kumbh
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assured all that the 'Namami Gange' projects will be completed soon. "We are spending Rs 20,000 crore on the River Ganga especially for the upcoming Kumbh mela. We have also completed 47 out of the 189 projects...
Maharashtra Today: State’s indirect tax collections rise 29%
Mumbai: In Maharashtra Today, State has recorded a 29 percent jump in its total indirect tax collections from July to December 2017, according to a report in The Times of India. The state is home to largest tax base in country....
Maharashtra Today: Chandrakant Patil twitter account ‘hacked’
Mumbai: In Maharashtra Today on Tuesday minister Chandrakant Patil's official twitter account was hacked, but was restored after some time. Patil himself informed the people about the hacking incident from his twitter handle after it was restored. "My account was hacked and...
MP Renuka Chowdhury accuses PM of ‘denigrating the status of a woman’
New Delhi: 'What else do you expect from him?' It was the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury's reaction over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dig at her during his speech in the Upper House of Parliament. "PM made a personal remark, what...
SC Grants Protection From Arrest to Milind Ekbote in Bhima Koregaon Violence
Pune: The Supreme Court today protected Milind Ekbote, the prime accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra, from arrest. The violence on January 1 had left one person dead. A bench headed by Justice Kurain Joseph granted Ekbote interim protection from...
Sexual assault case filed against actor Jeetendra by his cousin
A case of sexual complaint has been filed against veteran actor Jeetendra by his cousin who has claimed that the Bollywood actor had sexually abused her when she was 18 years old. According to his cousin, the alleged case of...
Modi spoke for 1 hour but said nothing about Rafale deal, farmers or unemployment: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Vote of Thanks speech in Lok Sabha, saying he spoke for over an hour but said nothing about important issues of the country....
PM blames Congress for Partition: We are still paying for your sins
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi speaks in Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address. Opposition raises loud slogans in Lok Sabha as the Prime Minister speaks. "Telangana aage badhe iske pakah mein hum bhi hain, par aapne...
Major fire at cloth mill near Mumbai’s Oberoi Mall, no one injured
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at a cloth mill in the Italian Industrial Estate near the Oberoi mall in suburban Goregaon this morning, an official said. No injury or casualty was reported so far in the blaze which broke out...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Yashodaben injured in an accident
Chittorgarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Yashodaben has been injured in an accident in Rajasthan, the police have said. One person has reportedly died in the accident, which took place on the Kota-Chittor highway. Yashodaben has suffered head injuries, the police say. Yashodaben...
Manoj Tiwari writes to Rajnath: ‘Y’ category security detail not enough
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari has requested the home ministry to boost his security cover to 'Z' category on grounds that the existing detail proved inadequate during an alleged attack on him at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's home and in view...
Owaisi wants law providing jail-term for calling Muslims ‘Pakistani’
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday demanded that the central government bring out a law that would make calling Indian Muslim 'Pakistani' a punishable offence. The law should make the offence punishable by three years of imprisonment,...
‘Rafale deal is a scam’: Rahul questions Modi govt for not sharing details
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called the Rafale deal with France a scam after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Parliament that details of the agreement for 36 jets could not be disclosed as it was classified...
Anupam Kher, Ram Madhav’s Twitter accounts hacked, pro-Pak messages posted
New Delhi: Some Twitter accounts, including those of actor Anupam Kher, Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasupta and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav were hacked today, allegedly by pro-Pakistani Turkish hackers. Kher, who is in Los Angeles right now, said he...
Why should I quit BJP, let the party throw me out : Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi: Dissenting BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said today he has no intention of quitting the BJP, which can throw him out if it so wants. Sinha said he had been trying for an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Rahul Gandhi now more than a match to Narendra Modi: Moily
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has emerged as "more than a match" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the aspiration of the party and youth is to see him as the country's PM, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said. Asked about...
Bombay HC stays revoking of meat-sellers’ licence over suspicion of selling beef
Representational Pic Mumbai: In a relief to meat-sellers in the neighbouring Palghar district, the Bombay high court today stayed a notice issued to them by the civic body concerned asking them to shut shop on suspicion that they had been...
Beware, drinking very hot tea may increase risk of Oesophageal Cancer
Representational Pic New Delhi: Drinking extremely hot tea may increase the risk of oesophageal cancer by up to five times, especially if a person also consumes alcohol and is a smoker, a study has warned. The research, published in the journal...
UP shocker: 40 test HIV positive
Unnao: At least 40 people in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao have been tested HIV positive. A quack who was treating people in the vicinity had allegedly used an infected needle to treat all the victims. It is also being suspected that numerous...
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant granted extension till June 2019
New Delhi: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been granted an extension of his tenure until June 30, 2019. An official order stated that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the extension in the tenure of the NITI Aayog head...
Judge Loya death case: Plea in SC to examine 11 persons
New Delhi: The counsel for the Bombay Lawyers Association moved an application Monday before the Supreme Court to cross-examine 11 persons, including two judges, in connection with the death of CBI special judge B H Loya in 2014. Senior advocate Dushyant...
