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...
Don’t reduce court to ‘fish market’, says SC after angry exchanges in Loya case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court witnessed heated arguments between advocates Dushyant Dave and Pallav Shishodia, and Justice DY Chandrachud during the hearing. Shishodia had appeared in the case for one of the petitioners, Bandhuraj Lone. Dave had earlier raised an objection...
Judge Loya death: Lawyer in SC once again points out contradictions in Maharashtra’s probe report
New Delhi: Senior advocate V Giri on Monday told the Supreme Court that the investigative report submitted by the state of Maharashtra in connection with the death of Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya was full of contradictions. Giri, appearing for petitioner...
Fire at LED bulb factory in Akola; no casualties
Akola: A major fire broke out at a factory manufacturing LED bulbs in Akola district in the early hours of today, but no casualties were reported, said a Fire Brigade official. The blaze in the factory, located in an industrial area...
In Debut RS Speech, Amit Shah Hits Out at Congress; Says Only One Family Ruled Country For 55 Years
New Delhi: Delivering his first Rajya Sabha speech, the Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Monday, February 5, trained his guns at the Congress while listing the achievements of the Modi government since coming to power in May 2014....
Cong, BJP spar over TOP, POT
New Delhi: Congress social media head and Karnataka leader Divya Spandana Ramya today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondering if he was on "pot", a put-down which invited a sharp response from the BJP by calling it atrocious...
Six days short of turning 23, Army Captain killed in Pak firing
Jammu: An Army Captain, who was among those killed in the heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, was six days short of his 23rd birthday, a senior army official...
