Surajpal Amu, who offered bounty for Deepika’s head, resigns from primary membership of BJP
A day after he was released from the Bhondsi Jail on bail, Haryana BJP leader Surajpal Amu on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership from the party's state unit. The police had detained him on January 25 to question him about...
WB bypolls: TMC sweeps Noapara seat
The Trinamool Congress has won the Noapara bypoll by over 62, 000 votes. TMC candidate Sunil Singh won the seat with 1,11,729 votes. The TMC also took an early lead in the Uluberia Lok Sabha byelection by a margin of 4,767...
Kamala Mills fire: Yug Pathak moves sessions court for bail
Mumbai: Yug Pathak, the co-owner of one of the two pubs in Kamala Mills compound here where a massive fire claimed 14 lives last month, has approached the sessions court seeking bail. Last week, a magistrate's court had rejected the bail...
Teacher, allegedly grilled by ATS in Naxal case, ‘ends life’
Representational Image Mumabi: Days after he was allegedly questioned by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in a Naxal-related case, a school teacher in Mumbai committed 'suicide' last week. Prabhakar Narayan Machha, 64, was found to hanging at his house in Pratikshanagar area of...
Ex-Navy chief files plea in SC for probe into Loya’s death
New Delhi: Former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retd) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a panel of retired apex court judges and former police officers into the alleged mysterious death of special...
CR to run 452 special trains to clear summer vacation rush
New Delhi: To clear the extra rush of long-distance passengers during the summer season, the Central Railway (CR) will run 452 summer special trains, a statement said. These trains include unreserved specials from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Lokmanya Tilak...
Will Khadse’s political exile end?
New Delhi: Aggrieved senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari met at the latter's residence in Delhi over a breakfast, surprising many in political circles. Khadse's daughter MP Raksha Khadse was also present. It is still not...
Congress Questions Judge Loya’s Death, Says “Circumstances Tell A Story”
New Delhi: The death of judge BH Loya must be investigated by a Special Investigation team, the Congress has demanded, saying democracy cannot survive in a nation where lawyers and judges involved in important cases are targetted. The party said...
A Yatra to protest, provoke, conquer… or defeat?
Nagpur/Agra: Despite situation in U.P. already being tense; despite the death of a young man, and despite prohibitory orders hundreds of men are taking out 'yatras' across 20 towns of the state rendering the atmosphere even more incendiary. These people are...
6.1-strong quake jolts Afghanistan; tremors felt from Srinagar to Delhi
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, stated the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The tremors of the quake were felt in north India -- from Delhi-NCR region to Srinagar in Jammu-Kashmir. According to reports, people fled from...
Maharashtra gets banks on board for road project
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government's Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway project, touted as a game-changer of sorts, may finally see some headway after the state government acceded to some of the conditions put forth by some state-owned banks. State officials have agreed...
Army’s Shopian firing: Civilian death toll rises to 3
A third civilian died today following the January 27 firing by the Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian. The third man who died is one Rayees Ahmad. Earlier, two civilians were killed and nine others injured in the controversial incident, during which...
Remove High Court Judge For Misconduct, Chief Justice Writes To President
New Delhi: A judge of the Allahabad High Court, indicted by a committee of judges for misconduct in the medical admissions scam, should be removed, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has told President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime...
No orange colour passport, Centre scraps plan
New Delhi: The government has scrapped its decision to come out with an orange colour passport for those who have not passed their Class 10 examination. 'Have decided to continue with the current practice of printing of the last page of...
ACB traps IPS officer in Nanded for Rs 3 lakh bribe
Nagpur/Nanded: In a development that would create ripples in police circles across Maharashtra, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped an IPS officer in Nanded for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakh red-handed. The action was taken by...
Govind Pansare murder: Kolhapur court grants bail to main accused Virendra Tawde
Kolhapur: A court in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on Tuesday granted bail to Hindu Janajagruti Samiti leader Virendra Tawde, who was the main accused in the murder case of Communist Party of India politician and author Govind Pansare, a news agency reported. Tawde...
Time to see if IPL is in interest of cricket: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today said the Indian Premier League has made people familiar with phrases like 'betting and fixing' and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it was time to see if the tournament...
AAP disqualifications: HC seeks facts from poll panel
New Delhi: The Delhi high court today asked the Election Commission to state the factual aspects behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit by filing an affidavit. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and...
Palghar (Maharashtra) MP Chintaman Wanga dies
New Delhi: New Member of Parliament from Palghar Chintaman Vanaga passed away due to cardiac arrest in New Delhi today. He was 67. He was elected as MP in 1996 & 1999. In 2009 he was elected as MLA. In...
Cow vigilantism: SC notice to 3 states on contempt plea
File Pic New Delhi: A plea seeking contempt action against the governments of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not following its order to take stern steps to stop violence in the name of cow vigilantism, on Monday led the...
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ekbote seeks anticipatory bail
Mumbai: Right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, booked for allegedly inciting violence on January 1 during an event to commemorate the bicentenary of Bhima-Koregaon battle, has approached the Bombay high court for anticipatory bail. The leader submitted his plea before a bench led...
