Padmaavat banned in Malaysia by censor board
New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmaavat has been banned in Malaysia by the country's censor board as the film touches on the "sensitivities of Islam". The chairman of National Film Censorship Board Mohd Zamberi Abdul Aziz has said the lavishly-mounted film...
Why cover page of Economic Survey turns pink
New Delhi: The pink coloured Economic Survey document tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today recommended that India must confront the societal metapreference for a son, observing that the adverse sex ratio of females to males has led...
HC transfers disqualified AAP MLAs’ plea to division bench
New Delhi: The Delhi high court today transferred to a division bench the pleas of AAP MLAs, seeking quashing of their disqualification from the Delhi assembly for holding office of profit. Single judge bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru fixed the matter...
Temporary effect of GST, note ban are over: Chief Economic Adviser
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian address a press conference after the Economic Survey 2018-19 expected to regain India's GDP growth to be between 7-7.5% in 2018-19, from 6.75%. Here are the highlights:- - This year oil prices went up that...
Watch video: Dozing driver caused mishap killing 13 people in Kolhapur
Kolhapur/Nagpur: A dozing driver could have caused the chilling accident in which 13 people were killed and three others were injured after a minibus fell into Panchganga River in Kolhapur city on the...
2018 is important year for realising dream of New India: President
New Delhi: Ahead of the budgets session, President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament. During his first address to the Parliament, Kovind said that he is hopeful that triple talaq bill is passed by Parliament...
Teen molested on board Mumbai-bound Konark Express
Mumbai: An 18-year-old woman was allegedly molested on Sunday night on a Mumbai-bound express train, the Railway Police said. The victim tweeted to police about her "harassment by an unidentified molester" while she was travelling in the Konark...
Farmer in suicide bid at Maharashtra secretariat dies
Mumbai: The 84-year-old farmer, who had consumed a poisonous chemical at the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai on January 22 seeking adequate compensation for his plot of land, died at JJ Hospital last night, the police said. The farmer, Dharma Patil who...
RSS functionary quote triggers violence in Assam
Assam: Over 2,000 passengers in Assam were stranded as trains headed for Silchar and Guwahati were stopped midway amid an indefinite curfew imposed in the Maibang area of Dima Hasao district after two people were killed in police firing on...
Nair Hospital: Man accompanying patient gets sucked into MRI machine, dies in 2 minutes
Mumbai:In a shocking accident that took place in a government hospital, a 32-year-old Rajesh Maru died after he got sucked into an MRI machine in Nair hospital in Mumbai Central. The incidence took place on Saturday at 8.30pm when Maru...
Invited to model UN conclave Ministers talks about modelling profession!
New Delhi: This one surely takes the cake; almost on the same level as the have- you-seen- man-turning-into-monkey quote. Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Government of India, was invited by the Indrapastha College for Women,...
Mah Governor Vidyasagar Rao hails contribution of Customs Deptt
Mumbai: Observing that the role of Customs department is crucial in preventing explosives, arms and ammunition, contraband goods and fake currency from entering into the country, Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao hailed the contributions of the Customs Department in nation...
‘Aadhaar’ defeats ‘mitron’ to be Oxford dictionary’s Hindi word of 2017
New Delhi: Oxford Dictionaries has chosen 'Aadhaar' as the Hindi word of 2017. The word gained popularity due to Aadhaar card, which was in news last year and is likely to remain in highlight this year as well. The announcement was made...
Maharashtra sees 85 leopard deaths in 2017, six less than 2016
File Pic Mumbai: As many as 85 leopards have died in Maharashtra due to various causes, including poaching, during 2017, a state forest official told media. He added that Nashik saw the highest number of leopard deaths at 20 followed by...
We’re ready to go alone if BJP wants to snap ties: Naidu
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu hits at snapping ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party. "We are maintaining 'Mitra Dharma' with the BJP but if it does not want to continue with the alliance, we will go on our...
An intel error? Suspected to be a suicide bomber, Pune girl is free to go
Srinagar: On January 23, a flash was sent out from the zonal headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar. The message was titled "urgent". A Pune girl in her late teens was suspected of planning a suicide attack on...
13 dead, 2 injured after bus falls into river in Kolhapur
At least 13 people were killed and two injured when a bus carrying 16 passengers fell into the Panchganga River at Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra last night, the police said. The accident took place at around 11:45 pm on the Shivaji...
Fire breaks out in commercial complex in Mumbai, no casualty
A fire broke out in a commercial complex in Mumbai's suburban area of Goregaon this morning, civic officials said. The blaze erupted at Cama Estate around 8 am, an official of the Disaster Control Cell of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. The fire...
Pune-based radicalised girl detained in Kashmir; likely to be handed to family
Srinagar: A radicalised Pune-based teenage girl was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police last night following an intelligence input that she wanted to join banned ISIS terror group, police said here today. The girl identified as Sadiya Anwar Shaikh, who...
In Maharashtra BJP Go on Tiranga Yatra While Oppn Rallies to ‘Save Constitution’
On Republic Day, opposition leaders including Sharad Pawar, Omar Abdullah, Hardik Patel led the ‘Samvidhaan Bachao’ rally in Mumbai to protest the policies of the Modi government. The protesters marched from the statue of BR Ambedkar, near the Mumbai...
Hardik Patel part of Opposition’s ‘Save Constitution’ march in Mumbai
Mumbai: Hardik Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, is in Mumbai to participate in the Opposition's 'Save Constitution' march. NCP leader Sharad Pawar placed calls to senior leaders across the opposition parties to invite them for the march. Independent MP...
