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...
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...
