1 dead in oil tanker fire off Gujarat coast
Kandla: One person has been killed by the fire that broke out on board the diesel-laden merchant navy tanker MT Genessa oil tanker, anchored 15 nautical miles off Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat. Efforts were underway to douse the flames on...
GST removed from 29 items, reduced on 49 others
New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax Council has placed 29 items in the zero per cent tax slab. Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant said, "29 handicrafts items have been put in zero percent slab and tax has been reduced on...
Decision to revoke Padmaavat ban only after studying SC order: Rajasthan
New Delhi: The Rajasthan government today said it would study the Supreme Court's order staying the ban on the release of controversial film Padmaavat and then only a 'decision on revision can be taken'. Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said...
Govt plans to increase health budget by 11% to $8.2 billion
File Pic New Delhi: The Modi government plans to raise the 2018-19 health budget by 11 per cent to $8.2 billion (Rs 52,295 crore). According to sources, Health Minister JP Nadda had sought a $10 billion budget for stepping up disease...
Boy attacked in Lucknow school by class 6 girl, principal arrested
Lucknow : A Class 1 student was attacked with a knife, allegedly by a senior, in the toilet of a school in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, in a case that is chillingly similar to the murder of a seven-year-old at Gurgaon's...
Victory of freedom of expression: Shyam Benegal on ‘Padmaavat’
New Delhi: Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the ban against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat" in some states, saying it is clearly the victory of freedom of expression in the country. Benegal, who...
Cabinet subcommittee asks Congress party to vacate hq
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet's subcommittee on government accommodation has asked the Congress party to vacate its government bungalows located at 24 and 26 Akbar Road, with immediate effect. The AICC has been occupying the type 8 bungalows since 1976, when...
Colaba street on lockdown ahead of Bibis visit to Chabad House
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly heads for Chabad House in Colaba, target of terrorists during 26/11, to hold a memorial service of the victims and meet the 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg who lost his parents in the terror attack,...
Tripura votes on Feb 18, Meghalaya, Nagaland on Feb 27; results on March 3
The Election Commission of India has announced that VVPATs and EVMs will be used for the elections in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland. VVPATs will be deployed for the first time for the assembly polls. Here are the highlights from the...
Supreme Court clears Padmaavat; suspends ban orders by 4 states
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat. Yesterday, the producers of the movie had moved the apex court, opposing the ban imposed on its screening by various state governments. Governments of Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal...
SC refuses to entertain plea to restrict media from reporting judges’ controversy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the media from publishing, discussing and politicising issues raised by four senior-most judges in the January 12 press conference. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra...
SC hears right to privacy violation pleas in Aadhaar
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has begun the final hearing in the Aadhaar case. The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, and consisting four other judges Justices AM Khanwilkar, Adarsh Kumar Sikri,...
Elphinstone & Currey Road station FOBs to miss Jan 31 deadline
Mumbai: The foot over-bridges being constructed by the Army at the Elphinstone Road and Currey Road railway stations will miss the January 31 deadline due to some technical issues, railway officials said today. It may take another fortnight to complete...
GST Council to meet on January 18
File Pic New Delhi: An important Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet ahead of the Union Budget is scheduled on January 18, 2018. It is widely expected that the soaring petrol prices may remain key issue of discussion at...
India, China bonhomie has returned, but we need to be prepared: Army chief Bipin Rawat
New Delhi: Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in the national capital Army Chief Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday that the bonhomie between India and China has returned to what was prior to Doklam. However, he added that one has to be...
RSS defamation case: Court orders Rahul to appear on April 23
Mumbai: A Bhiwandi Court on Wednesday ordered Congress president Rahul Gandhi to be present in court on April 23, for framing of charges against him in a defamation case for saying "RSS people killed Gandhi". The court set a new date...
SC begins hearing on Aadhaar
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing the matter related to the constitutional validity of linking Aadhaar card to a number of government schemes. The five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India...
That’s what Rs 100 crore looks like, but in old money
Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday seized demonetised currency notes estimated to be worth Rs 100 crore in Kanpur. However, the counting is on to ascertain the exact amount of money. The raid was conducted in Kanpur's Seesamau pocket. "We received...
Padmaavat producers move SC against states’ ban
New Delhi: The producers of Padmaavat move the Supreme Court against the film being banned in certain states. After Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, Haryana became the fourth Indian state to ban Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat on Tuesday citing "law...
Loya’s death was premeditated murder: Judge’s friend
New Delhi: Justice BH Loya’s friend from law college, Uday Gaware, while speaking at a public meeting organised by the All India People’s Forum, an association of different civil society and political groups, stunned everyone when he said that the...
Scribes boycott Jignesh Mevani meet after he asks Republic TV to leave
Chennai: In a show of solidarity, journalists today boycotted a press meet to be addressed by Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in Chennai after he refused to talk in the presence of Republic TV news channel. After a close...
