5 charred to death in Bengaluru restaurant fire
Bengaluru: Five employees of a bar-cum-restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sangha building in Bengaluru's Kalasipalya in the early hours today, police said. The incident occurred at 2:30 am at Kailash Bar and Restaurant...
Google remembers ‘Fearless Nadia’, B-town’s first action girl
Google Doodle paid a tribute to Fearless Nadia on her 110th birth anniversary. Mary Ann Evans, better known by her stage name Fearless Nadia was an actress and stuntwoman from Australia who made her mark in the Hindi film industry...
Fire breaks out at Mumbai sessions court
Mumbai: A fire broke out on the third floor of the sessions court building in Mumbai on Monday morning, an official said. No casualty or injury has been reported so far, he said. The fire brigade got a call at 7.14 am...
Man arrested for threatening to kidnap Sachin’s daughter
A 32-year-old man has been arrested from West Bengal for threatening to kidnap Sachin Tendulkar's daughter. The police arrested a man identified as Dev Kumar Maiti, a native of Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, for stalking and making objectionable...
Massive fire breaks out Mumbai’s Cinevista Studio in Kanjurmarg area
Mumbai: A massive fire broke out at Mumbai’s Cinevista in the Kkanjurmarg area on Saturday evening, days after the city had witnessed a fire in Kamala Mills compound. The fire at Cinevista is reportedly of level 2 and according to...
Mumbai Police Arrests Mojo’s Bistro Owner Yug Pathak in Kamala Mills Fire Incident
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested Yug Pathak, one of the owners of Mojo’s Bistro restaurant, in connection with Kamala Mills fire tragedy which claimed the lives of 14 persons. A report of the fire department on Friday had stated...
Lalu Yadav Sentenced To 3.5 Years In Jail In Fodder Scam
Ranchi: Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav, convicted in the multi-million-rupee fodder scam, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Saturday by a Jharkhand court. The judge announced the sentence via video conferencing; Lalu Yadav, after being brought to the...
Modi’s GDP means ‘Gross Divisive Politics’: Rahul’s fresh jibe
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'divisive politics' had given India a '63-year low in bank credit growth' and an '8-year low in job creation'. Taking a swipe at Arun Jaitley, Gandhi in a tweet...
Kamala Mills Fire: Mojo Bistro owners booked for culpable homicide
Mumbai: Owners of Mojo Bistro, another pub at Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel, have been added as accused in the original FIR of the inferno that claimed 14 lives on December 29, 2017. The owners of Mojo's Bistro have...
Karni Sena refuses to relent on Padmavati, tells members to push for complete ban
Jaipur: Shri Rajput Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi on Friday called upon the community members to gather in Chittorgarh on January 27 and push for a complete ban on the controversial Sanjay Leela Bhansali film 'Padmavati'. "Members of the Rajput...
Sikh group plans to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras
A prominent Sikh group in the United Kingdom wants to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras, alleging that they are "interfering" in the internal matters of the Sikh community. "Sikhs in the diaspora are fed up with...
Flying Embers From Hookahs at Mojo’s Bistro Caused Incident, Claims Fire Department
Mumbai: Flying embers from lit hookahs at Mojo’s Bistro restaurant are the reason behind the Kamala Mills fire incident that claimed 14 lives, a Fire Department report established on Friday. The department, in its report, said the restaurants did not...
It is India’s responsibility to guide the world: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said it was India’s responsibility to guide the world as footprints of Indian culture were found all over the globe. Speaking in the inaugural function of the three-day ‘Shaiv Mahotsav’...
No beef sale in Goa from Saturday, traders protest against vigilantism
File Pic Panaji: Harassed by vigilante groups, Goa’s only beef traders association on Friday said they will go on an indefinite strike from Saturday, until the government cracks down on vigilante groups who hamper bringing in beef from neighbouring states. The...
Kamala Mills fire: Mumbai Police announce Rs 1 lakh reward for information on accused
Mumbai: Police on Monday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who would provide information about the three persons accused in Kamala Mills fire incident. On the night of December 28, as many as 14 people including 11 women...
Adarsh scam: Supreme Court defreezes three bank accounts of Mumbai’s Adarsh Society
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today defreezed three bank accounts of Mumbai-based Adarsh cooperative housing society allowing it to withdraw amount of around Rs one crore for maintenance and litigation cost. The bank accounts, which the society claimed to have opened...
HC to process request of State for probe into Bhima-Koregaon incident
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Vijaya Tahilramani. On behalf of the government he made a formal request for an appointment of sitting High Court judge so that he could urge for a...
GDP growth projected at 4-year low of 6.5% in 2017-18
New Dehi: The economic growth is expected to slow to a four-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2017-18, the lowest under the Modi-led government, mainly due to poor performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The gross domestic product was 7.1...
“People from villages do not possess talent” Indigo Chief explains away his staff manhandling a passenger
New Delhi: "People from villages, from tier 2 and tier 3 cities, specially those educated in Government schools have no talent; they cannot speak English" was how Indigo Chief 'explained' the contents of a shocking video which showed an Indigo...
Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan: Fadnavis calls for expediting the project
Mumbai: Asserting that several entities have contributed to 'Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan', Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stressed on its expeditious implementation. 'Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan' is a flagship project of his government aimed at improving irrigation facilities. "Now we need to increase...
BJP, Sangh targetting me: Jignesh Mevani
New Delhi: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani today denied making any inflammatory speech in Pune and said he was being targeted by the BJP and the RSS. An FIR was filed against the Gujarat MLA and Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader...
