SC Issues Notice to Centre on PIL Challenging ‘Hindu’ Prayer in Kendriya Vidyalayas
File Pic New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Centre on a PIL challenging ‘Hindu’ prayers at Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) run by government. The court has sought Centre’s response on why the school prayer in Kendriya...
Patanjali Receives Flak for Calling Dark Complexion a Skin Ailment
New Delhi: Patanjali took over the FMCG market in India with its herbal products. Its products boasted of using natural and herbal ingredients along with using age-old trusted home remedies from India. The company took over the Indian market by...
Builder booked for trying to grab Dilip Kumar’s bungalow
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police has registered a case of cheating against a builder for allegedly trying to grab the bungalow of veteran actor Dilip Kumar in suburban Bandra, an official said today. The builder, Samir Bhojwani,...
SC notice to NIA on Kalburgi murder
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issues notice to the National Investigations Agency, the CBI, Maharashtra and Karnataka, on a plea seeking a SIT probe into rationalist M M Kalburgi's murder. In September last year, sketches of two suspects who killed the...
Outrage over MP minister calling Valmiki a dacoit
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis on Tuesday invited the wrath of Valmiki community after she called Valmiki, author of Ramayana, a dacoit. Chitnis was in Mandsaur, MP, to participate in the All India Valmiki community conclave. After...
Joyalukkas raided for tax fraud
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department today conducted country-wide searches at over 100 stores and other premises belonging to two major south-India based jewellery chains on charges of alleged tax evasion, official sources said. The action is being carried out against...
Middle class can hope for big tax break in Budget
New Delhi: India's middle class can hope for a big relief in the Budget for financial year 2018-19, which will also be the last regular Budget of the NDA government, as the finance ministry is contemplating to hike the personal...
Maha bandh violence: 43 people arrested till now
Mumbai: The police have arrested 43 people, including three minors, so far in connection with caste violence that erupted in Pune's Koregaon-Bhima village and engulfed Maharashtra state. All the accused were arrested from Pune on the basis of cases registered against...
India’s internet guru Vijay Mukhi passes away
Vijay Mukhi, better known as India's internet guru, passed away at his home in Mumbai last night, say reports. He had suffered a heart attack. The funeral will be held at the Shivaji Park crematorium at Dadar at 11.30 am...
Mallika Sherawat evicted from Paris flat over unpaid rent of $94,000
Paris: A French court has ordered that actress Mallika Sherawat be evicted from an apartment in a posh part of Paris for failing to keep up with the rent. In a December 14 ruling, the court told Sherawat and her French...
Senior Journalists Accompanying Mamata To London Steal Silver Cutlery During Official Dinner Meet, Fined £50
Kolkata: The security staff at the luxury hotel in London was in a dilemma. CCTV cameras were live streaming what appeared to be guests – who were attending an official dinner at the conference hall – flicking silverware from the...
Kamala Mills Fire: Hotelier Vishal Kariya Arrested for Sheltering 1Above Pub Owners
Mumbai: A hotelier was arrested today for allegedly sheltering at his suburban residence in Juhu three owners of 1 Above pub wanted in connection with the December 29 Kamala Mills fire that claimed 14 lives, police said. "Vishal Kariya, who owns...
Kamala Mills fire: No interim protection for Mojo’s co-owner Yug Tulli
Mumbai: The sessions court on Tuesday refused to give interim protection from arrest to one of the owners of Mojo’s Bistro Yug Tulli in connection with the Kamala Mills fire incident, which killed 14 and left 55 people injured. Tulli moved...
1 Above pub managers sent to jail till Jan 22
Mumbai: Managers of pub '1 Above' Kevin Bawa and Lisbon Lopez sent to judicial custody till January 22 by the Bhoiwada court. In the wake of fire, BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta has asked all hotels and restaurants to do self...
20 year Girl commit suicide due to Moral Policing in the name of religion, BJP leader arrested
Bengaluru: Three days after the suicide of a 20-year-old girl for sending a WhatsApp message that said “I love Muslims” and the arrest of a local BJP youth wing leader, the Bajrang Dal has issued a stern warning to all...
National Anthem Not Mandatory In Cinema Halls, Says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has accepted the centre's suggestion that the playing of national anthem before the screening of movies should not be made compulsory. The court modified its 2016 order a day after the government said a final...
Thane court rejects Kaskar’s plea for home-cooked food
A special MCOCA court here has rejected the plea of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, arrested in an extortion case, to allow him to have homemade food in jail due to his various ailments. Special Judge (MCOCA) A...
Seven shops gutted in Mumbai’s fire
Mumbai: Seven shops were gutted after a massive fire broke out in a chawl's godown at Reay Road in Mumbai on Monday late night. The fire, which broke out due to cylinder blast in one of the shops, has been doused...
BMC razes illegal extensions at Shatrughan Sinha’s residence
Mumbai: The Mumbai's civic body has razed illegal extensions and constructions in an eight-storey residential building owned by BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha in Juhu area. The BMC had received several complaints of illegal extensions in Sinha's residence 'Ramayan' in the last...
Huge relief for Indians as Trump govt drops H-1B visa proposal
Washington: In a breather for foreign tech workers, particularly Indians, the Trump administration announced it was not considering any proposal that could force deportation of thousands of H-1B visa holders by denying them extensions beyond the maximum permissible period of...
Government stand against Tribune journalist changes after scathing criticism from international media
New Delhi: An Indian government agency has filed a police complaint against a journalist who exposed a possible security breach in the country's vast biometric database that contains the personal details of over a billion citizens, raising fresh concerns about...
