Rahul Gandhi takes charge of Congress as president
After much celebrations, Rahul Gandhi has taken charge of the Congress party as its president. The 47-year-old, who has for years been seen as a reluctant politician but has lately shown signs of shedding that image, will officially take charge...
Act against developers not returning part of redeveloped
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court said today that the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority should be "worried" that private developers often fail to return a part of the building to the MHADA as per the initial agreement between them. A...
Fortis again! Another patient complains as hospital hands over Rs 36 lakh bill
New Delhi: A Gurugram patient's family today lodged a complaint of wrong treatment and overcharging against the Fortis Memorial and Research Institute and the Park hospital, a senior health department official said. Civil Surgeon B K Rajora confirmed the receipt of...
Four Missing After Under-repair Building Collapses in Mumbai
Representational pic Mumbai: Fire brigade officials are involved in a search and rescue operation in the city to locate four persons who went missing after the slab of a building collapsed at Zaveri bazar. The collapse of a slab in...
3 killed by pilot vehicle of TN Governor’s entourage
Representational Pic Kanchipuram: Three persons, including an elderly woman and a boy, were killed on Friday when they were hit by an "advance pilot" vehicle of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit's entourage in New Kalpakkam in the district, police said. A...
Congress moves Rajya Sabha over PM’s remarks against Manmohan
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 1430 hours as opposition uproar continues over disqualification of Sharad Yadav and other issues. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad raises the issue of PM Narendra Modi's allegations against former PM Manmohan Singh and...
Son-set for Sonia Gandhi: My role is to retire, she says as Rahul takes over Congress
New Delhi: With son Rahul Gandhi set to take over the Congress party, mother Sonia is looking to retire from politics. Speaking to reports outside Parliament in New Delhi, Sonia broke silence over her future in the Grand Old Party, which...
Naidu debuts as RS chairperson, asks MPs not to ‘beg’
Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu has made an interesting suggestion to Union Ministers that they need not use the word 'beg' while presenting papers or laying reports on the table of the Rajya Sabha as it goes back to the...
PM Modi Speaks Ahead of Parliament Session, Says All Party On-Board For Nation’s Growth
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media ahead of the winter session of the Parliament and said he wishes it to contribute to the nation’s growth and development. The Prime minister also said he is confident it will...
Cops seize huge cache of arms, ammo from a car on Mumbai-Agra Highway
Manmad: In a late night swoop, Manmad police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a Bolero car on Agra Highway near Manmad on Thursday. The seized arms include 25 rifles, 17 revolvers, 2 foreign pistols, and 4146...
Supreme Court Agrees to Extend Aadhaar Linking Deadline to March 31
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to Centre’s proposal to extend the deadline for the mandatory linking of Aadhaar number to avail various welfare schemes and open new bank accounts and operate mobile sim cards. A five-judge bench led...
Media needs self-regulation: Venkaiah Naidu at launch of Lokmat
New Delhi: There is a need in the country to have a national outlook and respect all Indians irrespective of their caste and creed, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday. The Press, he said, must help develop that...
‘Mock talk in corridors of power’: If BJP achieves ‘150-seat Mission,’ EC Jyoti will be Maha Governor or Union Minister!
Nagpur/ New Delhi: In the corridors of power, a “hot discussion,” albeit in satirical tones, is taking place between politicians and bureaucrats that makes a funny reading. The steamy talk is centred around like this: “If Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accomplishes...
Air India flight delayed. Bad news. Aviation minister on board, calls up CMD
New Delhi: India's national carrier Air India has suspended three employees and warned the pilot for arriving late after over 100 passengers, including Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, had to wait inside a plane for over an hour on...
SC grants Parsi woman married outside community right to enter fire temple
New Delhi: A landmark decision by the Supreme Court that will hopefully change the misogyny in the Parsi community. A Parsi woman, Goolrukh Gupta, who was barred from entering fire temples and the Towers of Silence after marrying outside the...
NGT clarifies Amarnath cave shrine not declared as silent zone
New Delhi: Following protests over its decision, the National Green Tribunal today clarified it has not declared a "silence zone" at the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that...
Gujarat Election: Ahmedabad cheers as PM casts his vote
Ahmedabad: PM Modi casts his vote at booth number 115 in Sabarmati's Ranip locality of Ahmedabad. Modi stood in queue to vote and after voting, instead of getting into his car, the PM walked around the area, a stronghold of...
PM commissions submarine INS Kalvari into Navy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy. The Navy will have six such submarines by the year 2020. On the occasion, PM Modi said Kalvari is an excellent example of 'Make in India' and will...
Gujarat Election: Will Hardik PAAS the test?
Viramgam: The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti convener Hardik Patel casts his vote in Viramgam. The BJP is hoping that Patel supporting the Congress will not impact the party in a major way. A large number of Patels are traders and...
PM’s mom at a polling booth in Gandhinagar,Amit Shah votes
Gandhinagar: PM Modi's mother Heeraben arrives to vote at a polling booth in Gandhinagar. The voting for the second and final phase of Gujarat assembly elections is underway today on 93 seats of North and Central Gujarat. After an acrimonious campaign, around...
Passenger who allegedly molested Zaira Wasim sent to jail
Mumbai: The passenger who allegedly molested Zaira Wasim on board a a Delhi- Mumbai flight on December 9, has been sent to judicial custody till December 22. The accused, 39-year-old Vikas Sachdev, was arrested on December 10. He has been booked...
