Thank you, Mr Shukla
Mumbai:The hero motorman Anurag Shukla was felicitated by the Central Railway for his prompt action of detecting the iron rods on the track between CST and Masjid stations on the suburban railway line. Officials said that the incident happened at around...
Major train tragedy averted in Mumbai; iron rods found on tracks near CST station
Mumbai: Thanks to an alert motorman, a major train tragedy was averted in Mumbai on Monday. The motorman of a Panvel-CST suburban train spotted iron rods on the track and halted the train in time. Officials said that the incident happened at...
Cop undergoes test for sex reassignment surgery
Mumbai: The woman constable, who had filed a plea in the Bombay High Court seeking permission to undergo sex reassignment surgery, on Monday underwent a medical test at Sir JJ Hospital in Mumbai. In her plea, the constable had also sought...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Passes Bill Awarding Death Sentence For Rape of Girls Below 12 Years
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved a bill to award death sentence to those convicted of raping girls aged 12 and below on the first day of Winter Session. The bill was brought for discussion in the Cabinet last week...
High Court restrains Mumbai Metro from hiking fares
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today restrained the Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) from hiking the fares on the Mumbai Metro's Versova-Ghatkopar route. A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak set aside a...
Cyclone Ockhi effect: Pune to receive rains in next two days
Pune: The city is likely to experience light rainfall in the next 48 hours, while the minimum temperature is also expected to increase by one degree during this period, according to officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD officials said,...
1993 Mumbai blasts case: SC stays death sentence of Mohammed Tahir Merchant Read
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of convict Mohammed Tahir Merchant in connection with 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which killed 257 people and injured over 700. The court had earlier convicted and sentenced all the...
Mumbai: Medical student falls from train while fighting off thief
File Pic Mumbai: A 19-year-old medical student fell from a moving local train while trying to fight off a thief on board near Juinagar railway station on Saturday night. The victim, identified as Rituja, was travelling in the ladies compartment of...
Rahul Gandhi files nomination for Congress chief
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination papers for the post of Congress president. He will take over from his mother, Sonia Gandhi, who has been holding this post for over two decades. With him at the Congress HQ are...
National Consumer Commission New Delhi issues notice to MHADA for delay in possession
New Delhi: The National Consumer Redressal Commission New Delhi comprising of Shri Anup Thakur, {presiding member} has issued notices to Chief Officer, MHADA, and its Contractor M/s IVRCL Infrastructure and Project Ltd. on a “consumer complaint” jointly filed by flat...
Infosys appoints Salil Parekh as CEO and MD
Mumbai: IT bellwether Infosys has appointed Salil S. Parekh as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director with effect from January 2, 2018, a regulatory filing by the company said here on Saturday. "We are delighted to have Salil joining as...
Army has various options available: Rawat on across-LoC ops
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat today said the Indian Army had various retaliatory options at its disposal as far as carrying out operations on the lines of the 2016 surgical strikes was concerned. He was speaking at the launch of a...
Training aircraft crash lands in Maharashtra, 2 suffer minor injuries
A training aircraft with the Bombay Flying Club crash landed in a farm in Datarshi village of Sakri Taluk in Dhule district, Maharashtra. According to police, the pilot and a co passenger suffered minor injuries. The spot where the aircraft...
After UP local body polls, dictionaries should re-define sweep, surge
Veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram, a vocal critic of the BJP-led government at the Centre, took to Twitter today to make a stinging remark a day after the BJP won the UP local body polls. The former finance and home minister...
JEE Main 2018 Online Registration Begins, Apply Before 1st January 2018
New Delhi: JEE Main 2018 Online Registration has begun on the official website of JEE Main - jeemain.nic.in. JEE Main is scheduled to be conducted on 8th April 2018 in pen and paper mode while the computer based exam will...
BJP set to sweep UP civic polls; Cong fares poorly in Amethi
File Pic Lucknow: The ruling BJP today forged ahead of its rivals, leading on 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh where the civic bodies polls were held in three phases. In the remaining two places, the BSP was...
Ochki intensifies into ‘severe cyclonic storm’, 30 missing
Cyclone Ockhi intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and moved to the Arabian Sea today even as the Navy rescued eight fishermen caught in choppy waters and intensified search for 30 others missing. Rains, which left eight persons dead including...
11 injured as terrorists storm govt building in Pakistan
Militants today stormed a government building in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and opened fire, sparking a gun battle with security forces in which at least 11 people were injured. The militants attacked the student hostel of the Directorate of...
SC dismisses plea seeking SIT probe in alleged bribery case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed another plea filed by a non-government organisation seeking an SIT probe into the alleged bribery case in the name of judges. A bench comprising justices R K Agrawal, Arun Mishra and A M...
Respect Tharoor’s right to silence, HC tells Republic TV
The Delhi High Court refuses to restrain journalist Arnab Goswami and his Republic TV from airing news about Sunanda Pushkar's death case. The HC, however, holds that Arnab and his channel should respect Shashi Tharoor's right to silence in connection...
Hotel security breach: Modi-Ivanka dinner’s CCTV feed goes live on TV
Hyderbad: After making elaborate security arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of GES-2017, Telangana police ended up in an embarrassing situation when local TV channels aired the live CCTV footage visuals from Falaknuma Palace Hotel when Prime Minister Modi was...
