Bofors case might reopen, SC accepts to hear BJP leader’s appeal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal of BJP leader Ajay K Agarwal challenging a Delhi High Court order that acquitted the accused in the Bofors pay-off case. The apex court will hear the matter...
Sunil Arora is EC, will conduct 2019 Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: Sunil Arora, who assumed office as election commissioner on Friday, will conduct the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, going by the dates of birth of the two incumbent ECs. Sunil Arora, a career bureaucrat who has held...
Lonar Lake’s area is shrinking, researchers say
Buldhana: The surface area of Lonar Lake in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, formed after a meteorite hit the Earth some 50,000 years ago, is shrinking, researchers have found. The periphery of the lake -- which is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument --...
Rs. 21,000 crore drained away in the ‘wisdom account’ of fame, advertising: Saamana
Mumbai:; The Shiv Sena on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for the debated failure of demonetisation, and made a wry comment that the expense incurred on the printing of new notes was merely a drain of funds for...
2-month old baby among 33 dead in Mumbai building collapse
Mumbai: A total of 47 people have been rescued in the Bhendi Bazaar building collapse in Mumbai. Till now 33 people have lost their lives, while 15 have been injured. A two-month old baby is among the dead. Earlier at Thursday...
ISRO calls launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H unsuccessful
The ISRO on Thursday launched navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The launch was dubbed as a failure due to problems in the fourth stage. Minutes after the launch, ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar said...
US tells Russia to shut down San Francisco consulate
The US State Department on Thursday said Russia will have to close its San Francisco consulate, as well as annexes in Washington, DC and New York, by September 2. The US State Department said it was responding to Russia's decision...
Rajiv Pratap Rudy , Uma Bharti Resigns Ahead of Likely Cabinet Reshuffle
New Delhi: Minister of State Rajiv Pratap Rudy has reportedly resigned from his position at the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Reports suggest he will be given ‘organisational work’ in the BJP. Another unconfirmed reports says Uma Bharti has also...
India’s first private sector-built satellite launched by ISRO unsuccessful
Sriharikota: The maiden launch of India's first private-sector manufactured satellite, the IRNSS-1H from the launchpad in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh was declared unsuccessful today. The 1,425 kg satellite had piggybacked on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which was on its 41st...
Mumbai building, overdue for demolition, collapse: death toll mounts to 21
Mumbai: After few more deaths reported during the rescue operations, the death toll in collapse of Bhendi Bazar situated multi-storey structure has mounted to 21. The deceased include 13 males and three females, a senior police official said. They were declared dead...
Bihar road rage case: Rocky Yadav convicted
New Delhi: Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, the main accused in the killing of a student in a road rage case in Bihar, has been convicted by Gaya District Court. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on September 6. On May...
Cabinet reshuffle likely on Sunday morning
New Delhi: A Union Cabinet reshuffle on the cards for a while, is now directly connected with Tirupati Balaji, say senior BJP leaders who are expecting a call from the PMO for inclusion in the cabinet. President Ram Nath Kovind will...
Hope I won’t be defence minister for long: Arun Jaitley goes nudge nudge wink wink
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has hinted that he would not be serving the post for long. Responding to a poser, during a press briefing, on his tenure as the defence minister, the union minister said, "At least I...
Supreme Court allows plea to abort foetus without skull
Pune: The Supreme Court today allowed a Pune-based woman to abort her 24-week foetus, which does not have a skull or a brain. The apex court relied on the report of the medical board of the Pune-based B J Government...
“RBI ‘gained’ Rs 16000 crore, but ‘lost’ Rs 21000 crore in printing new notes! The economists deserve Nobel Prize.”
New Delhi: Former finance minister P. Chidambaram today used Reserve Bank of India figures to lash out at it, saying 1% of the demonetised notes not coming back to the central bank was a “shame on RBI”. He also questioned the...
Mumbai building collapse: 3 dead, 11 rescued, 25 trapped
Mumbai: A five-storeyed, 50-year-old residential building, collapsed near the JJ junction at Pakmodia street of the Dongri area of Mumbai, Maharashtra on Thursday morning. The Husaini building, is located at the Bohari Mahal and falls under the jurisdiction of the JJ...
Mumbai: 3-storey building collapses in Dongri, many feared trapped
Mumbai: A three-storey building has collapsed in Dongri early today trapping many inside. Fire brigade and rescue teams have arrived at the spot. Mumbai has been receiving heavy rains since Tuesday throwing normal life out of gear. The maximum city received ...
Post demonetisation, merely 1.4 percent Rs1000 notes not returned, says RBI
New Delhi: All but 1.4 per cent of the old Rs 1,000 notes have come back into the banking system post demonetisation, the Reserve Bank said today. In its annual report for 2016-17, the RBI said that out of 632.6 crore...
Mumbai to get mobility soon: BMC says torrential rain improbable
Mumbai: A day after heavy rains and severe flooding in Mumbai after parts of the city received as much as 300 mm of rainfall, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday said that such 'unprecedented situation' was much mitigated...
Another Lokpal stir? Anna Hazare writes to PM Narendra Modi, threatens to launch campaign
File Pic New Delhi: In a stinging letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, social activist Anna Hazare today slammed the government for its delay in appointing a Lokpal even after three years in power and threatened another round of...
Indian student rescued from lake in hurricane-hit Texas dies
Texas: A 24-year-old Indian student died today, three days after he was rescued along with another Indian woman from a swollen lake in the US state of Texas where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc. Nikhil Bhatia, a PhD student at the Texas...
