Army Chief Rawat going into detail on Myanmar surgical strike leaves govt. red-faced
New Delhi: At a book release function in Pune on Friday, General Rawat elaborated on the cross-border raid carried out by the Army on NSCN-K militant hideouts in Myanmar. While India is working to improve ties with Myanmar, comments by Chief...
British govt must apologise for Jallianwala massacre: London mayor
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is currently on a visit to India, paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar on Wednesday and said it is time for the British Government to apologise for the tragedy. Khan...
Unlike Narendrabhai, I’m human. We make mistakes: Rahul
The first mark of a leader -- admit your mistakes, learn from them and move on. Congress vice-president and soon-to-be president, Rahul Gandhi, committed an embarrassing mathematical faux pax with regard to the prices of essential commodities. Realising his mistake soon...
JNU Cancels Subramanian Swamy’s Talk on ‘Why Ram Mandir in Ayodhya?’
New Delhi: Authorities at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) cancelled a scheduled talk by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on the topic “Why Ram Mandir in Ayodhya?”, reported news agency ANI. No reason has been cited by the...
7 naxals including 5 women shot dead in Sironcha village
Gadchiroli: As many as 7 naxalites, including 5 women and 2 men were gunned down in a close encounter that took place between C-60 jawans and Maoists, near village Kalled, 15 kms north of Zinganoor in Sironcha taluka of Gadchiroli....
Acid attack on ninth standard girl in Amravati
Representational Pic Amravati: In a ghastly incident a ninth standard girl of Govt High school was attacked with acid by three youths when she was returning home. Police have arrested two youths on suspicion. According to report, the incident took place...
Maharashtra govt to cut workforce by 30%, asks depts to submit new plan by year-end
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to reduce its workforce by 30 percent as part of efforts to reduce its wage bill. The government has sent notices to all departments and asked them to submit a new plan featuring a...
Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court Defers Hearing to February 8, 2018
New Delhi: A three-judge Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer on Tuesday fixed February 8, 2018 as the next date of hearing in the long-pending Ayodhya Ram Janmbhoomi land dispute. The...
Shashi Tharoor’s office gets condolence messages on Shashi Kapoor’s death!
New Delhi: Both guys handsome beyond description and oh so debonair! But one is very much alive - God bless! - and another tragically no more. Yet, it is the one who is alive and kicking who is getting the condolence...
Lalita Salve, the Constable from Beed was always a boy!
Mumbai: Nature, always meant for her to be born as, and live the life of a male...not a female! Lalita Salve, the Beed constable whose decision to seek a sex-change surgery has caused much turmoil in the police department, does...
Time and nation will decide on Rahul’s leadership: Sena MP
Mumbai: Time and nation will decide on the leadership skills of Rahul Gandhi, who is set to be elevated as Congress president, a Shiv Sena MP said. The 47-year-old Congress vice president filed his nomination papers for the post of party...
Former JDU President Sharad Yadav Disqualified From Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Former Janta Dal (United) leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar Ansari were disqualified from the membership of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Yadav’s membership was challenged by JDU’s floor leader Ram Chandra Prasad Singh. The veteran leader had...
Man calls up police posing as Fadnavis aide, arrested
Ahmednagar: A 30-year-old Pune resident called up police posing as an aide of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and got himself arrested so he could receive healthcare in prison, an official said today. Amit Jagannath Kamble, a resident of Navi Peth...
Maha govt challenges HC order to hold bullock cart race
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Monday challenged the Bombay High Court’s orders of August 16 and October 11 witholding bullock cart race in the state till the final disposal of the matter pending with the court. The matter is likely to...
Cyclone Ockhi: Schools shut in Mumbai on Dec 5; Gujarat on high alert
Mumbai: Precautionary holiday has been declared in schools and colleges in Mumbai and adjoining districts on Tuesday due to 'serious weather predictions' in view of Cyclone Ockhi, Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde said on Monday. Schools and colleges in Mumbai Metropolitan Region,...
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,...
