Varun Gandhi May Ditch BJP To Join Cousin Rahul’s Congress: Reports
New Delhi: If reports are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and late Sanjay Gandhi's son Varun Gandhi could join the Congress soon. Varun, who represents Sultanpur in the Lok Sabha, is not getting his due in the BJP...
Kopardi rape and murder case: All three accused sentenced to death
The Ahmednagar district sessions court has annouced sentence to death to all three convicts in the Kopardi rape and murder case on Wednesday. The court had on November 18, theld main acused Jitendra Babubal Shinde alias Pappu (21) and co-accused...
Legality of orphanage property sold to Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia in question
Mumbai: Almost 10 years after Abdul Mateen, a teacher and journalist from Jalna district of Maharashtra filed a petition against the sale of Waqf land in the upmarket Altamount road to Reliance Industries owner Mukesh Ambani, the Maharashtra Wakf...
Now, CBI judge Loya’s son Anuj claims family has no suspicions about his death
Anuj Loya, the son of Central Bureau of Investigation Court judge Brijgopal Harkishan, told Bombay High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellar on Tuesday that the family has no complaints or suspicions about the circumstances of his father’s death, according to...
Danve should be kicked on his back for his “bullets of farmers’ legs” remark: Munde
Mumbai: Senior NCP leader and Opposition Leader in Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde on Tuesday came down heavily on State BJP President Raosaheb Danve for his outrageous remark on farmers. Recently, Danve had said that police should have fired bullets...
Gun in hand, trigger happy Minister Girish Mahajan hunts for leopard
Jalgaon: Girish Mahajan is Maharashtra's Minister for Water Resources. But he seems to have a natural calling for the 'wild'. Sometime he is in the news for making 'wild' statements ("give liquor names of women to increase sale") and recently he...
Donkeys detained in jail for 4 days in a UP town!
Who is the real donkey here? A group of donkeys were 'arrested' and put in jail ('detained' they called it) for not a few hours but four days in this town of UP. This happened in Jalaun district. Why? What was their...
Hafiz Saeed files petition in UN to drop terrorist tag
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed has filed a petition in the United Nations seeking to remove his name from the list of designated terrorists. Saeed, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder, was put in the list on December 10, 2008...
Love jihad hearing: I want my freedom, Hadiya tells SC
New Delhi: Kerala woman Hadiya, who is at the centre of the Love Jihad controversy, appeared before the Supreme Court today. Hadiya has maintained that she wants to be with her husband Shafin Jahan and had married him out of...
School expels rape victim in Maharashtra
Latur: A rape victim on Monday was expelled from a school in Maharashtra’s Latur district in the name of maintaining dignity of the institution. The 15-year-old victim, a Class 11 student, had allegedly been raped by an army man on the...
Will skin Modi, says Lalu’s son after security is withdrawn
Patna: Furious over the Centre's decision to withdraw the NSG security from former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, son Tej Pratap today said that he will skin Narendra Modi, reported a news agency. "Narendra Modi-ji ka khaal udhedva lenge," he...
Maharashtra cuts extra marks for arts and culture of class 10 board exam
File Pic Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has revised the rules for awarding additional marks to SSC (Class 10) students excelling in arts and culture. The students can now earn up to 15 marks extra instead of 25 given earlier. The...
Waiver fails to reduce deaths, Maharashtra reports 2,414 farmer suicides in 10 months of 2017
Mumbai: Not much has changed for the aggrieved farmers who expected things to take a positive turn post the announcement of farm loan waiver by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. And, the proof of this is over 2,414 farmer suicides...
CRPF jawan killed in anti-Naxal ops in Gadchiroli
File PicA CRPF jawan was killed while two others were injured in an encounter with Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said today. A gunfight broke out between a joint team of the CRPF and Maharashtra police and...
Miss South Africa is Miss Universe 2017
South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was today crowned the Miss Universe for the year 2017. India's Shraddha Shashidhar failed to make a mark at the world's biggest beauty pageant as she could not even make it to top 16. Colombia' Laura...
PM prays at Bhuj temple ahead of Gujarat rallies
Kutch: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Ashapura Mata temple in Kutch, Gujarat this morning. The PM will on Monday continue his Gujarat campaign with a rally in Bhuj. This will be followed by several public meetings in Kutch,...
Fresh media probe reveals Justice Loya’s ECG was done at Dande Hospital in Nagpur
Nagpur/New Delhi: The death of CBI Special Judge Brijmohan Harikishan Loya, three years back in Nagpur continues to haunt BJP in the wake of fresh allegation by Loya's sister and father. Even as a report published in the media cast...
Sushil Modi to Change Son’s Wedding Venue After Tej Pratap Threatened to Disrupt Reception
Patna: A week after Lalu Prasad Yadav’s younger son Tej Pratap Yadav threatened to disrupt the wedding of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi’s son, the family recently decided to “change” the function venue, a BJP leader said in a...
Irfan Dar, Off-duty Kashmiri Officer Killed Like Ummer Fayyaz
Shopian: Irfan Ahmad Dar, an off-duty army soldier, who had gone missing on Friday evening was found with bullet marks this morning in Keegam village of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. The officials said that 23-year-old Irfan Dar was...
Sanjay Joshi says Hardik sex tapes a likely conspiracy
Vadodara: Former state BJP general secretary, Sanjay Joshi, came out in support of Patidar quota stir Hardik Patel's in the sleazy CDs row and said that it could be conspiracy. Joshi visited the city on Friday morning and had a brief...
Judiciary obliged to stand with citizens on Fundamental Rights: CJI
New Delhi: Dismissing the perception of judicial activism, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said that protection of fundamental rights of citizens is the "sacrosanct duty of the judiciary" and it is obliged to stand with citizens if government...
