Raghuram Rajan Not Interested In AAP’s Rajya Sabha Offer
New Delhi: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has no plans to take another break from academics to accept Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's offer to become a member of the Rajya Sabha. In a short statement issued on Wednesday, his office...
Jaipur royal family threatens to oppose Padmavati’s release
Jaipur: Members of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Diya Kumari, on Wednesday threatened to oppose the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmavati' unless "objectionable scenes" were not removed from the film. "As long as...
IT officials raid Jaya TV office over alleged tax evasion
Chennai:Income Tax department conducted a raid at Jaya TV and Dr Namadhu MGR (Tamil newspaper) premises in Chennai in a case of alleged tax evasion, ANI reported. "The search is following reports of tax evasion," NDTV quoted a senior official as...
IndiGo apologises to minister, but says staff was doing his job
New Delhi: IndiGo airline today apologised to the government over a brawl between one of its ground staff and a passenger, but maintained that the employee was "doing his work". Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has sought an independent probe...
Demonetisation anniv: Mamata Banerjee protests with black Twitter pic
Kolkata: On the first anniversary of the launch of Narendra Modi's demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee marked the day as a 'Black Day', saying demonetisation was a big scam. She turned her Twitter profile picture black and announced,...
Nun rape case: Jail till death for convict
Ranaghat: A Kolkata court has given a life term (jail till death) to a Bangladeshi man, who was yesterday convicted of raping a 72-year-old nun in Ranaghat, West Bengal. The convict, Nazrul Islam and five others were also held guilty of...
Mastermind of fake Aadhaar card racket held
File Pic Lucknow: The mastermind of a gang which made fake Aadhaar cards has been arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force here, officials said today. Durgesh Kumar Mishra, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was arrested yesterday. He was the mastermind...
Stand with those hit by PM’s ‘thoughtless act’: Rahul on DeMo
New Delhi: On the first anniversary of demonetisation, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi dubbed the note ban as a tragedy. Gandhi further slammed Centre's decision of swapping currency and said that his party stands with those who were hit by Prime...
IndiGO assault: Civil aviation minister summons all parties involved
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Wednesday summoned all stakeholders in the IndiGo assault issue where an airline staff and a passenger were engaged in a brawl. Earlier on Tuesday, Raju condemned the IndiGo staff-passenger scuffle and...
Pradhyumn Thakur murder: CBI arrests senior student of Ryan school
New Delhi: In a major development in Pradhyumn Thakur murder case, a senior student of Ryan International School, Gurugram has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, media reports say. Although the CBI is yet to make an official statement,...
PM shares ‘short film’ depicting DeMo as ‘bravest, unprecedented step’
On demonetisation anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the benefits of the same, shared a video from his twitter handle. The seven-minute-long video underlines the need and importance of ban of high value currency. The video depicts demonetisation as 'one of the...
Is AAP planning to send former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to Rajya Sabha ?
New Delhi: According to a news published by Times of India, in what could redefine equations within Aam Aadmi Party, which has been facing internal squabbling for the past several months, sources said a decision has been taken to nominate...
Terror on tarmac: Airline staff restrain and throttle passenger at Delhi airport after an argument – Watch
New Delhi: In an incident that will leave you shocked, a passenger was assaulted on the tarmac of the Delhi airport by the staff of an airline. As per details available, the incident took place after IndiGo Airlines flight 6E 487...
This Attitude Of Suspecting Everyone To Be Thief Is Damaging To Democratic Discourse: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today said demonetisation and GST is a complete disaster for our economy and has broken back of small time investers, while addressing small businessmen in Gujarat ahead of the crucial elections. On demonetisation which...
Meet Sahil Batav, The 22-Year-Old Who Stood up Against Man Breaking Traffic Rule
Sahil Batav, a 22-year-old from Bhopal, has set an example by standing up to hooliganism fearlessly. Sahil was beaten up by a man as he stopped the latter from driving on the wrong side of the road, but the 22-year-old...
Masood Azhar’s nephew, top JeM terrorist killed in Pulwama encounter
Pulwama: One of the three terrorists who were gunned down in South Kashmir's Pulwama district in an encounter on Monday was Talha Rasheed, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. The other two were 'Divisional Commander' Muhammad Bhai, a non-local and...
At this age and time of my life I seek peace: Amitabh Bachchan on offshore account Allegations
Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has spoken at length about his name featuring in the Panama papers and Bofors scandal, explaining that he has always cooperated with the "system" but wishes to be left alone at this stage of his life. His outpouring...
BJP seeks Smriti Irani’s intervention in stopping ‘Padmavati’ release
Mumbai: The Mumbai BJP unit today sought Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani's intervention to stop the upcoming release of Bollywood film "Padmavati" claiming the movie is a "distortion of historical facts" and will hurt sentiments of Hindus if...
Rahul Gandhi uses famous Gita saying to slam PM Modi
Shimla: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for twisting a saying from Bhagvad Gita to suit his interests. A high decibel campaign is being run in Himachal Pradesh with senior leaders of...
Press freedom does not include freedom to be factually incorrect: PM
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Daily Thanthi newspaper and said the media is an instrument to produce reform through peace, rather than by force, hence, it has as much social accountability...
Mamata Banerjee slams Modi’s ‘Great Selfish Tax’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the Narendra Modi government by terming the Goods and Services Tax "Great Selfish Tax to harass people and finish the economy". She said demonetisation was a disaster and urged social media users...
