Amitabh Bachchan under I-T scanner in Panama Papers case
New Delhi: Income tax department is now more actively pursuing names, including Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, in connection with the offshore companies mentioned in the Panama Papers, as per Times of India report. The report quoting a senior official further said...
Government Mulls Early Lok Sabha Elections may be by Dec 2018
New Delhi: The government circles are looking into the possibility of aligning a significant number of state polls in sync with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, by advancing the national polls, along with a few state elections, in sync with...
At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou: At least 17 people were killed and another eight were wounded in a suspected terror attack at a Turkish restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. Express.co.uk quoted a police spokesperson as saying that the restaurant witnessed heavy gunfire and security...
Cloudburst in Mansarovar Yatra route; 3 dead, 7 missing
Malpa: Four soldiers and three civilians are missing in Mangti Nala, three bodies recovered in Malpa in Uttarakhand after cloudburst in Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route. The has been stopped following the incident. Two bridges have been damaged in Mangti and one in...
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Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Death toll rises to 63
Gorakhpur: More than sixty children including new borns and infants have died in last 48 hours at Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital run by the Uttar Pradesh State government. As is being alleged, disruption of oxygen supply in the...
Baba Ban: Ramdev Doesn’t Want Us to Read a Book About His Life
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev has had an injunction put on a book about his life written by Priyanka Pathak-Narain and published by Juggernaut Books, according to a statement released by the publisher. On August 4, 2017, the court of the ACJ...
Congress sends invites for Opposition satyagraha in Gujarat
After Lalu Yadav's anti-BJP rally planned for August 27 in Patna, opposition unity will face its big test in Gujarat where the Congress has decided to launch a satyagraha on September 1 along with other opposition parties, to protest what...
Chandigarh marches for women’s rights to public spaces
Representational ImageChandigarh: Exactly a week after 29-year-old Varnika Kundu's car was chased by two drunken men in Chandigarh, women from across the city gathered to reclaim the streets. The 'Bekhauf Azaadi' march started at 10 pm on the Geri route...
Dent in Opposition unity? Sharad Pawar skips meet,JD-U RS MP Ali Anwar Ansari suspended by Party
New Delhi: Sharad Pawar's party was a no-show today at the meeting of the opposition called by Sonia Gandhi. Pawar had earlier confirmed that he would depute a representative to the session. His turnaround comes after the Congress suggested that...
India deploys more troops along China border in Sikkim, Arunachal
New Delhi: In a strategically key move, India has poured in more troops along the entire stretch of its border with China in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the face of heightened rhetoric by Beijing over the Dokalam standoff, senior...
Nihalani ‘censored’ as the CBFC chairman; replaced by Prasoon Joshi
New Delhi: Controversy’s favorite child Pahlaj Nihlani, infamous among the masses for his censor decisions has been sacked from his position as chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification in India (CBFC). He will be succeeded by lyricist Prasoon Joshi....
Colossal tragedy: 30 kids die in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College due to lack of oxygen
Nagpur/Gorakhpur: In a tragedy of colossal magnitude, around 30 children lost their lives in the past 24 hours at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College due to lack of oxygen. The cause for the deaths of innocent kids...
Blue Whale Dare : Indore student attempts suicide, teacher foils bid
Indore: A Class VII student tried to jump off the third floor of his school building in Indore in an alleged bid to complete an online suicide dare, suspected to be the notorious Blue Whale, on Thursday, but was saved...
Hamid Ansari, outgoing V.P. warns of Tyranny if criticism of Govt. not allowed
File Pic New Delhi: Outgoing V.P. who was also Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari, in his farewell speech said today said a democracy could degenerate into a tyranny if free and frank criticism of government policies was not allowed. On...
CBSE to make NEET common question paper in all languages: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for setting different question papers for students appearing for National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) in regional languages. The apex court observed that there...
School Classroom Turned ‘Dance Bar’ At Night, Students Forced To Clean Up
Mirzapur: It is a classroom with flow charts and diagrams on its walls. But instead of neat rows of students, two women dance to Bhojpuri music, surrounded by men appearing to thoroughly enjoy the show as they shower cash on...
Lalu Yadav’s aide, RJD leader Kedar Rai shot dead
Patna: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur when the attack took place, the police said. "It appears to be the...
International para athlete Suvarna Raj to get NCPEDP’s Mphasis Universal Design Award
Nagpur/New Delhi: Suvarna Raj, an international para athlete and social worker, who was denied lower berth seat in Nagpur-Delhi Garib Rath Express despite being disabled and had to sleep on the floor of the train, is being honoured with NCPEDP’s...
Teen girl murdered in UP after being stalked for 6 months
Ballia: The 17-year-old girl, a resident of Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was intercepted when she was onher way to school and her throat was slit. The killers were four boys from her village in Ballia, and...
Mumbai shuts down as lakhs of Marathas begin historic march
Over a whopping 10 lakh Marathas from all over the state have begun a March in the state capital Mumbai this morning at 10 a.m. This is a culmination of many morchas carried out in different towns over the last few...
