Paradise papers: No transactions for personal purpose, says Sinha
Union minister Jayant Sinha's name has cropped up in the leaked list of 'Paradise Papers' of companies having offshore entities globally even as he today said the transactions were not done for any "personal purpose". Sinha had worked with Omidyar Network...
Paradise Papers leak: Names of Amitabh Bachchan, Jayant Sinha (minister in Modi govt) and BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP RK Sinha appear in the list
New Delhi. After the Panama Papers leak, Indian government faced another moment of big shame and embarrasment in the form of the Paradise Papers leak, the biggest ever exposure of nation's who's who including mega star Amitabh Bachchan along with...
Give female names to alcohol brands to increase sales: Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan
Nandurbar: In a blatantly sexist comment, Maharashtra water resources minister Girish Mahajan said liquor manufacturers could rechristen their products with female names to increase sales. Mahajan, who was speaking at a function at the Satpuda co-operative sugar factory at Nandurbar in...
Indian-origin businessman killed in botched police raid in Nairobi
Nairobi: Bunty Shah, the 32-year-old Indian-origin Kenyan businessman, was killed in a case of mistaken identity during an anti-terror operation in capital Nairobi's last month, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Swaraj said Kenyan security forces were conducting anti-terror operations on the...
Air India scouts for $535 million loan to buy three Boeing planes
New Delhi: Air India is looking to raise loans worth $535 million to finance acquisition of three Boeing planes, including two aircraft that will be used for ferrying VVIPs, a senior airline official said. An Air India spokesperson confirmed the report...
BJP mustn’t be “one-man show”, two-man army”: Shatrughan Sinha
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha today said the BJP would be able to live up to the expectations of people only if it ceased to be "a one-man show and a two-man army". Sinha said the youth, farmers and the traders...
Can’t hurt Indian woman’s pride: Uma Bharti on Padmavati row
New Delhi: Union Minister Uma Bharti is the new entrant in the controversy surrounding the release of movie Padmavati. Uma tweeted an open letter on November 3 stating she cannot remain neutral over the Padmavati controversy and urged people not to...
Shell companies deposited Rs 17,000 cr after demonetisation
New Delhi: Around 2.24 lakh companies have been struck off till date for remaining inactive for two years or more, the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs said on Sunday in a release. Some of these companies are suspected to be...
Poachers kill rhino, calf in Kaziranga; 3 rhinos dead in 48 hours
Representational Pic Kanchanjuri: Assams Kaziranga National Park -- a World Heritage Site -- on Saturday night lost a rhino and her calf after poachers used an AK-series weapon to gun down the animals. This was the second incident of poaching...
ATS arrests Islamic State suspect at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on Sunday nabbed an ISIS suspect from Mumbais International Airport. Identified as Abu Zaid, the suspect is believed to have run an ISIS network involving several youths from Western Uttar Pradesh while staying in Dubai. He...
Hyderabad’s biryani, Tirupati laddoo & idli-dosa get India Post stamp
Hyderabad: The aroma of Hyderabad's trademark cuisine biryani, baghare baingan and seviyan -- may 'waft' through the air the next time you receive a mail from the India Post. These three signature dishes of Hyderabad have made their way into India...
Maharashtra govt okays new township in Palghar
Navi Mumbai: The new township development project in the vast expanse of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is Palghar district where the Devendra Fadnavis government has allotted 440.37 hectares to Cidco to develop the chunk of landmass in the district, close...
Station manager suspended after Hema Malini escapes bull attack
Mathura: Days after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini narrowly escaped a bull attack at the Mathura Junction railway station, the station manager has been suspended for allegedly failing to curb the menace, an official said today. Station manager K L...
Uddhav hails Mamata, says she defeated Left ‘without tampering with EVMs’
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today hailed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a 'tigress' for decimating the communists in her state, a task, which the saffron party said, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party had 'failed'...
Niti Aayog sees India to be free of poverty, corruption by 2022
File Pic New Delhi: Government think tank Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free of poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. According to New India @2022 document presented by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv...
Rashtrabhasha Row : HC sends contempt notice to Chief Secy over change of user
Nagpur/Mumbai: The row over Maharashtra Rashtrabhasha Sabha seems to be far from over even though it got a reprieve from State Government. The original petitioner Citizens Forum has filed a contempt petition before High Court against top officials charging them...
Ruckus at Fadnavis programme in Ralegan Siddhi, CM leaves place in a huff
File Pic Nagpur/Ralegan Siddhi: A youth went berserk and created ruckus at the programme of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday. The youth has reportedly been detained by the security guards of Fadnavis. According to reports, the Chief Minister was attending...
One life, one mission — bringing change to my country, says PM
Addressing at India's Business Reforms event in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that his life's only mission is to bringing change in the country and to its 1.25 billion people is my mission. Here are some highlights: - One...
3 killed in stampede in Bihar’s Begusarai
Three people were killed and at least 10 others injured in a stampede which broke out in Bihar's Begusarai district, news agency ANI reported. The incident took place at Simaria Ghat in Begusarai, where devotees had thronged for Kartik Purnima celebrations. ...
Mangle couple arrested for demanding Rs 10 crore from tainted MSRDC chief Mopalwar
Thane: A couple, who had demanded extortion money from the tainted MSRDC chief Radheshyam Mopalwar, was arrested by the Anti-Extortion Squad of Thane police on Friday. The accused, Satish and Shraddha Mangle, had demanded Rs 10 crore as extortion from...
WhatsApp back after global outage
WhatsApp, which suffered a global outage today for a brief period, with users reporting problems accessing the app, is now back and running. According to downdetector.com, WhatsApp was down in India, parts of the Middle East, Philippines, Germany, USA and...
