Crude shock, Jio jolt: Reliance Industries lost Rs 50,000 crore market value in 13 days
Mumbai: The crude price rise and slowing customer addition in its telecom network put pressure on Reliance Industries (RIL), India's largest company by markets value. In November so far, billionaire Mukesh Ambani promoted RIL has lost about Rs 50,000 crore...
Shatrughan’s message for PM: Enough of hugging, work for nation
New Delhi: BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha message for PM Modi (without actually naming him). The PM, who arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, is in Manila to attend the ASEAN-India and the East Asia summits. Sinha who shares a fractious relationship...
Saifee Burhani Trust wins auction for Dawood Ibrahim’s properties in Mumbai with Rs 11 crore bid
Mumbai: The Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust on Tuesday won the auction for three properties of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The trust won the auction for the Shabnam Guest House, six flats in Damarwala building and a restaurant Rounaq Afroz, said...
Ram Rahim enjoying special treatment in jail, says inmate
Rohtak: A man who was in the same jail as convicted Ram Rahim Singh revealed that the self-styled godman is enjoying himself in prison. Rahul Jain, the convict out on bail told a news agency that the attitude of jail authorities...
Pak teen arrested for sexually assaulting chicken
Representational Pic Islamabad: As bizarre as it may sound, a teenager has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a chicken and killing it in Hafizabad, Punjab of Pakistan. Mansab Ali, the 14-year-old boy, assaulted a hen in his village near...
Being homosexual is a tendency, not permanent: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
New Delhi: Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar courted controversy with his statement that being homosexual is a tendency that may change later. He made the statement at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi after a student asked how he should...
SC dismisses plea to probe bribery charges against judges
New Delhi: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a SIT probe into an alleged case of bribery in the name of judges to get favourable orders for private medical colleges. The apex court made...
Nothing in India can be accomplished without Ram: Adityanath
Devotees stand near graffiti which reads, "Hey Ram" on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu March 10, 2013. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy...
Close shave for IndiGo passengers as wild boar strays on runway
Nearly 160 passengers and crew on board a Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight from Visakhapatnam had a narrow escape when a wild boar strayed on the runway and came under the aircraft while it was in the last stage of taxiing. As...
Jay Shah goes missing on day in court
Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of the Wire, tweets: @svaradarajan 22 hours ago "The Wire team outside the Ahmedabad courts today where Jay Shah did a no show, citing "social work", in his bogus criminal defamation case. First matter I've seen where...
Satisfied with Congress options on reservation: Hardik
Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Monday expressed satisfaction over the three options given by the Congress on how the party would grant reservation to Patels if voted to power and said the community leaders will take a final...
An alleged Hardik Patel sex video surfaces ‘just as expected’ says Patel
Ahmedabad: It is just what he expected from the dirty tricks department of BJP, says Hardik, as an alleged sex video of the 24-year-old pro-reservation Patidar leader was telecast on local Gujarati TV channels here on Monday. The firebrand youngster...
Alleged hijacking attempt at Cochin airport, man detained
Kochi: There was a major scare at the Cochin Airport today when a man allegedly tried to hijack a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight. The incident caused panic and led to delay in the flight's departure. He has now been detained by the...
Govt cut GST rates to avoid drubbing in Gujarat, says Sena
Mumbai: The Centre slashed goods and services tax rates to avoid a drubbing in the Gujarat polls, the Shiv Sena claimed today while dubbing the Bharatiya Janata Party an "expert in gaining political mileage and publicity" from any issue. In the...
Islamic banking will not be pursued by RBI
Mumbai: Islamic banking will not be introduced in India. The RBI decided not to pursue a proposal for Islamic banking in the country. The decision was taken after considering the wider and equal opportunities available to all citizens to access banking...
Over 100 dead as 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border
At least 129 people were killed when a 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border on Sunday. More than hundreds injured in the earthquake which triggered landslides in the region hindering the rescue effort, officials said. The earthquake jolted Iraq...
Watch: Maharashtra MLC Jayant Patil heckles Shah Rukh Khan in Alibaug
Mumbai: Maharashtra MLC from Alibaug Jayant Patil heckled Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for not coming out of his yacht at Alibaug Jetty near Gateway of India in Mumbai. The incident reportedly happened during actor’s visit to Alibaug, with his...
Amul boards Indian Railways via Twitter
New Delhi: Nearly a month after dairy giant Amul approached the Indian Railways on its official Twitter handle with a business proposition to use refrigerated parcel vans to transport butter across India, the first shipment is on its way. "First refrigerator...
Small businesses, seemingly most hurt by GST, may end up as big gainers: Morgan Stanley
New Delhi: Amid the clamour about GST hurting the prospects of small businesses and traders, a Morgan Stanley research report says that GST will actually help the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) to get access to formal credit, thereby...
BJP may defer Winter Session to prevent Congress raking up Jay Shah, DeMo issues amid Guj polls
New Delhi: The suspense over the winter session of Parliament may be over on November 17 when the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), headed by home minister Rajnath Singh, is expected to meet. But speculation is rife that the delay...
After Decade Of Stagnation Under Congress, Fadnavis Govt Gets Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link Back On Track
Mumbai: In a major step in the development of the 22 km long Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed three contractors for undertaking the project worth Rs 17,843 crore in three packages. The...
