PM credits Team India for WB ranking in ‘ease of doing biz’
New Delhi: Describing World Bank's latest annual 'ease of doing business' report as historic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is the outcome of the all-round and multi-sectoral reform push of Team India. "Historic jump in Ease of Doing Business...
India jumps 30 notches to 100th rank in ‘ease of doing biz’
New Delhi: India has jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking, helped by a slew of reforms in taxation, licensing, investor protection and bankruptcy resolution. The ranking comes as a shot in the...
Man claiming to be Mughal descendant lays claim over Ayodhya site
File Pic Lucknow: A man claiming to be the descendant of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar today staked claim over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site insisting that the demolished mosque belonged to Babur, therefore, he should be appointed the...
Army’s job is to train for war, not to build bridges: Punjab CM
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today criticized the central governments decision to rope in the Indian Army for rebuilding the Elphinstone bridge in Mumbai, terming it as "deplorable" and "an admission of the failure" of the government and the...
Delhi HC sets aside election of Praful Patel as AIFF president
New Delhi: The Delhi high court today set aside the election of Praful Patel, who was last year elected as the president of All India Football Federation for a four-year term, his third successive tenure. The court set aside the elections...
No Farmer Commits Suicide in Hinglajwadi, and It’s All Thanks to Women. Here’s How!
Hinglajwadi: Droughts, repeated crop failures and overburdening debts are the primary reasons why farmers in India are left with no option other than taking their lives—sometimes it is an entire family that succumbs to the garbling clutches of death. However, the...
Top 25 Achievements Of the Devendra Fadnavis Led Maharsahtra Govt
Nagpur: Devendra Fadnavis, the man hand-picked by PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for the the CM responsibility of Maharashtra. He has done a tremendous work for the development of Maharashtra. He has not just focused on Mumbai which earlier...
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When she's not saving Indians around the world, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj plays host to royalty. Seen here with Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Queen Jetsun Pema and their son Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck of...
Secret SID report warns Maharashtra govt of Muslim unrest due to unfriendly policies
Mumbai: State government policies like the beef ban, the clean chit to Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya and the education policy that treats madrasas students as ‘out of school children’ has been causing some heat burn among the Muslim community...
Three foot overbridges for Elphinstone Road station by Jan
Mumbai: Three foot over-bridges to be built by the army at Elphinstone Road station by January 31, 2018. The Army will be the helming the project. The announcement was made by Railway minister Piyush Goyal who was at the Elphinstone...
Raj Thackeray hoping to make a comeback, with a series of debacles
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray is honing an old weapon — the sharp edge of humour — to fight a political battle in Maharashtra after a series of debacles. When six of the seven corporators of his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) left the...
Mumbai School Sports Association official booked by Azad Maidan for hiring child labourer
Representational ImageMumbai: The Azad Maidan police have booked a 70-year-old general secretary of the Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) for allegedly hiring a 15-year-old boy to clean the premises. The accused, Esmero Figueiredo, has been booked under Child Care and...
Samruddhi Corridor will benefit farmers, Maharashtra government tells Bombay HC
Mumbai/Nagpur: Hundreds of farmers are vehemently opposing Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ dream project – the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Corridor – but the Maharashtra government is still claiming the project will improve the condition of farmers in the State. The government has...
PM Modi flags off ‘Run For Unity’ on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Run for Unity in the national capital today to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel. Sportspersons Dipa Karmakar, Suresh Raina, Sardara Singh, and Karnam Malleswari are also present with PM Modi at...
Patidar, Congress leaders meet, no agreement on quota issue yet
Surat: Members of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti met Gujarat Congress leaders but no agreement could be reached on the assurance about quotas for the Patels, a precondition set by PAAS leader Hardik Patel for extending support to the party...
Shiv Sena says it is set to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections with or without BJP
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on October 30 declared the BJP a principal enemy of his party. Raut also took a dig at BJP government in Maharashtra and said: "We are just the part of government, for the sake...
Article 35A: Supreme Court Defers Hearing by 8 Weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing into a batch of pleas demanding repeal of Article 35A, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. During the hearing of the matter, the Government informed the top court about its...
Kerala ‘love jihad’: SC says consent of girl is prime
New Delhi: The Supreme Court directs the father of a Kerala woman, who converted and married a Muslim man, to produce her before it on November 27. The court says it will interact with the woman in an open court...
1 dead, 57 injured in bridge collapse in Kerala
An old iron bridge used as a walkway has collapsed in Chavara near Kollam, Kerala. Rescue operations underway. One person is believed to have died, while the number of injured is pegged between 20 and 57. Details awaited....
Centre Gets 4 Weeks To Explain Why Aadhaar Is A Must For Cellphones
New Delhi: As the head of a state government, Mamata Banerjee is out of line for challenging the mandatory use of Aadhaar for welfare schemes, the Supreme Court said today, rebuking the West Bengal Chief Minister. But one part of...
Aadhar: SC says Mamata can’t challenge Central Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court responds to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying the state cannot challenge a Central Act. The court said she could challenge the Act as an individual but not as state. Banerjee had challenged the...
