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...
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...
