IT Dept raids Bengaluru resort where Guj Congress MLAs staying
Bengaluru: Income Tax Department raids Karnataka energy minister D K Shivakumar's residence and Eagleton Golf Resort where Gujarat Congress MLAs are staying. The raids are underway at Shivakumar's residence in Kanakapura, Sadashivanagar and Congress MLAs rooms in Eagleton Golf Resort. The raids...
NITI Ayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagriya quits
Arvind Panagriya, who was handpicked by Modi to head NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog immediately after its creation on 1st January 2015, has resigned as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog, bringing an end to his two-and-a-half year stint at...
LeT top commander Abu Dujana gunned down by security forces
New Delhi: Abu Dujana, top commander of Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Jammu and Kashmir and another terrorist- Arif, have been gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama. Dujana, 27, was shot when he had sneaked into a house...
Upset with government apathy, Indian Deaflympics team refuse to leave airport
The Indian continent of hearing impaired athletes that participated in the 23rd edition of the Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey, refused to leave Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday morning as there was no one around to receive them or...
Ramdas Athawale in soup for saying transgenders shouldn’t wear saris
Mumbai: Known for courting controversies, Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale said members of the transgender community should not wear a sari. "They are not men, they are not women, but they are human... why should...
Stop sulking and debate, Nitish Kumar tells upset Sharad Yadav
Patna: Sharad Yadav's formal dissent on the political upheaval in Bihar after five long days, drew a prompt response from Nitish Kumar. And the message from the chief minister was sharp: Stop sulking and debate in party forum. The forum...
To eliminate subsidy, Center orders LPG prices to be hiked by Rs 4 per month
New Delhi: The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by March next year, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. The government had previously...
NOTA option to be available in Gujarat Rajya Sabha election
The 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) option will be available to the MLAs who would cast vote in the August 8 Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat. "As per the directions issued by the Election Commission of India in 2013, NOTA option...
Govt indirectly encouraging gau rakshaks: Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed a heated discussion over reported incidents of mob lynching across the country with Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the government of "indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal...
Gujarat Floods toll rises to 213; CM Rupani visits Banaskantha
Ahmedabad: At least 213 people have died so far in the devastating floods that ravaged north Gujarat districts, even as relief and rescue operations were in full swing following a break in the rain fury. 4225 animals also died after...
RJD plea against Nitish govt dismissed, Sushil Kumar takes charges as Dy CM
Sushil Kumar Modi takes charge as the Deputy CM of Bihar, even as the Patna High Court dismissed two petitions challenging the formation of a new government by Nitish Kumar's JD-U along with the BJP. Sushil Kumar Modi, said that development...
Many army veterans write to PM condemning violent vigilantism
New Delhi: Hundred and fourteen army veterans have written to the PM condemning violent and terror acts in the name of 'protecting religion and religious beliefs'. They have clarified that they do not owe allegiance to any political party and...
Biggest drug haul: 1500 kg heroin worth Rs 3500 cr seized off Gujarat coast
In one of the biggest drugs haul, an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship seized 1,500 kgs of heroin valued at about Rs 3,500 crore from a merchant vessel off the Gujarat coast, a defence spokesperson said today. Merchant vessel 'Henry' was...
Don’t agree with decision on Bihar, not mandate of people: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and newly elected JD(U) National President being greeted by outgoing party president Sharad Yadav in New Delhi on Sunday.PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla(PTI4_10_2016_000086B) Senior JD(U) leader and MP Sharad Yadav who has stopped just...
Fate of app-based cab service providers to be decided today
A Delhi court will today announce order on a plea seeking prosecution of app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly violating the fare rules. The order was to come on Saturday, but as metropolitan magistrate Abhilash Malhotra, who...
JD-U in its ranks, NDA gets a Rajya Sabha boost
The Janata Dal-United joining the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has come as a shot in the arm for the Narendra Modi government in the Rajya Sabha. The government was short of the 123-member halfway mark in...
BJP urges Sharad Yadav not to lose faith in PM
The BJP on Monday said that senior JD(U)) leader Sharad Yadav should not lose his faith on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as nobody engrossed in corruption would be spared. "We admire Sharad Yadav and he has worked with the NDA Government...
Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath have lunch at BJP worker’s house
Lucknow: It was a special Sunday for BJP worker Sonu Yadav as his party president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited his residence to have lunch. The 33-year-old Yadav, who is the in-charge of a polling booth...
Kejriwal used worse abuses than crook for Jaitley: Jethmalani
New Delhi: After quitting as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's counsel in the defamation case against Arun Jaitley, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in an explosive letter has revealed that the Aam Aadmi Party chief "used worse abuses" than 'crook' for...
Impossible for Ahmed Patel to win RS poll: Gujarat Congress MLA
New Delhi: Amid the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the...
MP mob targets Muslim women over beef rumour, 27th attack this year
Mandsaur: A video showing two Muslim women being slapped, kicked and abused for nearly half an hour by a mob of cow vigilantes, as police stand by has surfaced. Gau mata ki jai! (hail mother cow), the attackers scream, as onlookersone...
