Amid language war, DGCA tells airlines to carry Hindi newspapers on board
Image used for representational purposes onlyNew Delhi: Amid the uproar over imposition of Hindi, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued an advisory to airlines directing them to carry Hindi newspapers and magazines. The notice has been issued to...
The only VVIP who arrived after Ram Nath Kovind was sworn-in
New Delhi: Pomp and grandeur characterised the oath-taking ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind who took office as the President of India today. Let's go behind the scenes at the Central Hall of Parliament. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was the...
Karnan seeks remission of jail term from new President
New Delhi: Former Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan today made a representation before newly sworn-in President Ram Nath Kovind seeking remission of the six-month jail term awarded to him by the Supreme Court. The controversial former judge made the...
Mamata Banerjee: Removing Tagore from textbooks is rubbish!
File Pic Kolkata: After RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra recommended a host of changes to the National Council of Educational Research and Training in its textbooks, including removal of Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked as to how...
Feel privileged to walk in the path of Radhakrishnan, Pranab-da: Kovind
All the best, Mr Kovind. President Pranab Mukherjee with President-elect Ram Nath Kovind just ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind in his acceptance speech said "I am accepting this position with all humility and I...
Ram Nath Kovind sworn-in as the 14th President of India
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind has been sworn-in as 14th President of India on Tuesday. Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar administered the oath of office to the new constitutional head of the country. With this, he has also...
Ram Nath Kovind pays homage at Rajghat
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind is at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Rajghat ahead of his swearing-in ceremony today. He will take oath as India's 14th President today at a ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament at 12:15 pm. At Rajghat,...
Fire rages at govt office building in Delhi, all evacuated
New Delhi: Efforts to douse fire at Delhi's Lok Nayak Bhawan still underway; all people rescued safely. A major fire broke out today in Lok Nayak Bhawan in Central Delhi, the Delhi Fire Services said. The fire started at the fourth floor...
Lok Sabha Speaker suspends 5 Cong MPs for 5 days
File Pic New Delhi: Pandemonium reined in Parliament on Monday when the opposition trooped into the Wells of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to protest against the Centre's recent actions with regard to the Bofors Gun Case,...
Nithari Verdict: Moninder Singh, Surinder Koli get death sentence for killing Pinki Sarkar
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court here on Monday awarded death sentence to businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings. Pandher and Koli were was sentenced to death in...
Will Censor Board allow movie on Modi’s ‘role’ in 2002 Gujarat riots: Congress
New Delhi: Sandeep Dikshit, a former Congress lawmaker on Monday questioned whether Censor Board will allow a movie on Prime Minister Narendra Mod's "role" in 2002 Gujarat riots. Speaking to news agency, Dikshit said,''If tomorrow, I make a movie as to...
Why SIMI activists encounter case not given to CBI? SC asks Centre and MP govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Centre and Madhya Pradesh government on the encounter of eight SIMI activists in Bhopal in 2016.The apex court asked both the governments why was the case not handed over...
JNU VC wants battle tank in campus. Here’s why
New Delhi: Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University Jagdish Kumar said, that the presence of an Army tank in the varsity will remind the students of sacrifices and valor of the defense forces. Kumar called on Minister of State for External...
SC refuses to re-open probe into killing of Kashmiri Pandits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refuses to entertain a plea on the investigation and prosecution of people including Yasin Mallik and Bitta Karate in the killing of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90. The organisations working for Kashmiri Pandits at Jammu had demanded...
Supreme Court refuses to re-open probe into killing of Kashmiri Pandits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refuses to entertain a plea on the investigation and prosecution of people including Yasin Mallik and Bitta Karate in the killing of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90. The organisations working for Kashmiri Pandits at Jammu had demanded...
Congress Kerala Legislator M Vincent arrested for rape
Thiruvananthapuram: A Congress legislator from Kerala has been arrested on the charge of raping a 51-year-old woman, who attempted suicide after she was allegedly harassed by him, police said. He was arrested from Thiruvananthapuram. A case had been registered against the...
Chhota Rajan’s sharp shooter Khan Mubarak arrested in UP
Lucknow: Khan Mubarak, sharp shooter of underworld don Chhota Rajan, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Saturday in Lucknow. Mubarak was arrested after specific information about his plan to conduct loot. A large cache of arms and ammunitions...
Over 50% illegal sex-determination cases in Rajasthan, Maharashtra: Centre
New Delhi: A total of 2,371 police and court cases related to illegal sex-determination are going on in the country as on March this year, over 50 per cent of them in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. The government informed the Lok Sabha...
Smriti Irani’s ‘thank you’ note to Rahul Gandhi after his Hitler remark
New Delhi: Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks accusing the BJP-led NDA government of attempting to "strangulate reality" like the Nazi regime. Earlier in the day, Rahul had likened PM Narendra...
Baghdadi still alive: US defence secretary
Washington: United States Defence Secretary James Mattis said he believes Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive, shooting down claims he was killed inan air strike. "I think Baghdadi's alive... And I'll believe otherwise when we know we've killed...
TMC to launch ‘BJP Quit India Movement’: Mamta Banerjee
Kolkata: While addressing the Martyr’s Day rally in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, lashed out on Naredra Modi led Central government claiming that same is obstructing the work of State Governments and bulldozing secularism of the nation. In the...
