GST Intelligence Agency raids Tamil actor Vishal’s production house in Chennai
This comes immediately after the actor criticised Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja for watching parts of Vijay’s movie ‘Mersal’ online. A team of the Goods and Services Tax Intelligence Agency on Monday raided Tamil actor Vishal’s production house Vishal...
Shreyas Iyer in T20 team vs NZ; Ashwin, Jadeja back for Lanka Tests
Mumbai youngster Shreyas Iyer was included in the Indian team for the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zealand, while spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were named in the squad for the Sri Lanka Test series. Shreyas...
US: Police may have found body of missing 3-year-old Indian girl
The police in the US today discovered the body of a child, which they say is "most likely" of a three-year-old Indian girl who went missing two weeks ago, reports Seema Kachru/PTI. Sherin Mathews, who has developmental issues...
Pune horror: Two-and-a-half year old girl kidnapped, raped and murdered
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted from her home in Pune on Saturday night, has been found dead, 500 metres away from her residence, near Kudale Mala off Sinhgad Road. According to the police, the girl was sexually assaulted before...
‘PM-EC jugalbandi out in open’: Sibbal on Gujarat poll dates row
Congress leader Kapil Sibal today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission for not announcing the Gujarat assembly poll dates and said that the 'jugalbandi' between the two is out in the open. "PM , EC jugalbandi now in...
Despite eviction, hawkers back on Rly premises; vigil intensified
Mumbai: Despite the Elphinstone Road stampede in which 23 persons died, hawkers and vendors continue to encroach on railway station premises despite being evicted time and again. While the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers went on a rampage on Saturday to...
India’s dubious distinction – tops world in pollution deaths with Delhi and Patna being the worst
File Pic Patna: Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians in 2015. The highest in the world, even more than in China which is the country with the highest population. In China, the figure is 18 lakhs. In India, over 18 lakh lives...
Smriti Irani sees a Russia connection to Rahul Gandhi’s twitter popularity
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday took a jibe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi over the rise in the number of people retweeting his messages and sought to link this with twitter accounts in Russia,...
Linking Aadhaar to bank accounts mandatory, says RBI
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India today said biometric identity number Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts is mandatory. The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting a reply to a Right to Information application that suggested the apex bank has not issued...
Gujarat polls: Congress invites Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor to join hands
New Delhi: Hoping to garner support of various communities in Gujarat polls, the state Congress today invited Patidar quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel, Thakor community leader Alpesh Thakor and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani to join hands with the party to...
Mr Modi, don’t try to demon-etise Tamil pride: Rahul on Mersal row
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to "interfere" in the just-released movie "Mersal", saying cinema was a "deep expression" of Tamil culture. The comments came a day after Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan demanded...
RSS worker shot dead in UP’s Ghazipur
Image used for representational purposes only Lucknow: Tension has gripped Ghazipur after two motorcycle-borne miscreants shot dead an RSS worker and local journalist Rajesh Mishra and critically injured his younger brother Anitesh who has been referred to Varanasi. Angry youths protesting...
Army porter killed in Pak firing in Baramulla
Baramulla: An Army porter was today killed and a girl injured in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Kamalkote sector of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. "There was unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the...
Vijay vs BJP fight intensifies: Party asks actor to clarify his tax detail
Chennai: The BJP has sharpened its attack against actor Vijay with the party’s National Secretary H Raja asking the star to clarify his tax details. This after Vijay’s latest film Mersal took a dig at the BJP-led Central government’s policies –...
Rahul Gandhi’s Jay Shah offensive continues: Mitron, won’t speak, won’t let anyone speak
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi continued to attack PM Modi and Amit Shah over their silence on the corruption charges against BJP chief's son Jay Shah. New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's tweet attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
No beef ban in Meghalaya, asserts BJP
Representational Pic Shillong: The Bharatiya Janata Party today said there would not be any beef ban in Meghalaya and alleged that the Congress was 'misleading' the people on the issue to gain political mileage ahead of the assembly elections next year. The...
Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general
New Delhi: Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country's second highest law officer, resigned today for 'personal reasons'. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to...
7 cops suspended for ‘allowing’ EC bribery case accused roam free
New Delhi: Seven Delhi Police personnel have been suspended for allegedly allowing an arrested middleman in the Election Commission bribery case to roam freely in Bengaluru where he had been taken for a court hearing, police said today. Sukesh Chandrashekhar was...
Nawaz Sharif, daughter indicted in corruption cases
An anti-corruption court today indicted Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law over corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau. The accountability court in Islamabad indicted 67-year- old Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired...
41 Afghan soldiers killed in suicide attack on military base
At least 41 Afghan soldiers were killed in an attack targeting a military base in Kandahar, Afghan officials said. Khalid Pashtun, a member of parliament from the province, provided the toll from the attack. According to the Tolo News television channel citing...
Fire breaks out in central Mumbai mall
A fire broke out in a clothes shop at Om Gopal Mall in the Dadar area of Mumbai late last night, at around 1.30 am. Ten fire engines rushed to the site, and the fire was doused in three...
