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...
Tushar Gandhi moves SC reopening Mahatma’s assassination case
Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, moves the Supreme Court opposing the reopening of the assassination case of the Mahatma. Amicus curiae Amrender Sharan seeks four weeks time, saying he is yet to receive documents from the National...
‘Plane is Covered by Hijackers’: Jet Airways Flight Diverted to Ahmedabad After Security Scare
Representational imageNew Delhi: A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight was diverted to Ahmedabad for “security reasons”. Security agencies said flight 9W339 was diverted to Ahmedabad after a threatening note was recovered from the toilet. “The aircraft is covered by hijackers, should...
Was Washington, DC, behind Modi Sarkar’s demonetisation move?
As we approach the first anniversary of a decision on whose efficacy the jury is still out, here's Norbert Haering, a German financial journalist and a PhD in economics, writing in 'George Washington's Blog' on zerohedge.com: 'Not even four weeks before...
NCP backs Chidambaram after PM Modi slammed the latter
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party on Monday came out in support of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the latter for his 'Kashmir' remark. NCP leader Tariq Anwar said, "PM...
Can’t let shadow economy to be larger than real economy: FM
Mumbai: Terming tax-paying as a "patriotic duty", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said given our aspiration to be a dominant player on the world stage, we cannot afford to be a place where the shadow economy is bigger than the...
Sena slams Maha govt over ‘hasty’ loan waiver scheme roll-out
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government over "hasty" implementation of the Rs 34,022 crore loan waiver scheme for farmers, alleging it has increased their miseries instead of providing relief. An editorial in Sena...
