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...
Fire breaks out in central Kolkata office building
Kolkata: A fire broke out around 10.20 am on the 16th floor of a commercial building on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in central Kolkata. The floor housed the server room of the State Bank of India's global market office. The chief general manager...
Two Girls Mowed Down by Shiv Sena Baramati Unit Chief’s Car
Pune: Two girls were mowed down by a car belonging to Shiv Sena’s Baramati unit Chief Pappu Mane on Baramati-Morgaon Road on Thursday, claimed TV reports. Mane is said to be absconding after the incident was reported. The incident reportedly happened...
Not more than 1,400 voters per polling station: EC
The Election Commission has decided that the number of voters per polling station should not exceed 1,400 as the paper roll attached to the papertrail machine cannot print more than 1,500 slips and attaching a new roll when polling is...
In chopper decorated as ‘Pushpak Viman’, ‘Lord Ram’ returns to Ayodhya
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives in Ayodhya to take part in Diwali celebrations. The event seeks to create the celebratory atmosphere witnessed in Ayodhya on Lord Rama's return along with wife Sita and brother Lakshman, after victory over...
CBI to look into Fairfax detective’s Bofors allegations
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation today said it would look into the 'facts and circumstances' of the Bofors scam mentioned by private detective Michael Hershmam, who alleged that the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government had sabotaged his investigation. Hershman, who...
Early morning raids at JNU hostels enrage students
New Delhi: An early morning raid -- the authorities call it a check -- in Jawaharlal Nehru University's hostel rooms has riled its students, with many maintaining that attempts are being made to malign the university's scholars, especially its women. Students...
