New Age Young Women Enterprenuers will lead India to glory : Governor
Mumbai: Stating that young Indian women are making their mark in businesses, boards, start ups and enterprises, Maharashtra Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao expressed confidence that the new age women will lead India to glory in the years to come. The...
Andhra cop’s hilarious reaction to traffic violators goes viral
Anantapur: Five people..One bike..No helmet, the fed cop bowed to the violators for their ignorance, a click of which has now become viral. A hilarious picture to promote road safety, shared by a senior Karnataka cop, has Twitter in splits. Abhishek...
Chinese woman loses partial eyesight after playing game on smartphone for 24 hours continuously
Representational Pic Beijing: Addiction of playing game has cost a young Chinese woman of her eyesight when she was rendered partially blind after playing video game on her smartphone for 24 hours, the media reported. The unnamed gaming addict was...
In Bengaluru, Accenture techie, 28, is stabbed to death
Bengaluru: A 28-year-old techie working with software major Accenture was killed in a Bengaluru suburb early on Monday morning while he was on his way to meet a woman friend. Pranoy Mishra belonged to Odisha. He was found bleeding after being...
From ‘beti bachao’, govt transitioned to ‘beta bachao’: Rahul
New Delhi: The government had transitioned from "Beti Bachao" to "Beta Bachao", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today in another swipe following a report alleging that a firm owned by Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah's son saw a...
It’s a girl! Baby born on Mumbai train platform
Mumbai: Finally, a happy story from Mumbai's suburban railway system. A 26-year-old woman Salma Shaikh delivered a baby girl on platform 3 of Mumbai's Dadar Station last night. The train was en route to CST from Kalyan and was stationed on platform...
PM Modi congratulates Maharashtra BJP for shining at gram panchayat polls
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi congratulated BJP for shining at gram panchayat polls, elections to which were held on Sunday. BJP on Monday had claimed to have won the largest number of posts of sarpanch at the panchayat polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Texas Tech University shooting: Police officer killed, campus on lockdown, student suspect apprehended
Lubbock (Texas): The student suspected of killing a Texas Tech University police officer has been apprehended after a SWAT team operation. The university was on lockdown for an hour after the school announced that an officer was shot dead. The suspect...
NHRC notice to GOI & Mah. GOVT on pesticide deaths of innocent farmers & farm Labours
File Pic New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra several farmers had to be hospitalized, during the last three months, due to an infection, caused...
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali got discounts worth $46 million for land acquisitions since Modi came to power, claims Reuters
Nagpur: In a recent report by Reuters, it has been claimed that since the Narendra Modi led government has captured the power in centre, our very own ‘Yoga Guru’ Ramdev Baba has been aided with discounts in land acquisition amounting...
Faced With ₹100-Crore Defamation Case, Journalist Who Reported On Jay Shah’s Business Refuses To Back Down
New Delhi: Journalist Rohini Singh, who investigated into the alleged irregularities in business enterprises run by Jay Amitbhai Shah, BJP President Amit Shah's son, for The Wire, has stood up for herself after being slapped with a defamation case. In...
Godhra verdict: Death sentence of 11 commuted to life
The Gujarat High Court commutes the death sentence of 11 convicts to life terms. The convicts had challenged the convictions and acquittals by a special SIT court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case. The court rejected pleas for...
Pothole on taxiway delays flight operations at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: A pothole created by heavy rainfall on one of the taxiways at the Mumbai airport delayed flight operations for the second time in less than a month. According to sources, the heavy rainfall had led to a pothole on...
Chandigarh: 15 injured after gas balloon blast at an event
At least 15 people got injured in a gas balloon blast at a function in Chandigarh's Sector 34 last evening. The annual function of the Allen Career Institute was underway when the incident took place.According to a preliminary investigation, the accident...
The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah
News as Published in The Wire New Delhi: The turnover of a company owned by Jay Amitbhai Shah, son of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, increased 16,000 times over in the year following the election of Narendra Modi as...
Sitharaman makes aerial survey of Doklam-Nathula area
New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today made an aerial survey of the Doklam-Nathula area on the Sino-India border, a day after the government said the status quo at the site has not changed since the disengagement on August 28. Sikkim...
Heavy rains likely in Mumbai for the next few hours
Mumbai: The Indian Meteorological Deptment has forecast showers coupled with thunder and lightning over the next few hours in Mumbai. According to IMD's forecast, Mumbai will experience 'loud peals of thunder with frequent lightning flashes, moderate to heavy spell...
Sanatan Sanstha trio behind Gauri Lankesh’s killing?
Jay Prakash ‘Anna’, Sarang Akolkar alias Sarang Kulkarni and Praveen Linkar Bengaluru: In the first sign that the Special Investigation Unit, investigating the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh may have homed in on her killers, the SIT has...
Adani: Thousands turn out across Australia to protest against Carmichael coal mine
A national day of action to oppose the proposed Carmichael coal mine has seen thousands of protesters turn out in locations across Australia. Rallies in locations including Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Port Douglas in North Queensland heard messages...
Major fire at oil tank farm on Butcher Island off Mumbai
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at an oil tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) located on the Butcher Island off the east coast of Mumbai on Friday evening, with authorities suspecting that it was caused by a...
Jaitley announces changes to GST, to help small companies
New Delhi: The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, met in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the GST Council to review all the problems arising from the new indirect tax regime. The council deliberated...
