Ramdev faces angry protests in Rajasthan, video goes viral
Jodhpur: Founder of Patanjali and self-styled baba Ramdev, faced angry protests in Jodhpur in Rajasthan earlier this week. The video of angry protesters shouting slogans against him has gone viral on social media platform. In the video, Ramdev is seen emerging...
Bengal cops yet to receive requests for idol immersion on Muharram
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee could emerge victor in a bitter battle with Hindu right-wing organisations over immersion of idols during the states biggest festival, Durga Puja. Till Friday morning, the police had not received any application from community...
Ryan student murder: High Court stays arrest of Pinto family
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court today stayed the arrest of three Ryan International Group trustees who had sought anticipatory bail in connection with the killing of a student in a Gurugram school. A single judge bench granted stay on...
Kashmir Police suspects LeT killed BSF’s Ramzan Parray
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday suspected that Lashkar-e-Tayiba was behind the brutal killing of Border Security Force Constable Mohammad Ramzan Parray. North Kashmir Inspector General Nitish Kumar confirmed that there were three to four terrorists who first attacked...
Panama Probe : Big B, Ash submit document of their deal
Mumbai: Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan submitted documents of their financial dealings with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the ongoing Panama Papers probe. The Bachchans submitted their documents through their representatives. Earlier, they were summoned by...
Honeypreet’s former husband alleges threat to life
Karnal: Vishwas Gupta, the ex-husband of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's 'adopted daughter' Honeypreeet Insan, on Thursday claimed there was a threat to his life. Seeking police protection, Vishwas visited a police station in Karnal today. He...
Tarun Tejpal charged with rape, pleads ‘not guilty’
New Delhi: Tarun Tejpal, founder and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka, has been charged with rape, sexual harassment and wrongful confinement. The former editor pleaded not guilty. The court has said that the trial will begin from November 21. The former...
Facebook blocks journalist for post saying ‘kamal ka phool hamari bhool’
New Delhi: A Facebook user called Mohammad Anas was reportedly banned from the social networking site for 30 days after he put up a post with the message, 'Kamal ka phool, hamari bhool' (The lotus is our mistake), on his...
Yashwant Sinha was only following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s orders : Shatrughan Sinha Defends Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi: In his ferocious attack on the government and the economy, Yashwant Sinha was only following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's orders, claimed BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today. Shatrughan Sinha, a former actor whose exit from Bollywood has done little to...
American icon who introduced the world to Playboy magazine is dead
Playboy founder Hugh M Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist, who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolised by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91. Hefner...
Cop Suspended for Sharing Anti-Modi FB Post
Madikeri: A police constable, who shared a Facebook post which took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was suspended by Superintendent of Police P Rajendra Prasad. RTI activist BS Nandakumar of Makkanduru village, in Madikeri district, recently complained to...
IAF trainee aircraft crashes in Telangana; no injuries reported
Hyderabad:A trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Thursday morning in Keesara village in Telangana. The pilot of the craft is safe and no casualties or injuries have been reported. The trainee aircraft Kiran crashed at 11:45 am this morning....
Shiv Sena says BJP needs to prove Yashwant Sinha wrong
The Shiv Sena on Thursday backed former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha's criticism of the economy and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party needs to prove that the claims by Sinha are wrong. Backing Sinha's backlash at demonetisation and the downward spiralling...
Honeypreet wants to surrender…. conditions applied
Jailed Dera chief Ram Rahim's 'adopted' daughter Honeypreet want to surrender to the police, said sources close to her, but she has a few conditions. According to sources close to her, Honeypreet is in depression. Her health is getting worse...
Nawazuddin’s mom one of BBC’s 100 most influential women
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is elated that his mother Mehroonisa Siddiqui has been named as one of the most influential women in India by the BBC, shared his happiness on Twitter by posting a photograph featuring him with his mother....
Amid controversy, BHU’s VC asked to go on leave
New Delhi: Amid the controversy that has unfolded over the sexual harassment of a student in the Banaras Hindu University Campus last Saturday, reports suggest that Vice Chancellor GC Tripathi has been asked to go on leave by the HRD...
Sinha vs Sinha: Jayant rebuts father’s claims
New Delhi: A day after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's takedown of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's handling of the economy, his son and union minister Jayant Sinha has defended the government's economic policies, stating it is undertaking structural reforms that...
Patanjali needs to borrow Rs 5k crore to support expansion, says Baba Ramdev
New Delhi: Patanjali Ayurved is planning to borrow about Rs 5,000 crore to fund its mega food and herbal parks across the country, its founder Baba Ramdev said on Wednesday. The ayurveda-to-FMCG major has been funding most of its requirements from...
Deadline for obtaining Aadhaar to avail govt schemes extended to Dec 31
New Delhi: The Centre today extended the deadline for obtaining Aadhaar for availing government schemes and subsidies by three months to December 31. The extension is, however, only for those who are yet to apply of Aadhaar, an order issued by...
ED summons Tejashwi, Rabri in ‘hotels-for-land scam’
Patna: The ED has summoned former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his mother Rabri Devi in connection with its money laundering probe in a railway hotels allotment corruption case dating back to the UPA rule, officials today said. They...
Will think about dealing with fake photos: UNGA prez on Pak pic gaffe
New Delhi: United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has said that he will look into how to deal with the use of erroneous pictures, days after Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN used a photo to portray an injured...
