Narayan Rane quits Congress party
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Congress strongman Narayan Rane has quit the party. The strongman is now likely to join the BJP in the coming days. Rane reportedly wants his two sons also to be accomodated in the BJP, which...
Dawood Ibrahim ‘in talks’ with Centre for his return, alleges Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray dropped a bombshell today as he claimed that India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is trying to negotiate his return with the central government as "he wants to spend his last days" in his home country. The Maharashtra...
Jammu and Kashmir: Grenade attack on security forces in Tral; 3 dead, 7 CRPF jawans injured
Representational Pic Tral: At least three civilians were killed and 7 CRPF personnel were injured after a group of unidentified terrorists hurled grenades targeting a police party in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral on Thursday. According to a news agency, the convoy...
Calcutta High Court allows immersion of Durga idols on Muharram
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the immersion of Durga idols till 12 am on all days, including Muharram. The court further asked police to ensure routes are designated for immersion and Tazia. The court said there was 'no...
Politics the main course at Kamal, Kejriwal’s lunch meeting
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and actor Kamal Haasan are all smiles as they meet in Chennai where they will be having lunch together. Earlier, Haasan's daughter Akshara received Kejriwal at the airport and escorted him to Haasan's residence. The...
Rajasthan School Girl Allegedly Raped by Teachers, Suffers Brain Damage After Abortion
Jaipur: An 18-year-old class 12 student, allegedly raped by a teacher and owner of a private school in a school in Rajasthan, suffered a brain haemorrhage after abortion. The accused teacher, identified as Jagat Gujjar, and owner, Jagdish Yadav, have...
IT Raids on SM Krishna’s Son in-law VG Siddharth’s Office, Cafe Coffee Day Premises
New Delhi: Income Tax officials on Thursday raided the premises and office of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) CMD and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader SM Krishna’s son-in-law VG Siddhartha. Searches are on at firms and properties belonging to VG...
Journalist killed while covering violent clashes in Tripura
A journalist working for a local channel, Din Raat, was fatally attacked while covering a clash between the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura and the ruling CPI-Ms tribal wing, Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, in western Tripuras Mandai area,...
North Korea shrugs off Trump threat as ‘dog’s bark’
North Korea's foreign minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's fiery threat to destroy his nation, comparing it to a "dog's bark" and suggesting Pyongyang would not be deterred by the rhetoric. Trump used his stormy maiden address at the...
Breakthrough in Gauri Lankesh case: SIT gets facial profile of attacker
The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh now has a facial profile of her attacker. The images, which were developed by matching CCTV footage with eyewitness accounts, have given police enough leads to launch a...
In New York, Rahul attacks Centre over intolerance
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said that incumbently divisive politics is being practiced in India. While addressing a gathering at Times Square in New York, Gandhi said that people around the...
Stranded plane moved but Mumbai airport remains crippled
The second day of downpour in Mumbai severely crippled air traffic with over 108 flights being cancelled and another 51 flights have been diverted to nearby airports. The SpiceJet Boeing 737 aircraft carrying 183 people was finally retrieved after 23...
CBI agents charged with trespass for trying to raid the wrong judge
Odisha: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in big trouble after allegedly landing up at the home of an Orissa High Court judge though it was looking to raid a retired Chief Justice under investigation for corruption. Accused of...
Govt will announce additional measures to boost economy: Finance Minister
New Delhi: The government is working on additional measures to bolster economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said while maintaining that inflation is well under control. GDP growth hit a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in the June quarter. The minister...
I invite Adityanath to visit my village and say which tree will bear what fruit: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today called Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's 'white paper', highlighting the failure of previous regimes, a "book of lies". He allged that the Adityanath government failed to bring about any development in the past six months. "The...
Arnab Goswami ‘deletes’ video, Times Now editor puts it back on web
New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the raging controversy surrounding the video speech of Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami, now his former employer Times Now too has joined the ongoing campaign against him. Soon after media Reporter reported the veteran...
Can’t Durga Puja, Muharrum be held together, asks court
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over notification imposing restrictions on Durga idol immersion (Vijaya Dashami) and Muharram falling on the same day. The court, while hearing a plea against the...
Cyclone warning in Mumbai fake news, says IMD
Mumbai: Mumbai's disaster management cell says that reports of a cyclone are not true. @DisasterMgmtMum tweets: "As informed by IMD there is no cyclone warning for Mumbai. Citizens r requested not to spread & trust rumour." IMD posted another tweet thereafter...
Marriage racket busted in Hyderabad, 8 sheikhs arrested
File Pic Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police on Wednesday arrested eight sheikhs and four Muslim clerics for allegedly being part of a marriage racket. The arrested sheikhs hail from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar. The clerics were held on the charges of...
Mexico Earthquake: 248 dead, 21 children crushed under school
Mexico City: At least 248 people were killed when a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, including 21 children crushed beneath an elementary school that was reduced to rubble. The destruction revived horrific memories in Mexico on the anniversary of...
‘Dera folllowers scattered ashes of kin in sect HQ’
Sirsa: Around 300-400 followers of Dera Sacha Sauda had over the years scattered ashes of their relatives after their cremation inside the sect headquarters as part of "rituals", a senior Dera functionary has told a Special Investigation Team of Haryana...
