India’s first private sector-built satellite launched by ISRO unsuccessful

Sriharikota: The maiden launch of India's first private-sector manufactured satellite, the IRNSS-1H from the launchpad in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh was declared unsuccessful today. The 1,425 kg satellite had piggybacked on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which was on its 41st...

Mumbai building, overdue for demolition, collapse: death toll mounts to 21

Mumbai: After few more deaths reported during the rescue operations, the death toll in collapse of Bhendi Bazar situated multi-storey structure has mounted to 21. The deceased include 13 males and three females, a senior police official said. They were declared dead...

Bihar road rage case: Rocky Yadav convicted

New Delhi: Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, the main accused in the killing of a student in a road rage case in Bihar, has been convicted by Gaya District Court. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on September 6. On May...

Cabinet reshuffle likely on Sunday morning

New Delhi: A Union Cabinet reshuffle on the cards for a while, is now directly connected with Tirupati Balaji, say senior BJP leaders who are expecting a call from the PMO for inclusion in the cabinet. President Ram Nath Kovind will...

Hope I won’t be defence minister for long: Arun Jaitley goes nudge nudge wink wink

New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has hinted that he would not be serving the post for long. Responding to a poser, during a press briefing, on his tenure as the defence minister, the union minister said, "At least I...

Supreme Court allows plea to abort foetus without skull

Pune: The Supreme Court today allowed a Pune-based woman to abort her 24-week foetus, which does not have a skull or a brain. The apex court relied on the report of the medical board of the Pune-based B J Government...

“RBI ‘gained’ Rs 16000 crore, but ‘lost’ Rs 21000 crore in printing new notes! The economists deserve Nobel Prize.”

New Delhi: Former finance minister P. Chidambaram today used Reserve Bank of India figures to lash out at it, saying 1% of the demonetised notes not coming back to the central bank was a “shame on RBI”. He also questioned the...

Mumbai building collapse: 3 dead, 11 rescued, 25 trapped

Mumbai: A five-storeyed, 50-year-old residential building, collapsed near the JJ junction at Pakmodia street of the Dongri area of Mumbai, Maharashtra on Thursday morning. The Husaini building, is located at the Bohari Mahal and falls under the jurisdiction of the JJ...

Mumbai: 3-storey building collapses in Dongri, many feared trapped

Mumbai: A three-storey building has collapsed in Dongri early today trapping many inside. Fire brigade and rescue teams have arrived at the spot. Mumbai has been receiving heavy rains since Tuesday throwing normal life out of gear. The maximum city received ...

Post demonetisation, merely 1.4 percent Rs1000 notes not returned, says RBI

New Delhi: All but 1.4 per cent of the old Rs 1,000 notes have come back into the banking system post demonetisation, the Reserve Bank said today. In its annual report for 2016-17, the RBI said that out of 632.6 crore...

Mumbai to get mobility soon: BMC says torrential rain improbable

Mumbai: A day after heavy rains and severe flooding in Mumbai after parts of the city received as much as 300 mm of rainfall, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday said that such 'unprecedented situation' was much mitigated...

Another Lokpal stir? Anna Hazare writes to PM Narendra Modi, threatens to launch campaign

File Pic New Delhi: In a stinging letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, social activist Anna Hazare today slammed the government for its delay in appointing a Lokpal even after three years in power and threatened another round of...

Indian student rescued from lake in hurricane-hit Texas dies

Texas: A 24-year-old Indian student died today, three days after he was rescued along with another Indian woman from a swollen lake in the US state of Texas where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc. Nikhil Bhatia, a PhD student at the Texas...

This Maharashtra minister appeals stuck Mumbaikars to use his official bungalow

Mumbai: Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat has appealed to people stranded in south Mumbai for unavailability of transport following heavy rains, to take shelter in his official residence for time being. In his appeal made through Facebook, the Bharatiya Janata...

Children Death toll in BRD: 290 in August

Gorakhpur: A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh...

Video: Jodhpur Doctors squabble during C-section, newborn dies

Deadline to link Aadhaar to social benefit schemes extended to December 31

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that all petitions related with Aadhaar- related matters will be heard in the first week of November. The Centre told the apex court that it will extend the deadline for mandatory Aadhaar to avail...

Haryana CM rejects demands for resignation over Dera violence

File Pic Chandigarh: Responding to demands for his resignation over the violence that led to 38 deaths following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said his government...

Union Cabinet hikes GST cess on sedans, SUVs to 25%

New Delhi: The Cabinet today gave its nod for hike in cess on mid-size, large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent from 15 per cent under the new GST regime. Prices of most SUVs were cut between Rs 1.1 lakh...

Shiv Sena says BMC should be complimented for Mumbai’s preparedness

Mumbai: Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, the Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, on Wednesday complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not "go out of hand"....