Gambhir to bear educational expenses of Sukma bravehearts’ children
New Delhi: Veteran Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has pledged to bear the educational expenses of the children of the 25 CRPF personnel, who were killed in an attack by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma . The cricketer's media manager confirmed...
Sajjan Jindal meets Sharif, Pak oppn suspects deal over Jadhav
Indian steel magnate Sajjan Jindal, in pic left alongside, has met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a visit to Islamabad, triggering speculation in Pakistani media over revival of bilateral talks amid strains in ties. The meeting between Sharif and Jindal...
‘Shameful!’ Rishi Kapoor lets fly at stars for skipping Vinod Khanna’s funeral
Mumbai: Veteran star Rishi Kapoor, in a series of tweets, has slammed the "actors of this generation" for not attending superstar Vinod Khanna's funeral last evening. Khanna passed away at the age of 70 early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer. Kapoor,...
Man who failed to buy Sahara hotel sent to jail
New Delhi: Chennai-based Prakash Swamy, who had filed affidavit on a firm's behalf intending to buy Sahara's New York hotel, fails to deposit Rs 10 cr as per last order. The SC orders Swamy's arrest. He will be in jail...
IIM Ahmedabad director Ashish Nanda resigns
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) director Ashish Nanda has resigned from his post ahead of tenure, the B-school said on Thursday. Nanda, a former professor at Harvard Law School, was the first professor from a foreign school...
Pay Rs 2550 cr by June 15 or go to jail: SC tells Subrata Roy
New Delhi/Mumbai: The Supreme Court has asked the Bombay High Court's official liquidator to prepare the terms for auctioning Aamby Valley for its approval on June 19. Sahara chief Subrata Roy undertakes in the court to pay Rs 1,500 crore in...
Vacancy: Women cops to combat J-K stone pelters
Srinagar: Around 1,000 women will be hired in Jammu and Kashmir for a police battalion, which will primarily deal with incidents like stone pelting in the Valley. The policewomen will be part of the five India Reserved Battalions (IRBs), the...
Lokpal act a workable legislation: No need to keep it pending: SC to Centre
New Delhi: Strongly pushing for appointment of a Lokpal, the Supreme Court today said the existing Lokpal Act is a workable piece of legislation and there was no justification to keep its operation pending. The court was also of the opinion...
PM Modi launches UDAN scheme from Shimla, anyone can now fly at Rs 2,500
Shimla: PM Narendra Modi has launched the UDAN scheme, a regional air connectivity programme under which the fares of flights will be capped at Rs 2500 for an hour-long flight of 500 km. The PM launched the UDAN scheme from Shimla....
MCD Polls: Kapil Sibal calls out Congress for ‘sidelining’ veteran leaders
New Delhi: Admitting that lack of unity was a contributing factor to the Congress not winning the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls which was swept by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal called out the...
Vinod Khanna dead, he was 70
Mumbai: Vinod Khanna, the original heartthrob of Hindi films, died this morning. He was reportedly battling with cancer for years.The actor was 70. In his long Bollywood career, he worked in more than 100 films, and was an active politician, and...
Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi arrested in Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar: Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi was arrested in Srinagar late on Wednesday night. A heavy contingent of police, along with the SHO, arrested Andrabi from her residence in Soura at 11:30 pm on Wednesday. Andrabi is the founder of a separatist organisation...
Contempt notice to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for blaming centre, NGT over floodplains damage
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued a contempt notice against Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for blaming the government and the green panel over damage to the Yamuna floodplains. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson...
Facing multiple resignations after poll losses, Kejriwal calls MLAs’ meet
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be holding a damage control or rather an emergency meet with his MLAs in the wake of the drubbing in the MCD polls yesterday. A barrage of MLAs have offered to resign after...
3 army men martyred as terrorists attack army camp in Kupwara
Kupwara: An Army camp in Panzgam area of Kupwara was attacked allegedly by terrorists early Thursday morning. At least two attackers have been killed, NDTV reports, adding that searches are being carried out to ascertain if there are any more attackers. Reports...
Kept telling govt to speed up road work: CRPF DIG after Sukma attack
Raipur: Two days after Maoists killed 25 men from the Burkapal camp of the CRPF 74 Battalion while they were trying to secure an under-construction road in south Sukma, a top CRPF officer said he had repeatedly raised the terribly...
Days after Sukma attack, CRPF gets new chief
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was today appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force, two days after 25 personnel of the force were massacred by Naxals in Chhattisgarh. The paramilitary force was headless for...
Harbhajan complaint: Pilot de-rostered, says Jet Airways
New Delhi: Jet Airways says a full-fledged internal investigation is underway over the complaint by cricketer Harbhajan Singh that an expat pilot with the airlines hurled 'racist' comments at and physically assaulted a woman on a flight. The airlines said the...
Harbhajan appeals against ‘racist’ Jet pilot for abusing flier
New Delhi: An expat pilot with Jet Airways hurled "racist" comments at and physically assaulted a lady on a flight, cricketer Harbhajan Singh claimed today. Stating that the pilot also abused a physically challenged man, Singh termed the incident as "disgraceful"...
EC bribery case: Delhi court sends TTV Dinakaran to five-day police custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran to five-day police custody. Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi police on Tuesday night after four days of grilling in the EC bribery case. He was accused of...
You can’t Google in Kashmir for a month
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the suspension of internet services in the trouble-hit valley for a period of one month or till further orders. In an order, the Home Department has said that internet services in Kashmir valley...
