Meat sellers urge UP Govt. to help legal shop owners
Lucknow: With the indefinite strike called by meat vendors affecting several establishments in the state, meat sellers on Tuesday urged the Uttar Pradesh Government to come up with provision so that legal shop owners can work without any problem. "The time...
HC orders arrest of man who claimed to be Jayas son
Chennai: The Madras High Court today directed the police to arrest a man who claimed to be the son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, saying he had not only cheated the court but also forged documents. Justice R Mahadevan...
FM Arun Jaitley tables crucial GST bills in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Taking another step to implement the biggest tax reform on time, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented four supporting bills in Parliament that will allow it to meet its July deadline. The bills -- Central GST, Integrated GST, Union...
Even drunk Kapil Sharma allowed to fly, Sena defends MP in Parliament
New Delhi: Comedian Kapil Sharma's alleged drunken behaviour on a flight was raised in parliament today as the Shiv Sena tried to defend its MP Ravindra Gaikwad. The Sena MP from Osmanabad was banned from flying most major airlines on Friday...
Lalita – 20 years’ old was burnt alive for protesting felling of a tree in Rajasthan
Jodhpur: A 20-year-old woman was burnt alive in her village near Rajasthan's famous with tourists' Jodhpur city on Sunday for protesting the cutting of trees. The village sarpanch and a revenue official are among 10 people named in an FIR...
Fight for India, not for gosht, UP meat sellers urge Yogi
As meat sellers across Uttar Pradesh went on an indefinite strike from today against the crackdown on illegal and mechanized slaughterhouses, they urged Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to fight for the nation and not for 'gosht'. "Yogi Adityanath should fight for...
Aadhar can’t be made compulsory for govt welfare schemes: SC
New Delhi: The government cannot make Aadhaar mandatory for extending benefits of its welfare schemes, the Supreme Court says. The government however, cannot be stopped from using Aadhaar in other schemes like opening of bank accounts, the court says. Meanwhile, on the...
6 injured in explosion at Khamaria ordnance factory in Jabalpur, some feared trapped inside
Jabalpur: Six people have been injured in an explosion at the Khamaria ordnance factory in Jabalpur. The blast took place inside the F-section of building no. 324 in the factory. An L70 shell was being loaded to be taken to Pulgaon...
Arvind Kejriwal To Face Trial In Arun Jaitley’s Criminal Defamation Case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent notice against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders in a defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass framed the defamation notice...
Vegas casino Bellagio in lockdown as gunman on the loose
Las Vegas: A gunman has reportedly opened fire at a hotel in Las Vegas, USA. Guests and tourists have had to flee the city's famous Bellagio hotel on the strip because of an 'active shooter'. Panicked people have tweeted their shock and...
Government questions New York Times editorial on Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi: India has reacted sharply to The New York Times' editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice of Aditya Nath Yogi as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and said the paper's wisdom to write such a piece was...
MP’s petition to reduce tax on sanitary napkins garners more than 2 lakh signatures
New Delhi: Member of Parliament Sushmita Devs petition to remove tax on sanitary napkins has crossed two lakh signatures on Change.org. The MP petitioned to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister for Health & Family Welfare JP Nadda and Union Minister...
US man shouts ‘go back to lebanon’ to Sikh-American girl: Reports
New York: A Sikh-American girl was harassed on a subway train here when a man, mistaking her to be from the Middle East, allegedly shouted "go back to Lebanon" and "you don't belong in this country," the latest in a...
UP Chief Minister Adityanath says anti-romeo squads must not ‘unnecessarily harass’ youngsters
Lucknow: While some had a hearty laugh on social media, others were flabbergasted with the concept of a squad hunting "for men who harass women" in the country's most populous state. Even the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
Lucknow goes veg: Meat, chicken, eggs off menu as sellers begin strike
Not just buffalo meat, Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow is fast heading towards a non-vegetarian crisis as entire chicken, goat meat and egg markets have begun shutting down. While more than 80% markets of non-vegetarian items already downed shutters on Friday, various...
SC issues notice to EC on EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into allegations that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were tampered with in the recent Assembly polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
Why minister Gadkari is extremely popular with MPs
New Delhi: The presence of Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, Nitin Gadkari, electrifies both houses of Parliament. MPs in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha wait for Gadkari to answer questions put to him in the...
ICC Chairman Manohar to remain in post following board resolution
New Delhi: ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar today agreed to defer his recent resignation following an ICC Board resolution to request him to remain in the post, was passed with overwhelming support earlier this week. In a significant show of support...
How AIADMKs ploy backfired on them
Chennai: That TTV Dinakaran, the AIADMKs deputy general secretary, personally spoke to two former law ministers in the UPA government, Salman Khursheed and M Veerappa Moily, to ask them to plead his partys case for the Two Leaves poll symbol...
PM’s power brekkie with Advani, home-state MPs
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi meets BJP MPs from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar and Daman and Diu in Delhi for breakfast at his residence. The PM met with nearly 50 MPs to discuss the election that's due in December...
What’s brewing? Mulayam’s chhoti bahu meets Adityanath
Lucknow: Aparna Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law, met with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath this morning along with her husband Prateek Yadav, the Samajwadi chief's younger son. The meeting was brushed off by the party as a "courtesy call". Around 9 am,...
