Not in race for UP CM post: Manoj Sinha
Lucknow: As several media reported that Manoj Sinha to be PM Narendra Modi's Uttar Pradesh chief minister choice, the Union minister has denied the media reports. Nor I have claimed for it neither I am in the race for the post,...
Former racing champion Ashwin Sundar dies in mishap
Chennai: Former national racing champion Ashwin Sundar and his wife Niveditha died in a mishap at MRC Nagar in Chennai, on Saturday. According to police sources, the car in which the two were traveling caught fire after it hit a roadside...
ISIS suicide bomber threat over Taj, security upped
New Delhi: Security has been enhanced at the Taj Mahal in the wake of a media report of a threat to the 17th century monument from terror outfit ISIS. "A link has been circulated in which it is claimed that Taj...
Trivendra Rawat to be Uttarakhand Chief Minister
New Delhi: Trivendra Rawat to Uttarakhand Chief Minister, will take oath tomorrow. Rawat has been elected leader of the legislative party. Rawat, a leader with RSS background, was the front-runner in the race for the coveted chief minister's post in Uttarakhand. The...
Sidhu refuses to quit Kapil Sharma show, Cong (needlessly) fears Office of Profit rap
New Delhi: Punjab's new tourism minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is not new to controversies. Neither does he shy away from them. The cricketer-turned politician, who took oath as a cabinet minister in the Captain Amarinder Singh's government on Thursday, was given...
Defence is not a political issue: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: National security is not an issue on which political parties should attack each other, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha on Friday. "National security and national preparedness are not political issues...," Jaitley said while intervening in...
BJP organised Narada sting, says Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee blames the BJP for orcehstrating the sting operation on TMC leaders by the website Naradanews.com. Holding a press conference today, Mamata said, "Everyone knows this that the sting was published from the BJP office." Responding...
2 Gujarat teens allegedly gang-raped in front of father in moving SUV
Dahod: Two teen sisters, the older barely 15, were allegedly gang-raped in a moving car by six men in front of their father in Gujarat's Dahod, about 200 km from capital Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The alleged attackers, the police said, wanted...
100 lame vs 1 mighty person: Paswan mocks Cong’s grand alliance plan
New Delhi: Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's crushing comeback on the Congress party's dreams of a grand alliance to defeat the BJP. "Ek kahawat hai ki sau langde mil kar bhi ek pehlwan nahi ban sakta. There is a...
Pak govt actively pursuing India’s request to find missing clerics
New Delhi: Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said on Thursday that an Indian request seeking assistance for the recovery of two clerics had been received, the Dawn reports. He said the request had been forwarded to the interior ministry,...
Justice Karnan demands Rs 14 cr compensation from SC for ‘disturbing his mind’
Kolkatta: Calcutta High Court judge, Justice CS Karnan, has thrown up another first. He has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and other judges of the Constitution Bench, seeking compensation of Rs 14 crore for...
MS Dhoni rescued from hotel fire
New Delhi: MS Dhoni, his Jharkhand teammates evacuated from Dwarka's Welcome Hotel complex after it catches fire, all players safe. The match will take place tomorrow. The cricketer was reportedly rescued from the spot along with his teammates. A call...
Dear Kejriwal and Mayawati, EC says EVMs fully tamper-proof
New Delhi: The electronic voting machines are "fully tamper-proof, as ever", the Election Commission said today dismissing claims of BSP supremo Mayawati and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who had questioned their reliability. In a strongly-worded statement, the Commission said "baseless,...
Won’t sit idle, won’t let you sit idle, PM says at BJP meet
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he wished to keep working and urged others to do the same too. He spoke at the BJPs parliamentary party meeting where he was felicitated over the Bharatiya Janata Partys performance...
This happens when you come to Goa to holiday, Parrikar’s dig at Cong
New Delhi/Panaji: Soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged successful in the crucial floor test with the support of 22 legislators, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today trained his guns on Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh and said that the latter...
Central govt employees on strike today
New Delhi: Don't head to the post office today or the expect any reply from the income tax department. Central government employees in departments such as postal, income-tax, Survey of India, Census, Central Groundwater Board, and atomic power, are on strike...
Baseless gaffe, NDTV India apologies
New Delhi: Three NDTV India editors offered a prime time apology on air on March 15 for running a story on a 16 year old Assamese singer being issued a fatwa, the media watcher website, The Hoot, reports. Said anchor...
Cong MLA missing during Goa trust vote resigns from party
New Delhi: Rebel Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane, who went missing when the floor test in the Goa Assembly took place this morning, has resigned. In fact, he resigned from the party immediately after Manohar Parrikar proved his majority in the state...
With a dash of humour – that is how are Goans viewing their new Government formation?
New Delhi: While the national media, even NDTV, is viewing Congress party as the 'laughing stock' for losing their chance of forming a government in Goa despite bagging 17 seats and being just 4 short of majority, the people of...
Parrikar wins vote of Confidence in Goa!!!
BJP wins trust vote in the Goa assembly with the support of 22 MLAs. NCP MLA also supports them. Vote against was 16. One Congress MLA abstained from voting. There wasn't much suspense anyway about the outcome of today's vote of confidence...
HC upholds Centre’s decision to ban Zakir Naik’s NGO
The Delhi HC dismisses Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation's plea challenging the Centre's decision to ban the organisation. The court observes that the Centre's decision to ban Naik's organisation was taken to safeguard sovereignty and integrity of India. The Centre has...
