Pak media branded us RAW agents, reveals Nizamuddin clerics
New Delhi: Giving a hint towards Pakistan's conspiracy to convict innocent Indians, one of the Sufi clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, on Monday revealed that one of the papers in the neighbouring country had printed false news of...
EC to hear battle for the leaves on March 22
Chennai: If we could move our attention away from UP (for a bit) where it remains frozen since a Yogi assumed office over the weekend, there's news from Tamil Nadu. The twin leaf poll symbol of the AIADMK is likely to...
Kumar Mangalam Birla new chairman of Vodafone India, Idea
New Delhi: The telecom biggies Vodafone India and Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular on Monday after their merger announced Kumar Mangalam Birla as the Chairman of the new entity. "I am pleased and honored to be the chairman of the...
Puja and a havan before Adityanath moves into his new house
Lucknow: Wearing a dhoti and kurta, a priest perched on a stool performs rituals at the gates of of 5, Kalidas Marg in Lucknow, the official home of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The home now has a new occupant,...
Cabinet clears 4 GST Bills
The Cabinet clears four supporting GST legislations to be introduced in Parliament soon. The Cabinet approves Compensation Law, the Central-GST (C-GST), Integrated-GST (I-GST) and Union Territory-GST (UT-GST). GST supporting legislations to be introduced as money bill in Parliament this week. On...
Missing Nizamuddin dargah clerics reach Delhi
Missing Nizamuddin dargah clerics return to Delhi from Pakistan. They now have a date with MEA Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj yesterday tweeted that the two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and well and will be back in Delhi...
Gopal Ansal petitions President to pardon 1-year sentence
Uphaar cinema fire convict Gopal Ansal's request for more time to surrender rejected by Supreme Court. Ansal has now petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee to pardon his one-year sentence. On March 9, the Supreme Court ordered Ansal to surrender on March 20...
BSP leader shot dead in Allahabad
Allahabad: Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mohammed Shami was shot dead by bike-borne assailants last night in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad. According to reports, the accused shot Shami near his house. Shami was a history-sheeter. In the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Shami...
Yogi Adityanath to be UP CM; Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma deputies
Lucknow: Contrary to the popular speculations that Manoj Sinha could be appointed as UP CM, the name of Yogi Adityanath has surfaced for the state's top post. Unconfirmed reports said that Yogi Adityanath wil be CM with Keshav Prasad Maurya,...
Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM
Uttarakhand: Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, sworn-in as the chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Bharathiya Janata Party swept back to power after five years with a landslide majority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, UNion ministers...
2 missing Indian clerics in custody of Pak intelligence: Report
New Delhi: Two Muslim clerics from Delhi who went missing in Pakistan are "in the custody of Pakistan's intelligence agencies," news agency reported today, quoting unnamed official sources. According to official sources in New Delhi, Asif Nizami, the chief priest, and...
Ajmer blast case: Quantum of punishment likely on March 22
New Delhi: The special NIA court in Jaipur is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case on March 22 after it continued to hear arguments today on the sentencing of the two convicts. Defence...
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...
