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...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Signs Autograph While Batting
Image credit: @MSDsuperfan/Twittter.There's always a first for everything and no wonder Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be remembered as the first among equals signing an autograph for a crazy fan while he was out there batting for Jharkhand in the...
Sidhu sworn in as Punjab cabinet minister
Nine cabinet ministers are being sworn in, but portfolios are not being announced today. The party's senior-most legislator Brahm Mohindra was sworn in first, followed by Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet Badal (the estranged nephew of former Punjab CM Parkash Singh...
Capt Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab CM
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM. Congress party biggies are at the swearing in ceremony. This is the only government the party has been able to form in the just-held five state elections. Dr Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi,...
Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh’s Padmavati in trouble again, set vandalised in Kolhapur
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s Padmavati is definitely in a lot of trouble. It was just two months back when the sets of this Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial was set ablaze in Rajasthan, and now the movie unit faced the...
Something wrong in governance in Goa, says CM Parrikar
Panji: Manohar Parrikar takes charge as the new chief minister of Goa. Speaking to reporters today, Parrikar said the Congress defeat and the fact that many ministers lost, indicates there was something wrong in governance in the last 2.5 years....
Rape-accused Gayatri Prajapati sent to 14-day-jail
Lucknow: Rape-accused UP minister Gayatri Prajapati, arrested in Lucknow this morning, has been sent to jail for 14 days. Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Manzil Saini said that Prajapati was arrested from Aashiyana area of the city early on Wednesday morning. He...
SP leader Gayatri Prajapati, accused of rape, caught in Lucknow
Lucknow: In a major breakthrough, absconding rape-accused minister Gayatri Prajapati was arrested on Wednesday morning by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with a case against the Samajwadi Party leader. This development comes a day after three persons were detained in...
Development plans for five pilgrimage places approved
Mumbai: A high-powered committee headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today approved development plans (DPs) of five pilgrimage destinations. DPs for Shri Sant Gulabrao Maharaj's birth place at Loni (Rs 6.70 crore), Shri Kshetra Riddhapur (Rs 25 crore), Shri Sant...
After Goa, Manipur – Governor calls BJP leader Biren to form government
The Congress party under its leader Rahul Gandhi has quite lost the theme it seems. After Goa, it is Manipur now. After the BJP on Monday announced the name of Nongthombam Biren as its chief ministerial pick for the...
