After Mulayam now Shivpal rejects SP-Cong alliance
Lucknow: Treading similar paths as Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh over the idea of an SP-Congress alliance, his brother Shivpal Singh Yadav has now come forth with a shocker that he will not campaign for any grand old party candidate. Shivpal...
SBI ATM in Delhi gives Rs 2000 notes of ‘Children Bank of India’
Delhi: A youth who had gone to withdraw Rs 8000 from an SBI ATM in Sangam Vihar was in for a shock when the Rs 2000 notes from the machine bore the mark of "Children Bank of India". A case...
No question of alliance with BSP, says Amit Shah at UP rally
Lucknow: BJP president Amit Shah, addressing a rally in UP, says there is no question of a post-poll alliance with the BSP or any party. The BJP will get "full majority" in UP, Shah said adding that not naming the...
Jayalalithaa memorial may hit a dead end : Jayalalitha memorial in Chennai seems to have hit a dead end
Chennai: The AIADMK government's plan to construct a memorial to former chief minister J Jayalalitha who passed away on December 5, 2016 may not see light of day. The State government has allotted Rs 15 crore for the construction of the...
Kerala couple use Facebook live to call out on moral policing by cops
Kerala: A young Kerala couple went live on Facebook as two police personnel allegedly try to moral police them over their "indecent" behaviour. The youngsters, who are not married, were questioned by police yesterday, when they were sitting in the...
Shobhaa De mocks cop, Mumbai police gives it back to her
Mumbai: Author Shobha De's tweet ridiculing a Mumbai policeman seems to have backfired with the social media and even the Mumbai Police trolling her. De, after casting her vote on Tuesday in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls, posted a picture of...
Make jokes about PM, Akhilesh tells Lalu ahead of UP campaign trail
Lucknow: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is the main attraction in the poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh. UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, the face of the Samajwadi Party has not shared dais with the RJD chief, which means Lalu has to...
“Let me enjoy my pedhas today” says Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Shortly after the final results of BMC were declared, with Sena having to content itself at 84, not even touching 90, let alone getting absolute majority, everyone was subdued at Sena H.Q. and Uddhav's house. No on expected any...
Mumbai records 52.17% voter turnout, highest in last 3 elections
Mumbai: Mumbai recorded a voter turnout of 52.17 per cent in the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. Polling for 227 seats of cash-rich BMC and nine other civic bodies across Maharashtra got over at 5.30 pm. This is the...
Man carries dead daughter home on moped as hospital lacks ambulance
Bengaluru: A father in Karnataka barely had time to grieve before he was forced to carry his 20-year-old daughter's body to his village on a moped, his brother keeping her upright. At the Tumakuru district around 71 km from Bengaluru, Rathnamma...
13 more months in jail if you don’t pay Rs 10 crore fine, SC tells Sasikala
New Delhi: AIADMK leader Sasikala, serving a jail term after her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, will have to serve 13 more months in prison if she fails to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore imposed by the...
Free Jio services end on March 31, unlimited benefits for Jio Prime users
Mumbai: Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said Reliance Jio, the telecom operations of the energy major. has crossed the 100 million customer base mark in 170 days. Jio launched its services in September last year and...
Celebrities come out in large numbers to cast their votes in BMC poll
Mumbai: Elections to the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and nine other civic bodies in Maharashtra, which have virtually turned into a battle of prestige for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, heading the state's first BJP-led government, and Shiv Sena chief...
Maha civic polls: 92 lakh voters begin voting for of 22,735 candidates
Mumbai: Polling for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and 9 other civic bodies across Maharashtra got underway this morning with estranged allies BJP and Shiv Sena at the forefront of this battle of might. A total of 3.77 crore voters will...
CRFS mulls english names for dhobi, mali, mochi…
New Delhi: Dhobi, safai karamchari, mali and mochi at CRPF will soon get English titles, while cook will become chef and barber will be called hairstylist as part of a 'nomenclature facelift' suggested by the government. Fitter will become automotive mechanic,...
Masood Azhar, NSG on agenda as Jaishankar begins China visit
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will hold talks with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Tuesday afternoon on a key visit coming amid a number of strains in relations with China, reports India Today. On Wednesday, India and China will...
CBI reaches out to Interpol to seek Sanjay Bhandari
New Delhi: CBI has forwarded Delhi Police's request for the issuance of Red Corner Notice against arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari to Interpol. Bhandari, accused of scams during the UPA tenure in India, has been found to be hiding in London. A news...
BSP is now Behenji Sampatti Party, says PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mocked at Mayawati's opposition to note ban, saying the BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party but 'Behenji Sampatti Party'. At an election rally in Orai region of Jalaun in Bundelkhand region, the...
UP polls: BJP attacks ‘shehzaadey’ Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Ridiculing the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party for the ongoing assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday sardonically remarked that the 'shehzaadey' of the alliance - Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and...
Don’t campaign for the donkeys of Gujarat: Akhilesh to Amitabh
Rae Bareli: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was on Monday dragged into the political slugfest in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections after UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at a rally in Rae Bareli appealed to Bachchan to not advertise for the donkeys...
Ganga ki kasam! Akhilesh’s response to PM’s bijli barb
Lucknow: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav who was addressing a rally near PM Narendra Modi's constituency in Varanasi this morning, hit back at the PM for his comments that the state was facing an acute power crisis. PM Modi yesterday, in an...
