Shiva Sena asks MNS not to field candidates in BMC polls
Mumbai: In other news: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena not to field candidates in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections if it is offering 'unconditional' support to the BJP. "If it doesn't field candidates then we...
Minister in UPA govt faints in Parliament during Prez speech
New Delhi: Former external affairs minister E Ahamed faints during the President's speech in Parliament. He was rushed to hospital. Ahamed served in the Manmohan Singh government and represents the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala. He is 79. The...
H1B Bill tabled in US Congress, Indian IT companies’ stocks crash
New Delhi: A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the...
Trump’s next immigration move will hit Indian IT hard
US President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order aimed at strangulating work-visa programmes, including the H1B and L1 visas used by Indian IT professionals, as part of a larger immigration reform effort, a top White House...
Indian economy not in good shape, say Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that Singh and Chidambaram, helped industrialist Vijay Mallya get huge loans for bailing out the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the finance minister of his cabinet P Chidambaram on...
Rahul defamation case postponed to March 3
Thane: The Bhiwandi court adjourns the Rahul Gandhi defamation case till March 3. The Congress vice-president on Monday appeared before Maharashtra's Bhiwandi court for hearing in the defamation case filed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over his remark regarding Mahatma...
Ex-CAG chief Vinod Rai to head BCCI’s admin panel
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Monday, announced the names of four administrators to run the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). They are: Ex-CAG chief Vinod Rai, historian Ramachandra Guha, ex-women's cricket captain Diana Edulji and IDFC...
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh helped Vijay Mallya, says BJP
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped tycoon Vijay Mallya get loans, the BJP said today, citing letters that have been reported in the media. The BJP cited a report that said the UPA government facilitated loans to Mallya after...
Vodafone confirms it’s in merger talks with Idea
New Delhi: Speculations about Vodafone India and Idea Cellular exploring a merger (no comment from either side on these reports) has resulted in the share price of Idea Cellular rising over 15 per cent since January 18. The merger would...
6 killed after gunmen open fire at mosque in Canada’s Quebec City
Quebec: Six people were killed and eight more injured after gunmen opened fire at a Quebec City mosque, police said today. Police spokeswoman Christine Coulombe told journalists that two suspects were arrested following the attack that police were treating as...
Tax rates may be slashed, says top Modi minister
New Delhi: With less than 48 hours to go for the Union Budget to be presented, the government has dropped a hint that tax rates may be slashed. Speaking at Budget Aajtak, micro, small and medium enterprises minister Kalraj Mishra said...
NCP will never support BJP and compromise on secularism: Pawar
Mumbai: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has scotched rumours that his party was cosying up to BJP, saying it will never support the saffron party nor join hands with communal forces and compromise on secularism. "There are rumours being spread that...
Woman techie found dead on Infosys Pune campus, guard arrested
Pune: A 25-year-old woman working with Infosys was found murdered at her office in Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park in Hinjewadi in Pune on Sunday. K Rasila Raju, who hailed from Kerala, was allegedly strangled with a computer wire. The incident took...
Rahul and I are like two wheels of a cycle: Akhilesh Yadav
Days after stitching up an electoral alliance for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav are addressing a joint press conference in Lucknow on Sunday. Highlights: Akhilesh Yadav: Rahul Gandhi and I are...
Muslims fear that Trump’s visa ban will boost terrorist groups
Washington: Across the Muslim world, the refrain was resounding: President Donald Trump's freeze on refugee arrivals and visa requests from seven predominantly Muslim countries will have major diplomatic repercussions, worsen perceptions of Americans and offer a propaganda boost to the...
Dare Bhansali to make movie against Hitler in Germany: Karni Sena chief
Rajasthan: Defending its action of vandalising the sets of upcoming Indian period drama Padmavati and assaulting its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the Rajput Karni Sena on Saturday warned that they will not let the history of their ancestors be tarnished,...
Sena feels “wasted” quarter century in alliance with BJP
Mumbai: After deciding to go it alone in civic polls in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today unleashed a stinging attack on BJP, saying it feels it had wasted a quarter century by being in an alliance with the saffron party for...
Was molested by Jallikattu protesters, says Chennai woman cop
Chennai: When M Durga Devi on Tuesday first narrated her experience of being caught in the blazing Ice House police station the previous day, she hadn't told the whole truth. On Thursday, the head constable held back nothing, revealing to...
Rajasthan home minister says attack on Bhansali will be probed
Rajasthan: Condemning the attack on filmmaker Sanjay Lela Bhansali by Rajput Karni Sena workers, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Singh Kataria on Saturday said that flouting law to express anger is not called for, adding that a probe would be initiated...
Donald Trump Signs Order to Bar Citizens From 7 Muslim Countries
WASHINGTON: US President Trump on Friday closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the slaughter in Syria be indefinitely blocked from entering the United States, and temporarily suspending immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries. In...
Heartbroken by Donald Trumps order: Malala
Representational Pic New Delhi: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate, said she was heartbroken by Donald Trumps order on refugees and urged the US president not to abandon the worlds most defenseless. I am heartbroken that today...
