Congress veteran ND Tiwari, son join BJP ahead of Uttarakhand polls
Uttarakhand: Senior Congress leader from Uttarakhand Narayan Dutt Tiwari on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, giving it a big boost ahead of the assembly election in the hill state. Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar too joined the BJP in Delhi in...
Note ban protest: Congress leaders detained; finance panel meet begins
New Delhi: Congress leaders and workers are holding a protest against demonetisation across the country today. Reserve Bank of India offices in different cities are being gheraoed by the party. Congress workers protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. In Ahemdabad, Senior party...
Journalist booked for covering Rohith Vemula anniversary protest
Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police has booked a journalist for allegedly 'unauthorisedly' entering into the University of Hyderabad campus on the first death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula. The journalist Kunal S, working with an English magazine, was booked on charge of...
Mathura violence: DNA sample of mastermind’s son taken
Mathura: The DNA sample of Raj Narayan, son of alleged mastermind of the Jawahar Bagh incident, which left 29 persons dead, has been sent for forensic examination, police said. "The blood and hair sample of Raj Narayan, son of Ram Vriksha,...
RBI Governor to clear stand on demonetisation before finance panel today
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel is likely to appear before the Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday. The committee, headed by former Union minister and senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily, has called Patel to brief the panel...
Nabha jail escapee arrested from Indore along with accomplice
New Delhi: One of the six inmates who had scaped from Punjab's Nabha jail and carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh was arrested along with another person, who is accused of heinous crimes in Punjab, from Indore on Tuesday...
Delhi police to conduct DNA, brain-mapping tests on mass molester
To make the case watertight against Sunil Rastogi, who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting several minor girls in east Delhi, the Delhi police is planning to conduct DNA and brain-mapping tests on him. The accused has told the police he...
Florida airport shooting suspect says he was ‘inspired’ by IS
Representational Pic New Delhi: The man accused of shooting five people dead and injuring six others at a Florida airport has confessed that he was under the influence of Islamic State terror group, agency reports said. The accused had earlier blamed...
Salman walks free with ‘benefit of doubt’ in Arms Act case
Jodhpur/Nagpur: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was acquitted on Wednesday in a case linked to the alleged killing of black bucks 18 years ago. Salman Khan had pleaded "not guilty" to charges of violating the law by keeping unlicensed weapons and...
Bihar decides to shut down liquor units too
Almost a year after imposing prohibition in Bihar, the state government has decided to shut down liquor factories, too, reported Satyavrat Mishra in Business Standard. The state government on Saturday ordered that the licences of beer and extra-neutral alcohol units and...
Five reasons why Akhilesh rode away on the bicycle!
New Delhi: When in October 2016, Akhilesh Yadav, C.M. of Uttar Pradesh and eldest son of Mulayam raised his first banner of revolt against his father, and other 'old men' of his party, I had predicted that HE would be...
CBI files chargesheet: Indrani, Peter, Sanjeev Khanna charged with murder
Mumbai: Sheena Bora murder case: CBI files a chargesheet against Indrani Mukerjea - prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora - along with husband Peter Mukerjea and ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna. All three accused have been charged with...
‘Weak’ SP teaming up with ‘desperate’ Congress will never work out: BJP
New Delhi: With the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) heading steadily towards a possible alliance ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asserted that the entire development reeked of sheer desperation...
Jawan video: HC seeks reply from Centre, BSF on food served to troopers
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Ministry of Home Affairs on a plea seeking its status report on alleged poor quality food being served along the LoC as claimed by a BSF soldier on...
Hamid Ansari for President, says Opposition
Vice President Hamid Ansari is being tipped as the next Presidential candidate from the Opposition. The election is likely to take place in early June and informal talks have just begun at the highest level. Our sources tell us that talks...
Owaisi booked for poll code violation in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A first information report has been lodged against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi for violating the Model Code of Conduct in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur. Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said apart from Owaisi, AIMIM assembly poll...
‘Cycle aage badhti jayegi’, tweets Akhilesh after getting SP symbol
New Delhi: Expressing his happiness after winning the battle over Samajwadi Party's symbol 'cycle', Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, "Cycle chalti jayegi, aage badhti jayegi (Cycle will move on, will progress ahead). Interestingly, Akhilesh posted pictures of him and his...
Modi government considering ‘fat tax’ on junk food and sugary drinks
New Delhi: The Modi government is considering raising taxes on junk food and sugary drinks and this tax could be included in the 2017-2018 Budget, slated to be presented on 1 February. A report states that a 11-member group including secretaries...
Nitish Kumar’s response after Navjot Singh Sidhu cited him to justify joining Cong
New Delhi: Navjot Singh Sidhu, master of one-liners, shared a surfeit of them today as he met with reporters to discuss his induction into the Congress. "I am a born Congressman," said the man who served with the BJP for...
No privacy on FB, WhatsApp: SC seeks response to plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and social media platform Facebook over a plea seeking privacy on data. Seeking a reply in two weeks, the apex court asked...
Bonhomie over? Nitish attacks BJP, trashes demand to postpone human chain
New Delhi: Amidst speculation of growing bonhomie with the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today attacked the party while rejecting its Bihar unit's demand of postponing the human chain programme scheduled for January 21 in the wake of Patna boat...
