Union Budget will NOT be postponed for 5-state polls: SC
New Delhi: SC dismisses PIL seeking postponement of Union Budget on the ground of upcoming Assembly polls in five states. The court said there is no illustration to support that the presentation of Union Budget would influence voters' mind in...
Coal scam: SC orders probe against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha
New Delhi: The Supreme Cout today ordered investigation against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha for his alleged involvement in the coal scam case. The SC has ordered the setting up of a special investigation team to look into prima facie...
Kanpur train derailment: Tracks not tampered, says probe
New Delhi: No proof of tampering of tracks found, says a preliminary rail ministry probe. The Bihar police is probing whether the November 21 Kanpur train derailment that killed 148 people was an act of sabotage with possible ties to Pakistani...
Jallikattu draft bill at 5 pm today
Tamil Nadu: The government to move a bill to replace the Jallikattu ordinance in the TN Assembly this evening, says Speaker P Dhanapal. This morning, observing that a "mass movement' and "spontaneous outpouring of emotion" paved the way for lifting of...
Outgoing US ambassador’s encounters with 2 Indian PMs
New Delhi: Outgoing US Ambassador to India Richard Verma shared some heart-warming stories in his farewell speech for friends before he left Delhi last week. He recounted his interaction with two Indian prime ministers, reports media. The first, in 2012, was...
Nobody Could Point A Finger At Justice Khehar On His Honesty, Integrity, And Uprightness: SC
Even as one thought the writ petition challenging Justice J.S.Khehar’s appointment as the CJI has become infructuous with his swearing-in on January 4, the Supreme Court bench of Justices R.K.Agrawal and D.Y.Chandrachud, has released its detailed order on it, 20...
Samsung blames Galaxy Note 7 fires on faulty batteries
The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries today for the fires that led to last year's humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. Internal and independent investigations "concluded that batteries were found to be the cause...
Chennai cops begin evicting Jallikattu protesters from Marina
Chennai: The police on Monday began removing protesters from Marina Beach in Chennai. A large number of people demanding that the hosting of Jallikattu be allowed had been protesting assembled at Marina Beach. The protesters had refused to budge even after an...
Pak to release Chandu Chavan. who crossed LoC last year, today
New Delhi: Pakistan to hand over today soldier Chandu Chavan, who strayed across the Line of Control hours after the surgical strike in September last year, to Indian authorities at Wagah. Last week, Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre...
Why over a million women will march in Washington D.C. today? And why will millions round the world join them?
Washington: Indian born Aarthi Muthukrishnan, who moved to the US less than 2 decades ago, will be one of the 2 million women- and men - who will march in Washington D.C. today for the rights of women in U.S....
SP faked rift; minorities must vote for BSP to check BJP: Mayawati
Lucknow: Once again asking the minorities to vote for her party, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has said that this is the only way to check the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming state elections. Targeting the Samajwadi Party, she said...
On Day 1 in office, Trump signs executive order against Obamacare
Within hours of taking the oath, new US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at “minimising the economic burden” of Obamacare “pending repeal”, to make good on one of his most impassioned campaign promises of dismantling his predecessor’s...
Cash crunch will ease soon, RBI Governor tells PAC
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel on Friday told the Public Accounts Committee that the cash crunch in the country post the November 8 demonetisation drive will normalise with the passage of time. Sources said the central banking...
Air India puts 57 ‘overweight’ crew members on ground duty
File Pic New Delhi: Cracking the whip on its over-weight cabin staff, the government-owned Air India has temporarily taken off 57 crew members from flying and put them on ground duty. These cabin crew members, including air hostesses, have been told...
SC defers hearing on postponing of budget to Jan 23
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred till January 23 the hearing on a plea seeking postponement of the Union Budget presentation ahead of assembly polls in five states. The apex court had on January 6 refused an urgent hearing...
Akhilesh Yadav’s list of 191 Samajwadi Party candidates includes uncle Shivpal Yadav
New Delhi: Estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav has made Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's first list of 191 Samajwadi Party candidates, but several other close associates of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav have been left out. The candidates were announced today ahead...
‘Sairat’ stars Archie and Parsha team up again as brand Ambassadors for E.C.
"Did you understand what I said? Or shall I explain in English?" This was leading lady 'Archie's' (Rinku Rajguru) most favorite dialogue in Marathi block buster film Sairat. Well, she, along with her 'hero' Parsha (Akash Thosar) is going to be...
Bombay HC not happy with probe in Dabholkar and Pansare murder cases
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today said that it is not happy with probe in Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare murder cases. The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted ballistic report from Ahmedabad forensic lab to the HC in sealed cover. Both...
SC postpones Jallikattu order on Centre’s request
The Supreme Court has accepted Centre's plea to not deliver its judgment on Jallikattu for a week. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned before CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar that Jallikattu judgement should be deferred till next week as Union and state governments...
Stalin, Kanimozhi among DMK leaders held for staging rail roko
Chennai: Scores of DMK workers, including the party's working secretary M K Stalin, were today detained for staging rail roko on the Jallikattu issue, even as protesters stayed put at Marina beach in Chennai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu notwithstanding...
Samsung to disclose cause of Galaxy Note 7 fire on Jan 23
Samsung Electronics said today it will announce on January 23 the reason why its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones overheated and caught fire. The announcement will be livestreamed in Chinese, English and Korean on its websites. Koh Dong-jin, Samsung's mobile president, will...
