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...
Don’t let rivals exploit crisis after Jaya’s death: Sasikala to AIADMK cadre
Chennai: AIADMK chief V K Sasikala today asked her party men to ensure "enemies" did not exploit the "crisis" created by the "sudden" demise of her predecessor, the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, and said she had taken over the...
Anti-national PETA working against Tamil culture, should be banned: Stalin
Chennai: DMK today dubbed animal rights advocacy group PETA as "anti-national" and said it's working against Tamil culture seeking a ban on the NGO which has been stridently opposing the bull-taming festival Jallikattu. "Centre should immediately ban the international NGO PETA...
1984 riots case: SC directs Centre to file status report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to file a report regarding the status of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar had fixed the next date of...
I am born a Congressman, this is ghar wapasi: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu addressing a press conference after joining the Congress party yesterday. Highlights... "I am a born Congressman. My birth was in the Congress. I have come back to my roots. My father was in the Congress and...
15 feared killed in cargo plane crash in Kyrgyzstan
Just In: A cargo plane on a flight from Istanbul to Bishkek, has crashed near the Kyrgyzstan capital, TASS has reported quoting the press service of the Bishkek airport. The crash occurred several kilometres from the Manas airport....
Child rapist who targeted nearly 500 minors arrested in Delhi
A 38-year-old serial rapist was arrested from Delhi's New Ashok Nagar on Sunday for targeting minors girls aged between seven and 11 years. The accused, Sunil Rastogi, who wore the same set of clothes -- a 'red jacket' (which he...
Swamy says anti-Jallikattu protests inspired from abroad
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that protests organised against Jallikattu have been inspired from abroad and he intends to take the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation in terms of funding of the animal rights organisations. "As...
PM should promise Ram temple for our support in UP polls, says chief priest
Ayodhya : The seers will support BJP in the upcoming UP elections only if Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to get the Ram temple constructed in Ayodhya during his tenure, the chief priest of the makeshift temple at the Ram...
Instead of Pongal cheer, protests engulf rural Madurai over Jallikattu ban
Madurai: At least seven people have been detained in rural Madurai in Tamil Nadu for organising the bull-taming festival, Jallikattu, in defiance of the Supreme Court ban. Pongal festivities are on in Tamil Nadu, but locals from Madurai are calling it...
