Khadi row: Mahatma Gandhi will be removed from notes too, says Haryana Min
Amid political uproar over new Khadi Gramdyog calendar featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, controversial Haryana minister Anil Vij has stoked a fresh controversy claiming that after khadi stationary, Mahatma Gandhi would be removed from notes as well. Anil Vij has said...
Strong 6.1 earthquake off coast of Fiji
Representational Pic New Delhi: A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji today, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, recorded at 6:11 pm (0611 GMT) was centred 152 kilometres southwest...
Crazy Sumit – Delhi serial kisser behind prank videos detained; YouTube, Google under scanner
New Delhi: A local youngster, who had posted several prank videos in which he was seen randomly kissing girls and running away, and his close associate were nabbed by Delhi Police on Friday. Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), said,...
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat says ‘soldiers must use grievance boxes’
New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said today that soldiers must raise their complaints internally, referring to recent videos of a Border Security Force or BSF jawan complaining about poor food and near starvation. "Whoever has any complaint can tell...
Intolerance in Bengal? Kolkata Police denies permission to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to hold rally
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Thursday denied permission to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat to hold a rally in the city, scheduled for January 14. In a letter from Kolkata Police addressed to the Pracharak of the Kolkata,...
Modi ‘replaces’ Gandhi in Khadi Udyog stationery, workers to hold silent protest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ‘replaced’ the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi in the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), official sources said here on Thursday. The cover photo of...
No Jallikattu This Year As Supreme Court Rules Out Verdict Before Pongal
Chennai: There is likely to be no Jallikattu this Pongal in Tamil Nadu, with the Supreme Court today saying that it will not be able to give verdict on allowing the bull taming sport by Saturday, when the harvest...
Jailed during Emergency, Lalu to get Rs 10,000 pension
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad is now eligible to a monthly pension under the JP Senani Samman Pension Scheme. Nearly four decades after he was jailed under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the JP movement to oppose Emergency,...
Sasikala’s AIADMK prefers Cong, not BJP, as ally
Chennai: In a post-Jayalalithaa era, the question being asked is whether the AIADMK will ally with the BJP. J Jayalalithaa was just six months into her sixth term as chief minister of Tamil Nadu, when her untimely death last month...
Little evidence demonetisation succeeded in combating corruption: NYT
New Delhi: The atrociously planned and executed currency ban and a subsequent cash crunch has made life increasingly difficult for Indians, the New York Times has said in its latest hard-hitting editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to check...
Punjab Cong leaders complain to Rahul about Captain
Punjab: Punjab Congress President and former CM Captain Amarinder Singh has been camping in New Delhi for a fortnight. His disgruntled and worried party workers have now complained to Congress VP Rahul Gandhi. With less than a month to go before...
‘Ache Din’ will return only if Congress is in power: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today launched a searing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his notes ban decision, telling a large gathering of the Congress that 'Acche Din' will come only when the party returns to power. "People keep asking...
‘Yes we can, yes we did’: Obama bids adieu
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L-R), his wife Jill Biden, first lady Michelle Obama and her daughter Malia Obama stand for the national anthem before President Barack Obama delivers his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 10, 2017....
Jessica murder case: HC grants parole to Manu Sharma
New Delhi: Delhi high court on Tuesday granted 18-day parole to Manu Sharma, who is undergoing life term for killing model Jessica Lall in 1999, to pursue his LLB course and get his marriage registered. Justice A K Pathak allowed Sharma...
TN CM to declare ALL districts in state drought-hit
File Pic Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam to declare all districts in the state drought-hit. Farmers property tax to be waived. A compensation of Rs 5465 per acre will be given to farmers who suffered paddy crop...
Puducherry govt told me to be mere figurehead: Kiran Bedi
Puducherry: In signs of widening rift with Congress government in Puducherry, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today said that it wants her to be just a "figurehead" though the rules assign her responsibilities of an administrator and made it clear she...
EC orders all photos of netas in 5 poll-bound states be removed
New Delhi: Election Commission instructs Chief Electoral Officers of 5 poll bound states that photos of political leaders in all hoardings, advertisements should be removed or covered. Congress on Monday had moved the Election Commission demanding removal of Prime Minister Narendra...
Bhai-Bhai again? BJP to join Nitish’s human chain
Friends turn foe, opposition turns into support; all this is possible in politics. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's proposed formation of the world's longest human chain on January 21 in support of prohibition in the state has received support from an...
BSF jawan whose ‘look what we eat’ video went viral, has been shifted
The Border Security Force jawan, who posted a video alleging poor quality of food given to them, has been shifted from the Line of Control to the headquarters of his 29 battalion in Poonch. Deployed along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu...
Government advised RBI of note ban day before PM’s announcement
Contradicting the Modi government, which had asserted that the Reserve Bank of India recommended a ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the central bank has said that it was the government which advised it to do so, as...
SP warring factions knock on EC door, Mulayam says ‘one person’ responsible for rift
Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav downplayed differences with his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday, blaming “one person” for a crisis that has engulfed Uttar Pradesh’s ruling party ahead of state polls. “My son and I...
