Justice JS Khehar sworn in as new CJI
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The tenure of Justice TS Thakur ended...
Stalin elected DMK party president
Chennai: Stalin elected as DMK working president. The general council of the DMK met on Wednesday to crown party treasurer and heir apparent M K Stalin. The meeting at the party headquarters 'Anna Arivalayam', ends the DMK scion's agonising wait...
Modi’s new year sops to cost govt Rs 3,500 cr annually: SBI
New Delhi: The government will have to make an additional budgetary provision to the tune of Rs 3,500 crore to pay for the slew of welfare measures announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the poor, pregnant women and farmers on...
Rs 5 discount on online payment of LPG cylinder
New Delhi: After petrol and diesel, buying and paying for cooking gas (LPG) online will get consumers a discount of Rs 5 per cylinder. State-owned fuel retailers, Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd will offer...
5.7-magnitude quake jolts Tripura
Tripura: An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit Tripura this afternoon. No damage to life or property was immediately reported. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the epicentre of the temblor was in Dhalai district in the north-eastern state. 'The...
RBI asks banks to supply 40% of notes to rural areas
New Delhi: To mitigate hardships of poor and marginal farmers due to cash deficit following demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today directed banks to distribute at least 40 per cent of currency notes in rural areas. The 50-day exercise ended on December...
Sugar will attract ants: Abu Azmi scales new heights in misogyny
Abu Azmi (File Pic) New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Tuesday said women in Bengaluru had been molested en masse on new year's eve because they were wearing "short clothes', hours after the Centre condemned Karnataka Home Minister...
Akhilesh stakes claim to SP’s bicycle
New Delhi: Cycle, the election symbol of Samajwadi Party, today formally came under dispute with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's camp telling the Election Commission that the party is "actually" headed by him now and not its founder Mulayam...
BJP office in Kolkata attacked after TMC MP’s arrest
Kolkata: BJP office attacked in Kolkata after TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay's arrest. Bandopadhyay was arrested for alleged involvement in a ponzi scheme that bankrupted lakhs of small investors in Bengal. TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused Prime...
EC likely to announce poll dates for five states including UP tomorrow
Just in: EC likely to announce poll dates for five states tomorrow. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur will go to the polls. More Details...
Budget session likely to begin from Jan 31
After a near-washout Winter Session, the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs which met today to finalise the date for the forthcoming Budget Session of Parliament, has fixed the date for January 31, say reports. The government has yet to confirm...
Actress Slammed for Taking Selfie With Ailing Grandma
London: Geordie Shore fame actress Chloe Ferry has been slammed as "shameless" for sharing a photograph of herself with her grandmother lying in a hospital bed. The old lady is no more. In the post that was shared on Instagram and...
Mulayam leaves Delhi without informing Shivpal
New Delhi: SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav leaves for Lucknow fromk Delhi. He is accompanied by other party members and met Election Commission officials yesterday. Curiously, he left Delhi without informing his brother Shivpal Yadav who is in Delhi. As...
Kareena Kapoor’s income tax account hacker arrested by Mumbai cops
Mumbai: An employee of the Central paramilitary forces was arrested by the cyber police in Mumbai for accessing Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor's Income Tax e- filing account, police said. The accused wanted to get Kareena's personal mobile...
Seeking votes in the name of religion banned: SC
New Delhi: In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court on Monday said that political parties cannot seek votes in the name of religion. The apex court said, "No politician can seek votes in the name of caste, creed, or religion....
SC sacks Anurag Thakur as BCCI president
New Delhi: The Supreme Court removes BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke from their posts. The Supreme Court is pronouncing its crucial order in the Board of Control for Cricket in India vs Lodha Committee matter. Apart from the larger...
Akhilesh Yadav stages coup against father Mulayam SP family feud
New Delhi: The Samajwadi party’s family feud – which looked close to resolution on December 31 with the expulsions of Akhilesh Yadav and senior party leader Ramgopal Yadav revoked by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav – took yet another dramatic...
PM Narendra Modi New Year 2017 eve address: Big cheer for common man, as new housing schemes with interest sops announced
New Delhi/Nagpur: PM Narendra Modi in his New Year’s eve address gave a big boost and cheer to common man looking to buy houses in both urban and rural areas. PM Modi announced new housing schemes as a gift post...
Three U turns in UP: Akhilesh and Ram Gopal back in party; will get to decide on candidates too; Amar out???
Lucknow: A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was expelled from the Samajwadi Party by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, he has been taken back. The decision was announced after the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister met Mulayam Singh this...
Mulayam withdraws suspension of Akhilesh, Ram Gopal
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and party leader Ram Gopal Yadav are back in Samajwadi Party after a day of suspension. "With Netaji's (Mulayam Singh Yadav's) order, the suspension of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav has been stopped immediately,"...
Lalu plays mediator in Mulayam, Akhilesh war; says feud will benefit BJP
Lucknow: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav has initiated a reconciliation move between Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. "Lalu ji has spoken to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh, seeking a reconciliation to ensure...
