Amar Singh extends support to ‘Netaji’ Mulayam Singh Yadav
Luckhnow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, who recently made a comeback to the party after a long period of exile, said Saturday that he supported Mulayam Singh Yadav in the ongoing family feud which has...
Rahul Gandhi’s 5 questions to PM on demonetisation are…
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi poses five questions to PM Narendra Modi on demonetisation. Rahul tweeted the questions saying: "India is waiting for your answers Modiji -- Amount of black money recovered after 8th November 2016? -- Economic loss to the...
Navjot Sidhu Cong’s CM face for Punjab: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Navjot Singh Sidhu is Cong's CM face in Punjab, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and added that AAP had offered Sidhu the deputy CM's chair, but he refused. Sidhu's wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, said Sidhu has been telling people...
Mulayam calls meeting with his list of candidates tomorrow
Uttar Pradesh: The ruling Samajwadi Party may be heading towards a split ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Ramgopal Yadav, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother, said he stands stands Akhilesh. Speaking to news channels, he said he...
Seven miners dead in Lalmatia colliery mishap in Jharkhand
Jharkhand: Seven miners were killed and several others feared trapped following a mishap in Lalmatia opencast coal mine at Rajmahal area of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) last night. "So far, bodies of seven miners have been recovered from the mine. Rescue...
Now, a Rs 5,000 fine, 4-yr jail term for possessing old notes
New Delhi: The Centre has approved an ordinance that imposes penalties for possessing old notes beyond a certain limit and indulging in transactions with junked notes of Rs 500 and 1,000. According to the ordinance anyone possessing old notes -- Rs...
Agni V missile test-firing: India says not targeted against any one country
New Delhi: After India test-fired Agni V missile, the ministry of external affairs said its strategic capabilities were not targeted against any particular country as it abides by all applicable international obligations and expects others do the same. The comments...
Train derailment near Kanpur kills 2 injures 40. 2nd accident in two months
Kanpur: Its not even been 40 days since the last catastrophic Indore-Patna train accident that took a toll of 120 and another train has derailed. The unfortunate fact is that the reason for this accident hasn't yet been established before...
90 per cent of scrapped notes back in system
New Delhi: Of the Rs 15.4 lakh crore worth of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were scrapped as a resulted of PM Narendra Modi's November 8 declaration, as much as Rs 14 lakh crore has been deposited in...
ED arrests Kotak Bank manager in Delhi
New Delhi: The ED has arrested the manager of a Kotak Bank branch here in connection with its money laundering probe in a case of detection of nine alleged fake accounts with deposits worth Rs 34 crore post demonetisation. Officials...
Let cash curbs stay till new notes come in, banks tell govt
New Delhi: Banks have asked the government to extend the curbs on cash withdrawals beyond December 30 until an adequate quantity of new currency is injected, according to bankers and officials in the Finance Ministry. Lifting the curbs immediately after...
Sheila toes party line, targets PM in Sahara-Birla pay-off papers
New Delhi: Toeing the party line, Sheila Dikshit today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondering why he was shying away from an independent probe into the 'Sahara-Birla' papers relating to alleged pay-offs, days after her comments questioning authenticity of the...
Famous Bengaluru garden Lalbagh takes toll of 6 year-old Vikram
Bengaluru: Gardens are meant for children to play in, right? Appalling official apathy turned it into a Killing field. Vikram Kumar, an active and playful six year old boy, the only child of his doting parents, had gone to Lalbagh to...
Indigo-SpiceJet face off at Delhi airport!
New Delhi: And another close shave, this time at Delhi airport. Two aircraft -- Indigo and SpiceJet -- came face to face with each other at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport this morning. The incident occurred when the Indigo flight was...
Have record of every single rupee, says Maya after ED crackdown
Lucknow: After ED crackdown, BSP chief Mayawati addresses the media in Lucknow. Mayawati says centre misusing power to malign party after Rs 104 crores is reportedly found in bank account belonging to BSP. The Enforcement Directorate on Monday detected cash...
Indrani Mukerjea out of jail for a day to perform father’s last rites
Representational Pic Guwahati: Sheena Bora murder accused Indrani Mukerjea performed the last rite rituals for her father in Mumbai on Tuesday, after she was allowed out of jail for a day by the Special Central Bureau of Investigation court. Mukerjea...
Election Commission to finalise poll plan on Wednesday
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Election Commission will hold an internal meeting on Wednesday, December 28, to decide the dates for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. This meeting is mainly to firm up dates of...
AgustaWestland scam: Ex-IAF chief SP Tyagi granted bail by Delhi court
New Delhi. A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to former air force chief Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi (retd), one of the three accused in the Agusta Westland chopper scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel earlier on December 23...
Hyderabad: ATM dispenses Rs 500 notes instead of Rs 100, loses Rs 8 lakh
Hyderabad: The incomplete recalibration of an ATM in Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad led to users getting an unexpected windfall, as the ATM disbursed new Rs 500 denomination notes instead of Rs 100 notes, on Saturday evening. As air travellers...
Russian Military plane crashes with 92 on-board, no survivors
A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said. The Russian Defence Ministry...
Pune software engineer stabbed to death
In a gruesome attack as described by an eyewitness, a 23-year-old software engineer had been stabbed multiple times when she was seen running on a road in Pune on Friday night, possibly to lose her attacker. She was taken to...
