Son missing, a mom’s piercing wail

New Delhi: The mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, missing since October 15 after a clash with ABVP members, broke down at a news conference here today and begged for her son to be "set free". "What have the police done;...

Sunil Mittal elected as GSMA chairman for 2 Years

File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Global telecom industry body GSMA Thursday announced to have elected Bharti Airtel Founder Sunil Bharti Mittal as its new chairman. He will be replacing the current GSMA chairman Jon Fredrik Baksaas who will step down from...

Espionage: Pakistan High Commission staffer asked to leave India in 48 hours

New Delhi: A Pakistan High Commission officer has been asked to leave India over alleged espionage. Two men from Rajasthan have been arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive documents to him. The official, Mehmood Akhtar, was questioned by the Delhi Police but let...

The Cyrus – Tata open war, more alarming than the Family Feud of UP but in both cases it is Old Guard vs New Blood

Two 'family' feuds have hit the nation this week - one was kind of expected and resulted in an anti-climax, the other was totally unexpected and the full repercussions are yet to be known and felt. The first feud, as we...

MEA arrests Pak high commission staffer, summons envoy

The Delhi police has reportedly arrested a staff member Mehmood Akhtar of the Pakistan High Commission after a tip-off by the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Akhtar was arrested with defence documents and has been remanded at Chanakyapuri police station. The Ministry of...

Why 130? PM asks officials to analyse India’s low ease-of-doing-business rank

File PhotoNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked top bureaucrats to study a World Bank report that has dampened Diwali cheer, ranking India a low 130 among 190 countries on ease of doing business. The PM sought feedback from...

Startling: Gold worth Rs 2.8 crores found stashed in aircraft’s toilet

Pune/Nagpur: In what is touted as one of the biggest seizures in the country, authorities in Pune found 10 huge gold bars in the rear toilet of a SpiceJet plane which landed from Dubai on early Wednesday. “We recovered 10 gold...

‘Human bomb’ Navjot Sidhu will explode once he enters Congress: Sukhbir Badal

File Pic Punjab: After Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Navjot Singh Sidhu would join their party on the auspicious day of Diwali, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said the...

When Dream Girl Hema Malini mesmerised Lalu & Co

Patna: Leaders cutting across party lines flocked to the Shri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna on Tuesday to watch BJP parliamentarian Hema Malini's ballet 'Draupadi'. In the frontline were Lalu Prasad, his two sons -- deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav...

BJP win, BS Yeddyurappa acquitted in Rs 40-crore bribery case

File Pic Bengaluru: BS Yeddyurappa, a top BJP leader from Karnataka, has been acquitted of accepting kickbacks worth 40 crores while he was Chief Minister to allow illegal mining in the state. Elections in Karnataka are due in two years. The...

Did Shahi Imam ask Mulayam to make peace with Akhilesh?

File Pic Lucknow: New Delhi's political circles are agog with speculation that the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, havs impressed upon Samajwadi Party strongman Mulayam Singh Yadav to reach a settlement with his son Akhilesh Yadav and...

Tata Board has not covered itself with glory, Cyrus Mistry writes stinging email

In a "protest" email to Tata Board members, Cyrus Mistry has said that he is "shocked at the manner of his removal" and has called it unprecedented. "The board has not covered itself with glory," Mistry reportedly said in the email,...

Yashwant Sinha leads team to meet Hurriyat; BJP, Centre deny sending him

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday created ripples as he led a five-member delegation of civil society members to meet separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a bid to break the three-month impasse...

Vijay Mallya discloses India assets: Rs 16,440 cash in hand

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, in a statement on his India assets, has disclosed to the Supreme Court that he had Rs. 16,440 as cash in hand as of March 31, 2016. His bank deposits in India totalled Rs. 12.6 crore,...

Defense Minister Parrikar’s snub to MNS – Fadnavis ‘deal’ with KJo

New Delhi: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar pulled no punches in declaring that donation to the Army was "voluntary" and he does not appreciate "holding of someone's neck", amid a row over the MNS diktat asking film producers employing Pakistani actors...

ADHM row: Naidu disapproves of MNS deal, but defends Fadnavis

Mumbai/Nagpur: Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today termed as 'wrong' the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena demand of Rs 5 crore from film director Karan Johar for resolving the controversy over his movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and said the...

India one step closer to purchasing 145 M777 Howitzer guns

Representational Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: The Defence Ministry has reportedly given the final clearance for the much awaited M777 howitzer guns deal. The deal for the purchase of 145 US Ultra-Light Howitzers from BAE Systems will cost around Rs 5,000 crore...

Tata family member or a Ratan Tata loyalist to replace Cyrus Mistry?

New Delhi/Nagpur: The Tata Sons move to mandate a selection panel to find a new chairman for the group in the relatively short period of four months, has led to speculation that the $103 billion, Mumbai-based conglomerate may have already...

Who will replace Ram Gopal Yadav as SP leader in Rajya Sabha?

New Delhi: Who will be the leader of the Samajwadi Party in the Rajya Sabha where it enjoys a healthy 19-MP head count, now what Ram Gopal Yadav has been shown the exit door? Insiders say that big boss Mulayam Singh...

Let the mandate come, can’t speak now: Mulayam on who will be CM candidate

Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: A day after the split in the Samajwadi Party came out in the public, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav addressed the media today. Here's what he said.

• I've always worked for people's interest and will continue to do...