Blow to Kejriwal: Delhi HC dismisses plea to stay trial in defamation case filed by Jaitley
New Delhi/Nagpur: Delhi High Court has dismissed Arvind Kejriwal's plea to stay trial court proceedings in criminal defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. HC said that Kejriwal's plea to stop trial against him and other AAP leaders...
ADHM row: After MNS, now BJP MLA asks cinema halls not to screen movie in Telangana
Telangana/Nagpur: After MNS, Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh has opposed screening of upcoming Bollywood film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. Singh threatened that he would "attack" theatres in entire Telangana, starting from his constituency Goshamahal, if the...
China slams goods’ boycott call, says India can only ‘bark’
New Delhi: As if the sharp retort over Pakistan at the recent BRICS meeting was not enough, China launched a fresh offensive against India through its official media on Wednesday. Making fun of the call for boycott of Chinese goods...
Delhi zoo temporarily shut after nine birds die of flu
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Delhi zoo has been temporarily shut after death of nine birds, officials said on Wednesday. Zoo director Amitabh Agnihotri said the facility has been shut to carry out surveillance as some of these have tested positive for H5...
Taxi aggregators will have to comply with city fuel norms: Govt panel
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Taxi aggregators such as Uber and Ola will have to comply with city fuel norms — compressed natural gas (CNG) in case of Delhi — and can also run black-and-yellow cabs, a government panel has recommended. The...
We are inspired by Gandhi, Nehru: Aung San Suu Kyi
New Delhi/Nagpur: PM Narendra Modi: "I welcome her Excellency to her second home. It is an honor for us to receive you in India," PM Modi addresses Aung San Suu Kyi. "As you lead Myanmar to become modern, prosperous, India and...
With threats of vandalism, MNS certain to be zero MLA party: Sanjay Manjrekar
Mumbai: Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar took a dig at the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Twitter. On his Twitter account, he wrote, "One MLA party, MNS, not learning their lessons. With threats of vandalism etc they are certain to...
Fake degree row: Court dismisses case against Smriti Irani
New Delhi/Nagpur: In a relief to Union Minister Smriti Irani, the Patiala House Court on Tuesday dismissed the fake degree case against her where the complainant had alleged that she had allegedly provided false information regarding her educational qualifications in...
Lodha Panel trying to run cricket in country: BCCI to Supreme Court
New Delhi/Nagpur: BCCI alleged in the Supreme Court that the Justice RM Lodha committee was trying to "run cricket" in the country by giving directions regarding match schedule, including the cash-rich IPL, which was beyond its jurisdiction. BCCI alleged before a...
Ram museum is tourism, not politics, says BJP minister ahead of Ayodhya tour
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: The approaching elections in Uttar Pradesh have made the communally-sensitive town of Ayodhya a point of huge interest and activity again - and brought Lord Ram back to the centre of the BJP's agenda. Though the central government has...
Mumbai police promise protection during Ae Dil Hai Mushkil release
Mumbai/Nagpur: Mumbai police assure protection during the release of Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The film is releasing over the Diwali weekend. Fox Star, one of the producers of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, met the Mumbai police commissioner seeking protection...
Air India flight from Ahmedabad suffers tyre burst at Mumbai airport
Image used for representational purposes only An Air India plane carrying 128 passengers and crew members from Ahmedabad suffered a tyre burst while landing at the Mumbai airport this morning. All passengers are safe and another aircraft has been arranged...
Fire breaks out in Mumbai’s Maker Towers building, 2 dead
Mumbai: Two persons died on Tuesday in a fire at the Maker Tower in Mumbai, a prominent residential complex in the city's south. The fire broke out early this morning on the 20th floor of the sea-facing building in the Cuffe...
Fire engulfs SUM hospital in Bhubaneswar, 14 feared dead
Bhubaneshwar: A major fire broke out in SUM hospital, a leading private healthcare institute, here on Monday evening, triggering panic among patients and attendants. 14 patient ARE feared dead and several others suffered suffocation-related injuries, police sources said. Fire service sources...
RSS Man Hacked to Death in Bengaluru, Workers Take To Streets
Section 144 was imposed on Sunday in six police station limits in Bangalore, after an RSS worker was hacked to death by two motorcyle-borne men on an arterial road, police said. Prohibitory orders were imposed in Shivajinagar, Frazer Town, DJ HAlli,...
No medical bulletin on Jayalalithaa’s condition for 6 days
As suspense continued about the health condition of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa admitted to Apollo Hospitals last month, there was no medical bulletin about her health from the hospital for the sixth consecutive day. Apollo Hospitals, in its...
Chhattisgarh: BJP leaders son accused of gang rape
Representational Pic Woman gang-raped by three men in a car in Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. BJP leader's son is the accused and is absconding, two others held. While two of the accused Devendra (23) and Farid Ali (26) have been arrested, Princely Saluja,...
Terrorists snatch 5 rifles from cops guarding TV tower in J-K
Representational image Separatist militants snatched weapons from TV tower guards in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said on Monday. The police said the militants attacked the guards posted at a Low Power Transmitter station of public service broadcaster Doordarshan in...
Omar Abdullah detained at US airport for 2 hours
Former Jammu-Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said he was stopped at a New York airport for two hours on Monday for extra immigration checks. "Another `random' secondary immigration check upon landing in the US. Thrice in three visits, the randomness...
Jayalalitha’s condition improves “she will come out like a tigress” say party workers
Chennai/Nagpur: Multiple sources in Chennai have confirmed that the condition of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has improved significantly in the past two days and she has been off the ventilator during the day. She is on respiratory support...
No respect even in death: Dalit HIV victim cremated in front of house
Representational Pic Odisha/Nagpur: A Dalit man who succumbed to HIV virus had to be cremated in front of his home in a village in Odisha after locals refused to allow the last rites at the public cremation ground. The deceased, 35-year-old...
