Samsung meets DGCA to extinguish fire over exploding phones
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Senior executives of Samsung today met officials of aviation regulator DGCA, two days after one of the company's high-end smartphones caught fire inside an IndiGo aircraft. During the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, the...
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi during roadshow in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: A shoe was thrown at Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh. The shoe missed the Congress leader narrowly but the attacker was arrested. Mr Gandhi was riding in an open top vehicle on a prominent...
Rain fury in Telangana: 1000 evacuated; Godavari in full spate
With heavy downpour pummelling Telangana over the past few days, authorities are keeping a watch on the flood situation even as over 1,000 villagers were evacuated in Karimnagar district. The water from the under-construction Mid Manair Dam in Boinapally mandal of...
ISRO’s multiple-satellite rocket launched
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is gearing up for its longest and most complex mission till date - launching multiple satellites from one rocket into two different orbits. The 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV takes off from...
Patient at Ranchi hospital served food on floor, staff say no plates
In one of the most disturbing visuals to surface in the middle of a debate over poor facilities in hospitals across the country, a patient eats straight from the floor of a hospital ward in Jharkhand capital Ranchi. Palmati Devi, her...
Lata Mangeshkar to be conferred with Bengal’s highest civilian honour
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to confer state's highest civilian honour, the 'Banga-Bibhushan', to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Mamata announced on her Facebook page that the 86-year-old singer has accepted the proposal in a letter. "I...
4 dead as gunman opens fire in Washington mall
Four people were killed in a shooting at a mall in Burlington, Washington, a spokesman for the state patrol tweeted. Police are searching for at least one shooter, and are sweeping stores in the mall, Sergeant Mark Francis said. Burlington...
DGCA summons Samsung officials after Note 2 phone catches fire on Chennai flight
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: India’s aviation regulator has summoned officials of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd to appear before it on Monday after a Samsung phone caught fire on a Chennai-bound IndiGo flight in the first such incident on an Indian...
Delhi HC okays WhatsApp privacy policy
New Delhi/Nagpur: In other news, the Delhi High Court has reportedly okayed WhatsApp's new privacy policy under which the company will share some user data, including phone number of a user, with its parent company Facebook. According to media, the court...
Scarlett Keeling murder verdict: Both accused acquitted of all charges
New Delhi/Nagpur: Scarlett Keeling murder verdict: Two Indian men charged with raping and causing the death of British schoolgirl Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008 have been acquitted of all charges. Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Keeling was found bruised and half-dressed...
36 Rafales flying this way
New Delhi/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar signing the Rafale Contract Agreement with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in South Block. India today signed a deal to buy 36 high-tech Rafale fighters from France in the country's first major acquisition...
Molestor cop Rathore will not have to go back to jail
Former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore, held guilty of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra who committed suicide in 1993, will not have to go back to jail, the Supreme Court said today. The court confirmed his conviction but said he will not...
SC directs that Sahara chief Subrata Roy be taken into custody, refuses to extend his parole
File PicThe Supreme Court today ordered Sahara chief Subrata Roy to be go back to jail. After spending two years in jail, Mr Roy was out on parole. Sahara chief's lawyer today sought an extension of the parole granted to Mr...
Centre may evict Congress from Akbar Road HQ
The Narendra Modi government is considering a proposal to evict Congress from its headquarters on 24 Akbar Road and three other bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, besides demanding market rent on these properties since June 2013, reports the Economic Times. The development...
MNS warns Pak actors: Leave India in 48 hours or get thrown out
Mumbai/Nagpur: So, the Raj Thackeray-headed Maharashtra Nivnirman Sena (MNS) has taken the lead in asking Pakistani actors to get out India. Taking a cue from his cousin's Shiv Sena, which had vowed not to allow Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Mahira...
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti gets bail
New Delhi/Nagpur: AAP MLA Somnath Bharti gets bail. The Delhi Police today arrested the MLA for assaulting security guards at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Earlier this month, an FIR was registered against Bharti and his supporters for allegedly...
School kids heard terror suspects say ‘ONGC’, ‘School’
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Indian Navy, Air Force, Mumbai Crime Branch, Anti Terrorism Squad, Mumbai Police on highest alert in Mumbai after the alleged terror suspects were spotted in Uran this morning. The men were speaking a different language, the school kids said....
MP in action!
Nashik/Nagpur: The man in the white kurta is Hemant Godse, the Lok Sabha MP from Nashik, and the man whose shirt he has grabbed is Julian Luke, the principal of the Barnes School in Deolali. All this with the police...
Ramdev’s Balkrishna enters Forbes rich list, Mukesh tops again
New Delhi/Nagpur: Yoga guru Ramdev's close associate Balkrishna has entered India's richest 100 club with USD 2.5 billion networth owing to his 97 per cent holding in Patanjali Ayurved, while new-age retailer Flipkart's co-founders Sachin and Binny Bansal made a...
‘Sharif’s statements confirm we don’t need to waste time talking to him’
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's address at the 71st United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, "Nawaz Sharif has become more and more disappointing. Same man who had welcomed PM...
AAP bad boy Somnath Bharti arrested for assaulting AIIMS guards
The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested AAP MLA Somnath Bharti for assaulting security guards at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, ANI reports. Earlier this month, an FIR was registered against Bharti and his supporters for allegedly misbehaving with...
