Dadri Lynching Accused Dies In Judicial Custody
An accused in the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last year, has died at a hospital in Delhi. The accused, 20-year-old Robin, who was in judicial...
Everyone wants surgical strikes against Pak, but not fake ones: Nirupam
Mumbai/Nagpur: Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam today raised doubt over the veracity of the Army's surgical strikes along the LoC suggesting it was "fake" even as as he accused BJP of indulging in politics over national interest. "Every Indian wants surgical...
Omar makes a point
Kashmir/Nagpur: Peeve from former J-K CM Omar Abdullah, who tweets this picture saying: "And some people will lecture others about politicising the army action all the while turning a blind eye to hoardings like these that sprout. No reward for...
Surgical strikes: Raha says situation ‘live’, ready for any challenge
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The situation is "live" in the wake of the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC and the armed forces are ready to deal with any challenge, IAF Chief Marshal Arup Raha said today. He...
Justice Lodha says ‘current NZ series must go on’
Justice RM Lodha reacts to BCCI's threat of cancelling the ongoing New Zealand series. In a reaction to a Television news channel, he says, "There is absolutely no constraint on current expenditure. Matches/Series must go on as these are routine...
Jhelum Express derails in Punjab; four injured
Ludhiana: At least four people were injured after 10 coaches of the Jhelum Express passenger train derailed near Ludhiana city in Punjab, police said on Tuesday. Injured people, travelling on the train, have been sent to Civil hospital Ludhiana, the Ministry...
BCCI cancels ongoing New Zealand series: Reports
Reacting to the Justice RM Lodha committee's direction to banks to freeze its accounts, a disgruntled BCCI has decided to cancel the ongoing New Zealand series, which has a Test and five ODIs remaining. After witnessing constant defiance of its recommendations,...
Record 39 sexual harassment complaints in JNU in 2015-16
New Delhi/Nagpur: Jawaharlal Nehru University, which has been at the centre of a controversy in recent months, recorded 39 complaints of sexual harassment in 2015-16, the highest in the varsity's records. The university had received 26 complaints of sexual harassment in...
Arundhati Roy’s 2nd novel in 20 years to be published in June
New Delhi/Nagpur: Arundhati Roy's second novel, the Ministry of Utmost Happiness, to be published in June 2017 from Penguin India and Hamish Hamilton UK. Roy's first novel The God of Small Things won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in...
IAF jet crashes in Jaisalmer, pilots eject safely
File pic Rajasthan/Nagpur: An IAF Jaguar (trainer aircraft) crashes over Pokhran (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan). Both pilots eject safely. Court of Inquiry has been ordere. Details awaited. In August, a Hawk advanced jet trainer crashed soon after take off from Air Force Station,...
Baramulla terror attack: Terrorists escape into civilian areas
File Pic Baramulla terror attack: Search ops inside the Army camp have been concluded. No dead body of any terrorist has been recovered. It is now believed that the terrorists have escaped into civilian areas, IG BSF said. "Jawans saw two...
Nitish govt moves SC to challenge prohibition order
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Bihar government has moved the Supreme Court to challenge a Patna HC order which scrapped the Nitish Kumar government's decision banning sale of liquor in the state. The state's appeal will be filed and mentioned before...
Parrikar holds closed-door meet with army, navy, air force chiefs
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar chairs high-level security meet. Army Chief Dalbir Singh, Air Force Chief Arup Raha and Navy Chief Sunil Lanba present. This comes in the wake of the attack on an army camp in Baramulla,...
Black money worth Rs 65,250 crore disclosed: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi/Nagpur: A whopping Rs 65,250 crore in black or untaxed money has been disclosed by 64,275 declarants under the centre's Income Declaration Scheme so far, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. The four-month window for tax evaders to come...
Pakistan in shock after army’s surgical strikes: Manohar Parrikar
New Delhi/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday warned Pakistan against taking India's silence as weakness, days after the Indian Army stunned Islamabad by conducting surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control. Parrikar said Pakistan did not...
Pakistan to ban all Indian channels nationwide
Representational Pic The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has taken the decision of banning all Indian channels nationwide. It said that strict action would be taken as per law after October 15 if TV channels and distribution networks failed to follow...
Artists should realise ‘Nation first’: Raj Thackeray on banning Pakistani actors
A day after Salman Khan backed Pakistani actors working in India saying terrorism and art are two different things and should not be mixed, Maharashtra Navnirma Sena's Raj Thackeray slammed the Bollywood actor saying that artists should realise nation comes...
Difference between terrorists and artists, says Salman on Pak ban
Salman Khan holds forth on Indian Motion Picture Producers Association announcing a ban on Pakistani actors and technicians from working in India. The superstar said, "There is a difference between terrorists and actors; Pakistani artists come with permission and visa issued...
SC cancels ex-RJD strongman Shahabuddin’s bail
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court has cancelled former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad Shahabuddin's bail today. "He will be taken to jail forthwith," said Prashant Bhushan who had filed an appeal with the apex court. Earlier in September, the...
Only DGMO, not ministers, will brief media on surgical strikes
New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed members of the Cabinet Committee on Security not to speak to the media about Wednesday night's surgical strike across the Line of Control, and has said that only the director-general of military...
Fadnavis fights like ‘women at community water tap’: Supriya Sule
Taking a jibe at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for being 'short-tempered', Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule has said that he 'fights like the way women squabble over water at community taps'. Addressing women workers of NCP in Maval tehsil...
