World’s ‘biggest’ cake for PM Modi’s birthday
A cake weighing 3,750 kg, claimed to be world's biggest, has been made in Surat, Gujarat, for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, in an attempt to set a new world record. The cake will be cut by girls coming from various...
Return From Finland Now: Delhi Lt Governor To Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
With Delhi reeling from an outbreak of chikungunya, dengue and other vector-borne diseases, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has asked Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to return from Finland as soon as possible. Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, is in...
No rift in SP, Akhilesh can’t defy me: Mulayam
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav said on Friday that there are no differences in his family and party after meeting his brother Shivpal Yadav and son Akhilesh, who are at loggerheads. "There can't be a rift in the party," Mulayam...
Tragedy in Goa as youth shoots girl, attempts suicide
A 19-year-old boy allegedly shot a young girl dead before attempting suicide by turning the gun on himself near Ponda town in Goa, the police said today. Nikhil Kumar, hailing from Jharkhand and currently living in Loutolim...
2 girls out for a walk, gangraped in park, 4 arrested
Delhi: Two girls, aged 17 and 18, out on a walk with their boyfriends at a park in outer Delhi's Aman Vihar area were allegedly gangraped by five youths on Wednesday evening. The assailants also thrashed the victims' boyfriends before tying...
Shivpal Yadav resigns,Akhilesh Yadav rejects
UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has refused to accept the resignation of his uncle Shivpal Yadav. The drama happened on an evening that saw party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav get into firefighting mode in a bid to sort out the feud...
During Ganesh Visarjan, scuffle breaks out between Rishi Kapoor & journalists
Mumbai: During Ganesh Visarjan, scuffle broke out between veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and journalists today in Mumbai. Former actor Randhir Kapoor also fought with reporters. However, the reason for the fight in yet not known. It is pertinent to mention here that...
Indian Advertising Regulatory Body Has Rapped Patanjali For Its ‘Misleading’ Ads
New Delhi/Nagpur: There seems to be no end to the on-going battle between Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved and Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) with the latter directing the former to withdraw or modify its advertisements for Patanjali Honey as...
Mumbai: 20 fire trucks tackle Hiranandani Tower fire
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at Hiranandani high rise building in Kandivali area of Mumbai, on Thursday. No casualties have been reported. Hiranandani Tower fire has been upgraded to level 3 fire as fire fighting operations continue. 20 vehicles involved...
DGCA bars clicking pictures near aircraft
Flyers will no longer be allowed to take pictures or selfies while boarding or alighting from aircraft. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has reinforced restrictions on "air side" photography by passengers in a new rule issued primarily to prohibit pilots...
Leadership erred by removing Akhilesh as SP chief: Ram Gopal Yadav
Lucknow:Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, who was rushed to Lucknow to resolve the ongoing crisis in the party, said on Thursday that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ahilkesh Yadav was not consulted by the central leadership before being removed from...
SC spares Soumya case convict from death penalty
New Delhi: Supreme Court sets aside the death penalty, reduces death penalty to life sentence. The Supreme Court acquitted Govindachami of murder charges while upholding the conviction under Section 376 IPC for rape. Partly allowing the appeal preferred by the accused...
CBI to probe Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan’s murder
Patna/Nagpur: In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to take over the probe into the murder of Hindustan daily's Siwan bureau chief Rajdev Ranjan. This comes after a furore erupted over Mohammad Kaif, the wanted sharpooter...
Scribe ‘gets threatening calls’ after AAP minister Kapil Mishra tweets number
Police has registered a case in connection with alleged threatening calls received by mediaperson Dipak Chaurasia after his phone number was tweeted by Aam Aadmi Party minister Kapil Mishra. 'A criminal case under Sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by...
AIADMK likely to stake claim for Vice President’s post
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is likely to push the National Democratic Alliance government to make party leader M Thambidurai, who is currently deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Vice President of India. Senior party leaders have written...
Congress MLA hurls shoe at Punjab minister Majithia in assembly
Congress MLA Tarlochan Sund hurled shoe at Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia during assembly session on Wednesday. Sund, along with other Congress members, assembled around the Speaker's chair, demanding a debate on their no-confidence motion against the state government. They shouted slogans...
Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan Targets Amit Shah For His Greeting On Onam
Thiruvananthapuran: On the eve of Thiruvonam -- the main and the last day of Onam festivities in Kerala -- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took a dig at BJP chief Amit Shah, calling his Onam greeting an insult to Malayalees...
Will decide on quitting only after talking to Mulayam, says Shivpal
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, who was stripped of key ministerial portfolios by his nephew and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday, has put the ball in party chief and his brother Mulayam Singh Yadav's court over decision on...
105-year-old who sold goats to build toilet made Swachh Bharat mascot
105-year-old Kunwar Bai, who was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats, has been chosen as the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' mascot. The PM will felicitate Kunwar Bai at a function in the national capital...
IRCTC to make Aadhaar compulsory for booking tickets?
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is likely to make Aadhaar cards mandatory for booking train tickets from December, 2016. Passengers who dont have Aadhaar Card wont be able to book train tickets, Trak.in reported. This major collaboration...
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict attacked in Vellore prison
Vellore: Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A G Perarivalan was attacked with iron rods by fellow prisoners in Vellore Central Prison. He is injured in the attack and is being treated inside the prison. Perarivalan is one of the convicts serving life...
