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...
India Strikes Back : 20 Pak terrorists killed in cross-LoC operation, toll may go up
New Delhi/Srinagar: At least 20 terrorists have been killed in a daring cross-LoC operation by the Indian Army in response to the Uri attack. Two units of the elite 2 Paras comprising 18-20 soldiers flew across the LoC in the...
RSS leader shot in August dies of injuries
RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja who was shot by two men in August dies of his injuries. After a battling for life for over 45 days, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader passed away this morning. Gagneja was attacked by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men...
Emergency in Charlotte after protests over cop shooting black man
A man stands on a car in uptown Charlotte, NC to protest police brutality North Carolina governor declares a state of emergency in Charlotte amid violent protests over fatal cop shooting of black man. If you've just joined us, a man...
No peace between India and Pakistan without resolving Kashmir issue: Sharif
Raising Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that peace between India and Pakistan cannot be finally achieved without resolution to the Kashmir dispute. "Kashmiris are reacting to India's illegal occupation of Kashmir,'...
Thousands take part in Maratha kranti silent morcha in Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai/Nagpur: After organising massive morchas in Beed, Aurangabad, Parbhani and Osmanabad, the Maratha Kranti silent morcha was held in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The venue was Raigad area. The police estimated that between 1 lakh and 1.5 lakh people took...
Cabinet approves purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets : Source
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: India's cabinet cleared the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation on Wednesday, paving the way for signing a deal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is betting on to modernise the air force, a...
AAP MLA held for sexual harassment blames Centre
New Delhi/Nagpur: In yet another arrest of an AAP MLA, Amanatullah Khan was today held in connection with a sexual harassment case filed against him by his sister-in-law, the second time the legislator has faced action by Delhi Police in...
Rail budget will lose autonomy if merged if Union Budget: Nitish
New Delhi/Nagpur: First reactions from the opposition on the government's decision to merge the Rail Budget with the Union Budget. JDU chief Nitish Kumar, who was a railway minister: "Merging rail budget and general budget won't do any good, it will...
Army conducts search operation in Uri, Nowgam sectors
Kashmir/Nagpur: The counter-infiltration operations along the Line of Control in Kashmir today entered the second day even as the Army conducted a search to recover bodies of terrorists killed in the failed infiltration bids in Nowgam and Uri sectors. "The operations...
Cabinet approves merger of Railway Budget with Union Budget
New Delhi/Nagpur: The 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget will come to an end from the next fiscal with the Union Cabinet approving the decision to merge it with the General Budget, media reports say. The move will come...
