Rajnath approves use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control in Kashmir
New Delhi/Nagpur: Amid debate over alternative to pellet guns, according official source, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd controlling ahead of his visit to Kashmir. A seven-member panel involving officers from home ministry, BSF,...
ED attaches Vijay Mallya’s assets worth Rs 6,600
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: In probably its biggest action against Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate attached the beleagured businessman's properties and shares worth Rs 6,600 crore. According to media, among the things ED attached include Mallya's farmhouse in Maharashtra worth Rs...
CD row: Sacked minister Sandeep Kumar booted from AAP
News Delhi/Nagpur: AAP suspends primary membership of sacked minister Sandeep Kumar: Sources. Kumar was sacked by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday evening after receiving an 'objectionable' CD in which he was purportedly shown in a compromising position with a woman. The...
No Cong, No AAP, Sidhu forms new party — Awaaz-e-Punjab
Punjab/Nagpur: Navjot Singh Sidhu forms a new party called the 'Awaaz-e-Punjab' and ties up with the Pargat, Bains brothers. "Along with Pargat Singh and Bains brothers we have formed a front, this will be against those working against Punjab," Sidhu...
Muslim Personal Law Board files pro-triple talaq plea in SC
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Muslim Personal Law Board files a pro triple talaq affidavit. The Board says triple talaq is a cultural issue linked with Islam and one can't challenge in court what is laid down in the Quran. The s...
Rel Jio uses Modi as brand ambassador, draws flak
Mumbai/Nagpur: Reliance may have thought they hit upon a brilliant idea when they used Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph in their full-page advertisements in leading dailies today to announce the launch of Jio, and to ostensibly promote Digital India, but...
Telecom stocks extend losses on RJio fears
Mumbai/Nagpur: Telecom stocks extended losses for the second straight session today, falling up to 3.5 per cent, after Mukesh Ambani yesterday announced the launch of much-talked about Jio 4G service, offering free voice calls and national roaming. Shares of Idea Cellular...
Women health workers stop Rahul’s convoy in home turf Amethi
Amethi/Nagpur: Congress VP Rahul Gandhi's convoy stopped by protesting Anganwadi workers in Gauriganj (UP) while he was on his way to Lucknow. The anganwadi workers seek a pay hike. The Congress vice-president is touring Amethi, holding small meetings with people across...
3 Home Ministry Officials Suspended Over Renewal Of Zakir Naik’s NGO Licence
Zakir Naik (File Pic)New Delhi: Three junior officials of the Union Home Ministry were removed on Thursday after it was found that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act license of a non-profit headed by Salafi preacher Zakir Naik -- who...
Union leader Sharad Rao succumbs to cancer
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: Veteran trade union leader Sharad Rao passed away in Mumbai today, following a prolonged sickness. Rao was heading several influential trade unions in the city, including the BEST union and Mumbai Autorickshawsmen's Union that represents majority of auto...
Rahul fires fresh salvo at RSS
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Firing a fresh salvo at RSS, Rahul Gandhi today said its followers did not participate in the freedom struggle and that people who want to "divide" the country "are now posing as nationalists". The remarks by the...
MHA renewed our foreign fund license last week, says Zakir Naik’s IRF
Mumbai/Nagpur: Under the scanner for radicalizing Muslim youths and getting foreign funding from wrong sources, Islamic Research Foundation of preacher Zakir Naik has denied any wrongdoing. IRF said that its foreign fund license was renewed only last under Foreign Contribution...
Free voices calls, free roaming, cheaper data: Mukesh Ambani rolls out Rel Jio
Highlights of Mukesh Ambani's rollout of the much-anticipated 4G VoLTE service: * Reliance Jio will move India from data shortage to data abundance. * Jio's pricing is about solving customers' pain points. * Customer should pay only for one service - voice or...
Supreme Court quashes Singur land allotment in major setback for Tata Motors
New Delhi/Nagpur: In a landmark judgement, Supreme Court quashed Singur land acquisition by West Bengal government in 2006, handing Tata Motors a big setback. The apex court told WB goverment to hand the land back to the farmers, giving it...
Modiji hell-bent on destroying Delhi, says Kejriwal livid over transfers
New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "hell-bent on destroying Delhi", a furious Arvind Kejriwal charged in his tweets on Tuesday. The Chief Minister is seething over the recent transfer of officers by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, who represents the centre...
I dedicate my silver medal to the nation: Yogeshwar Dutt
New Delhi/Magpur: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt today confirmed that his London Games men's 60kg freestyle bronze medal has upgraded to silver. "Today, I came to know that my Olympic medal has been upgraded to silver. I dedicate this medal to the nation,'...
This is Prashant Kishor’s strategy for Rahul in Amethi
File Pic Amethi/Nagpur: No big rallies, no lengthy speeches, more one-on-ones, interactions with small groups, meetings with youth and women and farmers: This is what election strategist Prashant Kishor has prescribed for Rahul Gandhi's mahayatra in Uttar Pradesh, reports some...
Boy dies on father’s shoulders after hospital refuses ambulance
Kanpur/Nagpur: In a shocking incident, a doctor's apathy claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy in Kanpur, after the doctors of Hallet Hospital also called Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital refused to provide an ambulance and stretcher for the patient suffering...
Cow’s ghee makes you champion not beef: Ramdev hits back at BJP MP
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has hit back at BJP MP and Dalit leader Udit Raj who had said that Usain Bolt won nine gold medals as he ate beef. "It should be clear to everyone that power...
Will help Haji Ali fight case in SC, says kin of Sabarimala priests
Mumbai/Nagpur: After women were allowed entry into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, a kin of the family of priests at Sabarimala temple in Kerala has promised support for the plea of the Haji Ali Trust...
Cops kill Bangladesh cafe attack mastermind and 2 others in encounter
File pic Dhaka/Nagpur: The police just announced that Gulshan cafe attack 'mastermind' Canadian-Bangladeshi Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury and 2 others killed in an encounter near Dhaka. On July 16, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in...
