India Withdraws Visa To Chinese Dissident Leader After Beijing Protests: Sources
New Delhi: India has withdrawn visa granted to a Chinese dissident after Beijing's strong protest, say government sources. Dolkun Isa, a Germany-based Uyghur activist, had been granted visa to attend a conference in Dharamsala this week. The move was seen as linked...
Maneka Cites Sonia’s Example on How to Curb Corruption
Pilibhit: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was showered praises from an unexpected quarter on Sunday. Sonia's estranged sister-in-law and Union Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government Maneka Gandhi complimented her for curbing corruption. Narrating an old incident, Maneka cited Sonia...
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur gets emotional in front of PM Modi over criticism of judiciary
New Delhi. In a rare display of emotion, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Sunday broke down to tears during his speech at Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in Delhi.
TCS Worker, a strong BJP supporter assaulted me inside the aircraft: Kanhaiya Kumar
Mumbai. JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar today alleged that a fellow passenger - who was a BJP supporter and an employee of IT firm Ttata Consultancy Services or TCS -- tried to strangle him on a flight from Mumbai to...
Hema Malini got Rs. 70 crore land for Rs. 1.75 lakh: RTI activist
Mumbai/Nagpur: Actor-turned-lawmaker Hema Malini has been alloted land worth Rs. 70 crore for just Rs. 1.75 lakh for a dance academy in upmarket Oshiwara under a revised policy of Maharashtra government, an RTI query has revealed. Documents accessed by RTI activist...
Trump mocks Indian call centres, but says India is a great nation
Washington/Nagpur: Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has used a fake Indian accent to mock a call centre representative in India. At the same time, he described India as a great place, asserting that he is not angry with Indian leaders. The...
Punjab: Dalit woman dragged out of office, kidnapped and raped; one arrested
Muktsar/Nagpur: Over a month after a Dalit woman was dragged, abducted and raped in Muktsar district of Punjab, the police on Saturday arrested one person in connection with the case. The incident of the victim being dragged by one of...
Haji Ali Dargah row: Trupti Desai defiant despite Sena leader’s threat to welcome her with slippers
Pune/Nagpur: Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai on Saturday insisted that the threats of Shiv Sena leader Haji Arafat will not work and her group would be going to Haji Ali Dargah on April 28. "This kind of threat is wrong. Everyone...
SpiceJet sacks pilot for sexual harassment
New Delhi/Nagpur: The SpiceJet airline has sacked one of his pilots for allegedly asking the chief air hostess of the flight to sit with him in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 flight. The incident took place onboard Kolkata-Bangkok flight on...
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order, revives President’s Rule till April 27
New Delhi/Nagpur: In what can be seen as a boost to the BJP and blow to Harish Rawat government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order on lifting the President's Rule in the state till April...
Suicide bomber kills nine at Baghdad mosque: Sources
Baghdad/Nagpur: A suicide bomber killed at least nine people when he detonated an explosive vest after Friday prayers at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in southwestern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. A second suicide attacker at the mosque in al-Radwaniya district was...
10 Shiv Sena protesters marching to Ghulam Ali function held in Gujrat
Gujarat/Nagpur: Police detained 10 people on Friday for staging demonstration against Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali who arrived in Gujarat’s Mahuva to receive an award by a local religious organisation. The detained people are said to be members of the right-wing Shiv...
16 people killed in landslide in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang area
Itanagar: In an unfortunate incident, at least 16 people were killed in a landslide in Tawang area of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. The landslide took place near village Phamla in Tawang. As per ANI news agecny, rescue operations have now ended and...
ISIS executes 250 women for refusing to become sex slaves: Report
Representational Pic London/Nagpur: The Islamic State, notorious for its brutality, has reportedly executed 250 girls in northern Iraq for refusing to become sex slaves, according to a media report. The girls had been ordered to accept temporary marriages to the terrorists...
Heat wave kills more than 160 across India; Met Deptt. forecats monsoons still weeks away
Hyderabad/Nagpur: Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said Tuesday, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still likely weeks away. Most of the heat-wave victims were laborers and farmers in...
Sachin Tendulkar collaborates with PepsiCo to tackle Maharashtra drought
Mumbai/Nagpur: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and PepsiCo will jointly help Maharashtra government tackle the drought in Marathwada. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today held a meeting with Tendulkar in this regard. "Delighted to meet Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar. He & Pepsi are putting...
India closing in on Rafale deal with France, says Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
New Delhi/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the negotiation with France for 36 Rafale jets is in advanced stage but added it can't be said that the negotiation is totally cleared until India signs it. "While the deal is...
Maharashtra mulls law to make it must for units to use recycled water
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: With the drought situation in Maharashtra worsening day by day and the storage in dams hitting a low, the state government is mulling bringing in a law making it mandatory for industries to use recycled water. As part...
GST Bill: Govt will try to convince opposition again, says Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi/Nagpur: Stressing that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is the need of the hour, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the government will again try to convince the Opposition so as to ensure passage of the legislation...
Uttarakhand crisis: HC quashes President’s Rule
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday sought assurance from the Centre that the President's Rule will not be revoked in the state for at least a week. Coming down heavily on the Centre, the two-judge bench of the high court...
Another quake, magnitude 6.2, hits Ecuador
Cojimies, Ecuador/Nagpur: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, just days after a major quake hit the country killing nearly 500 people. The latest quake was centred 70km (44 miles) off the Pacific coast town Esmeraldas...