Freed After 11 Years, Shahabuddin Of Lalu’s Party Jabs At Nitish
Bhagalpur: Nitish Kumar is a chief minister of "circumstances", said former RJD MP Mohd Shahabuddin, who was released from a jail in Bihar this morning after a decade of imprisonment. "My leader is Lalu Yadav," said Shahabuddin, whose name has...
SC seeks Centre’s response on AAP’s appeals against HC order on LG’s powers
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Friday issues notice to the Centre on Arvind Kejriwa I-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government's appeals, challenging the Delhi High Court verdict that the Lieutenant Governor is the administrative head of the national capital. The...
Separatist leader Geelani’s press conference foiled
Police on Friday foiled a press conference called by Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani at his residence by sealing off Hyderpora locality and forcing journalists to leave from the area. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in strength in the area...
Apollo doctor arrested for allegedly raping dengue patient in ICU
Gandhinagar: A doctor of a major private hospital in Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly raping a dengue patient in the ICU earlier this week. The woman, who is being treated in the Apollo hospital in Gandhinagar, was allegedly raped twice...
Arvind Kejriwal’s car meets with minor accident in Jalandhar
The car in which Aam Aadmi Party supremo and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was travelling met with a minor accident in Jalandhar on Friday. The accident occurred when Kejriwal’s cavalcade was descending a flyover. His car was hit by...
Cauvery river strike brings Bengaluru to a halt, many stranded at airport
Bengaluru: A Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits on Friday to protest against the Supreme Court's direction to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu threw normal life out of gear in many parts of the state including Bengaluru. Flights at...
Kapil Sharma Questions PM Modi’s ‘Achche Din’, Alleges BMC Demanding Bribe
The usually jovial Kapil Sharma seems quite unhappy with the nation's Prime Minister these days. The stand up comedian and host vent out his frustration on prevailing corruption in BMC on twitter. Kapil tweeted, “I am paying 15 cr income tax...
Stampede During Naval Exam in Mumbai’s Malad
Mumbai: Many people are feared injured in a stampede at a naval base in Mumbai's Malad, where thousands of candidates had gathered for a recruitment drive on Friday morning. Reports suggest the situation went out of control when around 6,000 candidates...
North Korea nuclear test suspected after ‘artificial’ quake
North Korea is suspected of carrying out its fifth test of a nuclear bomb, after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake was detected close to its test site. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said it had been an "artificial quake". An unnamed South Korean...
Writing on the wall for Amit Shah in Surat: Posters call him ‘General Dyer’
Ahmedabad/Nagpur: Posters saying ‘General Dyer Go Back’ have come up in Surat’s Patidar-dominated areas like Varachha on Thursday, hours before BJP chief Amit Shah is to be felicitated by the community’s business lobby. In other posters, Shah has been accused of...
Kejriwal only wants yes men, says Navjot Sidhu launching Awaaz-e-Punjab Party
Chandigarh/Nagpur: Navjot Singh Sidhu, dressed in black and white, spoke mostly in Punjabi as he launched a new political party, the Awaaz-e-Punjab, and broke his long silence on his aborted talks to join Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. Mr Kejriwal wants...
Ankur Panwar sentenced to death in Preeti Rathi acid attack and murder case
Mumbai/Nagpur: A special women's court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for murdering a Delhi resident by hurling acid at Bandra Terminus in 2013. The sentencing comes a day after the accused Ankur Panwar was convicted by Judge...
Combative Kejriwal vows to send Badals to prison
Ludhiana/Nagpur: A combative Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday he won’t be cowed down by protests and that he and the AAP will remain in Punjab till the ruling Badal family is jailed. “We are here to stay. We...
HC sets aside Delhi government order appointing 21 AAP legislators as parliamentary secretaries
In June, President Pranab Mukherjee had refused to sign a bill that allowed the 21 AAP MLAs to hold a second paying position as parliamentary secretary, leaving their fate hanging in balance. The AAP had earlier defended its decision in high...
26/11 attack: Pakistani court issues notice to mastermind Zakiur Lakhvi
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan issued notices to seven accused of 2008 Mumbai attack case, including Laskhar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and the government on a plea to examine the boat used by the 10 LeT terrorists to reach the...
Kejriwal jostled by protesters at station, security breach says AAP
Arvind Kejrwal was jostled by a crowd of protesters this morning at the railway station in Delhi, from where he took a train to Punjab for a five-day visit. As the CM boarded a Shatabdi train to Ludhiana, women activists shouted...
Dabholkar Murder Case: Hindu outfit member named as key conspirator
Narendra Dabholkar (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation has charged Hindu Janajagruti Samiti member Virendrasing Tawde with criminal conspiracy and murder in connection with the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013. The Samiti is allegedly linked with Sanatan...
Youth tries to drown cop during Ganesh immersion in Kalyan, 4 booked
Mumbai/Nagpur: A shocking video of a policeman being pushed into a lake and four youths of a local Ganesh Utsav mandal trying to drown him in Kalyan townwhip has gone viral. The youths had...Crude bomb hurled at BJP office in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: A crude bomb was hurled at a BJP office in the heart of the city here, with the party alleging that CPI-M workers were behind the attack. No one was injured in the incident, police said. The incident occurred around...
World’s first face transplant patient Isabelle Dinoire dies
A French woman who underwent the world's first partial face transplant has died in hospital aged 49 after a long illness. Isabelle Dinoire, who lost her mouth and nose after a dog bite, made medical history in 2005 when she was...
Karnataka erupts in protests over sharing Krishna water with TN
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Traffic was disrupted and vehicles carrying TN number plates were defaced; public buses were stopped between neighboring states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in protest over the old issue of water sharing. This happened mostly in Mandya...
