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...
Bombay High Court allows IPL match in Pune on May 1
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed one Indian Premier League (IPL) match to be played in Maharashtra. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice M S Karnik allowed the May 1 to be played between Rising...
President can be wrong, says Uttarakhand HC to Centre
Dehradun/Nagpur: "Even the President can go wrong," said the judges today who are deciding whether President's Rule was used in the hill state of Uttarakhand to get rid of the Congress government. In successive hearings, the judges of the Uttarakhand High...
New PF withdrawal norms put on hold till July 31 after protests
New Delhi/Nagpur: Facing protest, the government today kept in abeyance for three more months the proposed move to bar withdrawal of employer's contribution to the provident fund corpus until the employee attains the age of 58 years. "The notification (tightening PF...
Will do everything to get it back: Govt’s U-turn on Kohinoor
New Delhi: 24 hours after it told the Supreme Court that the Kohinoor diamond cannot be brought back to India from UK as it was "gifted" to the British queen, the Modi government has done a U-turn over the issue. Government...
Ishrat Jahan encounter case: Congress on defensive as BJP ups ante
Controversy flared afresh after ‘Times Now’ revealed that P. Chidambaram signed original affidavit describing Ishrat Jahan as being part of a Lashkar module New Delhi: With less than a week to go before the start of the second half of the...
Government rolls back restrictions on withdrawal of provident fund
New Delhi: Confronted by protests - including a riot in Bengaluru that saw buses and police jeeps set on fire - the government has cancelled controversial new rules on when you can withdraw money from your provident fund, which serves...
Non-bailable warrant against Vijay Mallya paves way for red corner alert!
New Delhi. Calling troubled times for fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya, a special court has issued an open-dated non bailable warrant against him in a Rs 900 crore money laundering case. Special judge PR Bhavake passed the orders on a plea...
Dipa Karmakar becomes 1st Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANIERO: Dipa Karmakar today created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics as she booked a berth for the Rio Games after a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event here. The...
Sakshi Maharaj stirs up hornet’s nest again, says ‘Women in Islam are no better than footwear’
Slug: BJP parliamentarian sparks another controversy again by hurting Muslim sentiments. Nagpur / New Delhi: Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi aka Sakshi Maharaj who is the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian from Unnao has stired the hornet’s nest once again and in-turn triggered a controversy...
Kashmir ‘molestation’ victim’s mother saw Army jawan inside toilet and had screamed
Almost four days after the molestation rumours of a teenage school girl in Handwara town in Kashmir ignited violent protests, the girl's mother has said that her daughter and husband are in police custody and she is not allowed to...
Dilip Kumar admitted to hospital, next 72 hours critical, say doctors
Bollywood's legendary actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to a hospital early on Saturday after he complained of respiratory problems. The actor was brought to Lilavati hospital in Mumbai at around 2.30 am on Saturday, hospital sources said. “I got a call...
Government suspends Vijay Mallya’s Passport after ED request
New Delhi/Nagpur: In what could give a big blow to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the government on Friday suspended his passport on the request of Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED had sought revocation of the passport of Mallya after his failure...
I didn’t need Priyanka to enhance my life, says Robert Vadra
New Delhi/Nagpur: Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said today that he would "never leave the country, no matter how much I am humiliated" and also shared: "I did not need Priyanka to enhance my life, I...
‘Useless’ Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif for sale on ebay
New Delhi/Nagpur: In a bizarre incident, an anonymous user has put Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif up for sale on ebay, an American ecommerce store. The advertisement has been posted under the caption, "Useless Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif for Sale." "Used Pakistani...
Rohith Vemula’s Mother, Brother Embrace Buddhism
The family of Dalith research scholar Rohith Vemula, whose suicide at Hyderabad Central University in January created a firestorm of protest, converted to Buddhism on Thursday. This happened on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, the Dalit icon...
Trupti Desai sustains injuries during Mahalakshmi Temple darshan, says attackers wanted to kill her
Notwithstanding the "advice" given by the police to wear sari inside 'girbh griha' of the temple, the woman activist entered the inner sanctum in salwar kameez though some priests and devotees tried to block her way. Bhoomata Ranragini Brigade leader Trupti...
Earthquake in Delhi: 6.8 magnitude quake hits India
New Delhi: A high-intensity earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Wednesday at around 7.25pm rocked Kolkata and almost all parts of Bengal. While no casualties or injuries were reported from across the state, reports of buildings getting damaged...
‘A Hindu is a Hindu’, says Supreme Court on women at Sabarimala temple
Kerala/Nagpur: The Supreme Court today observed that "In the Hindu religion there is no denomination of a Hindu male or female. A Hindu is a Hindu". The remarks were made as the top court decides whether the famous Sabarimala temple...
Mayawati May Face Fresh Case For Alleged Illegal Wealth
New Delhi/Nagpur: Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati faces fresh charges of corruption with the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a case linked to her alleged illegal wealth. The central government had told the court that there were no new grounds for...
Money laundering probe: ED seeks revocation of Vijay Mallya’s passport in IDBI case
New Delhi/Nagpur: After the liquor baron failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) despite being summoned thrice, the agency on Wednesday sought revocation of Vijay Mallya's passport in connection with money laundering probe in over Rs 900 crore IDBI...
