Celebrities with two kids have surrogate third because wife can’t take pain: Sushma
New Delhi/Nagpur: External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj explains the new surrogacy bill. Childless couples cannot hire surrogate mothers or ask anyone but close relatives to carry their babies, says a draft law cleared by the government today. Excerpts... "There will be...
Rahul’s claim that he did not defame RSS accepted by SC
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court of India hearing an appeal by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to quash the defamation case filed by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh has deferred the hearing to September 1. Rahul Gandhi's counsel Kapil Sibal told the...
Dahi handi height stays 20 feet, SC rejects plea
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court rejects plea for increasing the height of the dahi handi pyramid above 20 feet. A bench comprising justices A R Dave, U U Lalit and L Nageswara Rao heard the plea as the festival is...
As Rajnath reaches Srinagar, youth dies in fresh clashes
Srinagar/Nagpur: A youth today died in fresh clashes between protestors and security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on a day Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Srinagar to review the situation. With the death of the youth, the...
Adv B J Agrawal’s book “Bhanvar Mein Siyasat” to be dedicated on Aug 28
Nagpur: The book “Bhanvar Mein Siyasat,” a collection of interesting write-ups penned by senior counsel Adv B J Agrawal, will be dedicated to public in a function on August 28, 2016. Adv Agrawal, who has carved out a niche for...
Wrestler Sakshi Malik returns home
Rio Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik reached Delhi early on Wednesday and was accorded a grand welcome. Sakshi was accompanied by Haryanas Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij on her flight back home and as many as five Haryana...
Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Rome, central Italy
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude estimated at 6.1 has rattled Rome and central Italy in the middle of the night. There were no immediate reports of damage early today, but state-run RAI radio said people ran into the streets...
When PM Modi lost his cool over GST
New Delhi/Nagpur: "Garib ki thaali mei farak nahi padna chahiye (the poor should not be affected)..." was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's angry retort to an official who sought to explain that there shall be a marginal increase in the prices...
Javadekar clarifies on Nehru, Netaji’s hanging remark, says he is amused
New Delhi/Nagpur: After controversy over his statement over freedom fighter that mentioned 'Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose were hanged', HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar issued a clarification saying it's a confusion of punctuation in his quote. While paying homage to freedom fighters,...
Gujarat journalist stabbed repeatedly while writing story at office
Ahmedabad/Nagpur: A senior journalist was found dead on Monday night, stabbed repeatedly in the chest, lying in a pool of blood in his office in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Kishore Dave, who was the bureau chief of a Gujarati newspaper...
Manjula Chellur takes over as Chief Justice, Mumbai High Court
Manjula Chellur (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: Manjula Chellur formerly Chief Justice of West Bengal at Calcutta High Court has taken over as Chief Justice of Mumbai High court in a small ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Mumbai where she took oath. Manjula...
A Kenyan born RBI Governor who became an Indian citizen only in 2013. Why silent now Subramaniam Swamy?
Let's say it without mincing words - since now Subramaniam Swamy who called Rajan a "foreigner" is silent on the subject - new RBI Governor in waiting Urjit Patel was NOT born or educated in India! He was born in...
Amid Indo-Pak tensions, airlines ask to skip Pakistani airspace
Representational Pic New Delhi: Indian carriers are increasingly seeking the government's nod to fly to the Gulf from western India (mainly Ahmedabad) over the Arabian Sea to avoid the circuitous route over Pakistan. Security fears due to deteriorating India-Pakistan ties...
Actor Ramya booked for sedition for ‘Pakistan not hell’ remark
Film actor-turned-politician Ramya, who was on social media for her "Pakistan is not hell' remark, has also been booked for sedition. The complaint accused Ramya of "insulting India" and "provoking the people of India" by "appreciating Pakistan, which is a...
ULFA abducts Assam BJP leader Ratnaswer Moran’s son, demands ransom of Rs one crore
Representational Pic Assam/Nagpur: Son of Tinsukia Zila Parishad's Vice President Ratnaswer Moran’s son Kuldeep Moran was abducted on August 1, 2016 by members of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). The United Liberation Front of Assam insurgency menace seems to...
Telengana Dy C.M. promises Sindhu a ‘better coach than Gopichand’ so she can win Gold!
Hyderabad/Nagpur: We don't know about Sindhu and her chances of winning a Gold medal in the next Olympics in badminton, but as far as stupid comments by politicians go, this one deserves the best medal no doubt. Sindhu and her coach/...
Indian Star Athlete fainted and was unconscious for two hours due to lack of water, What was our Sports Minister doing in Rio?
New Delhi/Nagpur: While the whole country is basking in the stupendous success stories of Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik and PV Sindhu, another of India's athlete daughters at Rio faced an utterly inhuman treatment at the hands of our officials. OP Jaisha,...
Namo Tea Stall where Modi held Chai pe charcha in Ahmedabad was illegal alleges AMC, has been shut down
New Delhi/Nagpur: Remember Modi's famous 'Chai pe charcha' before the 2014 elections when he made huge promises to the Indian electorate about how he would change their lives if elected P.M.? Many of the promises have proved false and now the...
Jigisha Ghosh murder: 2 sentenced to death, 1 to life
New Delhi: The Delhi court has sentenced two to death for IT executive Jigisha Ghosh's murder in 2009 while another one was handed down a life term. Seven years ago, the three convicts abducted 28-year-old Jigisha, an operations manager with Hewitt...
10 killed, 19 hurt as bus falls in canal; 3 die in car mishap
Representational Image Ten persons were killed and 19 others injured when their bus fell into a canal at Nayakangudem in Khammam district of Telangana in the wee hours today, police said. Besides, three persons died in Andhra Pradesh when their car...
PM-Omar meet on J-K ends, govt accepts proposal to stop pellet guns
New Delhi: The meeting between a delegation of Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just ended. The meeting which took place in Delhi today impressed upon the Centre...
