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...
Pak PM needles India again, appoints 22 envoys to raise Kashmir issue
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: In yet another attempt to meddle in India's internal affairs, Pakistan today nominated 22 parliamentarians to raise the Kashmir dispute in the United Nations in September. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today chose 22 special envoys and...
SC seeks Centre’s response on triple talaq
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: A Muslim woman, who was divorced by her husband through a phone call from Dubai, has challenged the Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala, leading the Supreme Court to seek response from...
Varun Gandhi tweets sweetest birthday message to his ma
New Delhi/Nagpur: Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi turned 60 today. Apart from a host of ministers and BJP leaders like Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan, Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Sadhvi Niranajan, PM Modi also wished her, tweeting, "Birthday greetings...
Dalit organisations to meet next month on atrocities issue
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Dalit organisations backed by non-BJP parties today announced that they will meet next month to decide on how to counter the "cultural fascism" of the RSS. The organisations predominately from the Left will also decide on a...
Kashmir’s economy suffers body blow, Rs 6,400 cr loss in 49 days
Srinagar/Nagpur: The ongoing unrest in Kashmir has led to a whopping Rs 6,400-crore loss to the economy of the Valley, with businesses being badly hit due to curfew and separatist sponsored strikes. Tourist and other business activities in Kashmir have come...
Will visit Haji Ali Dargah on Sunday: Trupti Desai
Trupti Desai (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: "I will visit Haji Ali Dargah on Sunday," Bhumata Ranragini Brigade chief Trupti Desai said today. Desai said the decision ensures there is no discrimination against women. After spearheading campaigns to break the bar on the...
Bombay HC allows women’s entry into inner area of Haji Ali dargah
HC says women should be permitted in the dargah along with men and Maharashtra government should ensure their safety. HC says the ban imposed on women is contrary to the fundamental rights of a person as provided in the Constitution. A division...
Chilli-filled ‘PAVA shells’ likely to replace pellet guns
Srinagar: With eye injuries caused by use of pellet guns in Jammu & Kashmir turning into a major controversy, an expert panel of the home ministry is exploring whether these can be replaced with newly-developed PAVA shells, a chilli-based non-lethal...
Carrying dead wife: Odisha hospital gets clean chit
Odisha/Nagpur: Amid an outcry over a tribal man forced to walk 10 km with his wife's body in Odisha's Kalahandi, district health authorities claimed there was no negligence and an ambulance was arranged to take the corpse to their village...
Sheena Bora murder: Audio clips reveal how Peter, Indrani misled Rahul
Mumbai: After Sheena Bora went missing on April 24, 2012, Rahul Mukerjea, the younger son of former media tycoon Peter Mukerjea and Sheena's fianc, kept trying to trace her, audio clips have revealed. Rahul tried to register a missing complaint at...
