In Una, Rohith Vemula’s Mother Unfurls Flag, Kanhaiya Kumar Watches
UNA: Radhika Vemula, whose young son Rohith committed suicide at a university in Hyderabad in January, held top honours as she unfurled the national flag this morning at the grounds of a large state-run school in Una. The small town...
Independence Day: Reform, Perform and Transform says PM Modi
New Delhi: It was the third consecutive Independence Day speech for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the last two of his speeches from the Red Fort have largely been extempore, this year the Prime Minister had invited suggestions from the...
India celebrates 70th Independence Day today
A hawk-eye vigil is being kept across Delhi as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from 17th century Red Fort on the 70th Independence Day. Thousands of security personnel have been deployed in and around the historic Mughal fort...
President Mukherjee’s daughter faces online harassment, puts up texts on Facebook
New Delhi/Nagpur: Sharmishtha Mukherjee, Delhi Congress spokesperson and the daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, claimed today that a man harassed her by sending lewd messages and put up screenshots of the texts on her Facebook page. "The person is completely unknown to...
CBI registers fresh case against Mallya
New Delhi/Nagpur: CBI has registered a fresh case against beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya for alleged irregularities in repayment of Rs 1,600 crore loan taken from State Bank of India. CBI sources said a case has been registered against Mallya and...
Visa denial: UK mission to speak to Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan
New Delhi/Nagpur: The UK High Commission today said it will speak to Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a day after his visa application was rejected. "We don't comment on the detail of individual cases, but can confirm we will offer...
Farmers’ children to observe fast on I-Day
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Children of farmers will observe a day-long hunger strike at various places in Maharashtra on August 15 to seek repeal of `anti-farmer' laws. "We have decided to hold `atmaklesh andolan' at Azad Maidan here on August 15,...
Parliamentary Consultative Committee of Ministry of Coal Meets
File Pic Nagpur: A meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Coal was held in the city on August 12, 2016 evening for reviewing the “Implementation of Mine closure Plans of Coal India Limited (CIL)”. Minister...
Parliament adjourned sine die
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die before the lunch break. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan gave the valedictory address and the session ended with the Vande Mataram. The all-party meet on Kashmir...
SC allows diesel SUVs for Delhi, but with a new tax
New Delhi/Nagpur: Large diesel cars, mainly SUVs, can remain on Delhi's roads, the Supreme Court has said, but owners will have to pay a green fine to compensate for polluting the city's air. Last year, the Supreme Court had temporarily banned...
2 AI, Jet pilots caught drunk after flight suspended for four years
New Delhi/Nagpur: Two pilots of Air India and Jet Airways have been suspended for four years by DGCA after they were found drunk on arrival of their overseas flights. The aviation ministry directs that an FIR be filed against the...
Hiranandani kidney racket: Doctors seek pre-arrest bail
Mumbai/Nagpur: The sessions court in Mumbai today dismissed the anticipatory bail applications of Dr Suvin Shetty and Dr Veena Swelikar in connection with the alleged kidney transplant racket at L H Hiranandani Hospital. Both had said that they followed the rules...
Cellphones suck energy, just put some cow dung: RSS ideologue
"Cow is our mother. Its excreta and urine are nectar and have power to save humans from any disease." Lal showing his phone with cow dung on the back. Agra/Nagpur: On a visit to Agra and Mathura, Shankar Lal, RSS’s...
Rio OC threatens to cancel Sports Minister Vijay Goel’s accreditation
Rio: The Rio Olympics' organisers have threatened to cancel the accreditation of India's Sports Minister, Vijay Goel, if unaccredited people accompanying him do not end their "aggressive and rude" behaviour. "We have had multiple reports of your Minister for Sports trying...
Shah Rukh Khan detained at Los Angeles airport
Los Angeles: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Los Angeles airport by the immigration department on Friday. Venting his frustration at being repeatedly stopped at US airports, the actor wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter: "I fully understand & respect...
Protest at Mumbai’s Badlapur station, trains services hit
Suburban trains were not running on the Karjat-CST corridor after commuters staged a rail roko at Badlapur station to protest against the delay in services on Central Railway (CR) on Friday morning. Sources said that the trains were running late by...
Worker chants Bharat Mata Ki Jai, gets notice from Korean firm
New Delhi/Nagpur: A South Korean company, which is engaged with state-PSU Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), caused a stir after its management allegedly slapped a notice on an Indian employee for chanting "Bharat Mata Ki Jai". KEPCO Plant Service and...
Bill for six-month-maternity leave for working women, passed in RS
New Delhi/Nagpur: Rajya Sabha passes the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016. It provides six-month maternity leave benefit to working women. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday gave its ex-post facto approval for amendments to the Maternity Benefit...
Pak legendary cricketer Hanif Mohammad alive, lost heartbeat for 6 minutes
Karachi/Nagpur: Hanif Mohammad returned to life after losing his heartbeat for six minutes as he battled for life at a hospital in Karachi. Regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world, Hanif has been battling with respiratory problems...
Awww! Sushma Swaraj’s husband drops in to meet her in Parliament
New Delhi/Nagpur: EAM Sushma Swaraj who is easily the most popular of PM Narendra Modi's ministers and has a mammoth fan following on Twitter, posted this lovely picture today with her husband Swaraj Kaushal. She writes, "Together after many years...
Wreckage of both buses washed away in Mahad bridge collapse found
Mahad: Nine days after the horrific collapse of a bridge in Mahad over the Savitri River, one of the two buses which fell into the river has been found. "After a long search for the last eight days, the Naval teams...
