Let me reply Sir! Mehbooba stops Rajnath and answered the scribes saying the slain youths were not out to procure milk
Pic Courtesy : HT Srinagar/Nagpur: The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti got angered by uncomfortable questions and abruptly ended a press conference addressed by her and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on August 25, 2016, when some media...
IIT-Bombay blacklists 9 startup cos for revoking, delaying placement offers
Mumbai/Nagpur: Premier tech school IIT Bombay today blacklisted nine companies including startups like Portea Medical and Chinese firm Johnson Electric from placements for one year as a penalty for a variety of violations like, revoking the offers to some of...
I stand by what I said, will never stop fighting divisive agenda of RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/Nagpur: Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he stands by his words and will continue to fight against the divisive agenda of RSS. The Congress Vice President's remark came after RSS ideologue MG Vaidya said that rather than twisting it,...
Toll up in earthquake – over 247 Italians dead, number may go up
GETTY IMAGES Italy/Nagpur: The death toll in the Italian earthquake has risen to at least 247 as thousands of rescuers continue efforts to find survivors. Dozens are believed trapped in ruined Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, in mountainous central Italy....
With Raj Thackeray’s Blessings, A Dahi Handi Rises To 49 Feet In Thane
Thane: In Mumbai suburb Thane, a "dahi handi" has been strung up at 49 feet this morning, more than double the height allowed by the Supreme Court just yesterday, should be no more than 20 feet. But Avinash Jadhav, the man...
AI flight to New Jersey diverted to Kazakhstan due to ‘operational reasons’
Representational Pic New Delhi: A New Jersey-bound Air India flight from Mumbai was on Wednesday diverted to Kazakhstan due to technical problem. Taking to Twitter, Air India said, AI191 Mumbai - Newark has been diverted to Kazakhstan due to operational...
Jet Airways rejected me saying I don’t have a good personality: Smriti Irani
"My application for cabin crew position was rejected by Jet Airways, which felt I didn't have a good personality," Union Minister Smriti Irani said today. At her witty best, the television actress-turned- politician also said that thanks to that rejection, she...
Nirbhaya Gangrape Case Convict Vinay Sharma Attempts Suicide in Tihar Jail
New Delhi: Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, has attempted suicide in Tihar jail. Sharma has been admitted to...
Govt clears bill to ban commercial surrogacy in India
Representational Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Amid the growing apprehension that commercial surrogacy could become an uncontrolled network just like organ harvesting racket, the government on Wednesday cleared a bill that seeks to completely ban commercial surrogacy. This would keep the increasing...
6.8 earthquake in Myanmar, tremors in Bengal, Bihar, north-east
New Delhi/Nagpur: If you've just joined us, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar this afternoon with tremors felt across east India. Reports of tremors have been felt across West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. No reports...
Strong quake rocks central Italy, at least 37 dead
Rescuers carry a man through the rubble of damaged homes. Photo: AFP Italy/Nagpur: Adevastating earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 37 people were killed in hard-hit towns where rescue...
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...
