Sydney bike rider Gareth Clear left with third-degree burns after iPhone ‘explodes’
A Sydney bicycle rider, who says he was severely burnt when his iPhone exploded after a minor fall, is now on a mission to make people aware of the potential dangers of using such devices. Bondi management consultant Gareth Clear, 36,...
JK minister Naeem Akhtar’s house attacked with petrol bombs, no injuries reported
Kashmir: A petrol bomb was hurled at the house of Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Naeem Akhtar in Parraypora area of the city on Monday night, police said. No one was hurt in the attack that was carried out by unidentified...
Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sealink to be toll free?
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is likely to take over the Bandra-Worli sea link, effectively making it toll free seven years after it was constructed, as part of the arrangement for a coastal freeway from South Mumbai to Bandra. However, while...
Bulandshahr gang rape: She shouted ‘Papa’ when assaulted, says father
The father of the teenage gang-rape survivor said that the rapists should be given exemplary punishment so that no one commits such a crime again. "Papa!" was what the girl had cried out when her attackers tried to catch her,"...
‘Sacrificing the scapegoat won’t save BJP’: Rahul on Anandiben’s resignation
New Delhi:; A day after Anandiben Patel resigned from the post of chief minister of Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi took a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. The Congress vice president wrote, "13 years of Modi rule, not 2...
Anandiben Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister
Gujarat/Nagpur: Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel has submitted her resignation after a week of protests across the state following the assault on four Dalits by a so-called cow vigilante group. Patel sent her resignation to the BJP top brass seeking...
What lesson will you teach us: Opposition asks Parrikar
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed a brief uproar by opposition members over alleged remarks by Manohar Parrikar against actor Aamir Khan, even as the defence minister denied having said what was been quoted to him. During the Zero...
Relief for Amit Shah as SC refuses to reopen Sohrabuddin case
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition challenging the discharge of Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. "Rejected," a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan said after nearly a...
AIADMK MP who slapped DMK MP sacked for bringing ‘disrepute’ to party
New Delhi: AIADMK's Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa sacked from the party for bringing disrepute to the party. The AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa allegedly slapped a DMK MP Tiruchi Sive at Delhi's IGI airport. Both the Rajya Sabha MPs were checking in...
Swamy backs Parrikar, says ‘ignorant’ Aamir needs a teacher
File Pic New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has found support in BJP MP Subramanian Swamy for his criticism of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan over the intolerance row. Swamy on Monday tweeted, "Why so much hu ha about Parrikar's statement...
BJP contradicts Mehbooba, says forces were aware of Wani’s presence
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Contradicting Mehbooba Mufti's stand, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said security forces had the knowledge of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani's presence at the encounter site. Terming the killing of Wani as "success", Jammu and Kashmir BJP...
‘Peepli Live’ co-director Farooqui convicted in rape case
New Delhi/Nagpur: Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui has been convicted by a Delhi court for raping an American researcher. The Delhi Police had accused Farooqui of raping a 35-year-old American woman, who was in India to conduct research for her doctoral...
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s son Rakesh dies in Belgium
New Delhi/Nagpur: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Rakesh Siddaramaiah, who was undergoing treatment in the Belgian capital, passed away on Saturday due to multiple-organ failure. He was undergoing treatment for acute pancreatitis at Brussel's Antwerp University Hospital. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Rakesh...
AAP MLA Naresh Yadav granted bail in sacrilege case
New Delhi/Nagpur: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Naresh Yadav was today granted bail by a local court here in connection with the alleged sacrilege incident in Malerkotla on June 24. "Naresh Yadav has been granted bail by the court of Additional District...
If you do gau raksha, who will do manav raksha, asks Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Newly inducted Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale on Saturday lashed out against gau rakshaks or cow vigilantes. Speaking to media, the Dalit leader said that the protection of cows should not be...
CoBRA jawan killed in gun-battle with Naxals
Representational Pic Chhattisgarh/Nagpur: A CoBRA jawan was killed and another injured in a fierce gun-battle with Naxals in a dense forest pocket of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district today, police said. The skirmish took place in the core forests of Bhejji police...
HP High Court tells Centre to ban cow slaughter, sale of beef within six months
File Pic Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued orders calling on the Central government to ban cow slaughter in the country within six months. Further, in the order passed on Friday, the High Court directed that prohibitions be...
Satish Mathur appointed new Maharashtra DGP
Mumbai/Nagpur: Satish Mathur has been appointed as the new DGP of Maharashtra police, ANI reported. Mathur, a 1981-batch IPS officer, had taken charge as the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau chief in April this year. Prior to this, Mathur was heading the Maharashtra...
Zakir Naik slaps Rs 500 cr defamation suit against Arnab Goswami
Mumbai/Nagpur: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, has slapped a Rs 500-crore defamation case against Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for running a "hate campaign" and "media trial" against him. In the notice, issued by Zakir Naik's lawyer Mubin Solkar, the preacher has...
Rockstar Rahul sounds poll bugle in UP, sings ‘suit-boot’ tune again
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sounded the poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh today, walking up and down a 200-metre ramp in Ramabai Stadium in Lucknow addressing party workers. The move, say reports is to present himself as a rockstar...
Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh arrested in Bihar
Bihar/Nagpur: Dayashankar Singh arrested by police from Buxar, Bihar. He was arrested in a joint operation carried out by the UP Police and Bihar Police. The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader on Thursday failed to get a stay on his arrest...
