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...
All-party meet on J&K on Friday, Modi to attend
File Pic New Delhi/ Nagpur: "An all-party meeting will be held on Kashmir issue on August 12; the PM will also attend it," Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Rajya Sabha. "4,515 security personnel and 3,356 civilians have been injured...
Modi-Putin-Jaya unveil Kudankulam N-plant
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin participated via video-conferencing today in an event focused on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project built with Russian collaboration in Tamil Nadu. The PM said he dedicated the plant to...
LeT told me to throw grenades during Kashmir protests: Pak terrorist confesses
New Delhi/Nagpur: The NIA today said it has proof against alleged Pakistani terror suspect Bahadur Ali and can show a video of him talking about his training by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir. Ali, a resident...
Sports aficionados in Rio to watch Olympics victimized by thieves and muggers
Snatch and Grab: Astonishing footage shows how brazen Rio thieves target unsuspecting tourists in broad daylight New Delhi/ Nagpur: South America it seems is not safe when it comes to petty thefts including Purse-snatching, mobiles, laptops, cameras etc. Incidents of...
Speak about Kashmir in Parliament not in MP, Cong urges PM
File Pic New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad initiates the debate on Kashmir which is on its 33rd day of curfew. Azad says the PM should speak on Kashmir in Parliament and not...
Implement 15 steps by October 15: Lodha Panel instructs BCCI
BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke met the panel members and also carried a letter on behalf of president Anurag Thakur. File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court appointed Justice RM Lodha Panel today categorically instructed BCCI to implement a 15-step reform...
Currency notes worth Rs 4 crore missing from Chennai-bound train
Representational Pic Chennai/Nagpur: Old currency notes worth Rs four crore belonging to the RBI have gone missing from a Chennai-bound train coming from Salem. According to the GRP officials, notes worth Rs 342 were being carried in 226 boxes. Of these,...
Irom Sharmila weeps as she ends historic 16-year-long fast
Iron Lady Irom Sharmila ends her 16-year fast. Taking a dab of honey on her fingers, Sharmila tears up, while tasting her first 'meal' in a manner of speaking through her mouth. Extremely emotional moment for Sharmila as she spends...
Deal with Kashmir situation with iron hand, BJP tells state govt
And while on Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP has asked the state government to deal with the current situation in the Kashmir Valley decisively and with an "iron hand." State BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta said yesterday that there is no option...
MH370 plunged into ocean at high speed: report
New Delhi/Nagpur: MH370 plunged into the ocean at high speed -- up to 20,000 feet a minute -- reinforcing analysis that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the current search zone, a report said today. The Boeing 777 disappeared on...
