Mamata calls Una incident organised crime against Dalits, Parl adjourned
New Delhi/Nagpur: Parliament witnessed stormy scenes over alleged atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the incident in Una is organised crime against Dalits. Why was Gujarat Congress silent on Dalit issue, BSP chief Mayawati asked and...
Tokyo jolted by third quake in four days
Representational Pic Tokyo/Nagpur: Tokyo was struck by a third quake in four days on today, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The 5.0 magnitude jolt struck Tokyo and areas of eastern Japan at 7:25 am (3:55 am IST),...
13 Consume Poison, 2 Dead as Dalit Protests Rock Gujarat
Rajkot/Nagpur: At least 13 people have consumed poison and two were left dead after protests rocked the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in the past two days over the flogging of four dalit youth who were allegedly skinning a dead cow...
3 BJP Biggies En Route, Puns AAP Leader Kumar Vishwas, ‘Outing’ Them
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: In election season, the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP is about to recruit three BJP heavyweights, suggested Kumar Vishwas today in a tweet that punned on the names of the trio: Kirti (Azad), Shatrugan (Sinha) and...
Cong hums ‘sound of silence’ in parliament
New Delhi/Nagpur: Congress MPs in the Central Hall of Parliament have been rather silent during the ongoing Monsoon Session. Every other session of Parliament has been characterised by disruptions from the Congress-led Opposition, and in some instances the ruckus in...
Qazigund firing: Army orders probe, ‘deeply regrets’ incident that left 2 dead
Kashmir/Nagpur: Army today ordered an inquiry into the firing incident at Qazigund in Anantang district of violence-hit Kashmir in which three persons were killed and six others injured. "An inquiry has been ordered into the incident," a defence spokesman said here....
Two navy patrol boats sink following fire at Mumbai’s naval dockyard
(Representational Pic) Fire at Mumbai's naval dockyard in 2011. Mumbai/Nagpur: An incident of fire was reported within Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in the early hours this morning. The fire broke out on one of the patrol boats which are deployed for...
Apologise or face trial: SC to Rahul Gandhi on RSS defamation case
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, sued for defamation over his comment blaming the RSS for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, was told by the Supreme Court today: "You can't make collective denunciations." The court also asked Mr Gandhi, the Congress vice president, to face...
Sidhu has quit Rajya Sabha, it means he has quit BJP, says MP’s wife
Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife confirms that he has resigned from the Rajya Sabha and in effect resigned from the BJP. She however said she had not quit the party. To bring you up to speed, cricketer-turned-star BJP campaigner Navjot Singh Sidhu...
Suspicious boat with 11 Myanmarese crew apprehended near Andamans
Andamans: The Indian Coast Guard has apprehended a suspicious Myanmarese boat in Indian waters near Narcondam in Andamans . Coast Guard ships Rajkamal and Bhikaji Cama were on a routine patrol of Northern Group of Islands at 2300 hours on July...
Will use force on militants, sympathy on civilians: Rajnath debates J-K
New Delhi/Nagpur: Home Minister Rajnath Singh rises to make his statement on the debate on the situation in Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha. "Burhan Wani was a Hizbul Mujahideen leader, he used to instigate Kashmiri youth," the home minister says. "Jo...
I can’t be neutral, Punjab’s interest paramount, Sidhu on quitting RS
New Delhi/Nagpur: BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who put his papers as a Rajya Sabha MP today reacted to reports that he was headed to the Aam Admi Party. Refusing to corroborate or rebuff reports, Sidhu said Punjab's interest was paramount. "In...
Rane raises objections to govt ordinance
Congress Leader Narayan Rane (File Pic) Pune/Nagpur: Congress leader Narayan Rane today raised strong objection to the ordinance moved by BJP-led government in Maharashtra for creating MMRDA-like authorities in Pune and Nagpur. He contended that the government was violating the spirit...
BJP’s Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns from Rajya Sabha
New Delhi/Nagpur: Navjyot Singh Sidhu resigns from Rajya Sabha. The veteran cricketer and three-time Amritsar MP, seemed to have headed towards a rehabilitation within the Punjab unit of the BJP after the Narendra Modi-led government nominated him to the Rajya Sabha. Sidhu...
Over 100 Nude Women Pose Against Donald Trump In Cleveland
Women participate in a photo shoot by artist Spencer Tunick in his latest large-scale art installation. Cleveland: More than a hundred women stripped and posed naked with mirrors in Cleveland, answering a photographer's call to blend art with politics and...
Repentant Kejriwal cleans dishes at Golden Temple
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday morning apologised at the Golden Temple for mistakes made by that party that included equating a manifesto with the Guru Granth Sahib and printing its symbol, the broom, on the cover of the...
Pak model Qandeel Baloch murdered by her brother; honour killing suspected
Multan: Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch was murdered by her brother in Multan on Saturday. According to the Express Tribune, the actor-cum-model was shot dead by her younger brother. However, conflicting reports claimed she was strangled to death. "Baloch was killed by her...
In the path to welfare, there are fewer friends and more critics: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the 11th meeting of Inter-State Council in national capital New Delhi. The meeting assumes significance in wake of the BJP-led NDA regime's efforts to ensure the passage of the Good and Services...
Kashmir’s first IAS topper slams media for ‘sadistic propaganda’
Kashmirs first topper in the Indian civil services examination on Friday accused a section of the electronic media of "pitching one Kashmiri against another and breeding more alienation" in the state rocked by violence over the killing of militant leader...
Watch Video: Sania Mirza’s fitting reply to Rajdeep Sardesai who later apologises!
Karaara Jawaab is the word we call it in our desi lingo! This is certainly what ace tennis player Sania Mirza belted out to journalist Rajdeep Sardesai who ruffled the wrong feathers while interviewing here. Rajdeep simply posed a question...
2002 Hit-and-run case: SC declines victim’s plea against Salman’s acquittal
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear victim Niyamat Shaikh's plea challenging Salman Khan's acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case. While rejecting the plea, the apex court said that the 'petition of Maharashtra Government challenging Salman Khan's acquittal...
