Zakir Naik, ‘Messenger of peace’, says suicide bombing permitted as tactic of war
Condemns terror attack in Nice...accuses Zee News reporter of not having tameez... Mumbai/Nagpur: Pleading that he has never encouraged terrorism, controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik on Friday, July 15, alleged that the Indian media was pillorying him just because...
Mamata’s escort vehicle falls into gorge near Darjeeling, CM safe
File pic Kolkata/Nagpur: One of the escort vehicles in the convoy of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee falls into a gorge, while it was on its way from Darjeeling to Bagdogra airport. CM Mamata Banerjee was in a separate vehicle in...
Pune’s ‘gold shirt man’ bludgeoned to death in front of son
Pune/Nagpur: A 48-year-old businessman from Pune, who shot into the limelight after buying a 'gold shirt' worth over Rs 1 crore some years back, was allegedly bludgeoned to death in front of his son, police said today. Datta Phuge, the businessman...
US deported 54 Indians in April, another batch coming
Fifty-four Indians were deported back from the US in April and another set of Indians from the country will be sent back to India this month, a top US official said. "India has improved its timeliness in issuing travel documents to...
At least 80 killed as truck rams Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France
Nice, France:: An attacker killed up to 80 people and injured scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said. Counter-terrorist...
It’s official: Sheila Dikshit is Congress party’s CM candidate for UP
New Delhi/Nagpur: Sheila Dikshit announced as the Congress Party's CM candidate for UP. The state goes to the polls in 2017. The announcement was made at a press conference today by senior leader and UP poll-in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad. Speculations on the...
26/11 plotter Hafeez Saeed’s Twitter handle suspended
New Delhi/Nagpur: The official Twitter account of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was suspended on Thursday. The Twitter handle - @hafizsaeedlive was suspended by Twitter following reports by Indian security agencies that it was being used to incite violence following the...
Rape remark: Salman refuses to apologise, says NCW has no jurisdiction
Mumbai/Nagpur: Salman Khan refuses to apologise to the Maharashtra Commission for Women over his rape remark. Salman replies to the National Commission for Women saying it does not have the jurisdiction to take up the case. The National Commission for Women...
Jigisha Murder: All three accused found guilty
New Delhi/Nagpur: All the three men - Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ravi Kapoor - accused in the murder of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh, have been found guilty. The three men are also accused of killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, who...
We Pakistanis should support our Kashmiri brothers: Hafiz Saeed
Kashmir/Nagpur: Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed said that the ongoing protests on the Indian side of Kashmir would be intensified and warned that the deaths in the region would not be in vain. Addressing a meet in Lahore on Tuesday, Saeed...
Sheila Dikshit set to become Cong face for UP polls
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit is set to become the party's chief ministerial candidate for next year's Assembly polls in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Election strategist Prashant Kishor had recommended that Dikshit should play a major role in the...
ISIS says ‘Minister Of War’ Abu Omar Al-Shishani killed: Report
New Delhi/Nagpur: Abu Omar al-Shishani, who the Pentagon described as Islamic State's "minister of war", was killed in combat in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, a news agency that supports the militant group said on Wednesday. The Pentagon...
The picture Sushma Swaraj tweeted today that people can’t stop liking
New Delhi/Nagpur: When she's not helping evacuate people from Libya or South Sudan, or allaying actor Akshay Kumar's fears over evacuation of Indian nationals from Juba (S Sudan), Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj even tweets her responses to Indian...
Explain ‘thulla’, Delhi HC tells Kejriwal in defamation suit
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed a trial courts order in a criminal defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The HC has directed him to appear in the court on August 12...
‘Thank You’ For Explaining Democracy To PM: Rahul Gandhi on Arunachal Pradesh
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Narendra Modi post the Supreme Court's decision to restore the Nabam Tuki-led government in Arunachal Pradesh and thanked the apex court for explaining democracy to the Prime Minister. "Thank...
SC restores former Arunachal Pradesh CM Nabam Tuki’s Congress government
New Delhi: The Supreme Court restores Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, saying the governor's action was illegal. The case is an appeal against a Guwahati high court verdict on the discretionary powers of governor JP Rajkhowa to summon or advance a...
Week after rejig, Najma Heptullah quits Modi Cabinet
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, who had crossed 75 years, resigned on Tuesday from the Union Cabinet along with Minister of State for Heavy Industries G M Siddeshwara. Announcing their resignations, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said these have been...
India to give Rs 5 lakh to victims of cross-border firing
New Delhi/Nagpur: Home Minister Rajnath Singh approves compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the civilian victims of cross border firing along the border. The compensation given to those who die due to terrorism or Maoist violence has been increased from...
Ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha indicted by SC panel on coal scam
Ranjit Sinha (File Pic) New Delhi/Nagpur: Former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha has been indicted by a Supreme Court-appointed panel that investigated his alleged role in the coal scam. The panel reportedly found that the coal scam accused had visited the CBI...
UN steps in, calls for restraint in Kashmir
Kashmir/Nagpur: Expressing regret over the loss of lives and injuries in the clashes in Kashmir, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon has called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further violence and hoped that all concerns would be addressed...
NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS module chief and fundraiser
Hyderabad/Nagpur: NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS module chief Yasir Niamatullah and Athaullah Rehman, who raised funds. Investigating a suspected terror module of ISIS in Hyderabad, the NIA today said the accused were tech-savvy and using a modern software to secure their email...
