Pistorius shuffles on stumps to show court how vulnerable he is
Pretoria (South Africa)/Nagpur: Oscar Pistorius shuffled without his prosthetic legs through a Pretoria court on Wednesday to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without his artificial limbs, an attempt by the athlete's defense team to avoid a long jail sentence for...
Exodus claim: Protests greet BJP delegation in Kairana
Kairana: Residents of Kairana on Wednesday protested against the nine-member BJP team that has reached the town to probe into claims of mass exodus. The delegation comprising Bagpat MP Satyapal Singh, Saharanpur MP Raghav Lakhan Pal, Aligarh MP Satish Gautam, former...
New civil aviation policy takes off; airfares capped at Rs 2,500 for 1-hour flights
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the much-awaited Civil Aviation Policy thereby unveiling a slew of passenger-friendly measures including capping of airfares at Rs 2,500 for an hour-long flight. As per sources, under the new policy there will also...
Now, Censor Board stalls Gujarati film on Patel quota stir
Mumbai: Even as Bollywood film Udta Punjab managed to sail through hurdles after a Bombay High Court order, a Gujarati movie based on the ongoing Patel quota agitation in the state, has been denied clearance by the Central Board of...
Prince William is the 1st royal to feature on gay magazine cover
London:; Prince William has become the first royal to feature on the front of a gay magazine. His Royal Highness is this month's cover star of Attitude magazine, a lifestyle magazine for the LGBT community. In a meeting arranged by the publication,...
‘Dear’ Bihar minister is Cong’s new hero
Patna: In Patna, the Congress finds a new hero in Bihar Minister Ashok Chaudhary after his twitter argument with HRD minister Smriti Irani. Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary were on Tuesday locked in...
ATS gives clean chit to Eknath Khadse, no calls to Dawood
Mumbai: The Maharashtra ATS gives a clean chit to former revenue minister of Maharashtra Eknath Khandse. The ATS has observed that no calls were made between Khadse and gangster Dawood Ibrahim as alleged by ethical hacker Manish Bhangale. In fact,...
Polio virus detected in water sample in Hyderabad, Telangana declares global emergency
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday declared a "global emergency' after an active strain of poliovirus (P2 strain) was found in a water sample collected from a drain in Hyderabad. The virus found was a vaccine-derived strain of the virus....
Jet Airways flight aborts departure after smoke in cabin
Bengaluru: A Jet Airways flight from Bengaluru to Mangalore returns to Bengaluru airport soon after departure after smoke emerges in the cabin. All 65 passengers and 4 crew members safe, Jet Airways said in a statement. More Details...
2 days before release NGO challenges HC order on Udta Punjab
New Delhi: Just ahead of the it's Friday release Udta Punjab has run into trouble again. An NGO has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court verdict. The NGO, Human Rights awareness, has pleaded that the High Court cannot...
Terrorist, army soldier killed in Macchil encounter; 5 soldiers injured
Macchil: A terrorist and a jawan were killed in the ongoing encounter with a group of terrorists intercepted by the Army near the LoC when they were trying to infiltrate from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Five soldiers were injured in the operation that...
Avoid Mumbai-Pune Expressway for the next 2 days
DNA reports: Brace for traffic snarls on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Wednesday and Thursday as traffic will be diverted as a safety measure at the landslide-prone locations of the road. There will be four blocks of 15 minutes each during these...
Vijay Mallya declared ‘proclaimed offender’ by Mumbai court
Mumbai/Nagpur: Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya declared proclaimed offender based on the Enforcement Directorate's plea. This comes after the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act heard the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking proclamation against businessman Vijay Mallya facing...
Govt bans 240 websites offering escort services
Representational Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The government has banned 240 websites offering escort services on the recommendation of an expert committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs. "The order to block 240 escorts websites was issued to internet service providers on Monday...
Russia given ‘suspended disqualification’ from Euro 2016
Russia/Nagpur: Russia given 'suspended disqualification' from Euro 2016 over crowd trouble. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has begun disciplinary proceedings against Russia -- but not England -- after "totally unacceptable" scenes at Saturday's England-Russia game. Charges against Russia are: 'crowd...
Almost all states on board for GST Bill: Arun Jaitely
File Pic New Delhi/News: The Goods and Services Tax or GST, which aims to bring the country under a unified tax regime and has been stalled by a stalemate for years, has finally earned the support of virtually all states...
Smriti Irani unhappy over being addressed as ‘Dear’ by Bihar minister on Twitter
New Delhi/Nagpur: Union HRD minister Smriti Irani got into a war of words ith Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary on Twitter over using the salutation 'Dear' for the BJP leader. All Choudhary did was ask the minister, "Dear @smritiirani ji, when...
Hizbul-Mujahideen hideout busted in J-K
Burhan: A militant hideout has been busted and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered by the security forces in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir, media reported on Tuesday. The Hizbul Mujahidden hideout was busted by the...
Murli Manohar Joshi joins race to be next President of India
New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has launched his bid to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, lobbying the RSS and the BJP leadership vigorously for the party's presidential nomination, reports India Today. Elections for the presidency are due next year, when...
ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi killed in US-led coalition air strike?
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group's alleged leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air raid in Syria by the US-led coalition, reports said on Monday. Baghdadi died in an air strike on IS's stronghold of Raqqa in northern...
Congress rules out Rahul as UP CM
New Delhi: With growing speculations over the chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress Party has ruled out vice president Rahul Gandhi's name, saying he is a national leader. Newly-appointed party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told ANI that the...
