Rajasthan Minister Gulab Chand Kataria In Trouble For ‘S****’ Manmohan Singh Remarks
Jaipur/Nagpur: Rajasthan's home minister Gulab Chand Kataria has been attacked by the Congress for using foul language against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a meeting on Sunday. First he regretted that the pejorative escaped him in a flow. Today he clarified...
Sheena Bora case: Indrani’s driver Shyamvar Rai made approver
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Monday made Sheena Bora murder case prime accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai an approver. Rai, whose arrest last year led the police to unearth Sheenas murder, had on May 11 told a special CBI...
Supreme Court refuses to stay culling of nilgai, wild boar, monkey
SONY DSC NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay Centre's notification allowing culling of nilgai , wild boar in Bihar, monkey in Himachal Pradesh. It also declined to stay killing of wild boar in Uttrakhand. A bench headed...
Saffron or green or red, will accept what is good for nation: HRD MoS Katheria clarifies
New Delhi: Union minister Ram S Katheria, who triggered a row on Saturday when he was heard saying that 'bhagwakaran' (saffronisation) or 'sanghwad' is good for the country and is bound to happen, on Monday said his remarks had been...
Rajan’s exit: Sensex dips; Rupee tumbles
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: The surprise announcement of Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan to not seek a second term seemed to have rattled both the equity and forex markets today with the Sensex shedding 163 points in early trade while the...
Former BJP MP Chetan Chauhan named NIFT chief
New Delhi/Nagpur: Former BJP MP Chetan Chauhan, who had played Test cricket for India, has been appointed as the Chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, prompting sharp reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP...
No threat to polio-free status of India: WHO
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Amidst concerns over resurfacing of polio cases in India, the World Health Organisation on Saturday said there is "no threat" to the polio-free status of all South East Asian region countries, including India, and the detection...
No second term says, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday he will leave the central bank when his term ends on September 4 and plans to return to academia. Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist at the...
More power to them, says proud PM on induction of women fighter pilots
New Delhi/Nagpur: As three women were inducted as into IAF as fighter pilots today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed it as a "matter of immense pride and joy". "It is a matter of immense pride & joy to see the first...
Jisha murder case: Police to conduct identification parade of accused
File Pic Ernakulam/Nagpur: The court of Ernakulam chief judicial magistrate has granted permission to the police to conduct an identification parade of accused in the Jisha rape-murder case. Kerala DGP Loknath Behera today said the legal matters pertaining to the case...
Former Egypt President Morsi sentenced to 40 years of imprisonment
File Pic Egypt/Nagpur: Egypt's toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for passing state secrets to Qatar. The court also upheld death sentences given to six Muslim Brotherhood members in the same case...
Mamta Kulkarni now an accused in India’s biggest ever drug seizure
Mumbai/Nagpur: In a major breakthrough, Thane Police today named former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni as an accused in India's biggest ever drug racket which was busted two months ago. Mamta is likely to face a Red Corner Notice by the Interpol. Earlier,...
Acid attack on college teacher in Bhopal
Bhopal/Nagpur: A college teacher was on Saturday seriously injured after two bike-borne assailants allegedly threw acid on her in front of her house in Bhopal's posh Arera Colony area while she was on her way to the college, police said. The...
Srinagar hostel warden thrashes 16 girls for not cleaning her room
Representational Pic Srinagar/Nagpur: Sixteen girls of a government-run school were allegedly beaten up by the warden of their hostel at Rajbagh in Srinagar for "refusing to clean her room", following which the authorities put her under suspension. "The students, belonging to...
30 who were protesting against ‘Udta Punjab’ arrested in Ludhiana
Ludhiana/Nagpur: Udta Punjab, the drug-themed Bollywood film that was embroiled in a censorship row and multiple legal battles, was released across the country today as scheduled without any incident being reported, barring protests by Shiv Sena activists in Ludhiana. Police took...
Gulberg verdict: SIT to approach HC on ‘lenient’ sentencing
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Special Investigation Team counsel in the 2002 Gulberg massacre case, R C Kodekar today expressed dissatisfaction about court's verdict in the case and announced to approach the high court, as he felt the sentence was too...
EgyptAir crash: Second black box ‘recovered’
Representational Pic Cario/Nagpur: The flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month has been retrieved, Egyptian investigators say. The news comes a day after search teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage...
Kanha tigress found dead in suspected territorial fight
Madhya Pradesh/Nagpur: A tigress was killed in the Soopkhar range of the famous Kanha Tiger Reserve in a suspected territorial fight with another feline, a forest official said on Friday. The carcass of the tigress, aged between seven and nine years,...
Tomato price rise temporary, rates fall in Delhi: Govt
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Rise in tomato prices is a "temporary phenomenon" and rates in the national capital region have started to cool down with increase in supply from Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, a top Agriculture Ministry official said today. Wholesale...
Gulberg verdict: This is not justice, my battle continues, says Zakia Jafri
New Delhi/Nagpur: Voicing dissatisfaction over the court verdict in the Gulberg massacre case, Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri, today said life sentence should have been awarded to all the convicts. However, her son Tanvi Jafri...
Rs 2 lakh to anyone who bought tea from Modi: Digvijaya Singh
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today promised a Rs 2 lakh reward to anyone who bought tea from Prime Minister Narendra Modi or studied with him. Addressing a party-organised protest rally of farmers, titled 'chai ki charcha' here, he said if anyone...
