Feb 9 event: JNU forms panel to hear appeals of penalised students
New Delhi/Nagpur: A month after the Delhi high court stayed the punishment to Jawaharlal Nehru University students in connection with the controversial February 9 event, the university today formed a four-member committee to hear appeals of those who had been...
MHA cancels licence of Sabrang Trust run by Modi-baiter Teesta Setalvad
New Delhi/Nagpur: MHA cancels the registration of Teesta Setalvad's NGO- Sabrang Trust. In September, the Home Ministry suspended the registration of Sabrang Trust for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act (FCRA) that invites termination of its license. In...
Sena leader, chamcha slap bank employee in Yavatmal
Yavatmal/Nagpur: In a shocking incident, Shiv Sena leader Praveen Shinde and another Sainik slapped a bank employee in Yavatmal (Maharashtra). The incident was caught on camera. In the video, Shinde and his friend are seen slapping and abusing the bank...
Don’t interfere, BJP raps Shatrughan for praising Varun Gandhi
New Delhi/Nagpur: After BJP leader and Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday backed Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi as party's face for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections due next year, the party has asked him politely, to keep out of...
Supreme Court declines to hear NGO plea to halt screening of ‘Udta Punjab’
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a plea by Punjab-based NGO Human Rights Awareness Association to halt the screening of the film Udta Punjab and asked it to approach the Punjab and Haryana High...
‘Aunty National’ Smriti Irani’s ‘Jerry Maguire’ moment on FB
File Pic Days after her Twitter spat and the massive lampooning she received on social media, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani vents on Facebook. Irani had been Twitter fodder after her snarky tweets to Dr Ashok Choudhary, the Bihar Congress president,...
Udta Punjab leaked online with ‘For Censor’ stamp; CBFC’s hand suspected
As the Censor controversy calmed down for Udta Punjab another big trouble erupted for the movie as now it is dashed out online freely even before the movie's theatrical release! Now who is to blame for this? How the print has...
AAP spokesperson Alka Lamba suspended for not towing party line
New Delhi: Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has removed Alka Lamba as its spokesperson, reportedly for straying from the party line on a minister accused of corruption, reports NDTV. AAP acted hours after Lamba told reporters that Gopal Rai, who...
Sensex dives 200 points on weak Asian cues
Mumbai: The Sensex fell over 200 points, while the broader Nifty50 dipped below its key 8,150-mark. The headline indices slipped tracking negative trend seen in Asian markets after US Federal Reserve and Japan's central bank kept their respective monetary policies...
Kerala student’s rape, murder: Cops make first arrest
Ernakulam: The police have identified and arrested the main suspect in the rape and murder of a Kerala law student, which had rocked the state in April. According to local police, the woman, a 30-year-old law student, hailing from a...
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...
