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...
Varanasi: Devotees take holy dip on ‘Ganga Dussehra’
Varanasi: People in Varanasi took a holy dip in river Ganges on Tuesday to celebrate the festival 'Ganga Dussehra', which marks the descent of river Ganges on the earth. The priests performed rituals on the banks of the river and chanted...
Bombay High Court clears Udta Punjab with single cut
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has cleared Bollywood film Udta Punjab for release with one cut, a scene that the filmmakers said they had offered in court to delete. A lawyer of the film's producer Phantom Films, which had moved court...
Abuses need to be deleted, court tells Udta Punjab makers
Mumbai/Nagpur: Proceedings resume in the Bombay High Court on the Udta Punjab plea. The court observes: There is no need to assert or incorporate abusive words in every dialogue. As far as cut no 5 suggested by CBFC is concerned, there...
New civil aviation policy clips wings of airlines
New Delhi: Civil Aviation ministry has come up with a host of proposed measures today that, if implemented, will empower passengers travelling by air. To begin with the ministry proposes cap cancellation charges not exceeding the basic fare. So next time...
‘Voice’ singer Christina Grimmie, shot at Florida concert, dies
Singer Christina Grimmie, who starred in NBC's The Voice and was critically injured when a gunman shot her after a concert in Florida, has succumbed to her injuries, authorities said. A man armed with two guns walked up to the singer...
Saina breaks jinx; beats China’s Yihan to advance to Aus Open finals
Saina Nehwal advance to the Australian Open finals, defeats Wang Yihan 21-8, 21-12 Yihan, 28, had turned out to be one of Saina's greatest nemesis in recent times. In a total of 15 meetings, the Chinese, ranked #2 by the Badminton World...
Suspect in Dabholkar murder case arrested from Mumbai
Mumbai/Nagpur: Dr Virendra Tawde, whom the Central Bureau of Investigation was searching in Narendra Dabholkar murder case, was arrested from Mumbai on Friday. Earlier this month, the CBI had carried out searches in Panvel near Mumbai in Raigad district in connection...
Danish tourist’s gang rape: All five convicts get life sentence
New Delhi: All five convicts who raped a Danish tourist in Delhi have been given a life sentence. Yesterday, the Delhi Police sought jail term for the entire life for the five convicts in the gang-rape case of a 52-year-old Danish...
HC Udta Punjab order on Monday
Court tells CBFC: Multiplex audience is mature enough to watch Udta Punjab Mumbai: A day after Shyam Benegal gave a thumbs up to Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab, the makers of the film have another reason to rejoice as Bombay High Court...
Leander Paes’ Rio hopes end as Bopanna chooses Myneni as partner
Revealing his choice of partner for the men's doubles event at the Rio Games, India's tennis star Rohan Bopanna has picked young Saketh Myneni over the legendary Leander Paes on Friday. This means Leander Paes' hopes of a record 7th Olympic...
Indians may not be frisked at US airports from September 2017
File Pic New Delhi: The Foreign Office in South Block is in celebration mode after an MoU was signed between India and the US to facilitate hassle-free entry of Indians into the US at selected airports. Naturally, it's being called...
