CBI raids residences of wanted accused in Dabholkar assassination case
Narendra Dabholkar (File Pic) New Delhi/Nagpur: The CBI on Wednesday conducted a raid at the residence of an alleged ‘Sanatan Sanstha’ member Sarang Akolkar, wanted by NIA in connection with the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. 34-year-old Akolkar is alleged to...
Over 50000 Muslims sign petition against ‘un-Quranic practice’ of talaq
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Over 50,000 Muslims have signed a petition spearheaded by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) seeking a ban on triple talaq. The online petition calls the triple talaq system ‘un-Quranic practice’. Commenting on the ongoing movement, BMMA co-founder Zakia...
Akhilesh questions authenticity of Dadri beef report
File Pic Lucknow/Nagpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today questioned the authenticity of the forensic report which stated that the meat found from Dadri lynching victim Mohammad Akhlaq's house was of "cow or its progeny", even as BJP leader...
Time for baton to be handed over Sonia tells senior Cong leader
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi has said that it's time for "the baton to be handed over to someone else," senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh told NDTV today in Chandigarh, donating the latest installment to talk that her son, Rahul,...
Cabinet reshuffle in Mid June, 7 Union ministers may be dropped
File Pic New Delhi: If sources are to be belived than seven Union ministers are to be dropped in a reshuffle whenever it happens. "But God knows when it will happen!" he exclaims. Rashtrapati Bhavan was told to prepare for the...
PM will extend Raghuram Rajan’s tenure: Sources
Mumbai: Facing continuous attack from BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and other sections, questions have been raised as to whether Raghuram Rajan would be considered for a second term as RBI Governor when his tenure ends in September. The answer, according to...
Arms dealer Bhandari ‘admits’ to email from Robert Vadra
New Delhi/Nagpur: Alleged arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari has admitted before Income Tax officials that e-mails were exchanged among him, Robert Vadra and his assistant Manoj Arora, a report said on Wednesday. During his interrogation, Bhandari is reported to have confessed that...
Compliance window for domestic black money opens today
New Delhi/Nagpur: The 4-month disclosure window giving an opportunity to domestic black money holders to come clean by paying tax and penalty of 45 per cent on such assets will open today. People who have made money through corrupt means will...
Dadri lynching: Meat in freezer was beef, says new report
Dadri: New test, new result. A meat sample recovered from the Dadri incident victim's house, belongs to cow or it's progeny, says a new forensic report. The meat was found in the freezer of 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq, who was attacked by...
Case against Kejriwal for calling PM ‘psycopath’ dropped
New Delhi: Defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for defaming PM Modi has been dropped. A private criminal complaint had been filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Delhi for using defamatory words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi following...
Conspiracy to deliver Congress-mukt Bharat, says Sonia on Vadra probe
File pic New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has dared the government to "conduct an inquiry if you have proof " over the NDTV report into whether her son-in-law, Robert Vadra bought a benami house in London by an arms...
You will pay fine, says court to Sri Sri’s Art of Living in fresh order
New Delhi: For its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi, the Art of Living, led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, must pay nearly Rs 5 crore as a fine, the country's top...
Stampede in Vasai railway station, 15 commuters fall into ditch
Representational Pic Vasai/Nagpur: 15 railway commuters were injured after falling into a gutter following a stampede on platform number 1 at Vasai railway station on Tuesday morning due to peak hour rush according to reports. Enormous crowds had collected on the...
Saudi says it intercepted and destroyed ballistic missile from Yemen
Representational pic Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition said in a statement late on Monday it may be forced to reconsider a truce that has been place since April. Saudi...
No TDS For PF Withdrawals of up to Rs 50,000 From June 1
Representational Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: No tax would be deducted at source for PF withdrawals of up to Rs 50,000 from June 1. The government has notified raising the threshold limit of PF withdrawal for deduction of tax from existing Rs 30,000...
Government rolls back Budget decision to apply 1% tax on cash purchase of gold jewellery
New Delhi: It's good news for jewellers and customers as the government has rolled back its budget decision to apply 1% tax on cash purchase of gold jewellery. The jewellers had earlier been on a 45-day strike after Finance Minister Arun...
A new inquiry links arms dealer to benami London home for Robert Vadra
New Delhi/Nagpur: Whether a controversial arms dealer bought a "benami" or proxy-owned mansion in London for Robert Vadra in 2009 is the focus of an investigative report that is being reviewed by the Finance Ministry. The inquiry quotes from emails...
Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case: SC rejects her mother’s plea to cancel Rahul Raj’s bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined a plea by the mother of late actress Pratyusha Banerjee seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail of Rahul Raj Singh, accused of abetment to suicide of the "Balika Vadhu' star. The apex court, comprising...
Batla house: BJP stages protest, accuses Cong of propagating false sentiments
Inspector MC Sharma had led the police team that had stormed an apartment in Batla House to catch the terrorists New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest in front of the Delhi Congress office in...
MNS files FIR against AIB’s Tanmay Bhat for Sachin,Lata video roast
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray's MNS today filed a police complaint against All India Bakchod's (AIB) Tanmay Bhat and threatened violence against any event featuring the 28-year-old stand-up comic. Bhat has allegedly mocked veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar...
AAP breakaway group forms Swaraj Party, to contest Punjab polls next year
Chandigarh: The three-cornered contest in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections (SAD-BJP, Congress and AAP) has got a new entrant. After months of deliberations, Swaraj Lehar or Swaraj Abhiyan, the breakaway group of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Sunday...
