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...
AIBs Tanmay Bhat roasted for Lata-Sachin video
Mumbai/Nagpur: Comedy group AIB's Tanmay Bhat is in the eye of a storm with celebrities and others slamming him for posting a video of a mock conversation between Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar. Bhat had on May 26 posted the video,...
Will bring Kashmiri Pandits back: J&K CM Mehbooba
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asserted that her government was committed to bringing back Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants to the Valley and would set up transit accommodations for them till they feel safe to...
P Chidambaram is a Congress nominee for Rajya Sabha election from Maharashtra
New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively. Others nominated in the polls...
Dombivli factory blast: Death toll rises to 12
Thane: The death toll in the boiler blast in a factory at Dombivli in adjoining Thane district climbed to 12 with recovery of another body from the debris on Saturday, an NDRF official said. "The toll till Friday was 11. We...
BJP’s ‘double face’ exposed on Ram temple issue: Congress
New Delhi/Nagpur: Taking a strong exception to Union Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks that the Bharatiya Janata Party would contest the Uttar Pradesh polls on development plank and not on the issue of Ram temple construction, the Congress party on Saturday...
Person who has never lived in Kashmir has started a fight for Kashmiri Pandits, Naseeruddin shah on Anupam Kher
Mumbai/Nagpur: Veteran actor, Naseeruddin Shah has slammed Anupam Kher mocking his claim to represent the interests of Kashmiri Pandits. Taking a potshot at Kher, he said that someone who’d never lived in Kashmir had suddenly started fighting for Kashmiri Pandits. He said,...
MHA says it doesn’t have proof against Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi/Nagpur: An RTI reply by the Ministry of Home Affairs head by Rajnath Singh has revealed that there was no evidence to suggest that the Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, had illegally interfered to influence affidavits related to the fake...
There will be a Cabinet reshuffle, Amit Shah confirms
New Delhi: There will be a reshuffle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, confirmed BJP chief Amit Shah today, but refused to say when. "There will be a reshuffle, but a date is not certain," Shah said at a press conference...
Kin seeks recall of transfer of officer probing Pansare case
Mumbai: Medha Pansare, daughter-in-law of rationalist and CPI leader Govind Pansare who was shot dead last year, has sought cancellation of the transfer of the officer investigating the case stating that it would "adversely impact" the probe. Medha met Inspector General...
Rajan’s reappointment should not be of media’s interest: Modi
New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the issue of reappointment of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan was an administrative subject and it should not be an issue of interest of the media, in his first comments in the wake...
IAS officer who praised Nehru transferred
Bhopal/Nagpur: A senior bureaucrat in Madhya Pradesh has been transferred after he praised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Facebook. Ajay Singh Gangwar has now deleted his post on Thursday after the post went viral on internet. The ruling BJP...
