‘People More Important Or IPL? HC Raps cricket board Over Water
Mumbai/Nagpur: Three days before the Indian Premier League begins, the Bombay High Court has reprimanded Maharashtra's cricket body for the many litres of water it will use to prepare pitches for the cricket tournament at a time when large parts...
You Have Done Nothing to Develop Game: Supreme Court slams Board of Control for Cricket in India, Again
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Board of Control for Cricket in India, saying the members have created a "mutually beneficial society." The BCCI was also criticised for the way it distributed funds to...
BJP betrayed Mother India by inviting ISI to probe Pathankot: Kejriwal
New Delhi:The BJP government has stabbed “Mother India” in the back by allowing Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) inside the country to probe the Pathankot attack, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. “Even though BJP/RSS chants ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai,’...
Gatimaan Express: India’s first semi-high speed train flagged off
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday flagged off the much-awaited Gatiman Express for Agra from Nizamuddin station. Targeting tourists, Nizamuddin-Agra Gatiman Express, the first semi-high speed service in railways, will run at a speed of 160 kmph and is...
Raghuram Rajan Cuts Repo Rate By 0.25%, EMIs Set To Fall
Mumbai/Nagpur: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday cut the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points as expected. Dr Rajan's first rate cut in over six months sent the repo rate to over five-year low of 6.50 per cent. The...
Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked Sharply For Second Time In 3 Weeks
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Less than a month after petrol prices were hiked by over Rs 3 per litre, they were on Monday increased further by Rs 2.19 per litre while that of diesel went up by 98 paise a litre. Petrol price was...
Panama papers: Modi govt sets up team to probe Indians in the list
New Delhi/Nagpur: With 500 Indians being named in leaked Panama papers for alleged offshore holdings, the government today formed a multi-agency team to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action against all unlawful accounts held abroad. Finance Minister...
47 policemen jailed for life for killing 10 Sikhs in 1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case
Pilibhit/Nagpur: Justice in the 1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case in which 10 Sikhs were gunned down by a team of Uttar Pradesh police has been finally delivered. All 47 policemen convicted in the case have been sentenced to life imprisonment...
Coal Block Case: Special Court sentences RS Rungta to 4 years of Imprisonment
Mumbai/Nagpur: Special Court has reportedly sentenced RS Rungta to 4 Years of imprisonment in coal block case, according to report. The Court also imposed fine of Rs 2.5 lakh each on Rungta Brothers. RC Rungta and RS Rungta, are the directors...
Bureaucrats asked to declare assets by April 15 under Lokpal Act
New Delhi: All central government employees have been asked to mandatorily file details of their assets and liabilities, including those of their spouse and dependent children, for past two years by April 15, as required under the Lokpal Act. The declarations...
Mehbooba Mufti Sworn In As First Woman Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Mehbooba Mufti of the People's Democratic Party or PDP took oath this morning as the first woman Chief Minister of the country's only Muslim majority state, Jammu and Kashmir. The 56-year-old succeeds her father Mufti Mohammad Saeed who died in...
Panama Papers: Shorten name from Aishwarya Rai to A Rai for confidentiality’ reveals document
From director to shareholder: ‘Shorten name from Aishwarya Rai to A Rai for confidentiality’ The Indian Express accessed MF documents which show that Rai, her father Kotedadi Ramana Rai Krishna Rai, mother Vrinda Krishna Raj Rai and brother Aditya Rai were...
Bachchan’s family,Adani brothers,DLF’s named in leaked Panama papers for tax evasion
Mumbai/Nagpur: Over 500 Indians, including Bollywood actors, industrialists and, at least two politicians are among a list of hundreds of clients of law firm Mossack Fonseca, based in tax haven Panama, for tax evasion, according to an Indian Express report....
NIA officer shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Bijnor: A NIA officer was shot dead while his wife was injured by bike-borne assailants while he along with his family was returning from the wedding of a relative in the wee hours here. Tanzil Ahmad along with his wife and...
Faceoff at Shani Shingnapur as Bhumata Brigade activists try to enter temple
Representational Pic Nashik/Nagpur: A day after the Bombay High Court ruled that it is the fundamental right of women to go into places of worship, around 25 women activists led by Trupti Desai today entered the premises of Shani Shingnapur...
Vande Mataram is India’s real national anthem, not Jana Gana Mana: RSS leader
Mumbai/Nagpur: Days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' remarks, a top functionary of the organisation has said that 'Vande Mataram' is the real national anthem as opposed to the 'Constitutionally-mandated' Jana Gana Mana. "Jana Gana Mana is today...
Airtel Failure Forces 4G Girl Sasha to Quit and Join Reliance Jio
Mumbai: If article published by web portal microfinancemonitor.com is to be believed, Remember the 4G girl who has gripped the TV viewers more than any cine actor for her convincing acts to say 4G of Airtel is real and true?...
Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case: Mumbai Police detains actress’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Saturday detained Rahul Raj Singh, the boyfriend of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide at her home here on Friday. According to reports, Rahul and Pratyusha's relation was going through rough times. Police, who are...
Shocking: ‘Balika Vadhu’ actor Pratyusha Banerjee commits suicide
Mumbai: Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who shot to fame for her role as Anandi in 'Balika Vadhu', committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her Goregaon residence on Friday. She was 24. Her fiance, actor-producer Rahul Raj,...
Major explosion in central Paris: Report
Paris/Nagpur: A major explosion occurred in a residential building in central Paris leaving numerous casualties. The cause of the blast may have been a gas explosion, a Daily Mail report said. The building is on the Rue d'Uzes, close to the Paris...
Kolkata bridge builder charged with murder, 5 IVRCL employees detained
Kolkata/Nagpur: The company that constructed the Kolkata bridge, which collapsed on Thursday, has been charged with murder. Earlier, a case was filed against the company, IVRCL, under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to negligence not amounting...
