BCCI chief Manohar dials Shaharyar, assures full security to Pakistan
BCCI president Shashank Manohar. Pic/ PTI Karachi/Nagpur: With a cloud of uncertainty hovering over the much-awaited Indo-Pak World T20 match in Dharamsala, Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan today received a call from BCCI president Shashank Manohar, who assured him...
Govt cancels Zoji La award to IRB Infrastructure
Mumbai/Nagpur: IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, which recently won the bid to build South Asia’s longest tunnel road in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Tuesday the government has cancelled the award without mentioning any reason. On 4 January, IRB won the bid...
No end to Lok Sabha chaos: Smriti Irani in line of fire again
New Delhi/Nagpur: HRD Minister Smriti Irani was again in the line of fire in Lok Sabha with opposition members forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to allow them to speak on their notice for Privilege Motion against the minister. Congress and Left members...
Suicide attack outside Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad
Jalalabad/Nagpur: Explosions and heavy gunfire erupted near the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad this afternoon. A suicide bomber blew himself up and four more attackers were killed by Afghan forces. One civilian has been killed and 14 others have been injured....
SC to Maharashtra govt: Grant licence to dance bars by March 15
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Maharashtra government to grant licences to dance bars by March 15. The Court also refused to allow the state government's demand that there be a live feed from a dance bar to...
Ex-bureaucrat alleges political pressure by UPA, torture in Ishrat Jahan case
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Former bureaucrat RVS Mani has backed claims of political interference in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case during the Congress-led UPA rule. The former undersecretary has alleged that he was physically harassed during the interrogation to sign the second affidavit. The...
RSS-affiliated trade union slams EPF tax, calls it disgusting
NewDelhi/Nagpur: RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has opposed the government’s move to tax the provident fund money, calling it “disgusting” and a gross injustice to workers. “The government move is disgusting and we condemn it strongly. We will try to pursue...
No tax on PPF, only interest on 60% EPF withdrawal will be taxed, clarifies Centre
NewDelhi/Nagpur: After a huge uproar and the confusion over a proposal in Budget 2016 to tax 10% of employee provident fund withdrawals, the Finance Ministry has issued a clarification. Explaining the proposal, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said contributions to the...
Sensex Rallies 550 Points As Budget Drives Rate Cut Hopes
Mumbai/Nagpur: The BSE Sensex rallied as much as 550 points, while the Nifty jumped above the key 7,150 mark on Tuesday on hopes that Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan will cut repo rate. The rupee rallied for the third straight...
1 dead in Dongargarh mandir ropeway mishap
Dongargarh/Nagpur: 68-year old woman was killed and 3 others injured when the rope-way trolley they were travelling in crashed while landing in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district. The ropeway ferries pilgrims to the Bamleshwari temple atop a hill from the base. At least...
Big Boost For Job Scheme MGNREGA ‘You Mocked Us’, Says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: The BJP-led government has once again bumped up the allocation for the rural jobs guarantee scheme MGNREGA, once described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "living proof of the Congress party's failure". In Budget 2016, the MGNREGA scheme or...
Delhi Police say no video evidence of Kanhaiya raising anti-India slogans
New Delhi/Nagpur: Delhi Police on Monday told the High Court they have no video evidence of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar raising anti India slogans and were relying on three eye witness statements. This a clear climbdown from the earlier stance...
JNU Row: SC declines to hear contempt plea against Kanhaiya Kumar, SAR Geelani
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the plea seeking criminal contempt proceedings against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and five other varsity students facing sedition charges and former professor SAR...
Brief uproar in Lok Sabha over privilege motion against Smriti Irani
New Delhi/Nagpur: The issue of privilege motion against HRD Miniter Smrit Irani created a brief uproar in the Lok Sabha before finance minister Arun Jaitely started presenting the Union Budget 2016-17 on Monday. Opposition members were on their feet seeking to...
Aadhaar to get statutory status: Here’s why
New Delhi/Nagpur: Government has decided to accord statutory status to Aadhaar to ensure that benefits of the government subsidies directly reach the needy. “Additionally, as I will elaborate later, we will undertake significant reform including enactment of a law to ensure...
Thane familicide: I acted to be dead, says lone survivor Subiya
Thane/Nagpur: Subiya Bharmar, 22, the youngest sister of Hasnain Warekar, who was lucky to save herself as her brother went on a killing spree, could be out of danger, but is yet to recover from the shock. The lone survivor was...
Sharad Pawar says BJP sowing seeds of secession as defeat staring in face; terms JNU issue as a political conspiracy
Mumbai/Nagpur: Hitting out at the BJP-led government over the JNU row, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the party was sowing seeds of secession as it saw defeat staring in its face in the ensuing elections. "BJP sees defeat staring...
Rohith Vemula’s family refutes Smriti Irani’s claims on his death
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Rohith Vemula's family -- his brother Raja and mother Radhika – on Friday dismissed Union HRD minister Smriti Irani's statements in Parliament on his death, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take immediate action against...
Find ways to block porn sites, Supreme Court tells government
New Delhi/Nagpur: Seven months after stating that a blanket ban on porn sites was not possible, the Supreme Court on Friday took a big U-turn. It asked the Centre to find out "ways and means" to block "blue films" on...
West Bengal: Fresh violence erupts in Burdwan University, students allege assault by ‘outsiders’
File pic Burdwan/Nagpur: In a late night development, massive clashes erupted at West Bengal's Burdwan University. The students who were on a hunger strike demanding postpone of third year exam were attacked and brutally beaten up last night inside the campus...
#JNURow: Ashutosh Kumar called in for questioning by Delhi police
New Delhi/Nagpur: One more Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, who has been accused of sedition is under probe over the controversial event of 9 February where anti-India slogans were raised, said a NDTV report. The student, Ashutosh, is among the...
