Anupam Kher denied visa by Pakistan
New Delhi/Nagpur: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who was recently awarded the Padma Bhushan, has been denied visa by Pakistan. The maverick actor was supposed to Karachi Literature Festival on 5th February. Speaking to ANI, Kher expressed his disappointment and said that out...
Money Laundering: ED cracks down on Bhujbals, Sameer arrested in Mumbai
Mumbai/Nagpur: In a notorious dark game of money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday rubbed the political bigwig and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on the wrong side as it arrested his nephew and former MP Sameer Bhujbal, in a...
13 college students drown at Murud beach
Raigad/Nagpur: In a tragic development, at least 13 students of a Pune-based college drowned on Monday afternoon at Murud beach in Maharashtra's Raigad district while on a picnic. As per reports, 13 bodies – of 10 women and three men –...
‘All We Heard Was 1,2,3…Charge’: Activist On Delhi Cops’ Brutality
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Men and women were caned, struck on the head, dragged by their hair and slammed to the ground during a rally in Delhi in support of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula on Saturday. Those who beat them were policemen and...
Eight bogies of the Ratnachal Express set on fire by violent protestors
Vijaywada/Nagpur: Protests held by members of the Kapu community seeking reservation turned violent when they set the Ratnachal Express on fire today, at Tuni railway station in Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Eight bogies of the Ratnachal Express were set on...
Senior Bureaucrat presents her book ‘China Behind the Miracle’ to Governor
Mumbai/Nagpur: Senior bureaucrat Sumita Dawra who served as the Head of Economic Wing in Indian Embassy at Beijing today met Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai and presented him her latest book ‘China, Behind the Miracle’. Sumita Dawra...
Gadkari asks Rahul to stay away from politicizing Hyd varsity issue
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Two union ministers on Saturday hit out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi over his protest at Hyderabad Central University and asked him to not "politicise" the issue of Dalit student's suicide when peace has been...
Top LeT commander killed in Kupwara encounter: Police
Srinagar/Nagpur: Police on Saturday identified the militant who was killed in a gunfight last night at Lohar Mohalla in Darpora village of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police official told that the militant who was killed in an encounter...
Civic body protest: Why trifurcation of MCD is the source of all troubles
New Delhi/Nagpur: As the AAP-led government and the BJP continue the game of finger-pointing over the protest of nearly 1.5 lakh civic body workers, who have decided to go on indefinite strike from Saturday, the question who is telling the...
Pathankot terror attack slowed down India-Pak talks: Nawaz Sharif
New Delhi/Nagpur: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the first time has said that the terror strike on Pathankot airbase affected the dialogue process with India, reports said on Saturday. “Talks with India were progressing but the Pathankot attack has affected...
‘Frustrated’ Cong shedding crocodile tears over Rohith’s suicide: BJP
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The BJP accused Congress, on Saturday, of shedding “crocodile tears” over the suicide of a Dalit scholar, saying party vice-president Rahul Gandhi was using students as a “political tool” after he joined them at the Hyderabad...
Pan India awareness drive of tribal traditional herbal knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge Mission undertakes drive to propagate preservation, propagation and promotion of tribal traditional herbal knowledge. Nagpur: Global Trend: Total global herbal market is of size 62.0 billion dollars, in this India’s contribution is only one billion dollars. The forecast is...
Raid on Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary: CBI probe under special court’s scanner
NewDelhi/Nagpur: CBI's investigation in an alleged corruption case involving Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's principal secretary Rajendra Kumar has come under the scanner of a special court which said the agency has "utterly failed" to comply with the mandatory CrPC provision...
Solar scam: Kerala HC stays FIR order for two months as a big relief to CM Chandy
File pic Kerala/Nagpur: Kerala High Court on Friday stayed a vigilance court order to register an FIR against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the solar scam, providing a breather to the Congress-led ruling coalition. Chandy had moved High Court against the...
Will not host India-Sri Lanka T20, DDCA tells BCCI
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Snubbed by the Delhi High Court, Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) today officially intimated the BCCI that it will not be able to host the second India-Sri Lanka Twenty20 International scheduled to be held on...
3 Wipro employees arrested for hacking UK firm TalkTalk
Bengaluru/Nagpur: Three Wipro employees in Kolkata have been arrested in connection with a security breach in the customer records of a UK-based telecom client TalkTalk, a development that could have major implications for the IT company. A TalkTalk spokesperson said it...
Perform or perish: Modi govt reshuffles secy-level officers
New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday carried out a bureaucratic reshuffle to bring in new officers to head crucial departments such as agriculture, telecom and information technology and moved out others who were unable to match the government’s...
Massive whale washes ashore in India’s Mumbai
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: Mumbai's coastline is more used to rubbish washing ashore than dead mammals, but on Friday residents woke to the sight of a nearly 40-foot-long whale on one of its most popular beaches. Hundreds of people descended on Juhu...
After complaints pile up, PM Narendra Modi wants action against these officials
New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is upset at the number of complaints and grievances received from people about the customs and excise department and has ordered strong action against the officials responsible, sources said. He held another meeting with...
Virat Kohli’s Pakistani fan faces a 10-year jail term for hoisting Indian flag
Lahore/Nagpur: A Pakistani die-hard fan of Indian batsman Virat Kohli is facing up to 10 years' imprisonment after being arrested for hoisting the Indian flag atop his home in Punjab Province which he had done to show his love for...
Rajiv let others influence him and listened to their calumnies: Pranab
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Allegations that Pranab Mukherjee aspired to be the prime minister after Indira Gandhi’s assassination and had to be persuaded otherwise cost him his relationship with the Congress, forcing him out of the party in April 1986...
