Gopal Subramanium panel to probe DDCA affairs unconstitutional and illegal, Centre says
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Centre on Friday said the Gopal Subramanium panel appointed by the Delhi government to investigate alleged corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is "unconstitutional and illegal". In a notification to the Aam Aadmi Party government...
NIA baffled over how two groups of terrorists coordinated the Pathankot attack: Sources
New Delhi/Nagpur: The National Investigation Agency is widening its scope of investigation in the Pathankot terror attack. The probe is on to check whether the terrorists got inside help to enter the Pathankot Air Force base. According to Gurdaspur SP Salwinder...
Security reduced for Aamir, SRK, removed for others
Mumbai/Nagpur: Mumbai Police has reduced security for Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan and done away with protection for some other Bollywood personalities after a threat assessment review. However, the police will continue to provide round-the-clock security for Akshay Kumar,...
UP civic polls: BJP loses in PM’s Varanasi
Lucknow/Nagpur: The ruling Samajwadi Party swept the district panchayat chairmen's poll with a tally of 60 seats out of possible 74 after Thursday's voting. The party, which had won 36 out of 38 seats, which had been decided without contest,...
National Herald case: Maharashta govt yet to start probe into AJL land allotment
Mumbai/Nagpur: Nearly a fortnight after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that senior bureaucrat Gautam Chatterjee will probe the alleged irregularities regarding land allotted to Associated Journals Ltd, the company that owns National Herald, the inquiry is yet to begin. Additional...
Hit and run: Maharashtra to move SC against Salman Khan’s acquittal
Mumbai/ Nagpur: A little over a fortnight after Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted for running over pavement dewllers in a drunk driving case, the Maharashtra government on Thursday informed the Bombay high court that it had taken a decision...
Aamir Khan Not Removed, Contract With ‘Incredible India’ Campaign Over: Govt
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Clarifying the media reports that Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been removed as Brand Ambassador of Incredible India, Tourism Ministry said it was a contractual matter with advertising agency McCann Worldgroup for ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’campaign. Union Tourism Minister...
J Dey murder case: Chhota Rajan produced before MCOCA court via video conference
Mumbai/Nagpur: Deported gangster Chhota Rajan was today produced before a special MCOCA court here via video conference from Tihar Jail in connection with journalist J Dey murder case of 2011. Special Judge A L Pansare, on December 22, had issued a production...
Maharashtra government appoints Brijesh Singh as IG of Police (Cyber)
Mumbai/ Nagpur: Maharashtra government has appointed Senior IPS officer and IT specialist Brijesh Singh as Inspector General of Police (Cyber), a special authority created by the Maharashtra government to tackle cyber crime and other related threats. The state issued a government...
Sensex cracks below 25,000-mark on Chinese woes, tumbles over 450 points
Mumbai/Nagpur: For the fourth day on the trot, turbulence in the Chinese market sent global investors, including those on the Dalal Street, scurrying for cover. On Thursday morning as the CSI 300 index in Shanghai tanked 7% and the authorities there halted...
Modi govt accepts Congress’ demand on GST bill
New Delhi/Nagpur: The NDA government has agreed to accept the conditions set by the Congress party to back a landmark tax reform, parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu told reporters on Thursday. Naidu also said the government was willing to bring forward...
FTII students manhandled by police, detained
Pune/Nagpur: Students of the Film and Television Institute of India were manhandled by the police and detained on Thursday morning. The students were protesting against FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan and the Assembly Council meeting scheduled for morning. Even though the students...
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dies; Mehbooba Mufti to be J&K CM now
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, 79, passed away on Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Sayeed, detected with sepsis, decreased blood count and pneumonia, was admitted to AIIMS on December...
Aamir Khan is still brand ambassador of Incredible India, clarify Tourism Ministry officials
Mumbai/Nagpur: Following day-long confusion over whether film actor Aamir Khan had been removed as the brand ambassador for the Incredible India, a government campaign to promote the country overseas, the ministry decided to settle the matter, with sources confirming that...
Audio tape row: Ajit Jogi’s son Amit expelled from Congress for 6 years
Raipur/ Nagpur: Amit Jogi, the legislator from Chhattisgarh's Marwahi Constituency, has been expelled from the Congress for six years. "Amit Jogi who is a legislator and his wrongdoing has also defamed the Congress and hence the party suspends him for six...
Homeopathy is bogus, harmful: Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishna
Chandigarh/Nagpur: Calling homeopathy and astrology useless and harmful practices, Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan came down heavily on the two, saying real science is far more interesting than “bogus” fields. Pointing out that India is the only country where a constitution asks...
Mission UP: BJP to send 17 union ministers including Parrikar, Gadkari to tour State
Lucknow/ Nagpur: In what is possibly the biggest outreach by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, as many as 17 union ministers will be in the state over the next fortnight, a party leader said on...
HC to AAP govt: Why can’t you stop ‘inconvenient’ odd-even plan on Fri?
New Delhi/ Nagpur: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the AAP government why the trial period for odd-even scheme was decided to go for 15 days. The Court asked the government why it can't restrict odd-even scheme to a week,...
Sanjay Dutt set to walk out of jail on February 27
Mumbai/ Nagpur: Actor Sanjay Dutt is set to walk out of jail on February 27 after the Maharashtra government remitted his sentence in the Mumbai serial blasts case. The incarcerated Bollywood actor, whose five-year sentence for his involvement in the 1993...
Madurai: Petrol bombs hurled near Meenakshi Temple
Madurai/ Nagpur: Unidentified persons hurled three petrol bombs in the vicinity of the Sri Meenakshi Temple on Wednesday night. Police said there were no casualties in the incident. The bombs were hurled within a span of two hours late last night. However,...
AI flight’s tyre bursts while landing at Bhopal, passengers safe
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Passengers aboard an Air India flight from New Delhi to Bhopal had a narrow escape when a tyre of the plane burst during landing at the Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal on Wednesday morning. All 95 passengers...
