Maharashtra Govt gives 2000 sq m land for Hema Malini’s dance school

Mumbai/Nagpur: Maharashtra's BJP government has sanctioned a 2,000 sq m plot to actress and Bharatanatyam dancer Hema Malini here to set up a classical dance school, almost 20-year-after she had approached the state government for a plot. Revenue minister Eknath Khadse...

No subsidy on LPG for those earning more than Rs 10 lakh

New Delhi/ Nagpur: Tax payers with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh will not get subsidised LPG anymore, the government announced on Monday. Consumers are currently entitled to 12 cylinders at cheaper rates in a year. Currently, non-subsidised cooking...

SpiceJet’s New Year Gift# Airfares starting at Rs 716

New Delhi/Nagpur: SpiceJet on Monday launched the 'Happy New Year Sale,' offering one-way base airfares starting at Rs 716 (excluding taxes) on some popular routes on the domestic network. The four-day sale of tickets will be open till midnight of December...

Taj Mahal greets Eiffel Tower on Twitter

New Delhi/Nagpur: In a perfect New Year greeting, the Taj Mahal and Statue of Liberty warmly greeted the Eiffel Tower as the 126-year-old monument joined the micro-blogging site Twitter for the first time this week. "Welcome to Twitter, my sister," tweeted...

Amazon, eBay selling cow dung cakes like hot cakes

New Delhi/Nagpur: With the holiday season in full swing, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves. But there’s one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online retailers say cow dung patties are selling like hot cakes. The patties —...

Modi springs surprise, to make stopover in Lahore to meet Sharif on his birthday

New Delhi/ Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his way back to India from Kabul.

Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today afternoon, where I will drop...

PM Modi Walks During Indian National Anthem, Russian Official Nudges Him Back

MOSCOW/NAGPUR: In an unusual incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pulled back by a Russian official as he walked past the guard of honour accorded to him while the Indian national anthem was being played soon after his arrival here...

Kirti Azad Suspended By BJP For Publicly Targeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

File Pic New Delhi/ Nagpur: BJP lawmaker and former cricketer Kirti Azad has been suspended by the party for publicly targeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with allegations of corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA. The parliamentarian defied his party as he made...

Hit and run case: Maharashtra to file appeal in SC against Salman’s acquittal

Mumbai/ Nagpur: The state government on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court that they would be filing an appeal against the acquittal of actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case. The government informed this to the court while...

Rajya Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill: Here’s all you need to know

The Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile Justice Bill on Tuesday amid protests by a divided opposition. The delay in passing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill became a contentious issue in the last few weeks with the recent...

Engineer Attacks Parents, 20 Others With Sword, Shot Dead By Police

File Pic Telangana (Karimnagar)/Nagpur: In a frenzied attack, a 28-year-old software engineer went on a stabbing spree with a sword injuring as many as 22 people, including his parents on Tuesday morning. The man was reportedly depressed after he failed...

BSF plane crashes in Dwarka, 10 killed; PM Modi pained by loss of lives

New Delhi/ Nagpur: A small Border Security Force (BSF) aircraft crashed in Dwarka near the Delhi airport on Tuesday shortly after take-off. All ten personnel on board have been reported killed in the accident. The plane carried two pilots and...

“Dear @arunjaitley darta nahin hoon napunsako se”:,BJP MP tweets ‘my a/c hacked’

NewDelhi/Nagpur: Few minutes after on of the tweets of Kirti Azad on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley terming him as 'impotent' started making headlines on Monday night, the BJP MP cleared the air by saying that his Twitter account has been...

BSF plane, bound for Ranchi, crashes at Dwarka in Delhi, 1 killed

Fire tenders are being rushed to Sector 8 in Dwarka where a BSF aircraft has crash-landed A Border Security Force (BSF) aircraft, carrying 10-12 people on board, crashed in Dwarka near Delhi on Tuesday shortly after take-off. One person has been...

Defamation suit: Ram Jethmalani to defend Arvind Kejriwal

File Pic NewDelhi/Nagpur: Former BJP member and senior lawyers Ram Jethmalani will defend Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the defamation case filed against him by Finance minister Arun Jaitley. Jaitley filed a civil defamation case against Kejriwal and five other...

Plea challenging release of juvenile convict in Delhi gang-rape dismissed by SC

NewDelhi/Nagpur: A petition challenging the release of the youngest of six men found guilty of raping and torturing a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 has been rejected by the Supreme Court, which questioned: "Under what...

Arun Jaitley files defamation suit against Arvind Kejriwal, other AAP leaders

NewDelhi/Nagpur: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Patiala House court against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpayee seeking Rs 10 crore damage for indulging in slander and...

‘Hello Dear Arun Jaitley, Sue Me For Defamation Too,’ Dares BJP’s Kirti Azad

BJP lawmaker and former cricket Kirti Azad today openly dared his party senior Arun Jaitley in tweets, a day after he alleged corruption in the Delhi cricket body that the Finance Minister headed for 13 years till 2013, but stopped...

Ram Mandir soon in Ayodhya?

Ayodhya/Nagpur: With Bharatiya Janata Party at helm and Vishwa Hindu Parishad repeatedly asserting its firmness to build the Ram temple, it seems a 'grand mandir' in Ayodhya is destined to be constructed soon, with two trucks of stones on Sunday...

21st Century Media serves legal notice to AAP

Lokesh Sharma, Managing Director of a company Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had accused of taking huge commissions in the Delhi Development Comittee Affair (DDCA), on Friday issued a legal notice on the party seeking unconditional apology, failing which criminal defamation...