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...
North Korea successfully tests its first hydrogen bomb as 5.1 quake detected at nuclear test site
Seoul: North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, a development that, if confirmed, would marking a stunning step forward in its nuclear development. "The republic's first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully...
Terrorists wrote ‘revenge for Afzal Guru’ in blood on walls of Indian Consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif
New Delhi/Nagpur: A day after it was targeted by terrorists, two messages written in blood have been found on the walls of the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif. While one message reads 'Afzal Guru ka Intekam' (revenge for Afzal Guru), the...
Pranav Dhanawade: A thousand splendid runs
Mumbai/ Nagpur: It takes an hour-and-a-half for me to reach Kolkata airport from my residence; another hour-and-a-half to the aircraft to take off; the flight to Mumbai is two-and-a-half-hours long; and it takes an hour-and-a-half to reach my workplace. That...
Pathankot terror attack: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif calls up PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has called up PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday following the Pathankot terror attack in the Indian Air Force base. A large explosion occurred at the Pathankot air base today afternoon even as Defence Minister...
Pathankot combing ops underway, likely to end by tomorrow: Parrikar
New Delhi/ Nagpur: As many six terrorists were killed in the security operation to secure the Pathankot air base, said defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday. Parrikar said the weapons recovered at the Indian Air Force base indicate that the terrorists...
‘Do Your Cars Emit Oxygen?’ Supreme Court Ticks Off Mercedes, Toyota
File Pic New Delhi: "Are your vehicles emitting oxygen?" was the Supreme Court's withering reply to car manufacturers including Toyota and Mercedes, who want a ban on their larger diesel cars in Delhi to be revoked. Automakers like Mahindra & Mahindra...
Kejriwal, 5 others made false statements against me: Jaitley tells court
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today recorded his statement in a Delhi court in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, accusing them of making false statements against him...
Modi-Sharif tea ‘cost us 7 jawans’: Shiv Sena
MUMBAI/NAGPUR: Lashing out at the Centre in the wake of the Pathankot terror strike, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said it had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to trust Pakistan and that time has now come for him to...
India was tipped off on 25 Dec about #PathankotAttack. Even as Modi met Sharif
NewDelhi/Nagpur: According to Exclusive news report published by catch news portal, India knew of an impending terror attack even when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was clasping the hand of his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on 25 December. What's more, India even...
Lodha panel recommends separate bodies for BCCI, IPL
Mumbai/Nagpur: Observing that states function as units under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), retired Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha on Monday said only one unit per state will represent and vote in BCCI as he...
Two dead, 35 injured after massive earthquake jolts northeastern India
Imphal/Nagpur: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s remote northeast region before dawn on Monday, killing at least one person, injuring 50 others and causing damage to several buildings. There were reports of damage to a popular market in Imphal, the...
Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif attacked
Mazar- i-Sharif/Nagpur:Explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday night as militants attempted to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in the Afghan city of Mazar- i-Sharif, a day after a deadly raid on an Indian air base near the Pakistan border. The...
Excise duty hiked on petrol, diesel
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Government on Saturday hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 0.37 per litre and by Rs 2 a litre on diesel, the second increase in duties in just over two weeks, to mop up a little less...
