SC asks Shobha De to respond to breach of privilege over ‘tweets’

• Mahashtra Legislature's Privilege Committee to seek clarification from novelist Shobha De
• No coercive action assured against her despite insulting CM Devendra Fadnavis and sentiments of Marathi-speaking people.

SC issues interim orders to lift ban on Dance Bars in Maharashtra

• Final orders to be issued on November 9
• Empowers licensing authorities to regulate indecent dance performances

Kashmir: 2 cops-turned-terrorists gunned down in encounter in Doda

Srinagar/ Nagpur: Two cops, as special police officers (SPOs), who were recruited in J&K police force last month, left the police force and became terrorists, were gunned down in an encounter with Army in Doda district, witnessing an encounter after...

Surrendering Akademi Puraskar is not any solution to the problem

Nagpur: Litterateurs (Sahityakars) including novelists and poets are returning their life-time prestigious Sahitya Akademi Puraskars and other awards in protest against various intolerable incidents, like, social atrocities and annihilation of artists, such as, Kalburgi (killed for condemning idol worship) and...

Desecration of Granth Sahib create violent unrest in Sikh community

• 10 police personnel injured, police vehicles damaged
• Faridkot police registered FIR against unidentified accused on Monday under sections 295 (hurting religious sentiments) and 120-B (conspiracy)

Gas emission not yet controlled on Indo-Pak border, BSF placed on alert

Chandigarh/ Nagpur: No success has been achieved as yet to control emission of gas from the Oil India well at Dandewala of Jaisalmer (Rajsthan) on India-Pakistan border though senior officials of oil company have been camping on the spot over...

1.20 lakh works completed so far under Jalyukta Shivar Yojana

Mumbai/ Nagpur: Under its much claimed Jalyukta Shivar Yojana, the Maharashtra government has completed 1.20 lakh works under its flagship Water Conservation Scheme (Jalyukta Shivar Yojana). Another 35,000 works are in progress, officials said. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed officials...

UK Express Bus launched to welcome Modi on his UK visit next month

• At least 60,000 people to join UK Welcomes Modi event in Britain
• Applicants for seeking tickets to watch Modi event at Wembley Stadium include 2-month-old to 100-year-old at Wembley Stadium

Indrani blames ex-hubby and driver for Sheena’s murder

Deviates from her earlier made statements Mumbai/ Nagpur: Denying her role of any sort in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, Indrani Mukherjea in her statement to CBI said on Saturday that she was not at all responsible for the...

SC rejects plea of ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in Gujarat riots case

New Delhi/ Nagpur: A former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt received a jolt from Supreme Court when his petition, seeking a 'fair, credible and independent investigation'  in two FIRs filed against him by the state government of Gujarat, was dismissed on...

Kasuri’s book launch concludes peacefully at Nehru Centre, Mumbai

Mumbai/ Nagpur: Despite the Shiv Sena's recalcitrant stance on their attack on Sudhendra Kulkarni chairman of Observer Research Foundation (ORF),  this morning, and Sanjay Raut's defiant press conference later where he continued to mantain that they would not let the...

57% voting recorded during first phase in Bihar on Monday

Polling ended peacefully Patna/ Nagpur: The first phase of voting on Monday in Bihar recorded as 57% voters turned out to exercise their their franchise for 49 Assembly seats, said the media reports. According to the Election Commission sources, the...

‘Women to be enrolled in Armed Forces for combat role’: Parrikar

Mumbai/ Nagpur: After announcement of Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha regarding induction of women fighter pilots in Indian Air Force in immediate future, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced on Sunday that the women's enrollment in Armed Forces...

Bihar minister Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha resigns over ‘bribery’ video

Patna: In a big embarrassment for the Nitish Kumar government a day before the first phase of Bihar polls, a sting video surfaced on Sunday showing senior minister Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha purportedly accepting bribe after which he resigned. "I have sent...

Paint Attack on Organiser Sudheendra Kulkarni Over Ex-Pak Minister’s Book Launch

MUMBAI/NAGPUR: Hours before the launch of former Pakistani minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's book in Mumbai today, organizer Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has rejected the Shiv Sena's demand to cancel the event, was attacked with black paint. "The Shiv Sainiks attacked me outside...

Bihar Assembly elections Live: 13% polling recorded till 9 am

Patna/Nagpur: Till 9 AM, 13 per cent turnout has been recorded in all the 49 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase. Polling is peaceful in the state as we have received no information of any untoward untoward...

One more writer, Sarah Joseph, returns Akademi Award in protest!

Now Litterateurs are against functioning of Modi government New Delhi/ Nagpur: In protest against condemnable Dadri incident, as the ire of writers against Modi government is still continuing, one more renowned novelist in Malyalam Literature, Sarah Joseph, returned her Sahitya Akademi...

RSS Fans growing in Bihar!

Delhi/ Nagpur: In a surprise to all, the fans of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideology are growing in Bihar. It was revealed in the online drive for membership of RSS during the months of July, August and September this year,...

NGT pulls Central Govt for unclean Ganga, chides for wasting crores

• Rs 5000 crore spent on Ganga Action Plan so far, but of no avail

Rough weather journey for Railway Minister

As improvement agenda fails, the Minister reprimanded New Delhi/ Nagpur: One-time confidant of Prime Minster Narendra Modi, the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has failed to withstand the test for which was chosen, and he has disappointed the BJP government's claim...