Nitish Kumar’s team creates ‘Jumla Babu’ to take on Narendra Modi during Bihar Assembly elections
NewDelhi/Nagpur: As Bihar gets into election mode and politicians miss no chance in taking a pot shot at their rivals, several catchy and interesting slogans along with campaign themes are being conceived to lure the voters. The two main rivals...
Music-composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer
Mumbai/Nagpur: Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava who was battling cancer passed away post midnight. He was 51. Shrivastava had been undergoing cancer treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Andheri for over 40 days. "Mr Aadesh Shrivastava (51) expired at 12.30 am...
CM Fadnavis covers 31 villages, 30,000 farmers in his 3-day tour
New Delhi: Over the last 72 hours, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has travelled 750 km, visited 31 villages across five districts and interacted with 30,000 farmers, his office has tweeted. The Chief Minister had been on a survey of Marathwada,...
Now, women to serve Indian Navy in full term service
New Delhi: Women officers made history by leading the military contingent in the Republic Day parade this year, but many of them are still not allowed on board warships. But that could soon change. The Delhi High Court said today that women...
5 coaches of Chennai-Mangalore Express derail in Tamil Nadu, 42 injured
Viruthachalam/Nagpur: 42 people have been injured after five coaches of the Chennai-Mangalore Express derailed near Tamil Nadu's Viruthachalam district. The injured are being rushed to a nearby hospital. More details are awaited. Last month, five people including a Karnataka legislator were killed when...
‘Pay Me for My Sugarcane Or I’ll Kill Myself’: Farmer to Devendra Fadnavis
A farmer in Parabhani threatened to commit suicide in front of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Parbhani/Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on a tour of the drought-hit Marathwada region of his state, was stunned today when a farmer told...
PoK people wish to join India; a resounding slap on the face of Pak!
Srinagar/ Nagpur: Even though the separatist-leaders of Jammu and Kashmir are trying to mislead the people of J&K filling their minds with anti-India thoughts, and even though Pakistan may dream of annexing J&K into its own fold, the people of...
India-Myanmar-Thailand superhighway set to open in November
Fancy a road trip to Thailand? It is now possible after a section of the Indo-Thailand highway, Myawaddy-Thinggan Kawkareik, of the Asian Superhighway opens in November this year. The highway begins in Manipur. According to the media reports, the first stretch...
Indian man injured by police officer testifies against him
Wheelchair-bound Sureshbhai Patel, 58, told District Court in Huntsville that he had been out for a morning walk in the neighbourhood when police approached. He was helped to the stand by a translator, ABC-affiliated television station reported. Opening arguments began yesterday...
Janta Parivar splits, Samajwadi Party to fight Bihar election alone
Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav today said that his party will fight the Bihar election alone as they felt humiliated with the 5 seat offer given to them to contest the election. Ram Gopal Yadav said he had not...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is the real boss of Indian government: Congress
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday called Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat the real boss of the Government of India. Narendra Modi may be the Prime Minister of India, but the real boss is Mohan Bhagwat, said Tewari. Targetting...
Sunny Leone’s condom ad will increase rape cases, destroy sensibility
NewDelhi/Nagpur: When it comes to giving bizarre and outlandish statements, the politicians give each other a tough fight. Recently speaking at a public rally in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, Left leader Atul Kumar Anjan made a shocking and irresponsible...
OROP breakthrough? May accept revision of pension once in two years, say defence veterans
NewDelhi/Nagpur: The agitating ex-servicemen and the government appeared to have ironed out some major differences over the contentious issue of one rank one pension with the defence veterans saying on Wednesday night that they may accept revision of pension once...
Former Jammu & Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah applies for LPG subsidy, faces criticism
Jammu & Kashmir: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is in the midst of a controversy in the wake of his recent application for LPG subsidy, which was criticised by his rivals. Abdullah, the president of main opposition National...
First conviction in 2010 CWG scam: 4-year jail term awarded to five
New Delhi: Four Municipal Corporation of Delhi employees and one other member of a private company have been sentenced to 4 years in prison by Delhi High Court. On Tuesday they were convicted by a Special CBI Court in a case...
RSS favours immediate implementation of OROP
New Delhi: The RSS favours the early implementation of the One Rank One Pension. At a three day coordination meeting between the BJP and the RSS commencing today, various issues have come up for discussion. One of the key points...
Indrani confesses her involvement in Sheena-murder!
Mumbai/ Nagpur: In a sensational twist in Seena murder case, the prime accused Indrani Mukherjea is reported to have confessed her involvement in the case. Having claimed that Sheena is in America, Indrani now confesses that Sheena has been murdered...
Shutters of shops down, banks closed as 15 crore trade union members hold one-day strike
Nagpur: Nearly 15 crore workers from 10 central trade unions are on a one-day nationwide protest on Wednesday against changes by the government in labour laws. The strike has adversely affected the essential services across the country. Train services of South...
Maharashtra Cabinet to decide to bring out ordinance
Mumbai/Nagpur: After the announcements in public and also in the state assembly by the state government, the state Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring out an ordinance to include sand as well as essential commodities and foodgrain mafias in the...
Ragging forces Hyderabad engineering student end life
Hyderabad: The dreaded menace of ragging claimed one more life when a first year student of CMR Engineering College in Hyderabad was found dead this morning on the railway tracks in Kazipet, Warangal district. A note has reportedly been left...
Tendulkar in euphoria says, ‘Virat Kohli, well done, keep it up!’
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar joined a host of former stars in congratulating the Indian cricket team for a historic victory as the Virat Kohli-led side clinched the three-match series 2-1 against Sri Lanka to win a Test rubber in the...
