Neglecting me will cost dear to BJP, Shatrughna Sinha

  File Pic Patna:  Shatrughan Sinha, after a high hit rate in irking his party, has dared the BJP to punish him, with a warning on Twitter of a strike back. As Bihar heads for elections, Mr Sinha, an MP from the...

BJP captures Bengaluru civic body, PM greets the hat-trick win

Bengaluru. The Bhartiya Janata Party on Tuesday registered its second consecutive victory in Bengaluru Municipal Corporation elections, winning 101 ward, while the Congress bagged 75 seats. Janata Dal (S) of former Prime Minister HD Devegowda could manage only 14 while Others got...

Moral police shocker: Muslim man bashed up, humiliated for talking to Hindu woman

Mangalore. The self-styled custodians of morality who went on rampage on one pretext or the other in the town of Mangalore in Karnataka, did it again, albeit outrageously. A man was stripped, tied to an electric pole and bashed up severely...

We aren’t beggars, we are asking for our rights, Hardik Patel

Ahmedabad/Nagpur: A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi left his home state Gujarat, turmoil is brewing in the state with the economically dominant Patel community seeking Other Backward Class status. Over 10 lakh Patidars have planned a massive protest meeting...

R K Laxman’s Cartoons are Immortal – Dr. S. B Mujumdar

Marathi version of Laxman’s cartoons published by Mehta Publications Pune/Nagpur: As a tribute to one of India’s iconic cartoonists Late Mr. R K Laxman, Mehta Publishing House and online book publisher Daily Hunt on Friday released the compilation of Laxman's pocket...

BJP never promised ‘Acche Din’, says Union Minister Narendra Singh Toma

NewDelhi/Nagpur: Defending the Narendra Modi government, which is under attack for not fulfilling several poll promises, Union Minister for Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party never used slogans like 'Acche Din' during...

Delhi pervert, who harassed a woman and dared her to file police complaint, arrested

New Delhi: The 22-year-old boy named Sarabjit alias Honey who harassed Jasleen Kaur in Tilak Nagar area of Delhi was taken into custody by Delhi Police on Monday afternoon. Jasleen was also rewarded Rs 5000 by the police for showing...

NSA Sartaj Aziz : A nuclear powered Pakistan knows how to defend itself

File Pic National. Aziz's comments came after CNN-IBN spoke exclusively to him where he said that India's insistence on discussing only terror and nothing else was meant to avoid discussion. He, however, had said that a meeting between Pakistan Rangers and...

Sensex crashes 1,700 pts: Rs 7 lakh cr wealth wiped out

  File Pic The blood bath on Dalal Street continued unabated, with the benchmark Sensex now crashing more than 1,700 points, but stock market experts are not painting any bleak picture for local equities yet, and instead see steady growth prospects...

Man gets 10 years jail for raping woman on false marriage promise

New Delhi. A man has been awarded ten years in jail for raping a woman on false promise of marriage by a Delhi court, which refused to take a lenient view saying the crime committed by him was very serious as...

Sonia, Rahul condole lives lost in Bangaluru-Nanded Exp mishap

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday expressed anguish over the Bangaluru-Nanded Express train accident that killed six persons including a party MLA from Karnataka. Extending her condolences to the families of the deceased,...

Karnataka MLA and six others dead in Railway Level Crossing Accident

Andhra Pradesh. In anohter incident of railway level crossing tragedy, a granite transporting truck rammed into Bangalore-Nanded express on Monday morning killing 6 people, including Karantaka MLA Venkatesh Naik from Raichur. When the truck rammed, the train coaches derailed and under the...

Woman Shames ‘Abuser’ on Social Media

NewDelhi/Nagpur: On Facebook, a woman in Delhi has alleged that a man abused her on the road and then challenged her to complain against him after "posing" for her mobile phone camera. But worse than the man's comments, the woman...

Monday Morning Sensex crashes 1,000 pts

Mumbai/Nagpur: In a worst possible start to the trading session on the first day of the week, Indian stock markets joined the global equity rout as benchmark Sensex crashed over 1,000 points in the first few minutes of the start...

Death for kidnapping for ransom can’t be dubbed outrageous: Supreme Court

Rising incidents of kidnapping and abduction for ransom not only by ordinary criminals but even by terrorists necessitate a stringent punishment for those indulging in such activities, the Supreme Court has said while upholding death sentence under section 364A of...

Union Minister General VK Singh’s daughter joins OROP protest

New Delhi: While the Narendra Modi government is facing a lot of flak from defence veterans for delaying the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme, it has been left red-faced now. Union Minister and former Army Chief General...

Suspense Ends: Pakistan calls off NSA-level talks with India

ISLAMABAD/Nagpur:Ending the suspense, Pakistan tonight called off the India-Pakistan NSA-level talks, hours after India made it clear that discussions on Kashmir and a meeting with separatists will not be acceptable. “Pakistan reiterates that the scheduled NSA-level talks cannot be held on...

India to import 10,000 tonnes onions to check prices

With onion prices hitting Rs.70-80 per kg in most parts of the country, the central government has floated tenders for the import of 10,000 tonnes of onions, it was announced on Saturday. "Government of India has been keeping a close watch...

Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi only: D-wife tells media

Mumbai/ Nagpur: Despite several uncertain information about Dawood Ibrahim's whereabouts, his wife, Mahjabeen Sheikh told Indian media that the most wanted terrorist is lazing in Karachi (Pakistan). It was revealed through telephonic conversation when Dawood's number was called. The woman replied...

NSA-level talks: Here’s what Sushma Swaraj said in press conference

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday reiterated that India welcomes Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz only if talks are confined to terror, and Hurriyat is not involved. Here are some important points:

• No India-Pakistan NSA talks if they...