Former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav released
Delhi/ Nagpur. Delhi police, after a long irritating as well as confusing drama of arrest of Former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav by the police administration during late night hours of Monday, released him (Yogendra Yadav) and his three supporters by Tuesday...
SC Rules Aadhaar Card Not Mandatory To Avail Schemes
The bench said the Centre shall give wide publicity through electronic and print media that the card is not mandatory to avail the government schemes New Delhi. The Supreme Court has said that Aadhaar card not be mandatory for availing various welfare...
Government introduces GST bill in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi. The government on Tuesday succeeded in introducing a goods and services tax bill in the Rajya Sabha, but the house was adjourned for the day shortly afterwards amid protests by the lawmakers of the opposition Congress...
Supreme Court refers Aadhar card matter to Constitution Bench
New Delhi. The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right. Allowing the Centre’s plea, a...
India-born Sundar Pichai is new CEO of Google
WASHINGTON/Nagpur: India-born Sundar Pichai was named CEO of Google on Tuesday by the company's founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin in course of a re-organization that created a mother company called Alphabet. Pichai, 43, a Chennai native who went to IIT...
Dayanidhi Maran faces arrest in illegal telephone exchange case as Madras HC asks him to surrender in 3 days
In fresh trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled his interim anticipatory bail in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case and directed him to surrender before the CBI within three days. “…interim anticipatory bail...
Afghanistan hit by earthquake: Tremors felt as far as Delhi, Srinagar
Buildings shake, people rush out of houses Representational Pic National: In another catastrophe which occurred in the north of India after an earthquake hit Afghanistan, tremors were felt in northern India on August 10, 2015. Tremors were felt in Srinagar and...
Stampede at Baidyanath temple in Deogarh leaves 11 dead and 24 injured
A stampede in a temple in Deoghar in Jharkhand on August 10, 2015, killed several people. Deogarh/Nagpur: A stampede at a temple in Deogarh town in Jharkhand has left at least 11 dead early on Monday, police said. Police said that...
‘Doubt Our DNA? Will Send You Samples’: Nitish Kumar’s Offensive Against PM
Patna/Nagpur; Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he is going to launch a "shabdwapsi" or "TakeBackYourWords" campaign since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not taken back his "derogatory remarks on our DNA" despite repeated pleas. Posting a series...
Nitish Kumar calls Modi govt as ‘Union Twitter Government’
The war of words between Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and PM Modi is hotting up, even though Election Commission is yet to announce dates for upcoming assembly elections in the state. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday called the...
AAP MLA Alka Lamba attacked in Delhi during anti-drug drive
New Delhi/Nagpur. Aam Aadmi Party's lawmaker Alka Lamba was attacked in north Delhi's Kashmere Gate area early on Sunday morning by unidentified persons during an anti-drug drive. According to AAP, the drive started at 5 am; at around 6 am a...
Vyapam scam: 70 accused write to president, seek ‘permission to die’
Gwalior/Nagpur. Seventy people who have been accused in the Vyapam scam on Saturday, wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee asking for 'iccha mrityu' (permission to die). The accused wrote the letter from the Gwalior jail where they have been lodged. Earlier in...
Foxconn to invest $ 5 Billion In Maharashtra, Fadnavis elated
Mumbai/Nagpur. World’s largest electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology on Saturday announced a USD 5-billion investment in Maharashtra over the next five years to set up manufacturing, research and development facilities. The facilities will be located either near Mumbai or Pune, and...
Ashes 2015: Michael Clarke to retire from Test cricket
Nottingham: The first casualty of Australia's disastrous Ashes campaign in England has emerged, with beleaguered captain Michael Clarke to retire at the end of the series. Four days after vowing "I'm not retiring", irrespective of the outcome of the Trent Bridge...
Explain why you shouldn’t face action for Yakub coverage: Govt notice to 3 channels
For the first time since it took charge, the NDA Government has issued separate show-cause notices to ABP News, NDTV 24×7 and Aaj Tak alleging that these three private news television channels showed disrespect to the judiciary and the President...
Tiger Memon called mother a night before Yakub’s hanging, vowed to revenge : Report
Nagpur/Mumbai. A report published on the national news website has come up with a startling revelaton about the prime accused in 1993 Mumbai blast Tiger Memon, elder brother of recently hanged Yakub Memon, talking to his mother on phone and vowing...
SC judge who rejected Yakub Memon’s mercy plea receives threat letter
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra who had rejected Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea has received an anonymous threatening letter. Delhi Police have registered a case in this regard and have started an investigation. According to TV channels, the letter...
England’s Broad scalps 8, Aussies all out for 60 in 4th Ashes Test
Trent Bridge/Nagpur: England pacer Stuart Broad bundled out the Australian batting for just 60 runs off 18.3 overs on Day 1 of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday, bagging his 300th Test wicket and claiming a career-best eight...
Aircraft Cushions, Window Panes Found on Island Where MH370 Debris Recovered
Aircraft seat cushions and window panes have been found on an Indian Ocean island where wreckage from MH370 was recovered, Malaysia's transport minister said today. "We have also found debris like window panes, aluminium foil and seat cushions," Liow Tiong Lai...
Did UK took Sushma’s request on Lalit Modi as a signal for policy change
London/Nagpur: Just hours after an emotional External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj defended her request to the UK authorities to let tainted former cricket administrator Lalit Modi travel to Portugal, sources say that her intervention played a significant role in changing...
Wasim Akram has close shave during car-attack in Karachi
Wasim Akram's car was attacked by unknown assailants in Karachi on Wednesday. The former Pakistan Test captain was on his way to the National Stadium when his car was fired upon. Akram escaped unhurt. Akram has recently taken up a coaching...
