Supreme Court stays defamation proceedings against Rajdeep Sardesai, 7 others
NewDelhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal defamation proceedings against senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai in a case for allegedly making false implication against a senior Hyderabad police officer in connection with the 2007 Sohrabuddin encounter case. A bench of Justices...
Anti-graft campaign: Delhi Court dismisses plea against Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare
NewDelhi/Nagpur: A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare and others for allegedly “instigating” people against the government during their anti-graft campaign in August 2011 which purportedly...
Why Ambani’s honeymoon with Modi seems to be over ? Here’s the biggest story of the richest man
New Delhi : In October 2014 , when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Mumbai to inaugurate Ambani owned hospital, the nation saw India’s executive head rubbing shoulders with India’s richest man. However within the next few months there has...
7.9 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan; tremors felt in Delhi, NCR
Tokyo/NewDelhi/Nagpur: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook parts of Japan on Saturday evening, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. According to initial reports, in India, light tremors jolted Delhi-NCR region at around 5:15 pm today. More details...
Protests at IIT Madras, DYFI condemns derecognition of students group
Chennai/Nagpur: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) staged a protest against the banning of a students group in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras outside the campus on Saturday. The Police officials tried to control the protesting students. Earlier...
Angry relatives blame Police and Hospital – seventeen year old minor beaten to death at Mumbai Juvenile home
More than 200 relatives and friends of the 17 year old boy have gathered outside Mumbai Shivaji Park Police station as news of the juvenile boy's death spread as wild fire. This boy was incarcerated in a Juvenile home where he...
Supreme Court sends AAP – Central Govt. battle back to High Court
National. The Supreme Court of India has wisely refused to get involved in the power tussle between the AAP and Central Government in Delhi and opined that the High Court should decide on the controvertial Home Ministly notification that had declarred...
IIT-Madras bans student group for criticising PM Modi
Chennai/Nagpur: The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has derecognised the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student association, following an anonymous complaint that it was instigating protests against the policies of the Centre and creating “hatred” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Nitin Gadkari Launches e-Books
New Delhi. “The road transport and shipping sectors would contribute 2% and even more to GDP growth of the country in two years”, said Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping while launching the e-books of his...
CAT quashes Modi-led panel’s orders against whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi
Orders of the two-member Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, against whistle-blower officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, have been struck down by the Central Administrative Tribunal. The tribunal held that the orders were against the principles of...
Don’t mess with the Armed forces, warns Wing Commander Karnik refusing Defense Minister’s invitation
Disgusted with government policies and practices with respect to armed forces, Suresh D Karnik, hero of 1971 war, declines an invitation to attend a function in Pune to be attended by Defense Manohar Parrikar and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Pune/Nagpur: Veteran...
Kejriwal acts on Soumya’s mom’s plea for speedy justice for slain daughter
NewDelhi/Nagpur: At last, some action that will bring some solace to the grieving parents' of Soumya. Their daughter was a young journalist who was shot dead six years ago while returning from her work in Delhi. Her killers were apprehended...
Patanjali Food Park Firing: 1 killed, Baba Ramdev’s brother arrested
Haridwar. The brother of Ramdev was arrested on Wednesday after a trucker was allegedly killed in clashes between employees of a food park run by the yoga guru and members of a transport union in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, police said. The deceased...
First anniversary Shah gift for Vidarbha – no statehood!
Newdelhi/Nagpur: With the whole Modi cabinet touring the country in a bid to spread good cheer about Modi Govt's one year in office; BJP President and close Modi aide Amit Shah has chosen to play spoil sport for Vidarbha. Backtracking...
Save Ustad crescendo grows
What do, Sunita Shukla, Renu Soni, Seema Sahu, Minoti Thapar, Aparna Pallavi, and many other Nagpurians have in common? In fact it is a thought they are all very passionate about. 'Please save Tiger - 24, or 'Ustad' from a doomed...
Divided over beef: After Naqvi tells beef-eaters to go to Pakistan, Rijiju calls minister’s statement unpalatable
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju has described as “unpalatable” his colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s remarks that those who eat beef should go to Pakistan, and questioned whether anyone could stop him from eating beef. Rijiju belongs to...
AAP MLA moves resolution in Delhi Assembly seeking power to impeach L-G Najeeb Jung
NewDelhi/Nagpur: The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi on Tuesday moved a resolution in the assembly to change the constitutional provisions for impeaching Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. Party MLA Adarsh Shastri moved a resolution seeking to amend Section 155 of the...
Black money a/c disclosed: Yash Birla among four others with Swiss bank
Berlin/Nagpur: Industrialist Yash Birla, along with two Mumbai-based individuals behind City Limousines scam, are among five Indian nationals with Swiss bank accounts whose names have been made public in Switzerland's official gazette with regard to ongoing tax probes against them...
Gadkari defamation case: Kejriwal drops plea against court order
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has withdrawn his plea from the High Court against a trial court decision of sending him to jail in a defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and...
President says Bofors scam charges ‘yet to be proved’ in court
NewDelhi/Nagpur: President Pranab Mukherjee has said the Bofors arms scandal of the 1980s was more of a “media trial” than an actual one as none of the charges have been proved in any Indian court.Mukherjee, a former defence minister, made...
Delhi govt’s ACB has the jurisdiction to arrest policemen: HC
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Delhi government's anti-corruption branch has the jurisdiction to arrest policemen, the Delhi High court held today while dismissing bail application of a head constable who was arrested by the ACB in a corruption case A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi...
