SC judge to PM Modi: Show respect to sacred days of all religions
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Miffed over scheduling of three-day long judges conference during the holy period for Christians, a sitting Supreme Court judge has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and declined a dinner invitation, scheduled to be held on Saturday. In...
Smriti Irani Finds Hidden Camera in Changing Room of Fabindia showroom in Goa
Candolim, Goa: An FIR or police complaint has been registered in Goa after Union Education Minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera inside a changing room at an outlet of popular clothing chain Fabindia. Ms Irani, who is on holiday in...
What fear stopped BJP to allow advani speak at National Executive Meet
Bengaluru/Nagpur: Is there more to BJP veteran LK Advani's reluctance to deliver his traditional valedictory address at the party's two-day conclave that begins in Bengaluru today? Top sources confirmed that hours before the start of the conclave, the BJP is on the...
12-year-old Muslim girl from Mumbai wins Gita contest
Mumbai/Nagpur: Twelve-year-old Maryam Siddiqui, a class VI student from Mumbai has won the first position at the 'Gita Champions League' contest, defeating 3,000 participants. The written competition based on the Bhagwad Gita was organized by the International Society for Krishna...
Supreme Court judge refuses to work on Good Friday, pulled up by CJ
NewDelhi/Nagpur: According to a Times of India report, the Chief Justice of India has pulled up a Supreme Court judge for refusing to work on Good Friday. Justice Kurian Joseph had questioned CJI HL Dattu's decision to call a judges' conference...
AAP government targets Delhi hospitals sitting on 50 acres of land
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Aam Aadmi Party-led (AAP) government has sought land at 18 sites in Delhi, given to private firms over the last 40 years for building hospitals, where nothing has been done yet. In a letter to Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu,...
‘Starving Bangladesh of beef’ would cost India Rs 31,000 crore
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked BSF jawans to put a stop to cattle smuggling across the Indo-Bangla border and stifle it so severely that people in Bangladesh stop eating beef. However, if BSF were to implement Singh's...
US Consul General says, further improvement in ease of doing business will bring more investment to India
Nagpur: The Consul General of the United States of America in Mumbai Thomas Vajda today said further improvement in the ease of doing business will bring more American investment to India. Observing that many American companies including General Motors, General Electric,...
Difficult for me to react on remarks of people with narrow mentality: Sonia on Giriraj Singh
New Delhi/Nagpur: Refusing to react on the racist barb against her by Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Giriraj Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has simply called him a person with "narrow mentality". "It's difficult for me to...
Another AAP leader quits
In protest against Arvind Kejriwal’s strong-arm tactics, adds to crisis NewDelhi/Nagpur: The ripples of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) infighting reached the South with an another leader from Tamil Nadu and a member of the National Executive resigning from the panel, protesting...
Woman imposter at IAS academy claims senior official had issued her fake identity card
Mussoorie/Nagpur: A woman named Ruby Chaudhry, accused of posing as a trainee IAS officer and illegally staying at the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri Administrative Academy in Mussoorie, on Thursday claimed that an official had issued her a fake identity card...
Telangana: Armed men open fire; 2 policemen dead
HYDERABAD/Nagpur: Two policemen were killed while three others including a Circle Inspector and a Home Guard suffered bullet injuries after two armed assailants opened fire on them during vehicle checking in Nalgonda district of Telangana in the wee hours today,...
Painful moment, says Khemka after transfer
Haryana BJP minister vows support to IAS officer Chandigarh/Nagpur: BJP government in Haryana on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of nine IAS officers including whistle blower Ashok Khemka with immediate effect. For Khemka, who alleged persecution by the Congress in Haryana...
Nigerian Envoy condemns Minister Giriraj Singh’s racist comment
NewDelhi/Nagpur. "Rajiv Gandhi koi Nigerian lady se viyah kiye hote, gori chamra na hota to kya Congress party usko netritya sweekarti kya? (If Rajiv Gandhi had married some Nigerian lady, if she wasn't white, would the Congress party have given her...
Cong-NCP govt didn’t act against Nagpur jailer: Fadnavis
Mumbai/Nagpur: Following opposition's attack on his government over yesterday's jail-break incident in Nagpur, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday alleged that the previous government had not taken action against the jailer despite receiving several complaints. Maharashtra Legislative Council today witnessed uproar...
School girl shot dead in Bengluru School by attendant
Bengluru. The woes of parents of school going girls just dont seem to end in the IT city of Bengluru. Minor girls being raped in school, school girl commiting suicide after being punished by school and now a girl shot dead...
SC relief to Manmohan Singh, suspends CBI court summons in coal scam
NEW DELHI/NAGPUR: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have to appear in a Delhi court on April 8, the Supreme Court said today. The top court has suspended the summons sent to the politician by a CBI court last...
Twitter targets PM Modi with #FekuDay
Arvind Kejriwal also targeted New Delhi: April Fool Day is being celebrated on Wednesday, where people befool each other by playing pranks. People in India, however, have found political significance in even this day as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi...
Union Minister bizarre comment on Sonia Gandhi being ‘white skinned’ sparks row
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Known for making controversial and bizarre statements, Union Minister Giriraj Singh once again did the same when he commented that the colour of Sonia Gandhi's skin made her the Congress President. "If Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian and if...
Maharashtra Governor greets people on ‘Mahavir Jayanti’
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Governor of Maharashtra Ch Vidyasagar Rao has greeted the people of Maharashtra on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. In his message, the Governor has said “Bhagwan Mahavira renounced a comfortable life in search of finding a solution to...
AAP sacks Yadav, Bhushan spokespersons, new panel full of Kejriwal loyalists
NewDelhi/Nagpur: AAP tonight sacked dissident leader Yogendra Yadav as chief spokesperson of the party and also removed rebel leaders Prashant Bhushan, Anand Kumar as spokespersons while announcing a new 20-member panel packed with Arvind Kejriwal loyalists to interact with the...
