Maha Govt. to purchase Dr Ambedkar’s London house
Mumbai. Maharashtra government will be owning a 3-storey house in London, which once used to be the residence of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Confirming the development, Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde has put the information on his Twitter handle on Saturday.
Barack Obama’s visit to Taj Mahal cancelled, informs Agra DM
New Delhi. The wonderful Taj Mahal and visibly messed up city of Agra were both decked up for US President Barack Obama but the powerful leader may not be able to visit the city. This was informed by Agra’s District Magistrate...
Problems brewing anew between Ruling coalition BJP and Shiv Sena
"If people of this state face any problems, the first strike (against the government) will be Shiv Sena's. We are not logs of wood that float with any 'current'. We are in politics for the long run." This statement was...
High Alert in Bihar after explosion at prison in Ara
Ara (Bihar). Three persons were killed and 17 injured in a civil court in Ara Distt. town of Bihar which is 70 Kms away from Patna. One of the dead is a middle aged woman who is suspected of having carried a...
Srinivasan’s son-in-law involved in betting, rules SC; says BCCI is amenable to law
National. Trouble seems to be far from leaving elusive BCCI President N Srinivasan as Supreme Court on Thursday gave fresh ruling that his son in law Gurunath Meiyappan was one of the accomplices in the betting scandal, since both Meiyappan and...
Sensex at all-time high of 29,000, Nifty at 8,745
MUMBAI: Continuing their record-setting spree for the third straight session, the benchmark BSE Sensex crossed the 29,000-mark for the first time and the NSE Nifty hit a new peak of 8,754.65 in opening trade on Thursday on robust fund inflows...
To designate RSS as terror group, petition filed in US court
New York: A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court in New York to designate RSS as a "foreign terrorist organisation". The federal court in the Southern District of New York issued a summons for US...
Govt considers RSS arm’s demand to ban online shopping websites
Mumbai: While PM Narendra Modi may be on an overdrive to win over investors, and open up the economy , an affiliate of the RSS, the Swadeshi Jaagran Manch wants online shopping websites in the country banned. In Maharashtra, the...
What Obama says to his Nation just before coming to India
President Obama is coming to India with his family for 26th January Republic Day. This will probably be his last and most significant overseas visit before he steps down and America goes for polls again. So in a way...
Kejriwal admonishes Bedi for saffronizing Lala Lajpat Rai
New Delhi. This morning, Kiran Bedi let her zeal and love for her newly joined party get away too far. She began her roadshow at Krishna Nagar, the constituency from where she is contesting the February 7 Delhi polls, with...
Maha govt transfers 11 IAS officers
Mumbai: Continuing its bureaucratic reshuffle, the Maharashtra Government today transferred 11 IAS officials. While Harshadeep Kamble, IAS officer of 1997 batch, has been posted as the Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration, Mumbai, P N Bhapkar (1997 batch) replaced Nand Kumar (1989...
Coal Scam : Manmohan Singh examined by CBI
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to have been examined by CBI in the coal block allocation case relating to Hindalco but neither he nor the agency was willing to confirm it. According to informed sources, a team...
Maharashtra government declares Chandrapur as ‘dry’ district
Mumbai: Maharashtra Government today declared mineral rich Chandrapur district in Vidarbha region as 'dry district', imposing ban on the sale, purchase, production and consumption of liquor. Chandrapur will be the third district in the state after neighbouring Wardha and Gadchiroli, also...
Arvind Kejriwal vs Nupur Sharma in Delhi
New Delhi. BJP has really taken the term "field a fresh new face" very seriously and against the 'Muffler Man' is putting up just out of college - Nupur Sharma. She’s 30 years old, fought her last elections in college and...
Tigers thriving in Indian forests – numbers go up dramatically
National. After the continued disheartening decline of tiger populations in the country there is good news at last. The number of tigers in India has seen a sharp rise in the last seven years rising from 1411 to 2226. This news...
Bal Thackeray Will row: Hospital submits medical reports
Mumbai: The city-based Lilavati Hospital on Tuesday submitted to the Bombay High Court the medical reports of late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray for the period November-December 2011 when he executed his will. Justice Gautam Patel had asked the hospital to...
Occultists, parents held for attempting to kill minor in Maharashtra
Nashik: Five persons, including two occultists, were arrested for allegedly attempting to kill a minor girl and involving in witchcraft activities during a treasure hunt bid in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Tuesday. The two occultits - Bandu Jagtap (45)...
Public Debate : Kiran Bedi rejects, Ajay Makan accepts Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge
New Delhi: Soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party declared former IPS officer Kiran Bedi as its chief ministerial candidate, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday challenged her for an open debate. "Congrats 4 being nominated as BJP's CM...
Yes, it’s Not Modi but Kiran Bedi vs Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday announced that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi will be its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming elections in Delhi. Bedi will contest from Krishna Nagar constituency in East Delhi. Addressing a news conference after the party's...
Delhi Police grill Shashi Tharoor
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was questioned by police on Monday evening in connection with the murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, nearly three weeks after a case of murder was registered on the basis of a medical report...
Grand old party INC enters Delhi election fray firing salvos at Kejriwal
File Pic New Delhi. Delhi last went to polls in 2013. Sheila Dixit of Congress was the C.M. and BJP was sure its leader Harvardhan was going to be the next. In came Kejriwal and upturned the apple cart which resulted...
