Techie beaten to death in Pune over over FB post, 13 arrested
Pune: The murder of a software professional in a suspected hate crime amid protests over derogatory pictures of Maratha icon Shivaji and late Shiv Sena […]
Month: June 2014
Sumitra Mahajan set to be next LS Speaker
New Delhi: Though her name has been doing the rounds for some days, the official confirmation came on Thursday when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu […]
Anjali Damania resigns from Aam Aadmi Party
Mumbai: Anjali Damania, Aam Aadmi Party’s senior leader from Maharashtra, has quit the party, officials said here on today. Dear my all colleagues, with a heavy […]
PM Narendra Modi to meet Barack Obama in September
New Delhi: After surprising everyone by inviting SAARC leaders on the occasion of his swearing-in, PM Narendra Modi has taken yet another significant foreign policy […]
Supreme Court refuses Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on today refused bail plea of Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy. The court has dismissed Sahara’s petition seeking to shift […]
Tribal woman in Meghalaya resists rape, terrorists blow up her head
Meghalaya: In a shocking incident in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district, alleged terrorists shot a woman at point blank range for resisting their attempts to […]
Allahabad High Court notice to UP govt over its power supply
Lucknow: Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on today directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file their replies on a PIL seeking […]
Taliban behind Indian worker’s kidnapping in Herat; family calls PM for help: report
Washington: The United States on today said that it is in touch with India and Afghanistan on the abduction of an Indian aid worker from […]
Massive crowd gathers for Gopinath Munde’s funeral; last rites today
New Delhi: Maharashtra strongman and Union minister in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday after sustaining multiple internal injuries in a road accident […]
You do your job, I’ll do mine, Mulayam says media on Badaun gang-rape
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on today made a scathing remark on the national media and cautioned it to focus on other issues. When […]
Kamal Nath takes oath as pro-tem Speaker; PM Modi attends 1st session of LS
New Delhi: Senior Congress MP Kamal Nath took oath as the pro-tem Speaker at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10 am on Wednesday. The first day […]
Modi’s Clean Ganga mission ready, First high-level meeting today
New Delhi: The first high-level meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Ganga, constituted by the Narendra Modi government, is expected to meet on today to […]
Price of non-subsidised LPG gas cut by Rs. 23.50, Jet fuel by 1.8%
New Delhi: Jet fuel prices have been cut by 1.8 percent and rates of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 23.50 per cylinder after the […]
Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde dies in road accident in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in Delhi on today morning when he was on his way to […]
Gambhir the best IPL captain this season, says Wasim Akram
Attributing Kolkata Knight Riders’ second Indian Premier League title triumph to Gautam Gambhir’s leadership skills, the team’s bowling coach Wasim Akram said he is the […]
National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Anjan Das dies
Kolkata: National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Anjan Das, best known for films like ‘Saanjhbatir Rupkathara’, ‘Achin Pakhi’ and ‘Faltu’, today passed away following illness, family sources […]
First high-level meeting of SIT to probe black money today
New Delhi: The first high-level meeting of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the issue of black money and special probe into cases of unaccounted […]
BJP workers Protest outside Akhilesh Yadav’s Office in Badaun Gang-Rape
Lucknow: Stepping up its pressure on the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh over the gang-rape and deaths of two teenagers in Badaun, the BJP will […]
Shah Imam Bukhari is communal not secular, says Digvijay Singh
New Delhi: In a statement that could potentially turn controversial, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said that he considers Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama […]
Naveen Patnaik meets PM, demands special status for Odisha
New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the special category status for his state. Accompanied by all […]
SC stays execution of death row convict Yakub Memon in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts
New Delhi: Days after President Pranab Mukherjkee rejected his mercy plea, the Supreme Court, Monday, stayed the execution of Yakub Memon, a death-row convict in […]
K Chandrashekhar Rao takes oath as first CM of Telangana; PM assures full support
Hyderabad: Eleven others were also sworn in as cabinet ministers by Narasimhan, who administered the oath of office and secrecy. The cabinet includes Rao’s son […]