Army to cut down order for assault rifles to 250,000 due to budget constraints
New Delhi: The Indian Army will place an order for only 250,000 modern assault rifles -- just a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, a person with knowledge of...
Amit Shah meets Ramdev as part of BJP’s outreach exercise
New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today met Yoga guru Ramdev, who is associated with the Patanjali group of companies, as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign and shared the Modi government's achievements with him. "I met...
Amrut Pharma MD Shailesh Joshi commits suicide in Belagavi
Belagavi: An industrialist committed suicide reportedly over personal issues, in Belagavi. Shailesh Joshi, 40, managing director of Amrut Pharmaceuticals, shot himself in the chest on Sunday night. His relatives found his body on Monday morning. Police officers who spoke to his...
Video: Teacher molests student in Nashik school, gets thrashed severely
Nashik: A teacher in a Nashik school was thrashed mercilessly for sexually molesting a girl student on Saturday. The lewd teacher, named Sunil Kadam, at St Francis School allegedly outraged modesty of a Class X student on the very first...
Farmers’ protest affects vegetable, milk arrival at Nashik markets
Nashik: The arrival of vegetables at various market committees and collection of milk in Nashik were affected as a 10-day nationwide farmers' protest entered its second day today, said a senior functionary of one of the participating farm organisations. "All milk...
Kerala woman under observation for Nipah symptoms dies
Thiruvananthapuram: A 39-year-old woman, who was under observation for Nipah virus symptoms, died today. However, the samples of the woman were found to be negative, Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja told reporters. The cause of her death has to be ascertained,...
Hindu outfit seeks ban on Loveratri, announces Rs 2 lakh reward for thrashing Salman Khan
New Delhi: In a fresh trouble to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Hindu groups in parts of North India have been protesting against his upcoming home production 'Loveratri'. Loveratri, a Salman Khan Films production, has sparked a controversy even before its...
Power Failure In Mulund And Navi Mumbai
File Pic Mumbai: Due to the sudden power failure on Thursday night in Mulund and Navi Mumbai, the locals had to face a lot of problems in this unforgiving heat. However, the more problematic issue is that the power is...
Major fire breaks out in south Mumbai’s Scindia House
Mumbai: A massive fire has broken out at Scindia House office building near south Mumbai's Ballard Estate Area. According to officials, the fire has been designated at Level-2 and five fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. No casualties...
Bollywood star Arbaaz Khan summoned by Thane Police in IPL betting scam
Thane: Hindi film actor and director Arbaaz Khan has been summoned by Thane police in connection with Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scam. According to media reports, Salman Khan's brother was summoned on Friday afternoon. Police have asked the Dabangg star...
BJP’s failure to create Vidarbha cost it Bhandara-Gondia: Ashish Deshmukh
Nagpur/Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh today said his party lost the Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha bypoll because it "failed" to implement its electoral promise of carving out a separate Vidarbha state. Deshmukh, a staunch proponent of separate Vidarbha, alleged that the...
RInfra among 13 lowest bidders for Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Thursday announced the 13 lowest bidders out of 18 eligible for the Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE). These 13 lowest bidders for the 13 packages of the 700-km Maharashtra...
Uddhav Thackeray asks Oppn to boycott elections if EVM row not resolved
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today asked opposition parties to "unitedly boycott" elections if controversies surrounding electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not resolved quickly. He also threatened to drag the Election Commission to court over the Palghar bypoll result...
Ramdev’s messaging app disappears from Google Play store
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev's swadeshi messaging app called Kimbho that aims to take on WhatsApp and WeChat has suddenly disappeared from Google Play Store. The app is still available for iPhones and iPads on the App Store. Several people who tried to...
JD-S to get finance portfolio, Cong gets Home in Karnataka
Karnataka CM and DY CM Bengaluru: If party sources are to be believed then the Janata Dal-Secular-Congress coalition in Karnataka has solved the cabinet tussle. The JD-S will get the finance ministry, while the Congress will get to keep the home...
Congress wins Karnataka’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar seat election
Representational Pic Bengaluru: Congress's N Muniratna has won the election from the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency in the Karnataka assembly polls. Congress's N Muniratna over his nearest BJP rival Tulsi Muniraju Gowda. Assembly elections across the state were held on May 12. However,...
RJD wins Bihar’s Jokihat seat, Tejashwi says ‘lesson for Nitish & BJP’
Patna: The counting of votes for by-elections to four Lok Sabha seats including politically-crucial Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, and 10 assembly constituencies is underway. The Lok Sabha seats which went for polls were: Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra; the politically-crucial Kairana...
Governor felicitates tribal students returning from successful Mt Everest Expedition
Mumbai: The Governor of Maharashtra CH. Vidyasagar Rao congratulated tribal students from Chandrapur District on their successful completion of Mount Everst Expedition at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Thursday (31st May). Impressed by the success of young tribal mountaineers who scaled...
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launches Kimbho Messaging App; will compete with WhatsApp
New Delhi: After launching Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards, yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali has launched a new messaging application called Kimbho. It seems to be aimed at giving competition to the most popular messaging app WhatsApp owned by Facebook. At the...
Mayawati sends Lucknow home keys by speed-post
New Delhi: Claiming compliance with a Supreme Court order, BSP supremo Mayawati vacated a government house but is holding on to a second sprawling bungalow which her party says is a memorial to their founder Kanshi Ram. Her personal secretary today...
Raghuram Rajan is not going to attend World Hindu Congress
New Delhi: The somewhat puzzling 'news' had been doing the rounds of many news stories recently that former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, whose tenure was not extended by present Modi government, was going to be attending...
