Raids on Dalit activists ‘to destroy evidence’: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai: Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) President Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that the raids on Dalit activists in which the Maharashtra Police have seized electronic gadgets was intended to destroy evidences pertaining to the Koregaon-Bhima riots of January 1. Meeting media...
UIDAI brings updated QR code for offline Aadhaar verification
New Delhi: To provide an extra layer of privacy to Aadhaar, Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced an updated 'QR code' that holds non-sensitive details like name, address, photo, and date of birth, and can be used for offline...
Kashmir unites over Kathua rape
Srinagar: The campaign for justice for the eight-year-old victim of Kathua rape and murder case is gaining momentum across Kashmir with students and people holding protest marches across the length and breadth of the valley today, giving police a tough...
Lalu’s son Tej Pratap gets engaged
Patna: Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap gets engaged to RJD MLA Chandrika Rai's daughter Aishwarya. The woman with the red dupatta is Lalu Pradad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti. Lalu Yadav is serving time behind bars after getting convicted in...
1993 Mumbai blast convict Tahir Merchant dies of cardiac arrest
Mumbai: Mohammad Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya – one of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case – died of a suspected cardiac arrest on Wednesday, 18 April, at Pune’s Sasoon Hospital, reported Maharashtra Times. Merchant was lodged at the...
Scam-Hit Louis Berger Bags Mumbai Metro Project as Part of Larger Consortium
Mumbai: Ignoring the ongoing criminal proceedings against the controversial New Jersey-based consultancy firm Louis Berger, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has approved its presence in the consortium that has bagged a contract for project and construction management services...
6-month jail for revealing Kathua victim’s identity, warns Delhi HC
File pic New Delhi: The Delhi High Court orders media houses who had revealed the identity of the Kathua victim and to whom notices were issued to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the court. The court will transfer the...
ATM cash crunch: ‘Financial emergency’ returns, says Opposition
New Delhi: Opposition parties today slammed the government over cash crunch in ATMs and banks in several parts of the country, saying the 'terror of note ban' has returned to haunt the people and dubbed the situation as a 'financial...
Central and Western Railways win awards at 63rd National Railway Week
Mumbai: Central and Western Railways won accolades for their performance at the 63rd National Railway Week celebrations that ended in Bhopal yesterday, Mumbai-based railway officials said on Tuesday. While CR won praise for it stall commemorating the journey of the...
Modi has destroyed the banking system: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the cash crunch. "Modiji has destroyed the banking system. Nirav Modi fled with Rs 30,000 crore and PM didn't utter a word. We were forced to stand in queues as he snatched...
Parl panel summons RBI Governor Urjit Patel on banking crisis
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has called Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on May 17 to answer queries on a spate of banking scams unearthed in the last few months, sources said. The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by veteran...
Judge who acquitted Aseemanand and others in Mecca Masjid case resigns
New Delhi: The judge, Ravindra Reddy, who gave the verdict in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast earlier today has resigned. Swami Aseemanand, a saffron-robed monk who has been linked to three terror attacks, was among five men acquitted today in...
25 IAS officers transferred in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today transferred 25 IAS officers, including Panvel municipal commissioner Sudhakar Shinde, against whom a no-confidence motion was passed in the BJP-ruled civic body last month. The state government had last week issued an order suspending the no-confidence...
BJYM holds ‘Samrasta Bhoj’ programme for AIIMS patients
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of BJP, the other day organised ‘Samrasta Bhoj’ (food distribution) function for patients of AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital and their relatives. Manmohan Thakur,- National Executive Member & Co-In-Charge of...
US Treasury declines to name China a currency manipulator, adds India to watchlist
Washington: The US has added India to the list of countries whose foreign exchange and economic policies are under its close scrutiny, while again opting not to accuse leading trading partners of being currency manipulators. In its twice-yearly report on international...
Setback for Pravin Togadia: Former Himachal governor V.S. Kokje elected VHP international president
New Delhi: In a big setback for Pravin Togadia, former Himachal Pradesh governor V S Kokje was today elected as VHP's new international president for which voting was held for the first time in over five decades. Kokje got 131 votes...
Tata Projects Ltd bags two Mumbai Metro projects worth Rs 1048 crore
File Pic Mumbai: Tata Projects Ld on Friday said that its joint venture with China Harbour Engineering Company (TPL-CHEC) has bagged two projects of Mumbai Metro worth Rs 1,048 crore. The company said it received the Letter of Award for...
Rajpal Yadav, wife convicted in 5-crore loan case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday convicted Bollywood actor and comedian Rajpal Yadav, his wife Radha Yadav and a company in connection with a loan case. An argument on the court's order is likely to be heard on April 23. Rajpal...
US, UK, France launch strikes in Syria; Russia warns of ‘consequences’
In a combined operation, the United States, Britain and France on Saturday launched military strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime, President Donald Trump announced, as he alleged the war-torn nation of using chemical weapons against its own people. Soon after the...
Unnao rape case: CBI arrests BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar
Allahabad: As public anger escalated, the CBI today arrested BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, hours after the Allahabad High Court ordered his immediate arrest saying he was influencing the "law...
PM breaks silence on Unnao, Kathua: No guilty will be spared
New Delhi: “I want to assure the nation that no criminal will be spared. Justice will be done. Our daughters will get justice,” he said at an event to inaugurate the B.R. Ambedkar memorial in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
