What will Mumbai’s coastal road actually look like? An eyesore, show these architectural projections
Mumbai’s controversial coastal road project – a 29-km expressway planned off the city’s western coastline – is in the news yet again. The ambitious project, for which work is expected to begin this week, is estimated to cost government agencies a...
Indian Railways announces 100 Summer Special Trains from May to August
Bhubaneswar/Secunderabad: In order to clear extra rush of Passengers during summer season, the South Central Railway has decided to run as many as 100 special trains between Secunderabad-Raxaul, Secunderabad-Barauni, Secunderabad-Vijayawada, Secunderabad – Guwahati, Secunderabad – Darbhanga, Hyderabad – Raxaul and...
Suhas Pednekar is VC of Mumbai University
Mumbai: Dr Suhas Pednekar is appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University on Friday. The Governor of Maharashtra and Chancellor of Universities in the State CH. Vidyasagar Rao handed over appointment letter to Dr Pednekar at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai...
Rahul Gandhi hints at sabotage after plane develops technical snag
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's office has written a letter to Karnataka DGP hinting at sabotage after his flight developed a technical snag during campaigning for the elections, Times Now reported. The letter hints at sabotage of the aircraft as the...
Train-school van accident: Nautanki bandh karo, UP CM tells protestors
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today faced angry protests during his visit to Kushinagar to get a first-hand account of the train-school van collision that left 13 children dead. As Adityanath reached the accident spot after visiting the...
Congress leader Sibal attacks Centre over judges appointment, says BJP wants their ‘own men’ in courts
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on BJP-led Central Government over its refusal to elevate Justice KM Joseph to the apex court as recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium, saying the BJP just...
India’s First PM: Google India search goof up leaves Internet users shocked
New Delhi: Google search glitches aren’t new. Now, the Google algorithms are in question because of a curious thing that happens when you type ‘India First PM’ into Google India’s search bar. Netizens have discovered the technological quick early April...
Ahead of Assembly elections, Congress appoints Kamal Nath its Madhya Pradesh party chief
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday appointed senior leader Kamal Nath the chief of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee. In a press release, the Congress also said the chairperson of the election campaign committee in Madhya Pradesh would be Jyotiraditya Scindia....
Uddhav seeks shifting of Nanar oil refinery proj to Vidarbha
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today called for shifting the proposed oil refinery project from the coastal Ratnagiri district to Vidarbha, saying that the investment-starved eastern Maharashtra needs it more. Thackeray was speaking to media-persons at his residence 'Matoshree' here,...
Banks may now charge you for ATM transactions, cheques
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence has reportedly sent notices to banks to pay tax for their free services that they provide to customers. This will directly result on customers who may be asked to pay...
Full Court Needed to Discuss “Future” of SC, Judges Write to CJI
New Delhi: Supreme Court Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur have written to Chief Justice of India, urging him to call a “full court” to discuss the “institutional issues” and “future” of the apex court. According to the Indian Express,...
Bombay High Court lawyers start signature campaign in support of CJI Misra
Mumbai: A group of lawyers have started a signature campaign outside the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, expressing their support for the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, reports a news agency. The lawyers have placed a whiteboard in the...
Governor, CM discuss the idea of creating a Start up Hub in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis today asked the Secretary IT and Skill Development to constitute a team of experts involving NASSCOM and other organizations to study the possibility of creating a world class Start up hub in Maharashtra. The...
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi shot dead in Kashmir
Srinagar: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Patel was shot dead by terrorists in South Kashmirs Rajpora area. Patel was travelling in his car when he was attacked by the terrorists. Two of his Personal Security Officers were also injured in the...
UP BJP MLA calls West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ‘Surpanakha’
New Delhi: Just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice to partymen to refrain from making controversial statements, Surendra Singh, a BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling her 'Surpanakha' while comparing opposition Congress...
Asaram Bapu gets life imprisonment in rape of minor girl
File Pic Jodhpur: In a much-awaited verdict, the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court on Wednesday sentenced self-styled godman Asaram Bapu to life imprisonment for the rape of a 16-year-old girl at his ashram in 2013. Earlier on Wednesday, the...
In ‘Hindutva Maharashtra’ no official condolences on a local Archbishop’s death!
Nagpur: The Archbishop of Nagpur diocese of the Catholic church, Abraham Viruthukulangara, 74 age, who passed away in Delhi on Thursday morning last week, was laid to rest in a stately funeral yesterday in the city. His popularity among the Christian...
Congress has Muslims’ blood on its hands, admits Salman Khurshid
Aligarh: Raking up a major controversy, senior Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that his party’s hands are stained with the blood of Muslims. Responding to a question at an event organised at the Aligarh Muslim University...
Gadchiroli Encounter: 15 more bodies of Naxals recovered from Indravati river, toll reaches 37
Gadchiroli: Security forces on Tuesday announced that they have recovered 15 more bodies of Naxals who were killed in an encounter with police commandos and CRPF personnel at Kasnasur near Bhamragarh in Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra on Sunday, taking the...
Kathua case: Crime Branch to approach court against defence lawyer
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch will soon approach a local court in Kathua against a defence lawyer who is allegedly circulating "twisted facts' in the case of the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to vitiate the...
What PMO said in reply to RTI seeking details of ‘promised’ Rs 15 lakh
New Delhi: A query on when the Rs 15 lakh promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2014 election campaign would be transferred to people's bank accounts does not come under the definition of 'information' under the Right to...
