Maha poll: BJP to contest on 155 seats, Shiv Sena Shinde 78, NCP Ajit Pawar 55: Report
Mumbai: The ruling Mahayuti has reached an agreement to contest 260 seats for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls and talks are on for the remaining 28, a report in a TV news channel said. The alliance comprises the BJP, the...
Poll blues: Nana Patole loses cool, slams Sanjay Raut for his ‘incapable’ comments
Mumbai: In a public display of tension within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress State President Nana Patole criticised ally Shiv Sena UBT’s MP Sanjay Raut at a press conference on Friday in Mumbai. According...
Maha Govt bans Rs 100 stamp paper, now Rs 500 stamp paper must for all works
Nagpur: Inflation has hit the rooftop and the same is stamped through a decision by Maharashtra Government that has virtually sounded death knell for the stamp paper of Rs 100. This is so as the Government has mandated minimum Rs...
Another bomb threat hits Delhi-London Vistara flight
A London-bound Vistara flight from Delhi was diverted to Frankfurt on Friday following a bomb threat. In a statement early Saturday morning, an airline spokesperson said the flight landed safely at the Frankfurt airport and mandatory checks are...
Justice Sanjiv Khanna to be next Chief Justice of India
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has named Justice Sanjiv Khanna as his successor in his letter written to the Union Law Ministry. Justice Khanna is the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court. The government had written...
CM Shinde needs to make ‘sacrifices’ like we did: BJP leader Bawankule on seat-sharing
Mumbai — Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday called on Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to make "sacrifices" in seat-sharing negotiations for the upcoming assembly elections, similar to what the BJP has done to maintain the alliance. This statement comes following...
Minor Arrested for Bomb Threats to Four Flights Using Fake Social Media Account
In a startling turn of events, a minor from Chhattisgarh has been apprehended for sending bomb threats to four flights using a fake social media account, which he created in his friend's name, sources revealed. The youth, a class 11...
MVA has anti-development vision: Maharashtra CM
Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday accused the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of working with an "anti-development vision". Shinde was addressing a joint press conference in Mumbai along with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis...
US Urges India to Address Canada’s Assassination Plot Allegations
The United States has called on India to address the serious accusations made by Canada regarding an assassination plot involving Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist, as tensions between the two nations intensify. In a statement on Tuesday, US State Department...
Jharkhand Assembly polls: Voting in 2 phases on Nov 13, Nov 20, counting on Nov 23
New Delhi: The State of Jharkhand will go to polls in two phases, on November 13 and November 20, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes will take place on November 23. The current Jharkhand Assembly's...
Ahead of Maha poll dates, EC says this on EVMS
As opposition parties once again raised the bogey of EVM manipulation ahead of the Election Commission announcement on poll dates for Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said that the public has answered the questions by...
Heavy rains lash Tamil Nadu, several flights cancelled
Amid heavy rainfall that lashed parts of Tamil Nadu, eight flights scheduled to operate to and from Chenni from Bengaluru, Andaman, New Delhi and Muscat have been cancelled, as per an official statement. "Due to heavy rain in Chennai, eight flights...
Prof Saibaba’s body donated to Hyd govt hospital
The body of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba was donated to the state-run Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad on Monday after several political leaders, activists and friends paid their tributes to him. Saibaba, 58, died due to post-operative complications at...
Hoax bomb threats disrupt 3 international flights from Mumbai
Mumbai: Three international flights, two operated by IndiGo and one by Air India, received fake security threats, leading to disruption in outbound international flight operations, as checks were initiated for all three planes involved. One of the IndiGo flights has...
3 hurt in clash over playing DJ music during Dussehra in UP; 14 held
Three people were injured after two groups clashed over playing DJ music during the burning of effigies at a village in Ballia district on Dussehra, the police said on Sunday. The clash broke out at Kharoni village in the Bansdih police...
CRPF jawan killed, four personnel injured in accident at MP’s Balaghat
A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force was killed and four others were injured when their patrolling vehicle hit a tree in Maoist-affected Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the police said. Tarkeshwar (22), a native of Dhamtari...
NCP leader Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai
Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique was shot dead in in Mumbai's Bandra East. The firing took place outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddiqui's office near Colgate ground in Nirmal Nagar, the official added. "Two to three rounds were fired. Further probe...
Two Agniveers killed as shell explodes during firing exercise in Nashik
Nashik: Two Agniveers were killed in a shell explosion during a firing practice at the Artillery School in Maharashtra's Nashik, police said on Friday. “The shell from an Indian field gun exploded at the centre in the Nashik Road area,”...
Noel Tata appointed Chairman of Tata Trusts
Mumbai: Noel Tata has been chosen to succeed Ratan Naval Tata as Chairman of the Tata Trusts, the philanthropic entities that own the holding company of the Tata Group companies. The board of Tata Trusts met on Friday morning and approved...
‘Ajit Dada believes in action over showmanship, that’s why I chose to stand with him’: Sayaji Shinde
In a major boost for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state, renowned actor Sayaji Shinde today joined Ajit Pawar’s party. He was welcomed into the party fold by Deputy Chief Minister and...
India biggest tariff charger, will reciprocate: Trump
Vowing to introduce a reciprocal tax if elected to power, former United States president Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that India, among all major countries, imposes the highest tariffs on foreign products. "Perhaps the most important element of my plan to...
