A delegation of top Jain religious leaders met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday and drew curtains on the controversy over meat ban in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra during the ongoing Paryushan festival. “As far as Shiv Sena is concerned, this controversy has ended. But we must find out how it all […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Facebook headquarters in California, US, later this month, the social networking site’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Sunday. “I am excited to announce that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be visiting Facebook HQ later this month for a Townhall Q&A. Prime Minister Modi and I […]
Two Indian Haj pilgrims, one from Kerala and the other from West Bengal, were among the 107 people killed in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Makkah, while 15 Indians are among the injured, officials said on Saturday. At least 238 people were wounded when a massive […]
So you’ve swum and lounged on a Goa beach. You’ve partied and sampled Goa’s nightlife. You’ve been to the state’s temples, churches, waterfalls and forests. Shell out Rs 2,000 more and you’ll soon be able to view the splendour of the western Indian beach tourism destination from up in the sky. The seaplane service, which […]
In middle of last year’s high-octane Lok Sabha campaign, Narendra Modi had thumped his “chappan inch ka seena” (56-inch chest) and had taken pot shots at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying he did not have it in him to make Uttar Pradesh a developed state like Gujarat. On Friday, at a public […]
The extension of Sonia Gandhi’s term as Congress president by another year in her 17th year in the position is an admission of the party’s failure to be a living, evolving, dynamic entity rather than an acknowledgement of her staying power and acceptability within the organization. Any political party in a democracy which adopts the […]
India’s current account deficit in the first quarter ended June narrowed to $6.2 billion, or 1.2 percent of GDP, as compared to $7.8 billion in the corresponding quarter of last fiscal, on the back of a fall in trade deficit, it was announced on Friday. “This improvement was mainly on account of the merchandise trade […]
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday described Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as ‘paintrebaaz’ (crafty) for his politics of opportunism. “If there is a new example of opportunistic politics and ‘paintrebaazi’, it is Nitish Kumar,” said Pradhan, who is also a senior BJP leader, at a function of a TV news channel here. His statement […]
The inquiry commission set up by the Delhi government on Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief M.K. Meena for not appearing before the Special Investigation Team. The commission has also issued an order that 30 percent of his salary be attached every month. Earlier on September 3, one-member probe panel headed […]
Rapped sharply by the Bombay High Court, most political parties and the public, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday hurriedly decided to reduce the four-day meat ban in Mumbai by two days. The BMC general body urged Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to lift the ban for two days – September 13 and 18 – […]