The Delhi High Court was informed Monday by the city police that 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania died because of “serious” internal injuries in the head and the toxicology report came out negative. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was told by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sidharth […]
Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu Monday held discussions with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about forming a federal front of regional parties opposed to both the Congress and the BJP. Naidu, a former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, called on Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, at the state secretariat Nabanna in Howrah district. […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday met relatives of those who died in the boat capsize in Odisha and expressed grief at the loss of lives. A party release said Gandhi visited Sambalpur to condole with the family members and relatives of those who lost their lives in the accident at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir. […]
Two youth from Manipur were beaten up here late Sunday, police said Monday, just a few days after an alleged racial attack led to the death of a student from Arunachal Pradesh. The Manipuri youth were attacked by a group of motorbike riders in Ambedkar Nagar area of south Delhi around 8.30 p.m. Sunday. One […]
Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala was Monday elected the 37th prime minister of Nepal garnering a two-thirds majority in the 571-seat parliament. Koirala secured 405 votes, Constituent Assembly chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa announced. A total of 148 lawmakers, including from the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) and some fringe parties voted against Koirala. Koirala, […]
Banking operations across India were hit Monday as members of an umbrella trade union of 47 banks began a two-day strike, opposing the proposed banking sector reforms and demanding immediate revision in wages. Over a million bank employees and officers working in 27 public sector banks, including the State Bank of India, 12 private and […]
A committee, probing alleged corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), has said in its report that BCCI boss N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was “the face and team official” of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and “the allegations of betting and passing information” against him “stand proved”. In a 200-page document submitted […]
With both houses of parliament remaining paralysed for the fourth day Monday over Telangana, ugly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha when a member pulled out the chairman’s microphone. The Rajya Sabha saw protests over the proposed formation of Telangana while members from Tamil Nadu demanded a discussion on the issue of Tamil fishermen. […]
‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra released last Friday. The film started on a slow note at the box-office, but showed a good jump during the weekend. However, the growth was only seen in multiplexes. On Friday, the film collected Rs. 4.25cr, on Saturday the collection was Rs. 5.75cr and on Sunday […]
anjSanjay Dutt is currently on a parole as his wife Manyata Dutt was ill and now the actor wants his parole to be extended. Sanjay is out on a parole from Yerwada Jail in Pune where he was serving his jail term. He is on a parole since December 2013. Sanjay was supposed to be […]