Driving his career into the fast lane, a former Ola cabbie here heeded the advice of a passenger — a former soldier — and is now all set to become an Indian Army officer later this week, elated family members said. The ex-taxi driver is Om Paithane, 25, the son of a former private driver […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday said it questioned a General Manager of the Treasury Division of Punjab National Bank (PNB) in connection with its ongoing probe into Rs 12,600-crore bank fraud case involving diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group. “The agency officials today (Monday) questioned S.K. […]
Hundreds of people, including several gun-toting militants, attended the funeral of a slain Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in south Kashmir despite people’s movement being restricted and internet curfew clamped across the Kashmir Valley on Monday, a day after four civilians and two insurgents were killed in a shootout with the Army. Dozens of clashes involving stone-pelting erupted […]
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal KHattar on Sunday confirmed that the next state assembly elections would be held on time and not simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Khattar made the statement while replying to questions from media persons here on Sunday. He was asked to comment on the possibility of holding the Assembly and […]
Disability rights activist Javed Abidi passed away on Sunday after succumbing to chest infection. He was 53. He passed away around 1.30 p.m, a friend of Abidi said, adding that he had been ailing for the past few weeks. “Javed was having a breathing problem for past a few weeks due to smog and bad […]
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Tathagata Roy, who asked him to continue in office till the next Chief Minister takes over, officials said. “I have submitted my resignation to governor and he asked me to continue in office until the new Chief Minister took over the charge. “I thank […]
DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Saturday upped the ante on the Cauvery water issue, suggesting to Chief Minister K. Palaniswami that the parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu should resign if Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not meet the all-party delegation from the state. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Palaniswami at the state secretariat on the […]
Suspected Maoists have killed two brothers and attacked several others in a village in Jamui district of Bihar, police said on Saturday. “The incident took place after the villagers of Pancheshwari had celebrated Holi. A group of more than two dozen armed Maoists surrounded a school where the villagers were sleeping. “They shot dead Madan […]
The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is leading in 12 seats and its ally, the BJP, in six seats — just ahead of the ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF), which is leading in 15 seats — in the vote count for the Nagaland Assembly on Saturday, as per the Election Commission. The figures are for […]
The ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in 20, with the National People’s Party (NPP) ahead in 18 and the BJP in three in the vote count so far for the Meghalaya assembly on Saturday. The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and People’s Democratic Front have won one seat each, and were […]