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Liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s tenure in the Rajya Sabha came to an end today with Chairman Hamid Ansari accepting his resignation after he sent a fresh letter under his signature, a day after his scanned offer was rejected on procedural grounds. Announcing the decision in the House, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said a resignation […]
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he was “touched” when President Pranab Mukherjee mentioned him during his speech at the 63rd National Awards ceremony. Bachchan earned the best actor honour for his delightful performance as a hypochondriac father in Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku”. The president called Bachchan “living legend” while raving about the mix of veterans and newcomers […]
Targeting the previous UPA regime over the controversial AgustaWestland deal, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the ongoing probe will focus on those named in the Italian Court judgement even as he suggested the role of an “invisible hand” in preventing a proper investigation earlier. He, along with Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu, rejected the opposition […]
Lalji Patel Sardar Patel Group (SPG) chief was arrested by Mehsana Local Crime Bracnh (LCB) police late last night from a private hospital here in connection with the violence during April 17 Jail Bharo campaign. He will be produced in a local court this evening. LCB in-charge Inspector R S Patel today said that the […]
Today Gujarat government denied to accept the undertaking given by Patidar leader Hardik Patel submitted in the Gujarat High Court during the hearing on his appeal against the rejection of his bail pleas in two sedition cases.On the other hand during the hearing today,bringing the said ‘rift’ between Hardik and three of his former aides […]
Nearly four-decade-old National Museum of Natural History, housing thousands of rare specimens of flora and fauna including a 160-million-year old fossil bone of the Indian Sauropod Dinosaur, at the heart of the capital was today ravaged in a massive blaze. The fire first started on the top floor of the six-storey FICCI building which housed […]
Tracking a global recovery and aided by a rebound in oil prices, the benchmark BSE Sensex today rallied over 328 points as it reclaimed the 26,000-mark to close at about 4-month high of 26,007 on across-the-board buying in blue-chips. Foreign inflows continued unabated, which helped. The NSE Nifty topped the psychological 7,900. Investors got their […]
The Supreme Court today dismissed beleagured Vijay Mallya’s prayer for protection from disclosure of his assets and those of his family, in India and abroad, to Kingfisher Airlines’ lenders, saying “no tangible” grounds have been raised to maintain secrecy of information. “We don’t find any tangible objection in disclosing the assets (of Mallya, his wife […]
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is ready to trade blows with British professional Amir Khan and accepted his challenge to fight in India, saying it will prove to be a big boost to the sport in the country. Two-time former world champion, Amir, who has been training intensively for his much-anticipated WBC title contest against […]
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea challenging the reappointment of U K Sinha as Chairman of market regulator Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) till 2017, saying there is no bar on it. “We are not inclined to hear this,” a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said, […]
