Hyundai Motors India Limited has announced that the company is going to increase the prices of all its products in the country by two per cent come 2018. Hyundai sells a comprehensive range of vehicles which range from the entry level hatchback, Eon, to the Hyundai Tucson, which now comes with an AWD[Read More…]
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Hyderabad: Girl set on fire by spurned lover
In a shocking incident, a youth set afire a girl in full public view here on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred in Lalaguda area in the evening when the 23-year-old girl was returning home from work. Sandhya Rani sustained 80 per cent burns and she was rushed[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw 20,000 ‘political cases’
The Uttar Pradesh government will withdraw 20,000 political cases slapped on various people for reasons like staging a demonstration and holding sit-ins, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Thursday. Speaking on the UPCOCA debate in the state assembly, he said that his government, after due deliberations, had decided to do[Read More…]
PM Modi, Jaitley attend Virat-Anushka’s reception in Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were among the high-profile guests at the wedding reception of star cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma here on Thursday. One of the most talked about couple in India, Virat and Anushka, who got married in Tuscany, Italy, on[Read More…]
BJP conspired to acquit accused in 2G ‘scam’: AAP
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday alleged that the BJP had conspired with accused persons in the 2G ‘scam’, after a special court acquitted all the accused in the case, including former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the 2G ‘scam’[Read More…]
Himachal HC orders closure of 116 more hotels in Dharamsala
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked state authorities to initiate action against 116 more hotels and guesthouses operating illegally in and around Dharamsala town and also to immediately disconnect their water and electricity connections. During the resumed hearing, a bench of acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ajay[Read More…]
A Raja wasn’t ‘mother lode’ of 2G conspiracy, says Court
In giving a clean chit to former Telecom Minister A Raja, a court on Thursday said there was no evidence to suggest that he was the “mother lode of conspiracy” in the so-called 2G scam created “by artfully arranging a few selected facts and exaggerating things beyond recognition to astronomical[Read More…]
Kerala Congress slams former CAG Vinod Rai; calls him ‘BJP agent’
Kerala Congress President M.M. Hassan slammed former CAG Vinod Rai, calling him an agent of the BJP and asked both Rai and the party to apologise in the wake of the acquittal of all the accused in the 2G scam case. “With the acquittal, it has now become crystal clear[Read More…]
Bihar boiler blast: Three held after five die in blast at sugar mill
Three persons were arrested on Thursday after five workers died and eight others were injured in a boiler blast at a sugar mill in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, officials said. The arrested include the mill’s owner Mahmud Ali and his two sons, said a district police official. Bengal bypoll: Voting amid[Read More…]
India’s first vehicle recycling plant likely to start by Feb 2018
Mahindra MSTC recycling, a joint venture of Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and MSTC (a Government enterprise), is expected to meet the set deadline of February 2018 for the completion of the first phase of its vehicle scrapping plant, which includes collecting and dismantling of vehicles. It will help users get fair[Read More…]
Bengal bypoll: Voting amid reports of sporadic clashes between TMC-BJP
Voting was being held in the bypoll for the Sabang assembly constituency in West Bengal under tight security on Thursday, amid reports of sporadic clashes between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Polling began at 7 a.m. The Bharatiya Janata Party accused the Trinamool of not letting its polling[Read More…]
Naidu condemns Congress’ behavior; asks to maintain dignity of Upper House
As Congress members refused to relent and continued their protests on Thursday, Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu condemned their behaviour and asked them to maintain the dignity of the Upper House. “Follow ‘maryada’ (dignity)…follow the rules…I condemn your behaviour…I have to…Don’t force me to do that..You go to your[Read More…]
Amitabh Bachchan recalls final moments with his ‘most beautiful mother’
On his mother Teji Bachchan’s 10th death anniversary on Thursday, megastar Amitabh Bachchan recalled his family’s final moments with her. “The morning shall bring in those difficult moments of the mother. As she struggled to beat the heart rate monitor, valiant attempts made by the doctors in attendance, in the[Read More…]
Nawaz Sharif names brother as PM candidate for 2018 election
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has nominated his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the candidate for the Prime Minister’s office in the next parliamentary elections. Sharif announced the decision after a Wednesday night meeting of PML-N leaders at his residence. Pakistani media quoted party leaders present[Read More…]
Congress’s 2G spectrum policy was corrupt and dishonest: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday slammed the Congress for treating the 2G spectrum scam case verdict as a “badge of honour”, saying the UPA’s policy of spectrum allocation was “corrupt and dishonest”. “Congress leaders are treating this judgement as some kind of a badge of honour and a certification[Read More…]
Eating salads daily may keep your brain 11 years younger
Eating one to two servings of salad with spinach, lettuce and kale daily may keep your brain 11 years younger as well as prevent dementia, according to a study. The study found that people who ate at least one serving of green, leafy vegetables a day had a slower rate[Read More…]
Indians are comfortable when woman becomes Sita not Kali: Pooja Bhatt
Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says that in India people are comfortable when a woman becomes Sita or Savitri but when she acts like Goddess Kali, then they have problems. Pooja attended a press conference along with her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt for the success of their radio show “Bhatt Naturally”[Read More…]
Manmohan Singh, UPA stand vindicated in 2G scam: Kapil Sibal
Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday said the acquittal of all the accused in the 2G scam vindicated then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA’s stand that there was no scam in the allocation of spectrum and licences to telecom companies. “Manmohan Singh and the UPA[Read More…]
BREAKING NEWS: Delhi court acquits all accused in 2G case
A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted all the accused in the alleged multi-thousand crore rupee 2G spectrum scandal. Special Judge O.P. Saini acquitted all the accused, including then Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimohi, in both the cases filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement[Read More…]
Newly-married Virat Kohli, his actress wife Anushka Sharma meets PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met newly-married Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma and congratulated the couple. Along with the couple, Kohli’s brother Vikas was also present during the meet. “Captain of the Indian cricket team @imVkohli and noted actor @AnushkaSharma met PM[Read More…]
Caste, community gaining in public life over character, capacity: Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed concern over “caste, community and cash” gaining prominence in certain sections of public life and said that people of the country expected better performance from the elected representatives in parliament. Naidu, who gave away the 12th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards,[Read More…]
Chennai: Voting begins for RK Nagar by-poll
Polling for the crucial by-election to the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K. Nagar) Assembly constituency began on Thursday at 8 a.m. Over two lakh voters are eligible to decide the fate of 59 candidates in one of the smallest constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The by-poll was necessitated following the death of AIADMK[Read More…]
2017 in retrospect: The year Chinese smartphone players dominated Indian market
There are nearly 650 million mobile phone users in India — and over 300 million of them have a smartphone. For these users, Chinese players became the first choice this year as they launched devices with compelling features, thus dominating the budget and mid-range price segment in the country. Chinese[Read More…]
West Bengal govt to build 13,000 km rural roads ahead of panchayat polls
The West Bengal government is set to build another 13,000 km of rural roads in various districts ahead of Panchayat elections next year, a minister said on Wednesday. In 2011, the state had got the central government’s nod to construct some 20,000 km of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri[Read More…]
Former TV host Suhaib Ilyasi gets life term for wife’s murder
A court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to former TV producer/host Suhaib Ilyasi for murdering his wife in 2000. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Malhotra also slapped a fine of Rs two lakh on the convict and directed him to pay Rs 10 lakh to Anju Ilyasi’s family. On December 16,[Read More…]