Mumbai, Shiv Sena MP Anant Geete will resign from the Narendra Modi cabinet days after the party broke its alliance with the BJP. Party chief Uddhav Thackeray made this announcement a day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray accused Sena of hanging on to power. Geete was the Union Minister of Heavy Industries. Earlier GeeteRead More

New Delhi, India will not accept any kind of intrusion by China along the border and will defend its territory, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Monday. “These incidents are happening. But we are very, very clear this time that we will not accept any kind of theirRead More

Mumbai, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Monday made an embarrassing revelation here that he had personally intervened to secure a Rajya Sabha seat for Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale. The revelation came in the wake of Republican Party of India (Athawale) decision to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whichRead More

Mumbai, Kavita Karkare, widow of former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare who died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks here, passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Monday. Kavita had slipped into coma after suffering brain haemorrhage and was admitted to Hinduja hospital earlier today. Kavita’s husband HemantRead More

Vadodara, 140 people have been arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat, in connection with communal violence in the city allegedly triggered by an image posted on Facebook. Two men were stabbed yesterday during riots, the police said. No incident of violence has been reported today. Here are the latest updates “We arrestedRead More

New Delhi,Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday conducted surprise checks at post offices in New Delhi before the launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Clean India mission, which is to be officially launched on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2. “Personally checked cleanliness of files, desks and cupboardsRead More

New York, When prime minister Narendra Modi spoke of Sikhs and their patriotism in front of a capacity crowd at Madison square garden, it was a deliberate observation. It’s purpose assuage sentiments expressed by a delegation of Sikh leaders from US and Canada – whose grievance was their treatment fromRead More

Bangalore, Jailed AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging her conviction and seeking bail in the disproportionate assets case against her. The 66-year-old leader sought relief two days after a Special Court here sentenced her to jail for four years, as a fallout ofRead More

Hyderabad, Software giant Microsoft’s Chief Executive Satya Nadella today visited the company’s office here and addressed employees. Nadella visited this morning the India Development Centre (IDC), the biggest campus outside its headquarters at Redmond in the US, and shared his vision for the company during his address, a Microsoft officialRead More

Kolkata, The city sessions court hearing the Saradha scam case today allowed accused and suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghoshto submit his statements before the CBI investigating officer in jail within his renewed custody till October 21. Metropolitan magistrate Aravind Mishra, who is hearing the case, also sent Saradha Group chief Sudipta Sen and his closeRead More