President Ram Nath Kovind has revoked the proclamation imposing President’s Rule in Maharashtra. In a notification issued early on Saturday signed by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the Central rule was revoked. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 356 of the C

The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday cancelled the licenses of all existing bars in the state. With this, all bars have been given until December 31, 2019, to wind up their operations. The state said that it would issue new licenses from January 1, 2020. The move follows the decision taken thr

At just 21 years of age, Mayank Pratap Singh from Mansarovar in Jaipur has made history by cracking the Rajasthan Judicial Services exam in his very first attempt. He is now set to become the youngest judge in the country. Singh, who completed his five-year LLB from Rajasthan University in April,

Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said that all three parties, including the Congress and the NCP, had agreed to a Shiv Sena Chief Minister. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is holding a meeting with party legislators at his residence Matoshree presently. He will be gaug

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday issued a fresh order cancelling the Indian citizenship of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh. Fresh orders were issued after hearing Ramesh, who had challenged an earlier order from 2017, cancelling his citizenship. Ramesh's c

New Delhi: BJP MP Pragya Thakur has been nominated to a 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence that will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. An accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, Pragya Thakur is currently out on bail, granted on grounds of ill health, and faces mu

New Delhi: A Delhi-based man has been arrested by CISF personnel at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly “impersonating” as a pilot of Lufthansa airlines to escape long queues and security checking, officials said on Tuesday. Rajan Mahbubani (48) was wearing the pilot’s uniform w

Hyderabad: Depressed at not clearing the entrance examination for the post of constable in the state police, two youngsters committed suicide in separate instances at Bantwaram and Yalal in Vikarabad district. According to the Bantwaram police, A Kumar, 25, a graduate, took the recruitment last y

New Delhi: Military-like uniform for marshals in the Rajya Sabha, which debuted on the opening day of the winter session of parliament on Monday to much criticism, is being reconsidered. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, declared today that he had asked his secretariat

New Delhi: As many as 2,391 people lost their lives and over eight lakh houses were damaged during the monsoon this year, Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. When the rains and floods hit different states, peak deployment of the National Disaster Respo

New Delhi: Beyond the pale of the tailored court room structure, a judge who talks about artificial intelligence, social media and most modern technologies - that's new Chief Justice of India SA Bobde for you. A fourth generation lawyer but a first generation judge who keeps keen interests in pho

“No women will make an attempt to go to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple this year,” says a senior police officer on bandobast duty at Pamba below Sabarimala in Keala. Ask any of the officers if they are expecting women to make an attempt to visit the temple, they would all give the same reply. The pol

Mumbai: The massive political turmoil in Maharashtra that has divided two of the country's oldest allies has also triggered a revision of seating arrangements in the Rajya Sabha. The Shiv Sena, which walked out of the Modi government at the centre this week, will sit in the opposition benches in the

In the wake of widespread condemnation from political parties, civil society organisations and intellectuals, the Odisha government on Saturday admitted to having committed a mistake by describing Mahatma Gandhi's death as ‘accidental’ in a brochure and withdrew it. The two-page Aama Bapuji: Eka

Mirzapur: A case has been registered against a senior Banaras Hindu University official for allegedly removing a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) flag from its south campus in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, officials said on Thursday. A case under various sections has been registered at the

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme to introduce English medium from Classes 1 to 6 in state-run schools and said there will be “some difficulties” in implementing the scheme, but these will be overcome. He also announced that the gove

The Express Avenue Mall in Chennai's Royapettah is going to pay the family of 25-year-old Arunkumar, who died in a septic tank at the basement of the establishment, a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. In addition to this, the mall's General Manager (Plumbing), Murugesan, has been summoned by the police on

In a shocking case of negligence from Andhra Pradesh, a six-year-old boy died in Panyam of Kurnool district after falling into a vessel of piping hot sambar. The incident happened at the hostel of Vijayanikethan English Meduim High School where he is studying. The deceased Purushotham Reddy (6),