Bhopal: Applicants under the ''Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojna'' in Madhya Pradesh are being told that if they want to get married and the brides-to-be want to become eligible to receive Rs. 51,000 under the scheme, the grooms need to take a selfie inside their toilet. As per the government

MUMBAI: Amid the crisis at Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC), HDFC chairman said it is "brutally unfair" we have regular loan waivers and corporate loan write-offs but no financial system to protect the common man's savings. The scam at PMC Bank has affected thousands of its deposit

The Narendra Modi government has initiated the process of privatising operations of 150 trains and 50 railway stations and is forming a task force to complete the process in a “time-bound” manner. Niti Aayog chief Amitabh Kant in a letter to Railway Board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav stated, “As yo

Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday faced the irate customers of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank after depositors whose money is stuck protested outside the BJP office in Mumbai. Sitharaman, who was to hold a press conference on the Maharashtra elections, delayed the

Dholpur: At least ten people have drowned during Durga idol immersion in Parbati river on Tuesday in Rajasthan's Dholpur district. According to news agency ANI, the authorities have so far recovered ten bodies and search is on for others. The incident took place during Durga idol immersion on Tue

New Delhi: The Congress has decided to boycott the Block Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir in protest against the continued detention of senior political leaders in the Kashmir valley. The two key political parties of Jammu and Kashmir - the National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's

India has got first tranche of Swiss bank account details of its nationals under a new automatic information exchange pact, a major milestone in the government’s fight against black money stashed abroad. India is among 75 countries with which Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has exc

Security forces along the Pakistan border in Punjab’s Hussainiwala sector went into a flutter after a drone was sighted entering the Indian side from Pakistan on Monday night, weeks after Punjab forces confirmed at least eight drone sorties, carrying a total of 80 kg of weapons, were sent across the

Hyderabad: As many as ten patients were evacuated from the emergency section of the Malla Reddy Narayana multi-specialty hospital, located at Jeedimetla, after rainwater began flooding it on Sunday afternoon. The unexpected heavy rains brought rainwater, along with muck and filth, gushing into th

Srinagar: A terrorist of the Jaish-e-Mohammed was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla on Sunday, a police spokesperson said. Mohsin Manzoor Salhea, a resident of Baramulla, was arrested during an anti-terrorist combing operation in the town, the police said. Weapons have been found on him.

Kollam (Kerala): A four-year-old girl died on Sunday after she was allegedly beaten up by her mother for refusing to eat in Kerala's Kollam district, police said. The girl was taken to a hospital where she breathed her last. Her mother, who works as a nurse, has been taken into custody, the polic

Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh: A teacher of a primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur was suspended on Saturday after a purported video of him smoking inside the classroom was widely circulated on social media. In the video, the teacher was seen lighting and smoking a beedi in front of primary students

You can fault smugglers for many things but not for lack of creativity. The latest example is Malappuram native Noushad who shaved his hair at the centre of the scalp to make his wig look authentic. Under the wig was 1.13 kg of gold that Noushad believed was safe from the prying eyes of customs offi

An FIR was lodged here on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said. The case was lodged after an order was p

Rewa: An FIR was registered against unidentified persons for allegedly writing "anti-national" before Mahatma Gandhi’s name on a poster in a museum in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district. The incident took place on the day the country was celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Accord

Prasar Bharati, India's public broadcaster service that includes Doordarshan, has initiated disciplinary proceedings against R Vasumathi, an Assistant Director of Programme in Chennai. This because she failed to telecast live on DD Podhigai a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Singapore-I

Trichy: Two men wearing tiger and bull masks robbed jewels worth several crores from a popular jewellery showroom in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli. The masked robbers stole nearly 800 jewels weighing about 30 kg after gaining entry into the Lalithaa jewellery showroom by drilling a side wall Tuesd

Amravati: Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', has been appointed as the Amravati district ambassador for the Election Commission's SVEEP programme ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, an official said. The Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participatio