Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Friday launched buses with a logo containing the words ‘Jai Maharashtra’. The buses were flagged off from Mumbai central station to Belgaum in Karnataka. This comes after amid the dispute between Maharashtra and the Karnataka governments over the use of slogan ‘Jai Maharashtra’. Last week, Karnataka’s Urban Development Minister Roshan Baig had issued […]
» Read moreThe Bennett and Coleman Company Ltd. (BCCL) on Tuesday submitted an application to the Azad Maidan police seeking a First Information Report (FIR) against journalist Arnab Goswami, co-founder of the recently launched television channel Republic, for alleged copyright violations. Sources said that BCCL representatives visited the Azad Maidan police station on Tuesday and submitted the application, alleging that the material […]
» Read moreThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out raids at several locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram and Chennai, including the residence of Karti Chidambaram, in connection with alleged criminal misconduct in grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to a private firm during the UPA regime. While the CBI did not make it clear whether a separate […]
» Read moreTragedy struck as the desire to take that perfect selfie claimed one more life in Mumbai. The tragic incident took place at western Mumbai’s Bandra Bandstand area. According to a report in The Hindustan Times, the 21-year-old Bachelor of Engineering (BE) student from Tamil Nadu was at Bandra Bandstand near Bandra Fort trying to take a selfie with her mother […]
» Read moreA 37-year-old hawala operator, who allegedly funded a suspected agent of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, has been arrested, a police official said on Thursday. Altaf Qureshi was arrested on Wednesday night from Masjid Bunder area in South Mumbai in a joint operation by anti- terrorism squads of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the official said. Qureshi had allegedly deposited money in […]
» Read moreThe CBI has arrested an income tax commissioner and five others in connection with an alleged bribe of over Rs 19 lakh taken to favour a major corporate group. CBI sources said the commissioner B B Rajendra Prasad and one other person have been arrested from Vishakhapatnam while four others have been taken into custody from Mumbai. The sources said […]
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