The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in 2008 Malegaon blasts case on a cash surety of Rs 5 lakhs. On September 2008, a blast at Malegaon killed six and injured 101. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing the pleas filed by Sadhvi Pragya. The Bench […]
» Read moreSecurity at three major international airports in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai has been stepped up after agencies were informed about a possible hijack attempt of an aircraft from these facilities. Officials said high alert has been issued to the three facilities after Mumbai Police received an e-mail on Saturday from a woman living there. The e-mail mentions that the woman […]
» Read moreA woman was arrested on Wednesday near the US Capitol after driving into a police vehicle and narrowly missing several officers on foot, but police said the incident appears unrelated to terrorism. Capitol Police communications director Eva Malecki told reporters officers had “observed an erratic and aggressive driver” in the area, and attempted to stop the vehicle. “The driver negotiated […]
» Read moreShiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who allegedly hit an Air India employee with his slippers on a plane on Thursday, is barred from travelling by not only Air India but also four other domestic airlines. ‘Air India and the member airlines of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) that includes IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Go Air, condemn the assault […]
» Read moreThe Maharashtra state assembly has suspended 19 Opposition Congress-NCP MLAs till December 31 for creating ruckus and disturbing finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar while he was presenting state budget for the year 2017-18 on March 18. They will not be allowed to enter the Mumbai and Nagpur legislature premises till December 31. The suspension proposal was moved by parliamentary affairs minister […]
» Read moreIn-a-first for Western Railways (WR), two women ticket checkers were deployed in long-distance train on March 8. Women power rode to new heights with the Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The women ticket checkers — Neeru Wadhava and Radha Iyer — checked commuters travelling in first class on Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on Wednesday.
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