Judge seeks to halt Detroit bankruptcy filing
Investors dumped Detroit’s municipal bonds a day after the city’s historic bankruptcy filing even as a ruling in state court raised questions about whether the bankruptcy will stand up to court revie
Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservat
Rajasthan records rainfall deficit of 66%
Rajasthan is facing a rainfall deficit of over 66 per cent despite the early arrival of the southwest monsoon this year, according to a state government report.
Salman charges to be framed July 24
Bollywood actor Salman Khan was directed by a sessions court to appear before it on July 24 to frame the charges for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, from the 2002 hit-and-run case for which
Students’ racing car to compete in Germany
Triumphant Racer, a team of 23 engineering students from Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Kharghar, launched their third racing car “tvaSka” on Wednesday.
IAF’s MiG-21 fighter plane crashes in Rajasthan, pilot killed
A MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Monday while landing at Uttarlai airbase in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, killing the pilot.
Modi says he had done ‘absolutely right thing’ in 2002
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has said that he had done “absolutely right thing” in 2002 when the state was hit by riots and that a special investigating team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court had given him a “thoroughly clean chit”.
Modi says ‘Ramzan Mubarak’ to Muslims
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today greeted the Muslims at the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan, a move that invited criticism from the Congress, which said, “They will do anything to get votes.”
136th Rath Yatra begins amidst tight security
Amid tight security and monitoring by two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the 136th Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra began in Ahmedabad this morning.
Sangli civic polls: Cong ousts NCP
In a major jolt to the Nationalist Congress Party, Congress has won the Sangli Municipal Corporation elections with absolute majority.