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india summons b'desh envoy over security of dhaka mission

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah and registered a protest over the deteriorating security environment in the neighbouring country and plan... Read More


belgian sc rejects choksi's claims of torture, political trial, abduction

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Belgium's Supreme Court, while rejecting fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's appeal last week against his arrest in Antwerp on New Delhi's request, ruled that his claims of being... Read More


One controversy too many for errant Kokate?

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- Manikrao Kokate has a knack for stirring controversies - and surviving them. After insulting farmers, belittling his own office and playing online card games while the House was in ... Read More


How conflicting claims in 1994 led to conviction

Pune, Dec. 18 -- Contradictory claims made by Manikrao Kokate in 1994-one while seeking a firearm licence and another for flats under a government housing scheme-eventually became the basis of the che... Read More


HC reserves order on petition against Pawars

MUMBAI, Dec. 17 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on a petition seeking a CBI probe against NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and MP Supriya Sule, and deputy chief mini... Read More


NCP leaders want to contest Thane civic polls independently

THANE, Dec. 17 -- After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena, the local leadership of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has now also sought to contest the Thane Municipal Corporation ... Read More


NCP camps hold first joint talks

PUNE, Dec. 17 -- A phone call from NCP (SP) executive president and MP, Supriya Sule, advising against a split in the party's traditional vote base, set the stage for the first round of talks between ... Read More


Thackerays to announce alliance, Cong to go solo

MUMBAI, Dec. 17 -- A day after the civic election schedule was announced by the State Election Commission (SEC), Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, fast-tracked their efforts to finalise their elector... Read More


man posing as CM's aide dupes bizman of Rs.74L

MUMBAI, Dec. 17 -- A Santacruz-based businessman has alleged that he was duped of Rs.74 lakh by a man claiming himself as the personal assistant (PA) of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and promising ... Read More


Once-feared 'Chacha' returns to Mumbai; arrested for 2022 murder of Virar developer

MUMBAI, Dec. 17 -- A Mumbai gangster, whose name was once only whispered in the shadows, returned to the city on Tuesday, after he was arrested for the 2022 daylight killing of a property developer in... Read More