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New Delhi, Jun 16: The Supreme Court today refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea for restraining N Srinivasan from taking up the post of the chairman of ICC executive board. A bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen said that there is no urgency for hearing the case and it will be taken up after the vacation. The court was hearing an application filed by Cricket Association of Bihar, alleging

Pune, Jun 15: A total of 157 passengers on board Air India's flight AI 853 from Delhi to Pune had a narrow escape when two rear tyres of the aircraft burst while landing at Pune's Lohegaon airport around 9.30pm on Saturday. Airport director Manoj K Gangal confirmed the incident. "The aircraft landed with two tyre bursts in the rear, but fortunately there was no further damage." Gangal said the

New Delhi, June 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated India’s largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation and pitched for making the country self-reliant in manufacturing defence equipment, shedding dependence on imports. In his first outing after taking charge as Prime Minister, he addressed the naval personnel onboard the ship off the Goa coast, calling the addition of the

New Delhi, Jun 14: Congress may take legal recourse if its Lok Sabha leader Maliikarjun Kharge is not made the Leader of the Opposition. While there have been reports on why Congress cannot stake a claim to the post, party spokesman Shakeel Ahmad maintained, "the law guarantees it," to the party and the Speaker did not have discretion on who can be Leader of the Opposition. The party also denied

New Delhi, Jun 14: The highest decision making body in telecom department, Telecom Commission on Friday gave its in-principle approval to full mobile number portability which will allow a mobile subscriber to retain his number even if he moves from one state to another. Now reference will be send to Trai for additional information and clarification. Last year in September, TRAI in its

New Delhi, Jun 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replied to the letter written by Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif last week, thanking Mr. Sharif for the sari he had gifted to his mother and saying that he looked forward to engaging Pakistan “in an atmosphere free from confrontation and violence in order to chart a new course in our bilateral relations.” In the letter dated June 11, Mr. Modi

New Delhi, Jun 13: In order to better equip police and paramilitary forces in the country, the Union Home Ministry has decided to seek doubling of the budgetary allocation for their modernisation. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met officials to discuss issues "which need to be addressed on priority" vis-a-vis central paramilitary and other police forces. During the meeting, a ministry

Islamabad/New Delhi, Jun 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif, saying he looked forward to charting a "new course" in the bilateral relations in an atmosphere "free from confrontation and violence". Responding to Sharif's letter of June 2, Modi has said that "a relationship between India and Pakistan defined by peace, friendship and cooperation

Mumbai, Jun 13: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has issued an alert for tidal waves higher than 4.5 metres likely to hit Mumbai shoreline this week. The MCGM, in its circular, stated that tidal waves higher than 4.5 metres are expected to hit the Mumbai coast from Friday till June 18, for which the civic body has made arrangements to prevent citizens from venturing near the sea

Mumbai, Jun 11: Hitting back at NCP leader Sharad Pawar who blamed BJP's rise for the recent mob violence in Pune which left an IT professional dead, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today equated him with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and said he has "lost his sense of proportion" after the poll debacle. "Pawar is speaking like Hafeez Saeed. After the violence following objectionable posts in social