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New Delhi, Apr 7: Grounded Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad finally expressed regret on Thursday for assaulting an Air India staff member during a flight last month, describing it as an "unfortunate incident", and asked for the lifting of a flying ban imposed on him by airlines. Gaikwad had hit a 60-yearold AI staffer with his sandal and tried to push him off the plane at Delhi airport, resulting in

New Delhi, Apr 6: Lawmakers cannot fulfil their duties if there is ban on flying, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said today after the Lower House witnessed chaos over the issue of fly ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad. "I am not a judge and cannot pass judgement on this issue. But, the matter should be resolved amicably," Mahajan told reporters outside Parliament. "MPs have to come to

New Delhi, Apr 6: The Supreme Court today said if the Sahara Group fails to deposit Rs 5092.6 crore in SEBI-Sahara refund account by April 17 in pursuance of its order, it will be "compelled" to auction its property valued at Rs 39,000 crore at Aamby Valley in Pune. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra told the group that no extension of time would be granted for depositing the amount as it had

New Delhi, Apr 6: Lok Sabha today witnessed utter chaos as Shiv Sena members, including Union Minister Anant Geete, surrounded Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju after he refused to heed to their demand for revoking the flying ban on their colleague Ravindra Gaikwad. BJP members, including several union ministers, watched in shock as their allies hit Raju's bench in anger and did not let

Beijing, Apr 6: China should not hesitate to answer "blows with blows" if India chooses to play dirty by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Chinese official media said today. Two English newspapers -- China Daily and Global Times -- have launched a scathing attack on India after Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that Arunachal Pradesh -- which China claims as part

New Delhi, Apr 6: The three-member Shunglu committee, formed by the then Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, has pointed out "gross abuse of power" by the Arvind Kejriwal government in its report. The committee has flagged decisions including the allotment of land to the AAP for its party office, appointment of Minister Satyendra Jain's daughter as mission director of Delhi State Health Mission and a number

New Delhi, Apr 5: The US ban on large electronic devices as hand luggage on flights originating from some Gulf countries pushed up Air India's ticket sales to the US by 100 per cent in the last week of March over the period a year ago. Air India saw bookings surge to 300 per day per flight in the period between March 25-31 this year as against a sale of 150 tickets per day per flight in the

New Delhi, Apr 5: Finance Minister and Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley was today equated with the mythological Ramayana figure, Hanuman, by a Samajwadi Party member who asked him to restore the Rajya Sabha's legislative powers alleging that these were being curtailed. SP leader Naresh Agarwal also asked the government to bring a legislation to amend the Constitution for the purpose, as the

Mirzapur (UP), Apr 5: Asserting that the split in the Samajwadi Party was now complete, expelled leader Amar Singh today said he will never return to that party. "The split in the Samajwadi Party is now complete...they have no political mechanism to save it, he told PTI. Singh, accompanied by actress and another expelled SP leader Jaya Prada, was here to pay a visit to the Vindhvasini Devi shrine

Ajmer, Apr 5: The spiritual head of Ajmer dargah, who had supported a ban on the sale of beef, was on Wednesday "sacked" by his brother. On Monday, Syed Zainul Abedin had also urged the government to ban the slaughter of all bovine animals to promote communal harmony in the country. However, his support has not gone down well with his brother who on Wednesday "sacked" him for the "blasphemous"