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NCP keeping its options open

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- It's not only Manikrao Kokate who hopes the Bombay High Court will rule in his favour on Friday. NCP chief Ajit Pawar too is hoping for a favourable ruling, but his compulsions are ... Read More


Tech glitch clogs AC local doors

Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- When union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw spoke in Parliament on Wednesday about procuring 238 air-conditioned locals with automatic doors for Mumbai, he was likely unaware of a ... Read More


Shots fired at BJP candidate's office in poll-bound Ambernath

THANE, Dec. 18 -- Three days before the Ambernath Municipal Council elections, two unidentified assailants fired four bullets at the office of a BJP candidate minutes after midnight on Tuesday. The at... Read More


High-profile defections jolt Navi Mum ahead of polls

NAVI MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- Navi Mumbai's political landscape saw a major shake-up on Tuesday night as five former municipal corporators from the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress joined the Eknath Shinde-... Read More


Widow of veteran Congressleader from Hingoli joins BJP

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- In what is perceived as a blow to the Congress in Marathwada, Pradnya Satav, the widow of senior Congress leader Rajeev Satav and legislative council member, is all set to quit the ... Read More


NDA allies press govt on rural job scheme funding

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Centre on Wednesday backed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha even as two National Democratic Alliance mem... Read More


parl passes bill for 100% FDI in insurance

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to allow 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance in a move aimed at boosting capital inflows and expanding one of the world's fas... 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


sc halts release of 2008 kidnapping convicts after threats to victim

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Haryana government and the Punjab & Haryana High Court from releasing on remission the convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for a... Read More