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Chhagan BhujbalNCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal was today admitted to Lilavati Hospital, doctors said. They said that he had visited the hospital in the afternoon and got admitted.Bhujbal (70), who was in jail since March 2016, was granted bail on May 4 by the Bombay High Court after the court took into consideration his old age and deteriorating health. He was admitted to KEM hospital in Parel here after he was released from Arthur Road Jail.Bhujbal was discharged from KEM hospital on May

Smriti IraniPrime Minister Narendra Modi tonight removed Smriti Irani as the Information and Broadcasting Minister and gave the portfolio to Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in a minor but significant reshuffle of his cabinet, in which Rail Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of the Finance Ministry.Irani, whose nearly one-year tenure in the I and B Ministry was mired in controversies, was replaced by her deputy Rathore who has been made the Minister of State with Independent Charge

Piyush GoyalAs Union Minister Arun Jaitley underwent a renal transplant surgery at Delhi hospital, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will be temporarily taking up the additional charge of Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Jaitley will take over the charge after he recovers.An official release from the Press Secretary to the President informed of the same, among other change in portfolios within the Union Cabinet.On the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram

Actress Prarthana Behere. File pic25-year-old Marathi actress Prarthana Behere was injured on Monday in a road accident near Lonavala on Pune-Mumbai expressway, police said. The accident took place when the actress was travelling to Kolhapur, located around 239 km away from Pune, for the promotion of a Marathi film along with co-actor Aniket Vishwasrao and her hair stylist."The driver of the car in which Behere and others were travelling in lost his control over the vehicle while

Lalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janta Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav goes back to Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi on Monday evening following the completion of the three-day parole granted to him by prison authorities to attend the wedding of his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav.The execution of a six-week provisional bail granted to him by the Jharkhand High Court last week would depend on when the order reaches the special CBI court conducting the trial. Prasad reported back to the jail authorities on the end o

Inder Kumar. File picThe family of actor Inder Kumar on Monday claimed that a video showing him consuming alcohol and speaking about wanting to commit suicide was a leaked scene from a film he was working on before his demise. The video, which surfaced on social media yesterday evening, shows Kumar in an inebriated state feeling sorry about the way his life and career shaped up. Kumar had died of a heart attack on July 28 last year, a month ahead of his 45th birthday.Addressing a press conferen

Uber Eats, the on-demand food delivery app from Uber has completed its first successful year of operations in India. The platform has registered nearly 50 percent month-on-month (MoM) growth in the first year.Launched in Mumbai in May 2017, Uber Eats has grown its presence in India by expanding to 13 cities in India and adding more than 40 restaurants daily onto its platform. It is now focussed on taking the service to tier II markets.Further, the platform has more than doubled in terms of numbe

A woman sarpanch and her two relatives died after drinking contaminated water near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Monday. All three drank water from the same 'chatti' (earthen water pot) kept in their home in the tribal-dominated Selaj Maida village and fell sick, collector Ruchika Chauhan said. One of them died yesterday, while the other two breathed their last today. Initial investigations suggest they died after drinking contaminated w

Gurgaon students Jivansh Kakkar and Manavi Kapoor topped the ICSE class 10 examinations while Antra Kapoor bagged the top position in the class 12 exams, the results of which were declared on Monday. The top scorers in the class 10 exams, both from The Shri Ram School in Gurgaon, scored 98.80 per cent. The second position was bagged by Nishka Arora (98.40 per cent) from the same school.The third position was shared by Shreya Singhal, Ayesha Dhall and Kabir Oberio from The Shri Ram School, Dintya

Representational ImageThree people were injured in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Bishnah area when cattle owned by the Gujjar community went into the fields of the Dogra community, police said on Monday.The clashes erupted on Sunday when members of the Dogra community objected to animals of the Gujjar community entering their fields and allegedly destroying the crops, police said.Irked when asked to take away their animals, the Gujjars allegedly attacked the Dogras, they added.The Dogras later

Arun Jaitley. File picCongress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wished a speedy recovery to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who has undergone a kidney transplant surgery at AIIMS."I'm happy to hear that Jaitley ji's kidney transplant surgery today at AIIMS went well. I wish him a speedy recovery," Gandhi said in a tweet.The All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) said that both the recipient and the donor were stable and recovering well.Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news,

Rahul Gandhi/ File PicCongress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticised Narendra Modi-led government over the increased fuel prices. His attack comes after voting for the Karnataka Assembly had ended."Karnataka finishes voting, Fuel prices rise to a 4-year high! The key principle of Modinomics: Fool as many people as you can, as often as you can," Gandhi said in a tweet.Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram also slammed the government. "There we go again. More taxes on

The issue of sugar imported from Pakistan is hotting up Maharashtra politics, with NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad from neighbouring Thane district, along with the party activists, today tearing the sugar bags stored in a godown in Navi Mumbai, police said. Awhad, who represents Kalwa-Mumbra constituency, said hundreds of NCP activists "raided" the godown, located in Dahisar Mori area of the satellite town of Mumbai, and tore the bags containing the imported sugar.When contacted, a Taloja police station

Narendra Modi/ File PicPrime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a trip to Russia next Monday, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend an informal summit.As per a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on May 21 for an informal Summit with President Putin in the city of Sochi."This will be an important occasion for the two leaders to exchange views on international matters in a broad and long-term perspec

Representational ImageA girl student allegedly committed suicide after she failed in her Class X exams results of which were announced today, police said. Bhavna Raikwar hanged herself in the kitchen of her house at Bhoipura locality said Taliya police station Inspector Karan Singh.The 17-year-old came to know that she had failed in three subjects. Devastated by the result, she went into the kitchen of her house and hanged herself to an overhead hook using her 'dupatta' (stole) as a noose,