23:39
A major fire broke out in Downtown Hotel in Dubai in the vicinity of which massive New Year's Eve fireworks display was going on.It was not immediately clear what caused the fire. At least 20 stories of the building were engulfed by the fire as firefighters rushed to the spot.The affected hotel...
23:05
Three persons were arrested today for allegedly removing some hoardings hailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, which were put up in compliance with legal requisites, police said.Three men were arrested for removing hoardings hailing Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, a police official at...
22:59
A court in Bangladesh today sentenced two students to death for murdering secular blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2013. These are the first convictions over a series of such killings of secular writers and bloggers that have rattled the nation.Haider, 35, was hacked to death by machete-wielding...
22:27
Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101, during New Year celebrations in Taipei. Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
21:49
The Bharatiya Janata Party today slapped a show-cause notice on its suspended MP Kirti Azad, asking him to explain within 10 days why he should not be expelled from the party for 'indiscipline' and 'anti-party' activities.BJP sources said the notice is a standard follow-up to suspension of a...
21:28
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's recently concluded 'Ayutha Chandi Maha Yagam' as a 'thoughtful initiative' and hoped it will foster spiritual welfare of all souls and spread the message of peace.Modi conveyed wishes to Rao for...
21:08
And these are the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
20:49
And this is Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus illuminated on the New Year's Eve.
20:39
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today said he was not bothered about problems of the people as he prefers to travel abroad.He said BJP should realise that it is Modi who is responsible for the party's poll reverses in Delhi and some other states as...
20:05
Prem Shukla, executive editor of Shiv Sena's Hindi language mouthpiece 'Dopahar ka Saamna', today resigned from his post. Shukla, not holding any political post with the saffron outfit, is likely to join the BJP, a source close to him said. He was believed to have fallen out with Sena...
19:10
Breaking boundaries of religion and culture, a Saudi Arabian man tied the knot with his Russian fiance in a traditional Hindu ceremony here after colourful customs and unique wedding rituals caught their fancy.The ceremony held yesterday was organised by their common friend - Kishan Dholiya....
19:06
A panchayat here in a bizarre directive has asked an alleged rape victim to beat up the accused with shoes after he refused to pay the Rs 5 lakh fine imposed by it.Two men had allegedly gang-raped the girl in Todalpur village here on December 19. The panchayat asked the accused to pay a fine Rs 5...
18:42
A day before the odd-even formula is rolled out in the national capital, BJP today said the faulted exercise was bound to fail.The party also slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his attacks on the Centre, saying he was looking for an escape route to shift the blame. It alleged...
18:29
The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh has failed to fulfil promises it made to Muslims during the state polls, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mehmood Madani today claimed, and announced a massive campaign in the state to remind the ruling party of its unfulfilled...
18:27
Scotland Yard today cancelled all leave for New Year's Eve as all armed officers have been deployed to monitor celebrations here as the British capital is on a high terror alert after Vienna police shared intelligence over threats to European capitals.A record 6,000 police officers will be on...
17:18
India has become a battleground for Mark Zuckerberg's plan to roll out Facebook's Free Basics program with the telecom regulator or TRAI confirming that the plan is on hold till the end of January, reports NDTV.Free Basics, which Zuckerberg, 31, says will bring free internet to millions of poor...
17:08
J&K CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed continues to be in ICU requiring oxygen therapy. His vital parameters are stable: AIIMS statement.
17:01
Nikhil Wagle tweets: Only 18 hours to go for new Marathi news channel @Maharashtra1tv. Will be on air tomorrow morning at 7am. All d best team @Maharashtra1tv!Wagle is the Editor-in-chief of Maharashtra1tv. The channel launches on January 1.
16:58
A 47-year-old Indo-Canadian man, who allegedly assaulted an Air Canada woman flight attendant while the Delhi-bound plane was over the Atlantic Ocean, has been charged on two counts, including endangering safety of an aircraft. Jaskaran Sidhu faces two counts of mischief, assault causing bodily...
16:22
Actress-turned-politician Rupa Ganguly has been appointed the head of the BJP's women's wing in West Bengal. State BJP President Dilip Ghosh made a series of new appointments and removed most of the old office bearers who had held key posts during the tenure of his predecessor Rahul...
16:10
From smoothening the skin and erasing wrinkles to getting a sculpted physique or a slim waist, the desire to look like a magazine cover model is not just a teenage whim anymore.A recent study, Cosmetic Plastic Surgery and Consciousness of Appearance Survey-2015, has revealed a growing aspiration...
16:00
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will visit China next week to hold informal talks with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the vexed border dispute and other strategic issues, it was announced here today. Doval, who is also the Special Representative for Sino-India boundary talks, will hold...
15:37
Separatist leader Masrat Alam Bhat has been re-arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), two days after High Court quashed his detention under the Act, the Jammu and Kashmir government said today. What do I have to say now when he has been arrested? We have arrested him again under PSA, Education...
15:35
Belgian prosecutors said today they have arrested a 10th suspect over the attacks in Paris last month and charged him with terror offences. The Belgian national, identified only as Ayoub B, was detained yesterday during a raid on a house in the troubled Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek, a...
15:30
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Brussels on suspicion of carrying out terror attacks as part of the investigation into last month's massacres in Paris.The Belgian federal prosecutor named the man as Ayoub B, saying he was arrested on Wednesday in Molenbeek, the Brussels district linked to...
15:04
The devastating rains that created havoc in Chennai and neighbouring districts earlier this month, was due to slow movement of weaker systems present over Bay of Bengal which subsequently led to 53 per cent higher rainfall than the average, the weather office said today.
14:47
Just in: Pakistani singer Adnan Sami has been granted Indian citizenship from tomorrow. Sami, who has been staying in India since 2001, will be given Indian citizenship under Section 6 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955. The provision allows citizenship, through a certificate of naturalisation,...
14:39
Virat Kohli named BCCI Cricketer of the Year, he will be awarded the Polly Umrigar Award for 2015.
14:33
Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar Sorry to hear about Mufti Sahib's continued ill health. Pray to Almighty for his speedy & complete recovery.Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is sick requiring oxygen therapy and his condition is being closely monitored by a team of...
14:30
India skipper Virat Kohli named Cricketer of the Year.
14:09
The Delhi Government on Thursday conducted a two-hour coordination trial run ahead of the 'Odd-Even' formula to be implemented from January 1 next year. However, the test run was lackluster as hundreds of volunteers failed to show up. The two-hour trial run was conducted between 9...
13:46
How Amartya Sen came back from Hanoi and felt like he was in Fatehpur Sikri. Read
13:41
Twinkle Khanna has found Rishi Kapoor's birthday wish sweet even though some found the tweet by the veteran actor embarrassing.Rishi had posted, Happy Birthday dear one! You were in your mums tummy when I was serenading her in Bobby 'Aksar koi Ladka' In 1973 lol. His tweet kicked up a storm on...
13:32
He always ruled out being a 'cheerleader for the markets', but it was the multiple rate cuts by RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and his ceaseless efforts to keep inflation under check that turned out to be the biggest cheers for the Indian financial markets in 2015. It was one of his most famous one...
12:49
A group of street children are busy in an unusual editorial meeting in a house in the Indian capital, Delhi. They are bound by a shared passion to bring out Balaknama (Voice of Children), an eight-page quarterly newspaper which focuses on children living and working on the streets.It proudly...
12:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation of the ambitious Delhi-Meerut Expressway project, aimed at easing traffic congestion in the national capital.The Prime Minister last month launched three important highway projects worth Rs 10,166 crore to decongest Delhi. The 87 km project besides...
12:08
29 fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam.
11:46
Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino has been accused of copyright infringement, along with distributors The Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures, in their 2012 film Django Unchained. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in Washington DC by father and son duo Oscar Colvin Jr....
11:41
Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa at AIADMK's general council meeting being held in Chennai. Her party elected her as general secretary for the 7th time. 14 resolutions have been passed during AIADMK's general council meeting. The party wants the Central Govt to immediately consider TN CM's request on...
11:17
In the week leading up to the implementation of the Delhi government's policy on odd and even numbered cars, the government's e-auction for number plates saw a three-time increase.At least 156 people were willing to spend Rs 20,000 each on a registration number of their choice. Before this,...
10:49
The British government will from January 01, 2016 cut millions of pounds in aid to India. As per the statistics released by the Department for International Development, India received 279 million (Rs 2,745 crore) in 2014, a 10 million (Rs 98 crore) increase over the previous...
10:17
The home ministry has just announced that the suspension of two DANICS-cadre officers by the Aam Aadmi Party government is null and void. On Wednesday evening, the Delhi government suspended two senior officers of its Home Department for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, following...
09:54
JUST IN: Rs 3.83 crore, 3,481 gm of gold and 10 kg of silver has been offered to Shirdi Sai Baba since Christmas.
09:34
New Year fireworks and festivities have been cancelled in the Belgian capital, Brussels, because of a terror alert. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the decision had been taken given information we have received.Earlier in the week, police arrested two people suspected of planning...
09:25
They might be denied their due space and respect else where, but a Bengaluru pub is breaking fresh ground and using New Year's Eve revelry to host couples from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Humming Tree, in Indiranagar, has thrown open its doors to LGBT community members...
09:08
With more than 34 lakh tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most talked about person on Twitter in India, according to data compiled by social media analytics firm Blueocean Market Intelligence. Politics, sports and Bollywood led the chatter in India. Modi led with 34,16,000...
08:22
The Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital will conduct a coordination trial between different agencies at 200 points for two hours today. The coordination trial-run of different agencies will be conducted at 200 points for two hours from 9 am to 11 am tomorrow to check...
08:08
Two terrorists were gunned by the security forces in a fierce gun battle at Gussu village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Sources said, the encounter took place on Wednesday evening between the terrorists and the security forces and lasted till Thursday morning. A...
08:03
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hailed the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's gesture of visiting Lahore on his way back from Afghanistan last week. Indian Prime Minister came to Lahore and gave us his a few hours. It is high time the countries put...
04:45
Separatist leader Masarat Alam was today rearrested, a day after his release on a Jammu and Kashmir high court order quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act.Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh also said 'Alam will not be released as he has several cases pending against him'.A senior...
04:42
Two British teenagers, fined in June on charges of stealing artefacts from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, will now face trial for the same offence, a Polish prosecutor said today.The two, back in England, had been given a one-year probation along with the fine after pleading guilty in June,...
02:01
A Russian blogger was today sentenced to five years in a Siberian penal colony for 'inciting hatred and extremism' by posting a video on YouTube which criticised pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.A court in Tomsk, western Siberia, also banned Vadim Tyumentsev, 35, from using the Internet for...
01:21
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad registered a case against Ayaz Sultan, a youth from Malwani area of Mumbai who has been missing since October 30, for 'advocacy' of terror group Islamic State.A case was registered against him late on Wednesday evening under relevant sections of Unlawful...
00:35
The Belgian police has detained one person for questioning after a new search was launched in the troubled Brussels immigrant neighborhood of Molenbeek in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said.The person, who was not identified, is likely to be produced today before a...
00:08
Heaping praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that respect for Indians living in the countries visited by him has grown.Wherever Modi has addressed the local Indian communities during his visits to foreign countries, the Indians there are...
00:06
Engineers flee after two colleagues' murder in protection racket in Bihar BJP VP says party lacks talent pool; then does a U-turnKashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi denies link with Hyderabadi youthsNow, PM's nod must before suspending IAS officers Row breaks out over 'fixing' of Chhattisgarh...
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