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Annoyed over visuals of Odisha's Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Marik touching the feet of Daitapati priests in uniform, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today warned the top cop not to repeat the action in future.Visuals of Marik were shown in different TV channels while touching feet of...
20:55
The US and Cuba today agreed to reopen each other's embassies in their respective capitals from July 20, a major step towards normalisation of ties between the Cold War foes after more than 50 years.Last December US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro had agreed to...
20:53
A 25-year-old woman fashion designer, believed to be driving in an inebriated condition, allegedly rammed her SUV into a tea stall in suburban Bandra injuring a roadside vendor, the police said today.The mishap occurred in the wee hours yesterday when the accused Nidhi Parekh's Chevrolet hit...
19:48
A week after he announced his 2016 presidential bid, the popularity ratings of Indian-American Republican candidate Bobby Jindal remain abysmally low at two per cent, a latest poll said today. Jindal, a two-term governor of Louisiana, received just two per cent of the votes in the CNN poll...
19:44
Five days after a gunman shattered the calm of a Tunisian beach in a bloody terror attack, killing 38 people, the bodies of his victims will start their journeys home.A plane carrying the remains of eight British victims has left the Tunisian capital, Tunis, bound for Britain, UK Prime Minister...
19:24
A pair of Queen Victoria's cotton underwear worn by her during the last 10 years of her life are to be sold at an auction in the UK and the 125-year-old apparel is expected to fetch several thousand pounds. The pants, embroidered with the royal VR (Victoria Regina) monogram, are being sold...
19:05
A Syrian rebel group operating around Damascus has executed 18 alleged members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in a video mimicking the extremist organisation's own productions.The video, which emerged overnight, shows fighters from Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) wearing the orange...
18:34
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he dreams of a Digital India where the government is open and governance is transparent, where high speed digital highways unite the nation and where 1.2 billion connected citizens drive innovation.I dream of a digital India where high speed...
18:18
The BJP today claimed that results of the by-elections to six assembly constituencies in states showed that people have once again reposed their trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and strongly rebuffed the practitioners of negative politics led by Congress. The bypoll results...
17:51
Man Booker prize winning author Aravind Adiga has donated Rs one crore to his alma mater, the Canara High School Association, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Adiga, who did his primary and secondary education from the institution, sent the cheque to the school yesterday. The...
17:41
The BJP's attempt to gloss over 'Lalitgate' will not be easy. After the Prime Minister took the high moral ground, in 2014, on fighting corruption, anymove now to renege on his promise will not only dent his credibility but also cause the moral edifice of his campaign and the government to...
17:39
The head of Al-Qaida's Pakistan wing has been killed in a raid by counter-terrorism commandos earlier this week near Lahore, foiling their plot to attack the offices of a spy agency, Punjab Home Minister said today.
17:28
Tennis player was told off for having the wrong type of bra on at Wimbledon. Read
17:02
Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in his personal capacity in online taxi services company Ola, the Mumbai-based venture announced on Wednesday. The Economic Times reports that the transaction is the latest in a series of investments made by 77 year-old...
16:37
Shoma Chaudhury, former editor of Tehelka is back as editor in chief with a new digital property called Catch, promoted by the Rajasthan Patrika group, 19 months after she was forced to quit. Take a lookBest wishes, but the name does sound like a salt and pepper brand.
16:25
The international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called for revoking of AFSPA and investigations into the human rights violations in J&K by an independent and impartial authority.Seeking removal of all requirements of sanction or prior permission' to prosecute security...
16:12
The Delhi Commission for Women today came under attack from AAP after it submitted in a high court that proceedings against Kumar Vishwas have been closed but the body insisted it had not 'dropped' the case and had handed it over to police after he did not respond to summons. Possibly fearing...
16:04
Just in: The Greek government has signaled to its creditors that it is willing to accept many of the terms of a bailout package that it had earlier rejected, if they are part of a broader deal to address the country's funding needs for the next two years, officials said on Wednesday.The New York...
15:56
Calling it a scam of words Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, under fire for alleged irregularities in purchase of items worth Rs 206 crore, today said that similar items were procured at a higher price during the previous Congress-NCP rule.The earlier Congress-led regime purchased such items at...
15:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings to Prime Minister Li Keqiang on the 94th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's establishment has gone viral in China.Modi, who now has 170,000 followers on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, send the Happy Birthday' greeting on Wednesday, and...
15:05
The board of Housing.com has fired co-founder Rahul Yadav as CEO, bringing to an end a tumultuous relationship at one of India's most-watched startups. In a board meeting on Wednesday at Housing.com's headquarters in Mumbai, the company cited his behaviour towards investors, partners and the...
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The proceedings on a complaint against AAP leader Kumar Vishwas by a party volunteer alleging that her life was ruined as he was not rebutting rumours about their illicit liaison, have been closed by the Delhi women's panel, its chief told Delhi High Courton Wednesday.Justice VP...
14:52
The gunman who murdered 38 tourists on a Tunisian beach laughed while he took photographs of their bodies, a survivor has said.Paul Short, who was staying in one of the resort's hotels with his wife Sarah when the attack took place, said he witnessed Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, just metres from...
14:25
The Delhi High Court criticises the Delhi government for declaring Gajendra Singh, who committed suicide during an AAP agitation, as a martyr. The HC has sought a reply from the Delhi Govt on why Gajendra was declared a martyr. A reply to the notice has to be given in four weeks.Gajendra Singh, a...
14:15
The police and the army have busted a terrorist hideout in the Keshwan area (Kishtwar District, J&K) last night and recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives. The Kishtwar police and Kishtwar based troops of Delta Force jointly busted this hideout that was used by terrorists...
13:40
Mamata Banerjee announced a plan to hire 1.2 lakh peons and clerks, ending a decade-old informal freeze on such mass recruitment that had bled the state coffers and suggesting that she is more Left than the Left when it comes to replicating profligate policies. We have decided in the cabinet...
13:34
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that no mediations or compromise can take place in rape cases. A woman's body is her temple. No mediation and no compromise will take place in rape cases, the Supreme Court said. It is a spectacular error on the part of the court to promote any such mediation,...
13:32
Constipated? Read this: Teenage girl with toilet phobia dies from heart attack after going eight weeks without using loo.
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The Bombay High Court today deferred till July 13 an appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the hit-and-run case, after the actor's lawyer sought time to check documents. Although the 'paper book' (compilation of evidence and documents) is...
13:21
The Delhi government does not have the evidence to show that grants worth nearly Rs 6,000 crore given by it were utilized for the intended purpose even 10 years or more after the amounts were given. This is among the shocking findings of a CAG report on the national capital's finances for the...
12:55
Greece lurched deeper into crisis today as European finance ministers prepared to consider a request for new loans in a last-ditch effort to keep the country in the eurozone after it defaulted on a key payment and a bailout keeping its economy afloat expired. Cash-strapped Greece became the first...
12:41
The Congress today dismissed as totally baseless and mischievous reports that it had offered a deal to government under which it was ready to support passage of GST bill in Parliament if it axed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the wake of...
12:26
Also read: Why Rajapaksa's PM bid is worrying.
12:23
Former Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa says he accepts requests to contest elections for prime minister in August. Rajapaksa says he will look to rectify any mistakes made in the past when attempting to form the next government.President Maithripala Sirisena has resisted calls to allow 69-year-old...
12:13
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, a close confidante of Rahul Gandhi is concerned about the negative publicity the Scindia family has been getting in the last few weeks over the links between his aunt Vasundhara Raje and former IPL chief Lalit Modi. Jyotiraditya has complained to Rahul...
11:59
In a major and welcome decision, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to hike the allowances for police jawans including constables, assistant constables and secret troops posted in Naxalite-dominated areas of Bastar division, Gariyaband and Rajnandgaon. The move, which is expected to...
11:54
The image of a minister in Jammu and Kashmir touching the collar of a woman doctor has been widely circulated on social media and has provoked sharp criticism. The photograph was taken when Chaudhary Lal Singh, the state health minister, had gone to a government hospital to check preparedness...
11:53
So, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is back in New Delhi. Rahul called an informal meeting at 4 pm today at his residence to get an update on the Vasundhra Raje-Lalit Modi issue and the way forward during the monsoon session of Parliament. Senior Congress leaders have denied today's story...
11:33
One chilly February evening in 2005, Amar Ujala reporter Samiuddin Neelu was returning home when he was allegedly kidnapped by a special unit of the Uttar Pradesh police.Driven in a jeep to a remote forest outside Lakhimpur Kheri, bordering Nepal, he was held at gunpoint and asked to...
11:21
At least 18 people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong sub-divisions of Darjeeling district since last night. The landslides have caused extensive damage to NH 10 (old NH 55A) and NH 55, cutting off road and telecommunication link to...
11:20
So, did the Narendra Modi government tweak details on Jawaharlal Nehru's Wikipedia page?According to a Times of India report, a software that tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits has found that mischievous changes were made to the entries on the country's first prime minister and his forefathers on...
11:11
BJP Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday denied former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's charges by saying that he never offered any help to Modi.Varun Gandhi is understood to have said that the former IPL czar is trying to divert attention from himself and drag names unnecessarily, sources...
11:03
The Danish woman, a tourist, who was allegedly gang-raped by eight men last year, appears in a Delhi court for recording her statement.In January 2014, the victim, who had come to India on January 1, lost her way to her hotel in Paharganj in New Delhi following which she approached a group of...
10:50
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor could soon be subjected to a polygraph test in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, media reports said yesterday. Senior police officers, however, denied the reports saying they had no such plans yet, The Hindu reports. Tharoor's office...
10:12
Flagging subdued rural economy as a 'credit negative' for India's sovereign rating, global giant Moody's said there are growing concerns about risk of policy stagnation and some disappointment has emerged over the pace of reforms under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. In its...
10:05
Six people have been arrested in connection with lynching of a school principal in Bihar's Nalanda district after bodies of two students were found in a ditch. The principal, Devendra Prasad, died while he was being treated at the Patna Medical College and Hospital. A post-mortem was being...
10:03
Cuba has become the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child, according to the World Health Organisation. World Health Organisation director-general Margaret Chan said it was one of the greatest public health achievements possible.This is a major...
09:45
The Delhi Police has arrested the second Tihar jail escapee, Javed, from his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district.The undertrial had escaped from Tihar Jail along with another prisoner on Saturday.The two prisoners had scaled a wall and dug a tunnel in the dead of night to escape...
09:40
The BSE Sensex opened on a positive note in morning trade today despite Greece defaulting on the International Monetary Fund payment.At 9.20 am, Sensex was up 92.63 points at 27,873.46. Similarly, Nifty was up 17.90 points at 8,386 during the same time. It is also expected that aviation shares...
09:27
Just in: Sensex has opened in green after Greece defaulted on its debt, reports NDTV. The International Monetary Fund said shortly after midnight that Greece had missed a crucial debt payment to the fund. It is the first advanced country to fail to repay a loan of Euro €1.6bn to the IMF and...
08:49
Former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi has now dragged Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi into a controversy. In a series of tweets posted last night, Modi said that he met Varun in London.Please clarify @varungandhi80 did u or did u not come to my house in london. Whilst staying at the...
08:28
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Digital India Project via video conference in two village panchayats of a district in Indore, a senior official said.The Digital India Project, a pet scheme of the Modi government, aims to connect all gram panchayats by broadband...
08:19
Greece has become the first developed country to default on its debt to the International Monetary Fund, after missing a 1.5 billion euro payment. Eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout. But the ministers said they would discuss a last-minute suggestion from Greece for a new bailout...
01:43
Eurozone finance ministers declined to extend Greece's bailout hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default but talks will continue on Wednesday after Athens asked for a new aid plan, officials said.Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras requested a two-year rescue deal with the European Union...
01:41
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran will be questioned by the CBI in New Delhi on Wednesday in connection with a case of allegedly using over 300 high data capacity BSNL telecom lines at his Boat House residence in Chennai.CBI sources said that Maran was called on Monday for questioning but...
01:40
Some 3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as top US diplomat will be made public online today by the State Department, following the orders of a federal judge.Clinton's electronic correspondence has been the focus of controversy since her admission in March that she had used a...
01:40
The United States cannot alone resolve all major global problems and it needs co-operation of other major countries to successfully address the issues of poverty, climate change and terrorism, US President Barack Obama said today.If we want to be successful on climate change, on countering...
01:39
President Pranab Mukherjee will offer worship at the ancient hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala on Wednesday.Temple sources said that the President would arrive in Tirupati on an eight hour spiritual sojourn from Hyderabad and would visit four shrines here.After landing at...
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CBSE announces JEE (main) ranks; students relievedGreece asks for bailout extension as clock ticks downPM Modi asks industry to innovate, Make in India Shastri says talk of Dhoni-Kohli rift is 'biggest load of bull****'Indian cricketers mocked in ad by Bangladeshi dailyCourt restrains...
