23:27
Assam government today banned the chicken flavoured Maggi for 30 days after finding presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the noodle. We have found MSG in the Maggi Xtra-delicious Chicken during the tests at our lab. Accordingly we have decided to prohibit storage, distribution and sale...
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Four years after his first presidential campaign was crushed by the weight of his debate gaffe and stump speech mishaps, the governor who spent 14 years presiding over Texas launched his second bid for the Republican nomination on Thursday.I'm running for the presidency of the United States,...
22:01
To mark International Day of Yoga, Maharashtra government has decided to initiate from June 21 physical, mental and spiritual training for prisoners across the state to help inmates come out of depression.Convicts are sent to jails so that they can be reformed and Yoga has scientifically...
21:42
A park in central Hong Kong turned into a sea of candles Thursday as tens of thousands gathered to mark the 26th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, with the city deeply divided ahead of a vote on how to choose its next leader.Six football pitches in Victoria Park were filled with...
21:09
The US-led coalition against ISIS has recorded more than 10,000 ISIS deaths since the campaign against the extremist group began nine months ago, US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken told France Inter radio.Blinken's remarks came in an interview given Tuesday after coalition members joined...
20:32
Promising to accord top priority to health sector, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said his government would welcome setting up of advanced tertiary healthcare centres in Jammu and Kashmir, and urged renowned doctors hailing from the state to return and provide succourto the...
20:18
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today flagged off the new Kolkata-Agartala bus service via Dhaka, hoping this would bring both India and Bangladesh closer. After inaugurating the bus service from the state secretariat, Banerjee said, The launch of the service makes this day forever...
19:59
Tamil Nadu has joined the list of states to ban Maggi noodles. Earlier in the day, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand banned the sale of Nestle's instant noodles. Maggi noodles is under countrywide scrutiny for high content of lead and mono-sodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer....
19:40
Union Minister for Social Justiceand Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot today said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had no moral right to visit the birthplace of Dr B R Ambedkar at Mhow, because the Congress never respected the Dalit icon in his lifetime. Rahul has no...
19:32
Delhi Metro today received its first driver-less train, equipped with several advanced features, from a Korea-based manufacturer, which will ply on sections of Phase-III of the network, set to be operational by next year end. The six-coach train that was ferried to India by sea, arrived at...
19:28
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has condemned the militant attack in Manipur that killed 20 army men today. Extremely sad to hear about the attack on the army convoy in Manipur where several of our young jawans lost their lives. My deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs, we stand...
19:11
In the nine months since he has stepped into office, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala has spent a hefty Rs 3.5 crore, an application filed under the Right To Information Act has found, reports NDTV Of this, more than Rs. 2.4 crore was spent on upgrading the Raj Bhavan in the heart of...
18:42
Today's mindless attack in Manipur is very distressing. I bow to each and every soldier who has sacrificed his life for the nation, PM tweets on Manipur ambush.Using rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, a group of insurgents on Thursday ambushed a military convoy killing at least 20...
18:32
CBI probing into the alleged gangrape and murder of two teenaged cousins here, today handed over all related documents to the court and completed its arguments. CBI counsel Kumar Rajat said the investigating agency completed the arguments relating to all aspects of the case in the Additional...
18:07
The Reserve Bank is likely to further cut the key lending rate by 75 basis points in the current fiscal despite its hawkish stance, although it may hold the pause button in the next monetary policy review, a UBS report said today. The global financial services major said RBI has to bring...
17:44
High-level meeting on regarding the Manipur ambush. A meeting between Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval underway. Army Chief Dalbir Singh also reaches the Home Ministry for the meeting. Using rocket-propelled grenades and...
17:39
The illusion of a borderless Internet. Read
17:31
Walmart and Metro AG have withdrawn Nestle's Maggi noodles from their wholesale stores in India in the wake of food safety issues pertaining to the brand.The move follows country-wide probe against the 'two-minute' instant food brand for alleged presence of lead and taste enhancer monosodium...
17:05
And now, Jammu and Kashmir bans Maggi noodles. J-K became the fourth state to ban Maggi after Gujarat, Delhi and Kerala.
17:01
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley's message of hope ahead of predictions of a deficient monsoon. The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers met in New Delhi today to deliberate on the revenue neutral rate, besides other issues, for smooth roll out of Goods and Services Tax. Jaitley,...
16:46
22-year-old Goldman Sachs executive dies, father pens 'A Son Never Dies', rakes up debate over stress at work. Read
16:28
The death toll in ambush on army jawans in Manipur has doubled to 20. At least 11 people have been injured in the ambush by unidentified militant outfit in Manipur's Chandel.
16:25
Taking a jibe at his predecessor and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram Manjhi over his allegations that the state government had deployed policemen around trees at his official 1, Anne Road, residence in the city to stop him from plucking fruits, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on...
16:18
With the arrest of three more persons today in connection with the firing incident at Film City in Mumbai last month in which a man was critically injured, the police claimed to have solved the case. Police said the three persons, who opened fire in Film City near actor Amitabh Bachchan's...
16:06
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today promised to make Delhi a world class city in just four years and stressed the need for adopting technology, but without any loss of jobs, to ensure cleanliness in the national capital. As I had said during the elections, we will make Delhi one of the best...
15:37
After Kerala, Delhi, and now, Gujarat, has banned Maggi noodles. The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration had collected 39 samples of Maggi noodles and sent them for laboratory testing. 27 samples showed lead content more than the acceptable limit, while MSG was found to be above the...
15:27
Embassy of India in Kathmandu @IndiaInNepal tweets: Many thanks to all the Indian military personnel who took part in #OperationMaitri.MoD spokesperson Sitanshu Kar this morning, tweeted a picture of the IAF contingent, a part of Operation Maitri, in Kathmandu posing for one last picture before...
15:14
This June 21, a 35-minute mass demonstration of 15 yoga asanas by 45,000 school children, government officials, diplomats, army personnel and NCC cadets, led by PM Narendra Modi himself, at Rajpath will possibly lead to a record of sorts.The event has already been registered as an entry into the...
15:05
The break-up of the 10 army personnel killed in the ambush in Manipur: (1 Junior Commissioned Officer, 7 other ranks, 1 Signal constable, 1 Army Service Corps Driver and 12 injured). Sixteen jawans are believed to have survived. Massive combing operations are on.
14:49
The adulation showered on Pranab Mukherjee during his just concluded visit to Sweden is a comforting reminder that old-world diplomacy is still very much alive, ever more so under a monarchy than in any republic. Read
14:48
In the ministry of defence in the South Block, there are titters at the mention of Mirchi Manohar. Manohar Parrikar, the defence minister, today gesticulated to show how his statement on using terrorists to take out terrorists (kaante se kanta nikalna) had rubbed Pakistan the wrong way when...
14:45
Just in: Ten army men killed in a militant attack on Manipur's Chandel district. The 6 Dogra army convoy came under attack while it was travelling from Motul towards Imphal. At least 12 people have been injured by the unidentified militant outfit. The Joint Commanding Officer is also believed to...
14:44
Water has become the latest weapon in Isis' arsenal, after militants closed the gates of a dam in western Iraq - allowing them easier access to government forces.In a move that could expose residents in southern provinces to drought, Isis fighters have redirected the flow of the Euphrates River,...
14:21
Nearly nine days after it was spotted, caught and handed over to the local police, the pigeon which was suspected to have flown from across the border from Pakistan, was handed over to a bird lover in Pathankot. Ramanjit Singh is owner of a facility which takes care of birds and pets said SSP...
14:18
A TV show host made a brilliant point about Caitlyn Jenner that you should read about.
14:01
Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan on the Maggi mess: Authorities will investigate and submit a report to the National Commission. It is the first time after independence that suo moto control in such matter is taken and case is referred to the Commission.
13:53
How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter. Read
13:46
Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Olympics winner Bruce Jenner, will reportedly become the face of the popular cosmetic brand, MAC. MAC Cosmetics, which is owned by Estee Lauder, has already had several high-level meetings over the past few months with Jenner to discuss becoming a face of the...
13:43
Indian Test captain Virat Kohli today said it would have been amazing to have former captain Rahul Dravid in the BCCI's newly-constituted cricket advisory committee, which will be guiding the national team.It would have been amazing if all four would have been on board. (But) he (Dravid) must...
13:40
If an actor gives a flop, then the standing of that person changes within the industry, but the audience always welcomes them with open arms.Vidya Balan really wants her new film Hamari Adhuri Kahani to do well. Read her interview to Rediff.com.
13:38
Sheryl Sandberg is marking the end of a 30-day period of mourning following the death of her husband by saying I want to choose life and meaning.Sandberg, Facebook's No. 2 executive, lost her husband Dave Goldberg after he died in a treadmill accident while on vacation in Mexico a month ago. Read
13:32
One for the album before returning home. Operation Maitri IAF contingent in Kathmandu before de-induction.The picture was tweeted by MoD spokesperson Sitanshu Kar. Op Maitri was a rescue and relief operation in Nepal by the government of India and Indian armed forces in the aftermath of the 2015...
13:27
The IAS officers association does not want to host the customary farewell dinner for Ajit Seth, the outgoing cabinet secretary. Reason: he is sid to antagonised many officials not only during the UPA regime, whose appointee he was, but also in the NDA.
13:25
On June 21, International Yoga day, three helicopters will fly around Rajpath, take aerial pictures of Modi teaching yoga to around 35,000 people. This will be a grand show, all right, but the SPG wants to be up there in the three helicopters as a security measure.
13:23
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has so far organised six rounds of dinner meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for media-persons in May. In each round, some 20-22 scribes had been invited. In all, Modi spent around 14 hours interacting with the newsmen.Before Parliament's monsoon session,...
13:18
Karnataka Congress leaders and state ministers are opposed to filing an appeal in the Supreme Court against Jayalalitha's acquittal, since the state government is in no way involved in police investigation into the case, they feel. State congressmen fear the decision could...
13:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of getting feedback is somewhat unique. The prime minister recently invited the son of a senior Union minister to brief him on legal issues, in order to understand the conflicts over a few judgments. A few days later Modi also...
12:36
Two of Pluto's moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably, according to a comprehensive analysis of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The moons wobble because they are embedded in a gravitational field that shifts constantly, researchers said. This shift is created by the double planet...
12:23
China prefers a pact with India on a Code of Conduct to maintain peace along the border rather than clarification of Line of Actual Control proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Beijing last month. Outlining China's first public reaction to Prime Minister Modi's proposal,...
12:06
Fourteen people, including an MLA and two former MPs, were today sentenced to 10 years in jail by a fast track court in a case related to an attack on Sitamarhi collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998. Another convict was sentenced to five years in...
12:00
Shiv Sena today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plain-talk on zero tolerance against religious discrimination was not aimed at pro-Hindutva forces and suggested that he might have on his mind those bigots who convert Hindus to their respective faiths by deception. Prime Minister has taken a...
11:55
Pakistan's spy agency ISI tapped nearly 7,000 phones in the month of May, a little higher than the number of calls it recorded in April.The information was disclosed in the Supreme Court yesterday during the hearing of an old case regarding the power of spy agencies to tap telephones. Dawn...
11:49
Volatility ruled as key benchmark indices struggled to recover from the day's low in morning trade. The Sensex failed to maintain initial gains and was trading lower by 8 points in late morning trade as it came marginally under pressure due to selling at FMCG, healthcare, auto and consumer...
11:45
The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship that capsized in the mighty Yangtze river rose to 65 as divers pulled out 39 bodies today after cutting the hull of the overturned vessel, even as grieving families of over 370 unaccounted passengers became restive over the delay. Rescuers have cut a 55...
11:31
Misal Pav, that ubiquitous Maharashtrian snack served at Mumbai's Aaswad restaurant won the prize at the global Foodie Hub Awards in London. Read
11:29
A circular issued by the Bala Vidya Mandir school management in Chennai essentially told parents -- a government fixed fee will get your child just four hours of school and bare minimum facilities, but if you are willing to double that amount expect a lot more goodies such as...
11:19
Some would argue that India, a country with such a huge number of the poor, should be spending more on development than on defence. But development cannot exclude security imperatives because India is in one of the most hostile nuclear weapon regions of the world. Read
11:10
The much-awaited southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD had earlier predicted the monsoon's onset over the state on May 30, with an error margin of four days. The conditions are favourable for the onset of...
10:55
The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by over 111 points in early trade today after two sessions of sharp losses, on value-buying by investors amid a firming trend at other Asian markets. The 30-share index rebounded by 111.64 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 26,948.84, with stocks of oil & gas,...
10:53
Uttarakhand has joined the list of states to ban the sale of Maggi with samples of the popular food product failing laboratory tests. A decision to ban the sale of Maggi was taken late last night in public interest by the Food Security Department as 2 of a 300 odd samples of the food product...
10:35
NDTV reports: A woman mining inspector and eight home guards were attacked in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur on Wednesday, allegedly by sand mafia, during a raid on the banks of Nevaj River.The inspector Reena Pathak conducted the raid on a complaint which came on the chief minister's helpline...
10:05
The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by over 111 points in early trade today after two sessions of sharp losses, on value-buying by investors amid a firming trend at other Asian markets.The 30-share index rebounded by 111.64 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 26,948.84, with stocks of oil & gas,...
10:01
A day after the government filed a complaint against Nestle India with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission over the controversy on samples of Maggi noodles containing lead beyond permissible limits, Health Minister JP Nadda likely to hold meeting with officials on Thursday.Also,...
09:39
Israeli warplanes struck multiple militant targets in the Gaza Strip early today in response to earlier Palestinian rocket fire, but nobody was injured according to Palestinian security sources. They said that the raids hit three training bases of the Izzadine al-Qassam brigades, the...
09:34
Internet giant Google has apologised for any confusion or misunderstanding caused after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's images started appearing in the image search results for query on Top 10 criminals in India.These results trouble us and are not reflective of the opinions of Google. Sometimes,...
08:57
Chuck Blazer admitted in court testimony released Wednesday he conspired with fellow FIFA executives to accept bribes during the process to choose hosts for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.The bearded multimillionaire, the face of North American soccer for two decades, pleaded guilty to...
08:54
India's first bullet train corridor, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, could turn out to be the cheapest high-speed train service in the world.The Japanese team working on its feasibility study has worked out its fare box revenue model, according to which the bullet train fare will be just...
08:48
Mail Today reports: Strong winds of change are blowing at the Capital's airport terminals. The Union government wants all passenger flights to operate from Terminal 3 of the Delhi airport. Currently, both domestic and international flights operate from T3 and 1D is Delhi's solely domestic...
08:22
The Delhi government is contemplating to bring down the legal drinking age for beer from the existing 25 to 21 years, with the Excise Department preparing a proposal in this regard.However, the department's proposal is yet to be given go-ahead by the government.According to the proposal, which is...
08:07
The chief of Al Qaeda's Syria affiliate has described the rival Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate as illegitimate, in a wide-ranging television interview.In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news channel yesterday, Al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamed...
04:12
A rogue tweet by a BBC reporter after an obituary rehearsal led several major international news organisations to wrongly report that Queen Elizabeth had been admitted to hospital.The BBC said the error was a result of a training exercise, contradicting the reporter's own tweet, which...
03:57
Apple has announced it is recalling Beats Pill XL wireless speakers because of danger batteries might get so hot they ignite in flames. Apple has determined that, in rare cases, the battery in Beats Pill XL may overheat and pose a fire safety risk, the California-based owner of Beats said...
03:07
Man arrested in Boston after terror suspect shot deadA man was arrested in Boston in connection to an alleged terror plot, one day after a knife-wielding suspect was shot dead, officials and media reports said today.The US attorney's office identified the suspect in custody as David Wright and...
03:05
A US official said Wednesday that more than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed by American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in nine months, offering a body count for a campaign that has yet to blunt their advance.Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken's figure came after a Paris...
02:05
Usaamah Rahim, who was fatally shot after waving a knife at police on Tuesday, plotted with others to randomly kill police officers in Massachussetts this week and separately planned to behead a person in another state, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The alleged...
02:02
A Pakistani high court today ordered authorities to allow family visits for a doctor jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden. Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Daud Khan issued the orders after hearing a petition by doctor Shakeel Afridi's...
01:44
The UN chief today ordered an external investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic, saying the world body hopes to ensure it does not fail the victims of sexual abuse, especially when committed by those who are meant to protect them. A...
00:20
More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.The group said many of the prisoners were executed and others died due to...
00:19
South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, marking a new low in relations between the warring neighbours.The missile was developed under a new agreement with the United States that lets Seoul extend the weapon's range to up to 500...
00:15
At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came in three incidents, in Aleppo province in the north of the country and Idlib province in the...
00:15
Five men gang rape two women in Goa, arrestedDelhi rejects application for licence by Uber and 2 othersMaulanas to Modi: We are not outsiders in HindustanVOTE: No entry for non-Hindus at Somnath temple sans permit. Do you agree?China ship capsize: 26 dead as rescuers race to find survivorsAir...
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