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In a stinging attack on the Centre, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said no government in history with such an overwhelming mandate had been harassed the way AAP dispensation is being targeted and accused the BJP of reneging on its poll promises.He also made a politically loaded attack...
21:31
Investigators probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar may move a local court seeking lie detector test on her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.Six persons including three prime witnesses in the case were already put through lie detector (polygraph) test and sources indicated that...
20:40
Tattoos cover their faces and bodies -- marks of permanence to contrast their transient lifestyle. Some wear their hair in dreadlocks; others wear worn bandanas around their necks.They are travelers -- hopping freight trains, hitching rides, always in motion. Read this fascinating story HERE
20:34
The Dholpur Palace row escalated today with the Congress raising the pitch for the sacking of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, saying there was a criminal nexus between her family and former IPL boss Lalit Modi, a charge rubbished by the BJP.On a day of claims and counter claims,...
20:28
The ruling Left Front in Tripura has swept the assembly by-polls while the ruling Congress won the lone seat in Meghalaya.The Communist Party of India-Marxist, the major constituent in the ruling Left Front, won both the LACs in Tripura in the by-election, results of which were declared on...
20:23
JUST IN: Petrol prices cut by 31 paise a litre, diesel by 71 paisa. More details are awaited.
20:05
Pending for nearly 29 years, a petition seeking declaring Indira Gandhi's assassination a suicide through arranged murder to facilitate Rajiv Gandhi's elevation as prime minister was dismissed at its first hearing by the Gujarat High Court after nobody pressed the case.Filed in 1986, two years...
20:04
In a boost to police jawans engaged in anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, the state government has made a handsome hike in their salary and allowance.The decision will benefit as many as 22,000 police jawans, including constables, assistant constables and 'Gopniya Sainik' (secret troops)...
19:59
Jain community members living in the BJP-ruled Gujarat are set to get the minority status by end of next month, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Ramanlal Vora said here today.Though Union ministry of minority affairs in erstwhile Congress-led UPA government had accorded the minority status...
19:45
Law Minister D V Sadanana Gowda today said the issue of reversing a Supreme Court ruling which had upheld same-sex marriages in India as illegal is not pending before his ministry, remarks which come after the US' apex court legalised gay marital unions in that country.He also maintained that a...
19:33
The Delhi high court today granted two weeks' parole to Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehelwan, serving a 25-year jail term without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara, and asked him to surrender immediately on expiry of the period.Justice G P Mittal extended the interim relief to accused Pehelwan on...
18:45
Reports are coming in that Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis delayed a flight by 50 minutes after his aide forgot his passport. The aide brought his old passport to the airport before they were boarding a flight to New York. MaharashtraChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis left today for a week-long...
18:26
Delhi court restrains release of Hindi film 'Mohalla Assi' starring Sunny Deol for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi is loosely based on Dr. Kashinath Singh's popular Hindi novel Kashi Ka Assi, a satire on the...
17:53
Accusing the Centre of not being serious in pursuing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, the Aam Aadmi Party government has formed a Special Investigation Team to look into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the government would provide lawyers to the victims.
17:47
JUST IN: Digvijaya Singh files petition in Supreme Court seeking CBI investigation into VYAPAM case under court's monitoring.
17:32
Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis confirms Greece will not pay IMF debt due on Tuesday. Greece will not pay a Euro 1.6 billion debt installment to the International Monetary Fund due today, but Athens still holds out hope of a last-minute deal with creditors on an aid package, Finance...
17:13
Biggest load of bull**** I have been hearing, Indian cricket team's director Ravi Shastri said today, dismissing reports of a rift between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Shastri said the two players have utmost respect for each other and the Indian team was one honest bunch who...
17:04
Delhi Assembly passes VAT Amendment Bill, which increases the upper limit of VAT from 20 per cent to 30 per cent. The items that could be impacted by a higher rate are mostly petroleum and tobacco related. They are naptha, aviation turbine fuel, spirit, gasoline, furnace oil, wax (except candle...
16:52
Close on the heels of India leading worldwide International Yoga Day celebrations, Yoga classes have been banned in a central Russian city by the authorities to check spread of 'religious occultism'. At the centre of the crackdown are two studios holding classes for Hatha Yoga -- a set of...
16:39
India is preparing for the first-ever meeting between its Prime Minister and Iranian President Hassan Rohani after two failed attempts, in the Russian city of Ufa, for talks aimed at reviving a critical strategic relationship New Delhi has ignored, particularly since 2012. Read more
16:14
4000 resident doctors in Maharashtra to go on indefinite strike from July 1 as their demands have not been met by the government. According to Dr Sagar Mundada, MARD president, a meeting with Medical Education Minister Vinod Tawde was held on June 12 to discuss the issues, following...
16:11
Gujarat government is likely to introduce a chapter on Reliance Group founder Dhirubhai Ambani in school textbooks, officials said on Monday.Minister of Education (Bhupendrasinh Chudasma) put forth the idea in a recently held meeting attended by the office-bearers of the state textbook board that...
16:06
The Delhi Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) is expected to conduct a polygraph test on Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.Earlier this month, a polygraph test of six persons was conducted in connection with...
15:45
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured Pyongyang Airport's new terminal ahead of its opening, but reports claim Kim ordered the architect to be executed after he was unhappy with its design.State-run Korean Central News Agency published photos of Kim and his wife touring the sleek new terminal,...
15:35
Just in: Former union minister Shashi Tharoor may have to undergo polygraph test in the murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
15:34
Seven people are believed to have been killed in the explosion at Kabul. A huge explosion shook the Afghan capital, sending a plume of black smoke over the city's western suburbs, reports AP.It is believed to be a suicide attack. The deputy chief of Kabul police, Sayed Gulagha has confirmed...
15:16
Kabul explosion: A NATO military convoy is believed to be the target. The explosion was 200 metres away from the Supreme Court.
15:09
A huge explosion has shaken the Afghan capital, Kabul, sending a plume of black smoke over the city's western suburbs, reports AP.The cause was not immediately known. The deputy chief of Kabul police, Sayed Gulagha has confirmed it was an explosion and says it appears to have occurred near a busy...
14:48
Just in: Huge explosion shakes Afghan capital near busy shopping district.
14:46
At least 30 people have been killed in a military transport plane crash in a residential area of the Indonesian city of Medan, officials say.Local TV reported that the Hercules crashed into two houses and a car and burst into flames.Military spokesman Fuad Basya told the BBC that the plane...
14:44
Fighters loyal to the Islamic State have seized substantial territory in Afghanistan for the first time, witnesses and officials said, wresting areas in the east from rival Taliban insurgents in a new threat to stability, reports Reuters. Witnesses who fled fighting in Nangarhar province...
14:37
The head of the European Commission made a last-minute offer to try to persuade Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to accept a bailout deal he has rejected before a referendum on Sunday which EU partners say will be a choice of whether to stay in the euro. But Greek government sources said...
14:09
After months out in the cold, the Congress, finally has something to do. This is what @INCIndia tweeted. Click on the picture for a larger image.
14:01
The Bihar polls is most likely to take place between September 24 and October 8. The term of the Bihar assembly ends onf November 25, 2015.
14:00
RK Nagar bypoll: Jaya wins by a margin of over 1.50 lakh votes.
13:58
@sgurumurthy tweets: Dayanidhi called by CBI in illegal telephone exchange case. D moved HC for anticipatory bail. Before Justice Subbiah. Now or after lunch.
13:52
Former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, an accused in Jharkhand's Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case, today said that decisions to allocate coal blocks were taken by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was also heading the Coal Ministry at that time. I was...
13:42
Top BJP leaders from Delhi are sending congratulatory messages to Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha for winning the RK Nagar bypolls with a thundering one lakh votes.So, are these greetings not merely SOP after a poll win? Political pundits tell us that the BJP is reaching out to the AIADMK as it...
13:26
President Pranab Mukherjee who is in Hyderabad for a 10-day southern sojourn was in for a nasty surprise when a four-foot cobra was found roaming the grounds of the Rashtrapati Nilayam in Secunderabad. The Rashtrapati Nilayam is one of the Presidential retreats in the country. A snake charmer...
12:40
Nestle can export its products to other countries before setting of a new date for hearing of their ban related petition, the Bombay HC has ruled. The ruling comes as a relief to Nestle India which is battling a ban on sale of its 2-minute Maggi noodles in India. The curb on sales within the...
12:22
Showing utter disrespect towards the Indian cricket team, a Bangladeshi newspaper has produced a fake 'cutter' advertisement, in which seven Indian cricketers are seen standing with their heads half-shaven. India had lost the three-match series 1-2 to give Bangladesh a historic...
12:13
JUST IN: Bombay High Court allows Nestle India to export Maggi noodles.
12:00
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is surging ahead of her CPI rival in the RK Nagar constituency, bypoll for which was held on June 27. With trends pointing out a clear headway for Jayalalithaa, AIADMK cadres and supporters have gone into a celebratory mode.Some workers...
11:54
British comedian John Oliver took a swipe at the idiocy of CNN after the news channel mistook a black flag covered in silhouettes of sex toys for the flag used by the Isis terror group at Pride celebrations in London. CNN editor Lucy Pawle said she was leaving work when she spotted the...
11:44
Union law minister does a U-turn on scrapping section 377. Speaking to ANI, Gowda said he was misquoted. I never said that. Topic was on USA legalizing same sex marriage. I just said such decisions would need wide discussions in India, he clarified.
11:41
India could abolish Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises gay liaisons and the legalisation of same-sex marriages could be considered, Union law minister DV Sadananda Gowda has said. However, any such move will require wide-ranging consultations, he said. A recent legislation...
11:38
In the first major step against former IPL chief Lalit Modi since the controversy involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje broke out, the government Monday sent Enforcement Directorate officials to Singapore to expedite the letter...
10:47
Just in: The Congress-led United Democratic Front has won the Aruvikkara assembly by-poll in Kerala. K S Sabrinathan (Congress) of the UDF has won with a huge margin of 10,128 votes. In Aruvikkara the UDF and opposition CPI-M-headed LDF were locked in a stiff contest. Though 16...
10:39
Days after Pankaja Munde was accused of corruption in awarding contracts worth Rs 206 crore, her colleague in the Maharashtra government, Education Minister Vinod Tawde, is facing allegations of irregularities in a contract awarded by him, The Indian Express reports. The finance department...
10:32
Funnyman Jack Carter, who was a familiar presence on '50s and '60s variety shows like 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and 'Laugh-In', has died of respiratory failure. He was 93. The 'Shameless' star passed away on June 28, at his home in Beverly Hills, said The Hollywood Reporter. He is survived by his...
10:24
Counting for the June 27 Aruvikkara Assembly by-poll, where Kerala's ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front and opposition CPI-M-headed LDF are locked in a stiff contest, was underway today with initial trends showing that the Congress candidate is leading. Though 16 candidates are in the...
10:05
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and violated with sticks by neighbours in Badaun, a part of Uttar Pradesh that has been in the spotlight since two cousins were found hanging from a tree last year. Two of the alleged rapists, both minors, have been arrested. A third is missing,...
09:45
Snapping its five-day falling spree, the rupee rose 8 paise to 63.76 against the US dollar in early trade today on fresh selling of the American currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market. Selling of the American currency by exporters and banks supported...
09:39
The counting for the R K Nagar by-polls, which recorded a poll percentage of 74.4 percent, began this morning. Through the by-poll, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is eyeing a return to the state assembly after being convicted in the disproportionate assets case last year. And there...
09:29
The Enforcement Directorate has sought legal assistance from Singapore and Mauritius to take forward its probe in the alleged financial irregularities in the Indian Premier League tournament and its former chairman Lalit Modi. Officials said the agency has initiated the legal procedures to...
09:23
At least 410 students of Delhi University colleges have failed in the sociology examination triggering protests by them alleging error in evaluation. While 250 out of 260 students of Shivaji college have failed the examination, 102 out of 120 political (Hons) students at Laxmi Bai college, 38...
09:19
#SelfieWithDaughter was trending worldwide with parents tweeting pictures soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about it in his Mann ki Baat radio address on Sunday. But it was not appreciated by all. Activist Kavita Krishnan in a tweet accused the PM of 'stalking daughters', and there...
08:30
European Union leaders have warned Greeks that rejecting creditors' proposals in a snap referendum called for Sunday would mean leaving the euro, the BBC reports. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the vote would be yes or no to the eurozone.Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
08:26
A moderate intensity earthquake jolted Kashmir valley early today, reports Mukhtar Ahmad from Srinagar. However, no loss of life or property was reported from anywhere, according to officials.The earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 3.29am, according to local...
02:30
It was in August 2014 that the real danger began, and that we heard the first warnings of war. That month, unmarked Russian troops covertly invaded eastern Ukraine, where the separatist conflict had grown out of its control. The Russian air force began harassing the neighboring Baltic...
02:30
US visa processing has returned to full strength after hardware problems, the State Department said Monday, noting that 410,000 visas were issued in a week as officials scrambled to clear a huge backlog. Deputy spokesman Mark Toner said the State Department does regret the inconvenience to...
02:29
Standard & Poor's downgraded Greece's credit rating deeper into junk territory today, saying the government's decision to hold a referendum on creditor proposals brought it closer to default. We interpret Greece's decision to hold a referendum on official creditors' loan proposals as a...
02:21
Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and Uber Europe GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty were both taken into custody today in Paris. The AFP first broke the news. The police started investigating Uber in November 2014 and raided its office in Paris in March 2015.The two executives were charged with two...
02:10
Britain and the United States said today it was too soon for UN peacekeepers to leave Sudan's troubled Darfur region as the Security Council extended the mission for another year.The United Nations is holding talks to address Sudan's demands for an exit strategy for the 17,000-strong UNAMID force...
02:09
India and Thailand have discussed possibilities of joint ventures in defence manufacturing as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj wrapped up her three-day visit to the country.Swaraj and the Thai leadership during bilateral consultations here discussed the possibilities of joint ventures in...
02:09
Back in 2011, the American actor George Clooney recalled asking Barack Obama to identify the one thing that kept him up at night.Pakistan, replied the US president.Obama did not elaborate. We can assume, however, that he was alluding to the various nightmare scenarios that spooked Washington...
02:08
Rupee ends lower at 63.84 against USD on Greek crisisAdelaide to host first day-night TestAfter Maggi, Top Ramen withdrawn from Indian marketNSCN-K, KYKL insurgents killed during Manipur ambushYoga made compulsory for 10-lakh strong paramilitary forcesRead yesterday's commentary HERE
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