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Khan, who is to meet Indian cricket board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, was however later allowed to enter the city as a special case following intervention by the Union Home Ministry, sources said.Although Khan has a valid visa, a Pakistani national can travel to India through one of the four routes...
22:25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced three flagship social security schemes, including an insurance cover for less than Re 1 per day, while choosing to launch the ambitious programme from a dais shared by bitter critic and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.While demanding a...
21:59
JUST IN: PCB chief Shahryar Khan stopped at Netaji Subhash International Airport in Kolkata by the immigration department over visa issues.More details are awaited.
21:46
Family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, request him to declassify files relating to Netaji.
21:40
Security forces have busted two militant hideouts and recovered arms and ammunition in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. Based on specific inputs, a joint operation was carried out by Rashtriya Rifles battalion and the police in Kakora forest in Rajouri district last...
21:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled three ambitious Social Security Schemes pertaining to the insurance and pension sector, today at Kolkata. In his inaugural address Modi said that the poor citizens would be given empowerment and not help. The small entrepreneurs contribute more...
21:25
The RSS today charged the media with showing half-truths and over-projecting attacks on churches in the country, saying it affected India's image internationally.RSS joint general secretary Krishan Gopal also targeted the media for 'over-playing' the issue of atrocities on women in the...
21:22
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting his parliamentary constituency Amethi on May 18 and 19 to meet farmers affected by untimely rains.After Kisan Padyatra in Telangana on May 14/15, Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Amethi on May 18 & 19, to interact with farmers & INC...
21:21
A major fire broke out in an over-centry old building housing residential apartments and shops, causing its partial collaps and leaving five persons, including fire fighters, injured in a densely-populated locality of South Mumbai this evening.A portion of the under-repair building collapsed as...
20:42
Nepal's major political parties today proposed to form a national coalition government to effectively meet the challenges that have arisen in the wake of the devastating quake that has struck the country.Former prime ministers Jhalanath Khanal and Madhav Kumar Nepal from CPN-UML, Baburam...
20:14
China has over the past several decades significantly increased its defence budget which is now more than three times that of India and the country could pose a threat to the US security interest in the region, the Pentagon has said.China's official defence budget last year was $136.3 billion...
20:08
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address a youth Congress rally in Kerala on May 26 as part of its preparations to brace up the party workers before the local body polls slated for this year and assembly polls next year. KPCC executive meeting held today exhorted party workers to make...
19:46
Actor-filmaker Shashi Kapoor will be presented the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award tomorrow by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley.The veteron actor was unable to attend the award ceremony in Delhi because of his ill-health, therefore he would be handed over the award at...
19:21
Indians bagged one silver and two bronze on the opening day of the inaugural Asian Youth Athletics Championships here. Ashish Bhalothia won a silver in boys shot put with a throw of 17.75m at the Qatar Sports Club stadium.Anumol Thampi (girls 3000m race) and Seema Sangwan (girls discus...
19:12
David Cameron is spending the weekend finalising his first all-Conservative cabinet after his party won a majority in Thursday's election.The PM has already reappointed Chancellor George Osborne, who has also been made first secretary of state. Read this story HERE
19:06
Rs 15,800 crore deposited in 15 crore Jan Dhan accounts: PM.
19:01
The first phase of 'Clean Ganga' campaign will be completed by October 2016 for the conservation of the river, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today. The work for the completion of the first phase of 'Ganga Samagra Abhiyan' is in full swing and is expected to be completed by October next...
18:44
Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan today said the maritime force regularly monitors activities of Chinese and other navies, and sought to play down deployment of submarines in Indian Ocean by the Communist nation.The Navy, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative, has taken lead...
18:42
Six guards and 30 detainees were killed in a prison break north of the Iraqi capital during which 40 inmates escaped, an interior ministry spokesman said Saturday.The spokesman said the break on Friday started when an inmate grabbed a weapon from a warden at the prison on the main police compound...
18:20
The 7.9-magnitude temblor may have killed thousands of people and destroyed more than two lakh houses, but it could not jolt the spirit and warmth of the Nepalese people, foreign visitors to the country say. The people of Nepale have shown extraordinary resilience in this hour of unimaginable...
18:10
With Karnataka high court all set to give its verdict on May 11 on appeals filed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in a disproportionate assets case, prohibitory orders would be clamped around the court area on that day.City Police Commissioner M N Reddi has...
17:25
Making the first prime minesterial visit in three decades to this Maoist hotbed, Narendra Modi today asked the ultras to shed the gun and put an end to mindless deaths in favour of peace.Those who feel that whether or not this macabre drama of death will end, I can tell you with full commitment...
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Just In: At least six civilians were injured today in a grenade attack by terrorists in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said. The terrorists hurled a grenade at a police party in main town market of Shopian, 52 km from Srinagar. The grenade missed the intended target and...
14:55
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he will make a statement in Parliament on Monday or Tuesday on the issue of Dawood Ibrahim against the backdrop of controversy following his junior minister's contention that the whereabouts of the underworld don are not known.Talking to the reporters here...
14:37
The bodies of the victims of helicopter crash, including ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and wives of Indonesian and Malaysian envoys to Pakistan, were brought to Islamabad on Saturday from the site of accident. MI-17 military helicopter carrying diplomats had caught fire yesterday...
14:32
As epic Bollywood romance drama Khuda Gawah completed 23 years, megastar Amitabh Bachchan fondly remembered the adventure-filled shooting of the film. The 72-year-old actor starred in the Mukul S Anand-directed film alongside Sridevi, Nagarjuna, Shilpa Shirodkar and Danny Denzongpa. 23...
13:19
A day after the Bombay High Court suspended his five-year prison sentence in a hit-and-run case, actor Salman Khan will resume shooting for Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Kashmir today.The actor was not present in court on Friday when a judge said the 49-year-old can apply for bail with a bond of Rs...
13:16
Jolted by the attempted suicide of their four young female colleagues, which led to the death of one, 20 athletes of the Sports Authority of India Centre in Alappuzha have taken leave to recover from the trauma. All the 20 are boys. Another 12 female athletes have also sought permission to...
12:49
Two women were injured when an explosion took place inside a house in Bardhaman district of West Bengal this morning.The house located at Beguntola village near Ketugram collapsed due to the impact of the blast that injured two women, district SP Kunal Agarwal said. The blast took place at...
11:50
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took questions from students at the education city in the Naxal-hit Datewada district of Chhattisgarh. It is estimated to serve almost 5,000 most deprived children of the region every year by providing them the opportunity to have quality education.Here's...
11:34
400 people from Marenga and adjoining villages in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district have been taken hostage by Naxals ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state. The villagers were on their way to participate in the PM's rally.However, police officials have denied any hostage...
10:34
INS Sardar Patel, the latest naval base of the Indian Navy, will be commissioned in Porbandar, Gujarat on Saturday.Admiral RK Dowan is also likely to be present on the occasion.In view of the enhanced operational tempo along the coast of Gujarat due to the growing maritime security challenges,...
09:43
Security has been stepped up in Chhattisgarh in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.According to reports, over 15,000 security officials have been deployed in the state to prevent any untoward incident. The bomb disposal squads have also been pressed into action.The Maoists have called...
09:39
After Jan Dhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch three mega social security initiatives -- one pension and two insurance schemes on Saturday.The schemes will be launched in Kolkata where assembly elections are due next year. More than a dozen Union ministers will also fan out across the...
09:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Naxal-affected Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region today. This will be Modi's first visit to the region after becoming the prime minister last year.Modi is scheduled to inaugurate two projects there worth a total of Rs 24,000...
03:15
Dozens were feared dead in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in renewed clashes between minority Pygmies and majority Bantus, the UN said today. Several people died but the exact toll was in dispute, with estimates ranging from around 20 to 60 people killed in attacks between April...
03:15
US aviation officials acted within their authority in allowing airline passengers to use cell phone and other electronics during takeoffs and landings, a federal appeals court ruled today. The court of threw out a lawsuit from the nation's largest flight attendants union that challenged the...
03:13
President Barack Obama will meet one-on-one with Saudi Arabia's new monarch, King Salman, in Washington next week as the two allies struggle to reduce turmoil across the Middle East.The White House says the two will talk Wednesday before Obama welcomes other heads of Gulf Cooperation Council...
02:27
Two persons died of suspected anthrax and 16 other villagers are suffering from symptoms of the disease at Simdega district, a health official said here today. Civil Surgeon B Trivedi said that one man died on May 4 and another on May 6 following anthrax symptoms, but its confirmation could...
02:02
Prime Minister David Cameron sealed a surprise election win by persuading Britons to choose the security of modestly rising living standards over an implausible pretender many feared could become the puppet of Scottish nationalists.Blending the promise of the good life fueled by a strong economic...
01:26
A suicide bombing at a school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Potiskum ended with six students injured and the suicide bomber dead.Extremist group Boko Haram, which has remained active in the northeast despite recent military setbacks, is suspected to have been responsible.The attack started...
01:16
The United States has raised the security threat level of its military bases after FBI's claim of thousands of online ISIS followers in the US. We have raised the security threat level of our military bases as there are thousands of online ISIS followers in the US, FBI Director, James Comey,...
01:15
A fire broke out at Lake Mall in the southern parts of the city late tonight. A Kolkata Police official said five fire tenders fought the blaze which was spotted around 12 midnight and smoke was still billowing out of the multi-storied shopping mall. The mall building also houses shops along...
00:43
Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden China visit, the Pentagon today told the US Congress that despite improved political and economic relations between the two Asian giants, India-China border tensions remain. Despite increases in China-India political and economic relations,...
00:28
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said today that a humanitarian ceasefire in the Yemen conflict would start on Tuesday, although he stressed its success depended entirely on the Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels. We have made a decision that the ceasefire will begin this Tuesday, May 12, at...
00:26
The US today said it believes Pakistan's explanation that a technical fault was responsible for the deadly crash of a helicopter in PoK that killed seven people including the Norwegian and Filipino envoys. We have no reason to doubt what the Pakistani authorities have said. But, of course,...
00:26
MiG-27 crashes in Bengal, 2 civilians die, pilot ejects safelyThe Great Brit who proved all predictions wrongWe don't need religious freedom lectures from the USBrahMos missile test-fired, meets all flight parametersSalman out on bail after 5-year sentence suspendedTaliban downs chopper with...
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