23:14
At the end of his sojourn in the hills, a fresh and energetic Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be in the thick of action with ministers and officials prepared to brief him on crucial developments including the setback in the Delhi high court. An AAP functionary said that Kejriwal, who...
23:10
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday made an appeal to the Imams not to make provocative speeches during Friday prayers so that the people with vested interest do not exploit the situation. The Imams and Khateebs are requested not to deliver provocative speeches so that the situation is not...
22:58
Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Thursday said scientists have been made scapegoats in the Antrix-Devas case after he was named in the chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Nair said he and others who have been named as an accused in the chargesheet in...
22:23
The accused in the hit-and-run case in Delhi's Subhash Nagar area, which had triggered outrage as the victim lay bleeding on the road for nearly an hour even as people walked past him, was nabbed by the police on Thursday evening.Based on the CCTV footage from the accident site, the accused...
21:53
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday ordered removal of the Chief Medical Superintendent of the government hospital in Bahraich where an infant died allegedly after he was not given timely treatment by the staff as his parents could not pay the bribe demanded by them.The chief...
21:23
Terrorists today shot at and injured two civilians in Tangmarg area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.The terrorists opened fire on Aftab Ahmed and Abdur Rehman at Tangmarg on the Srinagar-Gulmarg raod at around 7 pm, injuring the two civialans, a police official said. While...
20:54
The first batch of 26 Indian workers, who had lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia, arrived in New Delhi today after the country issued them exit visas.Saudi Arabia had agreed to swiftly resolve plight of thousands of laid-off Indian workers including providing them free passage to return to India...
20:31
Pakistan today said it has written to the Arab League highlighting 'horrific Indian brutalities' in Kashmir and asked its member countries to intervene. Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in a letter to the Secretary-General of Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said the current unrest in the...
20:15
Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke in the Lok Sabha on atrocities against Dalits issue.This issue must not be politicised, this is a challenge for all of us. We will make an attempt to curb it, Rajnath Singh on Dalit atrocities.We can't make progress until the poor and downtrodden are empowered....
19:54
The Modi government is set to announce three new governors for soon after Parliament session is over. Anandiben Patel, Najma Heptulla and D H Shankaramurthy are being tipped for the governorship of Punjab, Mizoram and Tamil Nadu respectively. Veteran BJP leader and legislative council...
19:38
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, undergoing treatment at a private hospital for the last nine days after after taking ill during a roadshow in Varanasi, is running fever and doctors have advised her to extend her stayby a few days.Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram hospital, where she was admitted on...
19:05
Amid an uproar over cow vigilantism, Haryana government has decided to carry out police verification of all members of the 'Gau Raksha Dals' inthe state and is considering issuing them identity cards.Haryana government's 'Gau Sewa Ayog', which carries out activities for protection of cows, said...
18:42
At least 10 people were today killed and 20 others injured, including two seriously, when a vehicle pile-up occurred in east China involving two buses, a car and a motorcycle.The pile-up took place in Boshan district of Shadong province's Zibo city around 8:23 am when a truck collided with two...
18:39
In his first official visit, Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar will travel to Lebanon, Syria and Iraq from August 17-23 during which he will discuss with the West Asian leadership key security issues, including threat by the Islamic State and the 39 Indians who were taken hostage...
18:35
With upsurge in militancy in the Kashmir Valley, the government today admitted that as many as 30 youths have joined various terror groups upto July this year.This was stated by minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir in Rajya Sabha while replying to a question asking whether a new age militancy...
18:01
Former Test cricketer and batting legend Hanif Mohammad breathed his last in a local hospital in Karachi on Thursday. The legendary cricketer, who was dubbed as 'The Little Master', died at the age of 81. Hanif Mohammad was admitted to hospital a week ago and as per the doctors, his...
17:44
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against the former Indian Space Research Organisatio chief Madhavan Nair in the Antrix Devas case involving a loss of allegedly Rs 578 crore in an agreement between the multi-media company Devas and Antrix. This is one of the...
17:24
Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the Huffington Post 11 years ago and built it into one of the largest digital media outlets in the US says she will be leaving the company in the coming weeks to focus on a soon-to-launch startup dedicated to issues of health and wellness -- Thrive...
17:14
Over a dozen mock drills are being conducted by security agencies every day in and around the Red Fort area to thwart possible terror threats during the Independence Day celebrations on August 15. Officials tasked to create an impregnable air-to-ground security for the event next week, where...
17:12
After the the recent morphed black-and-white photographs of celebrities with wounds from pellet guns went viral, a Kashmiri cartoonist has used the iconic Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) film poster to convey the brutal effects of pellets fired by crowd-control guns. Srinagar-based...
17:05
JUST IN: At least 21 killed in power plant blast in central China
16:45
Reserve Bank's outgoing Governor Raghuram Rajan, whose outspoken views have often been seen as being critical of the government, feels whatever he will say on Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be problematic.Rajan, whose tenure at RBI has been marked with several controversies triggered by his...
16:43
A South Korean company, which is engaged with state-PSU Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), caused a stir after its management allegedly slapped a notice on an Indian employee for chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai. KEPCO Plant Service and Engineering Company Limited, a South Korean...
16:39
Rajya Sabha passes the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016. It provides six-month maternity leave benefit to working women. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday gave its ex-post facto approval for amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 by introducing...
16:28
Ola, Uber and other taxi operators cannot charge more than stipulated rates after August 22, says the Delhi High Court.With an aim to regulate app-based taxi services, the AAP government in Delhi has drafted a policy under which these cab companies will be bound to charge fares prescribed by...
16:20
Just in: Indian boxers don't run the risk of disqualification from Rio Olympic; kit problems sorted out, says coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu.The International Boxing Association (AIBA) pulls up Indian boxers for not having 'India' written on their jerseys. Indian boxers Vikas Krishan , Manoj Kumar...
16:00
Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into a scam involving airside security passes at Healthrow Airport.Three hundred staff working for Sodexo, which supplies airline lounge services have had their passes suspended, Sky News reports. Read more
15:44
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) pulls up Indian boxers for not having 'India' written on their jerseys. Indian boxers Vikas Krishan , Manoj Kumar and Shiva Thapa now face a risk of being disqualified at the Rio Olympics, reports ABP News.It is a statutory requirement in Olympics to...
15:28
The government has decided to stop all All India Radio vernacular news bulletins except English, Hindi and Kashmiri due to lack of funds.
15:25
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who plays Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his upcoming biopic, today took a jibe at author Shobhaa De for her comments on Indian Olympians at Rio. De had mocked Indian athletes, saying that their aim was only to click selfies and return without any medal....
15:17
Hanif Mohammad returned to life after losing his heartbeat for six minutes as he battled for life at a hospital in Karachi. Regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world, Hanif has been battling with respiratory problems recently and had been admitted to the hospital a month back. He was later...
14:57
Four booklets reportedly written by former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, who allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday last, have been found in his room and handed over to police. We have not read the booklets so it cannot be assumed as suicide note. There was no diary found from...
14:40
EAM Sushma Swaraj who is easily the most popular of PM Narendra Modi's ministers and has a mammoth fan following on Twitter, posted this lovely picture today with her husband Swaraj Kaushal. She writes, Together after many years - a chance meeting with @governorswaraj at the Parliament House gate...
14:14
As the apathy of people to road accident victims was exposed again after a security guard bled to death in west Delhi, the city government today said it will soon announce a scheme under which people, including drivers of taxis and autorickshaws, will be rewarded for taking victims to hospital....
13:46
At 5:30 am in New Delhi's Subhash Nagar yesterday, 40-year-old Matibool was walking home after a night shift, when a speeding tempo hit him. Matibool was thrown in the air, he hit a lamp post, lost consciousness and lay bleeding. CCTV footage shows the driver of the tempo stopped, looked up and...
13:07
Four officers cooked pasta for a lonely old couple whose sounds of distress were overhead in their home, Rome's police department said. Authorities were alerted...
12:47
RS adjourns again till 2 pm as Samajwadi Party uproar over alleged discrimination against UP by Modi govt continues.
12:47
A lighter moment in Parliament as it battles Kashmir and Dalits... Popular Malayalam filmstar Suresh Gopi today briefly hogged limelight in the Rajya Sabha as he presented his maiden parliamentary report and Deputy Chairman P J Kurien complimented him. When Kurien called Meghraj Jain (BJP)...
12:29
Judgment on JNU student union leader Kanhaiya's bail cancellation at 2pm in the Delhi high court.
12:26
Every 15 minutes, a car in Delhi is either stolen or snatched. According to recent data, nearly 100 vehicles were reportedly stolen on each day of last month.A police study shows that the number vehicles stolen this year is double the figure registered in the whole of 2011. Officers also say...
12:17
BSP chief Mayawati today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in Parliament on the issue of atrocities on Dalits. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister alleged that the recent statements of the Prime Minister on Dalits were...
12:06
The IIT-Roorkee senate will today meet to take a relook at the decision to expel 10 first-year BTech students for scoring less than five CGPA.The decision for a relook follows a request to this effect from the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. The senate includes director, deputy...
11:57
Just in: Delhi High Court gives interim protection to Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa and two others till 22nd August. Yesterday, police registered an FIR against expelled the AIADMK MP and her family members on a complaint filed by her maid. The maid filed a sexual harassment case against...
11:32
A senior Air India pilot was caught drunk after having operated an international flight on Wednesday, in a rare incident in India's aviation history where a pilot was tested positive for alcohol in a post-flight medical test.The pilot turned out to be a repeat offender having failed a pre-flight...
11:23
With the ongoing demolition drive by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for encroachment on storm water drains in Bengaluru, a portion of the house of NSG commando Niranjan Kumar, who was killed during the Pathankot terror attack in January, has also come under its demolition...
11:06
Just in: Nine days after the horrific collapse of a bridge in Mahad over the Savitri River, one of the two buses which fell into the river has been found. After a long search for the last eight days, the Naval teams have located two bus wreckages submerged in the water at Mahad, the Defence PRO...
10:40
Torrential rain wiped out the entire 25-match tennis programme at the Olympics on Wednesday, threatening to scupper Rafael Nadal's triple gold medal assault. Among the matches cancelled were all three due to feature Nadal who is still in the singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. The...
10:27
The shuttlers led by Saina Nehwal will make their first appearance in the Olympic Games here today along with men golfers as India still waits for its first medal after five days of fruitless labour in this Brazilian city. All seven shuttlers, three in singles and the rest in doubles, will...
10:15
While on Swamy, read this piece on his bete noire Raghuram Rajan, if you already haven't.Outgoing RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Wednesday that he was open to staying a bit longer to complete the unfinished work of bank clean up, but is perfectly happy to go.Rajan, who had in June decided...
10:06
Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to review the UPA government's decision to outsource data management and computation of tax share to a private entity, reports India Today.In his letter to the PM, Swamy said that this was a swift and secret...
09:46
Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973 when it comprised eight members and there was no political project of ever closer union. The enthusiasm for more integration may now diminish but the recent past has revealed the European Union leadership at its worst; the European...
09:43
More than a year after the devastating earthquakes struck Nepal, some of the country's famous museums and institutions have once again opened to visitors as a result of combined work of the UN's cultural agency and its partners, a top UN official has said.The rehabilitation of Nepal's museums...
09:29
Martina Hingis who parted ways with Sania Mirza has explained why the winning partnership ended in an Instagram post. Their astonishing partnership earned them nine titles, including the WTA Finals, last year. Hingis who posted this on Instagram, writes on behalf of Sania as well. After three...
09:15
Renowned civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, who ended her 16-yearlong hunger strike against AFSPA on Tuesday, said she would only get married if people reject her fresh innings as a politician. Sharmila had recently announced her desire to end the strike in order to contest next year's...
08:50
Canadian police kill suspect after receiving tip-off of terror threat, news channels report.Canadian federal police earlier said they had arrested a suspect who posed a potential terrorist threat, after receiving a tip about an imminent attack.Broadcaster CTV, citing internal government...
08:49
Bethesda swimming phenom Katie Ledecky picked up her fourth medal in Rio, as the United States defended its Olympic title in the 4x200 freestyle relay event.
08:12
Four years after a bronze at London Games made her the toast of the nation, Saina Nehwal will once again carry a billion hopes when she along with the other six shuttlers, including doubles exponent Jwala Gutta, begin their campaign at the Rio Olympics today.Saina had started her Olympic journey...
08:09
The year-long 'Kumbh Mela' which began in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar last year, will conclude today.The 'Kumbh Mela' started on July 14 last year after a grand flag-hoisting ceremonySatish Shukla of Nashik Purohit Sangh said the flag will be brought down on Thursday in a ceremony at Trimbakeshwar...
08:07
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch a databank to gather information about micro, small and medium enterprises today besides Online Finance Facilitation Centres to provide collective funding options for MSMEs.Through the databank, we shall carry out a census of MSMEs online for the first...
07:57
A garbage collector convicted of the Grim Sleeper killings that terrorised southern Los Angeles for more than two decades was sentenced to death. Lonnie David Franklin, 63, had been convicted of 10 counts of first-degree murder for the killings of nine women and a 15-year-old girl between...
03:49
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blasted Ukraine over an alleged attempted incursion into the disputed Crimea region that Kiev fiercely denied.This is very alarming news. In fact, our security services prevented an incursion into the territory by a sabotage-reconnaissance group from...
03:44
South Sudan on Wednesday rejected a UN proposal to send a 4,000-strong regional force to the restive capital of Juba, saying it undermined the young nation's sovereignty.The US-drafted resolution presented to the Security Council seeks to establish a protection force of African troops authorised...
02:51
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Republican opponent Donald Trump of inciting violence with his call for gun rights activists to stop her from nominating liberal United States Supreme Court justices.Clinton's comments added to a growing outcry over Trump's...
02:34
Railways has ordered an inquiry into the Chennai train robbery incident and sought a detailed report from the department concerned at the earliest.In a daring heist, Rs 5.78 crore were stolen from the train at Chennai Egmore station. The stolen money was part of the Rs 340 crore cash being sent...
02:18
At least two law enforcement officers were shot Wednesday in Sebastian County, Arkansas, according to ABC affiliate KHBS-TV.The shooting was confirmed to ABC News by Sandy Sanders, mayor of Fort Smith, Arkansas.The conditions of the officers are unknown at this time.Sebastian County Sheriff Bill...
02:16
The brother-in-law of one of the Islamic extremists behind the January 2015 attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday agreed to his extradition from Bulgaria but denied being a terrorist.I want an immediate extradition to France, Mourad Hamyd, 20, told an extradition hearing in Sofia,...
01:33
The United States Secret Service has had more than one conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign regarding comments the candidate made about gun rights, according to CNN.If (Democrat Hillary Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks, Trump said at...
01:31
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly dedicating the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant, Greenpeace India on Wednesday questioned the Centre for pushing the venture which places communities and environment at high risk of nuclear...
00:43
Two aircraft landed safely at Brussels' Zaventem airport after receiving bomb threats, the Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday evening.State prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt said his office had received information about possible bomb alerts and had opened an investigation, but...
00:11
Republican Donald Trump has blamed the media after being accused of urging supporters to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton.He told Fox News dishonest reporters had twisted his remarks, which appeared to suggest that gun rights advocates could stop Clinton if...
00:07
Two bomb blasts killed at least seven people and injured dozens more in southern Turkey Wednesday, a senior official said.One of the explosions targeted a police bus outside Mardin State Hospital in the town of Kiziltepe, on the Turkish border with Syria.The blast killed three people and wounded...
00:02
- All-party meet over Kashmir on Friday; PM to attend - Captured terrorist says LeT, Pak orchestrating Kashmir unrest - Even after 16 years, Irom Sharmila keeps her mother waiting
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