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Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday apologised to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for his remarks that they could have 'dragged her by her hair', saying he didn't intend to make any 'personal attack'.Never did I try to hurt feelings of any person or intended to make...
22:50
While the government is pushing for digital payments through mobile phones, chipset maker Qualcomm said that wallets and mobile banking applications in India are not using hardware level security which can make online transactions more secure.You will be surprised because most of the banking or...
22:02
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to depute a team to study extensive damages caused by the cyclonic storm Vardah.He also sought Rs 1,000 crore as National Disaster Response Fund for the state.'Request you to urgently sanction release of...
21:30
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif might like to attend United States President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration with his government voicing optimism the new administration in Washington will provide it with 'a fresh opportunity to burnish its credentials' with the US, a media report said.The...
20:41
Cyclone Vardah has weakened into a well marked low pressure, a day after it wreaked havoc in the city and neighbouring districts, weather officials said on Tuesday.As of 8.30 am today, the cyclone which made landfall yesterday has weakened into a well marked low pressure and it is nearly 40 km...
20:06
Internet and broadband subscribers of Airtel may experience slower speed in the country as one of undersea cable of the company has been hit by cyclone in Chennai.Due to the severe cyclone at Chennai coast yesterday, one of our international undersea cables has been damaged and Internet traffic...
19:59
Supreme Court has dismissed the BCCI's plea seeking a review of its July 18 verdict directing it to implement the recommendations of Justice R M Lodha panel on massive structural reforms in the cricket body. We have examined the grounds urged in support of the prayer for review. We find no...
19:54
DMK Treasurer and Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader M K Stalin today rode pillion on a two wheeler to visit cyclone Vardah-affected areas in his Kolathur assembly constituency.Stalin hopped on to a party functionary's motorbike to visit areas where his car could not travel, DMK said. He visited...
19:44
India is developing atomic submarines and building up its atomic stockpile day by day, a top Pakistani official claimed on Tuesday, asserting that Islamabad has been forced to take measures to ensure its defence.Additional Secretary (UN and Economic Cooperation) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
19:40
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present in Parliament for the remaining three days of the winter session and accused the Opposition of changing goalpost to disrupt functioning of both the Houses.The Prime Minister, except when he was out, is in...
19:37
Retail inflation eased to multi-year low of 3.63 per cent in November on account of sharp drop in prices of food items, reflecting weak demand as consumers grappled with cash crunch following demonetisation. This is the lowest level at least since January 2014 and the consumer inflation was...
19:37
Telecommunication network services were hit the most by cyclone Vardah that barrelled through Chennai yesterday, leaving many people without any means to contact their near and dear ones. Mobile services, including of Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, were affected in the city and its neighbouring...
19:34
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who underwent a kidney transplant three days ago, was on Tuesday shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at AIIMS in New Delhi and was recovering well.The 64-year-old minister is likely to be discharged in another seven to ten days, senior hospital...
18:10
12 people, including four school children, have been killed after a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, ANI reported.MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced 2 lakh each for kin of those dead and 25,000 for those injured.
18:01
Child born out of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to the mother, rules Delhi HC
17:49
CBI registers case against officials of Bank of Baroda, Kolkata, for allegedly illegally converting Rs 50 lakh post-demonetisation, PTI reports
17:47
Tamil Nadu government clarifies that 18 people have been killed in rain-related incidents during Cyclone Vardah in the state.
17:42
RBI has asked banks to preserve CCTV recordings of operations at bank branches and currency chests to help law enforcement agencies in identifying people engaged in hoarding of new notes post demonetisation. The Reserve Bank, in a notification issued today, said banks should preserve CCTV...
17:38
CBSE Board to meet by December end over making 10th Board Exams compulsory from 2017-18, ANI reports.
17:38
Deputy RBI Governor R Gandhi on Tuesday gave an assessment of monetary dealings since demonetisation.He says, From November 10 till December 10, banks have issued notes worth 4,61,000 crore to the public over their counters and through ATMs.RBI also issued to public through banks and branches,...
17:32
Rick Perry, the former governor of oil-rich Texas who once vowed to eradicate the Energy Department if elected president, is Donald Trump's pick for energy secretary, US media reported. The Texas native, who participated in the Republican primary but was crushed by President-elect Trump...
16:56
Twenty-four hours after Cyclone Vardah slammed into Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, citizens in Chennai are picking themselves up after the storm left 10 dead and thousands displaced in both the states. Reports say that no shops in Chennai have been accepting card payments citing network failure...
16:14
Attacking the Modi government over demonetisation, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that adequate bank network was missing from Muslim areas.In many Muslim areas, banks are not present in the manner they should be. The proportion of loan distribution is also less (compared to...
16:01
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has cleared ex-gratia to next of kin of 17 persons, including Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani's brother, killed in militancy-related incidents in the Valley, while giving one week's time for filing of any objection before formal orders are issued. Burhan...
15:53
From the New Yorker: Hillary Clinton will not be the first woman president of the United States. But Americans are ready to elect one: despite the real misogyny that Clinton faced, this was a close election. And they should do it soon. Here is a list of potential candidates to get started....
15:18
Minister of Water Resources Uma Bharti speaks at a youth conference in Jhansi, even as an aide holds on to the stool she is precariously perched on.
14:55
Congress releases a 28-minute audio tape on MoS Home Kiren Rijiju and his cousin Goboi's dealings, and says it want a probe into the allegations against Rijiju.The PM should depute an agency to investigate the Rijiju tapes and he should step down. Satta mein aane se pehle PM ne naara diya tha,...
14:24
INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt at Chennai this morning off-loading relief material for the cyclone-hit city and the Tamil Nadu.
14:13
Yasin Bhatkal and four others convicted by Hyderabad court for Dilsukhnagar blasts in the 1st conviction of Indian Mujahideen cadre.
14:00
Finance minister Arun Jaitley rebuts P Chidambaram on note ban. There were two striking features of the two Congress regimes (UPA), no steps against corruption or black money.So its understandable that they are uncomfortable with this strong step by Modi Government. Corruption scams peaked in...
13:34
A team from the Centre is likely to reach Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to oversee the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Vardah. The team will be headed by a Joint Secretary in the Home ministry, while the rest of the team will be drawn from three union ministries. Once constituted, the team...
13:25
In a significant development, the World Bank has paused the separate processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty to allow the two countries to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements. We are announcing this pause to protect the Indus Waters Treaty and...
13:18
A senior Reserve Bank of India or RBI official has been arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly helping convert banned notes. Eight men have also been arrested in a series of raids in which crores in new notes have been found.K Micheal, a senior special assistant with...
13:06
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday brushed aside all allegations of corruption levelled against him and his distant cousin, saying that the ones planting such news would be beaten up with shoes if they come to Arunachal. Ye jo plant kar rhe hain news,hamare yahan ayenge...
12:50
In an attempt to remove some of the bitter taste left by the demonetisation exercise, the Delhi BJP has asked its cadres to distribute laddoos to every household in the city -- one laddoo per family -- to thank' them for their patience'.The Indian Express reports that the newly appointed Delhi...
12:33
The Prime Minister's Office is peeved with the information and broadcasting ministry as well as the Press Information Bureau over the television coverage of the fallout of demonetisation, reports senior journalist Rajeev Sharma. The PMO feels that most television channels are now...
12:08
A day after Cyclone Vardah slammed into Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, partial services on Chennai Suburban rail have resumed. After a night without electricity, Chennai will have to wait till this evening for supply to be restored. State Minister KC Veeramani said it may take longer in the...
11:34
Former Finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the Union government terming the demonetisation move as the biggest scam of the year' and demanded that it be investigated.This is an absurd move by the government. No one has any good word to say on this. It's a thoughtless move,...
11:12
A lone survey vessel has left an Australian port for perhaps the final time to search for the Malaysian airliner that mysteriously crashed into the southern Indian Ocean two years ago. Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester's office said Tuesday that the Dutch survey ship Fugro...
10:57
The nation on Tuesday paid homage to those who sacrificed their lives while defending Parliament House from the dastardly terror attack on this day in 2001. PM Narendra Modi and Members of Parliament and leaders from different political parties paid homage to the bravehearts at the plaque in...
10:31
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed in a tweet a few minutes ago, that his sons and his executives would run his business empire. He pushed back charges that he would continue to run his vast real estate holdings after he assumes office as the US President on January 20. @realDonaldTrump...
10:16
The death toll due to cyclone Vardah rose to 10 in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.Four persons have died in Chennai, two in Kancheepuram, two in Tiruvallur, one in Villupuram and one in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu.In the wake of the cyclone, the government and private schools, colleges and other...
10:03
Few know the Indian financial system as well as KV Kamath does. The former ICICI Bank chairman sees enormous benefits from demonetisation, though he says short-term pain is inevitable. In an interview with MC Govardhana Rangan, Kamath, now president of the New Development Bank established by the...
09:44
Presidential election recount efforts have come to an end in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with both states certifying Republican Donald Trump as the winner in contests that helped put him over the top in the Electoral College stakes. Trump's victory in Wisconsin was reaffirmed following a...
09:42
The White House today threw its support behind a Congressional investigation into Russian meddling in the US election, saying lawmakers had a special responsibility to investigate such an explosive issue.We have long supported the principle of congressional review of this matter, said White House...
09:39
With dense fog enveloping the national capital and the region around, the connectivity of the place is getting hampered almost every day with transport services either getting cancelled or delayed.The thick fog making the visibility very low has lead to disruption of rail, road and air...
09:22
United States President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state, The New York Times reports.Trump announced the selection on Tuesday morning.Tillerson, a deal maker, has spent the past four decades at Exxon, much of...
08:47
Fire that broke out inside car shade area of Kolkata's Dum Dum metro station at around 7am, is now under control, reports ANI.
08:34
As cyclonic storm Vardah crossed Chennai, the Chennai Airport has resumed operations. The flight services were temporarily suspended yesterday in view of the cyclone. All schools and colleges in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur will remain closed today.
08:10
Cristiano Ronaldo was named winner of the Ballon d'Or for the fourth time, organisers France Football said, capping a terrific year for the Real Madrid star.The 31-year-old Portuguese, who won the Champions League with Real and European Championships with Portugal in recent months, inherits the...
00:27
China has said that its position on India's entry to the Nuclear Suppliers Group as well as designating Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations remains unchanged.Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said, As for India's application to join the NSG and the listing matter of the UN...
00:25
Cyclone Vardah slams into TN; 4 dead, Chennai airport shutEx-Portuguese PM Guterres sworn in as UN Secretary-GeneralIndia among world's top five defence spendersIndia joins hands with world's most populous Muslim nation to combat terrorNagrota attackers killed sentry with silencer-fitted weapon
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