23:43
Najma Heptulla, who resigned on Tuesday from the Union Cabinet, said she has done so due to personal reasons and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving her the opportunity to serve the people.She also said she will be available for any responsibility given to her in future.I am extremely...
23:27
Two Haryana police officials were today arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli here. The policemen, identified as constables Vikram Singh and Jitendra Yadav, were arrested from the city. Last week, police...
22:37
An online petition that calls for a second referendum for the United Kingdom to decide on its fate in or out of the European Union will be debated in the British Parliament after it was signed by more than 4.1 million people.The UK's petitions committee said the debate would be held on September...
22:19
Hillary Clintons campaign is vetting James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the 16th supreme allied commander at NATO, as a possible running mate, according to a person with knowledge of the vetting process.Some close to Mrs. Clinton, the former secretary of state, say...
22:16
Delhi Transport Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday hinted at introducing the third phase of the odd-even scheme in the national capital during winters. There is no need to implement the third phase of odd-even scheme during monsoon season as the pollution is on the lowest level during this...
21:48
A German jihadist was sentenced to prison today on war crimes charges after posing for pictures in conflict-torn Syria with the severed and impaled heads of two government troops.Aria Ladjedvardi, aged 21 and with Iranian roots, received a prison term of two years, handed down by the Frankfurt...
21:43
The chasm between presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her primary rival was bridged on Tuesday, with Senator Bernie Sanders formally endorsing Clinton's bid for the White House.Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for...
21:24
Pakistani police say they are searching for a Christian man facing blasphemy charges after a Muslim friend accused him of insulting Islam with a poem.Local police official Mohammad Asim said today that the accused is on the run.The man is alleged to have sent his friend the controversial poem on...
20:55
Union ministers Najma Heptulla and GM Siddeshwara resigned on Tuesday, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made big cabinet changes.Najma Heptulla was the Minority Affairs Minister; minister of state Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has now been given independent charge of the ministry.Siddeshwara was...
20:26
Donald Trump says he believes relations between police and the nation'sAfrican-American community are far worse than people think, predicting that protests against police violence that followed last week's slaying of five police officers in Dallas might be just the beginning for this summer.In an...
19:57
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has released video message appealing to people in the state to maintain and restrain peace.In the video, the CM appeals everyone to help the government bring back normalcy to the state. I appeal everyone to help the Govt to bring back peace and...
19:39
In what might be the best hot mic moment of the year -- and there have been a few to choose from -- David Cameron was caught humming a little tune to himself shortly after he announced Theresa May would become the next UK Prime Minister.Do, doo, do, do..., he sings as he heads back to the Prime...
18:54
The toll in the Italy train collision has gone up to 20. Twenty people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, officials say. The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of...
18:51
Just in: Raj Babbar has been appointed the UP Congress Committee president, in effect the UP Congress chief. Making the announcement Ghulam Nabi Azad who is the UP poll in-charge said that the name of the CM will be decided later once the campaign begins. He admitted that Congress workers...
18:47
Delhi High Court on Tuesday protected the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and their children from being evicted from their government residence here till July 28.Justice Indermeet Kaur asked the Centre not to take any coercive steps against Payal Abdullah...
18:14
Just in: One person killed in fresh firing by security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources.
18:05
Home Minister Rajnath Singh approves compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the civilian victims of cross border firing along the border. The compensation given to those who die due to terrorism or Maoist violence has been increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, says the home ministry. Rs 5 lakh will also...
17:46
A woman on trial in one of Germany's worst infanticide cases, involving eight dead babies, confessed today to killing several of them but said she could not remember how many. Andrea Goeppner, 45, was charged with four of the murders after the babies' remains were found wrapped in towels and...
17:14
An angry China today rejected as null and void the verdict of a UN-backed international tribunal which struck down its claims over the South China Sea saying Beijing has no historic rights in the disputed area. China neither accepts nor recognises the ruling of a tribunal in the South China Sea...
16:49
Cricketer-turned politician and Chairman of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has married for the third time in a simple ceremony in London, according to media reports today. The news of the marriage surfaced after 63-year-old Khan in a recent interview said that he might...
16:41
Ten people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, BBC reports.The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta.Emergency services are trying to free...
16:37
Expressing regret over the loss of lives and injuries in the clashes in Kashmir, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon has called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further violence and hoped that all concerns would be addressed through peaceful means.The Secretary-General is closely following...
16:23
JUST IN: Italian news reports say two trains have collided head-on in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 4
15:56
Former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha has been indicted by a Supreme Court-appointed panel that investigated his alleged role in the coal scam. The panel reportedly found that the coal scam accused had visited the CBI chief. It also found that Sinha tampered with the proceedings of the coal scam...
15:53
7 terror suspects arrested in Hyderabad, have been sent to judicial custody till July 26 by NIA Special Court, reports news agency ANI
15:43
Sensex surges 181.45 to close at 27,808.14. Nifty closes at 8,524.10
15:30
attempts to strengthen the foundation of Indias culture, Union Communication and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had decided that the waters from the River Ganga will be distributed through the postal network. But with Manoj Sinha, the new MoS Communication and IT, will the...
15:11
Subramanian Swamy reacts to the National Herald verdict (Please, scroll down): Delhi HC judgement is not on law but on procedure. I will return to Patiala House for documents again and let court follow the HC procedure.
14:50
Here's the backgrounder on the South China Sea dispute. Read
14:49
An international Hague tribunal has finally given its ruling over a centuries-old maritime dispute between the Philippines and China. The courts findings could call into question Beijings wider claims to the South China Sea and spark a potentially destabilising reaction from China.The tribunal...
14:45
National Herald case: Relief to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi as the Delhi HC sets aside trial court order. Petitioner and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. will not get the documents that had been summoned by the trial court. The trial court had summoned various documents from the Finance Ministry and...
14:28
NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS module chief Yasir Niamatullah and Athaullah Rehman, who raised funds. Investigating a suspected terror module of ISIS in Hyderabad, the NIA today said the accused were tech-savvy and using a modern software to secure their email conversation with their handler in...
14:17
President Pranab Mukherjee with author Amitav Ghosh and his wife Deborah Baker during the Writer-In-Residence Programme at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
13:58
Just in: Sardar Singh removed as hockey team skipper. PR Sreejesh named captain, SV Sunil named vice captain. However, Sardar Singh remains in the 16-member squad for the Rio Olympics. The Indian women's hockey team captain Ritu Rani fails to make the cut for the Indian Hockey team to represent...
13:53
British Prime Minister David Cameron has gone out not with a bang, nor a whimper, but a mystery tune.He appeared to be humming a little tune to himself as he walked away from cameras after announcing he would hand over power to his successor Theresa May on Wednesday.Cameron stepped away still...
13:37
Delhi: Meeting underway between Congress UP incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Azad's residence in New Delhi. Before meeting Azad Priyanka met Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Reports suggest that Priyanka is likely to lead the poll campaign across UP. In the earlier state...
13:21
Ankur Bhardwaj @Bhayankur A page in Greater Kashmir today.
12:58
Following backlash on social media over 'Shaktiman' being given more importance than the cops who lost their lives, the Uttarakhand Government has removed the statue of the police horse installed at the Police Lines in Dehradun.The statue was here till last evening. Today morning when I came...
12:50
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria has said that the Kashmir dispute has international ramifications and rejected India's assertion that it is an internal matter where Islamabad has no role to play and should have no role to play. The dispute of Kashmir has international...
12:13
Justice at last for the family of the victims massacred at the Peshawar Army Public school. The mastermind behind the December 2014 massacre has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, senior Pakistani security officials claimed.The officials told Dawn on Monday that Umar Mansour was...
12:07
Mumbai police today intercepted a young man from Kerala who was on his way to Syria, with sources saying he could be helpful in cracking the disappearance of nearly two dozen Malayalees since they went abroad last month. We are questioning him. We intimated Kerala police and a team from...
12:04
British explorer Cairn Energy has sought USD 5.6 billion in compensation from the Indian government for raising a retrospective tax demand of Rs 29,047 crore on 10-year old internal reorganisation of its India unit. In a 160-page 'Statement of Claim' filed with an international arbitration panel...
11:36
Former J-K CM reacts to PM Narendra Modi's high-level meeting at his residence to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.Kashmir has been witnessing violent clashes between security forces and protesters in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen's poster boy Burhan Wani. The death toll...
11:23
Bihars dry law is going to be scarier. By the end of this month, once the proposed amendments to the New Excise Act, promulgated only three months ago, gets the approval of the State Legislature, the law will have more teeth. As per the proposed amendments, recovery of a bottle of liquor from...
11:21
Pellet guns have been regularly used to quell protests in Kashmir since 2010, when the state police introduced them as non-lethal weapon', their use has increased over the years. Read more
11:20
With 30 dead in Kashmir and curfew clamped in large swathes of the state amid the unrest over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani this heartwarming story is a must read. Take a look.
10:39
Narendra Modi's high-level meeting to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is underway at the prime minister's residence.Kashmir has been witnessing violent clashes between security forces and protesters in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen's poster boy Burhan Wani.
09:53
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has cancelled his visit to the United States in view of the unrest in Kashmir.On Monday, the home minister had reached out to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and discussed solutions to the on-going unrest.Singh also held...
09:15
Condemning or trolling televangelist Zakir Naik for allegedly spreading hatred through religious preaching might come easy, but law enforcing authorities would face difficulty in proving in a court of law. Over the years, the Supreme Court has consistently and meticulously differentiated...
09:01
BSF gunned down 3 Pakistani intruders at Shahpur post in Ajnala sector of the India-Pakistan international border, early this morning: Anil Paliwal, IG
08:58
President Barack Obama will travel to Dallas today where he will address an interfaith service in memory of five police officers shot dead in a sniper attack during a protest decrying police shootings of black men.At the invitation of Dallas Mayor, Obama will deliver remarks at an interfaith...
08:40
Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today on pleas of Congress leaders against a trial court order summoning documents from the Ministries of Finance and Corporate Affairs and other agencies and balance sheet of the party for 2010-2011 in the National Herald case.Congress...
08:34
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting today to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing violent clashes between security forces and protesters in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen's poster boy Burhan Wani. Ahead of the meeting, Union...
08:28
British Premier David Cameron will chair his last Cabinet meeting today and attend House of Commons for his last prime minister's questions on Wednesday before heading to Buckingham Palace to offer his official resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.We will have a new Prime Minister in that building...
08:23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home today after his four-nation Africa tour aimed at enhancing ties with the continent. Modi came back from Kenya, which was the last leg of his visit that also covered Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania. After a vital Africa tour which...
05:25
Describing himself as the law and order candidate, Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday said that if elected he would protect everyone and treat them justly without prejudice.Not only am I the law and order candidate, but I am also the candidate of compassion,...
03:44
hey may be thousands of miles apart -- but that didn't stop Black Lives Matter protesters in Europe marching in solidarity with their United States counterparts over the weekend.Hundreds of people marched in London, Berlin and Amsterdam, Netherlands, holding signs emblazoned with the hashtag...
02:59
Theresa May promised to build a better Britain and to make the UK's EU exit a success after she was announced as the new Tory leader and soon-to-be PM.Speaking outside Parliament, May said she was honoured and humbled to succeed David Cameron, after her only rival in the race withdrew on...
02:10
Kashmir is an internal matter of India, the US today said and asked all stakeholders to make efforts towards finding a peaceful resolution of tensions in the Valley following the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani last week. We have seen reports of the clashes between protesters and...
01:51
Three people are dead after a shooting at the Berrien County Courthouse.The Berrien County Prosecutors Office tells media that two of the dead are courthouse bailiffs and the third person was the shooter. A fourth person was wounded.The courthouse is still under lockdown, but the situation...
01:29
At least three people were killed in a shooting at a courthouse on Monday in southwestern Michigan, an employee at the county prosecutor's office told the Detroit Free Press. The employee, who wished not to be named, told the newspaper that three people are dead and one person is injured.Two...
01:19
South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar ordered a ceasefire by his forces on Monday, reciprocating a move made his rival President Salva Kiir who had earlier ordered his SPLA army forces to halt fighting, he told the independent Eye Radio.The president has declared a unilateral ceasefire, I want...
00:58
Eight soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomb targeted a Somalia military training camp and attackers then entered the base on foot, the military said today.The car bomb today morning allowed the fighters to infiltrate the Lanta Buro base in Lower Shabelle region, a military officer, Said...
00:22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday left for home after concluding his four-nation Africa tour aimed at enhancing ties with the continent.The prime minister, who arrived in the Kenyan capital on Sunday night on the last leg of his tour, on Monday held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru...
00:19
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said some elements are hell-bent on fomenting trouble and mayhem in Kashmir for their vested interests playing with the lives of innocent youth by instigating them to indulge in violence resulting in a vicious cycle of frenzy and...
00:04
Kashmir unrest: PM to chair high level meeting on Tuesday J&K: 13 CRPF jawans injured in grenade attack Theresa May to become UK's 2nd woman PM on Wednesday
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