23:55
As a mark of protest against the thrashing of Dalit youths in Una, Amrutlal Makwana, a Dalit writer from Gujarat, today announced that he would return the award conferred on him by the state government, accusing theadministration of having no sympathy for the community.Makwana told PTI he would...
23:52
Donald Trump comes out of his convention ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, topping her 44% to 39% in a four-way matchup including Gary Johnson (9%) and Jill Stein (3%) and by three points in a two-way head-to-head, 48% to 45%. That latter finding represents a 6-point...
22:44
Backing his party MP Bhagwant Mann over the Parliament video issue, AAP leader Ashutosh today said he wanted to expose the lucky draw system of choosing questions in the House and asked if the act involved biggersecurity breach than Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting ISI to Pathankot air...
22:15
The National Investigation Agency today filed a charge sheet in a court here against three accused, who were deported from the United Arab Emirates for their alleged Islamic State links, claiming that they were conspiring to carry out terror strikes in India and other countries.According to...
21:53
A committee set up to probe the videography controversy of Bhagwant Mann on Monday gave the Aam Aadmi Party member of Parliament time till July 28 to respond to the charge that his action had compromised security of the Parliament House complex even as it decided to seek the views of experts on...
21:46
JUST IN: Army apprehends commander-in-chief of terrorist outfit UPLA along with 2 cadres in Diphu, Karbi Anglong district (Assam).
21:23
Turkey has arrested 62 children and accused them of treason after the botched military coup last week. The youngsters, aged 14 to 17, were from Kuleli Military school, the oldest of its kind in Istanbul.They have reportedly been thrown in jail and are not allowed to speak to their parents, The...
20:42
The Islamic State has taken responsibility for the suicide attack by a 27-year-old Syrian asylum seeker outside an open-air music festival in Germany, even as German authorities found a video on the mobile phone of the suicide bomber in which he pledged allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr...
20:27
The mobile internet services, which were suspended in Jammu for the past 15 days, have been restored.The services were suspended in view of the violence in state that erupted after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wanis killing in the Valley.In Kashmir, however, curfew remained in force in the...
20:10
Pakistan was today dismissive of India's move to withdraw children of diplomats and High Commission officials from schools in the country, describing it as an 'informal, internal, administrative' arrangement.Pakistan Foreign Office also said it was informed of the decision two months ago and that...
19:58
JUST IN: 'Thank you for your support and prayers,' tweets Salman Khan after being acquitted in black buck poaching case.
19:30
AAP MP Bhagwant Mann's fate being decided. The first meeting of the committee formed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Bhagwant Mann which began at 5 pm today ends. Mann has asked for 3 days to submit his deposition.The Lok Sabha Speaker todday told disgraced Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP...
19:11
The scathing attack on Russian foreign policies in the Global Times newspaper on Sunday has no precedents. It goes way beyond the occasional sparring in a spirit of 'glasnost'. Read MK Bhadrakumar's blog here.
18:38
Baba Ramdev playing football with MPs was the main topic of discussion in the Central Hall of Parliament today. But NCP MP Praful Patel who is the real coordinator of the Members of Parliament Foodball Team was unaware of Baba Ramdev being invited. On being informed about it, Patel announced that...
17:59
Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh will host a lunch for Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and fimlstar Dimple Khanna. Here's how it came to pass.Singh who is now active in the Central Hall of Parliament was seen today talking to Ramesh and the topic of discussion veered away frpom politics into general...
17:23
Here's what happened after former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's presser this morning where he outlined the reasons for quitting the Rajya Sabga. While he said he had been told to stay away from Punjab, he refused to comment on whether he was joining the AAP.And this probably why. Vijay Sampla, BJP...
17:06
India has asked the staff members of its High Commission in Islamabad to send their school-going children back to India for security reasons, Pakistan foreign office has told NDTV. This is an informal, internal, administrative arrangement we were informed of, more than a month. It is the...
16:55
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said it had agreed to buy Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) core internet business for $4.83 billion in cash, ending a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer.Buying Yahoo's operations will boost Verizon's AOL internet business, which it bought last year for $4.4...
16:33
A defiant Narsingh Yadav today demanded a CBI probe into the doping scandal which has jeopardised his participation in the Olympics, alleging that a conspiracy has been hatched to scuttle his Rio dream.There should be a CBI inquiry. The whole episode relating to my selection had gone to court....
16:27
Just in: Indian embassy staff in Islamabad, Pakistan, asked to send their school kids back to India. Details awaited.
16:07
Rajan Bargotra, IG, Coast Guard gives an update on the IAF AN 32 plane which went missing on Friday. Entire Eastern fleet engaged for a drawn out search operation but we haven't been able to locate either debris or survivors, says Bargotra. We have taken help from Govt departments like ISRO, but...
15:55
The Congress party's chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Sheila Dikshit returned to New Delhi on Saturday after a few hours on the campaign trail owing to a throat infection.Age is probably catching up on Dikshit, who is 78, and the possiblity of an intense and active campaign in Uttar...
15:21
Slamming the BJP-led state government over the gang rape and murder of a minor girl in Ahmednagar, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Monday said there was a need for a law like Sharia (Islamic) to check serious crimes against women and children.He said the hands and legs of those who rape and kill...
14:59
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court grants liberty to alleged rape survivor to terminate her 24-week-old abnormal foetus. The court says disallowing the victim to terminate her pregnancy would put her life at risk.On Friday, a medical board was set up at KEM hospital in Mumbai to examine...
14:39
The US today called for candour and openness ahead of NSA-level talks with China here, the first such high-level political dialogue since an international tribunal rejected Beijing's expansive claims over the strategic South China Sea. US National Security Advisor Susan Rice began her visit here...
14:04
At least two people have been killed and over a dozen injured after a shooting at a nightclub in Fort Myers, western Florida. The incident is believed to have taken place during a teen night with some of people at the event as young as 13. The shooting took place at Club Blu in the...
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Just in: Wrestling Federation of India backs wrestler Narsuingh over failed dope tests saying it believes he is innocentWFI chief Brij Bhusan Saran. says the body believe it's a conspiracy and he has not got a fair deal. Narsingh has given the Federation a written complaint. He has never said no...
12:42
The Shiv Sena on Monday defended its party chief Uddhav Thackeray's demand of proclaiming India a 'Hindu state', saying they are not attacking the government and have just put forward their views as allowed in a democracy.Kashmir is a symbol of nationalism. It's our pride. It is a very...
12:31
CBI seeks more time to file supplementary chargesheet against Chhota Rajan in J Dey Murder case. CBI mentions in Special CBI court that during investigation some evidence was found against some other person also.
12:09
Navjot Singh Sidhu: Was told to contest 2014 polls from Kurukshetra. How can I abandon the people who voted for me? Punjab is my home, I cannot leave Punjab. Have been told to stay away 3-4 times. At least tell me my crime. Party is not above Punjab. Sidhu will be there for whatever is good for...
12:04
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's first press conference after his resignation from the Rajya Sabha. He says the reason he resigned was because he was told that to stay away from Punjab. Sidhu, Punjab se door raho, he says alluding to a bird returning to its nest. How can I turn my face away...
11:53
First response from AAP MP Bhagwant Mann after being shown the door for his security breach video: All parties ganged up against AAP in Parliament. I had sent a written apology to the Speaker but it wasn't enough. Decision not against me but AAP which is opposing the Modi government, Mann...
11:32
Security breach video: LS speaker Sumitra Mahajan advises AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament until a decision is made.The Speaker also sets up a 9-member panel to probe Mann's video which put Parliament security in peril. The panel will submit the report on August 3. In other words,...
11:04
Supreme Court issues notice to Vijay Mallya on plea seeking contempt proceedings against him alleging that he has not given full details of his assets.The court has also given more time to the Debt Recovery Tribunal to complete hearing in the Mallya loan default case.In April, Mallya had been...
11:03
With Narsingh Yadav's roommate Sandeep Yadav at the SAI Sonepat camp also testing positive for the same banned substance, the WFI said that it strengthens the conspiracy theory and indicates at a clear case of sabotage.The fact that Narisngh's teammate at the camp has also tested positive for the...
10:55
Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had quit the Rajya Sabha last week, will hold a press conference today at 11:30am.According to sources, Sidhu is likely to launch a no-holds barred attack on Sukhbir and Prakash Singh Badal.Sources told News18.com, that the cricketer-turned-politician is likely to blame...
10:53
Days after wrestler Narsingh Yadav failed a dope test, his roommate Sandeep Yadav too tested positive for banned substances by the National Anti-Doping Agency.The two wrestlers are roommates at the Sports Authority of India, Sonepat. Narsingh, who tested positive for a banned steroid in the...
10:43
There is a coordinated search going on between Indian Navy, IAF and coast guard: Navy chief Sunil Lanba on missing IAF AN-32.Talking to media persons on Monday, Admiral Lanba said: There are a total of 17 ships, 13 from navy and 4 from the Coast guard. Search areas have been designated. Over...
10:41
The Rajasthan high court has acquitted actor Salman Khan in the blackbuck poaching case.Salman had appealed before the high court challenging the lower court's verdict that had handed him one and five years' imprisonment, respectively, in the two separate cases of poaching.The hearing was...
10:37
In a tragic incident, eight children were killed and several others injured as their school minibus was hit by a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Auraiye area in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh this morning.The mini bus of Tenderheart School carrying students up to 10 years of age was...
09:07
A special CBI court will today pronounce its order on the bail plea of of suspended Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar in a corruption case.Kumar's lawyer Mohit Mathur earlier on July 23 argued before the court that recoveries are already being made.Lots of...
08:49
Congress Rajya Sabha strategy meet scheduled to take place at 10 am in the Parliament, today.
08:15
A Syrian refugee has been killed setting off a bomb at a bar in southern Germany which also wounded a dozen other people, authorities say, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week. The 27-year-old man, whose asylum application was rejected a year ago, had been targeting a nearby pop music...
08:14
German police said they had arrested a 16-year-old Afghan friend of the gunman who killed nine people in a rampage at a shopping centre in Munich. We suspect that this boy aged 16 years could have been aware of the act, police said in a statement following Friday's shooting spree after which...
08:13
Normal life was paralysed in parts of Kashmir for the 17th consecutive day today even as security agencies braced for a march called by separatists.Curfew is in force in five South Kashmir districts - Anantnag, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian and eight police station areas of Srinagar city...
08:12
AAP MLA Naresh Yadav, who has been arrested in connection with the alleged Malerkotla sacrilege incident on June 24, will be produced in the court today.Yadav has been booked under relevant sections of the IPC after one of the accused, Vijay Kumar, arrested in connection with the incident,...
08:10
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service resumed today after remaining suspended for two weeks in view of the unrest in Kashmir Valley that has left 45 people dead and 3,400 others injured.Passengers travelling across the Line of Control by the bus -- also known as Karwan-e-Aman (Peace Caravan) --...
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