23:10
A fresh poster issuing death threats to JNU student leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing charge of sedition, reportedly appeared here today, days after a similar poster announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh on Kumar which landed a youth in jail.An image of the...
23:09
Under fire over the flip-flop on Vijay Mallya's look-out circular, a red-faced CBI today admitted that the first notice seeking detention of the beleaguered businessman was issued to Bureau of Immigration because of an inadvertent error on its part. The CBI is facing flak after questions...
22:23
Saina Nehwal crashes out of the quarter finals of the All England Championships after losing against Tai Tzu Ying 15-21, 16-21.
22:05
A South African teenager has found debris which will be sent to Australia for testing as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines plane two years ago, the South African Civil Aviation Authority said. Liam Lotter, 18, told South Africa's East Coast radio he found...
22:02
Pakistan`s Senate passed a bill that criminalises for the first time sexual assault against minors, child pornography and trafficking. The amendment to the penal code, which will go into force after being ratified by the president, also raises the age of criminal responsibility from seven to 10...
21:45
The second tranche of 25 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released after the conclusion of Budget session of Parliament, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said. The Budget session would conclude on May 13 subject to exigencies of business.As many as hundred secret...
21:18
The JNU revoked the academic suspension of eight students including its students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the controversial event at its campus to protest the hanging of Afzal Guru. The suspension was revoked after a high-level committee of the university probing the...
20:32
JUST IN: Srinagar Jammu National Highway closed for traffic on both ways due to landslide near Gangroo, Ramsoo and Panthal.
20:30
After a hike in prices of food, now you will have to shell out more for tea and coffee in the Parliament House complex with their prices hiked manifold to Rs 5 per cup from today. Earlier,it cost just Re 1 for a cup of tea offered by Tea Board but now it is Rs 5. Coffee price was earlier Rs 1.50...
20:22
PM Narendra Modi addressed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's cultural festival.Here are the highlights:-- We must be proud of cultural heritage of our country-- If we keep criticising ourselves, why would the world look at us?-- Art of Living helped spread Indian values to the world -- Sri Sri...
19:55
Former rival Ben Carson backed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, becoming the second former presidential candidate to support the billionaire businessman in the race for the White House.Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who dropped out of the race on March 4, follows New Jersey...
19:34
JUST IN: Detention order issued against Vijay Mallya by CBI was an error by a lower level officer, says CBI.
19:24
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the attack on journalists at Patiala House Courts as a terrible exception and decried the presence of crowds inside court premises which he said creates an oppressive environment. He said the courts must remain detached and should not be...
19:14
The controversial three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living began today at the banks of Yamuna in Delhi. Responding to the criticism that the event has attracted, Sri Sri said, Yes, this is a private party, because the entire world is my family....
19:10
A powerful grenade blast in Pulwama town of south Kashmir triggered panic on Friday evening.A senior police officer said that militants hurled a grenade at a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force bunker in Pulwama town.The grenade exploded near the bunker without causing any damage, the...
19:01
A complaint was on Friday lodged against Jawaharlal Nehru University Students's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad for his alleged derogatory remarks against women and the Indian army at an event in New Delhi.The complaint was lodged by Mayank Tiwari, who is...
18:38
British Prime Minister David Cameron's 81-year-old mother has lost her job after a children's centre closed as a result of massive government cuts.Mary Cameron and her sister Clare Currie had last month signed a petition protesting against the Cameron-led government's plans to close 44 children's...
18:22
A railway passenger can now send an SMS to 58888 if the coach requires cleaning as the public transporter on Friday launched Clean My Coach initiative as part of its 'Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat' campaign.As per the scheme which is part of the rail budget 2016-17 proposals, for any cleaning in a...
18:14
Just In: A power generation unit at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Surat shut down after leakage of heavy water: Officials
17:59
India's first three women fighter pilots have been advised by the Indian Air Force to restrain from motherhood for the next four years so as not to adversely impact their ongoing training process.However, IAF sources clarified that the advisory is not legal binding and is to ensure that their...
17:50
After intense drama, Pakistan government has given green signal to its cricket team to travel to India for the ICC World T20.Pakistan's participation was under cloud after they threatened to pull out of the tournament citing security concerns. The PCB wanted a written assurance from the...
17:50
JUST IN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the World Culture Festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation in Delhi.
17:30
Cow urine is being sold alongside food in convenience stores in the UK despite environment experts warning against the practice, according to BBC's Asian Network.Plastic bottles filled with cow urine, and marked for religious purposes, were found in several London stores which also sold food, the...
17:15
After row over environment clearances, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival is being delayed by rain. Earlier, the India Meteorological Department has predicted rain on Saturday and Sunday, while patchy showers are expected on Friday night.Image: People take cover under umbrellas as...
16:59
The Bombay high court on Friday sought a response from actor Aamir Khan and Star TV to a public interest litigation by an activist taking objection to the use of words 'Satyameva Jayate' for their television programme.In his petition, activist Manoranjan Roy said the words 'Satyameva Jayate' form...
16:44
More than 21 lakh people have been infected with HIV virus in India which has the third largest population of those affected by the disease, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.India has the third largest number of people living with HIV in the world. The other two countries having higher numbers...
16:31
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has released manifesto of Trinamool Congress party for upcoming assembly elections.The polls in Bengal will be held in six phases from April 4. Votes will be counted on May 19. Photograph: ANI
16:02
'Apple has just issued invites for its next press event on the Apple Campus in Cupertino. The event is going to happen on March 21. As usual, Apple wrote a cryptic message on its invites -- let us loop you in, reports techcrunch.com. Rumour has it that Apple has been working...
15:56
In a hate-fuelled attack, a 66-year-old Buddhist monk was assaulted in the US with the attacker apparently mistaking him for a Muslim. Kozen Sampson, a Buddhist monk, said he was attacked during a visit to Hood River in Oregon state. The brown robe-clad Sampson's car door was kicked into his...
15:33
Marathi will be made a compulsory subject till standard 7th in IGCSE/IB schools in Maharashtra, and history of Shivaji Maharaj will be taught in these schools, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said today.A House resolution would be adopted to this effect and sent to the Centre, Tawde said, during...
15:18
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to use 'Bharat' instead of 'India' by the Union Government and states, saying that it was not right to bring all kinds of emotional issues to the court.Chief Justice of India, Justice T S Thakur, while...
15:14
JUST IN: A Delhi court has allowed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea to summon documents of financial details of Indian National Congress for 2010-11 in the National Herald case.
15:08
An estimated 2.3 million people living with HIV are co-infected with hepatitis C virus globally, a new study has found. Of these 2.3 million, more than half, or 1.3 million, are people who inject drugs, researchers from University of Bristol and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
15:01
'While many executives complain India's economy is stuck in a rut, a recent survey shows Indian companies still have big plans for hiring. A global survey of employers by recruitment firm ManpowerGroup showed that Indian companies are the most confident in the world right now when it comes...
14:54
An avalanche warning was today issued for higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand asking people not to venture in these areas over the next 48 hours.An advisory was issued by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, part of the Defence Research and Development...
14:51
JUST IN: The enforcement directorate has summoned liquor baron Vijay Mallya to join the investigation in the IDBI loan fraud case.Earlier, former CFO of defunct Kingfisher Airlines, A Raghunath, was quizzed by the ED in Mumbai in connection with the loan default case.
14:43
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was today detected by security forces at Lasjan on the Panthachowk-Parimpora stretch of Srinagar bypass road, police said. A patrol party of security forces detected a suspicious object by the roadside at Lasjan this morning and summoned the bomb...
14:36
Admitting that a large scale event as World Cultural Festival organised by the Art of Living foundation could have an impact on the environment, Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma on Friday said that a solution can always be procured if such a problem crops up.India's strength lies in...
14:20
Caves and tunnels have always been part of human life. We've grown more adept at shaping these underground shelters and passages over the millennia, and today we dig for hundreds of reasons. We excavate to find both literal and cultural treasures, digging mines, and unearthing archaeological...
14:15
YOU DO NOT want to go to Mars. At least, not with today's engines powering the trip. A chemically propelled voyage would take 18 months, one way. During which time any combination of boredom, radiation poisoning, and cancer will likely kill you. Suppose you make...
14:08
As many as 164 ponzi companies are currently being probed by central agencies for duping customers across the country, government said today. Cases pertaining to the 164 ponzi or chit fund companies have been assigned to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office for investigation, Finance...
13:55
'Harjit Sajjan has an understated way of talking about his days combatting drug gangs as a Vancouver police detective or uncovering the secrets of Taliban networks as a reserve officer during three tours of duty in Afghanistan,' writes John Geddes in the macleans.ca, in what is the most...
13:53
Raking up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations, Pakistan has said use of the veto in Security Council prevented solving the longstanding dispute and hindered implementation of UN resolutions on the matter. Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, speaking in the Inter-Governmental...
13:44
'Lyrical and intense, Delhi-based slam poet Shivani Gupta's poem, 'Dear Girl from Pakistan, is a tour de force. Starting with greetings, it dives right into one powerful verse after the other,' writes Luavut Zahid in dawn.com. This is how the poem goes: Dear girl from...
13:26
A day after Pakistan demanded an assurance from New Delhi to provide adequate security to their cricket team, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that anyone coming to India will be provided adequate security.Whosoever will come to India will be secured, Singh told the media...
12:56
A new, revolutionary breast cancer therapy has shown staggering' results in trials, destroying the deadly tumours in just 11 days, reports the Daily Telegraph, London. Experts have said this is the first time that a drug for the disease has shown such a response, and termed the...
12:50
The NGT has pulled up the ministry of water resources for not doing anything to protect the Yamuna River from pollution despite directions. it also asked the Centre and the AOL if Rs 2.5 crore grant has been released to the foundation by the culture ministry.
12:45
Pop queen Madonna dedicated her song Intervention to son Rocco at the Tears of a Clown show in Melbourne, Australia.As the mother of four sang the emotional lyrics, photos of her 15-year-old son were projected on the screen in the background, reported People magazine.I know that love will keep us...
12:41
Just In: Rs 5,050 crore proposed for recapitalisation of PSU banks.
12:31
Speculations are on that whether it was an innocent mistake, given that the person hails from a small town.More details are awaited.
12:30
JUST IN: According to reports coming in now, there has been a security breach at Parliament. A 25-year-old man entered the Parliament without a valid pass.He apparently was close to the prime minister's arrival area when he was apprehended.
12:26
The NGT has taken a strong objection to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's earlier refusal to pay fine, and has said that when a person of that stature makes such statements, it hits rule of law. The deadline to pay the Rs 5 crore fine ends at 5 pm today.
12:10
The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir paid a day-long visit to Delhi on Tuesday, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and flew back. This was his first visit after becoming foreign minister last year in January and was primarily undertaken in the...
12:03
'It now lies established on sound authority that the three-day World Culture Festival set for flag-off tomorrow is a cocktail of administrative impropriety and environmental violation and transgression. A probe committee set up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recommended that Art of...
11:58
The Art of Living Foundation has moved an application in the NGT, saying it needs four weeks time to deposit Rs 5 cr fine and to comply with all tribunal directions.It said that it is a charitable organisation and it is difficult to generate Rs 5 crore on a short notice. It added that the...
11:56
Meanwhile, former CFO of defunct Kingfisher Airlines, A Raghunath, is quizzed by the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai in connection with the loan default case.
11:44
Hollywood's power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have moved to London with their kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne. The duo settled into an eight-bedroom, USD 21,000-a-month rental at the end of last month, reported US...
11:41
The ethics committee of Parliament on Friday will take up the issue of liquor baron Vijay Mallya owing Rs 9,000 crore to a consortium of banks led by the SBI.Mallya, who is currently a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation and...
11:35
Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya, whose departure from India on the eve of banks moving the court against him for outstandings running into crores of rupees, has been the subject of much criticism, has been busy on Twitter putting out his views. You can read some of them here....
11:20
The NGT will hear on April 4 a petition challenging the environmental clearance to Amravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.Former IAS officer EAS Sarma filed a petition in the NGT, seeking a direction cancelling environmental clearance.After Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, 26...
10:57
JUST IN: The SC has refused to entertain a PIL seeking quashing of case against Gujarat cops in the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan.More details are awaited.
10:54
Asserting that the World Culture Festival by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living will bring glory to India, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday that the event must not be politicised as it celebrates diversity.World Culture Festival by Art of Living will bring glory to...
10:33
Wing Commander CK Sharma, ex-Indian Air Force officer and a prominent face of One Rank One Pension campaign has been arrested by Gurgaon police for alleged financial irregularities.NDTV says that Sharma has been arrested for irregularities in connection with an organisation for veterans and their...
10:23
With more than 20,000 weddings scheduled along with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Cultural Festival and an event hosted by Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Delhi is expected to witness massive traffic jams today.The roads identified include the Ring Road stretch in south Delhi, Noida Link Road, NH-24,...
10:13
Titan came out with a commercial that hopes to change perceptions surrounding women and their success at the workplace. The ad, posted on Women's Day on Facebook, is already winning praise with over 2 million views!Watch this ad if you haven't watch it already HERE
10:05
JUST IN: Jhanvi Behal,15, the student from Ludhiana who challenged JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar for open debate, has received threats on the social media. Jhanvi not only asked Kanhaiya to meet her whenever and wherever for an open debate on issue but at the same time, also gave him a piece of...
10:02
From The Telegraph: The four senior-most foreign leaders who were to attend the World Culture Festival organised by the Art of Living Foundation have pulled out of the event, embarrassing the Narendra Modi government that used Indian embassies across the world to promote the meet.The presidents...
09:50
The Election Commission on Friday will issue notification for the first phase of Assembly elections in Assam and West Bengal.In Assam, polling for the first phase of polls will be held on 4th of April in 65 seats.Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on 19th of this month while 21st March is...
09:47
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been chosen to deliver the Harvard University commencement speech for this year's graduating class on May 26. The 69-year-old Oscar-winning director is giving the 365th commencement speech in the history of the college, the oldest in the United States, reported...
09:40
And from the Hindustan Times: The Indian Air Force has advised its three women trainees, who are in line to become India's first female fighter pilots, to put off motherhood for at least four years after they get commissioned into the IAF in June.IAF vice chief Air Marshal BS Dhanoa told HT on...
09:20
The MET department has issued warning about the thunderstorm accompanied by hailstorm at some places of the country over next three to four days.Director General of IMD, L S Rathore said, a western disturbance is active over the North west India which will cause thunderstorm with strong winds and...
09:17
And from the Indian Express: The Central Public Works Department has written to Delhi Police that the stage of the World Culture Festival organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living is unsafe. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with many foreign dignitaries, is set to attend the...
09:00
Rubbishing claims that he had absconded from the country, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Friday asserted that he is an international businessman, who travels from India frequently, and said that he is not an absconder.I am an international businessman. I travel to and from India frequently. I did...
08:31
A day after Raj Thackeray's hate speech against immigrant workers in Mumbai, an auto-rickshaw was set on fire in the city's Andheri area on Thursday evening.The police said the miscreants were unidentified people and at this point, there is no clarity on who was behind it. The cause of fire is...
08:14
US senators have strongly opposed the use of taxpayers' money for military aid to Pakistan in $700 million sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to the country as they questioned Islamabad's commitment to fight terrorist organisations.However, for their own political reasons the senators did not...
07:28
Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday wished All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who suffered a heart attack in New Delhi, full and speedy recovery.Prime Minister Sharif said, We pray for his quick recovery and good...
04:35
A locked iPhone used by one of the gunmen in last year's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, likely holds evidence of the eventual attack, the Justice Department said in a court filing in its encryption dispute with Apple Inc, adding that the community and the public need to know what is...
02:57
Security fears are on everybody's lips at the ITB travel trade fair in Berlin this year as a battered tourist industry seeks to reassure travelers and tour operators that they need not shy away from booking summer holidays for this year.Attacks in tourist hotspots like a Tunisian beach resort and...
02:57
China will be able to project substantial offensive military power from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Islands within months, the director of US national intelligence said.In a Feb 23 letter to John McCain, chair of the US Senate Armed Services...
01:39
The Pentagon said on Thursday it captured the Islamic State's chemical weapons chief in Iraq during an operation in February.The capture of Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, also known as Abu Dawud, removed a key ISIL leader from the battlefield, the Pentagon said in a statement, referring to the...
01:34
The US-led coalition carried out the first air strikes on Islamic State chemical weapons sites, the Pentagon said Thursday, acting on information from a captured insurgent.The successful multiple bombings came as a result of intelligence from Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, also known as Abu Dawud,...
01:23
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will pass three resolutions on health, education and untouchability at the annual meeting of the Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision making body of the outfit, beginning in Nagaur, Rajasthan today.Three resolutions will be passed in the three-day...
01:20
Iranian women deputies are suing a conservative male colleague, Nader Ghazipour, after he declared in a video that parliament was no place for donkeys and women.Ghazipour's comments during an election campaign meeting last month have gone viral on social media. Parliament is not a place for...
01:20
Google is previewing the next version of its Android operating system two months ahead of schedule in an effort to get the upgraded software on more mobile devices. The new rendition initially is being recommended only for mobile app makers and will only work on a few smartphones and...
01:19
President Barack Obama today dismissed the notion that the meteoric rise of Donald Trump is a result of his policies and said the Republican presidential front-runner's positions on immigration and other issues are not much different from those of the party's other candidates. I am not going...
01:19
President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised today to make it easier for their respective countries to trade and invest in one another, share more information about their respective no-fly lists to prevent the flow of foreign fighters and promote clean energy as a...
01:18
World T20: India thrash West Indies by 45 runs in warm-up matchStudent leader Kanhaiya Kumar attacked on JNU campusSyed Ali Shah Geelani hospitalised after heart attackISRO successfully launches India's sixth navigation satellite into orbitMallya went abroad 4 times after 'Look Out'...
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