23:14
A Delhi-based lawyer today lodged a complaint against film star Amitabh Bachchan, alleging that he stretched the national anthem by around 30 seconds in violation of guidelines before the India-Pakistan World CupT20 match in Kolkata.The complaint was registered at New Ashok Nagar Police Station...
23:11
Donald Trump's sister, a federal appellate judge in Philadelphia, has received a threatening letter similar to one received by one of the Republican presidential frontrunner's sons, media reports said today.Philadelphia police said both the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret Service...
23:07
A day after making a historic arrival in Cuba, President Barack Obama met Monday with the leader of the authoritarian regime here as part of his efforts to elicit change on the island.Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro shook hands at the Palace of the Revolution in Old Havana before their...
23:01
About a third of our Apple Watch wearers regularly change the bands, Tim Cook said as he unveiled a new line of Nylon bands today. Apple also announced a new Space Black version of the Milanese Loop.
22:00
The Air Force on Monday said the Laser Guided Bomb fired by indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas had 'missed' the target during the Exercise Iron Fist 2016 but refused to call it a 'failure'.On Friday, in an impressive show of firepower, the IAF had put up a dazzling display of its...
21:05
Citizens of Mumbai will stage a protest against the municipal corporation and the Maharashtra government over the fire at Deonar dumping ground, which is emanating toxic gases.The protests, organised by MumbaiPollution.in, will be held at Azad Maidan, which is near the Brihanmumbai Municipal...
20:45
JUST IN: United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet in Havana.
20:29
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was released from Yerawada prison near Pune last month after serving his sentence in the 1993 serial blasts case, has approached the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court seeking his passport back.Dutt has sought his passport back and...
20:19
After the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders met the President to discuss the Uttarakhand crisis, a Congress delegation also called upon the Dr Pranab Mukherjee and 'apprised him of how the BJP, with help of the Centre, has been trying to dismantle the Congress government in the state'.We have...
20:07
The airport in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don reopened today, two days after a passenger jet crashed there, killing all 62 on board, as investigators continued their probe into the disaster.The Flydubai Boeing 737, which took off from Dubai, exploded into a fireball on Saturday after missing...
19:41
JUST IN: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders meet President Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the Uttarakhand crisis.We have requested the President to direct the governor to dismiss Uttarakhand government. We have also asked the President to direct the governor to give us time to prove our majority on the...
19:24
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress will present their side of the story to President Pranab Mukherjee on the political developments in Uttarakhand where the two parties are at loggerheads over the crisis facing the Harish Rawat government.The BJP took out a march from Vijay Chowk to...
19:07
Air quality of several Mumbai areas on Monday oscillated between 'poor' and 'very poor', against the backdrop of Deonar dumping ground fire, while in Delhi it was 'good' due to favourable weather conditions.According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, the average level...
18:54
In some disturbing news to Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee chairman has made it clear that he would not back the controversial front-runner's argument that the candidates with the most delegates should automatically win the party's presidential nomination.Reince Priebus said that...
18:44
The Congress on Monday took a dig at Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu for hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a God's gift to India wondering whether his flattering chant was much different from Dev Kant Baruah's India is Indira and Indira is India remark for which he was castigated. ...
18:34
Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will be replaced as Pakistan's T20 captain after the World T20 in India, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced today, while hinting his days as a player were also numbered. Shaharyar Khan told reporters in Lahore on his return...
18:30
New Zealand has set an incredible precedent by legally ruling on what nature lovers already know to be true: that animals are sentient and have feelings in the same way that we do, reports vbetweenthelines.com. The website says, 'The Animal Welfare Bill that passed last month...
18:19
The Congress has virtually disapproved of party leader Shashi Tharoor comparing Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charges, with Bhagat Singh. There has been only one Bhagat Singh. There is only one Bhagat Singh, party...
18:07
An alert was today issued in Gujarat's Jamnagar district by police after they received information regarding suspicious movement of a SUV in the coastal town of Sikka near here. The red alert was issued across the district as the police did not want to take chance, after a recent IB alert...
18:05
Just in: National Conference in favour of mid-term polls in view of J-K stalemate, says NC chief and former J-K CM Omar Abdullah after meeting Governor N N Vohra.This comes even as Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, today visited Delhi fuelling fresh speculation of a possible...
18:00
A friendly match is still a game which is usually played with some desire to perform well and win. Not if the match is between IAS XI and CM XI in Uttar Pradesh. After all, the IAS officers have now lost their friendly T20 clash with Akhilesh Yadav's side for four consecutive years - showing...
17:41
Just in: Mumbai's Deonar dump yard to be declared a prohibited area in wake of the fire at the grounds, which the BMC says was caused by sabotage. An FIR has been filed over the issue. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the...
17:20
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor clarified today that he had not intended to equate Kanhaiya Kumar, the student recently arrested on charges of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. It was a girl in the audience (at...
17:13
Phase II of Delhi's Odd-Even rule to begin from April 15 and end on April 30. No school buses to be used this time. Instead the AAP-run Delhi government will run the 'Paryavaran Bus Seva'. The government has envisioned a 50 per cent of seats will be reserved for women and there will be marshals...
16:58
Just in: The Enforcement Directorate attaches a sugar mill and land worth Rs 55 crore in the Chhagan Bhujbal money laundering case probe. The NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was arrested on March 14 evening after being questioned for over nine hours by...
16:55
Why women are worst hit by India's farm crisis. Read
16:34
Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah meets Governor NN Vohra in Jammu.
16:31
The newly formed Bharat Dharma Jana Sena and the BJP today reached an agreement for seat-sharing in the May 16 Kerala assembly elections under which the fledgeling party will contest 37 of the 140 seats at stake. Both parties arrived at a consensus on seat-sharing at a crucial meeting in...
16:26
Terming as a serious issue the fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai which is emitting toxic gases, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident. Javadekar, who held a telephonic conversation with the municipal...
15:55
Just In: BSE Sensex regains the 25k mark, rising 332.63 points to end at 25,285.37; Nifty gains 99.90 points to close at 7,704.25.
15:54
Four graduates of BITS Pilani have come together to launch an on-demand healthcare platform, named VISIT, that connects patients with practitioners anytime, anywhere through smartphone or computer. The motivation for building the telemedicine app came when they -- Anurag Prasad, Vaibhav...
15:52
China today agreed to Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli's request to build a strategic railway link between the two countries through Tibet to reduce land-locked Nepal's total dependence on India, as the two sides cemented their ties by signing 10 agreements including a landmark transit trade...
15:34
Just in: Delhi HC interim stay on drug ban till next hearing on Monday. The court which is hearing a plea filed by various drug makers challenging the ban imposed on 344 drugs in India, has stayed the order till its next hearing on March 28. The government on March 10 had banned fixed dose...
15:31
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti in Delhi today.
15:29
Customers won't be able to conduct bank transactions at branches for 4 days in a row this week as all banks will be closed from Thursday, although the lenders assure that they will fully load ATMs for meeting people's cash needs.Thursday will be a holiday for celebrating the Holi festival,...
15:23
Months after receiving clean chit from departmental enquiry, Head Constable of Delhi Police Salim P K has now filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking compensation for the uploading of the video to social media and the subsequent coverage which has irreparably maligned his image in the eyes...
14:59
The sudden visit of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, to New Delhi today has fuelled fresh speculation of a possible patch-up between her party and the BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it was fully committed to...
14:28
Veteran Tamil film journalist and historian Film News Anandan breathed his last on Monday at his residence in Mahalingapuram. He was 90. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.The respected journalist, who has won a number of awards including the state's highest honour of...
14:16
The Gurgaon Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with the murder of a national-level Kabbadi player. Sukhvinder Singh (24) was returning home after practice when he was shot dead on March 16 by two armed assailants in Rithal village of Rohtak. The murder was, however,...
13:52
NCP's Sameer Bhujbal's judicial custody extended till March 31 by Special PMLA court, in a money laundering case.
13:39
But Rabri Devi will not be appeased. The former Bihar CM responds, Only Sushil Modiji is saying he'll return gifts, nobody else in BJP is saying so. He wants to remain in media space.
13:38
BJP MLA Sushil Kumar Modi returns gifts given to Bihar MLAs during the budget session in Bihar Assembly.
13:36
Just in: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's son expelled from Congress for 'anti-party activities'. Anil Gupta, general secretary of Uttarakhand Congress also expelled.
13:25
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani may undertake a 2-day visit to Pakistan in the weekend (FARS). The timing may attract attention, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit Saudi Arabia only a week later and is yet to visit Iran. Iran has attached the highest importance to India...
13:03
Bihar considers doing away with practice of gifts for lawmakers from government departments during Budget session, reports NDTV. For about two decades now, every government department hands out gifts to the state's MLAs in the Budget session to thank them for doing their job - raising questions...
12:44
North Korea today fired several short-range rockets or missiles into the sea off its east coast, just days after test-firing two medium-range missiles in defiance of UN sanctions, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. Citing a government source, Yonhap said the projectiles were launched at...
12:21
Taking a dig at ruling BJP over its stand on the JNU row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said nationalism is now decided by whether one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or not.He said people should have the right to choose what they believe is correct and still be tolerant of others' ideas...
12:19
To ensure minimum damage to the ecosystem of the Sundarbans during this polling season, the district administration and political parties have decided to minimise carbon footprint in the islands. Plastic flex is being replaced by banners made of cotton or jute while paper cups are being preferred...
12:08
The Delhi High Court has asked three Indian companies not to sell brews other than those sourced from the UK-registered association of scotch producers as 'scotch' or 'scotch whisky' or 'whisky from Scotland'.The court's directive came recently in response to an original suit filed by...
11:37
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after laying the foundation stone of the Ambedkar Memorial in New Delhi. The memorial would mainly house his relics and cover all important aspects of his life and work. Highlights of his speech: I am the first Prime Minister who has come to speak here. It...
11:29
That's police horse Shaktiman this morning. The horse which underwent amputation for his hind leg four days ago is doing well.The horse was fitted with a prosthetic limb in Dehradun. Shaktiman is standing, so I think the operation has been successful. Long term success is yet to be seen, Dr...
11:22
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, while moving the political resolution at the party National Executive on Sunday, described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as God's gift for India' and a messiah of poor' who inherited challenges in each and every sector', but was steering...
11:05
Mumbai's Aarey Colony has lost one of its most beloved residents -- Chandni, a six-year-old female leopard, was found dead in a wire snare setup by poachers.Even the proverbial nine lives couldn't save this big cat, who had escaped from a similar trap in 2014 and even gave birth to a cub last...
11:00
The government has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to prove majority by March 28. Earlier in the day, Rawat arrived in New Delhi today to meet the Congress leadership, apprising them of the current political condition in the state and discuss the next course of...
10:55
The benchmark BSE Sensex regained the 25,000-mark by surging over 145 points in early session today, mostly driven by widespread buying by investors as well as foreign funds amid firm Asian cues. The 30-share index surged 145.45 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 25,098.19 points with all sectoral...
10:14
Ten years after Jack Dorsey launched Twitter with the words just setting up my twttr, the micro-blogging site has become a feature of millions of people's lives - but for some it has been life changing.From a 140-character marriage proposal to inspiring a revolution from the comfort of a sofa,...
10:11
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked BJP workers not to be diverted by non-issues raised from time to time by political detractors and focus on nation building by helping the poorer and weaker sections of people.Our government is doing a good job. And our party workers should...
10:06
Amid the growing power tussle in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat will arrive in New Delhi today to meet the Congress leadership, apprising them of the current political condition in the state and discuss the next course of action.Meanwhile, rebel Congress MLA Harak Singh Rawat has...
09:48
This young fan of Bruce Springsteen is allowed to enter the class late because the singer has signed his note.Nine-year-old Xabi Glovsky was at the 'Born to Run' hit-maker's sold-out show in Los Angeles with his dad, Scott Glovsky, when they caught the his eye with a homemade sign that read,...
09:02
Pakistani cricket team and all cricket enthusiasts of the country had to face major embarrassment, when India's men in blue defeated Pakistan, in an amazing match, with explosive performances by Indian players. Now, it's natural that former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar wasn't amused when TV...
08:53
One of the last vestiges of the Cold War was buried this afternoon, when President Obama set foot in Cuba. He's the first American president to visit the island since Calvin Coolidge, 88 years ago.Que bola', Cuba? Obama tweeted in an informal greeting, moments after Air Force One touched down at...
08:40
A man allegedly stabbed to death three stray dogs and killed a puppy outside Green Park metro station in south Delhi.A police van received a call on March 15 about three dogs lying in a pool of blood near an exit of the metro station. The team also found the body of a puppy at the spot, the...
08:23
A major fire broke out on Sunday night at the Deonar dumping yard, which had recently battled a massive blaze that led to smog in the area.The blaze broke out late night and fire tenders were rushed to contain the fire, a fire brigade official said.It may be recalled that a major blaze had...
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