23:48
North Korea today sang the praises of the ruling party in a two-hour concert extolling its achievements and those of the Kim dynasty that has ruled the country for its entire history.The show entitled Always follow our party was staged to celebrate a Workers' Party congress, the first for 36...
23:44
US Vice President Joe Biden, who last year decided not to run for presidency, said today that he would have been the best president of the country.Biden told ABC News that he would have been the best president if he had run.He decided against mounting a campaign following the death of his son...
22:59
Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market in a Shiite area, killed at least 94 people today, the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capitalthis year.The attacks, all claimed by the Islamic State group, came with the government locked in a political crisis that some have warned could...
22:57
One hundred twenty-one villages in parched Saurashtra, north Gujarat and Kutch region were today declared as 'partially scarcity-hit' due to acute shortage of water owing to deficient rainfall in last monsoon, the state government said....
22:44
Newly-elected London mayor Sadiq Khan today said that he was not simply a Muslim leader or a spokesperson for those who follow the faith but represented everyone in the British capital.Let me be very clear, I'm not a Muslim leader or Muslims' spokesperson, I'm the mayor of London. I speak for all...
22:41
The law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal says it is filing suit against the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for the leak of information it says is false.The public gained its first access to the Panama Papers records of over 200,000 secret offshore companies...
22:32
SAARC nations today agreed on setting up a uniform child helpline in the region even as India offered support to South-Asian countries in expanding and upgrading their child helpline services to check violenceagainst children.The three-day meeting of South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against...
21:29
A 19-year-old French woman committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a suburban train in Paris and streamed the act live on Periscope, a judicial source said on Wednesday.The unnamed woman spoke of a rape and named the aggressor during the filming, the judicial source said, adding that...
21:12
Buoyed by the Uttarakhand assembly floor test result, Congress on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding his apology in Parliament and sacking of the minister who advised him to impose President's rule in the state.The prime minister should apologise in Parliament and sack the...
21:05
The government is implementing the Digital India programme to transform the country into a digitally empowered and knowledge economy so that various services like passport, pension and driving licenses could be delivered online, Lok Sabha was informed today.Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar...
20:44
JUST IN: Rajya Sabha passes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill
20:30
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi is now with President Pranab Mukherjee to brief him on Uttarakhand result. In a major embarrassment for the Narendra Modi government, the Centre had to revoke President's Rule in Uttarakhand after Congress leader Harish Rawat won the floor test.Rawat gets 33...
20:25
The number of unemployed persons in the country was higher at around 1.06 crore in 2011-12 than about 95 lakh in 2009-10. The estimated unemployed persons on usual status basis during 2009-10 and 2011-12 was 0.95 crore and 1.06 crore, respectively, Labour Minister Bandaru...
20:02
Noted Bollywood playback singer Mubarak Begum has been hospitalised after complaining of weakness and stomach ache.Begum, 76, was admitted to a hospital in suburban Andheri on May 3, a family member told PTI on Wednesday.Doctors have said there is a small hole in her heart, the member said.Begum,...
19:50
Keeping up its offensive, an Aam Aadami Party delegation on Wednesday met Delhi University Vice Chancellor demanding that they be allowed to examine records of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BA degree but they had to return empty handed.After meeting DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi, AAP leader...
19:43
JUST IN: Session of Lok Sabha ended two days ahead of schedule.
19:35
Hinting at limited scope of negotiations with students on the punishment in connection with the February 9 event, the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday asked students to call off the hunger strike saying the matter is sub-judice. The JNU Administration appeals to students to end the...
19:05
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari @BBhuttoZardari has reason to cheer. Bilawal tweets this picture and writes, Miracles do happen. Welcome home @haidergilani.Ali Haider Gilani, the son of Pakistans former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, was today flown from Kabul to Lahore, a day after he was rescued by...
18:47
Amid a diplomatic row with Bangladesh, Pakistan today expressed its deep sadness over the execution of chief of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami Motiur Rahman Nizami, saying his only sin was upholding the Constitution and laws of Pakistan.Pakistan is deeply saddened over the hanging of the Ameer of...
18:44
Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami today called a nationwide general strike tomorrow to protest the execution of its chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, the senior-most Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. \In a statement,...
18:33
About 33 years after the death of Raghu Nayak who showed exemplary courage in capturing Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse, the Odisha government today provided a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to his widow. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik handed over the cheque to Mandodari Nayak and...
18:24
Over 61,000 public grievances related to a range of issues are received by Prime Minister's Office (PMO) every month, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.The grievances include concerns related to employees, quality of service, amenities, police, allegation of corruption or malpractices,...
18:04
Over 60 people were today injured, six of them seriously, when a 5.5-magnitude shallow earthquake hit the remote and mountainous region of Tibet, collapsing houses and damaging roads. The quake, which occurred at 9:15 am (local time) near Tibet's border with Qinghai province to the north, was...
18:00
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav today expressed grief over the recent death of a youth in Gaya in a road rage case but alleged BJP and BJP supported media were targetting the state government through use of word like jungle raj. The BJP and media supported by the party are advertising...
17:44
#Flash Lok Sabha likely to be adjourned sine die today, Rajya Sabha tomorrow: Government sources.
17:07
A local court today remanded in two days police custody Rocky Yadav who allegedly shot dead a student for overtaking his vehicle in Bihar. Additional District and Sessions Judge S K Jha accepted police's prayer seeking Rocky's custody and granted permission. The court had yesterday sent to 14...
16:58
Mommy at 72: Mohinder Singh Gill (75) and his wife Daljinder Kaur (72) with their baby Arman. The woman delivered the baby on April 19, with the help of IVF in Hisar, Haryana.
16:43
Just in: Bomb threat aboard the Mysore-Ajmer Express.
16:26
Rajkumar Rao director Hansal Mehta shares a circular by the Committee on Road Safety on scenes in films that violate traffic guidelines. The circular says: Dear Members, This is with regard to the meeting called by the Committee on Road Safety, constituted by the Supreme Court of India with the...
15:54
Desh Gujarat, a Twitter handle which says Gujarat is something we are passionate about. Resurgence of Bharat in action, tweeted the story carried below on Nehru, chose to use this collage of pictures on India's first prime minister and nation builder.
15:47
References to Jawaharlal Nehru figure at 15 places in different textbooks under the revised syllabus, a Rajasthan minister has said even as Congress accused the state government of removing his name from a Class VIII book, saying it reflected the dispensation's 'mental bankruptcy'.The government...
15:36
Just in: The Supreme Court extends Sahara chief Subrata Roy's parole till July 11. Roy walked out of Tihar jail on May 6, where he was lodged for over two years, after the Supreme Court granted him a four-week parole to attend the funeral of his mother who died on May 5. Besides Roy, the apex...
15:27
At least 64 people were killed when a bomb went off at a market in Baghdad, according to Iraqi police, reports CNN.An additional 87 people were injured in the attack in the largely Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on social media,...
15:14
A 5.5-magnitude shallow earthquake hit Changdu in Tibet Autonomous Region this morning, causing casualties and damage to properties. The China Earthquake Networks Centre monitored the epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 9:15 am, at a depth of seven kilometres. Shallow earthquakes cause more...
15:04
Queen Elizabeth has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were very rude to the British ambassador during a state visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping last year.She made the comments at a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the same day that Britain's prime minister, David...
15:00
A fire broke out in the Times of India building in central Delhi's ITO area this afternoon. Hundreds of employees and others present in the building evacuated the premises by the time fire officials reached. No casualty was reported. The incident took place around 2.15 pm, following which five...
14:49
Ali Qasim Gillani (in grey) at Kabul airport bringing back his twin brother Ali Haider Gillani, the kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. He was rescued in Afghanistan in a joint Afghan-US special forces operation yesterday.Pakistani officials said Ali Haider Gilani...
14:41
Just in: Fire at the Times of India building at Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. Six fire tenders at the spot.
14:35
On the defence beat, journalists walk a fine line between being courted and being irrelevant. Read more
14:20
Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, Wednesday said that he has never met Congress President Sonia Gandhi or the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to push for the purchase of VVIP choppers.No, never, was the prompt...
14:08
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray admitted to Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai.Details awaited
14:07
Kashmir's young are no longer just shouting slogans on the streets. Their smartphones are their new battlefield - as well as their ammunition, finds Sonia Sarkar. Read
13:57
Harish Rawat holds his first press conference as he is set to be reinstated as Uttarakhand CM. The judiciary has restored faith in democracy. We want to look ahead leaving behind the bad patch, said a jubilant Rawat. I thank the SC and High Court for coming in as adjudicator and intervening...
13:33
Car bomb near market in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills at least 17 people and wounds 40, Iraqi officials say.
13:19
Union Cabinet recommends revocation of President's Rule in Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat set to be CM.
13:11
The trial in the Sheena Bora murder case hots up: Key accused in the Sheena Bora murder case and driver of Indrani Mukerjea, Shyamvar Rai on Wednesday told the court that the 24-year-old young woman was killed by strangulation.Admitting his participation in Bora's murder, Rai said that he was...
12:55
Celebrations outside Harish Rawat's residence in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
12:36
First reactions from the Congress. Office of RG @OfficeOfRG tweets: They did their worst. We did our best. Democracy won in Uttarakhand! Hope Modiji learns his lesson - ppl of this country & the institutions built by our founding fathers will not tolerate the murder of democracy!The...
12:29
Supreme Court on the Uttarakhand floor test: No irregularities in carrying out of the trust vote and voting pattern. KC Kaushik, appearing for Harish Rawat, says court dictated the order -- 33 votes in favour of Harish Rawat and 28 against him. AG Mukul Rohatgi has said to SC that they are likely...
12:18
NEWS FLASH: Supreme Court says Harish Rawat can take charge as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Order of revocation of President's rule will be placed before Supreme court. Cabinet meet at 12:30 pm to revoke President's rule.
12:15
Just in: Harish Rawat wins floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly. We will revoke President's rule in Uttarakhand, Centre tells SC. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi tells the Supreme Court that the Congress has won the floor test. It's a fair decision, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for...
12:04
The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted four of the 16 accused in the 1993 Rajdhani Express blasts case. The case dates back to 1993, when trains including a Rajdhani Express were targeted by the accused exactly one year after the Babri Masjid demolition. On December 5 and...
11:53
What could be more American than standing in a backyard at a barbecue while holding a beer on the Memorial Day weekend in the United States? Budweiser thinks it has the answer: Holding a beer called America.The brewer said on Tuesday it will rename its eponymous Budweiser brew as America'...
11:50
BSP won't form a pre-poll alliance in any state including UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand, says Mayawati. |
11:44
Suspended JDU Leader Manorama Devi's cook Lallan has been detained by Bihar police. Bihar lawmaker Manorama Devi, whose son Rocky Yadav was arrested on Monday for a road rage killing, faces arrest over liquor bottles seized from her home.Manorama Devi, a legislative council member of...
11:37
President Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency of Varanasi on Thursday for two official functions. The presidential visit assumes significance since infrastructure and developmental works have taken place in Varanasi like cleaning the ghats....
11:22
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in Rajya Sabha on issue of Vijay Mallya deportation from UK.
11:18
Just in: Supreme Court allows Income Tax department to reopen the 2001 tax case against Amitabh Bachchan. The SC sets aside the Bombay HC order that gave relief to Bachchan in a tax dispute arising from his income from his show KBC. The IT-Dept had challenged the Bombay HC order in the SC, which...
11:11
Just in: Supreme Court relief for drought-hit farmers. The SC says that disaster mitigation fund should be created by the Centre to tackle drought-like situations. The SC says the Centre should revise the drought management manual to provide effective relief to calamity-hit farmers and should...
10:47
The apex court has struck down the TRAI rule making it mandatory for telecom companies to compensate consumers for call drops, saying the notification is 'illegal, not transparent'.According to its October 16, 2015 notification, the government made it obligatory for service providers to...
10:27
Two Class XI students were injured in an alleged incident of ragging at the Delhi Public School hostel in Noida Sector 30 following which an FIR has been registered against six identified and 12 unidentified students. The victims -- a 15-year-boy hailing from western Uttar Pradesh and a...
09:53
BJP national president Amit Shah will go ahead with his plan to take a holy dip, named 'Samrasta Snan', with Dalit sadhus in the Shipra river on Wednesday during the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Ujjain despite reservations from some quarters. The 'Snan' comes...
09:33
Despite deep fissures emerging between BJP and Congress over the AgustaWestland defence deal, Parliament suffered limited damage with Lok Sabha working overtime recording 120 per cent productivity, while Rajya Sabha recorded 84 per cent. LS had an unblemished record in conducting...
09:16
JUST IN: One army jawan killed in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in Rajwar area of Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir
09:10
Bihar lawmaker Manorama Devi, whose son Rocky Yadav was arrested on Monday for a road rage killing, faces arrest over liquor bottles seized from her home.Manorama Devi, a legislative council member of the ruling Janata Dal United, was suspended from the party last night by Chief Minister...
08:32
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may have been getting lonely living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for the past four years, but now he has something to keep him company: a new kitten. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean embassy since being granted diplomatic asylum by...
08:27
The Indian government's efforts to bring back Vijay Mallya through the expeditious route of deportation came a cropper when the United Kingdom expressed its inability to accede to the request. Through a note verbale to the high commission, it informed the investigating agencies of its...
08:15
During his historic visit to Hiroshima this month, Barack Obama would promote his vision of a nuclear weapons-free planet by becoming the first sitting US president to tour the site where America first dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people. The President intends...
07:46
Donald Trump has won West Virginia's Republican primary over former rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich, who remained on the ballot despite their having dropped out of the race last week. Trump's win -- called by the Associated Press minutes after polls closed --was expected even before...
03:52
Well, whoops. British Prime Minister David Cameron may have been a little too honest Tuesday while speaking to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.At a reception, a television crew picked up a conversation between the prime minister and the Queen.We had a very successful cabinet meeting this morning...
03:37
Britain, France, the US and Ukraine have blocked a Russian request to add two Syrian rebel groups to a UN terror blacklist and sideline them from the Syrian peace process, diplomats said.Russia had requested that Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) and Ahrar al-Sham be added to the sanctions list for...
02:21
Rejecting allegations of removal of references to Jawahar Lal Nehru from a Class VII textbook in Rajasthan, state School Education Minister Vasudev Devnani today claimed the revised syllabus has the first primeminister's name at 15 places in different textbooks.The government has not omitted...
00:39
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has agreed to meet Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai who had sought an audience with him demanding that women be allowed to become members of the outfit, however the meeting is not likely to be held anytime soon.The meeting could be possible only after June as Bhagwat...
00:39
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has agreed to meet Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai who had sought an audience with him demanding that women be allowed to become members of the outfit, however the meeting is not likely to be held anytime soon.The meeting could be possible only after June as Bhagwat...
00:04
The largest trove of planets outside our solar system -- 1,284 in all -- was announced today, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope, NASA said today.This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler, said Ellen...
00:01
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