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In an obvious reference to controvesies surrounding promotion of Sanskrit language, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said when some outsider praises the same language he gets applauded, but when it is done by an Indian, he is subjected to criticism. Irani was speaking at the launch of a web...
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Egypt has contracted two foreign companies to help locate the black boxes of the doomed EgyptAir plane to find out what caused the aircraft to crash in the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board.EgyptAir said that it has sough help of a French and an Italian companies in the search for the...
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India on Wednesday said inability of the United Nations Security Council to prevent emergence of conflicts in various parts of the globe including in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan has underlined the need for its urgent reform. In an address at the Plenary of the World Humanitarian...
21:28
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned some Indian contacts of British national Christian Mitchel, an alleged middleman, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal.Officials said few people involved in creating an overseas firm with...
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Now confirmed, wait-listed and reservation against cancellation train ticket holders can cancel their tickets online or by dialling 139.Earlier only confirmed ticket holders could cancel their tickets through 139 service and IRCTC website. Now the facility can be used for cancellation of RAC and...
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Ahead of the shutdown called by separatists, moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Tuesday put under house arrest while JKLF chief Yaseen Malik was taken into custody to foil their programme on Thursday against Sainik colonies and Kashmiri Pandit townships.Mirwaiz was...
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Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found Wednesday, faulting her and past secretaries of state for weak information management.The inspector general's 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated...
19:58
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko returned home to a hero's welcome today after nearly two years in a Russian prison, drawing a line under a damaging diplomatic spat between Moscow and Kiev.The 35-year-old army helicopter pilot flew home as part of an apparent prisoner swap with Moscow, with two...
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The Bombay high court today extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Pankaj Bhujbal, son of former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, and nine others, who are facing charges of money laundering in Maharashtra Sadan scam, till June 7.Pankaj, businessmen Asif Balwa,...
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JUST IN: Policeman injured in Pulwama attack succumbs to injuries in Srinagar hospital.
18:50
In another attack in Kashmir, militants fired at the personal security officer of a National Conference leader in Pulwama town. A senior police officer said the cop escaped unhurt, but the militants snatched his AK-47 rifle. However, another policeman was critically injured and has been...
18:06
Abhishek Bachchan on the Congress party opposing his hosting the BJP's 2nd anniversary bash: He (Amitabh Bachchan) is not hosting any political event. He is part of a function where hes talking about educating the girl child, that's not a political event, Abhishek said. The Congress has raked up...
18:02
Making light of reports that a public toilet in Allahabad has been named after him, actor Rishi Kapoor said he is thrilled to read about it as at least he will be of some use to someone. The 63-year-old actor has courted controversy and faced wrath of Congress party after he attacked the practice...
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The Congress today hit out at Amitabh Bachchan saying it was ethically and legally wrong to get the megastar to host the BJP's 2nd anniversary celebrations -- 'Zara Muskura Do' on May 28. The government is organising the event-- (Smile Please)-- which will have several performances and...
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Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has clarified his comments about BJP MLA Angoorlata Deka saying he was just paying a compliment after being bashed for his narrow opinion of women. Varma's this tweet, If MLA can look like this, Achche din aagaye hai.. Thank you Angoorlataji, Thank you Modiji.. 1st time...
16:39
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to attend Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata.
16:26
Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today accepted his responsibility for the Congress' debacle in Assam Assembly polls and apologised to the people for not being able to fulfill their expectations. Yes, I am responsible for the poll debacle. I am the leader. If I am not responsible, then who will...
16:12
Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath along with 19-member cabinet.
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Just in: Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath as Kerala Chief Minister. Vijayan, known as a taskmaster and an organisation man to the core, pipped his bitter rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, notwithstanding the spirited campaign by the 93-year-old leader to ensure the Left's...
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Days after they claimed that no calls were made or received on Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse's phone number from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's number, the Mumbai Police today said a probe into the matter is still on as some new elements have emerged in the case. Neither calls were made nor...
15:32
So, Ashish Nehra has undergone surgery on his right knee in London. Nehra had injured a tendon on his right knee during his IPL stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kings XI Punjab on May 15. Virender Sehwag tweets this picture saying, @virendersehwag tweets agoGhayal hai apna Sher,...
15:12
The Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal has named noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Given its strength in the 243-member Assembly, the RJD, with 80 MLAs, will easily get two Rajya Sabha seats and two Council seats. Though Misa Bharti, elder daughter of Lalu...
15:08
Just in: Ram Jethmalani will be candidate for Rajya Sabha from RJD.
14:56
Just In: Stockholm court maintains European arrest warrant against Julian Assange.
14:46
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party candidate Amar Singh files nomination for Rajya Sabha.
14:20
THE killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour signals a more aggressive US policy stance, as hopes of the Afghan Taliban coming to the negotiating table fade. The death of the recently elected Taliban leader, who had only just managed to consolidate his authority over the group, has given a new twist...
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Pakistan's Army chief General Raheel Sharif in a meeting with United States Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the US drone strike in Balochistan. The US drone strike targeting Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was the first-ever in the...
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Religious scholar Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, named Wednesday as the Afghan Taliban’s new leader, was a senior judge during the insurgent group’s five-year rule over Afghanistan and issued many of its harsh verdicts. Read more
14:05
BJP MLA from Rajasthan Gyandev Ahuja, who had earlier said that thousands of condoms and beer bottles are found every day in Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy, again made a controversial remark about the varsity and its students today. According to ANI reports, Ahuja said that he stood by his earlier...
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Sir Venki Ramakrishnan says risks and benefits of germline therapy, which is banned in Britain, should be debated. Read
13:43
Delhi woke up to full page advertisements of Pinarayi Vijayan in the Times of India, Economic Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express and the Hindustan Times. Mumbai had Vijayan splashed on the 1st page only in the Times of India. Vijayan takes oath as CM of Kerala today and his smiling face in the...
12:41
Govt to issue notification on June 2 making mandatory panic buttons in public transport buses to ensure women's safety: Transport Ministry.
12:28
Kabul : Suicide attack on a bus carrying staff from an appeal court kills 10 and wounds 4.
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For effective waste management in an eco-friendly manner, the Sikkim government has restricted the use of mineral water bottles in government programmes and banned the use of foam food containers all over the state. In two recent notifications issued by the home department, the government...
12:17
Chaghan Bhujal and Sameer Bhujbal's judicial custody extended till 7th June.
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West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Chowdhuri has asked the recently-elected 44 MLAs from his party to sign an undertaking that will stop them from defecting to the ruling Trinamool Congress. Read more
12:06
The Supreme Court passed a landmark judgment on May 13, 2016. It returned to the Haryana Urban Development Authority 280 acres of land that had been licensed to Uddar Gaggan Properties Limited by the Haryana government in 2006. The land was acquired by the government from farmers and then...
12:01
Just in: 5 men arrested for Siwan journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder.
12:00
An Indian Army officer asked two journalists to leave an event because they did not stand up when the Indian national anthem was played and the Indian flag was unfurled.The anthem was played during the passing out parade of recruits at the regimental centre of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry...
11:57
A minor fire broke out at the reception of Delhi Secretariat this morning but no injuries or major damage to property was reported in the incident. The fire department received a call at 9:50 am about a fire at the reception hall near the entrance gate of the secretariat premises. Eight fire...
11:56
India reacts to the African diplomatic community's boycott of this year's Africa Day celebrations. The African community in India has decided to boycott the annual celebrations in protest over the murder of a Congolese national in the capital and other attacks and harassment' of African students...
11:53
AIADMK nominates R. Vaithilingam, Navaneethakrishnan, Vijayakumar and S. R. Balasubramaniam to Rajya Sabha.
11:21
Men dip their shaven heads into a smelly puddle of water amid chants and the chimes of temple bells. Some are here to pray, some for the funeral rites of loved ones. Ram Kund, on the Godavari's hallowed banks in Nashik city, is one of the four holy sites where the Kumbh Mela is held once...
11:14
Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been named the new Afghan Taliban leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, a Taliban spokesman said in a statement.The same statement confirmed the death of the previous leader, who was killed in a US drone...
11:08
Chief Minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan today called on Kerala Governor Justice (retd) P Sathasivam and handed over a list of his 19-member cabinet. The governor greeted Vijayan with a bouquet and exchanged pleasantries. The meeting lasted for about 15 minutes. Vijayan...
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NDTV reports: African envoys to boycott Centre's Africa Day celebrations today over lynching of a Congo national in Delhi last week.Oliva, reportedly from Congo, had come to Kishangarh in Vasant Kunj for some work when he got into an argument with three to four persons. The argument later led to...
10:50
AIADMK leader S M Seenivel, who was elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Tirupparankundram constituency, died in Madurai today hours before the first session of the 15th assembly.Seenivel (65) is survived by wife, three daughters and a son. He died at a private hospital. Seenivel died due...
10:21
Uttarakhand: 12 dead, 8 injured after a bus falls into a gorge on its way from Masi (Almora) to Ramnagar; rescue operation underway
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to dedicate buses with safety measures for women under Nirbhaya Scheme to public, in Delhi today
10:14
JUST IN: Kerala CM designate Pinarayi Vijayan meets Governor P Sathasivam ahead of swearing-in
10:11
JUST IN: Afghan Taliban name Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader following death of Mullah Mansour in drone strike.
10:11
Bihar -- India’s third-most-populous state, with the country’s poorest people -- has a crime rate lower than more prosperous states with fewer people, such as Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, an IndiaSpend analysis of national crime data reveals.If this is an analysis that is...
09:41
Huffington Post India reports: A viral video (watch it HERE) that shows members of the right-wing hardline outfit Bajrang Dal allegedly training in 'self defence' with rifles, swords and lathis and 'shooting down' volunteers wearing skull caps at a school in Ayodhya, has virtually got a...
09:06
Terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed is planning to strike north Indian cities, like the one carried out in Punjab's Pathankot air base, with help from Pakistan's ISI and the Indian Mujahideen, which also operates from the neighbouring nation, a media report said, citing military intelligence.JeM's...
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Mukhtar Ahmad reports: Militants shot at and killed a persons early Wednesday morning in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.A senior police officer said the militants fired at Liaqat Ali Chatwal in Watsar forest area in Kupwara district.He said Liaqat succumbed to injuries on the spot....
08:49
India will not buy heavyweight torpedoes from Wass -- a subsidiary of Italian company Finmeccanica -- for its Kalvari class submarines in India, sources in the Ministry of Defence said.As a result, the first of the Kalvari class which is expected to join the Navy end of this year, will not have a...
08:47
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked the Centre to let the state continue with its existing system of admission to medical and dental colleges and not be forced to implement NEET even in the future. In a letter to the Prime Minister, a first after taking over as the CM,...
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As the country awaits the arrival of the southwest monsoon after two years of drought, private weather forecasting agency Skymet on Tuesday revised upward its 2016 southwest monsoon forecast to 109 per cent of the long period average from 105 predicted in April.The forecast, if accurate, would...
08:28
Union Cabinet is likely to consider today the first-ever policy for the country's capital goods sector, which envisages creation of 21 million additional jobs by 2025.The policy envisions increasing the share of capital goods in total manufacturing activity from 12 per cent at present to 20 per...
08:24
Asserting that India has demonstrated an increased willingness to address concerns of the industry while balancing its domestic interests, a top American trade advocacy group has told US President Barack Obama that foreign investors are buoyed by the vibrancy of India's investment...
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Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, was carrying a fake Pakistani passport, the Obama Administration said today as it asserted that Pakistan needs to do more to root out terrorists using its soil to find refuge. He (Mullah Mansour) was carrying...
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Tech industry titans Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt took their battle for corporate domination to the heart of Europe on Tuesday seeking to win over new startups and IT enthusiasts.In a rare move, Apple chief executive Cook and his bitter rival, Alphabet boss Schmidt appeared at the opening day of a...
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Amid Opposition's claim that 'Jungle Raj' has returned in Bihar in view of alleged spurt in crime in the recent past, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today used latest crime figures to assert there is 'Mangal Raj' and 'rule of law' in the state.People say there is Jungle Raj in Bihar. But, there is...
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Several areas of Himachal Pradesh were hit by squall today in which a person was killed when a gate collapsed on him, while heavy rains lashed mid and lower hills of the state causing fall in mercury.Kishan Chand, 65, who took shelter near the gate of Ropa temple in Hamirpur to save himself from...
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The general manager of Western Railway has ordered a high-level inquiry into an alleged assault of a couple from suburban Bhayandar by around 20 pantry car staffs on board the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bandra Garib Rath Express on Sunday night. G C Agrawal, General Manager, Western Railway, had...
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Two policemen were killed and seven other people, including three policemen, injured today after a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Quetta. A police mobile passing through the city's Spini Road was targeted with an IED blast, killing a policeman on the spot and injuring eight other...
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Srinagar: Scribes asked to leave army event on not standing for national anthemAhmedabad: Baby dies after woman delivers on footpath outsideKejriwal gives one week deadline to discoms to solve outages problemFirm part of PM's LS poll campaign under service tax scannerGovernment withdraws tender...
