21:20
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals of the Catholic Church, including 13 who are eligible to vote to elect his successor when he resigns or dies.The new cardinals are mainly from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.The appointments on Sunday emphasise the growing influence...
20:34
A case of culpable homicide notamounting to murder has been registered in connection with thedeath of a 13-year-old girl two days after she broke her68-day fast as part of a community ritual, police said. Based on a complaint lodged by a local child rights NGO with Market police station,...
20:30
An Indian businessman has paid a whopping $9 million (Rs 59 crore) to buy a single-digit car registration plate in Dubai, adding another coveted number plate to his collection. Balwinder Sahani bought number plate D5 at the Roads and Transport Authority's number plate auction yesterday. Sahani,...
19:54
Ruby Rai, the Bihar School Examination Board Class XII (arts) topper of 2016 did not write the answer sheets on her own. Instead, the answer sheets were written by experts, according to forensic reports.According to the report of the forensic science laboratory, the handwriting on the answer...
19:42
The guns have today fallen silent along the border, but residents of frontier villages who were forced to flee their homes due to the continual violence refuse to return, fearing that this is just a lull before another round of hostilities.Over two dozen unprovoked ceasefire violations by...
19:05
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who has been in Apollo Hospital since September 2. After his visit, the minister said, Treatment is going on and she's recovering. Not fair on part of anybody to spread rumours.
18:56
Islamic State has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled and the area under its hold in Iraq and Syria is roughly the size of Sri Lanka, according to new data.Security and defence analysts say the terror group's control has reduced by 28 per cent since its height in January...
18:48
A dreaded Pakistani terrorist linked to the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was killed in a joint operation by Afghan-US special forces in Afghanistan bordering Pakistan, a media report said.Qari Ajmal, a leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangi who was involved in a number of...
18:36
JUST IN: Ethiopia declares state of emergency.
18:07
A man has been arrested fromBengaluru in connection with the murder of perfume specialist Monica Ghurde, whose naked body was found in her rented flat in Goa, police said today. Rajkumar Singh, a native of Punjab, was nabbed late last night with help from the police of Karnataka capital and...
17:45
Censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani today said actors' comments on the controversy surrounding the demand for a ban on Pakistani artistes in Bollywood should not be given importance and people should rather think about the country's soldiers.Bollywood has been divided on the issue of the demand...
17:33
Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world, is on the verge of losing its pristine white shine due to the dense smog created by open burning of city garbage, a new study revealed. The study has discovered that open burning of garbage causes 10 times more pollutant deposits on Taj...
17:08
Now, Pakistan is going on the offensive on the cultural front, with plans to get back from India a bronze Mohenjodaro statuette called 'Dancing Girl', a 4500-year-old artefact of which British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler said, There's nothing like her, I think, in the world.The 10.5 centimetre...
16:54
In a racially-motivated attack, a young woman's hijab was ripped off on a busy London street in broad daylight, prompting Scotland Yard to launch a probe into the assault.The force is treating the incident in north London as a racially motivated assault on the victim in her 20s, who was described...
16:37
JUST IN: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav announces compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the family of people who died in stampede duringMayawati's rally in Lucknow
16:23
Hollywood star Brad Pitt will not be prosecuted for the child abuse incident that allegedly occurred in September on a private jet.The FBI never opened an investigation against the Allied actor, 52, because there was no case, reported TMZ.The FBI is still working to gather the facts from the...
16:12
Up to 90 per cent of the south of Haiti has been destroyed and 877 killed by Hurricane Matthew, said to be the most powerful Caribbean storm for decades.CNN was criticised for its coverage of the disaster; despite the fatalities, Haiti was hardly mentioned in the networks coverage. Florida, which...
15:51
Interim Ukip leader Nigel Farage has waded into the crisis engulfing Donald Trump's US presidential bid, insisting the Republican candidate's obscene remarks about groping women amounted to alpha male boasting. Farage said the comments were ugly, but stated that women also make remarks they...
15:30
For the first time in the judicial history of Kerala, the High Court of Kerala has got four women sitting Judges. The historical moment was created when Justice V. Shircy was appointed on Thursday. Other three female sitting Judges her are Justice P.V. Asha, Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Mary...
14:56
Multiple people have reportedly been shot outside a shopping centre in Michigan. According to Grand Rapids Police's Twitter feed, multiple victims were hurt at a strip mall parking lot on 28th Street. Police have rushed to the scene in large numbers.
14:43
JUST IN:Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif visited Pakistani units along the LoC in Haji Pir Sector today.
14:43
Across several states, girls in hostels are battling patriarchal rules that prevent them from being out late in the evening and force them to adhere to a dress code, among other oppressive rules. In Bhopals Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), girls staged a demonstration...
14:20
A silent march will be taken out in Nagpur on October 25 as part of statewide mobilisation by Marathas for their demands like reservation in jobs and education, but the Kunbis, a dominant community in Vidarbha region, have been excluded from the agitation.With cracks seem to be developing between...
14:05
One person has died and 22 others have been injured after a stampede at Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's rally in Uttar Pradesh. Several children are also reportedly missing after broke out at the rally. Earlier, during the rally, the BSP chief attacked the Prime Minister Narendra...
13:27
Indian-Americans rallied behind Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton after surfacing of lewd comments against women by Republican candidate Donald Trump, which the community members described as predatory and sickening.Indian-Americans have traditionally been Democratic supporters but...
13:11
BREAKING: 4 wounded in shooting attack in east Jerusalem, according to police and medics
12:54
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenage boy at Trimbakeshwar which led to tension as angry villagers protested at several places in the district demanding his immediate arrest, police said today.The boy has been taken into custody, they said.In view of the situation, Nashik Police...
12:27
Here's an update on the radioactive leak at Delhi airport. Delhi Police says leaked material is medicinal in nature. NDRF on the spot.
12:27
JUST IN: Suspected radioactive leak from medical equipment atcargo terminal of IGI airport, say officials. Fire engines and disaster response teams have been sent to the Delhi airport's cargo terminal after reports of a radioactive leak, officials said on Sunday.
12:02
The BJP government in Chhattisgarh transferred an IAS officer following his comments about the late Jan Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyay on Facebook. A senior official of the state government said that the officer, Shiv Anant Tayal, who was the CEO of Kanker Zilla Parishad, was transferred to...
11:30
After BJP hoardings threatening to hit Pakistan in their own territory came up in communally sensitive Muzaffarnagar, a local Samajwadi Party leader has also put up a hoarding claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the surgical strike only after consulting with SP chief Mulayam Singh...
10:51
Over a few weeks in the summer of 2011, India and Pakistan staged two of the bloodiest cross-border surgical strikes in which at least 13 soldiers were killed, and six of them decapitated. Five of those heads were carried across the border as trophies -- two to Pakistan and three to India. The...
10:09
Jawaharlal Nehru University's plan to introduce short-term courses in Indian culture and yoga is unlikely to take off, with the university's top decision-making body rejecting a proposal in this regard for the second time. The proposal to introduce three short-term courses in these subjects...
10:05
Describing Donald Trump's lewd remarks about groping women, shortly after his third marriage in 2005, as unacceptable and offensive, his wife Melania Trump exhorted the people to accept his apology, just as she has.The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not...
09:58
The Centre has warned employees of disciplinary action if they indulge in criticism of the government or its policies. The move comes after officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) and All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers among others...
09:53
The Centre has declined to make public a panel's report on the death of research scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University. Replying to an RTI query, it said that the file concerned is under submission and a copy of the report cannot be provided. The file concerned is under submission....
09:48
Palm Springs, California, witnessed the brutal killing of three police officers on Saturday, and so far there's been no word on the assailants' identities. A massive hunt has been launched for the killers.The killings come in the wake of a Los Angeles county sheriff's police aide being shot dead...
00:48
A fragment of plane wing discovered in Mauritius in May has been confirmed as coming from missing plane Malaysia Airlines MH370, Australia's Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement on Friday.It is the third piece of debris to be definitively linked to MH370, Australia's transport minister...
00:46
At least 155 people were killed in Saudi-led airstrikes that hit a funeral home in Yemen's capital of Sanaa, two health ministry officials said Saturday.No other details were immediately available.The Saudi-led coalition, involving several Arab countries, began a military campaign in Yemen in...
00:31
German police find 'highly explosive' materials in terror-plot manhuntDefiant Trump says not quitting Presidential raceMahira Khan condemns Uri attack
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