23:14
The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the White House has tightened with two months to go before Election Day, as a series of new polls shows them essentially in a dead heat. Trump has edged ahead of Clinton in a new CNN/ORC poll, at 45 per cent to 43 per cent among likely...
22:25
Australia thrash Sri Lanka by 85 runs to take 1-0 lead in the two-match T20I series.Australia had scored 263/3 in 20 overs, while, batting second, Sri Lanka could score only 178/9 in 20 overs.
21:55
Former Indian Administrative Services officer J Satyanarayana was on Tuesday appointed as part-time chairperson of Unique Identification Authority of India, tasked with issuing Aadhaar numbers.The post has been lying vacant following resignation of Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani's in 2014.The...
21:15
Defiant Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa may be sackedafter his refusal to heed to the Centre's advise to him to step down.Theaction may come after the special session of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly,which is meeting for two days from tomorrow to ratify the Goods and ServicesTax...
20:45
Australia scripted history on Tuesday by scoring the highest ever T20I score of 263/3 against Sri Lanka. They surpassed Sri Lanka's 260 for 6.Glenn Maxwell smashed 145 not out of 65 balls.
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan offers prayers at Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI
20:36
Two years after a contentious, fraud-marred presidential election pushed Afghanistan to the brink of another bloody civil war, the country is once again staring into the abyss.The compromise power deal signed by political rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to avert that crisis expires at...
20:09
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan's account on social networking site, Facebook, was hacked but the issue was solved within a day and the actor is back to using it now.The 42-year-old actor's fans were in a shock when on Monday evening they saw a young man's photo as the display picture of Hrithik's...
19:58
500 homicides in Chicago in nine months. 2016 is now the deadliest year in two decades. A visual guide by CNN.
19:52
JUST IN: Fox News has agreed to a settlement with Gretchen Carlson, the anchorwoman who sued Roger Ailes alleging harassment and retaliation in July.Ailes will pay an unknown portion of the total.Ailes, the powerful Fox News CEO and chairman, resigned in the wake of the allegations, which he has...
19:43
Karachi Chamber of Commerce today cancelled an event of Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale at the last minute, apparently over his remarks on Pakistans interference in Kashmir.Bambawale, who is on his first visit to Karachi after assuming charge in January this year, was told...
19:17
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's 2012 Olympics medal will not be upgraded to gold as the wrestling governing body for Olympics, United World Wrestling has cleared T Asgarov of doping violation.Asgarov of Azerbaijan, who won the gold medal in the men's 60kg freestyle category at the 2012 London Games,...
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Even as life remained paralysed in Kashmir for the 60th day, the separatists on Tuesday extended the shutdown call in the Valley till September 16. They also issued a protest calendar in which people have been urged to march towards the local office of the UN Military Observers' Group on...
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In an unprecedented move, 15 joint secretaries serving in the ministery of home affairs on Tuesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to reconsider the decision to suspend senior IAS officer G K Dwivedi for renewal of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of controversial Islamic...
18:20
Britain's longest serving Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz on Tuesday resigned from his post as chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee in the wake of being embroiled in a sex scandal.The 59-year-old influential lawmaker has served as chair of the committee for...
18:13
Several media reports have suggested that the government may scale down security of Kashmiri separatist leaders, who snubbed members of all-party delegation on Sunday.According to reports, the delegation has suggested to cut down funds to the separatists and ban their foreign travels....
17:53
With the Centre focusing more on developing alternative fuel economy, India will soon stop importing petroleum products, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday.We are going to develop this country where our import of petroleum will be zero. We are promoting alternative fuel like ethanol,...
17:44
India's borders need much larger investment and attention, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra said on Tuesday as he batted for smart border management for people living along these areas. Speaking at a conference on 'Homeland Security, Smart Border Management' organised by FICCI in New...
17:42
Online marketplace Snapdeal has announced collateral-free loans worth Rs 1,000 crore for its sellers ahead of the festive season to enable them to stock up adequately. The loans would be disbursed through its ongoing programme -- Capital Assist -- which is now managed by FreeCharge and is...
17:03
Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad Gautam Bambawale has said that Modi is looking forward to visiting Islamabad for the SAARC summit.In a speech to Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, Bambawale said, I can't say about the future but as of today, Prime Minister Modi is looking forward to...
16:32
BJP president Amit Shah has asked for details of all central government schemes and how they are implemented, for a media workshop to be conducted by Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman for party spokespersons in Lucknow. Following this workshop, Amit Shah will direct six Union ministers to...
16:25
Both the Congress and BJP did not attend the Onam celebrations held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 3, for which most of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's cabinet members had flown down. The Onam celebrations, jointly organised by Indradhanush, a cultural outfit of Rashtrapati Bhavan, and...
16:13
Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh is the official biographer of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. The biography will feature a lifetime of details about Indira Gandhi as told to Jairam Ramesh by various personalities, including daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi, ranging from her personal...
15:57
Subramanian Swamy is in the news again. Senior BJP leader and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Subramaniam Swamy on Tuesday equated Mufti with the tail of a dog, which can't be straightened'. In a TV interview he said, There should be President's rule in her place' she is like tail of a dog,...
15:42
It is heard that Communist Party of India-Marxist members are unhappy with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. According to reports, Vijayan has asked a private company to release advertisements on the first 100 days of the Vijayan government. However, the ads which have been released have no...
15:14
Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday, announcing a centre solely for men with an initial capacity of 400.The centre, which will be housed in an old railway site in the north of Paris, aims to replace the makeshift camps that keep springing up...
14:39
Sources are saying that Sony are throwing millions at Daniel Craig to keep him on board as the series main character.According to Radar, executives have offered the actor $150 million (Rs 997 crore) to play Bond in two more feature film, the two of which would be shot back-to-back.Whether Craig...
14:28
People living in glass houses should not be throwing stones at others, the Indian envoy in Pakistan has said as he described Kashmir as an internal matter of India.Answering questions on the Kashmir issue and the recent statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Balochistan, the Indian high...
14:16
Villagers were seen fighting and running away with 'khaats' during Rahul's campaign in Deoria. Today, Rahul Gandhi began his 2,500 km-long yatra during which he was supposed to address farmers and villagers at Deoria on cots. However, all chaos broke out when farmers were caught on...
13:36
The Wrestling Federation of India has recommended two-time Olympics medallist Sushil Kumar for the prestigious Padma Bhushan this year. WFI has also forwarded the names of Sushil's longtime coach and Dronacharya awardee Yashvir Singh and female wrestler Alka Tomar to the Sports Ministry for...
13:19
The G20 summit meeting in Hangzhou inevitably had a political dimension to it, although its primary focus was on evolving multiple policy tools to stimulate medium- and long-term growth potential of the world economy. China, of course, showcased its role as the single largest contributor to world...
13:09
British Airways passengers are facing delays after an IT glitch affected check-in desks.The airline apologised to customers, saying its IT teams are working to resolve this issue.British Airways told customers that some flights were cancelled on Monday due to operational reasons. It said in...
12:25
U lundu kozhukattai is a savoury rice flour dumpling stuffed with a spicy mixture of urad dal. Most bankers, except possibly those hailing from Madhya Pradesh, are unlikely to know of its existence. That may soon change, however, because a food company in Bangalore has decided to introduce this...
12:14
A session court in Mumbai found accused Ankur Pawar guilty of murder as he threw acid on Preeti Rathi, who later died from her injuries. In 2013, Rathi, a Delhi resident, had come to the city to join the Colaba Naval Hospital `INS Ashwini' as a staff nurse. As she got off Garib...
11:34
Ashutosh, a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party has defended himself and questioned the National Women Commission's action againts him for a column he wrote on the removal of Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar over a sex scandal. On Monday, the NCW filed a case against the AAP leader for his...
11:22
The offensive and reactionary position taken by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board against reform of triple talaq is a reminder of the institutional cul de sac we have driven ourselves into on issues of personal law reform and common civil code. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board's...
11:05
Two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school on the French island of Corsica by two other parents, officials said. The incident happened on Monday as parents were dropping off their children at the start of the school day in...
10:43
About 2,000 khaats or cots have been laid out in Rudrapur town of Uttar Pradesh to seat participants of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's meeting with farmers.The khaat sabha is part of an extensive tour of Uttar Pradesh that Gandhi begins today, aimed at energising party cadre and informing...
10:38
As many as 2,234 people contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals between October 2014 and March 2016, according to data released by the National AIDS Control Organisation, but the government told Parliament it did not know of these infections. The information was...
10:26
Anna Hazare has said he is very saddened to see that some of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's colleagues have gone to jail, while some others are indulging in fraud.I am very hurt...When he (Kejriwal) was with me, he wrote a book on gram swaraj...Will we call this gram swaraj? That's why I...
10:14
JUST IN: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte expresses regret that his profane remark came across as personal attack on Obama.
09:50
According to media reports, two militants attacked a NGO -- CARE -- in Kabul and have now holed up in the building. According to the CID chief, Three people were in the building at the time of the attack. One has been rescued, while the other two are still in the building. The attack started...
09:35
A bandh has been called in Mandya district of southern Karnataka by farmer and pro-Kannada groups today to protest against the direction by the Supreme Court asking the state to release Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Processions are planned too and the busy Bengaluru-Mysuru...
08:42
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 am and brief the PM about the all-party delegation to Kashmir. Earlier, the home minister repelled the notion that the all-party delegation visit to Jammu and Kashmir was a failure, saying that the delegation will now...
08:20
Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire in Kashmir's Poonch area and have resorted to mortar shelling and firing on Indian posts. According to army sources, firing was still going on intermittently till the last reports came.We have responded immediately and gave appropriate reply in a...
07:53
After being called an obscenity by the president of the Philippines, President Barack Obama canceled a meeting with the leader, Rodrigo Duterte, scheduled for Tuesday.Duterte had threatened to curse out the U.S. commander in chief if Obama raised the issue of extrajudicial killings by Philippine...
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