23:48
Pakistan has said that Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industries, which cancelled Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale's public engagement at the last minute, is an independent body, a day after India summoned Pakistani envoy to lodge a strong protest over the incident.Asked about Pakistan...
22:44
Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who literally shut the doors of his residence on a group of MPs few days back, on Thursday said he was not against dialogue but will not participate in any meaningless exercise which is not aimed at solving the Kashmir issue. The separatist...
22:42
As Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi faces a case of defamation over his statement that RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi, a relative of Nathuram Godse on Thursday claimed that the Mahatma's assassin was a member of the saffron organisation till the last moment of his life.However, Nathuram had...
22:26
The special investigation team of Maharashtra police probing CPI leader Govind Pansare murder case, today told a court in Kolhapur, Maharashtra that it has during a search at the ashram of Panvel-based Sanatan Sanstha found some drugs which could affect the nervous system.It also said that Vinay...
22:18
AAP today hit back at Navjot Singh Sidhu, alleging that his political outfit 'Awaaz e Punjab' was the 'B-team' of the RSS, and said his attack on the Badal family was a diversion, as his real target was Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.AAP's Punjab co-incharge and Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh also...
21:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today applauded the ISRO scientists for the launch of advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR onboard GSLV-F05, terming it as an exemplary achievement which made India proud. Congratulations to @isro scientists for time and again demonstrating top-notch skill,...
20:54
Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state while Jharkhand comes last in the list on the condition of sanitation in rural areas of 26 states in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat is ranked 14th.The results of survey carried out last year by National Sample Survey Office...
20:53
President Barack Obama said today that Republican Donald Trump proves he isn't qualified to be president every time he speaks, adding that he was confident Americans would ultimately reject the brash billionaire on Election Day.Obama, closing out his final presidential trip to Asia, said his...
20:51
India today said armed groups and non-state actors were playing 'spoilers' to peace efforts globally and sought qualitative improvement in the performance of UN peacekeeping contingents, staff and mission leadership. Addressing the Defence Ministers' meeting in London, Minister of State for...
20:03
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has drawn up plans to make two-three GSLV missions every year, a top official said today. The space agency registered a hat-trick of success on launch of geosynchronous launch vehicles with today's GSLV- 05 flight carrying advanced...
20:00
BJP chief Amit Shah's meeting with the leaders of the Patidar community in Surat turned into chaos today as supporters of Hardik Patel went on a rampage, chanting his name and vandalising the furniture.Shah was in Surat to attend a huge rally by the BJP to honour the new Patel ministers in...
19:49
Hate crime incidents logged by British police in the wake of Brexit surged in the second half of July, nearly a month after the EU referendum vote, and still remains at significantly higher levels than a year ago,according to latest statistics.The latest set of figures released by the UKs...
19:34
In a rare setback, China today failed to put one of the most advanced satellites into orbit resulting in the loss of the satellite, a media report said.A Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi but aihangtian.com, a website run by Chinese professional...
19:30
Security forces will shortly start using chilly-filled shells PAVA in crowd control in Kashmir, replacing the pellet guns that had caused injuries to alarge number of injuries, especially the loss of vision of several people. This follows the report of an expert committee...
19:28
Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow to review the security situation in the unrest-hit Valley, Army sources said.There was no official word on the development either in Kashmir or in the national capital.
19:16
A dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits tomorrow to protest against the Supreme Court's direction to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu is likely to throw normal life out of gear.This is the second bandh that the state is bracing for in less than a week's time and the...
19:05
A senior PDP leader and MP Muzzafar Hussain Baig today suggested that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should consider resigning if she feels the 'Agenda of Alliance' between PDP and its ruling partner BJP is a paper of fraud and not a paper of good faith.Baig, a founder member of...
18:55
Moving ahead with its resolve to check the activities of the Sangh Parivar outfits at the temples of the state, the CPI-M-led LDF government in Kerala is all set to come out with a circular banning any type of arms-training drills at the shrine complexes.The state Devaswom department has taken...
18:26
Unveiling a new front in poll-bound Punjab, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today launched a no-holds-barred attack on Akali-BJP combine and Congress, and dubbed AAP as anarchy in the garb of democracy led by Arvind Kejriwal who wants only yes-men. Addressing a press...
18:16
Rohith Vemula's suicide, sedition row, nationalism and B R Ambedkar's vision were some of the topics that were part of the high-voltage JNU presidential debate ahead its students' union election.The night-long event, conducted in the US presidential debate-style and considered a deciding factor...
17:54
Outgoing President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as unsuitable to be commander-in-chief Thursday, after the Republican nominee blasted US military brass and praised Vladimir Putin.I don't think the guy's qualified to be president of the United States and every time he speaks, that...
17:51
Japan had confirmed to the US within weeks about the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a plane crash in Taiwan in 1945, a UK website set up to document evidence on the circumstances of the freedom fighter's demise claimed today.Bosefiles.info says Japan's communication to the US in 1945 was...
17:40
Britain's MPs and peers may have to move out of their historic Palace of Westminster Parliament complex after a senior parliamentary committee recommended essential repairs this week.British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to officially give the go-ahead for the plans drafted by the Joint...
17:32
Three men have been arrested today inthe UK on suspicion of being involved in terrorism and a religiously aggravated offence.Two of the men, aged 19 and 20, were arrested at an address in west London as part of a pre-planned, intelligence-led investigation by Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism...
17:17
The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted its order staying the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Bulandshahr gang rape case.The top court modified its order after the investigative agency, on Tuesday, moved to the court asking to vacate its stay on the ongoing probe.The top court had in...
17:16
ISRO launched the advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR on-board GSLV-F05 on Thursday. The launch of the GSLV-F05 marks the tenth flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, designed to inject 2 to 2.5 ton class of satellites in geostationary orbits.The rocket is almost 49...
16:43
Following its passage as law after being assented to by the President, the GST Constitution Amendment Bill was also ratified by the Arunachal Pradesh assembly.The GST will replace more than a dozen levies central and state levies, including central excise duty, service tax and central sales tax...
16:40
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for Delhi after meeting several world leaders during and on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits.
16:37
This incident best illustrates the kind of person the new RBI governor Dr Urjit Patel is -- unassuming, non-fussy, and polite to a fault. On Tuesday, Patel's first official meeting was at the NITI Aayog office in New Delhi. Necessary arrangements had been made by...
16:32
The Goods and Services Tax is now a law after President Pranab Mukherjee signed the bill which had been cleared by Parliament and 15 state governments.The GST bill had been approved by the Rajya Sabha to replace a raft of different state and local taxes with a single unified value added tax...
16:14
Chikungunya is refusing to let go of its grip on Delhi with patients swamping the hospitals including AIIMS which itself has tested nearly 890 blood test samples positive for the vector-borne disease in the last two months. Several hospitals in the national capital are reporting increasing...
16:07
The Sensex closed above the 29,000-mark after 17 months, gaining 118.92 points to 29,045.28 and the NSE index Nifty ended higher by 34.55 points at 8,952.50. The landmark was earlier reached in January 2015 where it hit a record high of 29,047.20
16:00
The launch of IISRO's GSLV rocket postponed by 40 minutes
15:56
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu launched a new political front, the Awaaz-e-Punjab, ahead of assembly elections in Punjab.The resurrection, and revival of Punjab is the aim of Awaaz-e-Punjab, he said, adding, One good person is better than a hundred bad people...Our slogan is...
15:17
JUST IN: Fire breaks out on the 20th floor of Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai. All employees have been evacuated
15:14
The Mumbai sessions court has awarded the death sentence to convict Ankur Panwar in the Preeti Rathi acid-attack-murder case. On Tuesday, the court had found Panwar guilty of sections 302 (murder) and 326 B (Voluntarily throwing acid) of the IPC.Panwar had thrown acid on Preeti, who had...
15:08
The Haji Ali Dargah case verdict was arrived at by hewing closely to the Constitution, to law, and to the task of defending individual rights. It is admirable for resisting the temptation of interpretive adventurism.Read full column HERE
14:42
Asked to justify his column in which he discusses a colleague accused of a sex scandal, Ashutosh, senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, obeyed an order this morning to meet with Lalitha Kumaramangalam, the chief of the National Commission for Women.He said he told the country's top...
13:53
As Rahul Gandhi undertakes his 2,500-km yatra in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today termed the Congress scion as a good human being and said they can forge a friendship if he spends more time in the state, setting off speculation about a political realignment.Akhilesh, however,...
13:25
Check out the smile on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PM couldn't hide his joy on meeting his 'bestie' US President Barack Obama. The two are in Laos for the regional ASEAN summit. This is Modi's eighth interaction with the US president in the two years that the PM has acquired...
12:44
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a pull aside meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit, days after he held talks with President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou. Moving forward with China. PM Narendra Modi has quick pull aside with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on...
12:29
JUST IN: The Delhi high court has set aside the Delhi government's order appointing 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries. In June, President Pranab Mukherjee had refused to sign a bill that allowed the 21 AAP MLAs to hold a second paying position as parliamentary secretary, leaving...
11:55
JUST IN: 3 injured in IED blast in Kabul
11:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Anath Kumar to brief the media about the government's efforts to bring peace to troubled Kashmir. The...
11:25
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to stop funding to separatists for foreign travel and other expenses. The PIL states that more than Rs 100 crore is spent on separatists by the government and that they misuse this money for anti-India activities.The PIL comes in...
11:14
China's national carrier Air China has stirred outrage with a racist travel warning in its in-flight magazine targeting Indians, Pakistanis and black people.An article in its in-flight magazine 'Wings of China' cautioned travellers to London, a popular destination for China's booming outbound...
10:53
JUST IN: Italian Marine Latorre seeks extended relief to extend his stay in Italy till the end of arbitration. SC to hear case on September 20.
10:40
At least eight people have drowned in Tungabhadra River in Karnataka, when a coracle in which they were sailing overturned and capsized, police has said. Four others are missing.The group, from Hadonahalli village, had gone to immerse a Ganesha idol in the afternoon. They had got into a coracle...
10:23
The agitation for Lokpal bill had brought them together. But alleged wrongdoing of Arvind Kejriwal's ministers is distancing him from Anna Hazare.The social crusader said he would start an agitation against his one-time most trusted colleague --Delhi chief minister Kejriwal -- in the national...
09:55
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu along with former Indian hockey team captain Pargat Singh will formally launch 'Awaaz-e-Punjab', the new political front today, which will contest the Punjab assembly elections next year.Elections to 117 assembly seats are likely to be held in...
09:45
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan issued notices to seven accused of 2008 Mumbai attack case, including Laskhar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and the government on a plea to examine the boat used by the 10 LeT terrorists to reach the Indian coast.The Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad on...
09:20
In years when southern Karnataka gets its full quota of monsoon rain, generally not a whisper is heard about the Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. But when rains are less than bountiful in the catchment areas of the river, leaving four key Cauvery basin reservoirs less than...
09:00
Arvind Kejrwal was jostled by a crowd of protesters this morning at the railway station in Delhi, from where he took a train to Punjab for a five-day visit.As the CM boarded a Shatabdi train to Ludhiana, women activists shouted slogans and protested against sacked AAP minister Sandeep Kumar, who...
08:33
The Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department has accused local policemen of fudging facts in the case related to the July 11 flogging of Dalits in Una. Its chargesheet, filed Wednesday against 34 accused, alleged that police twisted the skinning of a dead cow by Dalits into a case of 'beef...
08:04
Terrorists attacked a police station in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, late Wednesday night. This comes after militants attacked an army convoy in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Wednesday morning and injured two soldiers.Militants fired on the army convoy at Handwara in Kupwara district,...
03:38
A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US spy plane over the Black Sea today, the Pentagon said, although Moscow quickly insisted the encounter was within international rules. A Russian Su-27 Flanker jet made an unsafe, close-range intercept of a US P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine...
03:33
John Malone's Liberty Media buys Formula One for $4.4 billion (Rs 29,254 crore).It is understood Liberty Media will initially buy a stake in Formula One of up to 20% before taking full control later in the year.The future of Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of Formula One Group, will be one...
02:40
Apple unveiled their new iPhone 7 on Wednesday and with it comes a plethora of new features, including a water-resistant design and a dual camera system. But perhaps the most game-changing news is the removal of the headphone jack, paving the way for Apple's new wireless earbuds called...
01:52
The Taliban today toppled security outposts on the edge of the southern Afghan city of Tarin Kot, officials said, threatening the third provincial capital in recent weeks. The insurgents crept within seven kilometres of the capital of the restive poppy-rich province of Uruzgan, prompting...
01:30
Tennis: US Open women's match in betting alertNew York, Sep 7 (AFP) The US Open first round match between Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland is under investigation for suspicious betting patterns, it was confirmed today. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said...
01:26
The newly-crowned Miss World Japan is hardly a typical Japanese woman. Being half-Indian is only part of it.Priyanka Yoshikawa, crowned Monday after outshining more than 6,900 other applicants, has a certificate in elephant training, teaches English to children, enjoys kickboxing and volunteers...
01:23
Barack Obama briefly met with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte today, Manila said, two days after the firebrand politician branded the US president a son of a whore.The encounter took place just before a dinner during a summit of regional leaders in Laos, according to the Philippine...
01:22
Mexico's finance minister Luis Videgaray stepped down today, a surprise move that follows his reported key role in Donald Trump's controversial meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto. Pena Nieto said he had accepted Videgaray's resignation and replaced him with Social Development Minister...
01:13
India has been experiencing exploding growth in all manner of waysincluding internet literacy. There are now 462 million active internet users, up 90% from March 2015. While 153 million people in the country are now active social media users, women make up a dismal share.Typically, women...
00:27
* The price remains the same with $649, $749 and $849 with the 32GB storage, which is now the base storage option. * The iPhone7 Plus will ship with 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage variant costing $749, $849 and $949 respectively. * The Apple Watch Series 2 will be available in India from...
00:19
Our in-house expert says that the dual camera feature that Apple released on its new iPhone was already released by HTC a year ago on its HTC One (M8) model.Click HERE to read about that
00:16
More features of the new iPhone:* Forget tethering your devices with cables that tangle themselves. Apple AirPods announced. New W1 chip is the heart behind it. It comes with 24 hours listening. * Apple Pay will use Felica technology, NFC alternative in Japan.* New Apple processor A10 Fusion...
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