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In a unique initiative, Indian Administrative Service officers will adopt families of security personnel, who lost their lives in Maoist combat, anti-terror operations or maintaining law and order.The bureaucrats will approach such families within their area of posting and offer themselves as...
23:14
The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case in the Narada 'sting' where a number of Trinamool Congress leaders, including MPs and ministers, were allegedly seen on camera taking money.The agency, officials said, has registered the case under the provisions of the...
21:47
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has already sounded the poll bugle for 2019 general election.He will be visiting five states as part of a Vistaar Yatra (Expansion Tour).The aim of the Vistaar Yatra is to expand party's reach in those 120 Lok Sabha seats wherein the BJP lost in 2014...
21:43
Goa Customs today seized eleven gold bars worth Rs 34 lakh, which were found concealed in a packet hidden beneath a seat, from an Air India aircraft after it landed at the airport in Panaji, an official said.While performing the necessary checking after arrival of the Air India flight AI-994...
20:38
The wife of a Central Reserve Police Force jawan, who lost his life in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, on Friday demanded that paramilitary personnel be given shoot at sight orders to tackle left wing extremism.Kiren, the wife of late CRPF personnel Surender, told ANI that the...
19:27
A Dalit man riding a mare during his wedding procession was forcibly made to dismount, attacked with beer bottles and dragged along the road allegedly by a group of upper caste men in Rajasthan's Udaipur district.The assailants were apparently infuriated to see the Dalit man riding the mare, a...
18:54
Alert security forces on Friday foiled a bid by two terrorists to loot a branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Anantnag.One terrorist was arrested, while the other managed to flee. The incident happened when the bank's Mehandi Kadal branch employees had gone to offer Friday prayers and the...
18:39
Taking a cue from Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi government has decided to cancel public holidays marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday.'The Delhi government will cancel holidays on birth or death anniversary of eminent...
18:15
Uttar Pradesh government 'babus' used to playing truant for an afternoon siesta or meeting an old friend will now risk getting caught as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to dial up officers' on their office landlines to check if they are present.Uttar Pradesh's Power Minister Shrikant...
17:42
'I have heard so much about Bollywood, Excellency... Oh, I am so excited to meet you, said the woman guest from Morocco. ''We had entered another world. Someone asked what was distinctive about the Method style. The minister sprung up, with his face and features aglow. He began demonstrating how...
17:29
Market benchmark Sensex hit a soft patch for the second day running as it retreated from record highs to close below the 30,000 mark today after investors pocketed gains ahead of an extended weekend. However, indices still registered their biggest gain in six weeks on widespread buying and...
17:07
Rishi Kapoor slammed the 'actors of this generation' in a series of tweets for not attending Vinod Khanna's funeral, yesterday. Khanna passed away early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer.Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says there's a reason why only the older generation...
16:26
Baahubali: The Conclusion continues its tradition of grandiloquence and magnitude. Except this time, high drama, more than spectacle, is what lends its riveting tale of revenge and glory all its wallop and wizardry, writes Sukanya Verma. Read the Rediff.com review here.
16:24
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday announced financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh for the kin of Captain Ayush, who died fighting terrorists on Thursday in Kupwara.My heartfelt condolences to each family who lost their loved ones, adding that I don't give any political...
15:43
The Centre today told the Supreme Court it was ready to talk to recognised political parties in Jammu and Kashmir to resolve the crisis there, but not with the separatists. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made it clear that the government would come to the negotiating table only if the recognised...
15:10
In a development bound to anger the protesting Tamil farmers in the national capital, the Tamil Nadu Government on Friday conveyed to the Supreme Court that drought is not the reason for farmer suicides in the state.The Tamil Nadu government filed a reply in the Supreme Court today stating...
14:45
Just in: Two militants try to snatch rifles from CRPF jawans guarding a bank in Anantnag, Kashmir. One jawan has been injured. One of the militants escaped, while the other one has been nabbed. Instances of locals nabbing guns from security men have emerged over the last couple of...
14:45
Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar is likely to be India's first Lokpal, according to a highly placed source in the government. Justice Khehar will be demitting office on August 28, 2017 and in all probability, by early September, the government will announce Khehar as the Lokpal....
14:33
A 56-year-old Indian man has been killed after getting caught in a crossfire outside a motel in the US state of Tennessee, becoming the fifth from the community to be killed in the country since February.Khandu Patel, father of two, worked as a housekeeper at Americas Best Value Inn and Suites in...
14:12
Cuteness personified. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj's husband, a Supreme Court lawyer, tweets: ...........bad times ahead.Swaraj Kaushal's tweet is in response to Sushma Swaraj's statement at the Group of Ministers meeting yesterday held to review the national policy for women. She said...
13:47
Mumbai-based model Preeti Jain was on Friday sentenced to three years in jail for plotting to kill film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar, against whom she had earlier registered a rape case. The prosecution said Jain gave a contract to gangster Arun Gawlis aide Naresh Pardeshi to kill Bhandarkar in...
13:27
Khandu Patel, 56, killed in the #US state of Tennessee after getting caught in a crossfire outside a motel.Model Preeti Jain convicted by a Mumbai session court for conspiring to kill director @imbhandarkar, reports @aritra_hCentre will stop the use of pellet guns for two weeks if violence in...
13:24
Vinod Khanna's death -- something that seemed imminent after a picture of his emaciated self was leaked to the media -- has chipped away a part of my teenage years. I am deeply saddened by the loss of an actor who enriched my life for many years. It happens each time a star who I grew up with...
13:11
... he a big star .. but always most humble with selfless concern for others .. the rides he would take me on, in his recently acquired Beetle VolksWagen, yellow in color .. his generosity in smuggling me into the only Disco Club in the city at the Taj, where he was a member, and I not even...
12:55
Amul's tribute to actor Vinod Khanna who passed away yesterday.
12:45
The Naxalite strategy is to periodically attack police forces to provoke a reaction. Once the security forces over-react and cause suffering to innocents by high-handed actions, the people will be alienated and support the revolution. This appears to be the Naxalites' strategy and hence,...
12:45
The Naxalite strategy is to periodically attack police forces to provoke a reaction. Once the security forces over-react and cause suffering to innocents by high-handed actions, the people will be alienated and support the revolution. This appears to be the Naxalites' strategy and hence,...
12:40
Srinagar: Wreath laying ceremony of Captain Ayush Yadav, Naik Venkata Ramanna and Subedar Bhup Singh who lost their lives in the Kupwara attack.Three heavily-armed terrorists on Thursday stormed an army camp in Kupwara district of Kashmir, killing three before two of the assailants were gunned...
12:27
Another appointment: BB Vyas to be J&K government's chief secretary
12:19
It took a tragic 25 deaths for the government to act. The Central Reserve Police Force has finally got a new head: Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar took charge as Director General of the countrys largest paramilitary force.The CRPF has remained headless for over two months. It lost 38 personnel in the line of...
12:05
Paradoxical it may seem, but the landslide victories of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, first in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections, and now in the politically important Municipal Corporation of Delhi may not hold Modi and the BJP in good stead when it comes to the...
11:24
The body of a Naxalite has been recovered from the site where 25 CRPF personnel were killed earlier this week in an ambush by the rebels in Burkapal area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.The body of a Naxalite was recovered last night from the forest, just 500 metres away from the spot where the...
11:06
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, widely expected to step into party chief and mother Sonia Gandhi's shoes, has the leadership qualities but needs to be more accessible to party workers, senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit said on NDTV. I would like Rahul Gandhi to be more accessible,...
10:48
JUST IN: Malegaon blast accused Lt Colonel Shrikant Purohit approaches Supreme Court seeking bail
10:44
Baahubali: The Conclusion steamrolled its way into theatres across the country this morning - but not entirely unopposed. In Tamil Nadu, disappointed fans found the film's early morning shows cancelled - Andhra Pradesh watched the film at 7.30 am - because of what was explained away first as...
10:17
Veteran Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has pledged to bear the educational expenses of the children of the 25 CRPF personnel, who were killed in an attack by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma . The cricketer's media manager confirmed that the Gautam Gambhir Foundation will take care of the...
10:06
Indian steel magnate Sajjan Jindal, in pic alongside, has met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a visit to Islamabad, triggering speculation in Pakistani media over revival of bilateral talks amid strains in ties. The meeting between Sharif and Jindal took place on...
09:51
Veteran star Rishi Kapoor, in a series of tweets, has slammed the actors of this generation for not attending superstar Vinod Khanna's funeral last evening. Khanna passed away at the age of 70 early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer. Kapoor, 64, who worked...
09:31
The Maoist cadre that attacked and killed 25 CRPF personnel at Burkapal in Sukma district on 24 April in an ambush, has justified its action by releasing a purported audio on Thursday, mentioning the reasons for the gruesome killing of security force personnel.The audio clip allegedly released by...
09:09
He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is.US President Donald Trump reflected on his first 100 days in office with a wistful look at his life before the White House.I loved my previous life. I had so many things going, Trump told Reuters in an...
08:36
In an embarrassing gaffe for the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker, a press release condoling Vinod Khanna's death on Thursday, named Rajesh Khanna in its opening line instead. The picture of the alleged press release was shared on Twitter by a journalist named Man Aman Chhina, who claimed...
08:24
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea, challenging the government's decision to link Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number card for filing of income tax returns and to apply for new PAN.Earlier yesterday, the government clarified to the apex court that the PAN will be made invalid...
07:55
Afghanistan's Taliban have announced the start of a spring offensive, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on coalition and Afghan security forces.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced the launch of the offensive in an email...
00:11
President Donald Trump is threatening to break up the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which blocked his executive order banning travel from several nations with large Muslim populations and restricted the acceptance of refugees. Asked by the Washington Examiner if he had...
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