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The toll in Bihar flood today rose to 367 with 26 more deaths even as 1.58 crore people are affected by the deluge in 19 districts of the state.The flood toll stood at 341 till yesterday in the state.Siwan was added to the list of flood-affected districts, a state disaster management department...
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The government today appointed senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India for three months.Bansal, who is additional secretary and financial adviser at the petroleum ministry, will replace Ashwani Lohani -- who has been appointed as the Chairman of Railway...
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Yuvajan Shramika Rythu Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was today booked for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during the campaign for the by-election to the Nandyal Assembly constituency.Based on a letter by Returning Officer...
20:36
Pakistan is not seeking material or financial help from the United States, but Washington must trust and treat it with respect, Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa today told the US envoy in Islamabad, a day after President Trump asked Islamabad to stop providing safe havens to terrorists.While...
19:14
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and rebel Jnata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav would attend the Rashtriya Janata Dal rally in Patna on August 27 and Mayawati's absence from the event was not a 'setback', party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said today.I had a talk with Mayawati. She said...
18:58
A class 8 student in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly poisoned her classmate by mixing mosquito repellent in her water bottle, apparently envious of her for securing higher marks in exams, police said on Wednesday.The accused girl later allegedly tried to commit suicide, fearing police inquiry...
18:09
Ahead of the Central Bureau of Investigation court's verdict in the 15-year-old rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 97 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including the Rapid Action Force will be deployed in Panchkula during the hearing on Friday.Thousands of...
18:04
Terror funding case: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's sons Naeem Gilani and Naseem Gilani summoned by NIA tomorrow. Naeem is the head of the separatist conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Syed Ali Shah Geelanis younger son Naseem works at an agricultural university in Srinagar.The judicial...
17:36
Wayne Rooney has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect, ending his reign as England captain after holding talks with manager Gareth Southgate.31-year-old Rooney, who joined Everton from Manchester United in the summer after 13 years at Old Trafford, was...
17:16
A late surge in banking stocks, spurred by Cabinet decision on consolidation of public banks, pulled markets higher today as the Sensex closed up 276 points, in line with a firming global trend. The broader Nifty ended on top of 9,800 again. The government today decided to set up an...
17:13
The killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare were well planned and the perpetrators had organisational backup, the Bombay High Court said today, and asked the investigators to look beyond their current line of probe to apprehend the culprits. The bench of Justices S C...
17:09
Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the new chairman of Railway Board, reports ANI.The announcement comes close on heels of reports about A K Mittal's resignation as Chairman Railway Board in the wake of two railway mishaps in five days.According to media...
16:22
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is not considering banning Rs 2,000 notes, and the Reserve Bank will decide on the timing of issuing the new Rs 200 bill.The government has given the go-ahead to the RBI to issue Rs 200 notes, a move that is aimed at easing the pressure on...
16:06
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has called his predecessor and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav's protests in the Assembly premises demanding the latter's resignation in connection with the Srijan scam as 'shameful.'Speaking to ANI, the Bharatiya Janata...
15:52
Haryana and Punjab are maintaining maximum alert ahead of the court judgement in a sexual exploitation case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh on August 25. As a precautionary measure, government has ordered closure of schools and colleges in Panchkula district on August 24 and...
15:06
Hours after Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday tweeted saying he was personally monitoring the situation of the Kaifiyat Express derailment, he said he took moral responsibility for the accidents that have caused him deep anguish over the loss of lives. He said he met PM Narendra...
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Sidelined AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran today removed Revenue Minister RB Udhayakumar as the secretary of a party forum named after J Jayalalithaa and appointed his aides to various party posts. Dinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala, in a statement said Udhayakumar was being...
14:32
The AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu is safe for the time being. Governor Vidyasagar Rao after consultations with New Delhi has decided not to act on the withdrawal of support by 19 MLAs to the Edappadi Palaniswami government. Rao, who is also governor of Maharashtra, is being replaced by a...
14:15
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik isn't riding off into the sunset - at least not yet.But the strongman of engineering and construction giant Larsen and Toubro - who has earned a reputation for pugnacity because of the way he faced down takeover threats from Reliance Industries and the A.V. Birla group in...
14:14
PM Narendra Modi posts this picture on his Instagram page: Adorning traditional headgear from #Maharashtra, presented to me by Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare.
14:02
The Government Railway Police has begun its investigation into the derailment of Kalinga Utkal Express with its personnel visiting the accident site and recording statements of locals in Khatauli, an official said today.Investigating officer (IO) of the GRP, Deputy Superintendent of Police...
13:51
The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue 200-rupee notes, which it hopes will fill the still vast demand for cash after demonetisation wiped out over 85 per cent of the cash in circulation.The Reserve Bank of India proposal to bring in the 200-rupee notes for the first time in history was...
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The Windflower resort near Chennai where MLAs supporting TTV Dinakaran are lodged.
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AIADMK supporters hold protests near the Windflower resort in Puducherry where MLAs supporting TTV Dinakaran are lodged. At least 19 MLAs have withdrawn support to the AIADMK government and are now at the resort.
11:55
A day after the merger of the two warring factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy's (EPS) government faced a crisis yesterday, when 19 of his MLAs withdrew their support, leading to the government falling short of...
11:47
Polling for the high-stakes Bawana bypoll in Delhi began at a slow pace, with a little over 5 per cent votes being cast in the first hour. Voting began at 8 am for the election, in which the BJP, the AAP and the Congress are locked in a triangular contest. EVM issues were faced at a couple of...
11:25
Army vehicles escort Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit after his release from Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.
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Malegaon blast accused Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit walks out of jail after nine years. Earlier in the day, army vehicles arrived at the Taloja jail ahead of his release. He is likely to join his unit in 24 hours. The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who...
10:51
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today left for India on a five-day state visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Leading a 59-member delegation, Deuba, on his first official trip abroad, departed for New Delhi at around 10 am (local time). The prime minister's...
09:35
Former Union minister P Chidambaram's son Karti will appear before Central Bureau of Investigation today.The Supreme Court on August 18 directed Karti to appear before the CBI on August 23 for an interrogation in connection with INX media Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance case.Earlier,...
09:17
United States President Donald Trump blamed media during a campaign-style rally in Phoenix, arguing that the media were dishonest in their portrayal of his response to a violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.Trump opened his rally with a call for unity, saying, What...
08:47
Pakistan is using New Delhi as an excuse to pursue its policies in Afghanistan, the United States has said strongly refuting Islamabad's concerns with regard to Indian developmental activities in the war-torn country.What India is doing in Afghanistan is not a threat to Pakistan. They're not...
08:19
Nine coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh this morning, resulting in injuries to at least 50 people, in the second rail accident in the state in four days.The train travelling from Azamgarh to Delhi collided with a dumper at around 2:50 am...
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About 5,000 carrot-coloured ecstasy tablets in the shape of Donald Trump's head have been seized by German police in the north-western city of Osnabruck.The drugs were confiscated over the weekend, police say, and an Austrian father and son have been arrested.It's thought the drugs would have...
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