23:41
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor voiced regret over Sehwag's attempt to 'trivialise a serious issue like war'. I am disappointed that my cricket hero Virender Sehwag chose to enter the wholly politicised debate over Gurmehar Kaurs words by saying I didnt score two triple centuries, my bat did,...
23:18
US Senator Bernie Sanders has literally laughed out loud at Trump's statement describing heath care as complicated, adding that providing health care was in fact an extremely complicated matter.In an interview with CNN, Sanders expressed his mirth over the remark and spoke about the complexity of...
22:41
After Javed Akhtar and Naseeruddin Shah, Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Umar Khalid has come out in support of Gurmehar Kaur and students of the Delhi University condemning former cricketer Virendra Sehwag's tweet saying he represents Board of Control for Cricket in India and not...
22:26
An independent candidate who contested the February 21 BMC poll, has asked the State Election Commission to probe what he called as 'disappearance' of votes cast by him and his family members. I voted for myself, so did my family members. But when counting of votes was completed, it showed that I...
22:13
Stating that people nowadays should be more tolerant and there is no place of intolerance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said it is the fundamental right of a person to choose his religion.It is absolutely their freedom of choice what religion they will follow, what they will...
21:56
Last week's violent fracas at Delhi's Ramjas College has ignited, yet again, a nationwide debate on freedom of speech and what it means to be (anti) national.The script of the current unrest seems similar to last year's Jawaharlal Nehru University controversy when a group of students was alleged...
21:11
The numbers say it all! India's GDP growth
21:06
India should prepare for a harsh summer as heat wave conditions are expected to intensify in the next few months, the weather department has warned.Northwest India will be the worst-affected, with average temperatures expected to be 1 degree Celsius above normal between March and May. The rest of...
20:42
A grieving, wailing mother. A stoic father. A wife numb with shock. And distraught family-members. Heartbreaking scenes unfolded at the house of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla as his mortal remains arrived at his hometown late on Wednesday.Kuchibhotla, 32, was shot dead by a US Navy veteran...
20:06
JUST IN: MiG-29 fighter jet of Navy makes emergency landing at Mangalore airport following hydraulic failure
19:41
JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar, out on bail in a sedition case, today joined the anti-ABVP march atthe Delhi University demanding non-violence on campuses even as ABVP members raised go back Kanhaiya slogans.The protest march by students and teachers of various universities came after widespread...
19:14
Academicians from universities across the globe, including Coulmbia, Cambridge, Trinity College and New York University, have condemned the recent Ramjas College clashes as state-tolerated violence.In a joint statement, the academicians said no progress is possible in a country if the young...
18:49
Price Waterhouse Coopers, the accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the Academy Awards said on Monday that its staffers did not move quickly enough to correct the biggest error in Oscars history the mistaken announcement of the best picture winner.PwC, formerly Price Waterhouse...
18:34
Amid heart-rending scenes, the mortal remains of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US in an apparent hate crime incident, were consigned to flames in Hyderabad today.Kuchibhotla's father Madhusudana Rao lit the funeral pyre at the crematorium in Jubilee Hills in the...
17:52
Following complaints that female students and media persons were harassed by police personnel during the violent clashes at Ramjas College on February 22nd, the National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner.Allegedly, some journalists, covering...
17:36
Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar on Tuesday hit out at cricketer Virender Sehwag and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt for trolling Gurmehar Kaur, a Delhi University student who launched a social media campaign against the ABVP.Akhtar tweeted: If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a...
17:26
Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today termed as cheap Rahul Gandhi's comment that the Prime Minister needs rest, saying it was made out of the fear and frustrations of losing assembly polls. Taking a dig at Gandhi, he said the comments were coming from a person who himself do not have the...
17:06
Army veterans in Punjab have stepped forward to fight a legal battle on behalf of Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of an army martyr, who started a social media campaign against the ABVP. The mother of the 20-year-old Delhi University student, whose defiant stand against the ABVP drew a volley of hate...
16:54
The Supreme Court directs the Sahara Group to deposit Rs 5092.6 crore byApril 7 for its chief Subrata Roy to get bail. SC asks entity willing to buy Sahara's stake in US hotel to deposit Rs 750 crore in the apex court registry by April 10.
16:37
ICC match referee Chris Broad has given poor rating to Pune pitch where India and Australia played the opening Test of the 4-Test match series. The BCCI has 14 days to respond.India lost to Australia by a huge 333-run margin in the first Test failing to score even 110 runs in both...
16:31
Just In: Supreme Court directs Sahara group to deposit Rs 5092.6 crores by April 7 for its chief Subrata Roy to get bail.
15:41
BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, a known loyalist of veteran leader LK Advani, and who had lobbied to get Advani projected as the BJP and NDA's prime ministerial candidate, has posted a series of tweets addressed to author Chetan Bhagat. Sinha has been critical of the government in the past, and has been...
15:24
Indian designer Anita Dongre met the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, who had famously flaunted one of her creations during her India trip last year, at the Buckingham Palace.They met at the reception dinner marking UK-India Year Of Culture. The designer attended the event on Monday and said...
14:51
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on President Donald Trump to speak out against hate crimes following the murder of an Indian engineer in Kansas last week. With threats & hate crimes on rise, we shouldn't have to tell @POTUS to do his part. He must step up & speak...
14:46
World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva travelled in a Mumbai local train from Churchgate to Dadar. That, for those who are not familiar with Mumbai, is travelling in peak hours but in the opposite direction, against the crowd. Which means the trains are almost empty. This is how Twitter...
14:31
In a shocking incident of xenophobia, a customer at Irving Wal-Mart in the US asked an employee to 'go to their own countries'.The incident, which was caught on video, went viral on social media. According to local media reports, the employee video-recorded the whole incident, where the person...
14:09
President Pranab Mukherjee is keen to hold a three-day governors' conference in New Delhi before his tenure ends in July. The governors' conference is slated for the middle of April and the President's Secretariat has been seeking dates with the offices of the Prime Minister and Vice President....
14:02
She is a martyr's daughter. His soul must be weeping that his daughter is being misguided by those who celebrate on the bodies of martyrs, Kiren Rijiju, the Minister of State for Home, said today.The Union Minister's comment comes as Delhi University begins its 'Save DU' march in the North...
13:34
More memes on DU student Gurmehar Kaur's tweet. This one by Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt.
13:27
There is little doubt that PM Narendra Modi is methodical, but our source tells us just how much. During meetings with Constitutional authorities like the Chief Justice of India or with governors or even chief ministers, the prime minister takes notes and follows up contentious issues and tries...
13:01
In the wake of the ongoing controversy over Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who alleged rape threats over her social media campaign against the student group ABVP, Kargil war hero martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia's father NN Kalia on Tuesday said the honour and dignity of women is...
12:43
The English department faculty at Lady Shri Ram College, where student Gurmehar Kaur is pursuing her English Honours, has released a statement backing the her right to express her opinion on issues that embroil the Delhi University.The faculty said they were proud that Gurmehar has fulfilled her...
12:29
Just In: Country's first integrated heliport inaugurated at Rohini in North Delhi.
12:27
The Supreme Court today refused to allow a woman, who is in her 26th week of pregnancy, to abort her foetus on the ground that it suffered from 'down syndrome', saying we have a life in our hands. The apex court said that as per a report of the medical board constituted to examine the...
12:26
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on March 3 the fresh plea of real estate baron Gopal Ansal seeking modification of its verdict asking him to serve the remaining jail term in the Uphaar fire case. The apex court had recently asked Gopal Ansal to undergo the remaining jail term in the...
12:02
India's Jitu Rai wins bronze medal in 10m Air Pistol event at the Shooting World Cup in New Delhi.This is Rai's second medal having claimed the top prize in 10m air pistol mixed event with Heena Sidhu on Monday.Ankur Mittal clinched the silver medal in a marathon double trap on Monday.
11:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Governor ESL Narasimhan today discussed the setting up of a group of ministers to sort out issues relating to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, like space for government offices, river waters dispute, setting up of a high court, and the central government's...
11:56
The heir to the Samsung empire and four other top executives from the world's biggest smartphone maker were indicted today on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, South Korean prosecutors said. Special prosecutors today indicted Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee...
11:51
Five militants from the banned JMB terror outfit were today sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing a 66-year-old Japanese national in 2015. The order to hang five militants from the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh was given by a court in Rangpur, the Daily Star reported. The...
11:16
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologised to the casts and crews of La La Land and Moonlight and said it deeply regrets the mistakes that led to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong film as winner of the best picture award.In its first statement since the...
11:14
Branches of public banks remained either closed or non-operational today as staffers and officers went ahead with their day-long strike pressing for various demands, including accountability of top executives in the wake of mounting bad loans. Services like cash deposits and withdrawal from...
11:10
India Today reports: Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya's car meets with accident.Her car crashed into a standing auto rickshaw, injuring the driver.He has been admitted to hospital
10:47
The fire in a century-old building in central Kolkata's wholesale market Burrabazar continued to rage today, with 35 fire tenders working to douse the blaze which broke out last night. There was no report of any casualty, officials said. Thick smoke was seen billowing out of the building...
10:37
Just In: Indian Embassy in US issues demarche to US State dept on killing of an Indian engineer, calling for a speedy probe: Sources
10:36
Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar on Tuesday lashed out at Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju over his rhetorical question on Gurmehar Kaur saying, I know who is polluting your mind. Without directly referring to Rijiju, Akhtar tweeted, I don't know about her, but Mr Minister I...
10:35
A man gets Rs 500 notes without serial numbers printed on them from a State Bank of India ATM machine in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh.
10:16
At least seven passengers were killed and over 30 injured when a Visakhapatnam-bound bus fell into a canal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours today. Police said the toll might go up as the front portion of the bus was badly mangled and many were trapped inside. The...
09:59
Senior IAS officer Sumit Mullick was today appointed as the chief secretary of Maharashtra. He will succeed Swadheen Kshatriya, who was due for retirement on January 31, but was given a month's extension. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis signed the file on Mullick early this...
09:27
Day after BJP's youth wing ABVP took out a Tiranga march in Delhi University, several protests marches and counter-marches are expected in Delhi University and JawaharLal Nehru University campuses today.Students and teachers of DU and JNU along with AISA members will stage a march from Khalsa...
09:12
US President Donald Trump has said the chaos that erupted at the end of the Oscars was due to Hollywood obsessing about him rather than concentrating on running a smooth show.In an Oval Office interview with conservative website Breitbart News, Trump said Oscars organizers had taken their eyes...
09:08
Gurmehar Kaur, whose Facebook post against BJP-linked student outfit ABVP over campus violence is at the centre of a huge political row, on Tuesday took to Twitter to announce that she was pulling out the campaign.She tweeted, I'm withdrawing from the campaign. Congratulations everyone. I request...
09:04
ANI reports: Dignity of a woman is of paramount imp, culprits must be punished, says N K Kalia, Kargil martyr Saurabh Kalia's father on rape threats to Gurmehar.
09:01
Here's what Robert Vadra, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, had to say on his Facebook page about the controversy surrounding Gurmehar's remarks:Way to go Gurmehar Kaur, for taking on fascists bravely. A daughter of a martyred army man, Gurmehar has been trolled on social media with...
08:53
The fight over Gurmehar Kaur's comments about ABVP and the subsequent reaction reached a new level when wrestler Babita Phogat entered the fray. In tweets aimed at Gurmehar, Babita tweeted on Tuesday, Jo aapne desh ke haq m bat nhi kar sakti uske haq m bat karna thik h kya??? I condemn rape...
08:13
The last rites of engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the United States will be performed on Tuesday.His mortal remains reached Hyderabad late on Monday night.Kuchibhotla was killed when 52-year-old Adam Purinton, walked into Austins Bar and Grill in the Kansas City suburb of...
00:03
Police are searching for the vandals that damaged what one local rabbi said was nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish graveyard in Philadelphia.Money is being raised to repair the graves and to identify and prosecute the apparently anti-Semitic attackers.The vandalism comes less than a week after a...
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