23:54
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, student leader Kanhaiya Kumar today said Modi's Achhe Din (his poll promise of good days) exists only on Twitter.He was speaking at a seminar organised by the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch to mark the first anniversary of Una Dalit flogging...
23:22
The spiritual head of the Ajmer dargah, Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, today condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir terming it a cowardly act.This act of terror has brought shame to Kashmir, he said.In a statement, Khan also said that there is no place...
23:17
The government is working on creating a national 'no-fly list' which will apply to all citizens, irrespective of their position in society, Union minister Jayant Sinha said today.Replying to a question on recent incidents of indecent behaviour of a few elected representatives with airline staff,...
23:11
Students of Gurukul School in Mumbai made a rangoli as a tribute the victims of Amarnath terror attack. Photograph: Sahil Salvi
23:03
In a dig at the BJP over the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today asked the senior ally of his party to send 'gau rakshaks' to face terrorists in the Valley. Seven Amarnath pilgrims, including six women, were killed and 19 injured when terrorists...
22:28
UPDATE: Rahul Dravid appointed batting consultant for specificoverseas tours, says BCCI.
22:26
The BCCI today named Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of the Indian cricket team with former fast bowling great Zaheer Khan being appointed the bowling coach for a period of two years. On Cricket Advisory Committee's recommendation, we have decided to appoint Ravi Shastri as the chief...
22:21
A central team, visiting Jammu and Kashmir to assess security measures for Amarnath pilgrims in the wake of a terrorist attack, will submit its report to Home Minister Rajnath Singh after returning to Delhi, official sources said today. Union ministers Hansraj Ahir and Jitendra Singh and...
21:44
An encounter broke out this evening between security forces and terrorists in central Kashmirs Budgam district, police said.Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Redbug area of Budgam this evening after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in...
21:00
Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Misa Bharti was today grilled for nearly eight hours by Enforcement Directorate sleuths in connection with the agency's probe into a Rs 8,000 crore money laundering case, officials said.Bharti, the daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, deposed before the investigating officer...
20:07
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat today met Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra in Srinagar. General Rawat arrived in Srinagar to review the security situation in the wake of the attack on Amarnath pilgrims.
20:00
Naxals today set ablaze at least 18 vehicles and machines engaged in mining work in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said. No one was hurt in the incident, they said. A group of armed ultras stormed into the Barbaspur iron ore mining site under the limits of Korar police station...
19:10
Condemnation against the Amarnath attack poured in from the international community today, with the United States and Iran deploring the strike and Germany, France and Bangladesh expressing their solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism and extremism.While Bangladesh Prime Minister...
18:36
In an unusual rebuttal to an online troll, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that all Kashmiris were not terrorists and said it was his job to ensure peace and tranquillity in all parts of the country.The assertion by the home minister came in response to a tweet from an 'Editor of...
17:58
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, agency reports said.The director of the war monitor was quoted as saying by news agencies that 'top tier commanders from IS who are present in Deir Ezzor province have confirmed the death...
17:30
The Not In My Name Campaign In Delhi calls for a vigil to mourn the death of Amarnath Yatris at Jantar Mantar at 7:00 pm today. Here's what their Facebook post says. A Facebook post by a filmmaker against the lynching of a Muslim teenager spawned the powerful online campaign, leading to protest...
17:12
If there is a proverbial silver lining in the horrific terror attack on 58 pilgrims headed from Srinagar to the shrine of Vaishnodevi in Jammu last night, it is the nation uniting in praise of the driver of the bus, Sheikh Salim Gafoor. The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a cash...
16:55
Undeterred by the attack on Amarnath pilgrims, 22,633 devotees today embarked on the pilgrimage amid stepped up security measures. Escorted by CRPF and police personnel, 3,289 pilgrims, comprising 2,283 men, 756 women and 250 sadhus and sadhvis, left in 68 vehicles in a convoy from Jammu for...
16:47
Ravi Shastri has been appointed the next coach of the Indian team and will be at the helm of affairs till the 2019 World Cup, reports ANI. The decision was announced by the Cricket Advisory Committee on Tuesday after the BCCI Committee of Administrators asked directed the committee to consult...
16:27
Senior leaders in the BJP and RSS have reason to celebrate. From August, they say, they will be the real rulers of India with the their men running the Presidents and Vice Presidents office, apart from the Prime Ministers Office which together has been dubbed the teen murti of Delhi. BJP...
16:25
The swearing-in ceremony for the 14th President of the republic of India will take place on July 25, 2017 in the Central Hall of Parliament. With Ram Nath Kovinds winning candidature, officials have a huge responsibility ahead of them to ensure the prestigious swearing-in ceremony takes place...
16:06
The Yogi Adityanath government today presented its first Rs 3,84,659.71 crore budget for 2017-18, making a special provision of Rs 36,000 crore to honour its poll promise of farm loan waiver through debt redemption. Presenting the budget in the Assembly, Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal said...
15:23
In other news: Former captain and CAC member Saurav Ganguly has maintained that skipper Virat Kohli will be consulted over the selection but was not the main person to decide on the issue. We respect his (Virat's) decision. At the end of the day it is his team, he is going to lead the...
15:15
The Maharashtra government has made arrangements for airlifting the mortal remains of two Amarnath pilgrims to Dahanu from Surat. Two Amarnath pilgrims from Dahanu -- Usha Sonar and Nirmala Thakur -- lost their lives in yesterday's terrorist attack at J&K. Other pilgrims from...
14:38
Khurram Parvez, whose Twitter handle says he is a human rights activist posts this on his Facebook page: Kashmiri civil society groups have decided to organise a sit-in to protest against the killing of 7 Amarnath pilgrims today at 5:30 pm at Pratap Park, Lal Chowk, Srinagar. Let us...
14:22
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said he saluted the people of Jammu and Kashmir who had condemned the attack on Amarnath pilgrims and kept the spirit of Kashmiriyat alive. The attack on Amarnath pilgrims in which seven people were killed was a cowardly act of terror but it was heartening...
14:06
Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Tuesday said that Jammu and Kashmir needs to be put under President's Rule as the BJP-PDP state government has not been able to combat terrorism in the region effectively.Singh further asserted that the Amarnath Yatra must continue and every effort...
13:50
Attack on Amarnath pilgrims: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat arrives in Srinagar to take stock of security situation.
13:37
The bodies of seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir were today brought to Gujarat's Surat airport along with the injured and their family members in an IAF plane. An alert was issued in Gujarat late last night after the news came in of the terror attack, in...
13:26
MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh and MoS Home Hansraj Ahir to leave for Srinagar shortly.
13:24
In other news: The Supreme Court today said the interim direction of the Madras High Court staying the Centre's notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter will remain in force and would cover the entire country. A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar...
13:10
After the terror attack on the pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra on Monday, the family of one of the deceased, Lakshben Patel, questioned the government's security provisions and said that how would someone have faith in the nation's security system.Patel's son Suresh told ANI,...
12:18
India and China have handled border issues in the past and there is no reason the two countries will not be able to handle them this time, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said in Singapore today. It is a long border, as you know no part of the border has been agreed upon on the ground. It is...
12:16
Gopalkrishna Gandhi to be the Opposition's nominee for vice president, says PTI. Eighteen opposition parties today met to discuss the upcoming vice presidential election, with Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) which had broken ranks with them over the presidential poll, also in attendance. Congress...
11:47
The driver of the bus carrying the pilgrims who were shot and killed has emerged a hero after media reports say he was singularly responsible for limiting the fatalities. Seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 19 others were injured in a terrorist attack in south Kashmir's Anantnag district last...
11:33
@abdullah_omar The 18 Opposition parties meeting this morning have joined to condemn the attack on Amarnath yatris & observed a minute of silence.
11:15
A day after seven pilgrims were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, a fresh batch of devotees on Tuesday leave for the holy shrine of Amarnath.CRPF Inspector General (Operations) Zulfiqar Hasan earlier in the day assured that the investigation of the terror attack on the Amarnath...
11:01
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag is a blot on all Muslims and Kashmiris. While visiting the injured in a hospital in Anantnag yesterday, she said the head of every Kashmiri hangs in shame over the incident. Pilgrims come...
10:50
Governor NN Vohra, CM Mehbooba Mufti, deputy CM Nirmal Singh pay tribute to those killed in Amarnath terror attack. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who described the attack as an assault on India's values and traditions, hoped to arrest and punish the those involved.Terrorists killed seven...
10:33
Amarnath attack: PM Narendra Modi to be briefed about the situation in Kashmir.
10:32
Amarnath attack: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, state BJP President Jitu Vaghani and others leave for Surat to receive the dead bodies of the Amaranth yatra victims.
10:28
Home Minister Rajnath Singh is holding a high-level meeting to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of Amarnath pilgrims by terrorists. At the meeting are National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, top officials of the home ministry, intelligence agencies and central...
10:23
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10:16
The Centre on Tuesday appealed to all pilgrims undertaking the pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine to follow existing safety protocol and to cooperate with the administration.Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu said he was confident that the state government and...
09:28
JUST IN: All educational institutes closed in Jammu for two days. Jammu's political parties, chamber of commerce have called for a bandh.
09:27
The Jammu-Kashmir police has stated that the Amarnath Yatra attack in which seven people died and 19 others were injured was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the mastermind was Pakistani terrorist identified as Ismail. Earlier, Jammu-Kashmir Governor NN Vohra called for a...
08:51
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a high level security review meet in New Delhi, following the terror attack in Anantnag in jammu and Kashmir which killed seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims. National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, RAW chief, and top Ministry of Home Affairs officials...
08:20
Internet services were suspended in the Jammu region today after the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, official said. Internet and broadband services in the region have been suspended as a precautionary measure following the killing of Amarnath...
08:05
The Jammu-Kashmir police release a list of the victims of the terror attack at the Amarnath Yatra.
08:00
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said the Amarnath pilgrims injured in a terror attack at Anantnag district will be airlifted to Delhi on Tuesday.He informed that the dead and the injured pilgrims will be shifted to Srinagar, from where they will then be airlifted to New Delhi...
02:15
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday kept up her tirade against the Centre, accusing it of hatching conspiracy against the state and refusing to co-operate with it on any issue.Both the central and the state governments are elected by the people. Why should the central government...
00:52
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