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President Donald Trump has said that he will announce his decision on whether the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord on Thursday, amid strong indications he may pull out of the landmark deal isolating America in international efforts to fight global...
23:04
The mortal remains of Squadron Leader D Pankaj, one of the two pilots of the Sukhoi jet that had crashed on May 23, was cremated in Tezpur, Assam, today.The mortal remains of Flight Lieutenant S Achudev, who was the other pilot killed in the crash, were sent to his native place in Kerala, a...
22:11
The Election Commission has pulled out from its strong rooms in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand 14 electronic voting machines used in the recent assembly polls there for Saturday's 'EVM challenge', in which the Nationalist Congress Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist will...
21:32
The Centre today informed the Kerala high court that the demonetised currencies of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, confiscated by law-enforcing agencies and produced before subordinate courts before December 30 last year, can be exchanged from the Reserve Bank of India and nationalised banks.The Centre,...
21:23
We are naming a road in Delhi after the late Ambassador Alexander Kadakin. He was a great friend of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in St Petersburg while issuing a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Kadakin, a fluent Hindi-speaking career diplomat, passed away on...
21:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladmir Putin issue a joint statement in St Petersburg. Five agreements have been signed between India and Russia.Excerpts from the joint statement:- India and Russia have a shared commitment to preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass...
20:41
Those who participate in 'beef parties' should change their ways as they are bringing shame to the nation by indulging in 'anti-humanity' act, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Indresh Kumar said on Thursday.Those who are doing this (beef parties) are just a few among the population of 121...
19:56
A Bharatiya Janata Party leader was allegedly hacked to death by a group of men near Anekal on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police said today.The deceased has been identified as Harish, 40, BJP's SC/ST Yuva Morcha Anekal unit's vice president.Police officials said the incident happened late...
19:32
The Central Bureau of Investigation today examined Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in connection with its probe into allegations of money laundering against him.Jain arrived at the agency headquarters around 11 in the morning, CBI sources said.The agency had registered a preliminary enquiry against...
18:14
Pakistan on Thursday summoned India's deputy high commissioner in Islamabad and 'condemned the unprovoked' ceasefire violation by India along the Line of Control that killed two civilians and injured five others.Foreign Office said in a statement that India resorted to firing in Battal, Jandrot...
17:37
The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday announced that it will organise its own electronic voting machine challenge on June 3, after the Election Commission rejected the party's 'open hackathon' request.The party will invite wizards and technical experts from political parties, the Election Commission...
17:20
Pakistan has said that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav will not be executed until he has exhausted all his mercy appeals.'Irrespective of ICJ's stay, Jadhav will remain alive until he has exhausted the right to request for clemency, initially with the COAS (army chief) and later with...
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JUST IN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin begin restricted meeting ahead of delegation-level summit.
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Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan today underwent a heart surgery at London's Royal Brompton Hospital with his family saying it was successful and he was recovering.The operation was successful. He is out of ICU now. He is recovering, a family member of the 70-year-old Lok Janshakti Party...
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The Indian Army has this week released a list of 12 top Jammu and Kashmir terrorists it aims to go after.The names were made public Tuesday, four days after Hizbul Mujahideen's Sabzar Ahmad Bhat was killed in an encounter with security forces in Tral, South Kashmir.In another operation, the army...
16:11
China will steadfastly implement the Paris climate pact, Premier Li Keqiang said today, urging others to do likewise as US President Donald Trump was due to announce whether he will keep Washington in the deal.China has been investing billions in clean energy infrastructure, as its leaders seek...
15:42
A BJP leader in Meghalaya has resigned from the party in protest against the Centre's new rule that bans cattle trade for slaughter. Bernard Marak, a leader from Garo hills, had created controversy earlier this week by promising cheap beef to people if the party came to power. Assembly elections...
15:27
Afghanistan have cancelled proposed home and away cricket fixtures with Pakistan after a deadly bomb attack blamed by the countrys intelligence agency on militants allegedly backed by Islamabad.Pakistan were set to play their first Twenty20 match in Kabul later this year in what was seen as an...
14:54
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will hold an EVM or Electronic Voting Machine hackathon on the same day as the Election Commission's challenge for parties to prove allegations of tampering.AAP says its counter-hackathon aims at proving that the Election Commission's exercise is a farce.In the...
14:34
NGOs who don't submit their annual income and expenditure records by June 14 will face cancellation of their FCRA registration, the government has warned.A large number of NGOs, registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, are yet to submit their annual returns for five years --...
14:19
The Delhi court has granted bail to TTV Dinakaran & his aide Mallikarjun over allegedly bribing EC officials for AIADMK's two-leaves symbol. The court granted Sasikala's nephew bail on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and have asked both of them -- Dinakaran & his aide...
13:48
JUST IN: India, Pakistan to become full members of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at Astana summit next week: China.
13:28
PM Narendra Modi pays homage at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St Petersburg, Russia. The memorial is dedicated mostly to the victims of the Siege of Leningrad.
13:15
On completion of the NDA government's three years in office, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed a press conference in the national capital. The finance minister said, We have shown decisiveness, even the ability to take difficult decisions. He said the government has taken key...
12:38
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat arrived in Srinagar today to review the security situation and operational preparedness of the armed forces posted in Kashmir and along the Line of Control.Gen Rawat and some senior army officers arrived at Badamibagh Cantonment area this morning for a routine...
12:24
Online tour operator MakeMyTrip was trolled on Twitter after one of the company's co-founders made some hard hitting comments on the Central government's new rules on cattle sale.Keyur Joshi, who is one of the co-founders of MakeMyTrip, had expressed his displeasure on Twitter over the...
11:53
A day after an IIT-Madras scholar was beaten up allegedly by right-wing students for participating in a beef fest on Sunday, students of the premiere institute took out a rally in support of R Sooraj and sought expulsion of the students involved in the attack. Pro-Left student organisations...
11:39
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised the Union government over the recent economic indicators that showed the countrys GDP growth to have slowed.Falling #GDP. Rising #unemployment. Every other issue is manufactured to distract us from this fundamental failure, said Gandhi,...
11:16
Historian Ramachandra Guha, one of the administrators of the BCCI, has resigned from the post.Guha told the Supreme Court on Thursday that he has tendered his resignation to Vinod Rai, the Chairman of the Committee of Administrators appointed by the apex court. He reportedly tendered his...
10:35
Karti Chidambaram, who is under CBI investigation for an alleged bribery and corruption case, today returned from London. Airport sources said Karti arrived by a British Airways flight around 4 am. He had left for London on May 18 on what his...
10:30
Over a week after a Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force crashed near the border in Arunachal Pradesh, the bodies of its two pilots have been found and brought to an air force station in Assam.The Air Force declared Squadron Leader D Pankaj and Flight Lieutenant S Achudev dead...
10:08
A BJP leader in Meghalaya has announced a beef party to celebrate three years of the Narendra Modi government, prompting the party to threaten to sack him on a day it struggled to cope with a snowballing issue by clarifying that states can have their own laws on cattle slaughter that echo local...
09:51
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj came to the rescue of a Pakistani man who was unable to get a medical visa for the treatment of his infant. Swaraj assured the Pakistani national that Indian authorities will assist him with the process after the man, identified as a civil engineer...
09:37
Actress Priyanka Chopra offended two separate sets of folks with two separate sets of social media posts while in Berlin, where she was promoting her Hollywood debut Baywatch. One -- the easily shocked were outraged that she wore a short dress to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was...
09:13
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had an eyebrow-raising explanation for a curious tweet sent by US President Donald Trump that featured a nonsense word.Trump tweeted covfefe late Tuesday night, seemingly attempting to write the word coverage in a tweet critical of the press.He eventually...
08:24
JUST IN: Pakistani troops violate ceasefire along LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts; open heavy mortar shelling
08:23
The lights at the Eiffel Tower will be switched off tonight to honour the scores of victims from the huge truck bomb that struck Afghanistan's capital, the Paris mayor said.The Eiffel Tower will again go dark from midnight tonight to show Paris's solidarity with Kabul, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in...
07:56
Two terrorists who were holed up in a house at Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district were killed in an encounter with security forces.An army official said operations are still continuing in the area.Security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Natipora area of Sopore...
01:04
Rejecting the Centre's statement on the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and his grandnephew Chandra Bose on Wednesday demanded setting up a special investigation team to unravel the mystery of Netaji's disappearance.Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an air...
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Trump likely to withdraw from Paris climate deal: reports2 held for killing of man who objected to public urination Sukhoi-30 crash: Both pilots declared deadStates, not Centre, will decide on cow slaughter ban: BJPIRS officer Nandini tops civil services exam Peacocks don't mate, says judge who...
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