23:52
London police conduct controlled explosion near new US embassy
22:45
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, caught in a tussle with the V Narayanasamy-led Congress government in the Union Territory, today said she is not a rubber stamp and that she is performing her duties as an administrator. Her assertion comes amidst her stand-off with the elected...
22:24
With the ruling BJP yet to initiate efforts for a consensual presidential nominee, the Congress on Wednesday said that non-NDA parties will make every possible attempt to find the best person for India in case the NDA alliance does not reach out to them.Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said...
21:31
Amid the changing power equations in the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Amma faction, the rebel Puratchi Thalaivi Amma group on Wednesday said it will not hurt the prospects of the K Palaniswami government in Tamil Nadu.The Palaniswami-led government will not face a situation...
21:24
Taking a dig at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that the economy was running on just one engine of public spending, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today thanked him for acknowledging that India was propelled by a single, high-powered engine under Narendra Modi.In a broadside...
21:12
Amid reports of unease among BJP leaders in the Northeast over the beef issue, a top party leader today asserted that its state governments have no intention to impose any dietary restriction on people. We are in power in Assam and people are eating beef there in day-to-day life. Where is...
20:07
The country's beef exports fell by 7.62 per cent in April to USD 257.06 million possibly due to crackdown on unlicensed abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh. The country had exported USD 278.26 million worth of beef in the same month last year, according to an official data. India is the largest...
19:57
Leaving your pet hungry could cost you dearly, as a farmer in Uttar Pradesh realised the hard way.Much to the shock of Sarvesh Kumar Pal, his goat chewed up currency notes worth Rs 62,000 kept in the pocket of his trousers while he had gone for a bath.The incident occurred on Monday in Siluapur...
18:44
Three terrorists were gunned down when the Army foiled an infiltration bid in Machil sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said on Wednesday.The incident took place on Tuesday night when troops guarding the Line of Control noticed a group of militants trying to infiltrate into...
18:27
The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj seldom if ever would say a bloomer. Therefore, her remark on June 6 seems odd, where she reportedly said that India will take Russia's help to convince China' of the merits of its case for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Read MK...
18:25
It is normal practice to have the monsoon session of parliament coinciding with the Presidential polls since MPs can cast their votes in the polls.But insiders in the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs say they have no intimation so far of the possible dates of the monsoon session of...
17:59
Debris from Myanmar military plane found in sea: Myanmar official
17:58
CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and AICC leader Ahmed Patel will face stumbling blocks if they want to retain their Rajya Sabha seats. Unless of course, crucial issues are sorted out. The West Bengal state unit wants Yechury for a third term, but the CPI-M's Central Committee does...
17:37
Donald Trump has nominated the lawyer and former assitant Attorney General Christopher Wray to be his new FBI director, replacing James Comey who he fired amid an investigation into the Trump administration's links to Russia, reports the Independent..
17:22
Just in: Election Commission briefing on the presidential polls. Term of President Pranab Mukherjee will end on 24 July, says Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi. Highlights of the briefing.-- Rs 15,000 security for candidates.-- The voting will be by secret ballot through a ballot box. EVMs...
17:10
French Open: Defending champion Novak Djokovic crashes out in quarters after losing 6-7, 3-6, 0-6 against Austria's Dominic Thiem.
17:01
Two people tried to manhandle CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury at a press conference he held to protest the violence against farmers in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. Yechury escaped unhurt, and the men were beaten up and handed over to the police. @SitaramYechury tweeted saying, We will...
16:43
A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon. Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35 pm when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town, the commander-in-chief's office said in a statement, adding search and rescue...
16:36
Iranian media says, Iran Parliament siege over, all four terrorists killed.
16:35
Fatima Bhutto @fbhutto on Arundhati Roy's book: Roy's novel is a ferocious and staggeringly beautiful book #utmosthappiness.
16:29
Four more ruling AIADMK (Amma) MLAs today called on deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran, who is trying to re-assert his position after being released on bail in a bribery case despite facing a revolt by the Chief Minister K Palaniswami camp. The MLAs' meeting with Dhinakaran raised questions...
16:17
Rahul Gandhi visited Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge at AIIMS today. Kharge has been admitted there for a knee surgery.
16:12
Police in Mozambique has warned that bald people could be the targets of ritual attacks, after the brutal killing of two men whose body parts were thought to have been used in witchcraft. The two bald men, one of whom was found with his head cut off and organs removed, were killed in a part...
16:09
The Reserve Bank today marginally lowered the economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.3 per cent even as it hoped that remonetisation would enable pick-up in consumer spending, especially in the cash-intensive segments. The Central Statistics Office has pegged the growth of real...
16:00
Update on the twin attacks in Iran: Reports say between seven to eight people are believed to have been killed in simultaneous gun and suicide bomb assaults on Iran's parliament building and the tomb of the republic's revolutionary founder in Tehran.Over 35 people have been injured, the Fars...
15:40
Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel writes to the Prime Minister's Office requesting the Bharat Ratna be conferred on hockey legend Dhyan Chand.The hockey legend guided India to Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.There has been a longstanding demand for the Bharat Ratna for the late hockey...
15:05
NYT editorial on the CBI raids on NDTV and press freedom in India. Press freedom in India suffered a fresh blow on Monday when the country's main investigative agency raided homes and offices connected to the founders of NDTV, India's oldest television news station. The raids mark an...
14:57
RBI rate cut: RBI projects inflation in 2-3.5 per cent range for the first half of 2017-18 and 3.5-4.5 per cent for the second half. RBI cuts the Statutory Liquidity Ratio by 0.5 per cent. Implementation of GST is not expected to have any material impact on overall inflation. RBI cuts growth...
14:57
RBI rate cut: RBI projects inflation in 2-3.5 per cent range for the first half of 2017-18 and 3.5-4.5 per cent for the second half. RBI cuts the Statutory Liquidity Ratio by 0.5 per cent. Implementation of GST is not expected to have any material impact on overall inflation. RBI cuts growth...
14:50
Islamic State group claims responsibility for attacks in Tehran: Amaq agency
14:48
The government had been making a case for a lower interest rate regime citing low inflation as well as the need to revive investments and growth.With the 6-member RBI committee refusing to bend, experts say the RBI may assess the impact of GST on prices before cutting policy rates.The six-member...
14:39
A six-member Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India, headed by Governor Urjit Patel, on Wednesday kept the short-term lending rate, also called the repo rate, unchanged at 6.25 per cent after its second bimonthly review of this financial year. The committee however, cut SLR by 50...
14:35
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent.
14:35
Just in: One terrorist has been captured alive. Another suicide bomber blows himself up at the Khomeini shrine in Tehran.
14:32
Farmers's agitation in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on Wednesday further intensified with protestors setting at least eight to ten vehicles on fire.Madhya Pradesh farmers have hit the streets protesting over their demands for remunerative prices for their produce and a farm loan waiver not...
14:18
Farmers demanding debt relief and better crop prices today heckled the Mandsaur collector when he tried to pacify them, a day after five persons were killed in violence during their agitation in the town. Farmers also pelted stones at police officer Shyam Babu who was critically injured after...
14:01
Just in: Sher Bahadur Deuba takes oath of Prime Minister of Nepal. The three-time former prime minister was elected to the top post once again. This is the 10th time in as many years that the leadership has changed hands in the Himalayan nation.
13:58
Update from ISNA News Agency says at least two people have been killed and eight wounded in the twin attacks at Iran's Parliament building and at the Khomeini's mausoleum in south Tehran said.At least four people had entered via the western entrance of the mausoleum and opened fire, killing the...
13:43
Update: Armed men launched two attacks in Iran's capital, killing a guard at the parliament building and wounding several people in the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran, state media reported.State broadcaster IRIB and the Fars news agency said one armed man was inside the...
13:17
When the name is a deterrent to crime...Hoshiar Singh appointed chief of Copyrights office, reports PTI.
13:15
Odisha: A Naxal couple, with reward of Rs 9 lakh on their heads, surrenders before the Malkangiri SP.
13:13
The Supreme Court today decided to hear on June 15, the plea filed by a Hyderabad-based organisation challenging the Central Government's notification regarding ban on sale of cattle for slaughter.As per the notification, cattle is defined as bulls, bullocks, cows, buffaloes, steers, heifers...
12:59
Just in: The dates for India's Presidential polls may be announced today. The Election Commission will hold a press conference today. The elections have to held before 25 July 2017, which is when President Pranab Mukherjee demits office.
12:38
Update on the twin shootouts in Iran. A gunman opened fire at pilgrims at the late Imam Ayatollah Khomenei's mausoleum in southern Tehran today injuring a number of people. Another shooting has also occured in the corridors of the Iranian parliament and wounded at least three people. The Tasnim...
12:24
A second shooting in Iran: Reports say armed man inside Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum, says the FARS news agency. Several people have been shot, it said. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini launched the Islamic revolution in 1979.
12:17
Update: Shooting has been reported in the corridors of the Iranian parliament, RT.com reports. At least three people are said to have been injured in the incident. The attacker opened fire at the guards, then escaped the building and is now on the run, FARS news agency reported. The agency...
12:07
Just in: Gunfire in Iran's parliament building. Reports suggest three attackers in the Parliamentary Complex, two civilians injured.
12:05
What happens when the world's two favourite leaders meet up for a casual meal at a diner? The Internet goes bonkers.We still can't stop sighing over the bromance between former US president Barack Obama and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and the image of them rolling up their shirt sleeves over an...
11:33
Two US lawmakers have criticised a CNN anchor for allegedly otherising Indian-American national spelling champion Ananya Vinay by assuming that the 12-year-old is used to using Sanskrit due to her heritage, saying the US needs to get educated about Hinduism and India. California resident Vinay...
11:17
Supreme Court to hear petition challenging Centre's cattle trade rule banning slaughter on June 15.
11:16
China is likely to establish additional military bases in Pakistan and other countries with which it has a longstanding friendly ties and similar strategic interests, a new Pentagon report has said. In its annual report to the Congress on China's military build-up, the US Department of Defence...
11:09
Babri Masjid demolition case: LK Advani,Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi get relaxation from personal appearance in Special CBI Court
11:01
Terrorist Danish Ahmed surrenders before the Handwara police in Kashmir and the Army's 21 Rashtriya Rifles. A video of him had surfaced at Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat's funeral which was used to track him. Reports also say that his parents had urged him to surrender. He revealed he...
10:48
Arun Shourie, the former editor who built a reputation for taking on and earning the wrath of ruling establishments, has said the CBI raids on the NDTV founder were meant to kill the chicken to frighten the monkeys. The veteran editor who became a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee...
10:44
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday apprised BJP president Amit Shah of the situation in Mandsaur over the phone.The CM yesterday appealed for peace to the agitating farmers in the state and also announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the kin of those killed in...
10:20
Tiptoeing around its intrusion of Indian air space in the Barahoti region of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, China said its border troops conduct regular patrols there adding the two sides should coordinate over the same.The assertion comes after Indian External Affairs Minister Swaraj said that...
10:17
After CPIM former general secretary Prakash Karat criticised Army chief General Bipin Rawat for using force to suppress the people of Kashmir who are voicing their political protest, defence expert Praful Bakshi advised Karat to review his statement.People in opposition are trying to create...
10:10
The Gurgaon police today released sketches of the three men accused gang-raping a woman and murdering her infant daughter. The police have however failed to recover any concrete evidence or clues of the three accused. The Gurgaon police released the sketches of the accused and appealed to the...
09:56
As the Uttar Pradesh police orders the use of the stringent National Security Act for cow slaughter and smuggling cases in the state, crime continues unabated. Three members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur were shot dead by unknown men in an apparent robbery attempt last night.According to...
09:48
Heard of plastic rice? Shopkeepers in Uttarakhand's Haldwani district are openly selling plastic rice in markets. And it is being consumed by unaware buyers. When the Pal family bought rice from a shop, they found a variation in the taste.The family would have ignored it until a video of children...
09:40
The CBI raids on NDTV owner Prannoy Roy are designed for multiple objectives. At a surface level, they are meant to intimidate the press. But, at a deeper level, they also seek to heighten the social and ideological momentum on which much of this government hopes to thrive. Read more
09:33
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Ram Naik on Wednesday joined yoga guru Baba Ramdev in a yoga practice session for the upcoming 'Yoga Diwas' or International Yoga Day which is to be held on June 21.Naik, Adityanath and Baba Ramdev performed various yogic postures or...
09:15
In Nagaland, 3 terrorists and one Army officer have been killed in an encounter. The Indian Army's Eastern Command has tweeted: '#NEOps 3 terrorists neutralised in encounter in Mon, Nagaland last night. #TerritorialArmy officer martyred & 3 soldiers injured.' '#NEOps Injured...
09:00
Two brothers from India have been each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane for attacking a compatriot at a dormitory in Singapore. Twins Lakshmanan and Raman Pothiyappan, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of causing grievous hurt to their fellow...
08:58
US President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman and called for a united Gulf Cooperation Council to fight terrorism and promote stability in the region, amid the deepening diplomatic crisis in Qatar. Both the leaders discussed ways to prevent terror financing and...
01:00
Amid heated debate on beef ban in the country, Union minister and BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said he himself is a non-vegetarian, and food is a matter of choice.He debunked the notion that BJP `wants to make everyone vegetarian'.Some mad people keep on saying such things (BJP wanting to make...
00:23
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