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The Ministry of AYUSH on Wednesday termed the reports incorrect that said that an AYUSH booklet stated that pregnant women should control lust, hang 'beautiful' pictures on the wall and shun non-vegetarian food to deliver a healthy baby.In a statement, the AYUSH said, Some reports have appeared...
22:50
Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat at the hands of 39-year-old Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart grass court tournament on Wednesay.It was the Swiss great's first match after almost three months out of action.Haas, a former world number two but now down at 302, won 2-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4 for just his...
22:37
More updates on Virginia shooter:Reports say the suspect in shooting of congressman Steve Scalise in Virginia has been identified as Illinois man named James T Hodgkinson.CNN reports his social media includes anti-Trump postings.Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders has said, Just been informed that alleged...
21:22
In an apparent goof-up, the home ministry in its annual report used a picture of Spain-Morocco boundary as India's border with Pakistan, prompting the Union home secretary to say that the ministry would apologise if there is a mistake.The picture with the caption 'Floodlighting along the...
20:36
Pakistan today violated the ceasefire twice by shelling mortars and firing from small arms on forward posts and civilians areas along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing retaliation from the Indian side, the Army said.There have been nine ceasefire...
19:57
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear tomorrow before a Supreme Court-appointed team probing the Panamagate graft case, an unprecedented development that will make him the first sitting premier to depose before such a panel.The Joint Investigation Team chief Wajid Zia had summoned the...
19:03
A quick-thinking man caught a baby thrown from the 'ninth or the tenth floor' window of the building by a desperate woman after a huge fire engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block in London.Samira Lamrani, a witness, was quoted by The Telegraph assaying that she saw a woman try to save a...
18:15
Update on Virginia shootout:Eyewitness says at least five injured before shooter was taken down.Alabama Republican Mo Brooks who was at baseball game where shooting took place, says 20-23 shots fired. He saw Scalise dragging self after shooting.As per Brooks, Scalise is alive.The shooter...
17:55
A gunman opened fire at a group of Republican Congressmen practising baseball in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday.Senator Todd Young tweeted, quoting a Fox News report, that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been hit in the 'multiple shooting'.The suspect is believed to be in police...
17:05
A three-member Bharatiya Janata Party panel set up to consult political parties on selecting a consensus candidate for the upcoming presidential poll will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday.After meeting Gandhi, the panel of three ministers will also meet Communist Party of...
16:36
Update on the prez polls: -- The BJP panel on the presidential candidate to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday. -- Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu (two of the three members in the presidential poll panel, Arun Jaitley is the third member) to meet Sonia Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury on...
16:26
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet against liquor baron Vijay Mallya in a Mumbai court, sources said. On Tuesday, a London court had granted Mallya bail and scheduled July 6 as the next date of hearing of the extradition case filed against him. After coming out of the court...
16:14
If you have not been able to register on the GST Network within the deadline ending tomorrow, do not panic! There's one more chance coming your way as the registration for existing excise, service tax and VAT payers will reopen on June 25. There are about 80 lakh excise, service tax and VAT...
16:10
Just in: Six people confirmed killed in the huge fire at Grenfell Tower in London, says Commander Stuart Cundy of the Metropolitan Police. The police said it expected numbers to rise, and that it was too early to give details. The BBC said eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning...
16:01
President Putin has revealed that he is a grandfather in a rare disclosure about his private life. The Russian leader, 64, was speaking in an interview with Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director. Mr Putin told the film-maker during a visit to a church that he was about to meet his daughters, Maria...
15:53
June 5th marked the 50th anniversary of Naksa Day -- the annual commemoration of the displacement of Palestinians after the Six Day War in 1967. Novelist and journalist Mohammed Hanif visited Palestine three times -- in 1999, 2010 and 2011 -- the first time on a reporting assignment and...
15:47
Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani has voluntarily' decided to draw no salary or commission' from beleaguered telecom arm, Reliance Communications in FY18. Read more
15:45
Faulty fridge, faulty wiring, gas leak, cladding... among the reasons being floated for the devastating London fire. Do read
15:35
Salman Khan, who experiences the turmoil of emotions that one goes through after being separated by a loved one as a result of war in his upcoming movie 'Tubelight', recently poured his heart out while expressing his opinion on 'war-mongering'.At a promotional event, the 'Sultan' star said, In...
14:32
On November 8, 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his demonetisation, a loud chorus went up on both sides of the aisle. The critics, who were mostly Modi-bashers, saw it as a disaster. And the supporters, mostly pro-Modi, saw it as a masterstroke....
14:21
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued a public notice through the office of the returning officer, seeking nominations of persons for the election to the office of the President of India.
14:11
NDA candidate for the presidential elections to file nomination on June 23.Opposition leaders are set to meet in Delhi on Wednesday to finalise consensus candidates for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential elections. The meeting is slated to take place at around 4 pm today and...
14:06
SBI expected to go over 900 crore in the red from loans to Mallya's grounded airline. Read moreAlso read: Oh, to be in Mallya's shoes!
13:51
Congress district president of Meerut, Vinay Pradhan, was sacked from all posts for addressing party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as Pappu on a party's local WhatsApp group that went viral.However, denying the allegation Pradhan said that the party has taken action against him without listening to...
13:44
Madhya Pradeshs Inspector General of Police Makarand Deuskar said today that the situation in Mandsaur is calm and Section 144 has been lifted from the area ahead of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's visit. The Madhya Pradesh CM met the families of those who were killed in the police firing...
13:30
The Tamil Nadu Assembly saw a huge showdown between the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam over the MLAs sting operation in today's session, which was earlier being expected to be crucial for paving the way for the rollout of the Goods and...
13:09
The hiring activity in India is projected to slow for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to a new survey. Manpower Group Employment Outlook conducted a survey of 4,910 employers across India and found that 61 percent of respondents plan on maintaining the same number of employees in...
12:50
The 27-storey building was completely gutted in the fire that began shortly before 1 am on Wednesday. Forty fire engines and over 200 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze through the early morning. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters
12:45
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton's statement on the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower, an apartment block in north Kensington. She said fire fighters arrived within six minutes and confirmed there have been a number of fatalities but could not confirm numbers. This is her statement to...
12:34
DMK members were evicted en masse from the Tamil Nadu assembly over a horsetrading issue ahead of the February 18 trust vote. The TN police detained Stalin, DMK MLAs for protesting outside the Assembly. Stalin wanted MLAs to discuss a sting aired recently on private TV channels that shows some...
12:25
Five policemen including a sub-inspector were suspended after they beat up the son of BJP MLA Ajit Singh in Rajasthan's Tonk town.Singh's son Vishal Mehta was allegedly beaten by the police after he came to the police station to register a complaint in connection with a dispute over shops...
12:22
Ahead of today's keenly-awaited England vs Pakistan first Champions Trophy semi-final, here's some statistic. The two countries have so far clashed 10 times in ICC tournaments, and the scoreline favours England 6-4. But the two have not played each other in a Champions Trophy match so...
12:18
More calamity news: At least 130 people, including four army men, have died in the hilly areas of Chittagong, Rangamati and Bandarban in Bangladesh following incessant downpour and landslides overnight.The death toll may rise further, reports the Daily Star.Scores of others were injured and many...
12:07
At least 30 people have been hospitalised after being evacuated from a 27 storey apartment building at Lancaster West Estate in London that caught fire early on Wednesday.We can confirm that we have taken 30 patients to five London hospitals following the incident at Lancaster West Estate,...
11:41
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's visit to the families of the deceased farmers in Mandsaur today, section 144 has been revoked from the violence-hit region.Mandsaur became the epicenter of a farmers' agitation over a demand for loan waivers and better prices for...
11:35
A number of companies spending big money on cow upkeep. Read the full story on the Economic Times after you sign up.
11:28
Activist Nikhil Dey and four others have been sentenced to four months in jail by a court in Rajasthan after being convicted of trespass and hurt in a 20-year-old case, reports NDTV.The sentence has been suspended pending an appeal by the five activists in a higher court.The case refers to a row...
11:11
A man carried the dead body of his seven-month-old niece on a bicycle after being denied for an ambulance, in perhaps another shocking display of disregard for humanity.The incident took place on Monday when the girl Poonam died during a treatment at the district hospital.The girl was admitted...
10:07
The government on Wednesday appointed Reenat Sandhu as the country's new ambassador to Italy. A 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Sandhu will take over from Anil Wadhwa. Ajit V Gupte, a 1991 batch IFS officer, has been appointed as the country's new ambassador to Denmark. He will...
10:00
At least 30 persons are feared trapped in a building that caught fire on Wednesday morning. Witnesses and fire brigade personnel said that while the fire has been doused, eight floors of the building in the state's Ranga Reddy district have been severely damaged. So far, no casualties...
09:51
With the date of nominating candidates for the upcoming Presidential polls inching closer, opposition parties are slated to meet at 4 pm in new Delhi today to deliberate on the same.The Presidential election will be held on July 17. President Pranab Mukherjee's term comes to an end on July...
09:12
A massive fire engulfed a block of flats at the Lancaster West Estate in London's North Kensington, with several people reportedly trapped inside.Forty fire engines and 200 firefighters are battling the blaze at the tower block, a 27-storey building in Latimer Road in White City, confirmed the...
08:58
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vehemently denied that he colluded with an alleged Russian bid to tilt the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump's favour.I have never met with or had any conversations with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of...
08:43
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has warned ally Bharatiya Janata Party that his party would take a big step if the loan waiver for farmers announced by the Maharashtra government is not implemented by next month.Terming the announcement of a complete loan waiver as a victory of farmers' unity,...
08:23
Pakistan today violated ceasefire along Line of Control in Bimber Gali sector of Jammu and Kashmir, news agency ANI reports. Indian Army gave befitting reply to this unprovoked firing from Pakistan side, the report says. Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms,...
00:10
Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron have agreed to launch an action plan to stop the internet being used as a safe space for terrorists.The British PM has given a joint press conference with the French President in Paris before the pair go to watch England play France at football.Macron confirmed...
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