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Hours after stepping down as the head coach of India Cricket team, Anil Kumble on Tuesday night in a Facebook post confirmed that it was due to captain Kohli's reservations about his style and him continuing as the head coach that he had decided to move on. I was surprised since I had always...
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BJP chief Amit Shah today asked the party workers that instead of just focusing on winning the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat, they need to work towards uprooting the Congress from the state.Addressing a gathering of local workers of the party's Saurashtra zone in Junagadh, Shah said the...
22:49
When yoga is all the rage across the world, the native place of Maharshi Patanjali, considered to be the compiler of the text on yoga theory and practice, still lacks basic amenities like safe drinking water.Kondar village, the birthplace of the sage, is about 150 kilometres from Lucknow.While...
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After giving indications of supporting the NDA's presidential candidate, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today attended a dinner hosted by Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.Mulayam was among the first to reach the CM's official 5, Kalidas...
21:13
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar today shrugged off criticism that his new film Indu Sarkar, set against the Emergency years, was sponsored, saying if that were the case, he would have released it during the time of an election.Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia had yesterday said the depiction of...
20:25
Ram Nath Kovind believes that if the president of the country can be criticised, there is no reason why members of the judiciary cannot be pulled up. The BJP's presidential candidate had said in a debate in Parliament that if the appointing authority of judges, that is the president, could...
20:10
Former Calcutta high court judge CS Karnan was on Tuesday arrested from Coimbatore and was taken to Chennai.Sixty-two-year-old Justice Karnan had been evading arrest since May 9 after being sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court by the Supreme Court.He has the dubious...
20:05
NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind gets NSG cover, PTI reports quoting officials.
19:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the roll-out of the goods and services tax from July 1 as historic and said that the world will witness how political parties of various ideological hues came together to usher in this major reform.Roll out of the GST from July 1 will be historic. It will...
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Just In: Anil Kumble has stepped down as the coach of the Indian cricket team, some TV channels have reported.However, there has been no confirmation from the BCCI or Kumble yet.Earlier, Kumble did not accompany the Indian team to the West Indies for a limited-overs series starting on June 23...
19:30
Shiv Sena to support Ram Nath Kovind for Presidential Election, says Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
18:47
The numbers seem to be in favour of Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA nominee for the post of the President of India.With the BJD, a faction of the AIADMK, the YSR Congress and the TRS extending support, the prospects of sending Kovind to the Rashtrapati Bhavan have brightened.The total strength of the...
17:59
The police has arrested 15 persons Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur allegedly for shouting pro-Pakistan slogans after its cricket team won the ICC Champions Trophy final by defeating India and booked them for sedition.Pakistan had hammered India by 180 runs to lift the Champions Trophy in London on...
17:06
London Fire Brigade @LondonFire tweets: Adele enjoyed a cup of tea with Chelsea firefighters yesterday and thanked them for their work. We are so humbled by everyone's support.
17:04
Like the first Dalit president K R Narayanan, NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind has risen from a modest background but the two dalit leaders took different paths to reach the zenith of their public life. The election of Kovind, 71, as India's 14th President is a virtual certainty with...
16:37
Robin Williams' Jumanji character will affect events of the forthcoming sequel, Welcome to the Jungle.The film will follow new characters played by Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black into the same jungle Williams' character Alan Parrish was banished to for years in the...
16:15
Twenty-two people were detained by the police, hours before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lucknow, over apprehension that there may be an attempt to block his convoy or create some other kind of disturbance. We have detained 22 persons apprehending that they might breach...
15:41
Bengaluru: Deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran arrives at Bangalore jail to meet AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala. The AIADMK's decision on Kovind is expected shortly.
15:32
In a new twist to his speculated rift with captain Virat Kohli, chief coach Anil Kumble has not accompanied the Indian team to the West Indies for a limited-overs series starting June 23, citing his commitment to an ICC meeting here. The official reason being given is that Kumble is required to...
15:27
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha M Thambidurai, in a surprise development, met VK Sasikala in Bengaluru Jail today, and is believed to have discussed the Presidential poll. Thambidurai has already met Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi after the BJP proposed Ram Nath Kovind's name as its...
14:54
President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted the resignation of Ram Nath Kovind as the Governor of Bihar. The President has appointed Keshari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Bihar, in addition to his own duties, until a replacement is...
14:31
Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's visa has been extended for one year, with effect from July 23, 2017, by the Union home ministry. Home Minister Rajnath Singh today gave approval for the visa extension, official sources said. Taslima, a citizen of Sweden, has been getting Indian...
14:30
Just in: Congress to back Shiv Sena's candidature of MS Swaminathan for President, reports ABP News.
14:17
A traffic police officer deployed at Bengaluru's Trinity Circle on Saturday won hearts of the city and the netizens alike for deftly making way for an ambulance even as a convoy of the President of India was to pass through a busy junction.The Bengaluru Police later announced a reward for...
14:07
The inter-ministerial consultations on the future course of action for Air India have been completed and the Cabinet would decide on how best to move forward, Union minister Jayant Sinha said today. The debt-laden Air India is staying afloat on taxpayers' money and the government is looking at...
14:05
China hints at blocking a UN ban on Pakistan-based JeM leader Masood Azhar once again.
13:49
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of senior Janata Dal (United) leaders on Wednesday to discuss extension of support to the National Democratic Alliance candidate Ram Nath Kovind for the post of president.BJP President Amit Shah on Monday announced...
13:46
Home Minister Rajnath Singh met Bihar Governor and NDA presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
12:51
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to visit Patna to meet Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and discuss the BJP's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.
12:47
The GST will be launched at the Central Hall of Parliament. Arun Jaitley responds to whether Indian Inc is prepared for GST. The government had been saying GST will be rolled out by July 1. Nobody had any business not to be ready. In the short term, there will be some challenges in the...
12:35
Just in: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on the government's big-ticket GST plan. The FM says GST will be officially launched by President Pranab Mukherjee at midnight of June 30 to July 1.Vice President Hamid Ansari, PM Narendra Modia and two former PMs Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda will be...
11:13
As the popular culture of selfies continues to soar across the nation, forcing people to even risk their lives to get that perfect shot, the Moradabad Police has decided to take a stern action against the people found taking selfies at places which may be life-threatening.The police have...
10:56
Was it right to strap a civilian to an army jeep in Kashmir?What did the army chief mean when said civilians should 'fear' the army? What is the fallout of high-pitched television debates on the army? Lieutenant General K T Parnaik was the Northern Army commander, the highest ranking army...
10:54
Security has been stepped up in and around Delhi ahead of the Yoga Day celebrations to be organised by the ministry of AYUSH, tomorrow. There is also a heightened security alert after the spate of terror attacks in the UK. The Pioneer reports that at least 3,000 CCTV cameras installed at...
10:42
Uttarakhand MeT Department issues heavy rain alert for next 48 hours in Haridwar, Dehradun, Chamoli, Nainital, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh.
10:28
Times of India cartoonist Sandeep Adhwaryu on the BJP's Dalit pick Ram Nath Kovind.
10:14
The Income-Tax department on Monday seized benami properties of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti, son-in-law Shailesh Kumar and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav.Earlier the IT department had issued two summonses to Misa, but after she failed to appear, the IT...
10:07
The ruling party said her suggestion that Ram Nath Kovind was the 'worst bet' was 'blatant and scurrilously slanderous and casteist'. Read more
09:51
Just in: The Shiv Sena to hold a meeting with senior party leaders at 3 pm. BJP ally Shiv Sena had said yesterday that party chief Uddhav Thackeray would announce the party's decision on the BJP's presidential candidate nominee Ram Nath Kovind. However, the Sena kept its ally in suspense...
09:35
As chief minister, Narendra Modi had to spend a few days every year in meetings with the Planning Commission. It was a begging trip; the Planning Commission decided the allocation of plan funds to states. He had to accept whatever he was given. Gujarat's fiscal and economic performance was...
09:23
What led to US student Otto Warmbier's death? The 22-year-old was detained in North Korea for 17 months and died just days after he was released and repatriated to the US.Physicians at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he died, said last Thursday that Warmbier showed no sign of...
09:14
The Congress Party on Tuesday suggested both the Central and the West Bengal Governments to take the Darjeeling matter seriously and to come to a decision together instead of going out as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left for Netherlands.The situation in Darjeeling is becoming worse day by...
09:02
Father-of-four Darren Osborne, 47, was held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offences after a van hit Muslims Finsbury Park.It is alleged that Osborne hired a van from South Wales before driving to the Muslim Welfare House in north London.There, he is accused of mounting the...
08:52
The Delhi Police has been placed on high alert and has asked its counterparts across India to tighten security after receiving an intelligence tip-off of a possible terror attack in crowded public spaces, a senior police officer said. The Delhi Police special cell has issued an advisory to...
08:40
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to the US, Portugal and the Netherlands later this week, New Delhi is looking at securing unequivocal commitment and support from these countries for Indias membership at the Nuclear Suppliers Group.While the US expressed support for Indias membership...
08:03
Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea for nearly a year and a half, died Monday afternoon, his parents announced.Warmbier had been medically evacuated and returned to Cincinnati last week in a coma.Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son...
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Nuclear-armed Pakistan is a key ally of the United States -- but the relationship is far from untroubled. And one of Washington's main geopolitical rivals appears ready to step in.The Pentagon is warning that the Islamic republic may soon house a Chinese military base.While the US gives Islamabad...
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After the United States military shot down a Syrian air force jet on Sunday, Moscow has vowed to target any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river in Syria.Earlier, the US military confirmed that a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet had shot down a Syrian SU-22 on Sunday.The...
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