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The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Wednesday conducted the successful launch of the interceptor missile Advanced Area Defence from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar congratulated DRDO on the successful launch of the interceptor missile.Chairman...
23:15
Donald Trumps temporary immigration ban once again made headlines after authorities at Americas John F Kennedy Airport asked a 28-year-old techie to prove that his expertise as an engineer. In a weird instance, a Customs and Border Protection office, apparently trying to verify the identity of an...
22:55
The state government has asked all secondary and senior secondary schools to buy a collection of essays and speeches by Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Deendayal Upadhyaya, drawing allegations of saffronisation from the opposition Congress.The Bharatiya Jan Santh was the erstwhile avatar of the...
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The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was hiked by a steep Rs. 86 per cylinder on Wednesday, reflecting international trends.Non-subsidised LPG, bought by those who have either given up their subsidies or exhausted the quota of 12 bottles of 14.2-kg in a year at below market price, will...
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The main reason for disturbances in Jammu and Kashmir is cross-border terrorism aided and abetted by Pakistan, India said on Wednesday, as the two countries clashed again on the issue at the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Responding to the Pakistan representatives...
21:49
In a bid to discourage cash transactions, from March 1, customers carrying out financial transactions at HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and others will have to pay a fee if the number of transactions exceed beyond four.Four free cash transactions per month. Fifth transaction onwards Rs 150 per transaction...
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Criticising the opposition parties for politicising the issue, Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher on Wednesday said political parties are raising the controversy surrounding the student of Lady Shri Ram College Gurmehar Kaur to gain political mileage out of it.Talking to media, the 61-year-old said,...
20:37
The improbable political rise of Donald Trump has led Oprah Winfrey to think about whether or not she could become the second TV entertainer to work in the Oval Office.Oprah told Bloomberg interviewer David Rubenstein that before Trump won the November election, she thought she was unqualified to...
20:14
The University of California, San Francisco on Tuesday laid off 49 information technology employees and outsourced their work to a company based in India, ending a year-long process that has brought the public university under fire.The university announced the plan last July as a way to...
19:39
As someone who is active on Twitter and Facebook, Amitabh Bachchan says social media users should be prepared for trolls and abuses.I think if you are on social media, you should be prepared for trolls and abuses. I enjoy it, Bachchan said.The 73-year-old actor regularly engages with his fans and...
19:21
The CBI has announced an award of Rs 5 lakh for information on two fugitive Sanatan Sansthan members, Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar, who have been named as the killers of activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar in the chargesheet filed by the agency.Akolkar and Pawar along with others have already been...
18:58
Voters should be able to control the political narrative in the country rather than being part of it only once in five years, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said, asserting the right to recall is an idea whose time has come.He has moved a bill which proposes that MPs and MLAs may be recalled if...
18:11
India has asked Pakistan to re-investigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and put on trial Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed who is currently under house arrest in Lahore under the anti-terrorism law.India has made a fresh demand in a reply to Pakistan's request to send 24 Indian witnesses to...
17:36
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who returned to India after his meeting with top government officials and business leaders in London, today said the third quarter was substantially impacted by demonetisation, which admittedly had led to squeeze of currency in the economy.We had the Q3 data,...
17:25
Uber's CEO says he needs leadership help after a video has emerged of him arguing with a driver about fares. In a video obtained by Bloomberg News, Travis Kalanick is seen discussing Uber's business model with the driver. When the driver argues that Kalanick is lowering fares, Kalanick lashes...
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Mumbai boy and Lion star Sunny Pawar and his family met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence today. Back from Los Angeles, Sunny said he had a great time at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony. The eight-year-old child actor, who hails from a suburban slum in the city, rose to global...
16:51
AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala does NOT enjoy a separate bathroom or facilities like geyser, air-conditioner, cot and mattress in her cell at the central jail in Bengaluru, prison authorities have said.Replying to an RTI query by a Chennai-based lawyer, the DIG (Prisons), Central Prison at...
16:42
The Bengaluru Police achieved a breakthrough in the Kammanahalli sexual assault case in which a woman was groped and molested by two men on a scooter on the night of December 31, 2016.The assault victim identified the accused during an identification parade.The video of the assault had gone viral...
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Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, in the centre of a countrywide debate on free speech post her campaign against ABVP, was today provided security by Punjab Police at her native place in Jalandhar. Jalandhar Commissioner of Police Arpit Shukla said, I have put up two lady constables at her...
15:56
The Congress today dubbed the GDP numbers as surprising and highly suspect that could dent India's global credibility and accused the prime minister and the finance minister of misleading the public. Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said the GDP numbers released by the Central Statistics Office...
15:16
Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have signed book deals with Penguin Random House.According to the Guardian, the financial terms were not disclosed for the books, for which several publishers had competed, although it was reported that bidding reached more than USD...
15:02
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shazia Ilmi on Wednesday claimed that she was not allowed to speak on the issue of triple talaq at a seminar in the Jamia Millia Islamia University because she belongs to the saffron party.I was invited to speak and was one of the participants in a panel...
14:34
Siliguri (West Bengal): CID have arrested BJP leader Juhi Chowdhury in connection with the child trafficking case. She was arrested from the India-Nepal border.
14:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an election rally at Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh before the sixth phase of polling in the state. Speaking at the rally, the PM said, People have made BJP victorious in five phases that has taken place so far, you only have to give bonus in the sixth...
14:11
In his maiden presidential visit to Kochi-Muziris Biennale, president Pranab Mukherjee will visit Aspinwall House, the main venue of the Biennale tomorrow. In the evening, he will deliver the K S Rajamani Memorial Lecture at Le Meridien Convention Centre. He will leave for Chennai at 6.50...
13:38
Just in: India win gold in shooting. Jitu Rai wins gold in the Shooting World Cup. Indias medal tally at the Shooting World Cup has swelled with Olympian Jitu Rai adding another two medals to his kitty.Jitu Rai also won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol event at the International Shooting...
12:37
The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing on a PIL seeking reforms in police force across the country, saying nobody listens to our orders. Sorry. Declined, a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul said when the counsel sought...
12:33
Veteran Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has come in support of Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who launched an online campaign against the ABVP, after the February 22 violence in Ramjas College, saying, she is entitled to her opinion just as every other citizen and mocking her for it is...
12:21
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking bank account details of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his family.Last week, Kejriwal had moved the court seeking details of bank accounts, tax returns and other financial records of Jaitley...
12:04
Just In: India successfully test-fires its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, say defence officials.
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Schools in Kashmir division and other areas falling under the winter zone in Jammu region reopened today after remaining closed for months.Schools in the Valley were closed due to repeated disruptions in the academic calendar due to the unrest and the subsequent winter break. Despite fresh...
12:02
Just In: The Delhi HC dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking the bank account details of Arun Jaitley and his family.
11:53
Cricket icon Virender Sehwag who has found himself in the middle of a huge controversy over Kargil martyr's daughter Gurmehar Kaur's, tried to clear the air one more time today. Sehwag who has a wacky sense of humour, tweeted, My tweet was an attempt to be facetious rather than one to bully...
11:38
I never expected it to go from Golden Globes and Oscar nominations to multiple standing ovations. My story is amazing but I did not expect it to be that captivating that it would affect viewers so emotionally. Meet Saroo Brierley, the man behind the Oscar-nominated film Lion in an interview...
11:29
DU violence: Two ABVP members who were arrested for attacking AISA members have been sacked. The two alleged ABVP activists were arrested for attacking two AISA supporters on the North Campus of Delhi University on Tuesday. The AISA activists, Raj Singh and Utkarsh Bhardwaj, alleged that they...
11:04
US officials said President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary US travel ban. Four officials say the administration's decision follows pressure from the Pentagon and State Department. They had urged the White House to...
10:53
Renowned Indian humorist and playwright Taarak Mehta passes away at the age of 87 years after a prolonged illness.The popular TV series 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' is a TV adaptation of Padma Shri Taarak Mehta's column 'Duniya Ne Undha Chasma'Mehta has translated and adapted several...
10:45
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed for a merit-based immigration system that could benefit high-tech professionals from countries like India.Trump, during his first address to Congress, noted that nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others have a merit-based...
10:17
The deadly shooting of an Indian engineer and wounding of his co-worker last Wednesday at a bar in Kansas is being investigated as a hate crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday.Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was killed, and Alok Madasani, both 32, worked as engineers at U.S....
10:12
The debate over Gurmehar Kaur has become so confusing and vitiated that at this point, taking a position is akin to putting the head under a virtual guillotine. Black and white boxes have emerged and in the kangaroo courts of media, you are either a 'troll who bullies a martyr's daughter and...
10:06
TTV Dinakaran, AIADMK deputy general secretary is being designated as Special Representative of the Tamil Nadu Government in New Delhi with a status of senior Minister. VK Sasikala's nephew, Dinakaran's appointment in the party's senior position has caused a furore in the state. Dinakaran was...
09:47
The Hindu reports: In a major embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the names of its central and West Bengal leaders -- national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and women's wing president Roopa Ganguly -- has been mentioned by a key accused in a recent child trafficking case in...
09:42
Just In: US officials tell the Associated Press that the new Trump immigration order will remove Iraq from list of countries affected by travel ban
09:41
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hold hearing on three major cases.One of the cases pertains to a triple talaq case filed by Shayara Banu. The 38-year-old had stirred a hornet's nest after she challenged the triple talaq under Muslim personal law, under which a man simply has to utter 'talaq'...
09:33
In a rare judgment, a court in Pakistan has acquitted a man sentenced to death four years ago for allegedly committing blasphemy. Muhammad Ishaq, caretaker of a shrine in eastern province of Punjab, was arrested and sentenced to death in 2013 after a complainant accused that he...
09:31
The CID on Tuesday night arrested BJP women's wing leader Juhi Chowdhury from the Batasia area close to the Indo-Nepal border in North Bengal for her alleged involvement in the Jalpaiguri child trafficking case, reports PTI. With Chowdhury's arrest, a total of four persons have so...
09:19
* PM Narendra Modi to address election rallies in Deoria and Maharajganj districts* ABVP will protest against Delhi Police today demanding action in the February 9, 2016 alleged anti-India sloganeering case; Protest at 2 PM* Barring some snow-bound areas, the schools in Kashmir division and other...
08:33
More highlights from Trump's joint address:* We must provide the men and women of the U.S. Military with the tools they need to prevent war and if they must TO FIGHT AND TO WIN.* Education is the civil rights issue of our time. I am calling for an education bill that funds school choice for...
08:14
US President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress tonight, and he addressed the central planks of his campaign the military, the border, jobs and health care. He said he will not allow the mistakes of decades past to define the course for America's future.Here...
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At least two people have been injured after a gun was accidentally fired during a speech by President Franois Hollande, French media have reported.Hollande was speaking in the town of Villognon in central France to mark the opening of a high-speed railway line between Paris and Bordeaux when a...
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US President Donald Trump acknowledged his immigration goals may not have been communicated effectively, saying maybe it's my fault, and may use his speech to Congress to address the poor messaging in his month-old administration.The Republican Trump, a blustery newcomer to politics before...
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