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The United Nations General Assembly today elected Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak to be the next president of the 193-member powerful body.Lajcak, 54, was elected by acclamation as president of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly at a special session at the UN.The 72nd session of...
23:44
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has threatened to stop advising President Donald Trump if the White House withdraws from the Paris climate accords.Asked on Twitter what he would do if Trump withdrew from the landmark global deal to curb emissions, Musk said he would 'have no choice but to depart [the]...
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Petrol price was on Wednesday hiked by Rs 1.23 per litre and diesel by 89 paise a litre in sync with rising international fuel rates.The increase in price, effective midnight tonight, comes on the back of a Rs 2.16 per litre cut in petrol and Rs 2.10 a litre reduction in diesel prices effected...
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Sidelined Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav said today that he would launch an outfit named 'Samajwadi Secular Front', which will be headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav on July 6, to bring the party on the 'right track'.Shivpal, who has been at odds with nephew and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, however...
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Chief Minister K Siddharamaiah will be the party's face in the Karnataka assembly polls, the Congress on Wednesday said as it asked state Home Minister G Parameshwara to quit the cabinet and devote himself to his duties as Pradesh Congress Committee chief.Gearing up for the assembly polls due...
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JUST IN: Both pilots of Sukhoi-30 aircraft which crashed approx 60 Km from Tezpur Airbase on 23 May died in crash.A Court of Inquiry has already been ordered.It was reported that both pilots of the Su-30 aircraft sustained fatal injuries and were unable to initiate ejection before the...
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Nandini K R, who hails from Karnataka, has topped the prestigious civil services examination, the result of which was declared today by the UPSC.She had taken the exam last year. As many as 1,099 candidates have been recommended for various government services.There are 220 other candidates in...
20:27
Nandini K R, who hails from Karnataka, has topped the prestigious civil services examination, the result of which was declared today by the UPSC.She had taken the exam last year. As many as 1,099 candidates have been recommended for various government services.There are 220 other candidates in...
19:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Russia after concluding a 'successful' visit to Spain where he paid a courtesy call to Spanish King Felipe VI and held wide-ranging talks with President Mariano Rajoy.'I thank the government and people of Spain for their remarkable hospitality during my...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said today that he would attend Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's rally in Patna on August 27 and added that Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati would also be present there.There has been speculation that arch-rivals SP and BSP may shed...
18:45
India's economic growth slowed to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17, the year in which 87 per cent of the currency was demonetised, despite a very good showing by the agricultural sector.The Gross Domestic Product was 6.1 per in the January-March quarter, the immediate three months after the demonetisation...
18:11
Serving Army officers, some of them still in Kashmir and a few just back, have told the Times of India that though Major Leetul Gogoi, who used a human shield during the April 9 Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll, was commended by Army chief Bipin Rawat for sustained efforts in counter-insurgency...
18:04
Watch: AAP leader Kapil Sharma marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly.
17:57
Hemant Morparia is one of the finest cartoonists we have, and his latest cartoon is testimony to his brilliance. You can see it here.
17:56
DMK hits out at central govt over ban on sale of cattle for slaughter, says situation has arisen where we should eat only what PM desires.
17:53
The benchmark Sensex slipped from life highs to end marginally lower at 31,145.80 today as markets took a breather after four consecutive record-setting sessions. The broader Nifty also settled 3.30 points, or 0.03 per cent down at 9,621.25. Participants were on a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the...
17:35
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday offered prayers at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on his first visit to the town after taking charge.He also made a pitch, albeit muted, for the Ram Temple and pledged investment to improve the infrastructure of the town. Ayodhya mein...
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Terrorists today hurled a grenade at a police party in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, resulting in injuries to four cops.The militants lobbed a grenade at a police party deployed near a bank in Sopore town at around 4.10 pm, a police official said.He said four policemen were...
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Between now, when she's out promoting Baywatch (never mind what the critics have had to say about it) and by the time the shoot for Quantico season 3 begins, Priyanka Chopra has a bit of time on her hands. So what does PeeCee do? What Bollywood has taught her so well -- pack in more...
16:32
At least 30 websites invite people to make up a fake news story and share it on Facebook. Over the past 12 months the articles have generated more than 13 million engagements on the social network, reports www.buzzfeed.com. Craig Silverman and Sara Spary report on how a fake...
16:25
There's a huge fire that's been raging for hours at Chennai's iconic Panagal Park area. Anna Isaac tweets: 'Firefighters battling the Chennai Silks blaze. It's been a tough fight, given that the smoke is so thick. @thenewsminute'
16:11
The Kerala High Court has said there is no need for it to interfere with the Centre's ban on cattle sale for slaughter. A PIL seeking the quashing of a notification on a ban on cattle sale for slaughter has been withdrawn after the Kerala HC says there is no constitutional violation in it.The...
15:39
Gaurav Pandhi @GauravPandhi Remember Modi's handshake faux-pas with Angela Merkel in 2015? Well, it happened again yesterday. Watch
15:34
Condemning the attack on an IIT-Madras PhD scholar by some students protesting against a beef fest held on the campus, CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury questioned the Centre asking if the government would decide what people should eat?It is not mandatory to follow every notification which comes...
15:23
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was forced to seek medical treatement after Princess Astrid fired a starter's pistol signaling the start of a 20K road race in Brussels.Prime Minister Michel was standing too close to Princess Astrid at one of the routine ceremonial appearances during a...
15:23
The Law Commission of India has released its 268th Report titled 'Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code 1973 -- Provisions relating to bail', writes Abhinav Sekhri in his blog. 'The report has been in the pipeline for over a year and has provided a draft Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill...
15:01
Former minister Kapil Mishra was heckled and dragged out of the Delhi Assembly today. The Assembly met at a special session today to discuss and pass the GST bill. Mishra said he had written to the Speaker saying he wanted to make a statement against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and health minister...
14:57
Shereen Bhan tweets: #CNBCTV18Exclusive @Ashok_Gajapathi on finding a buyer for air India: Hardly any bakras around, to get one will be difficult
14:40
PM Narendra Modi with the President of Spain Mariano Rajoy at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid.
14:19
German Foreign Ministry says embassy workers have been wounded in Kabul blast, Afghan security officer killed.
14:16
The Last Caveman? @CarDroidusMax LOL Now how about a televised showdown between the current national animal and the proposed national animal? Winner takes all. ??
14:15
Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman has backed the Virat Kohli-led side to not only beat arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener, but to defend the coveted title as well.I am very confident that India will do well in the Champions Trophy and will defend the title, Laxman said on...
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Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman has backed the government's decision not to play bilateral cricket series with arch-rivals Pakistan, saying it is beyond sport at the moment.I have always enjoyed playing against Pakistan, said Laxman on Wednesday. But it is very important to respect whatever...
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Pro-Left student bodies today staged a protest outside the IIT Madras here condemning the attack on a PhD scholar for taking part in a beef fest in the campus opposing the Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter. Expressing solidarity with R Sooraj, who was attacked yesterday, the...
13:35
Rajasthan HC says the cow should be declared a national animal and that a life term should be given for cow slaughter.
13:23
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif is chairing a high-level meeting with the Army Chief and Cabinet ministers on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. Pakistan has decided to appoint an ad-hoc judge at the International Court of Justice for the next hearing on a plea filed by India against the sentencing of Jadhav,...
13:18
Death toll in the Kabul blast continues to rise. Afghanistan's Ministry of Health says nearly 80 killed and 350 wounded.
13:15
Flipkart Chief Operating Officer (COO) Nitin Seth has put down his papers, says News18.Seth was at the helm of logistics unit Ekart and corporate functions such as human resources and strategy. He has quit citing personal reasons, adds the report. This comes at a time when Indian e-comerce...
12:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived Madrid last night on the second leg of his six-day, four-nation tour aimed at boosting bilateral economic engagement. Modi's visit to Spain is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister since 1988.Modi will hold discussions with Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy on...
12:24
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the bomb blast in Kabul and underlined the need for defeating forces supporting terrorism. Modi, who is in Spain on a visit, said India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism. We strongly condemn the...
11:53
More from Kashmir: A suspicious box found in the compound of the Kheer Bhawani shrine in Tulumulla ahead of an annual mela to be attended by thousands of devotees tomorrow triggered panic in the area, police said today. An anti-sabotage team of police found the empty ammunition box containing a...
11:48
In the real world, unknown persons stole an ATM machine of the State Bank of India from Anantnag town in Kashmir, police said today. The amount of cash present inside the machine was not known yet. Police have registered a case and started investigations.
11:47
Speculations amok that US President Donald Trump was punch drunk last night as he typed out a particularly cryptic tweet with a term which has left Twitter in hysterics and baffled at the same time- 'covfefe'. Trump's incoherent tweet, the constant negative press covfefe, is spewing memes. Almost...
11:20
Newly-minted Baywatch star Priyanka Chopra who happened to be in Berlin at the same time as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeted a picture of the meeting yesterday, saying, Thank you for taking the time to meet me this morning @narendramodi Sir. Such a lovely coincidence to be in #berlin at the...
11:09
Donald Trump's incoherent tweet, the constant negative press covfefe, is spewing memes.
11:02
Now, in an era that feels impossibly removed from 1997, comes her second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,' a book always threatening to surge beyond its covers. Truly, this is a remarkable creation, a story both intimate and international, swelling with comedy and outrage, a tale that...
10:58
An AIADMK delegation led by M Thambidurai is meeting finance minister Arun Jaitley this evening assuring support to the BJP's presidential candidate. The meeting comes in the aftermath of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami meeting PM Narendra Modi last week, ostensibly to seek the...
10:44
UP CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at makeshift Ram temple in Ayodhya.Adityanath's visit comes a day after the crucial Babri Masjid hearing in which senior BJP leaders were slapped with charges of criminal conspiracy.This is Adityanath's first visit, post taking charge as Chief...
10:34
The immediate aftermath of the Kabul explosion. Afghan Health Ministry says 60 people wounded so far. Pic courtesy: ANI.
10:23
Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj tweets: @SushmaSwaraj By God's grace, Indian Embassy staff are safe in the massive #Kabul blast.
10:17
Update on the Kabul blast: Afghanistan news channel TOLO News says the explosion happened on 14th Street of Wazir Akbar Khan. The Ministry of Public Health officials say at least 60 wounded so far in a suspected car bombing. Image: The wreckage at the site of the blast, suspected to be a car...
10:10
Update on the Kabul blast: The explosion in Kabul was caused by a car bomb near the German embassy, several have been killed and wounded, says Afghan police.
10:07
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya, the second most important temple in the holy city after the makeshift Ram temple. He is also expected to offer prayers at the Ram temple, which is at the disputed Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid site. The visit...
09:49
Just in: A huge explosion has hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, say reports. The explosion occurred near the Indian embassy in the diplomatic area of the city. Early reports say the glass panes of the windows and doors of the embassy are damaged. Reports say all officials are safe. Images on social...
09:30
New one rupee notes with predominantly pink-green on obverse and reverse in combination with other colours will be soon put into circulation.The notes bearing the rupee symbol have been printed by the Government of India.At present, one rupee coins are minted. Printing of one rupee notes was...
09:13
Tripura's Left Front government will not implement the new cattle trade and slaughter rules as it is against the interests of the people, a state minister said. The new cattle trade and slaughter rules framed by the central government are against the interest of the people. We will not carry...
08:31
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Ayodhya today and is expected to offer prayers at the makeshift Ram temple at the disputed Ram Janmbhoomi- Babri Masjid site. The chief minister will be in Ayodhya, his first visit after taking charge, just a day after senior BJP...
08:03
A man with a gun at Orlando International Airport on Tuesday night has been taken into custody after a lengthy standoff in a rental car area, police said.Everyone is safe, Orlando police tweeted.Earlier, police spokeswoman Sgt Wanda Miglio said officers responded to reports of a man with a gun in...
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who had recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe in the multi-crore NH24 scam, appears to be under pressure from the Centre to withdraw the names of NHAI officials from a first information report lodged in this connection.Union Road...
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Modi arrives in Spain on second leg of four-nation tourBabri demolition: Advani, Joshi, Uma charged with conspiracy Madras HC stays ban on sale of cattle for slaughter BJD MP Baijayant Panda hurt as partymen pelt stones at each otherVeteran director, ex-minister Dasari Narayana Rao dies PM poses...
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