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Days after a Swiss couple was attacked in Agra, Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons today said India was safer compared to many developed countries of the world.Alphons, who had shot off a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath yesterday asking him to take steps to ensure swift...
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi was rushed back to Delhi from Shimla, where she was on a holiday, and has been admitted to hospital.Congress vice president and her son Rahul Gandhi tweeted to say Gandhi had caught a stomach bug and was doing better now.He tweeted, Ma was in Shimla & caught a...
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The US considers Catalonia an integral part of Spain and supports Madrid's measures to keep Spain strong and united, the State Department said today after Catalan lawmakers voted to declare independence.The United States enjoys a great friendship and an enduring partnership with our NATO ally...
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President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday applauded Kerala for its record in public health and education and said that the state was a front runner in India's quest to achieve total literacy.Speaking after launching state's ambitious Technocity project, Kovind said, The emphasis of the state on human...
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Shares in Catalan banks closed down today, dragging the entire stock market with them, after Catalonia's regional parliament declared independence.CaixaBank, Spain's third largest lender, ended down 2.74 per cent at 3.84 euros while Sabadell, the country's fifth biggest bank which earns a bigger...
21:45
Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar will embark on a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates tomorrow for the second round of the strategic dialogue between the two countries.During the visit, he will be hold discussions with the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar...
21:33
Harvey Weinstein has sued The Weinstein Company in an attempt to gain access to his emails and personnel file for the purpose of defending himself.With government investigations ongoing and the possibility of many more lawsuits to come, the movie mogul claims through his new legal action that any...
20:36
Doordarshan has been directed by the Supreme Court to produce a 10-minute show on the perils of virtual dare games like Blue Whale Challenge within a week and ensure it is shown by the public broadcaster and privatechannels on prime time.How you (Centre) will do it, we are not concerned. But you...
20:16
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has warned partner Shiv Sena that its dual stand will not wash and that its chief Uddhav Thackeray must decide if he wants to continue the alliance with the BJP.The Sena opposes all our decisions. They can give their suggestions, but cannot...
20:12
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today rejected BJP's demand for resignation of minister K J George after the CBI booked him over the death of a police official, saying the case was totally politically motivated.There was no case warranting resignation of George. It is a totally politically...
19:33
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today rejected BJP's demand for resignation of minister K J George after the CBI booked him over the death of a police official, saying the case was totally politically motivated.There was no case warranting resignation of George. It is a totally politically...
19:08
Catalonia's regional Parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday in favor of independence from Spain, taking the country's political crisis into uncharted territory.The vote came as the Spanish Senate debated the Madrid government's unprecedented plans to seize control of the autonomous region in a...
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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after doctors said she was suffering from an upset stomach. She has been kept under observation for now, her doctors said. Sonia has been keeping poor health for some time now. In the recent past, reports had stated that...
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A fresh plea was today moved in the Supreme Court seeking setting up of a constitution bench with half of the bench being women judges or a special jury with eminent personalities to hear the case relating towomen's entry into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.The plea, filed by S Parameswaran...
18:24
Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj asks for probe into adoption of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews 'killed in US by foster father'.Sherin Mathews vanished on October 7 after her adoptive father Wesley Mathews told police he left her outside their home at 3 am as punishment for not drinking her...
18:00
Training guns at the BJP over the arrest of senior journalist Vinod Verma on charges of extortion, the Congress today accused it of squeezing pressfreedom and demanded immediate release of the scribe.Senior Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken also demanded a judicial probe into the serious...
17:24
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, has challenged the mandatory Aadhaar rules in the Supreme Court. The petition will be heard on Monday.Earlier, Banerjee had announced that she would rather have her phone disconnected than submit to the new rule requiring every citizen to link their...
17:21
Chhattisgarh minister Rajesh Munat on Friday said the sex CD, which journalist Vinod Verma claimed to have against him, was fake and asked chief minister Raman Singh to order probe. The sex CD is fake. I appeal to the chief minister to get this investigated from any agency. I...
17:16
India today said there are no new developments at Doklam and its vicinity and that reports to the contrary were incorrect. I would like to reiterate that there is no new development at the face-off site and its vicinity since the August 28 disengagement, external affairs ministry...
16:49
Controversial spiritual leader Radhe Maa lost her cool and broke down before the media in Sambhal alleging that she was being harassed unnecessarily.On a visit to the district to attend the ongoing 'Kalki Mahotsav', she took offence to a mediaperson asking her about certain charges levelled...
16:10
Senior journalist Vinod Verma who was arrested on Friday from his Ghaziabad residence by the Chhattisgarh Police over charges of extortion, said that he intended to distribute objectionable CDs of a Chhattisgarh minister.I have a sex CD of a Chhattisgarh minister, he is Rajesh Munat and that is...
16:06
The US National Archives on Thursday said that on orders from President Donald Trump it had released 2,891 records related to the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The Telegraph, London, reports that one of the most astonishing revelations from the JFK...
15:58
'Australia's ruling conservative coalition government was thrown into crisis on Friday after Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was declared ineligible to sit in parliament because he was also a citizen of New Zealand when elected,' reports the South China Morning Post. The...
15:25
Just In: Myanmar Consul General in Kolkata Pyi Soe dies in road accident in Giridih, Jharkhand, PTI reports, quoting the Giridih superintendent of police Akhilesh Variar.
15:19
'Rare is the minister who goes to parliament and briefs its members in a candid manner,' writes Pakistan's dawn.com in an editorial, commending its foreign minister, Khawaja Asif, for briefing the country's senate on US secretary of state Rex Tillerson's trip to Pakistan. Nawaz...
14:52
India's diplomatic ties with North Korea could act as a conduit for communications, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said amidst tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the latter's nuclear missile tests.India had informed the US that it has minimal trade with North Korea, and that...
14:21
The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces from strife-torn Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal for being used for election duties in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.A bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra,...
13:45
Indian cricket team captain, Virat Kohli, has been ranked above the Argentinean and Barcelona football legend Lionel Messi as one of the most valuable brands among sports athletes by Forbes.According to the list, the 28-year-old Indian star player is placed at the seventh spot with a brand value...
13:31
Justice A Arumughaswamy, appointed by the Tamil Nadu government to inquire into the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, assumed charge today.The assuming of office by the retired judge of the Madras high court would be followed by a notification...
13:23
Expressing concern over the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged the country's army chief to help the government end violence in the northern Rakhine state where unrest has forced over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.In a telephone call...
12:47
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an ordinance making persons calling for strikes or demonstrations, which lead to damage of public property, liable for fines and imprisonment up to five years, an official spokesperson said today.The Jammu and Kashmir Public Property...
12:22
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company, for access to his personnel file and his email account, as he mounts a legal defence for himself in light of recent harassment allegations made against him.The producer, who has been accused by dozens of women...
12:03
The Karnataka cabinet has cleared the State Policy for Transgenders 2017 with an aim to bring the community into the mainstream and safeguarding them from exploitation. The policy had been drafted in compliance with a Supreme Court order, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B...
11:56
Very seldom does one come across economists who are willing to accept that they were not entirely right. Writing in The Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, former professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, crunches the latest data series on quarterly gross domestic...
11:47
The Madras high court today dismissed the plea seeking to revoke the censor certificate issued for Vijays Tamil film Mersal.Stating that the freedom of expression is for all, the court said Mersal is only a film and not a real life.The court also said if you don't like the film then don't watch...
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Senior journalist Vinod Verma was today arrested from his home in Ghaziabad near Delhi on charges of extortion. Verma was picked up for questioning at 3.30 am from his Ghaziabad home and later charged and arrested by a police team from Raipur.According to media reports, Verma was planning a...
10:33
'The Art of Living Foundation of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will coach Indian Forest Service officers of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change on 'Building competencies for personal excellence' at a 'one-week compulsory training course', to be held at the foundation's international...
10:14
Well-known Malayalam novelist and poet Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away on Friday in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 77. He had been reportedly suffering from an age-related illness. A qualified doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla had been running a hospital in Vatakara, and...
10:06
Leading television producer, Gautam Adhikari, who is considered as one of the pioneers of the Marathi TV industry, passed away at his residence in Mumbai today after a brief illness, his family sources said.He was 67.The last rites will be performed at 11 am in Vile Parle suburban area of...
09:29
A crucial Senate Committee today confirmed the nomination of Ken Juster as the next American envoy to India, paving the way for a full Senate confirmation of the old India hand, who played a key role in the landmarkIndo-US civil nuclear deal.Juster's nomination was agreed by the powerful Senate...
09:04
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi after he launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over the issue of growing unemploymentBJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao attacked the Congress party by saying that they are under ventilator...
08:46
Russian defense ministry on Thursday said the armed forces have launched four ballistic missiles as part of large-scale war games involving Russia's strategic forces.Submarine based projectiles were launched among other missiles during the military exercises which also involved long-range...
08:13
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of some information to be reviewed further.Trump had confirmed on Saturday that...
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Pakistan on Thursday night violated ceasefire by targeting forward villages and posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, ending over a week-long lull in the cross-border firing in the district, police said.Army troops guarding the border retaliated and an exchange of...
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