23:58
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing to see if Uber had used software to illegally interfere with its competitors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.The investigation is focusing on an Uber program, internally known as Hell, that could track drivers working for rival service...
23:09
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's 'adopted daughter' Honeypreet Insan is facing a threat to her life, say intelligence reports and the Haryana government has been alerted about the possible threat.We are searching for Honeypreet Kaur and also examining the IB reports, Haryana...
22:50
The Netherlands is sending more forces to contain serious post-storm looting on the island of St Martin as Hurricane Irma leaves a trail of destruction.Prime Minister Mark Rutte said more soldiers and police would be deployed amid reports of people with guns and machetes roaming the streets.A...
21:59
Hurricane Jose strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm Friday with maximum sustained winds near 150 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.The storm sits east of the Leeward Islands and is forecast to move west-northwest into the Atlantic Ocean over the coming days.As of...
21:33
One prisono died while two got injured after they were attacked inside the premises of Bihar's Barh Court on Friday.Two police officials and 23 constables responsible for security at the court were suspended following the violence that broke out at the jail. Meanwhile, the Additional...
20:58
As many as 55 infants died in the special newborn care unit of the Nashik Civil Hospital in August, but authorities denied the deaths were due to medical negligence.Since April, 187 infants have died in the unit with 55 deaths reported in August, Nashik civil surgeon Suresh Jagdale...
20:33
In another jolt to Pakistan, the US has shut down the country's largest lenderHabib Bank's operations here and slapped a fine of $225 million (Rs 1,439 crore) for its failure to comply with laws aimed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other illicit financial transactions.The...
20:07
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday Hurricane Irma will devastate part of the United States and that US officials are preparing a massive response to the storm.With Irma set to hit Florida as early as Saturday, FEMA Administrator Brock Long warned at a news...
19:59
JUST IN: Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hits north Japan, no tsunami alert: Reuters
19:59
JUST IN: Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hits north Japan, no tsunami alert: Reuters
19:49
A court in Muzaffarnagar today rejected a plea by firebrand Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi, an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, seeking permission to travel abroad, saying charges have not been framed against her yet.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Madhu Gupta rejected Sadhvi's plea...
19:09
Music maestro A R Rahman has condemned the killing of senior journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, saying the current scenario does not represent the India he knows.The Kannada journalist, known for her left-leaning outlook and forthright views on Hindutva politics, was shot dead by unidentified...
18:50
A bus conductor was arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of a second grader at a prominent private school in Gurgaon. The seven-year-old boy was found outside a school toilet, crawling and bleeding profusely before he died.Sources in Gurgaon police said the suspect may have attempted...
18:32
The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize said today the 1991 prize awarded to Myanmar's Aung Sang Suu Kyi cannot be revoked.Olav Njolstad, head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in an email said that neither the will of prize founder Alfred Nobel nor the Nobel Foundation's rules...
18:16
After a seven-year old student was found dead inside the school premises in Gurugram, the authorities of the Ryan International School have said that there wasn't any delay in taking the child to hospital.Speaking to the media, school caretaker Neerja Batra (pictured) said the kid was alive when...
18:12
Stocks consolidated further today as absence of any big trigger forced investors' hand to stay cautious, with both Sensex and Nifty closing on a flat note with a positive leaning. Unabated FII selling due to premium valuation, lacklustre earnings season and geopolitical headwinds remained the...
18:01
The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation seeking criminalization of marital rape.The matter will be next heard on September 20.The PIL requests that marital rape should be criminalized and treated as rape.Today the court was informed that a similar...
17:19
Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy today hit back at Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for alleging that the Congress government in the state had failed to provide security to journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her house in Bengaluru. He said Prasad was not acquainted with...
17:09
A Twitter user has claimed he had warned the railway ministry about a potential mishap at Delhis Shivaji Bridge, five days before the Ranchi Rajdhani express derailed near the station on Thursday.Rakesk Kumar Kaushik tweeted a photograph to @RailMinIndia on September 2, drawing its attention to a...
16:26
The Karnataka government today announced Rs 10 lakh reward to anyone who provides clues about the killing of senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh.The announcement was made by Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy, a day after the city police asked public to share any information that they may...
16:18
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies and a minister were today declared elected unopposed to the Legislative Council.No other candidate was in the fray for the bypolls to the five vacant seats in the upper house.Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and...
16:01
As India bars 'unruly' passengers from flying for 3 months to over 2 years, this is why a no-fly list is extremely important. Do read
15:58
The Supreme Court has banned agitations on NEET in Tamil Nadu. Political parties and pro-Tamil outfits have been staging state-wide protests over the suicide of a 17-year-old girl who had moved the Supreme Court against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-based medical...
15:47
Shilpa Shetty posts an apology for the assault on two photographers who were taking pictures of the actress and her husband outside a restaurant in Mumbai. Shetty who is in Amritsar, posted on Instagram, Omg, appalled and disappointed at the way these photographers were bashed up.. Really...
15:25
India's foreign office is gently prodding Myanmar to economically develop the country's violence-ravaged Rakhine state while the home ministry plans to deport Rohingya refugees who fled the province, the parallel moves suggesting dissonance within the Narendra Modi government. Read more
15:21
The Army has finalised a plan to induct women in the military police, a senior officer said today. The plan -- being seen as a major step towards breaking gender barriers in the force -- is to induct approximately 800 women in military police with a yearly intake of 52 personnel per year,...
14:50
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were busy dividing society in their quest to retain power. Only the Congress ideology could take on the BJP and the RSS, he said at a party rally. Gandhi also took potshots at the Modi-led government...
14:36
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha today announced the finalisation of the country's first no-fly list. The minister said the motive behind the No-Fly List was the safety and security of passengers, which was a priority with the government. The Directorate General of Civil...
14:01
A Class II student of Ryan International School in Gurugram's Bhondsi was found dead inside the toilet of the school premises on Friday. The school authorities found the child's throat slit and a knife beside the body. The police is investigating whether it is a case of murder or an...
13:57
The BJP today lashed out at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a strongly-worded attack on his comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh parivar in the wake of the murder of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad...
13:29
Mobile Internet services have been suspended with immediate effect in Sirsa district to prevent any disturbance of public order and to curb spread of rumours in view of the sanitisation exercise being carried out at the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters. During the sanitation drive, several plastic...
12:59
After her upcoming biopic 'Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai' actress Shraddha Kapoor, has bagged another biographical film. The yet untitled film has is based on badminton champion Saina Nehwal. Saina posted this picture today with her coach P Gopichand and Shraddha Kapoor, saying, @NSaina Today's...
12:47
Premier Futsal today announced actress Sunny Leone as the co-owner and brand ambassador of the Kochi-based franchise Kerala Cobras. Premier Futsal Season 2 is set to kick off on September 15 in Mumbai where matches will be played at NSCI, Worli until September 17. The next round of matches are to...
12:45
The removal of Nawaz Sharif from the office of Prime Minister through a Supreme Court ruling is being seen by experts as a shot in the arm for the judiciary-military nexus in Pakistan.Sharif's ouster came under intense scrutiny at a seminar 'Withered Democracy in Pakistan -- The Role of the...
12:29
Congress' Digvijaya Singh posted an abusive meme on Friday taking a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his followers who were termed as 'Bhakts', a derogatory term used on the social media against those who were supporters of PM Modi.The meme posted by Digvijaya had a picture of PM...
12:27
The Delhi High Court refuses to pass an interim order on Shashi Tharoor's plea to restrain Arnab Goswami, channel from airing news on Sunanda Pushkar's death. In May, the Congress MP had filed a civil defamation suit against Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV in the Delhi High Court...
12:14
The New York Times on the killing of Gauri Lankesh. Read
12:08
Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy announces a Rs10 lakh reward for any clue related to the Gauri Lankesh murder.
11:48
A 48-year-old Chinese national arrested for alleged theft of diamonds died in the Thane central jail, a prison official has said.The Vanrai police in adjoining Mumbai had arrested Jiang Changquing and another Chinese national Deng Xiaobo (45) on August 1 for allegedly stealing two diamonds worth...
11:37
Gauri Lankesh's sister Kavitha Lankesh has said she thinks only one group harboured a possible motive to kill the journalist: Right-wing activists.Only one, I think. The Right-wing activists. Most of it she used to write about that, Kavitha said on being asked which group - Maoists or Hindu...
11:27
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck southern Mexico today and was felt as far away as Mexico City, the US Geological Survey said, issuing a tsunami warning. It hit offshore 120 kilometres southwest of the town of Tres Picos in the state of Chiapas.
11:23
A group of Congress workers in Sringeri have filed a police complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA D N Jeevaraj, who said yesterday that journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed for her statements against the right wing.She may have written some things against us in her paper. That is...
10:20
The newly-appointed Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam has apparently asked the tourists coming from abroad to 'eat beef in your own country and then come to India'.The statement came in the aftermath of him being questioned about cow vigilantism and restrictions on beef consumption in...
09:30
Sanitisation drive continues at Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa, Haryana.A JCB machine has been brought to facilitate the operation. Authorities have also called 10 blacksmiths inside the HQ.Information and PR Department Deputy Director Satish Mehra said that court commissioner A K S Pawar...
09:13
President Donald Trump has said that military option against a defiant North Korea is certainly an option for him, but hoped that he does not have to use it.Military action would certainly be an option. Is it inevitable? Nothing is inevitable. It would be great if something else could be...
08:33
Security personnel and concerned officials have entered premises of Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa to conduct searches as ordered by Punjab and Haryana high court.41 Paramilitary companies, four Army columns, Police of four districts, one SWAT team and one dog squad deployed for search...
08:13
The Bharatiya Janata Party has dismissed as 'farcical and fake' the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi following some Twitter users accused of making objectionable comments over journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder, and and said it shows selective approach to right to freedom of expression.In a...
01:34
The Congress on Thursday attacked the government over back-to-back train derailments, and said the Modi dispensation should be renamed as derailment sarkar. Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said railway safety was in shambles in the country as daily train accidents pose a grave...
01:14
- Surgical strikes were to convey LoC can be breached: Army- Another tough day for railways as 3 trains derail in 9 hours- Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT begins probe, family against giving political colour- Bihar journalist shot at by bike-borne attackers Missed Thursday's...
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