23:34
Minors, whose Aadhaar card has already been generated, cannot opt out of the Aadhaar scheme after attaining majority, the Unique Identification Authority of India today told the Supreme Court.Attorney General K K Venugopal was referring to the written replies of UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey to...
22:33
More than half of the Border Security Force's border posts in Rajasthan do not have piped water supply and water is being provided to these posts through tankers, the Centre informed Parliament today.Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the Border...
22:28
China will launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in June, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) said today.It will be the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket after it carried Motorola's Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.The rocket...
22:03
Following is a press release issued by Editors Guild:'The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the arbitrary manner contemplated by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry ostensibly to penalise any journalist or media organisation publishing fake news.'By notifying that the...
21:27
Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria today had a 'courtesy meeting' with Pakistan's National Security Advisor Naseer Khan Janjua and exchanged views on various bilateral issues.Diplomatic sources in the Indian High Commission confirmed that the meeting took...
21:17
The Income Tax Department has issued a notice to Deepak Kochhar, husband of ICICI bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, in connection with its tax evasion probe in the Videocon bank loan case, officials said.They said the notice has been issued to Deepak Kochhar under section 131 (power regarding...
20:56
Sub Inspector Mahendra Chaudhary who was injured in Bharat bandh protests in Jodhpur yesterday, succumbs to his injuries. -- ANI
20:38
The Bombay high court today declined to grant any interim relief to Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor over a first information report filed against them and other film personalities for using 'obscene' and 'abusive' language during a comedy event 'AIB Knockout' in 2015.A bench of...
20:02
The committee set up by the Election Commission to probe the leak of the poll schedule for Karnataka before an official declaration would complete its job 'in a day or two', Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said today.Asked about the tweet by Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell chief Amit...
20:00
A case registered against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker Raja Chauhan for firing during a protest in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior during the protest against the dilution of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Act.Chauhan was allegedly captured in camera for firing at the...
19:23
Facing flak over violence in his parliamentary constituency Asansol, Union minister Babul Supriyo has said that he had offered to resign and quit politics but was stopped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The minister of state for heavy industries said he had met the prime minister and offered to...
18:35
A youth, who was injured during clashes between protesters and security forces in Kangan area of Ganderbal district yesterday, died at a hospital in Srinagar today, officials said.Gowhar Ahmad Rather, a resident of Kangan in Ganderbal, had been admitted to SKIMS hospital in Srinagar with critical...
18:11
As one of his final acts of kindness, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking paid for a grand Easter meal for hundreds of homeless and needy people in his home city of Cambridge.The funeral of the world-famous scientist, who passed away peacefully at his home on March 14 aged 76, took...
17:43
A Delhi court today acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and four others in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after considering the joint application filed by them to settle the matter.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal considered the...
17:27
An Indian Army personnel injured during the ceasefire violation initiated by Pakistan succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.20-year-old, Sepoy Mustapure Shubham Suryakant hailed from Maharashtra's Konerwadi village and is survived by his mother.Apart from this, the condition of one of...
16:55
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob today afternoon in the Hindaun town in Karauli district of Rajasthan following which curfew was imposed in the area, a senior official said. A mob comprising nearly 5,000 people set ablaze houses of sitting...
16:24
The UIDAI today said it does not have information about bank accounts, health records, or financial and property details of Aadhaar holders, and will never have such details in its database. The Aadhaar-issuing body said that its database contains only minimum details of the biometric ID...
16:18
Nidhi Razdan @Nidhi Waters tested. Backfired. Will be tested again
15:43
Saudi Crown Prince: Iran's Supreme Leader 'Makes Hitler Look Good'. Read the interview here.
15:26
The Supreme Court has refused to stay its order on the SC/ST Act, asks all parties to submit detailed replies within two days; matter to be heard after 10 days. The court said it has not diluted the law. The next hearing will be after 10 days. The Supreme Court was hearing the Centre's plea...
15:06
Actor Akshay Kumar has sponsored a mobile toilet near the famous Juhu beach here, months after his wife tweeted a picture of a man defecating at another sea shore in Mumbai. Last week, the actor sent an application to the BMC offering to set up the toilet by bearing all its expenses, assistant...
14:54
No bureaucrat will be entitled to ISD facility on residential telephones from the government, though only secretary-level officers can have such facility on their office landline phones, Finance Ministry guidelines stated. Issuing comprehensive guidelines for telephone facilities and...
14:51
One person has succumbed to his injuries in IAF Mi-17 V5 helicopter crash in Kedarnath.
14:48
The Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) has asked Cricket Australia to review the disproportionate sanctions imposed on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft who were embroiled in the ball-tampering scandal during the Cape Town TestFollowing the ball-tampering scandal that...
14:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for each of the families of 39 workers killed by ISIS in Iraq. The announcement comes after Congress MPs from Punjab staged a protest in Parliament demanding compensation for...
14:06
PM announces ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to families of those killed in Iraq's Mosul.
13:58
The PM has now rescinded the I&B ministry's order on fake news, but freedom of press had an unusual supporter this morning -- the right wing Hindu organisation -- Vishwa Hindu Parishad.The VHP today condemned the Centre's move to amend the guidelines for accreditation of journalists in...
13:52
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu arrived in New Delhi on a two-day visit on Tuesday in connection with the non-issuance of special category status to the state.After reaching Delhi, Naidu paid tribute at Gandhi statue in the parliament premises.He...
12:57
Three officers among five Army men were injured when Pakistani army resorted to mortar shelling violating ceasefire and targeting forward posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.The Pakistan army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from 7 am today along the Line of...
12:56
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today once again appointed as the Leader of the Rajya Sabha following his re-election to the House. The 65-year-old Jaitley's term had ended yesterday. Upon re-election from Uttar Pradesh, he has again been named as Leader of the House, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu...
12:54
Asserting that the government is sensitive to the concerns of the backward communities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said it was not responsible for the dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Making a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on the large scale...
12:52
Central Board of Secondary Education will not re-conduct examination of class 10 Maths paper, reports ANI.
12:43
The tweet suggesting Ms Irani was having a rethink or was under pressure from the PMO to withdraw the order. The minister tweeted 23 minutes ago. @smritiirani PIB Accreditation Guidelines asking Press Council of India & News Broadcasters Association to define & act against fake news...
12:37
Just in: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered the withdrawal of the Information and Broadcasting ministry's order on fake news. The PMO has now ordered that the matter of fake news should be referred to the Press Council of India. There was a massive amount of backlash from journalists after...
11:50
Just in: The Supreme Court agrees for an open court hearing on the Centre's review petition over the judgement on the SC/ST Act. The plea will be heard at 2 pm today. The Centre on Monday filed a review petition against a recent verdict of a two-judge bench, which introduced safeguards to prevent...
11:32
Question Hour in the Lok Sabha today once again became the victim of disruptions as the House was adjourned barely minutes after it had convened. Today is the 19th consecutive day when disruptions hit the first hour of the Lok Sabha. Like any other day, when the House met for the day, AIADMK...
11:28
Co-chair of the Hindu group, Malini Parthasarathy on the the government's 'fake news' clampdown. Sinister new war unleashed on the press by the government of @narendramodi by threatening to withdraw accreditation for journalists accused of writing fake news'. Checking the menace of fake news is...
10:50
The Congress today criticised Union minister Gen V K Singh (retd) for his reported insensitive' remark comparing the demand for compensation to the families of 39 Indians killed in Iraq to demanding biscuits, and said it was heartless, shameful and reprehensible. Congress communications in-charge...
10:42
Business India managing editor Parthasarathi Swami passed away in Mumbai on Monday night around 11 pm. Partho, as he was fondly called, has over three decades of experience as a business journalist and has worked with several leading business and news publications in India including Anand Bazar...
10:38
The Pakistan Army today targeted forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district with mortar shells. The Indian Army effectively retaliated. An Army officer said, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from 0700 hours along the Line of Control in Krishna...
10:36
The US has started accepting applications for H-1B visas, considered as the most sought-after work visa among highly skilled Indian professionals, amidst unprecedented scrutiny by the Trump administration. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which is the federal...
10:09
In other news, internet service was suspended in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut till 2 pm today as a precautionary measure, following the violent protests against Supreme Court's ruling on the SC/ST Act.The nationwide bandh was called by Dalit outfits yesterday against the Apex Court's ruling that...
10:03
The BSE Sensex turned choppy after falling nearly 100 points today and NSE Nifty slipped below the 10,200-mark on fresh losses in metal, healthcare, Teck, IT and realty stocks amid muted global cues. The 30-share barometer, which had gained 286.68 points on the first session of new fiscal...
10:03
Update on the abduction in Srinagar. Terrorists abducted a civilian and injured three of his relatives in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Suspected terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba barged into house of one Farooq Ahmad Parray at Hajin in Bandipora district last...
09:48
Also in Jammu & Kashmir -- Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector from 0700 hours today. Details awaited.
09:47
Four people including the pilot suffered minor injuries after an Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopter caught fire following collision with an iron girder while landing at a helipad near Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand.
09:46
Four terrorists barged into a house in Hajin in Srinagar last night and fired indiscriminately. The owner of the house, Farooq Parrey, his wife, brother and daughter were seriously injured and Parrey's son-in-law abducted. An FIR has been registered and an investigation is underway.Image: Farooq...
09:31
Media and leaders of political parties have criticised the government following their new order stating that the accreditation of a journalist could be permanently cancelled if the scribe is found generating or propagating fake news.Till now there was an informal emergency on media, except few...
09:19
Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrives in Shimoga, the hometown of state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, on Tuesday. After his well-attended public meetings in Hyderabad-Karnataka, Mumbai-Karnataka, Coastal Karnataka and South Karnataka, the star campaigner of the party would be travelling across...
08:55
Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam start hunger hunger strike over the Cauvery Management Board issue.Pointing out that the six-week deadline given by the Supreme Court to set up the Cauvery Management Board ended yesterday, Panneerselvam said, The people of Tamil...
08:36
As bodies of five people killed in Iraq reached Bihar's Siwan in the wee hours of Tuesday, families of two of them refused to accept the bodies, while demanding financial assistance from the state government.Adalat Singh and Sunil Kumar were among the 39 Indians who were killed in Iraq's Mosul in...
08:18
The Indian workers killed in Mosul were illegal immigrants and the Indian embassy in the country had no record of them, General VK Singh (retired), minister of state for external affairs, on Monday at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport at Amritsar after bringing back the mortal remains of...
07:49
In a major move ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, the US today designated Milli Muslim League, the political front of Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud Dawa, as a foreign terrorist organisation.In a simultaneous move, seven members of MML central leadership body have been designated as foreign...
00:28
The government on Monday said the accreditation of a journalist could be permanently cancelled if the scribe is found generating or propagating fake news, as it came out with stringent measures to contain the menace.As per the amended guidelines for the accreditation of journalists, if the...
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