23:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the people of Maharashtra for their continued 'faith' in the Bharatiya Janata Party following the party's win in two civic polls.The BJP scored a big win in the Sangli municipal elections by defeating the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance and...
23:21
The Unique Identity Authority of India today said it has not asked any device maker or service provider to include its toll free number on mobile phones, and clarified that the number 1800-300-1947 appearing in the contact list of Android phones is an 'outdated and invalid' helpline...
22:09
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is set to begin tomorrow a 58-day, 6,000-km`yatra' that will roll through 165 assembly constituencies of the state which goes to the polls later this year.Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah will flag off the yatra's `Vijay Rath' -- a customised bus...
22:00
The Bharatiya Janata Party today claimed that it was the Narendra Modi-led government which exposed the alleged crimes of fugitive businessmen Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi which they committed during the tenure of the United Progressive Alliance government.Hitting back at the Congress over its...
21:07
The name of Assam's lone woman chief minister Syeda Anowara Taimur, who is residing in Australia, is missing from the National Register of Citizens and she plans to return home to initiate the process of enlisting herself and her family in the register of citizens of the state.''It is sad that my...
21:04
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile since 1994, has said no person should be termed an 'illegal immigrant'.Her statement comes in the backdrop of the omission of the names of 40 lakh people from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in...
20:54
Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister-in-waiting has been summoned by the country's anti-graft body on August 7 in connection with the misuse of official helicopters which caused Rs 2.17 million loss to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, an official said today.The National Accountability Bureau...
20:07
A bill to overturn a Supreme Court order which had laid down certain safeguards in SC/ST law to prevent atrocities against people of scheduled castes and tribes was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.The move is being seen as a reach-out by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic...
20:05
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan today said it would not be possible for him to produce a movie like Hey Ram at present as the whole nation, according to him, was becoming intolerant.Speaking to reporters in Kochi, Haasan said Hey Ram, written, directed and produced by him in 2000, was a...
19:36
Antigua has claimed it was told by Indian agencies that there was no adverse information against Mehul Choksi when it did a background check on the fugitive billionaire before granting him citizenship in 2017, a local media report in the Caribbean nation has said.While the Antiguan authority...
18:54
Billionaire Gautam Adani's group today emerged as the biggest winner of gas retailing licences, winning rights to selling CNG in 11 cities including Allahabad.Adani won rights to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households in six cities on its own and another five in joint...
18:17
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda met Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leaders M K Stalin and Kanimozhi at Kauvery Hospital to inquire about DMK chief M Karunanidhi's health. -- ANI
18:06
Landslides, owing to incessant rain in the last couple of days, have left a trail of destruction in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, while an Army transit camp located at Sessa was totally damaged, official sources today said.However, there were no reports of any casualty. The stretch...
17:55
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today said fiddling with the state's special status would have 'catastrophic ramifications' for the entire country.Her warning comes days before a Supreme Court hearing, scheduled for August 6, on petitions challenging the validity of Article...
17:45
A Muslim man was allegedly forced to shave his beard and thrashed following an altercation in Gurugram's Sector 29. A resident of Haryana's Mewat, Jaffruddin had come to Gurgaon to meet his friend when the accused started abusing the victim in Khandsa Mandi area on Tuesday.Jaffruddin initially...
17:20
The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business. There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple. Read more
17:17
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will chair the 29th Goods and Services Tax council meeting tomorrow at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The council meeting is convened mainly to discuss issues, concerns and suggestions of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the GST regime among others.The...
17:09
Two security personnel suffered minor injuries on Friday after terrorists hurled grenade on the CRPF party deployed at State Bank of India branch at Lal Chowk in Anantnag district.The area has been cordoned off and the injured have been rushed to the hospital.Earlier today, in another attack,...
17:06
The Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics and Communication department has signed an MoU with the global digital transformation provider Tech Mahindra to launch India's first Blockchain District in the state of Telangana.The Blockchain District will be a Center of Excellence for...
16:58
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it has authorised the railways, metro and airport authorities to initiate action, within their jurisdictional areas, against those violating the state's plastic ban.On March 23 this year, the government had issued a notification...
16:51
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the anticipatory bail granted to Karti Chidambaram by the Delhi high court in the Aircel-Maxis case.A bench of the apex court, comprising of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, was hearing the case.Justice...
16:46
Twelve schools, half of them all-girls', have been burnt down by unidentified terrorists in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's restive Gilgit-Baltistan, triggering protest by local residents who sought safety for educational institutions which are often attacked by terrorists, officials said...
16:03
A special court in Pakistan hearing the treason charges against former dictator Pervez Musharraf has scheduled the hearing of the high-profile case on August 20, according to a media report. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government had filed the treason case against the ex-army chief...
15:42
The Trinamool Congress will observe a black day throughout West Bengal on August 4 and 5 to protest against the detention and manhandling of its leaders at the Silchar airport in Assam yesterday, a senior party leader said today. TMC secretary general and West Bengal Education Minister Partha...
15:31
The Trinamool Congress to observe black day on August 4 and August 5 over TMC delegation detention at Assam's Silchar airport.
15:28
The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for repeated defiance on issuing a circular to airlines operating at the IGI Airport in Delhi to ensure that they do not empty toilet tanks midair. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel...
15:11
Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default, reports IANS. UIDAI has replaced the earlier helpline number -- 1800-300-1947 -- with the new number -- 1947,...
14:43
The Congress today alleged in the Lok Sabha that a senior executive of a prominent news channel and two other staffers had recently quit due to pressure from the government for airing stories critical of the ruling establishment. Strongly refuting the charge, Information and Broadcasting Minister...
14:09
The TMC delegation -- six MPs, one MLA and one West Bengal minister -- who had gone to Silchar in Assam have returned to Kolkata. The delegation had gone to Silchar to interact with people left out of the draft of the National Register of Citizens published on July 30. The NRC draft, touted to...
13:59
The son of former Bihar minister and MLA of the ruling JD(U) Bima Bharti was found dead today morning under mysterious circumstances mear a railway track here and two of his friends have been taken into custody in this connection, police said. Bharti is the sitting MLA from Rupauli constituency...
13:54
In a U-turn, the Centre today told the Supreme Court that it was withdrawing its notification proposing to create a social media hub, which some have alleged could become a tool to monitor online activities of citizens. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of...
13:46
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks on the horrific instances of rapes and molestation at the Muzaffarpur shelter home. Muzaffarpur main aisi ghatana ghat gayi ki hum sharamsaar ho gaye. I am ashamed of what happened in Muzaffarpur. The CBI is investigating the matter and the hight court is...
13:04
Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement in the Lok Sabha on the detention of the TMC delegation at the Silhcar airport.On August 2, a TMC delegation was received at Silchar airport with full protocol. They were asked to go back but the delegation engaged in an argument during which two women...
12:43
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court order granting bail to Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, for alleged financial irregularities related to INX Media. When it comes to the question of liberty, the courts do not go into technicality,...
12:36
Not yet on the seat, but the hope that Imran Khan will be his own man, has just been turned on its head. Pakistan's Prime Minister in-waiting has apparently withdrawn the invitations sent out to friends, actor Aamir Khan and former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh...
12:03
Anand Sharma, Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha: Home Minister should clarify if NRC is limited to Assam. There is apprehension that NRC will be conducted in other states as well. He said the NRC is creating panic among the people.
11:59
The Wire has learned that a week before these changes at the channel, BJP president Amit Shah told a group of journalists in parliament house that he planned to teach ABP News a lesson. Read the report here.
11:49
Home Minister Rajnath Singh making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the National Register of Citizens. He reiterated that the NRC was a draft and not a final list and everyone who was not on the list would get a chance to prove their citizenship. Unlike Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh was allowed to...
11:23
The government has cleared the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to elevate Justice K M Joseph, who heads the Uttarakhand High Court, to the top court, ending a long standoff with the judiciary. The government has also given its nod to appoint Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira...
11:16
Donald Trump today tried to tamp down speculation of differences with daughter Ivanka over his remarks about the press by saying that it is the 'Fake News' and not the entire media that is the enemy of the people, hours after she distanced herself from the US president's comments. Trump has...
11:09
Security forces today killed a militant in an encounter in Sopore township in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a police official said. The encounter began after militants opened fire on security forces during a search operation in Dursoo village, he said.The militant was yet to be...
11:05
The Information and Broadcasting ministry has shot off a letter addressed to the Film and Producers Guild of India, The Film Federation of India, the distributors association, saying credits of Hindi films should be in Hindi.The letter states, Logically the credits of the film should be in the...
10:40
'Mulk gets a lot of things right, including its vision of the country as a place where underneath the punctilious, forced-secular surface there are volatilities waiting to go off,' says Sreehari Nair. Read before you go.
10:36
TMC MP Saugata Roy moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over detention of TMC delegation at Silchar airport yesterday. #NRCAssam
10:35
Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence officials have arrested Vijay Gutte, the director of the film, The Accidental Prime Minister, for defrauding Rs 34 crore by submitting fake invoices, reports Mumbai Mirror. Anupam Kher essays the role of Manmohan Singh in the...
10:19
Sonali Bendre's husband Goldie Behl has revealed the actor is stable and is following her treatment without any complications. The filmmaker took to Twitter to thank Bendre's fans and well-wishers for their support. Thank you all for the love and support for Sonali... She is stable and is...
10:02
The benchmark Sensex staged a strong comeback in early trade today gaining over 250 points on widespread buying by participants in rate-sensitive realty, auto and banking stocks. The 30-share index was trading higher by 253.38 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 37,418.54. All the sectoral indices,...
09:59
MoS MEA VK Singh informed the Rajya Sabha yesterday that the request for extradition of diamantaire Nirav Modi has been sent to the High Commission of India in London. The request has been sent by a special diplomatic bag for onward transmission to UK authorities.Nirav Modi, the main accused in...
09:51
The bright and pleasant morning in Astana, Kazakhstan is symbolic of the bilateral relationship with India, tweets MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. EAM @SushmaSwaraj warmly welcomed by Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan @MFA_KZ, Kairat Abdrakhmanov at the Foreign Office building ahead of the...
09:46
Six of the eight-member Trinamool Congress delegation left Assam this morning after an overnight detention at Silchar airport, an official said. Two others -- MPs Mamatabala Thakur and Arpita Ghosh -- will leave the state later in the day, Cachar district Deputy Commissioner S Lakshmanan said....
09:44
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that the state government has constituted two separate committees, state and district level, to monitor the entry of illegal immigrants in the state, post publication of the final draft of NRC in Assam.In a press conference, the Chief...
09:40
Two terrorists were gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district on Friday. The exchange of fire between terrorists and the security forces took place in Drusu village. Following the attack, a search operation is underway. Further details are awaited. This...
09:08
The Rashtriya Janata Dal has called for a nationwide strike on Friday, demanding the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar against the alleged mass sexual exploitation at various shelter homes in the state.RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said: RJD will hold a strike in Bihar and across the...
09:02
6 TMC leaders leave Assam after overnight detention at Silchar airport, 2 others to leave later in the day: Cachar district DC
08:30
The Federal Censor Board of Pakistan has banned Rishi Kapoor and Taapsee Pannu's upcoming court drama, 'Mulk' in Pakistan.The reason behind the decision is yet to be ascertained.The makers of the movie released a statement, saying, We are disturbed by this prejudiced verdict and it is such an...
08:05
Lawmakers of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress were formally arrested at Assam's Silchar airport late Thursday evening. The lawmakers had gone to the state to campaign against the draft citizens' list, which triggered a political storm, when they were stopped by the police.In dramatic footage...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that his government will provide reservation to Marthas in accordance with law.After holding a meeting with state leaders from diverse sections, Fadnavis told the media that a joint statement has been signed to resolve the matter.A...
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