23:48
Recalling former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leaders from the People's Democratic Party and the National Conference, the two prominent parties of Jammu and Kashmir, today urged the Bharatiya Janata Part-led government to follow the path shown by him for resolving the Kashmir issue and...
23:26
The deputy mayor of Aurangabad was among the five Bharatiya Janata Party corporators arrested today for allegedly assaulting their colleague from the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Syed Mateen Sayyad Rashid, during a general body meeting of the municipal corporation on August 17, police...
23:25
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav today said he was worried about his father Lalu Prasad Yadav's falling health.The RJD chief has been undergoing treatment at the Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai for more than a week, a hospital spokesperson...
22:36
Najam Sethi today resigned from the post of Pakistan Cricket Board chairman as Prime Minister Imran Khan nominated former ICC president Ehsan Mani as his successor. I have appointed Ehsan Mani as Chairman PCB. He brings vast and valuable experience to the job. He represented PCB...
22:22
WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels is visiting India this week and is likely to meet IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, as the company attempts to address concerns around fake news on its messaging platform which have led to horrific crimes like mob-lynching. According to sources, Daniels will be in...
22:15
Twenty five Supreme Court judges would contribute in the relief funds for the victims of flood in Kerala which has seen the large scale devastation of lives and properties, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said. A bench of the CJI and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud made...
22:13
Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's payroll data suggests that as many as 47.13 lakh jobs created during September 2017 to June this year. However, the retirement body lowered earlier estimate of new members enrolment by 12.38 per cent, from 44.74 lakh to 39.20...
22:06
Reliance Group today said its Chairman Anil Ambani has written to Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale fighter jet deal saying his party has been misinformed, misdirected and misled by malicious vested interests and corporate rivals on the issue. Ambani, who had first written to...
21:50
The Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, today decided not to attend the meeting of the Lokpal Selection Committee slated for tomorrow as a special invitee, the fourth time this year. Alleging that the process of Lokpal appointment was vitiated and accusing the...
21:26
The army would continue to be engaged in the rescue operations in flood-hit Kerala till the situation stabilised, Southern Command chief Lt Gen D R Soni said in Thiruvananthapuram today. He also said the army's medical teams would extend the first line of relief in...
20:35
Veteran cricketer VVS Laxman, known for the suppleness of his wrists, will now bring his expertise into play as he picks up the pen to write his tell-all book, which will hit the stands on November 20. Westland Publications today announced the release of the former Indian cricketer's...
20:29
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called upon the people to reflect on how to work together and contribute in arresting disturbing trends of intolerance, communal polarisation and incidents of violent crimes propelled by hate groups and mobs being witnessed in the country. ...
19:28
Flood-ravaged Kerala needs electricians, plumbers, and carpenters to bring it back to normalcy, Union minister K J Alphons said today. At least 216 people have lost their lives in the floods and landslides triggered by 10 days of torrential rainfall in the state which has displaced over...
19:13
Pakistan's incarcerated former premir Nawaz Sharif today said he used to pay the day-to-day expenses of Prime Minister House from his own pocket, as the newly sworn-in Prime Minister Imran Khan pointed to massive government expenditure. Talking to reporters outside an accountability court...
19:04
The massive flood in Kerala has been declared a calamity of severe nature, the home ministry said today. Keeping in view the intensity and magnitude of the floods and landslides in Kerala, this is a calamity of a severe nature for all practical purposes, a home ministry official...
18:29
Whenever the reply has to be given, I will give and I will give it to all... It will be a strong reply, Sidhu, the only Indian to attend Imran Khan's swearing-in ceremony as Pakistan's prime minister, said. His comments come after Amarinder had yesterday ticked off his cabinet...
17:23
Not Kerala, this is Karnataka. Karnataka: Two rescue teams with two Gemini craft have been deployed in Kodagu since 17 August by the headquarters of the Karnataka Naval Area. Indian Navy teams are integrated with NDRF and civil administration and have rescued 67 people from Kallur and...
17:21
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster granddaughter Niharika and his foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya at the prayer meeting for him in Delhi.
17:18
The Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he was playing politics on the issue of flood relief, and asked him to show large-heartedness in providing more central assistance to flood-hit Kerala as the Rs 500-crore aid was too little, too late. Congress leader...
17:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a prayer meeting in the memory of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi. Vajpayee passed away on August 16. All senior leaders of the BJP are at the meeting as is Vajpayee's foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya. Atalji's life was for the people of...
16:58
The Gujarat-based National Dairy Development Board today said it will dispatch relief materials worth Rs 2 crore comprising over 10 lakh packs of ready-to-drink milk, 500 tonnes of cattle feed and veterinary medicines to flood-hit Kerala. A release from the Anand-headquartered dairy cooperative...
16:29
A sedition case filed has been filed against cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a Muzaffarpur court in Bihar on Monday for 'insulting the Indian Army by hugging Pakistan Army Chief' at the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Lawyer Sudhir Ojha filed the case in...
16:18
The inmates of Central Prison in Thiruvananthapuram are toiling hard to feed those staying in relief camps across Kerala, where the worst flood of the century has claimed 210 lives since August 8 and displaced over 7 lakh people. Ever since the torrential rains started lashing the state...
15:42
With rains ebbing, Kerala got some respite today, but it faces the gigantic task of rehabilitating the homeless and preventing an outbreak of water-borne diseases. Toll At least 7.24 lakh displaced people have been sheltered in 5,645 relief camps dotting the state. Six more bodies were recovered...
15:42
Rescue operations in the flood-ravaged Karnataka's Kodagu were intensified today even as the administration cancelled hotel bookings made by tourists in the scenic hilly district till the end of this month. Torrential rain has wrecked havoc in the popular tourist destination bordering Kerala and...
15:34
Train services between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam have resumed and the railways is also planning to conduct a trial run from Shornur to Ernakulam. Train services from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi have been partially restored. In the worst affected Chengannur in...
15:17
Chhattisgarh has sent 2,500 tonnes of rice for the people of flood-hit Kerala in a special train. The train, which departed from here yesterday, is likely to reach the southern state in the next three days covering a distance of 2,100 kms, officials said today. The move comes after...
15:08
As Vajpayeeji entered the room, all of us instantly stood up. Even though he was a diffident, mild mannered, man, there was an electricity about his presence that inspired awe and respect.As the questions from Rediff readers were read out, he would often keep his eyes closed while listening to...
15:04
Heavy rains lashed Chandigarh and its surrounding areas today, after which the mercury dropped by a few notches. A sharp spell of rain brought down the mercury providing relief to the people from sultry weather conditions. Chandigarh's adjoining towns of Mohali in Punjab and Panchkula in...
14:37
The tragedy unfolding in the aftermath of the Kerala floods is finding an echo in faraway Indonesia where over 40 athletes from the state are oscillating between anxiety and concern for loved ones while trying to focus on their Asian Games campaign. A swimmer didn't even know of it until a...
14:30
The Shiv Sena lashed out today at Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for visiting Pakistan and hugging its Army chief, dubbing it as heights of shamelessness. It also took a dig at the BJP, saying Sidhu was not labelled a traitor, even though people were termed anti-national for opposing...
14:17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to his newly elected Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, conveying that India was looking for constructive and meaningful engagement with his country. Modi noted that India was committed to peaceful neighbourly ties with Pakistan, official sources...
13:49
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday granted permission to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to visit Geneva, Switzerland, to meet the family of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away on August 18.Tharoor is an accused in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's...
13:30
Life in Idukki gradually moves back to normal. ATM services also resume. Work in progress to re-establish connectivity and restore communication. This is a visuals from the Kattappana area of Idukki.
13:25
Can it really get worse than this?Heartbroken on finding his class XII certificates destroyed in the devastation caused by the deadly monsoon in Kerala, a 19-year-old boy, committed suicide, police said today. With his house fully waterlogged in the downpour, the boy, Kailash, and his parents,...
13:21
As the rescue and relief operations continue in flood-hit Kerala, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons on Monday said that the authorities have housed at least 10 lakh people in scores of relief camps set up by the administration across the state.The minister also lauded the local fishermen for...
13:14
Union Minister JP Nadda on the Kerala floods: Till now, 3757 medical camps have been setup in Kerala. There is requirement of 90 different medicines. The first installment has reached. We have issued an advisory for daily monitoring and surveillance. Quick response medical teams to start work as...
12:54
Update on the Kerala floods: Captain Syed Ashad Ahmed of 8 Engineer Regiment established a captive ferry to rescue 57 civilians from Chingannur. The Army made 15 bridges, provided relief material to 20 villages, and ready to eat meals to 1200 civilians in what is being called Operation...
12:32
Authorities in the United Kingdom have confirmed that Nirav Modi is in the UK. The CBI has moved an extradition request through proper channels.In fact, on August 2, V K Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, had informed the Rajya Sabha that the request for extradition of the jeweller...
12:21
The Supreme Court today took note of the July 20 lynching incident in Rajasthan's Alwar district after it had issued a slew of directions on dealing with cow vigilantism and asked the state government to file its response about the action taken in the case. A bench headed by Chief Justice...
12:12
Members of an outfit founded by slain anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar and his family members took out a protest rally in Maharashtra's Pune city today, demanding arrest of the real perpetrators of the crime. Today is the fifth death anniversary of the rationalist, who was shot dead...
12:02
An FIR was registered on Monday against Bihar's former Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma and her husband Chandrakant Verma under Arms Act. They were booked in connection with Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case.The Central Bureau of Investigation had earlier conducted raids at 12 locations,...
11:51
For all the army's perceived support of Imran Khan, Pakistan's new prime minister does not acknowledge it, does not like being called the army's 'ladla', says Madiha Afzal, assistant professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings...
11:30
Commodore RR Iyer, CO, INS Garuda, who headed the opening up of the Kochi Naval air base to commercial flights says, It's a historic day as the airport is back into civil operations. Substantial work done to ensure all facilities are available and support is given for aircraft to operate. We've...
11:25
Union Minister for tourism, KJ Alphons, who is from Kerala, has this message to send out. Today we have close to a million people in relief camps. District collectors are working as coordinators and providing supplies. Central forces are providing amazing service to Kerala. The biggest heroes are...
11:07
United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is likely to visit Pakistan on September 5 to meet newly sworn-in Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and discuss issues on mutual interests, The Dawn quoted diplomatic and official sources as saying.Pompeo, who would make a brief stopover in...
10:53
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra on Monday paid floral tribute to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Veer Bhumi.Former prime minister...
10:46
Sewa International, an Indian non-profit organisation in America, has raised over USD 10,000 for the flood relief operations in the deluge-hit Kerala.Nearly 200 people have lost their lives in Kerala since August 8 due to floods caused by rains and landslides, while over 3.14 lakh people have...
10:37
In Kerala, the Indian Coast Guard continues relief and rescue operations across the state. Thankfully, the IMD has withdrawn the 'red alert' for rain across the state, though heavy rain is expected in some places.
10:35
And in Andhra Pradesh, flooding in parts of the Krishna district as heavy rain continues to lash the region.
10:34
In Kerala, a 'Thanks' note painted on the roof of a house in Kochi from where the Naval ALH piloted by Cdr Vijay Varma had rescued two women on August 17.
10:32
At least 55 doctors from JJ Hospital, Mumbai, 26 doctors from Pune's Sassoon hospital and paramedical staff leave for Thiruvananthapuram in two Air India aircraft to help with the Kerala flood relief operations.As the massive floods continue to wreak havoc in the state of Kerala, the Western...
10:01
Continuing its rally, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 250 points to hit a fresh record high in early trade, and NSE Nifty went past the 11,500-mark for the first time today on widespread gains in capital goods, metal, realty and banking scrips amid firm Asian cues. The Sensex advanced by...
09:59
Downplaying Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's speech in the National Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday said that the former's address did not match the stature of a premier of the country.Shah was quoted by Dunya News as saying, Ostensibly, Khan's speech...
09:30
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra on Monday paid floral tribute to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary in New Delhi at Veer Bhumi.Former prime...
09:18
Delhi Police Special Cell has detained two people in connection with attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid.Khalid was attacked by an unidentified gunman outside Delhi's Constitution Club on August 13.A video had gone viral in which two people had claimed responsibility for the...
08:43
Indian government on Sunday dismissed reports of David Headley's half-brother, Daniel Gilani, attending the funeral of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Friday.Headley, a convict in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in 2008, is considered as one of the...
08:20
First commercial flight lands at INS Garuda stationed at Kochi Naval Air Station after the International Airport in Kochi got affected due to the devastating floods in Kerala.Meanwhile, the Western Naval Command sailed Indian Naval Ship Mysore with relief material to provide...
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