23:35
A Maharashtra minister claimed today that social media platforms were used to spread misinformation about what happened at Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district, where one person was killed in caste violence on January 1.Minister of State for Home (Rural) Deepak Kesarkar said the government will take...
23:15
Pakistan tonight warned the US that the statements coming from Washington are detrimental to bilateral relations that have developed over generations.Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a Cabinet meeting and discussed strategies following US President Donald Trump's tweet in...
22:42
India has called off an order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel's state-owned defence contractor Rafael, the company said on Wednesday.The deal was worth about $500 million and the announcement of its termination came a couple of weeks before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
22:18
“The Post” tells of the tense days leading up to The Washington Post’s decision in 1971 to publish the Pentagon Papers, the government’s secret history of the Vietnam War. The New York Times had broken the story but was prohibited from running the full series after the Nixon...
22:02
A Maratha outfit today demanded a Rs 25 lakh compensation to the family of the man killed in the violence at Bhima-Koregaon and also sought withdrawal of cases under the Atrocities Act filed against 49 people for anincident which took place late last month.The Sakal Maratha Kranti Morcha sought...
21:20
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today asserted that those responsible for the caste violence in Pune will face action and the matter will be taken to its logical end.He said his government will soon approach the Bombay high court, asking it to name a sitting judge to probe the...
20:50
Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth met DMK supremo Karunanidhi at his residence in Chennai today. The party's working president, MK Stalin, was present at the meet.As he left his home in Poes Garden, he told reporters his visit to the veteran leader's home would be a courtesy call.Asked whether...
20:18
If you are travelling in Mumbai today by the Central Railway, prepare to wait a long, long time. Despite the bandh, which saw train schedules being affected and roads being blocked, being called off, trains on the Central Railway continue to run late around 45 minutes late. A train scheduled...
20:07
Rahul Gandhi will travel next week to the Middle East on his first foreign trip after becoming Congress president.The trip, timed after parliament wraps on January 5 (Friday), is part of the newly-minted initiative by Gandhi's strategist Sam Pitroda, who conceived his successful Berkeley trip in...
19:28
The Congress today accused the BJP of befooling Muslim women with the triple talaq bill that seeks to make the practice a criminal offence, alleging that it has no provision for their welfare in case their husbandsare jailed.Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said 18 opposition...
19:09
An autopsy has revealed that 3-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews died of homicidal violence, a media report claimed today, quoting multiple sources who have reviewed the much-awaited document on her mysterious death. Sherin went missing on October 7 and her body was found on...
19:04
Flight operations at the Mumbai airport were badly hit due to the Maharashtra Bandh called by Dalit leaders today, with 12 flights getting cancelled and 235 delayed. The shutdown, called to protest the state government's failure to stop the violence against celebration of 200th...
18:37
Even after the bandh has been called off, trains on Mumbai's Central line are running late. This is the view from Parel railway station.
18:17
Those of you wondering what actor Kamalahaasan has been up to, now that his friend and rival Rajinikanth seems to have stolen a political march over him, wait no longer. The actor, who pens a column in popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, breaks his silence in its Pongal special...
17:51
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Samba sector; one jawan martyred.This is the second ceasefire violation this year.On Sunday, an Army jawan was killed along the Line of Control in Nowshera sector’s Rumli Dhara as Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on forward Indian positions in Jammu...
17:36
Pakistan's Opposition leader Imran Khan today said an ignorant and ungrateful US President Donald Trump has humiliated the country by accusing Islamabad of giving nothing to America but lies and deceit in return for its aid worth USD 33 billion over the last 15 years.In a series of tweets, the...
17:16
Responding to the call given by Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar, a total bandh was observed in the district today protesting Monday's violence at Bhima Koregaon. Protesters submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister and the Governor through resident deputy collector Nitin...
17:09
The Mumbai police sound the all clear for vehicular traffic from the island city to the suburbs. @MumbaiPolice tweets: Eastern Expressway, both North and South bound, is clear upto Thane #TrafficUpdate. Both North and South bound.Western Expressway upto Dahisar Naka is clear for traffic....
16:59
There is no evidence of anyone committing suicide while allegedly playing the Blue Whale challenge game, the Lok Sabha was informed. Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said instances of children committing suicide while allegedly playing Blue Whale challenge game were reported in various...
16:48
@MumbaiPoliceWestern Expressway upto Dahisar Naka is clear for traffic. Both North and South bound
16:43
Just In: Prakash Ambedkar, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader and BR Ambedkar's grandson has withdrawn the Maharashtra bandh call.Ambedkar said that Umar Khalid and Jignesh Mewani, against whom a complaint has been filed for giving provocative statement have no connections to the incident in Bhima...
16:26
More than a month after cyclone Ockhi left behind a trail of destroyed infrastructure and missing fishermen in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep, the search for the missing fishermen is still underway. While the number of missing fishermen was put at over 400 a fortnight ago, with...
16:21
If you've just joined us, this is the impact of the Maharashtra bandh on Mumbai today. The bandh, called to protest the violence post an event to mark 200th anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle, turned violent today even as rail and road traffic was disrupted in the city. Bharipa Bahujan...
15:55
Just in: Reports coming that protesters have blocked the western express highway between Malad and Borivali in a couple of places. Check before you hit the road.
15:40
The Congress today accused the RSS and certain Hindutva outfits of triggering violence against Dalits in Maharashtra and demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into the clashes while targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over it. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour,...
15:24
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduces the Triple Talaq Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
15:14
Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats The issue we are fighting on has so quickly moved from the 14th century (Padmavati) to the 19th century (Battle of Koregaon). India is modernising rapidly.
15:13
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said the BJP is best disciple of the British rulers.He made this statement while addressing a press conference in New Delhi to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance over the...
14:38
AAP's Kumar Vishwas on being excluded from the party's Rajya Sabha nominations: Maine jo-jo sach bola aaj uska pururskar dand swaroop mujhe diya gaya. I have been rewarded for the truth. Arvind ne mujhe muskurate huye kaha tha ke 'sir-ji aapko marenge par shaheed nahi hone denge'. Arvind...
14:11
In wake of the ongoing protests and bandh across Maharashtra against the Bhima-Koregaon violence, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday alleged that someone is trying to gain political advantage by creating all such nuisance across the state.Speaking to ANI, Shiv...
14:07
The Aam Aadmi Party today nominated Sanjay Singh, Sushil Gupta and N D Gupta as its Rajya Sabha nominees. While Singh has been associated with the party since its inception, Sushil Gupta is a Delhi-based businessman and N D Gupta a chartered accountant. The decision was taken at Chief Minister...
13:45
Both up and down lines on the western railway, which were blocked by protesters from 12.05 hours were cleared of protesters at 12.24 hours. Train operations have resumed at Goregaon, but the protests have delayed trains on the line. Protesters blocked the tracks at Goregaon, Virar on the western...
13:28
Rasta Roko at Andheri on the Western Express Highway, Mumbai.
13:22
In Mumbai: The remaining services of the AC local has been suspended for the day in view of the protests. Other suburban services are being run amid intermittent protests at Elphinstone Road, Goregaon, Dadar, Malad stations. There is no cancellation of long distance trains so far.
13:20
A MiG-29K aircraft with under-trainee pilot goes off runway while taking off at Goa airport. Pilot ejects to safety. Fire on aircraft being extinguished. Goa airport shut down and firefighting in progress.
12:50
Barring a couple of incidents of stones being pelted on public transport buses, the bandh in Pune started on a peaceful note. The shutdown received a mixed response in the city since morning with some shops doing business with their shutters partially up.Additional Commissioner of Police...
12:30
And back in Mumbai: Metro services between Asalfa and Ghatkopar Metro station were briefly stopped by protesters. But after the police stepped in the situation was brought under control and services have resumed. The Mumbai police, which has been tweeting at regular intervals on the situation on...
12:18
In Delhi, security has been enhanced outside Maharashtra Sadan in the wake of the Bhima-Koregaon violence and subsequent protests in Maharashtra.
12:17
While heavy police presence across the city have foiled attempts of rail roko or rasta roko by protesters, there are reports of sporadic incidents of violence. Two Thane Municipal Transport buses and an auto-rickshaw were vandalized in the Chendani Koliwada area leaving four passengers injured. A...
12:03
Dalit outfits took out protest marches in various parts of Mumbai and Maharashtra today, enforcing the state-wide bandh called to protest against the violence unleashed over the commemoration of the Bhima-Koregaon battle's bicentennial. Photograph show a march in Marol in...
11:58
An eye-candy break from the incessant news of the Maharashtra bandh. Virat Kohli tweets this picture from Cape Town in South Africa where the couple is on their honeymoon. India is playing a test series against South Africa at Cape Town. @imVkohli tweeted, Cape Town is such a beautiful...
11:49
Just in: A BEST bus has been pelted with stones at Chembur naka, and the tyre of a taxi was deflated. Passengers have been asked to get off the bus but the situation is largely under control. The police have moved in and are taking control.A colleague who took an Uber from Thane to the Rediff.com...
11:29
A rasta roko on LBS Marg at Gandhinagar in Kanjur Marg by protestors as part of the Maharashtra bandh called by Dalit parties today, has disrupted road traffic between Thane and Mumbai. Photograph: Hemant Waje
11:24
JUST IN: Quantum of sentence for Lalu Yadav and others in the fodder scam case to be pronounced tomorrow.Meanwhile, Ranchi Special Central Bureau of Investigation Court finds Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha guilty of contempt of court in Fodder Scam.The court summons...
11:19
United States President Donald Trump today boasted that his nuclear button is not just 'much bigger and powerful' than the one North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has but that it also works.North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the 'Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.' Will someone...
11:09
Western Railway tweets:Railway tracks have been evacuated and train operations have resumed at Nallasopara/Virar from 10.30 am.
10:52
Commuters stranded due to less number of auto-rickshaws and other transport in Mumbai. Rickshaw driver in suburban Mulund says, 'We are supporting this bandh only because we are scared of our loss. They can vandalise anything here.' -- ANI
10:39
Maharashtra bandh update:- Inter-state bus services from Karnataka to Maharashtra have been temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure.- Western Railway tweeted that tracks have been evacuated of protestors and train operations have resumed at Virar and Goregaon in Mumbai from 9.05 am on WR...
10:21
Chennai woke up to a one-day strike by Uber and Ola drivers today. The drivers' main grouse is the hefty 25 percent commission charged by the operator. Further, they say, earlier they would get incentives for more rides but not anymore. Even the toll they pay is not refunded, they...
10:13
The Pune police has received a complaint against Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani and Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid for their provocative speeches at an event in the city on December 31. Mevani and Khalid had attended the 'Elgar...
09:52
Section 144 has been imposed in Maharashtra's Thane area till midnight of January 4 in the wake of the statewide band called by the Dalit outfits.The protestors even halted the trains at Thane railway station pertaining to the same.Few protestors tried to disrupt railway services at...
09:39
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 seeking to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq, is likely to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.The Bill, last week, was passed in the Lok Sabha with most of the leading parties in the Opposition,...
09:33
IMAGE: People seen waiting near Thane's Vartak Nagar due to less auto-rickshaws and other transport in the state today. Photograph: ANI
09:24
Maharashtra bandh update:Rail blockade at Thane station cleared, reports NDTV.Western Railway tweets, 'Some protesters are not allowing dispatch and reception of suburban trains at Virar. Administration and Security staff making every effort to normalise the situation. Due to this, services are...
09:15
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court will be pronouncing the quantum of sentence for former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad who has been convicted in a fodder scam case.On December 23, the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief along with 14 others was found guilty by the...
09:12
'Don't believe or spread rumors, continue with your routine activities. Police administration is geared up to deal with any untoward situation,' Mumbai Police advises residents.
08:39
Security deployment in Ghatkopar's Ramabai Colony and Eastern Express Highway in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Photograph: ANI
08:35
School buses will stay off roads in Mumbai on Wednesday in view of a Maharashtra bandh called by Dalit outfits to protest the violent clashes in Pune.There is heavy police arrangement in areas like Chembur, Worli, Ghatkopar and Vikhroli of Mumbai.So far, things are in control and there has been...
00:04
US President Donald Trump today urged the Justice Department to probe the email practices of Huma Abdein, a close aide of his 2016 Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton.Abedin, who is both of Pakistani and Indian origin, is a close aide of Clinton, the former secretary of state who lost...
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