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The United States has conveyed 'specific and concrete' steps to Pakistan that it could take to eliminate terror networks on its soil without any distinction, a Pentagon official said today.The remarks came as the US in recent days stepped up efforts to put pressure on Pakistan to do more to...
22:32
A hotelier was arrested today for allegedly sheltering three owners of '1 Above' pub, wanted in connection with the December29 Kamala Mills fire that claimed 14 lives, at his residence in suburban Juhu, police said.Vishal Kariya, who owns hotels and pubs in Mumbai, was placed under arrest after a...
22:06
A Dalit family, that was allegedly beaten up by cow vigilantes for skinning the carcass of the animal in Una tehsil in Gujarat, have decided to embrace Buddhism.In July last year, seven Dalits of Mota Samadhiyala village were allegedly paraded and flogged for skinning a dead cow, an incident that...
21:13
Central Board of Film Certification chief Prasoon Joshi today said the censor board had cleared Padmavat and and reports about cuts were 'absolutely untrue'.Joshi said the producers had re-submitted the film with the changes suggested by the board's advisory panel, which reviewed the Sanjay Leela...
20:44
The Bharatiya Janata Party today dubbed Rahul Gandhi's speech in Bahrain as 'irresponsible', alleging that the Congress president was spreading 'hatred' among Indians with his statements abroad like he did in the country.Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad contrasted the Congress chief's address...
20:22
A day after a major fire gutted the record room of the state-run Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur, the principal today said the files related to death of scores of children at the facility last year, allegedly due to restricted oxygen supply, were safe.Principal Ganesh Kumar also said...
19:08
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presided over India's show of Naval might and viewed air/helicopter borne under-water detection capabilities with Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba and Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command Vice Admiral...
18:38
A woman flight attendant of Jet Airways has been arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for allegedly trying to smuggle out forex worth more than Rs 3 crore, with the agency today saying that the accused was part of a major global hawala syndicate.The DRI officials intercepted...
17:46
The freedom of speech and expression of the media must be allowed to the fullest and the press may not be hauled up for defamation for some wrong reporting, the Supreme Court has observed. The observation came from a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which refused to entertain an appeal...
17:26
The Mumbai civic body has razed illegal extensions and constructions in an eight-storey residential building owned by BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha in the Juhu area. The BMC had received several complaints of illegal extensions in Sinha's residence 'Ramayan' in the last few months. Subsequently,...
17:13
Jet Airways on Tuesday terminated the services of two senior pilots - a woman and a man, who fought inside the cockpit of the Jet Airways London-Mumbai flight on New Year's Day.Consequent to the review of the events on board Flight 9W 119 London-Mumbai of...
17:11
There are two aspects to the Aadhaar/The Tribune controversy. One is the thoughtlessly stupid FIR which names reporter Rachna Khaira and the newspaper, among others, though not as accused ' a shot fired in anger by an almighty bureaucrat furious at having his weekend ruined. The other is the...
17:07
Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today lambasted cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan as a coward for putting the dignity of a family at stake by proposing marriage to a woman he has been visiting for spiritual guidance. Khan, the leader of the Opposition, on Sunday had confirmed...
17:06
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday, in a move to defend himself over the recent marriage controversy revolving around him, went on a Twitter spree, stating he had been wondering if he committed any crime.Khan took to Twitter, For 3 days I have been wondering have I looted...
17:04
Sheena Bora murder case: Driver Shyamvar Rai told Special CBI Court that Indrani Mukerjea spoke to Peter Mukerjea on the phone during the recce of the spot where the body was eventually dumped.
16:14
Kamala Mills fire: Managers of pub '1 Above' Kevin Bawa and Lisbon Lopez sent to judicial custody till January 22 by the Bhoiwada court. In the wake of fire, BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta has asked all hotels and restaurants to do self fire safety audits in their premises or the BMC will take tough...
15:56
Hundreds of commuters are struggling to reach places in Tamil Nadu as the indefinite strike called by transport unions, demanding a pay hike among other things, entered the sixth day on Tuesday.We have been forced to go on a strike as we are underpaid. To end our strike, this government...
15:49
The BJP won the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the voting for which was held in Chandigarh today.
15:46
MoS Home Kiren Rijiju tweets: DGPs, Chief of Intelligence Agencies, Central Armed Forces & CPOs meet at Tekanpur (in Gwalior). Since 2014, @narendramodi ji is the only PM to intensely participate in this utmost crucial 3 days annual conference. A Prime Minister who devotes so much for the...
15:33
The Matunga suburban station on the Central Railway (CR) has found its way into the Limca Book of Records for having an all-woman staff, an official said today. The achievement comes six months after Matunga became the first railway station in the country to be run by an all- woman staff. We are...
15:22
China today skirted a direct response to Army chief General Bipin Rawat's remarks that there was a major reduction of Chinese troops in Dokalam, but insisted that its soldiers stationed in the area were exercising sovereignty rights.China and India were engaged in a 73-day tense standoff at...
15:16
The family of a research scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University has urged him to return home after his photos went viral showing he had joined the terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen.The family of Mannan Bashir Wani, belonging to Tekkipora Lolab of Kashmir's Kupwara district, was in for a...
14:59
I have always competed in a fair and transparent manner. Yusuf Pathan's statement.
14:29
Accounts of Dalit protests in Maharashtra are incomplete, need to be leavened by context and history. Read more
14:23
Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani has said Brahmagupta-II discovered the law of gravity before Issac Newton. Speaking during a programme at the Rajasthan University yesterday, he asserted that Brahmagupta-II came up with the gravitation law a thousand years ago. We all have studied...
14:13
Yusuf Pathan on the dope test:Pathan said he was confident of being cleared of deliberate usage and vowed to be more careful in future. Competing for India and my home state Baroda has been a matter of immense pride and encouragement for me and I would never act in any manner to bring my...
14:09
Meet Rachna Khaira, a reporter at The Tribune newspaper who has been named in an FIR by the Delhi police in connection with a report on the breach of details of over one billion Aadhaar cards. Khaira exposed the loopholes in Aadhaar's digital security thanks to which she says they are available...
14:00
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan has been suspended by the BCCI for five months for failing a dope test during a domestic match last season. A statement by BCCI said, Mr Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Mr Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be...
13:56
Update on the national anthem report. Modifying the 2016 order, the Supreme Court said that the inter-ministerial committee set up by the Centre will take a final call on playing of the national anthem in cinemas. The court accepts the govt affidavit that says a 12-member committee be set up to...
13:31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India has no intention of exploiting any country's resources and is not eyeing anyone's territory, basing its relationships not on profit or loss but on humanity. Addressing the first PIO Parliamentarians Conference in New Delhi, he said India has always...
13:15
The Supreme Court modifies its order on the national anthem played in cinema halls, says it is not mandatory. The initial order, issued in November 2016, said all those present in theatres must stand up in respect till the anthem ended. The practice would instill a feeling within one, a sense...
13:10
American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Tuesday came out in support of a national daily reporter, who has been booked for exposing alleged flaws in Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) system.Taking to Twitter, Snowden said instead of an investigation, the journalist needed to be...
12:34
Heavy security has been deployed ahead of Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani's 'Yuva Hunkar Rally', to be held in Delhi's Parliament Street today. NDTV reports that Jantar Mantar, where protest rallies are normally held, turned into a fortress this morning as nearly 1,500 police and...
12:20
@IndiaHistorypic tweets: 1968: Har Gobind Khorana with Holley and Nirenberg, to celebrate their jointly awarded Nobel Prize. Khorana was born in Raipur, British India (Presently Kabirwala In Pakistan), studied in D.A.V. High School in Multan and at Punjab University in Lahore (Photo...
12:02
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the Army said. Two militants have been killed so far in an anti- insurgency operation in Larnoo area of Kokernag in Anantnag district, an Army official said. He said the operation was...
12:00
A special MCOCA court here has rejected the plea of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, arrested in an extortion case, to allow him to have homemade food in jail due to his various ailments. Special Judge (MCOCA) A S Bhaisare observed that Kaskar's doctor has not prescribed any...
11:14
Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the army said.Two terrorists have been killed so far in an anti-insurgency operation in Larnoo area of Kokernag in Anantnag district, an army official said.He said the operation was in...
10:53
As Israel fights cultural boycott in the world of global entertainment business, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to meet the whos who of the Indian film industry in a specially-choreographed event, Shalom Bollywood, sources have reported. The event, which is likely to be...
10:42
Heavy security deployed ahead of Jignesh Mevani's 'Yuva Hunkar Rally' to be held at Parliament Street. Delhi Police has denied permission to hold the event.
10:38
JUST IN: South Korea says North Korea has said it will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics next month in the South.
10:18
The Mumbai's civic body has razed illegal extensions and constructions in an eight-storey residential building owned by BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha in Juhu area.The BMC had received several complaints of illegal extensions in Sinha's residence 'Ramayan' in the last few months. Subsequently, notices...
09:58
In a breather for foreign tech workers, particularly Indians, the Trump administration announced it was not considering any proposal that could force deportation of thousands of H-1B visa holders by denying them extensions beyond the maximum permissible period of six years, as they waited for...
09:50
North and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years today, focussing on the forthcoming Winter Olympics after months of tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.The talks in Panmunjom, the truce village in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula,...
09:11
Oprah Winfrey is actively thinking about running for US president, two of her close friends said. The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely, talked in the wake of Winfrey's extraordinary speech at the Golden Globes Sunday night, which spurred chatter about a 2020...
08:59
The recent investigative report on access to Aadhaar data being sold via social media needs to be rewarded and penalised, believes Edward Snowden, someone who has experience in being targeted by a government over a data leak.Snowden, who famously leaked classified information that exposed a...
08:40
Newly-elected Gujarat legislator and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani's request to hold a youth rally in Delhi today is yet to be accepted by the police which cited the orders of the green court to stop rallies at the heart of the national capital. The 37-year-old lawyer-activist - accused of...
08:21
A mega road show has been planned by the Gujarat government when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu visit the state and Ahmedababd on January 17, officials said. A high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary JP Singh, was convened on Monday at...
08:06
Late last week, the central statistics office of the government of India declared its forecasts for the gross domestic product growth for 2017-2018. The GDP is a measure of economic size and the GDP growth is a measure of economic growth.The GDP growth for 2017-2018 is expected to be at 6.5 per...
07:46
Donald Trump's scheduled medical exam this week won't include a psychiatric evaluation, the White House said today as questions mount over the US president's mental fitness.Responding to queries on the subject, spokesman Hogan Gidley said simply: No.He's sharp as a tack, Gidley told...
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The Supreme Court was told on Monday there was no need to re-investigate Mahatma Gandhi's assassination as the conspiracy behind the murder and identity of assailant Nathuram Vinayak Godse who had fired the bullets have already been duly established.Senior advocate Amarendra Sharan, who was...
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