23:54
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is looking forward to the visit of his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau to India in February.Prime Minister Modi met Trudeau after addressing at the plenary session of the 48th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Delighted to meet you, PM Justin...
23:33
Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday filed a petition in the Lahore high court seeking protection from arrest ahead of the arrival of the UNSC's sanctions monitoring team, saying the government wants to arrest him at the behest of India and the US.The monitoring committee...
23:12
Meryl Streep received her 21st Oscar nomination, breaking her own record as the most-nominated performer of all time.The 68-year-old is nominated for best actress for her role as publisher Katharine Graham in The Post. The nod extends her record by nine over Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson,...
22:45
Another year, another round of Oscar nominations announced. As Steven Spielberg knows well, not everyone deserving of an award can be nominated by the Academy, and this year some worthy candidates fell by the wayside. Read full HERE
22:32
A mall and adjacent shops vandalised, vehicles torched in protest against Padmaavat in Ahmedabad's Memnagar. Police have arrived at the spot. Mall manager Rakesh Mehta says, We had put up boards saying we won't screen the film still the mall was attacked by a horde of men.Photograph:...
22:21
Japanese Consul General Ryoji Noda said today that India's first high-speed rail project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad should be completed by 2023.Noda, Consul General, Consulate of Japan in Mumbai, said both Japan and India were global and strategic partners and this relationship has further...
21:59
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold nine bilateral meetings with leaders of Southeast Asian countries on the sidelines of the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit with a focus on key areas of counter-terrorism,security and connectivity.In an unprecedented event, all the ASEAN leaders will also be...
21:26
With BJP earning brickbats for MoS Satyapal Singhs remarks that Charles Darwins theory of evolution was scientifically wrong, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar went into damage control mode and said he has asked Singh to refrain from making such comments.Javadekar, the Union human resource...
21:15
The International Court of Justice has fixed April 17 and July 17 as time-limits for India and Pakistan respectively for the filing of the written pleadings by them in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism...
20:41
At least one person was dead and multiple others were wounded in a shooting at a high school in Marshall County, Kentucky on Tuesday, and the shooter was in custody, Governor Matt Bevin said on Twitter. More details are awaited.
20:35
JUST IN: Viacom 18 shows Padmaavat to 40 Karni Sena members. They will announce their final verdict on the film at 9 pm.
20:25
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended for five years the privileges of licences of both pilots on board Jet Airways London-Mumbai flight who left the cockpit unattended on January 1. The development comes weeks after the Indian carrier sacked both the pilots, who were...
20:23
A new hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 using high-tech underwater drones has started, officials said today, in the latest bid to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. A ship operated by exploration firm Ocean Infinity arrived at the search area in the Indian...
19:59
BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modis speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos a reason of pride for all Indians and said the country offers opportunities to the entire world. Shah, who put out a series of tweets, said Modi has perfectly articulated Indias...
19:34
The Shape of Water dominated the nominations announcement for the 90th Academy Awards on Tuesday morning. Guillermo del Toros grown-up fairy tale romance between a mute woman and a misunderstood aquatic monster landed 13 nods, one shy of the record. The fantasy is up for best picture, best...
19:20
Lebanon is going to the Academy Awards. The Insult, Ziad Doueri's tense Beirut-set courtroom thriller, has become the first Lebanese film to nominatied for the Oscars' foreign-language category, being named in the final shortlist of five on Tuesday. The nomination is all the more...
19:18
Gary Oldman scores an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Churchill in Darkest Hour. Earlier, Oldman won at the SAG awards, making him the odds-on favourite to secure his first Oscar.Oldmans competitors are Timothe Chalamet (Call me by your Name), Daniel Day Lewis...
19:13
Call Me By Your Name scores its first nomination at the Oscars for best adapted screenplay.
19:12
Another year, another diverse (at least in one sense) range of films battling for Oscars glory have been announced.The 2018 Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be awarded Sunday, March 3. Alison Janney has been nominated for her role in I, Tonya. She faces stiff competition from Octavia...
18:46
Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena today supported the January 25 release of Bollywood film Padmaavat whose scheduled screening has been stridently opposed by Rajput groups in some states.The MNS said the protesters should respect the decision of the Supreme Court which has cleared the...
18:28
The United States has asked Pakistan to immediately arrest or expel Taliban leaders who are carrying out terror attacks across the border in Afghanistan, days after the terrorist group attacked a landmark hotel in Kabul that left 22 people dead.The terse White House statement came after the...
18:16
Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said his party is reaching out to other opposition parties to discuss the possibility of bringing an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the coming budget session.His statement comes close on...
17:35
Rafael Nadal, world number 1, loses to Marin Cilic of Croatia after retiring in the fifth set. The world number 1 was tied two sets all with Cilic, the world number 6. The final scores were 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 2-6, 0-2. Cilic will now face Kyle Edmund of Great Britain in the semi finals.
17:13
Prime Minster Narendra Modi meets his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in Davos post his keynote address at World Economic Forum plenary session. Photograph: ANI
17:03
Calm prevailed along the Line of Control and the International Border today with no fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan reported since yesterday.The lull in firing came as a relief for border residents who have been forced to flee their homes in search of safety.12 persons, including five...
17:02
PM Modi's concluding remarks at WEF plenary:- Great Indian poet and Nobel laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore had envisaged a 'heaven of freedom', 'where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls'.- Let's create such a 'heaven of freedom' where there is cooperation...
16:42
PM's address at Davos continues:- Many societies and countries are becoming self-centred. It seems that gloabalisation, as opposed to its definition, is shrinking.- Such misplaced preferences can't be considered any lesser threat than terrorism or climate change. We must admit shine of...
16:25
Excerpts of PM Modi's address at WEF plenary:The last time an Indian prime minister visited Davos was in 1997, when Shri Deve Gowda came here.In 1997, India's GDP was little more than $400 billion. In two decades, it has increased six times.In 1997, only birds tweeted, now humans also tweet. Then...
15:35
Hours after the Shiv Sena announced to contest the 2019 general elections alone, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena will complete its full term together in the state.Speaking to ANI, Fadnavis, who is in Davos to attend the World...
14:57
Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar feels cricketers in India and Pakistan are being denied a chance to experience the historic cross-border sporting rivalry between the two countries due to politics.India and Pakistan have not played a full bilateral series since 2007 in the wake of the Mumbai terror...
14:46
Petrol prices today hit the highest level since the BJP government came to power in 2014, and diesel touched a record high of Rs 63.20 a litre, prompting the oil ministry to seek a cut in excise duty.Petrol price rose to Rs 72.38 per litre in Delhi, highest since March 2014, according to daily...
13:48
The triple talaq bill is a conspiracy against Muslims and a move to punish men from the community, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged.A committee was constituted to look into the row over the film Padmaavat but no such step was taken on the triple talaq...
12:50
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday passed a resolution to go solo in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly poll as well as the Lok Sabha elections scheduled in 2019.We will fight 2019 assembly and Lok Sabha elections alone, Shiv Sean spokesperson Sanjay Raut said.The two saffron parties had parted ways just...
12:13
Briton's Kyle Edmund caused massive upset, knocking out World No 3 Grigor Dimitrov in quarter-final of the Australian Open today.Dimitrov, survivor of a fourth-round thriller against home favourite Nick Kyrgios, lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in a nearly three-hour duel. Edmund will either play...
12:06
The Supreme Court today dismissed pleas by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments asking the court to reconsider its order to lift the ban on Padmaavat in their states.The court said that states should follow its January 18 order and if any need arises, they are at liberty to approach the...
11:22
Hollywood star Idris Elba says he wants a female actor to portray iconic British spy James Bond.While talking to Variety about his feature film directorial debut Yardie at the Sundance Film Festival, Elba, who has been dogged with Bond rumours for years, discussed the future of the...
11:16
The Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, who have been disqualified as legislators for holding office of profit, today filed fresh pleas in Delhi high court challenging the Election Commission's recommendation which got the assent of the President.The court agrees to hear the petition tomorrow. The 20...
10:28
Former Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel took oath as the governor of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal.Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh high court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan.Patel, 76, was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2014, when...
09:57
Continuing its record run, the stock markets touched new highs with benchmark index Nifty hitting 11,000 for the first time in opening trade.In early trade, Nifty surged to 11,023, while Sensex rose over 200 points to 36,017, also a record high. Higher global markets and optimism about India...
09:19
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that bypolls to 20 assembly seats have been imposed on the people of the national capital and it would hamper development works for the next two years.In a major setback to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, President Ram Nath Kovind has...
09:08
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Swiss President Alain Berset in Davos and discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual summit.On reaching Davos, held talks with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr @alain_berset. We reviewed the...
08:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told top CEOs in Davos that India means business and presents exciting opportunity for the global businesses.Addressing a roundtable before a dinner meet, Modi narrated India's growth story.He was accompanied by top government officials including Vijay...
08:29
United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that ends the government shutdown.Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are expected to return to work on Tuesday morning, after spending the day Monday on furlough.The Democrats on Monday reached an agreement with the...
00:13
Rarely do former intel chiefs and I agree, Edward Snowden began a tweet, wading, once again, into the huge Aadhaar debate.Snowden, involved in exposing a massive surveillance operation run by an American intelligence agency, said this while sharing an article on Aadhaar authored by a former head...
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