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Suspected terrorists tonight kidnapped a policeman from his house in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. Constable Javaid Ahmad was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from his house at Vehil, a police official said. He said security forces have been alerted and operations launched to...
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The White House announced today that former Fox News president Bill Shine has been appointed as the White House's new Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications.A White House statement about the appointment highlighted Shine's past experience with Fox News.[Shine] brings over two decades of...
22:41
The Law Commission of India has recommended that gambling and betting on sports including cricket should be legalised and regulated while stronger laws be introduced to curb match fixing and incidents of cheating. The panel says that betting and gambling should be made taxable under the direct...
22:16
DNA testing is being conducted as part of the process to reunite children who were separated from their parents at the US border, a federal official with knowledge of the reunifications said. The safety and security is paramount and that it is not uncommon for children to be trafficked or...
21:59
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to meet Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal at 3 pm tomorrow
21:51
Four people are feared to have drowned off the Juhu beach in Mumbai after a group of five ventured into the sea for a swim today evening, police said.The sea was rough and there was high tide when they ventured into the sea for a swim at around 5:30 pm, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone IX,...
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Three more prosecution witnesses today turned hostile in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter cases, taking the number ofsuch witnesses to 80.Sharafat Ali, who had allegedly shared a prison cell with Prajapati and two others, deposed before Judge S J Sharma of the...
21:18
As the biopic on Sanjay Dutt is raking in moolah at the box office, Union Minister and former Mumbai Police commissioner Satyapal Singh today said the Bollywood actor should not be glorified. Dutt was arrested in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and was convicted for illegal...
21:02
India today said its request to Malaysia to extradite controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik was under active consideration of that country.In January, the ministry of external affairs had made a formal request to Malaysia to deport Naik, wanted by India for allegedly inciting youngsters for...
20:24
Britain's counter-terrorism officers are today investigating how a couple from a quiet English town fell critically ill from the same military-grade deadly nerve agent that nearly killed former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie...
20:01
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation along with Western and Central Railways have decided to form 10 teams to inspect 445 railway bridges in Mumbai. The decision comes against the backdrop of Tuesday's incident in which the pathway of a road overbridge collapsed on to WR's tracks, south of...
19:57
A giant blimp depicting Donald Trump as a baby will fly over London during the US president's visit next week after mayor Sadiq Khan approved the request, protesters behind the stunt said. The 6-metre (19-foot) orange balloon, which shows the president wearing a nappy, will fly near...
19:29
Marin Cilic, seeded number 3, is out of Wimbledon in the second round. Last year's runner-up lost to Argentinia's Guido Pella in 5 sets -- 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-7, 5-7.
19:25
The ministry of external affairs on Thursday clarified that the inter-faith couple, Tanvi Seth and her husband Anas Siddiqui were issued passports as per the ministry's norms and due procedures.The MEA's response came after several media reports emerged that the passport officer, Vikas Mishra was...
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The Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir was today suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather. No pilgrim has departed the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas for the cave shrine, Additional District Magistrate Jammu Arun Manhas said.Due to inclement weather the Amarnath Yatra from the base camp Yatri...
19:00
The Pathankot district and sessions court has accepted a medical report of an accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case, who claimed to be a juvenile, which ascertained his age to be more than 20 years, Special Public Prosecutor J K Chopra said. Rejecting the plea of defence counsel,...
18:57
Senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani today accused the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Bombay high court of fabricating evidence in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case, saying that is why a large number of prosecution witnesses have turned hostile in the case.A total of 77...
18:48
Days after DMK carried out a revamp of the party set up in southern districts, expelled leader M K Alagiri today claimed genuine cadres were with him and took a dig at his brother M K Stalin, dubbing him as a non-working president. The former union minister, who had been lying...
18:29
Ranchi: Police arrested two nuns of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity on charges of child trafficking. According to a report, the racket was busted after a couple approached the Child Welfare Committee for not getting their child even after paying a sum of Rs 1.2 lakh to the...
18:18
A UK High Court judge has issued an enforcement order in favour of a consortium of 13 Indian banks, seeking to recover funds owed to them by beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya who is fighting extradition to India on fraud and money laundering charges worth nearly Rs 9,000 crore. The order...
17:03
Triggered by rumours on the social media, locals roughed up two men in separate incidents in Manipur suspecting them of being child-lifters and cannibals, police said today. According to police, the locals found the duo in a disoriented state, about 2 km apart, in Saikul area of Kangpokpi...
15:58
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today requested all stakeholders to implement the Supreme Court order on the distribution of powers between the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor, and to get down to work for the development of the city. Welcoming the apex court order that held...
15:35
The JNU's high-level inquiry committee has upheld Umar Khalid's rustication and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the February 9, 2016 incident. The JNU panel had in 2016 recommended rustication of Khalid and two other students and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on...
15:07
The Mumbai Police has arrested a 36-year-old man in Gujarat for allegedly giving a rape threat on Twitter to the daughter of Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi, an official said today. Girish Maheshwari was arrested from Bavla near Ahmedabad late last night, a senior police official said....
14:56
Police have arrested a senior nurse of the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore on the charge of trying to reveal the identity of the Mandsaur gangrape victim by clicking the minor's pictures on her phone, a senior official said today. Talking to PTI, Deputy Inspector General (DIG)...
14:45
The External Affairs Ministry today issued an advisory for pilgrims planning to undertake the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Nepal, saying there were high chances of getting stranded in various legs of the journey in case of inclement weather. The advisory comes in the wake of the recent...
14:29
On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the imposition of Governor's rule, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that peace and stability could be brought to the state through an honest, effective and efficient administration. Singh said this after reviewing the security situation...
13:54
Union Home Ministry asks states to take steps to prevent incidents of mob lynching fulled by rumours of child lifting: Officials.
13:38
An immigrant woman who scaled up the stone pedestal of the iconic Statue of Liberty to protest President Donald Trump's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy has been arrested after a three hour-long standoff with the police amid US' Independence Day celebrations. The 44-year-old woman...
13:11
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Lieutenant Governor cannot obstruct Delhi government’s policy decisions as he has no independent power and was bound by the elected dispensation’s advice, an order hailed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a major victory...
12:38
The refusal of bureaucrats to comply with the Delhi government's directives amounts to contempt of court and the leadership is seeking legal opinion on the matter, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today. A day after the Supreme Court ruled that that lieutenant governor is bound by the...
12:32
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy presents the government's first budget at the Vidhana Soudha. Excerpts from his speech. To facilitate farmers to avail new loans, action will be taken by the government to issue clearance certificate by waiving the arrears form the defaulting account. For...
12:11
If you thought that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is losing his lustre among TV viewers, think again. Data culled out by Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), which measures TV viewership, showed whenever the PM made an appearance on television, viewership shot up substantially. The...
12:03
After shaking the mobile telephony market with free voice calls and dirt cheap data, richest Indian Mukesh Ambani today announced plans to launch ultra high speed fixed line broadband services for homes and enterprises. Speaking at the company's 41st annual general meeting, Ambani said the...
11:26
A video from Srinagar has surfaced wherein some college students can be seen seated while the national anthem was being played.The video was shot at the convocation ceremony of Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir University, which took place on July 4.While a majority of those present at the ceremony stood...
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The police has arrested the main accused in the case of lynching of five men by a mob in district on suspicion of child lifting, an official said today. Maharu Pawar, 22, was arrested from the neighbouring Nandurbar district yesterday, Dhule Superintendent of Police M Ramkumar told PTI. Pawar...
10:48
Rainpada, a remote village of Maharashtra where five men were brutally lynched five days ago, is empty. There are only a few elderly people and some women in the village which has a population of 750. The young men have fled in the wake of intensified police investigation into the lynching. On...
10:24
India is in talks with the Maldives over the issue of visa denial by the island nation and is hoping that at some point they will take an economically viable decision, sources said.This comes in the backdrop of the reports which state that hundreds of work visas have been denied to Indians by...
10:08
Delhi's Patiala House Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Bail was granted on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. The court said that he cannot tamper with evidence and if he needs to go abroad he has to take...
10:00
More morbid details came out in the mysterious deaths of 11 members of a family in Burari here as CCTV footage showed some members bringing stools and wires that were used for their hanging, even as police recovered 11 diaries that were maintained over a period of 11 years. The content of the...
09:14
In the wake of threats from the United States to reduce its oil revenue to zero, Iran has floated plans of purchasing goods only from countries that import its oil.We will use a bartering system to exchange oil for goods. This means that we will make the purchase of goods conditional on oil...
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A Delhi court on Thursday is likely to pronounce order on the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.On Wednesday, the court reserved its order on the plea.Meanwhile, the Special...
00:09
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has given up on a plan to visit Iran this summer, Kyodo News said, as US President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly tough line against Tehran. The visit to Iran would have been the first by a Japanese leader in 40 years, forming part of Abe’s...
