23:58
Expressing confidence that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would honour his commitment on denuclearisation, US President Donald Trump today hoped that Beijing is not exerting negative pressure on Pyongyang because of his posture on Chinese trade. I have confidence that Kim Jong Un...
23:06
India and China have reached an agreement on reduction of tariffs on Chinese imports of Indian medicines, particularly cancer drugs, the foreign ministry here said today, days after a Chinese movie on a leukaemia patient highlighted the need for paving the way for import of cheap Indian drugs....
22:56
The CRPF today launched a mobile help centre to reach out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath. The initiative 'Sathi' was launched by the Inspector General of the CRPF, Jammu Sector. A need was felt to provide help and information to...
22:54
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he not only tells people his 'Mann ki Baat' but even wants to hear his 'Mann ki Baat' from them. Gandhi cited a news report that a woman from Chhattisgarh was tutored to tell the prime minister during...
21:42
Actor Robin Wright has weighed upon the sexual assault allegations against her House of Cards co-star Kevin Spacey. In an interview with Savannah Guthrie on NBC's Today, Wright was asked if there was any red flag regarding Spacey's alleged behaviour on the show's sets.We were coworkers, really....
21:28
With the Bharatiya Janata Party's ties with some of its allies under strain, party chief Amit Shah today spoke of giving respect to the existing partners and expanding the Centre's ruling National Democratic Alliance by bringing in new friends ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.In Tamil Nadu,...
21:19
Two Border Security Force personnel were killed in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh today when they were patrolling the area on a motorcycle, police said. The incident took place at around 5 pm in the forest of Tadbauli village under Chhotebethiya police...
20:39
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal today said he was selectively quoted and erroneously charged of 'selective acceptance' of the Supreme Court verdict on the power tussle between Delhi government and the Centre. Baijal's response came after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused him of being...
20:19
In a rare case, doctors at a Delhi hospital removed about 856 stones from the kidney of a 45-year-old man through minimally invasive surgical techniques. A team of doctors performed percutaneous nephrolithotomy, a keyhole surgery for renal stone. All the stones were removed from the left kidney...
20:18
Union Minister Piyush Goyal today sought to downplay the observations made by Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen on the present government saying that he had been saying this for a long time. Sen had said yesterday that the country had made a quantum jump in the wrong direction since...
19:47
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned amid a growing political crisis over the United Kingdom's Brexit strategy.He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit.The resignations are a blow to British Prime Minister Theresa...
19:08
The world's biggest mobile factory was launched in Noida near Delhi on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae. The unit will have a capacity of fabricating 120 million phones a year -- ranging from low-end smartphones that cost under $100 to the company's...
19:03
An eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly gangraped in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on June 26, has been telling the doctors treating her that she wants to go home, a senior doctor of the hospital, where she has been admitted, said today. The girl, who suffered severe injuries to her neck,...
18:50
The Supreme Court is all set to commence crucial hearing tomorrow on a clutch of pleas challenging re-criminalisation of consensual gay sex between two adults, rejecting the Centre's plea seeking postponement of the proceedings.A newly re-constituted five-judge constitution bench has posted...
18:36
A week after 11 of a family were found dead at their north Delhi home in Burari, in what appears to be a bizarre case of deadly rituals leading to suicide, the police say that at least one of them had second thoughts when faced with death.The Bhatia family's older son, Bhuvnesh, appears to have...
17:55
The Congress today questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on incidents of lynching in the country, and demanded the resignation of Union minister Jayant Sinha for garlanding eight convicts in a lynching case after they were released on bail. Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said...
17:28
The Supreme Court today ordered transfer of the accused in the Kathua gang rape and murder case from Kathua prison in Jammu and Kashmir to Gurdaspur district jail in Punjab. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the J and K Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the case...
17:19
UPDATE: The sixth and seventh boy have been rescued from the Thai cave.
17:12
Prince Louis, the third child of Britain?s Prince William and wife Kate, will be christened at a small, private ceremony overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury later on Monday, but Queen Elizabeth will not be there, his father?s office said. Louis, the fifth in line to the British throne who...
16:58
The Dhule lynching case will be tried by a fast-track court and it would be ensured that stern punishment is given to the guilty, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly today. The July 1 lynching of five people, members of a nomadic tribe, by a mob in Dhule...
16:52
Minutes after the Supreme Court dismissed review pleas filed by three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, advocate of the accused on Monday claimed that the verdict was taken under public, political and media pressure.This decision was taken under public, political and...
16:31
JUST IN: SC orders transfer of accused in Kathua gang rape and murder case from Kathua district jail to Gurdaspur district jail in Punjab
16:14
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said Union minister Giriraj Singh's meeting with jailed Bajrang Dal members in Nawada district was 'not acceptable' and made it clear that his government would not tolerate any attempts to disturb communal harmony in the state.Singh, who represents Nawada...
15:50
Update on Thailand cave rescue operation:A fifth boy has also been brought out of the cave by the tam of rescuers.The boy, who was seen on a stretcher, joins four others who were rescued from deep inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex by a team of international and Thai dive experts on...
15:08
Soon after the Supreme Court dismissed the review pleas of three of four death-row convicts in December 16 gang rape and murder case, the victim's parents said the verdict 'reaffirmed their trust in the court'.However, they also said that 'justice is getting delayed'.We knew that review...
14:25
JUST IN: Supreme Court has rejected the review pleas of three out of the four convicts sent to the death row in the December 16 gang rape and murder case.A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan delivered its judgment on the pleas of Mukesh, 29, Pawan Gupta,...
14:00
Shares of Xiaomi fell from their initial offer price during their trading debut in Hong Kong, a victim of bad timing as the unfolding trade war between the United States and China deterred investors from putting their money into the equity markets.Shares opened at 16.60 Hong Kong dollars ($2.12)...
13:48
Here are the details of trains rescheduled due to waterlogging at Nallasopara:Train no. 19115 Dadar: Bhuj Express of 09/07/18 (Sch. Dep. 15.05 hrs) has been rescheduled at 16.05 hrs Ex Dadar.Train no. 12989 Dadar: Ajmer Express of 09/07/18 (Sch. Dep. 14.35 hrs) has been rescheduled at 15.35 hrs...
13:39
Hours ahead of the judgment on the review petitions filed by the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape, women activists on Monday hoped justice would be served to the victim and her family.Speaking to ANI, women activist Annie Raja opined that a message needs to be sent across the society through...
13:37
The Supreme Court today sought the response of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader on a plea by Ahmed Patel seeking a stay of proceedings in the Gujarat High Court which is hearing a petition challenging the senior Congress leader's election to the Rajya Sabha.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak...
12:54
Live streaming of court proceedings across the country can be undertaken, the Centre informed the Supreme Court today.A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the parties to give suggestions to the attorney general for formulating holistic...
12:41
Petrol and diesel prices have yet again witnessed a hike for the fifth consecutive day, as per data provided by the Indian Oil Corporation.Petrol is being sold in Delhi at Rs 76.36 per litre, as against Rs.76.13 on Sunday, while diesel is being sold at Rs 68.07 per litre, as against Rs 67.86 on...
12:24
The National Company Law Tribunal today dismissed the pleas of Cyrus Mistry challenging his removal as Chairman of Tata Sons.Mistry was removed as the Tata Sons board and majority of its members lost confidence in him, the NCLT Mumbai's main bench of B S V Prakash Kumar and V Nallasenapathy said...
12:18
The Supreme Court today refused to adjourn tomorrow's proposed hearing by a five-judge Constitution bench on a batch of petitions challenging its verdict that had re-criminalised consensual carnal sex between two adults.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to defer the hearing...
12:09
Mumbai Police tweets:'Due to waterlogging at Railway colony, SV road , Traffic closed (Both bound)1 ) North bound traffic is diverted towards Turner road Linking road &2 ) South bound traffic is diverted from Khar traffic chowky Linking road.
12:01
Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde has declared holiday today in all schools and colleges in Mumbai Metropolitan Region due to heavy rainfall.'Precautionary holiday declared for schools, colleges in Mumbai Metropolitan Region for the safety of the students due to the heavy rainfall...
11:16
At least 88 people have died so far and over 50 others are still missing as torrential rains in parts of Japan unleashed flood and landslide.Apart from this, around thousands of people have been displaced after their homes were destroyed in the natural calamity, reported the Japan Times.The...
10:16
At least three children drowned while taking bath in the Ganga barrage in Kanpur on Sunday, police said.Five children, aged between 12 to 15, had gone to take bath in Babupurwa area when they drowned, Superintendent of Police (west) Sanjeev Suman said.Three bodies were fished out late in the...
09:28
Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai on Monday morning with several areas waterlogged.The MeT department has issued a warning for 'heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall' in the metropolis and the neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts.Local trains were running...
09:16
An unidentified terrorist was killed early this morning in an overnight encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.One terrorist has been killed in the encounter so far, a police official said.The encounter in a forest area of Handwara, in north Kashmir's...
08:37
JUST IN: Gangster Munna Bajrangi has been shot dead in Baghpat District Jail, reports ANI.Munna Bajrangi, whose real name was Prem Prakash, was a dreaded criminal in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.He was brought to Baghpat from Jhansi jail.He was to be produced before the court today in a case of...
08:19
The rescue operation at a flooded cave in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand has resumed after several hours to bring out the remaining nine members of the Wild Boar football team and their coach.Four boys were rescued yesterday.The operation was suspended for lack of oxygen.Aged between 11 and 16...
