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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday announced that the state government will reimburse the medical expense of Nipah virus affected people.He also added that the government will allot the amount according to the report by District Collector.On a related note, Kerala Health Minister KK...
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Apple is unveiling radical software aimed at limiting the amount of time people spend on their devices. Apple boss Tim Cook unveiled the new iOS 12 software at the firm's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, USA. It will include a much improved Siri AI, and better performance -...
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A Border Security Force and Pak Rangers Sector Commander level meeting was held at 5:30 pm on Monday to discuss peace and tranquility at the border area.The meeting was conducted in a conducive atmosphere and is expected to bring a firing-free environment for villagers on both sides of the...
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India and its two startegic partners -- the US and Japan -- will hold the Malabar naval exercise from next week off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea with an aim to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region where China has been expanding its military footprint. Deputy Chief of the...
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One more prosecution witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter cases turned hostile before a special CBI court here today, taking the total number of such witnesses to 60. The court has so far examined 86 prosecution witnesses.The witness, Bhawar...
21:51
It's not going to be a quiet summer off for the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. With the school year ending, many of the Parkland school shooting survivors are taking their political activism on the road. Read full story HERE
21:31
Former finance minister P Chidambaram is expected to depose before the Enforcement Directorate tomorrow in connection with the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. Official sources said the agency has issued fresh summons to the senior Congress leader to appear before the investigating...
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Saudi Arabia today began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. The first group of women today received their Saudi driving licences, the official Saudi Press Agency said.The general directorate of traffic started replacing international driving...
20:54
Water-logged streets in Malabar Hill area following heavy showers. Photograph: ANI/Twitter
20:39
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today met BJP president Amit Shah, their first meeting after defeats suffered by the party in the recent bypolls in the state. There was no official comment on what transpired in the meeting, but they are believed to have discussed the evolving...
20:15
US President Donald Trump said today that he has absolute right to pardon himself as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for witch-hunt against him alleging that the appointment of a special counsel is unconstitutional.Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is the Special Counsel appointed by...
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Arun Jaitley on Monday held a meeting with the senior officials of the finance ministry, after he returned home post a successful renal transplant surgery.In the meeting, which lasted for around half an hour, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash...
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Pakistan Army today said that there was no space for any war with India as both are nuclear powers, but warned that its desire for peace should not be mistaken for weakness. Addressing a press conference, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations -...
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JUST IN: Serena Williams has pulled out of her fourth-round match in the French Open with Maria Sharapova due to an arm injury.
18:56
Nobel Prize recipient anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump, including the hotel bill for the impoverished state's leader.The offer comes after a media report that...
18:47
Three CRPF personnel were injured when local protesters pelted stones at their camp in Mawlai, an official of the central paramilitary force said today. The incident took place last night and 15 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed at various locations in Shillong, CRPF...
18:33
The fifth Invictus Games will be held in the Netherlands in 2020, UK's Prince Harry has announced.The Hague will host the event in which wounded military veterans compete in a Paralympic-style event.Harry, who founded the games, said: The city will soon become the motivation for hundreds of...
18:15
The Indian Army will place an order for only 250,000 modern assault rifles -- just a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, a person with knowledge of the matter said.The 1.3 million-strong military pruned its original requirement...
17:43
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday directed the head of the Internal Complaints Committee of Air India to complete inquiry into the sexual harassment complaint against the senior executive, within June.Gandhi's direction comes after the air hostess, who accused the...
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Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused him of giving scripted interviews and said it would be an embarrassment to us all if he did take real questions. Gandhi was referring to an interview Modi gave at the Nanyang Technological...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara today indicated that Congress leaders from the state were likely to visit New Delhi to discuss the list of ministers and portfolio allocation with the party high-command, ahead of the June 6 cabinet expansion in the southern state. Whether...
16:44
BJP president Amit Shah today met Yoga guru Ramdev, who is associated with the Patanjali group of companies, as part of his party's contact for support campaign and shared the Modi government's achievements with him. I met yoga guru Swami Ramdev as part of 'Sampark for Samarthan'...
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JUST IN: Reigning Australian Open champ and World Number 2 Caroline Wozniacki defeated in straight sets by Russia's Daria Kasatkina, ranked number 14 at the French Open in the fourth round. Wozniacki lost 6-7, 3-6.
16:05
United States Defence Secretary James Mattis has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for speaking about massive debts, saying he made a really good point about the dangers of accepting loans that are too good to be true. Mattis met the prime minister on the sidelines of the International...
16:03
Benchmark Sensex tanked over 215 points to close at 35,011.89 today as cautious investors trimmed their portfolios amid the RBI's monetary policy meeting getting underway. The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee began its three-day meeting today amid speculation that it may hike the key...
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Kicking up a row, an IUML MLA today attended the Kerala assembly wearing mask and gloves to highlight the impact of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district, triggering a war of words between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF members. The Kuttiady MLA, Parakkal Abdulla, walked into the...
15:36
In a message to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United has said that Kumar should be the face of NDA in Bihar during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The message comes with a sting just days after the BJP -- and its allies -- lost big in bypolls across 10 states, including...
15:20
The government today appointed IDBI Bank managing director M K Jain as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India in place of S S Mundra, who had completed his three-year term in July last year. Government appoints experienced banker Mahesh Kumar Jain, MD & CEO of IDBI Bank as Deputy...
14:48
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Indonesia and Malaysia during the month of Ramzan an attempt towards international appeasement of the minority community.During an interview with PTI, he claimed that the people of not only Uttar...
14:44
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been discharged from hospital today, after his kidney transplant surgery earlier this month.Delighted to be back at Home. My gratitude to the Doctors, Nursing officers and the paramedics who looked after me for over the past three weeks. I wish to thank all...
14:26
A national film body has urged the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce to expedite the release of superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming movie Kaala in Karnataka, following a ban imposed on its screening in the state, over the actor's alleged comments on the Cauvery row. The Karnataka Film...
14:23
The working committee of the Naga National Political Groups has decided to suspend its ongoing talks with the Centre on the Naga political issue following a raid by security personnel at its co-convener's residence on June 2, according to an NNPG statement. The decision was taken...
14:16
Intermittent firing and shelling by Pakistani troops was reported in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours today, a senior Border Security Force officer said. The limited firing targeting at least four border outposts was reported in Akhnoor sector which was responded...
13:53
Piyush Goyal is one of the most sought after Union ministers, the reason being that he holds four key portfolios -- railways, coal, finance and corporate affairs. Which also means that the volume of Union cabinet agenda papers he has to peruse has become too unwieldy....
13:44
At least 16 people, including four policemen, were injured in a grenade attack in a busy market area in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. Terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces in Shopian town, resulting in injuries to at least nine civilians and three cops, a...
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Two Mumbai-based activists have sought cancellation of an Iftar party to be hosted by the Rashtriya Muslim Manch, the Muslim wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, at Mumbai's Sahyadri government guest house on Monday. Advocate Adil Khatri and Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh wrote a letter to...
13:37
The Central Board of Secondary Education today declared the results for NEET-- the entrance examination for admission to medical and dental colleges across the country. The results can be accessed on official websites -- cbseneet.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in.A total of 13,26,725 candidates...
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A case has been filed against Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh for calling farmers' strike a publicity stunt.Social activist Tamanna Hashmi has filed the case at Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.Singh on Saturday said that the protest by farmers in various parts...
12:40
Just In: Militants hurl grenade at security forces in Shopian in J&K; at least two persons injured, says police.
12:16
The Tamil Nadu government today announced the premature release of 67 life convicts who have completed 10 years of imprisonment, in commemoration of the birth centenary of former Chief Minister MG Ramachandran. In the first phase, 67 convicts who have served 10 years, in prisons...
11:57
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Sambit Patra equated the opposition to Pakistan-base terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh today compared the anti-BJP parties to global terrorist Osama Bin Laden who was killed a few years ago by United States...
11:39
Terming disenchantment of OBCs as the reason for the BJP's defeat in by-elections, Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said the backward classes were unhappy with the party as BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya was not made the chief minister.The BJP contested assembly polls with Keshav...
11:30
BJP chief Amit Shah has informally conveyed to the party's national executive members that the ban on senior leaders contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha election has been lifted. Shah's decision comes in the wake of the Opposition's successful jamboree at Karnataka Chief Minister H D...
11:07
Singapore's Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran and priests flown in from India led some 10,000 devotees at a ceremony to re-sanctify a 148-year old Hindu temple. The ceremony that began at 9:15 am yesterday, marked the start of a 48-day consecration process of the...
11:01
Five people were killed in two separate rain-related incidents as pre-monsoon showers accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning hit the Nashik division over the weekend, the police said today. The Nashik division in Maharashtra comprises five districts -- Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar,...
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Constable Vijay Kumar Pandey, who martyred in Pakistan firing yesterday, was supposed to get married on June 20.Vijay was supposed to reach village by June 5, family members said.Pandey's father, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur, said that on Saturday evening he spoke to his son over the...
09:47
The Union human resource development ministry has decided to reduce the NCERT syllabus by half as it is 'cramped', said HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday.He said, The government has decided to reduce the NCERT syllabus by half as it is cramped.Talking to media, Javadekar said alongside...
09:44
India and the United States have pledged to continue their strong bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon said after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.Mattis met the prime minister on the sidelines of the International Institute for Strategic...
09:43
Tamil TV actress Sangeetha Balan has been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket at a resort in Chennai.According to reports, along with Sangeetha, a person named Satish has also been arrested. The two used to lure young girls by promising them well-paid jobs and a chance to...
09:33
In one of the sharpest attacks after the recently held Lok Sabha bypoll in Palghar, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday described the Bharatiya Janata Party as its biggest political enemy. The country does not want the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president...
09:31
Indian economy has become like a car whose three tyres are punctured, former finance minister P Chidambaram said as he attacked the Narendra Modi government on rising petroleum prices and other issues. Private investment, private consumption, exports and government expenditures are four...
09:19
BJP veteran L K Advani on Sunday said rebel leaders such as George Fernandes are needed all the time because no country can progress without them. He made the remarks at the launch of a website on George Fernandes on his 88th birthday.Advani, who paid a visit to the ailing leader at his...
08:38
Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that former President Pranab Mukherjee accepting an invite to attend a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh event was not wrong as the latter was a secular person and a very good thinker. Pranab Mukherjee is a secular person. He will always...
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