23:41
United States President Donald Trump, who faced massive backlash over his administration's immigration policy, has accused the Democrats of circulating phony stories of sadness and grief.We must maintain a Strong Southern Border. We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as...
23:06
The Press Council of India will invite President Ram Nath Kovind as the chief guest at the function to mark the National Press Day on November 16, sources said. In its meeting held today, the Council also proposed to invite Chairmen of all SAARC Press/Media Councils on the occasion,...
22:25
Baba Ramdev will soon have a wax replica at the Madame Tussauds museum of London.In a presser on Friday, the yoga guru shared the news with the world. He said that he received the proposal almost two months back, and after much persuasion, he decided to accept it.He said, Yogis' scientific,...
22:08
US President Donald Trump today threatened to slap a 20 per cent duty on all cars imported from Europe unless the European Union removed its trade barriers and tariffs on dozens of American products which took effect.Trump's warning comes after the European Union imposed tariffs on $3.4 billion...
21:40
BJP president Amit Shah will address a rally in Jammu tomorrow, close on the heels of his party's decision to withdraw support from the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, party's national media head Anil Baluni said that Shah will be on a day-long trip to the city...
21:18
India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019, the government said in a statement on Friday, despite a threat of renewed US sanctions against Tehran.The Indian-backed Chabahar port complex in Iran is being developed as part of a new transportation corridor for land-locked...
20:59
Argentina's 3-0 loss at the hands of Croatia let a lot of Lionel Messi fans down, but one diehard fan from Kerela has gone missing. According to the police, he was unable to bear the humiliation; even leaving behind a suicide note saying he has nothing to look forward to now. A search operation...
20:26
Seychelles parliament will not ratify a pact allowing India to build naval facilities on one of the archipelagos islands, a top foreign affairs ministry official said on Friday.The two countries signed an agreement in January to build military facilities on the remote island of Assumption, but...
19:58
Makkal Needhi Maiam, floated by actor Kamal Haasan, was today registered as a political party by the Election Commission and it would receive the registration documents early next week. Sources in the EC said that the documents filed by Haasan have been processed and the registration...
19:41
The Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday stated that the biometric data collected by it cannot be used for crime investigations.The clarification came after a report emerged about purported use of Aadhaar biometric data for the purpose of investigating a crime.In an official...
19:27
After Justice J Chelameswar entered the Supreme Court Collegium owing to his seniority, at least three Chief Justices of India had difficult times resolving issues he raised over transparency and objectivity of the system of appointing judges. Justice Chelameswar however maintained that he...
19:10
Highlighting the issue of migrant families getting separated at the US-Mexico border, Eva Longoria, who recently welcomed her baby boy, said that she can't imagine him being taken away from her.In her Instagram post, she said that every single citizen should work towards reuniting the families.In...
18:58
JUST IN: Terrorists attack army petrol party in Shopian, J-K. No casualties reported. Army has cordoned off the area. The search operation is on.
18:47
A 36-year-old software engineer from Saidabad has reportedly gone missing in the US according to his father.In a video message posted online recently, P Bangaram, a retired engineer, appealed to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help trace his son. He...
18:34
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha today called on National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah and discussed the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The state was placed under Governor's rule on Wednesday, a day after the BJP withdrew support to its alliance partner PDP,...
18:20
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad's provisional bail has been extended till July 3, in connection with multiple fodder scam cases.In addition, the Ranchi high court will hear the plea on the extension of the bail period on June 29.Earlier in the month, the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief...
18:02
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav today said if party president Akhilesh Yadav had listened to his seniors, he would have stayed the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh today. Had he listened to his seniors, Samajwadi Party would have retained power in the state and Akhilesh Yadav...
17:42
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today called on Governor N N Vohra in Srinagar and discussed important issues related to the growth and development of the state. The People's Democratic Party president called on Vohra at the Raj Bhavan, an official spokesman said. He...
17:34
Former IPS officer Vijay Kumar joins as Advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra.
17:25
The BJP on Friday criticised the Congress Party for listening to the language of separatists. The BJP's comments came in response to Congress leader Saifuddin Soz comments on Kashmiri independence.Addressing the media, Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the...
16:59
Kashmir Governor NN Vohra is chairing an important all party meet. NC leader Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti are present at the meet. The meeting comes at a time when the state is under Governor's rule after the BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP. The meet comes in...
16:26
The Congress today demanded a probe into reports that notes worth Rs 745.58 crore were deposited in Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank, where BJP chief Amit Shah is a director, within five days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing demonetisation on November 8, 2016. However,...
16:10
The Shiv Sena today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farmers' outreach programme and said that only farmers' suicides, and not their income, have doubled. Modi had spoken on Wednesday, via video-conferencing, to farmers in 600 districts nationwide, as part of a farm outreach programme,...
16:06
The city police has summoned a Rajasthan-based IAS officer for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the West Bengal government on a fake Eid holiday notification that circulated on social media recently. Sanjay Dixit, who is posted as a commissioner, was summoned by the Kolkata Police...
15:56
Jammu & Kashmir: Four terrorists killed during an encounter today in Anantnag's Srigufwara have been identified as Dawood Ahmad Sofi, Majid Manzoor Dar, Aadil Rehman Bhat and Mohammad Ashraf Itoo. Incriminating material and huge quantity of ammunition was seized from the site of encounter,...
15:27
London's Charing Cross railway station was today evacuated during the rush hour after a man climbed onto the rail tracks and claimed he had a bomb, media reports said. Armed police have been called to deal with the man on the tracks, the BBC reported. Witnesses described several police vehicles...
15:21
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nine-day China visit cancelled. Mamata was supposed to leave for China late this evening and fly to Beijing via Singapore. She was also supposed to travel to Shanghai and return to Kolkata on June 30.The tour was to be a mix of economic-cum-political...
15:12
In an incident similar to the murder of the 2017 murder of Pradhyumn Thakur at Ryan International School, Gurgaon, in 2017, a Class 9 student was today found murdered in the washroom of a school in Vadodara.The student was found with stab wounds. The knife with which he was allegedly attacked was...
14:52
The New Yorker cover on US President Donald Trump's controversial 'Zero Tolerance' policy on illegal immigrants shows children cowering behind the Lady Liberty. TIME magazine also featured Trump and a wailing child.Creating a photo illustration of the now-reversed policy of separating...
14:38
Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi Congratulations Amit Shahji , Director, Ahmedabad Dist. Cooperative Bank, on your bank winning 1st prize in the conversion of old notes to new race. 750 Cr in 5 days! Millions of Indians whose lives were destroyed by Demonetisation, salute your achievement....
14:13
The Bombay High Court today admitted a plea filed by Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, challenging previous judgements of the HC and a special trial court that had rejected his discharge from the case. On December 18, 2017, the high court had refused to...
13:41
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday criticised Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz for his statement on Kashmiris' independence and advised him to move Pakistan.Soz had backed former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's statement on Kashmiri independence and said if given...
13:29
Days after the lynching of a man in Hapur allegedly over cow slaughter, a picture of the victim being dragged by a crowd in the presence of policemen has appeared on social media forcing the Uttar Pradesh police to apologise. Kasim (45) was lynched following a minor tiff with a man on a...
13:19
A district cooperative bank, Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADCB), netted the highest deposits among such banks of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were abruptly demonetised on November 8, 2016, according to RTI replies received by a Mumbai activist. Read the report here.
13:12
Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep tweets: Justice Chelameshwar retires from SC today; he and wife packed their bags, left their Govt bungalow at 5 am for his village. Bungalow handed over exactly as he got it 6 years go! How many netas would do this? Inspiring! Salute you sir! Not everyone is...
13:09
Congress today appointed Mallikarjun Kharge as the Maharashtra Congress in-charge. Congress President Rahul Gandhi also appoints JD Seelam and Mahendra Joshi as the Secretary and Shashi Kant Sharma as the Joint Secretary, of the All India Congress Committee.
12:56
Arun Jaitley @arunjaitley on the escalating terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.In the State of J&K, who is threatening the human rights of the citizens? The entire Kashmiri Pandit community has been banished from the State. Initially spared but after the Chittissinghpura Massacre in the year...
12:39
In Karnataka, JCB operator Chetan and his wife Mamata rode home sitting in the bucket of Chetan's JCB vehicle after getting married on 18 June in Puttur's Parpunja. Pic: ANI
12:36
A total of 4 terrorists were gunned down by security forces in Anantnag's Srigufwara area, says DGP SP Vaid. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Khiram in Srigufwara area of the south Kashmir district this morning after receiving specific intelligence input about the...
12:21
London station evacuated after reports of man on track with bomb, say police: Reports
12:18
Two people were allegedly thrashed on suspicion of being kidnappers in Gujarat's Dwarka district.Police said that an audio clip which claimed that 300 men running a child-lifting racket were on the loose went viral on WhatsApp few days ago. The gang is alleged to have abducted children belonging...
12:15
The Enforcement Directorate moves the special court to declare Vijay Mallya a fugitive offender and confiscate assets worth Rs 12,500 crore under the new legislation: Officials.
12:07
Mobile Internet services were today snapped in three districts of Kashmir Valley, including the summer capital, as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order. The services have been barred in Srinagar, Anantnag and Pulwama districts of the valley, a police official said. He said the...
12:04
2008 Malegaon blast case: Bombay High Court admits discharge application of Lt. Colonel Purohit; final hearing in the case to be held on July 16.
12:00
Two militants reportedly affiliated to the Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) and a policeman were killed today while several civilians injured during an encounter between ultras and security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Encounter at Khiram Srigufara on, two...
11:47
History, Winston Churchill said, will judge me kindly, because I intend to write it myself.' He needn't have bothered. Of the great mass murderers of the 20th century, he is the only one to have completely escaped the odium deservingly bestowed on his rivals Hitler and Stalin, to have been...
11:09
Concerned by a spate of run fests recently, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has criticised the use of two new balls in ODIs, saying it is a perfect recipe for disaster. Mostly a reticent commentator, Tendulkar shared his point of view after watching England batsmen go on a rampage against...
10:47
Baijayant Panda, former Biju Janata Dal MP from Kendrapara, was openly critical of his party leadership in the past one year. So, the news that he had finally quit the party caused little surprise. Panda says the party has changed in the recent years as a new coterie has taken hold of its...
10:40
The family of fashion designer Kate Spade says her father died on the eve of her funeral. The family released a statement saying he'd been unwell and was heartbroken over her suicide. Spade will be laid to rest yesterday in her hometown Kansas City, Missouri. The 55-year-old was found dead in her...
10:37
The Bihar government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter of a minor boy being jailed for three months for allegedly refusing to give free vegetables to policemen in Patna.Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed a higher official to conduct an inquiry and submit a report within two...
10:29
Policeman HC Habibullah, who got injured during an attack on a police party by terrorists in Srinagar's Karan Nagar last week, succumbed to his injuries on Friday.The Jammu and Kashmir Police confirmed the demise of Habibullah, who was undergoing treatment at SKIMS hospital in the state. Since...
09:50
US President Donald Trump today said he has directed his administration to keep illegal immigrant families together during the immigration process, after he backed down on the controversial migrant family separations policy. Trump also blamed Opposition Democrats for the current crisis on the US...
09:27
As millions around the world celebrated the fourth International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped that yoga can become a binding force for the world, asserting it has no religion and contributes to physical and mental well-being of individuals.Modi made these remarks while...
09:22
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer, whose weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide, has died at the age of 68.Krauthammer had announced on June 8 that doctors had given him just weeks time to live, reported the Variety.In a statement he had written,...
09:08
United States First Lady Melania Trump has surprised the world by visiting child migrants on the United States-Mexico border -- but it was her choice of clothing for the trip that stunned the Internet.As she was boarding a plane to Texas border, she appeared to be wearing a Zara jacket with the...
08:47
United States President Donald Trump said that he is looking into the possibility of meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.We are looking at the possibility (of meeting Putin), he told reporters, responding to a query on the speculation of their meeting.Trump, who recently held a...
08:30
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Srigufwara area of the district in south Kashmir after receiving specific intelligence input about the...
00:24
Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel said women in urban areas do not like to breastfeed their children as they fear it will spoil their figure.Women in cities these days don't breastfeed babies as they fear their figure will be affected, the baby is fed milk through bottles...
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