23:49
India takes nuclear non-proliferation very seriously and unlike some of its neighbours, it does not believe in dirty bombs, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, in an oblique reference to Pakistan.Sitharaman, while speaking at a book release function, said India is complying with...
23:30
Former President Pranab Mukherjee and industrialist Ratan Tata launched 'Pranab Mukherjee Foundation' on Thursday.The foundation aims to work in the field of research, education, and rural development.Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, party president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister...
23:04
Tensions between London and Moscow over the attempted murder of a former Russian spy ratcheted up another level Thursday after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that a move to expel British diplomats from Russia would absolutely be going ahead.Speaking at a question-and-answer forum...
22:29
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday called for using strength and tact to counter forces seeking to divide the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and said trouble-makers only understood the language of power.There was need for shakti (power) and yukti (tact) to ensure that truth prevails,...
22:07
Controversial BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha slammed his own party after the debacle it suffered at the hands of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party in the recent Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Lok Sabha bypolls.In a veiled attack on PM Narendra Modi, he said that arrogance, over-confidence and short...
21:33
Well, that's a relief.Queen Elizabeth II has given her formal consent to the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.The British monarch has issued a declaration consenting to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel...
21:14
Britain, France, Germany and the US today abhorred a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy and his daughter, saying it is an assault on the UK's sovereignty and threatens the security of all nations.In a rare joint statement, the four countries condemned the first offensive use of a nerve...
21:00
Canada has conveyed to India that presence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an event last month where the Indian map was inaccurately depicted, did not reflect its endorsement.Trudeau had attended a conclave of Young Change Makers on February 24 where the Indian map was reportedly shown...
20:38
The Trump administration announced on Thursday it is enacting new sanctions on Russia, including individuals indicted last month by special counsel Robert Mueller, in a sweeping new effort to punish Moscow for its attempts to interfere in the 2016 US election.The measures come a month-and-a-half...
20:13
A representative of the Bharatiya Janata Party used Robert Vadras tribute to the late physicist Stephen Hawking to take a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi.Hawking passed away early on Wednesday, following which several people paid tribute to him on social media.Vadra, who is Rahuls...
19:39
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which has accumulated over 20 defamation cases filed against its leaders has decided to start resolving them. It will apologise, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told NDTV after Chief Minister Kejriwal retracted his allegations against former Punjab Cabinet...
19:02
Passengers are likely to face harrowing times with IndiGo and GoAir deciding to cancel more than 600 flights this month, of which 480 are by IndiGo alone, following grounding of 11 A320 neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines.The cancellations by the two budget carriers, which operate...
18:42
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 105th session of the Indian Science Congress in Imphal tomorrow.After inaugurating the event, he would lay the foundation stone of the National Sports University, a thousand anganwadi centres and 19 residential complexes for teachers, doctors and...
18:21
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday claimed that the victory of RJD's Sarfaraz Alam from Araria Lok Sabha seat would make the place a hub of terrorism, which would be a danger to not only Bihar but also the country.Singh's controversial remarks invited strong comments from opposition...
17:58
Responding to the BJP's shock defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath blamed it on the unnatural' alliance of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).The bypolls were a contest between development and caste and, yet again,...
17:53
The BSE Sensex fell by 150 points to close at 33,685.54 in a volatile trade, extending losses for a third day as banking, FMCG and IT shares fell amid fresh LoU fraud scare and intensifying trade war worries. Banking stocks led by Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and SBI came under heavy selling...
17:47
Telugu Desam Party to hold Politburo meeting tomorrow.
17:34
Hours after Pakistan decided to call back its envoy to India, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday clarified that the Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood has been called for consultation only, and it was a routine procedure.Whenever there is...
17:27
Haryana Assembly passes a bill advocating capital punishment for rape of children below 12-years of age.
17:25
The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 20 crore to convert 'Veda Nilayam', the official residence of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai into a memorial, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announced today. This was in addition to the construction of a grand memorial at her burial...
17:14
The Telugu Desam Party is all set to break its alliance with the BJP and could exit the NDA as early as Friday. The party has also decided to support the YSR Congress Partys no-confidence motion in Parliament tomorrow.TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has called...
17:00
Fans have taken to Twitter to demand posthumous Nobel Prize for theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, who died peacefully on Wednesday, March 14.After the news of Hawking's death broke the internet, a fan shared a picture of the scientist and wrote, R.I.P. Stephen Hawking. #StephenHawking....
16:29
Enthused by his party's strong showing in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav indicated today that his party was keen on burying its bitter rivalry with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party saying sometimes past incidents have to be forgotten. Yadav, whose party...
16:17
Former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's birthday was celebrated in Varanasi on March 12 as decided earlier on by the party. However, French President Emmanuel Macron's tryst with Varanasi was scheduled for the same day. Macron was given a traditional welcome with a shower of flower petals, a...
15:59
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary on Thursday hoped for an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party in future and congratulated chief Mayawati, as the SP, with the support of BSP, registered victory in both the Lok Sabha seats.Chaudhary said, I would like to...
15:45
Mumbai is likely to experience thundershowers from tomorrow. The India Meteorological Department has predicted thundershowers in the state and some parts of the city starting Friday, the Indian Express reports. There is a depression over South West Bay of Bengal and this will be moving...
15:30
The Supreme Court today extended till March 26 the interim relief granted by the Delhi High Court to Karti Chidambaram from arrest in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate.The apex court also transferred to itself the matter pending before the Delhi High Court...
15:14
Congress president Rahul Gandhi met Sharad Pawar last night, hours after the BJP lost two vital parliamentary strongholds in Uttar Pradesh to the combined force of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP.Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule was also in yesterday's meeting, which took place at her...
15:00
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav today said had electronic voting machines worked without a glitch, the victory margins of his party's candidates in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha by-elections would have been higher. The ballot paper system was the best way of voting, the SP leader said, adding that...
14:37
Upping the ante, Pakistan today said it has decided to call back its High Commissioner in India Sohail Mahmood for consultations after repeated incidence of harassment of its diplomatic staff in New Delhi. Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Faisal said that the Indian government failed to take...
14:29
Congress president Rahul Gandhi has met NCP chief Sharad Pawar to step up efforts and put up an united front against the BJP ahead of the 2019 general elections, sources said today. The meeting with the National Congress Party leader comes amid the party's poor performance and loss in the...
14:21
The Supreme Court today asked a Gujarat trial court not to proceed till April 12 with the criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah against the news portal The Wire and its journalists. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Jay Shah and others, who...
14:14
Jammu & Kashmir: Terrorists attack BJP leader Anwar Khan at Khanmoh in Pulwama district. One policeman injured; More details awaited.
13:54
Pakistan today said it has decided to call back its High Commissioner in India, Sohail Mahmood, for consultations after repeated incidence of harassment of its diplomatic staff in New Delhi. PakistanForeign Office spokesman Muhammad Faisal said that India failed to take notice of the increasing...
13:43
Charles 'Biharilal' Thomson, is an Australian who speaks fluent Hindi learnt on the streets, trains and buses of India's hinterland. Biharilal tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih how India has bewitched him.Do read
13:41
Update on TTV Dinakaran's party launch.It was a show of strength today by sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran who named his party after late leader J Jayalalithaa and unveiled its flag amid thousands of cadres who hailed him as the next Tamil Nadu chief minister. Naming his party Amma Makkal...
13:20
So, who exactly is Pravin Kumar Nishad, the man who has given India's electoral politics, new hope?Nishad has joined the roll of honour of the giant slayers in India's electoral history but for the 29-year-old, the names of Ravindra Pratap Singh and Raj Narain invokes nothing. Ravindra Pratap and...
12:52
In Rishikesh, Rajinikanth meets saints at Swami Dayananda Ashram. Rajinikanth began his annual spiritual pilgrimage on Saturday and reached an ashram in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.The actor till now has refused to answer any questions about politics, stating that he has not become a...
12:31
Red seems to be the colour of the season, and after the Kisan Long March, it's made an appearance in Parliament. Yesterday, as the trends for the two seats -- Gorakhpur and Phulpur -- in the UP bypolls showed the SP-BSP alliance emerging victorious -- SP MPs in the Upper House wipped out their...
12:06
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLA D Jayakumar on Thursday took a jibe at rebel leader TTV Dinakaran, terming his exit as good riddance, after the latter launched his own political party.It was basically a mosquito, when it came and when it flew back no one knew. It was a...
11:48
Tarun Tejpal arrives at the Mapusa Court in Goa for hearing in rape case against him, says, 'truth will soon come out'. A Goa court will on today start hearing the rape case against the former Tehelka editor-in-chief.Previously, the court was supposed to hear the case from February 26 to...
11:22
AIADMK minister D Jayakumar on TTV Dinakaran's new party: It was basically a mosquito; when it came and when it flew back no one knew. It was a 'shani' over our party which has now gone.
11:08
Punjab National Bank has detected another fraud at a Mumbai branch of around Rs 9.9 crore, according to a complaint with the police.
11:08
Ditto AIADMK MPs also protesting outside Parliament over the Cauvery issue (formation of Cauvery management board).
11:05
In Parliament, TDP MPs doing what they did for the last couple of days -- demanding special category status for Andhra Pradesh.
10:54
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao criticised the Congress party for causing destruction in Telangana since 1956 and termed the party as Villain No. 1.During his address to the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the Chief Minister accused...
10:39
Addressing supporters, Dinakaran said, We win all upcoming elections from now by using latest name and party flag. We will also try to retrieve the two leaves symbol, till then will use cooker symbol,
10:38
Former AIADMK leader and Independent MLA from RK Nagar, TTV Dinakaran, launched his party, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (Amma's Party for People's Progress) at Madurai at a rally attended by thousands. Dinakaran said the aim of the party was to retrieve Amma's party, the AIADMK. He...
10:22
Mossack Fonseca, the offshore law firm whose 11.5 million leaked files were at the heart of the Panama Papers investigation, will close. The law firm will shutter its remaining offices by the end of the month, according to a statement obtained by the the International...
10:09
Inside a Whatsapp group of BJP workers, here's who they blamed for UP bypoll losses. Some posts place the blame squarely on BJP chief Amit Shah. They say the BJP didn't listen to Yogi (by giving the ticket to someone who's not from the Gorakhnath peeth). In its eagerness to snub him, the party...
09:51
Barack Obama @BarackObama tweets his homage to Stephen Hawking who died yesterday at the age of 76. Have fun out there among the stars, wrote Obama with this picture with the physicist taken when he met Prof. Hawking in 2012, when he awarded him the Presidents Medal of Freedom.And Obama's star...
09:37
Fitch projects India's growth to rise to 7.3% next year, 7.5% in 2019-20.
09:15
Sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader T T V Dinakaran to announce the name of his political party shortly at a rally ground in Melur.Dinakaran had said on Sunday that he would announce the name of his political party and unveil the flag in Madurai later this week.'Following...
09:09
US President Donald Trump might take additional action against Chinese products, the White House has indicated.The US has some $500 billion trade deficit with China. Ever since coming to power, Trump has sought to reduce this trade deficit which he says is mainly due to the unfair trade practices...
08:50
Larry Kudlow, a conservative media analyst, has accepted the position of chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, the White House said today.Kudlow, 70, would replace Gary Cohen, a former Goldman Sachs executive who quit the post after his differences with Trump on imposing a 25 per cent...
08:38
The official Twitter account of national carrier Air India was hacked by suspected Turkish hackers on Thursday.The verified account, which has 1,47,000 followers, appeared to be in possession of the hackers.The cover photo of the verified account showed the image of Turkish Airline and the tweets...
08:24
The White House today threw it weight behind the United Kingdom in the case of a nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter, saying it shares the British assessment that Russia is responsible for the attack.It also said that the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation...
00:15
The US today challenged Indian export subsidies schemes at the World Trade Organisation, saying these programmes harm American workers by creating an uneven playing field, officials said.The US Trade Representative argued that at least half a dozen Indian programmes provide financial benefits to...
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