23:36
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said.Further details of the visit, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not immediately...
23:07
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has called for an all-party meeting at the state assembly on Tuesday, over the non-issuance of 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh.Earlier last week, Naidu had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of not only doing injustice to the state but...
22:42
The Centre today reached out to Anna Hazare, who is on an indefinite hunger strike since March 23, with its emissary and Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajana assuring the social activist that most of his demands will be taken care of.Tomorrow, we will give a written proposal to Anna ji,...
22:34
As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against militants moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan.In 2007, toward the end of his...
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Excerpts: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 26, 2018Q: In an interview with the South China Morning Post, India's Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale repeatedly stressed that India has no concerns about China's rise. India looks at China's rise as...
21:58
Slamming the noise in the media on privacy issues, UIDAI chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey today said people voicing concern over data security would happily accept an Aadhaar-like scheme in the United States.He said people in the US needed a social security number to get a driver's licence, to open a...
21:39
Entry tickets for visiting the World Heritage monument, Taj Mahal, will be valid only for three hours from April 1 and if tourists exceed the time limit, they would have to pay an extra fee that will be equivalent to the cost of a ticket.At present, a ticket for an Indian national costs Rs 40 and...
21:37
Inspector General of Police (Home Guard and Civil Defence) D Roopa Moudgil, who had claimed that jailed former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala had free access outside Bengaluru jail she was lodged in, has refused to accept Namma Bengaluru Award, given by a non-profit organisation Namma Bengaluru...
21:22
An FIR was registered against Bharatiya Janata Party leader on Monday, on charges of leading a rally holding a 'Trishul' on Ram Navami.The Bengal BJP 'Lady' leader Locket Chatterjee held a trident in Rampurhat to attend Ram Navami celebration on Sunday. She tweeted on her twitter account:I am in...
20:45
As the Parliament logjam entered the 15th day, the CPI-M today submitted a notice of no-confidence against the BJP-led central government in the Lok Sabha, the fourth party to do so after the Congress and two Andhra parties.Parliament will resume its sitting tomorrow after a three-day recess amid...
20:33
Pakistan's former dictator Pervez Musharraf, ordered to appear before a special court in a high treason case, has postponed his return to the country citing security concerns, according to a media report today.The Dubai-based retired army general and former president informed of his decision not...
20:22
Britain today hailed the extraordinary international response to the poisoning of a former double agent on its soil as scores of Russian diplomats were expelled around the world.Today's extraordinary international response by our allies stands in history as the largest collective expulsion of...
19:59
BJP President Amit Shah today maintained that the Siddaramaiah government's move to accord separate religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats was aimed at preventing B S Yeddyurappa from becoming chief minister. This Siddaramaiah government has brought...
19:37
The Lok Janshakti Party, an ally of the BJP, has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order on the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, party leader Chirag Paswan said today.The LJP, which draws its electoral base from Dalits in Bihar, has also written a letter to Prime...
19:27
Congress on Monday appealed for a CBI Investigation into the death of a journalist, who was run over by a truck in Madhya Pradesh.The national TV journalist, Sandeep Sharma, who was reporting on sand mafia in the state, was mowed down by a speeding truck in Bhind district on Sunday.Congress MP...
19:08
YSR Congress said its MPs would resign whenever the budget session of Parliament was adjourned sine die without the Centre accepting its demand for granting special category status to Andhra Pradesh.The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Guntur...
19:01
Union Social Justice Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad favouring filing of a review plea against the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST Act, while noting that there were concerns that the order will make the law ineffective and adversely impact the...
18:47
The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia's consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain. Senior Trump administration...
18:16
As the most famous resident of their village continued his indefinite hunger strike in Delhi, people in Anna Hazare's Ralegan Siddhi today replicated actor Dharmendra's protest atop a water tank in the iconic film Sholay, to support the social activist's demands. A group of residents of the...
17:46
BJP's Sambit Patra calls Congress President Rahul Gandhi technologically illiterate. He does not know that data analysis is not equivalent to spying. This new age is the age of information which Rahul-ji will not understand, Patra said. Congress President Rahul Gandhi yesterday attacked...
17:19
China needs more water, so it is building a vast system of chambers on the Tibetan plateau which could send enough particles into the atmosphere to allow extensive clouds to form. Read the report here.
17:17
Kaziranga National Park to conduct a two-day rhinoceros census exercise in all the ranges of the park starting from today More than 40 elephants, 17 SUVs are being used for the exercise.
17:03
Teeth, zipper, mint and add sandpaper to it now, the desperation to extract reverse swing in unfavourable conditions has driven international teams to find bizarre ways to tamper the ball. Cameron Bancroft hiding a yellow strip of sandpaper in his pants easily fits into one of the many bizarre...
16:46
Seven months after declaring instant triple talaq unconstitutional, the Supreme Court today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' in the Muslim community.The SC noted that the five-judge bench which examined instant triple talaq - and pronounced their order...
15:55
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is in New Delhi from today for the next four days where she will be meeting leaders of 18 political parties.NCP chief Sharad Pawar, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, JD-S chief HD Deve Gowda, apart from leaders from the RJD, TDP and TRS.Conspicuous by its absence is the...
15:53
Pramila Jayapal, 52, the first Indian American woman in the U.S. House reflects on the state of US democracy. Read
15:50
Social activist Anna Hazare has lost 4 kilos, his aide claimed, as his indefinite hunger strike entered its fourth day. Hazare's blood pressure, however, is normal, his close associate Datta Awari said. Hazare has been on an indefinite hunger strike since March 23 to press for his demands,...
15:41
TDP Leader Chandrababu Naidu has convened a meeting with leaders from 35 parties in Vijayawada in the third week of April. Naidu, who exited the NDA after the Centre went back on its promise of granting a special status to Andhra Pradhesh, has spoken to leaders from the DMK, TMC, RJD, BSP, SP,...
15:10
Ajinkya Rahane will lead IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals after Steve Smith loses captaincy after admitting to ball tampering during the ongoing going third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, reports NDTV. The ICC handed Smith a one-Test suspension and docked his full match fees as per...
14:57
BJP president Amit Shah has handed out a booklet to every party MP.Shah, the man credited with the party's stunning win in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, especially in Uttar Pradesh, hosted a dinner on Friday. At the dinner, the MPs were given the booklet which primarily has a questionnaire for the...
14:45
Bahujan SamajParty supremo Mayawati on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using Bhimrao Ambedkar's name and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party chants the name of the Dalit leader but oppresses those belonging to the category.Addressing the media, the BSP supremo said that...
14:13
Four women Maoists have been killed during an exchange of fire with security personnel in Narayanpatna area of Odisha's Koraput district, the police said today. Acting on a tip off, the District Voluntary Force and Special Operations Group personnel launched a joint combing operation last night...
14:01
Rahul Gandhi'Verified account @RahulGandhi 31m31 minutes agoMoreModi misusing PM position to build personal database with data on millions of Indians via the NaMo App promoted by Govt. If as PM he wants to use tech to communicate with India, no problem. But use the official PMO APP for...
13:38
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday sought a five-day-custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea in connection with the INX Media case.Mukerjea was produced before a Delhi court earlier today.Mukerjea-owned INX Media Ltd had allegedly paid bribes to get a Foreign Investment...
13:21
Congress deletes its official mobile phone app 'With INC' from Google's Play Store after reports that the data from the app was being routed to servers in Singapore.A cursory search for the app on Apple App Store also fails to throw up any results for the Congress app. Clicking on links which...
12:31
A feature film on the life and times of 'Rosogolla' inventor in Bengal, Nobin Chandra Das, in 19th century Kolkata as the backdrop, is set to hit the screens by this year-end. The Bengali film 'Rosogolla' seeks to capture the journey of Das, from a humble background to a business tycoon....
12:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to appoint finance secretary Hashmukh Adhia as the next Union Cabinet Secretary. The incumbent P K Sinha retires on August 1.Adhia is the eyes and ears of the Prime Minister and has also been revenue secretary for two years. He drove the PM's biggest...
11:54
A local journalist was among two persons killed when an SUV rammed into their bike in Bhojpur district of Bihar, with the family alleging that it was a case of murder and a former village head was behind it, police said today. Naveen and his friend Vijay Singh were riding a motorcycle last night...
11:43
Jammu & Kashmir: 1 army personnel dead and 9 injured in an accident in Pulwama's Awantipora.
11:30
Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor has shared an emotional post on the occasion of his mother, Mona Shourie Kapoor's death anniversary.His mother and Boney Kapoor's ex-wife succumbed to cancer in 2012 - days before the release of Arjun's Bollywood debut 'Ishaqzaade.'The '2 States' star, on Sunday,...
11:13
A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official app was sharing data without users' consent, the Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at Gandhi and accused him of sharing users' data from his party's official App with a Singapore firm.Taking to his...
10:56
Mumbai recorded the second highest temperature in March in a decade yesterday, the India Meteorological Department said.The mercury yesterday soared to 41 degrees Celsius, IMD director Shubhangi Bhute told PTI today.This made yesterday the second hottest day in March this decade, getting within a...
10:04
Porn star Stormy Daniels claimed that she was threatened in a bid to keep her silent about her alleged fling with United States President Donald Trump.In a highly-anticipated TV interview on Sunday, Daniels told Anderson Cooper on CBS's 60 Minutes programme that she had unprotected sex with Trump...
09:37
Even as disgraced Australia cricket captain escaped with just a one-match suspension and a 100 per cent fine on his match fee after admitting to ball-tampering, according to media reports, Smith and his deputy David Warner face anything up to a life ban for cheating under Cricket Australia's code...
09:23
Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan reaches New Delhi on Monday for official trade talks. Against the backdrop of a possible trade war between the United States and China, India is looking to get China to reduce tariffs on our export, senior government officials suggested, reports Subhayan...
09:12
India spinner Harbhajan Singh has slammed the ICC for letting off Australian opener Cameron Bancroft with only a fine of 75 per cent of his match fee and not a ban, despite his role in the ball tampering scandal in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. Harbhajan recalled the 2001...
09:03
Social activist Anna Hazare has lost 3 kg since he began his indefinite hunger strike at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Friday, but his blood pressure is normal, his aide said on Sunday.Hazare has been on hunger strike to press for his demands, including the appointment of a Lokayukta at the...
08:50
Thirty-seven people were killed in a massive fire that engulfed a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia on Sunday, with scores more reported missing, including children.The fire started on the fourth floor of the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping centre in the city...
08:17
Ajinkya Rahane will likely lead Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals in case an under-fire Steve Smith loses captaincy after admitting to ball tampering during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. The International Cricket Council on Sunday handed Smith a one-Test...
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