23:50
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Monday suspended the flying licence of Air India Operations Director Arvind Kathpalia for three years following his failure to clear the mandatory pre-flight breath analyser test.On Sunday, Kathpalia, who is also an AI board member, was...
23:09
Top market losers today.
22:56
Sri Lanka's major political parties and an election commission member on Monday dragged President Maithripala Sirisena to the Supreme Court, challenging his controversial move of dissolving Parliament, almost 20 months before its term was to end.Sirisena dissolved Parliament on November 9 and...
21:39
One of the four minor girls who had escaped from a shelter home in Patna, has reached her home in West Bengal and efforts are on to trace the three others, Bihar police said on Monday.The girls had escaped from the government-funded Asha Kiran Home For Girls in Patliputra colony early on Sunday...
21:10
The Pakistan government on Monday rejected the reports claiming Aasia Bibi has fled abroad, saying the images on the social media showing the recently-acquitted Christian woman being greeted overseas are 'fake'.Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was release from Multan jail last week after the...
20:32
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Monday denied arranging any meeting between former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Dera Sacha Sauda sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.Kumar also denied having ever met Sirsa headquartered Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim...
19:45
The Kerala government is likely to convene an all-party meeting to discuss various matters relating to the Sabarimala temple, which has been rocked by the issue of entry of women in the menstrual age, ahead of the annual pilgrim season commencing this week.We are thinking of having an all-party...
19:02
Renowned economist T N Srinivasan, known for his contribution to developmental economics, died following a brief illness in Chennai with experts and contemporaries hailing him as a 'strong advocate' of liberalisation.Srinivasan, 85, died of aspirated pneumonia on Saturday night in Chennai, family...
18:27
The Election Commission said that a voting turnout of 70 per cent was recorded in the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections.Figures will be updated later, Umesh Sinha of EC said.According to news reports, the lowest polling percentage was recorded in DantewadaWhereas Naxal-affected Bastar...
18:23
Retail inflation fell to a one-year low of 3.31 per cent in October on the back of cheaper kitchen staples, fruits and protein-rich items, official data released on Monday showed.The inflation based on the Consumer Price Index was 3.7 per cent in September 2018 and 3.58 per cent in October...
18:03
Five CoBRA personnel were injured in two encounters with the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, the first phase of the state elections, police said.The skirmish took place at separate spots at a forest in Pamed, around 500 km from Raipur.The Commando Battalion for Resolute...
17:50
Polling for all 18 seats in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections has ended. Amid tight security, polling in 10 constituencies- Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta -- concluded at 3 pm. In the other...
17:45
Both former Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and his son and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal will appear before the SIT, probing the 2015 police firings at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura in Faridkot at mobs protesting the state-wide sacrilege incidents, the Akali Dal said Monday. SAD...
17:33
Actor Sara Ali Khan says she is in awe of Kareena Kapoor's professionalism and going forward wants to imbibe the same. Daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, Sara says the way Kareena, who married Saif in 2012, carries herself is amazing. I think Kareena is extremely professional. The...
17:31
Chhattisgarh elections: 56.58% voter turnout recorded till 4.30 pm in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections including 61.47% in Kondagaon; 63.51% in Keshkal; 62% in Kanker; 58% in Bastar; 49% in Dantewada; 60.5% in Khairagarh; 64% in Dongargarh; 65.5% in Khujji.
17:19
The supervisor-cum-store keeper of Sati Tea Estate at Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh has been abducted by armed militants, police said Monday. The tea estate belongs to former MLA Nang Sati Mein and the abductors have demanded a ransom of Rs 3 crore, the police said. The victim,...
16:56
56.58 per cent voter turnout recorded till 4.30 pm in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018 including 61.47 per cent in Kondagaon; 63.51 per cent in Keshkal; 62 per cent in Kanker; 58 per cent in Bastar; 49 per cnet in Dantewada; 60.5 per cent in Khairagarh; 64 per cent in...
16:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India's first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga river in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi and received the country's first container cargo transported on inland waterways from Kolkata.The first consignment containing food and beverage had...
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Update: Three more personnel of the CoBRA are injured and around five Naxals are dead in the encounter that broke out between security forces & Naxals in Bijapur's Pamed area today. All the CoBRA personnel are out danger.
16:03
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 375 of Indian Penal Code which deals with rape on the ground that the provision is not gender-neutral. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SK Kaul said the issue raised...
15:02
A former woman colleague of ex-Union Minister M J Akbar, who has filed a criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, told a Delhi court Monday that his reputation has been destroyed and damaged irreparably due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Joyeeta Basu, the editor of Sunday...
14:47
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a petition filed by the Criminal Justice Society of India, seeking a direction to review and amend the present rape laws gender neutral.The petition demanded that Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code be declared violative.The apex court's division...
14:38
Amid outrage among wildlife lovers over killing of tigress Avni, a senior forest department official has said that violations of guidelines are evident in the postmortem report which also found that the feline was shot while it was facing away from the shooter. The postmortem report issued...
14:31
The Centre on Monday complied with a Supreme Court order and handed over to petitioners, who sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, the document detailing the decisions taken to procure the aircraft. The document titled Details of the...
13:44
The rupee weakened further and dipped by 54 paise to 73.04 against the US dollar Monday, owing to increased demand for the American currency from importers amid increasing global crude oil prices.International benchmark Brent crude was trading higher by 2.04 per cent at USD 71.61 per barrel....
13:38
Two CoBRA personnel were injured in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, even as polling was underway for the first phase of the state elections, police said. The skirmish took place at a forest in Pamed area, located around 500 km from the state capital...
13:28
A healthy 25.15% voter turnout has been recorded till 1 pm in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections even as two CoBRA personnel were injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals in Bijapur district. Polling in 18 assembly constituencies in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh...
13:12
Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress, is considering a run for the American presidency in 2020, according to sources close to her. On Friday, at a Medtronic conference in Los Angeles an eminent Indian-American Dr Sampat Shivangi introduced Gabbard, 37, and said that she...
13:10
Journalist Joyeeta Basu records statement in defamation case filed by MJ Akbar in Delhi's Patiala House Court: I've always held him in high regard. He has been professional in his dealings with me. He has always been a tough taskmaster, thorough professional & a brilliant teacher.
13:04
Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has said that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be built when Lord Ram wants it. Sharma was in Bahraich on Sunday to attend a programme at the residence of UP co-operative minister Mukut Bihari Verma. The BJP has explained its stand on Ram temple...
12:57
Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended the flying licence of Air India Director of Operations Arvind Kathpalia who failed alcohol test Sunday, a senior official said. On Sunday, Air India grounded Kathpalia after he failed to clear pre-flight alcohol test. In the case of Kathpalia being...
12:52
@RahulGandhi tweets: Jack Dorsey, the Co Founder & CEO of Twitter dropped in to chat this morning. Twitter has grown into the most dominant conversations' platform globally. Jack explained some of the steps being taken to keep those conversations healthy & to tackle the menace of fake...
12:42
Capital First's founder and chairman V Vaidyanathan has gifted 4.29 lkah shares, worth over Rs20 crore from his personal stake to 26 of his colleagues, three former employees, 10 close relatives and five of his personal staff including house help and drivers. This is a gesture of gratitude to...
12:38
Election Commission on Chhattisgarh elections: Certain sources are spreading rumours that EVMs are malfunctioning repeatedly. This is to clarify that above information is false. Voting is going on smoothly. If at all, any glitches are noticed, issue is sorted out as quickly as possible.However,...
12:12
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Monday filed its preliminary probe report relating to CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma in a sealed cover in the Supreme Court today. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SK Kaul took the report on record and fixed the next hearing on...
12:10
Bharatpur: The mortal remains of BSF Sub-Inspector Mahender Singh who lost his life in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Kanker yesterday, was brought to his residence in Dumariya village, Rajasthan.
11:54
Plummeting oil prices and signs of a coming global oversupply are bringing producers closer to a pact to cut output, report Summer Said, Christopher Alessi and Benoit Faucon in the Wall Street Journal. While the Saudis have announced that the kingdom would unilaterally cut its...
11:27
The last rites of Union minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away in Bengaluru Monday, will be performed on Tuesday afternoon, Karnataka BJP said. The mortal remains of Kumar was placed at his residence in Basavanagudifor the entire day today, state BJP General Secretary N RaviKumar said in a...
11:19
BJP President Amit Shah pays a floral tribute to Union Minister Ananth Kumar at the party headquarters in New Delhi. The national flag will fly at half mast throughout the country on Monday as a mark of respect to the Union Minister who passed away in the early hours, the Home Ministry...
11:16
The Supreme Court Monday declined early hearing of petitions in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice SK Kaul said it had already listed the appeals before the appropriate bench in January. We have already passed the...
11:12
As voting for the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections is underway, a 100-year-old woman, Viswas, cast her vote at a polling station in Dornapal district.The woman was helped by her son as she visited the polling booth set up near her house. The woman looked very fragile but it...
10:47
Raman Singh will certainly be defeated by the alliance we have created, Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh's first chief minister and one of Indian politics's great survivors, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih. Read the report here.
10:41
In Jharkhand, children of Naxal-affected Chakulia's Pochpani village carry bow and arrows to school to protect themselves from Naxals. Locals say the children have to pass through a forest area where a number of Naxals have been spotted.
10:37
In Dantewada, a differently-abled person reaches Chintagupha polling booth to cast his vote in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018.
10:23
Voting underway in interior areas of Kistaram, Palem and Bejji in Naxal-affected Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. An IED was detected near a polling booth in Konta's Banda in Sukma. Nevertheless voters queued up at polling booths like this makeshift one under a tree, to cast their vote. 10.7%...
10:17
The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered by over 155 points and the NSE Nifty breached the 10,600-mark in opening trade Monday on fresh buying by investors, ahead of release of macroeconomic data later in the day. Traders said, fresh fund inflows by foreign funds and a bullish trend on other Asian...
10:14
Is it because Salman didn't expect his protge, who once dated his sister Arpita (when both were young, nice and plump) to get seriously involved with his bhabhi? That shouldn't matter either since Arjun and Arpita broke up ages ago and, at that time, the young Kapoor wasn't even looking at...
10:02
The national flag will fly at half mast throughout the country on Monday as a mark of respect to Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away in the early hours, the Home Ministry announced. The Central government will also accord a state funeral to the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister....
09:51
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala pays last respects to Union Minister Ananth Kumar.
09:36
The special investigation team, probing police firing incidents at Behbal Kalan on sacrilege issue, has summoned former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and actor Akshay Kumar. While Parkash has been asked to appear before the SIT of Punjab Police on...
09:35
The Karnataka government has declared a three-day state mourning till November 14 as a mark of respect to Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, who died in the early hours of Monday. The state government has also declared a holiday on Monday as a mark of respect to...
09:28
The Shiv Sena secretly loves the Bharatiya Janata Party while the latter shows its affection openly, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said. On the Sena's demand that the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad be changed to Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv respectively, Fadnavis said the...
09:26
Since opening for the public on November 1, the 182-metre tall Statue of Unity in Narmada district of Gujarat has attracted more than 1.28 lakh tourists, officials said.A huge rush of tourists was seen during the weekend, with over 50,000 people visiting the world's tallest statue at Kevadiya...
09:24
Minutes before the polling for first phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections, an improvised explosive device of 1-2 kilograms was exploded by the Naxals near Tumakpal camp in Katekalyan block of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.The blast triggered when troops of 195 Battalion of the Central...
09:17
Voting for all 18 constituencies in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly election has began.Of total 18 constituencies, polling for 10 seats began from 7 am to 3 pm while voting in the remainder of the constituencies will take place from 8 am to 5 pm.Tight security arrangements have been made...
08:54
The BJP on Sunday announced its candidates for 131 of the 200 seats of the Rajasthan assembly with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje being fielded from her traditional seat of Jhalrapatan.The names were announced by senior party leader J P Nadda following a meeting of the BJP central election...
08:41
Voting began in 10 out of 18 assembly constituencies in the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections on Monday under a tight security blanket comprising over 1.25 lakh police and paramilitary personnel. In the first phase, 190 candidates are in the fray and as per electoral rolls, there...
08:08
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday, party spokesman said. He was suffering from cancer and had come back from the United States in October after treatment at the...
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