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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from the likes of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani. Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over...
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Over 64 per cent of electorate voted Saturday in the first phase of panchayat elections in Kashmir while an impressive turnout of 79.5 per cent was recorded in Jammu region, officials said.  The turnout in rural areas was significantly higher in Kashmir Valley unlike during the recent urban...
19:57
A day after killing a civilian in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on charges of being an army informer, terrorists on Saturday abducted and killed a 19-year-old in Shopian, police said.   Terrorists Saturday killed a civilian in a brutal act of terror in Shopian district after he was...
19:51
A Delhi court on Saturday ordered framing of criminal conspiracy and other charges against former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dinakaran in the alleged Election Commission bribery case related to two-leaves party symbol. Special judge Ajay Bharadwaj ordered to put...
19:11
A fire broke out at an under-construction 60-storey residential tower  'The 42' in Kolkata, said to be the tallest building in the city.No casualties or loss to property has been reported.It took three fire engines to control the blaze at the building called 'The 42', located on Chowringhee Road...
18:57
The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, a Bharatiya Janata Party ally in Goa, gave an ultimatum on Saturday that the charge of the chief minister's post be given to its minister Sudin Dhavalikar in view of Manohar Parrikar's illness.  The MGP warned that it would contest the Lok Sabha polls and...
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The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the Sabarimala shrine, would move the Supreme Court on Monday seeking more time to implement its order allowing women of menstrual age to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple. The TDB's move comes a day after the Left Democratic Front government,...
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Saturday said the Congress fielded former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra Singh from her Jhalrapatan constituency in the upcoming assembly polls as it could not find any other candidate.  Her remark came a few hours after the...
16:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Male on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Maldives President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who surprisingly defeated strongman Abdulla Yameen in September.  This is Modi's first visit to the Maldives as prime minister. The last visit by an...
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Kargil, which shot into prominence during Operation Vijay in 1999, will soon have a museum, an official said Saturday. It will come up soon as the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil agree to provide prime land in the town for the museum, Director, Archives, Archaeology and...
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National Democratic Alliance ally Rashtriya Lok Samata Party president Upendra Kushwaha said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party's offer of seats to his party for the 2019 general election was not respectable. He did not disclose the number of seats offered to the RLSP, saying he would...
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At least two people were killed and 10 others injured as a bomb exploded near a flyover in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Friday.  Some vendors were selling fruit and other items of daily use near the flyover at Quaidabad locality of the city when the bomb went off, damaging buildings and...
15:54
Kalki Koechlin says it is extremely important for actors to trust each other before shooting intimate scenes and believes such a practice should be made mandatory in the film industry. Kalki said she has done intimate scenes with actors without even meeting them before, something which should...
15:28
A legislation seeking to prohibit the Trump administration from revoking the work authorisation of spouses of H1-B visa holders, which include Indians, has been introduced in the US Congress by two lawmakers who said that eliminating this benefit would force many foreign workers to use their...
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The Congress released it second list of 32 candidates for the December 7 assembly election in Rajasthan on Saturday, fielding former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra against Chief Minister Vansundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan constituency. The second list was released by...
15:05
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today defended demonetisation, saying it was a highly ethical move and not a political one. His statement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi engaged in a war of words during the respective election rallies over the decision...
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Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retd), who is known as the hero of the historic 1971 battle of Longewala, died on Sturday in a private hospital in Mohali, his family said. He was 78.Brig Chandpuri was suffering from cancer, his family said.He is survived by his wife and three sons.Hindi film...
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Reacting to a federal United States court's ruling which ordered the White House to reinstate CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press credentials, President Donald Trump on Friday warned the scribe that he could be thrown out if he misbehaved at future press conferences.Yeah, it's fine. I mean, it's...
13:27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left to attend the inauguration ceremony of Maldives President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Saturday.  This will be Modi's first visit to the Maldives as prime minister.Â
13:24
Delhi's air quality continued to oscillate between 'poor' and 'very poor' categories today due to increased pollutant holding capacity of air after rainfall and stubble burning in neighbouring states. Air pollution level is on the path of reversal. It has increased after the impact of rain got...
12:27
South African captain Faf du Plessis offered tips to Australia ahead of their big-ticket clashes against India: avoid confrontation with Virat Kohli and give him silent treatment.  Du Plessis on Friday said that his team gave India captain Kohli the silent treatment in an attempt to keep him...
12:25
Thousands of pilgrims offered prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala early Saturday, the first day of Malayalam month of 'Vrischikom,' even as a 12-hour hartal against the preventive detention of a Hindu Aikya Vedi leader began. Pilgrims, including children, queued up in large numbers...
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Eighteen people, including 16 children, were injured today when a speeding school bus crashed into a pillar at an underpass in Noida, police said. The incident happened around 8 am when the bus of a private school was crossing through the underpass at Rajnigandha Chowk, they said.Sixteen...
11:38
Moderate polling was witnessed in the early hours of the first phase of panchayat election in Kashmir Valley on Saturday as nearly nine per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 10 am.  A total of 8.9 per cent of the electorate cast their votes at 283 polling locations across the...
11:22
Alyque Padamsee, noted ad guru and theatre personality died in Mumbai today. He was 90.Padamsee was best known for his role as Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1982 historcial drama Gandhi. He is also credited for building advertising agency Lintas into one of the top agencies in the country.He was the...
11:06
Voting has begun in as many as 47 blocks in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the first phase of Panchayat elections in the state.Out of the 47 blocks, 21 are in the Jammu region, 16 in Kashmir valley and 10 blocks in Ladakh region.In order to ensure smooth polling, heavy security arrangements have...
10:54
Former Union minister P Chidambaram on Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting the Congress, reminding him of the party's legacy by listing out the names of its presidents from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.  He asked the prime minister to now speak on the Rafale...
10:31
National Herald case: Delhi's Patiala House court adjourns the matter for cross-examination of the complainant (Subramanian Swamy) for January 8, 2019.
10:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend Maldives' president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's swearing-in ceremony today in the island-nation.Just a day before his scheduled visit, Prime Minister Modi had written a post on Facebook, saying I am delighted to visit Male, the capital of the Republic of...
10:02
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asserted that censorship in media is impossible due to technology advancement in the country.Today, you have a scenario where you have highly competitive electronic, print and digital media. You have multiple forums and because of technology, censorship is...
09:52
At least 12 students injured after a school bus carrying more than 30 students hit a divider at Rajnigandha Chowk underpass in Noida; Driver and conductor of the school bus in critical condition, injured students shifted to nearby Kailash hospital. Photograph: ANI/Twitter
09:23
After a day's respite, the air quality in the national capital again deteriorated to 'very poor' category on Saturday as the dispersion of pollutants slowed down.The PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of fewer than 2.5 micrometres) level was recorded at 339 in the morning in New Delhi....
09:04
Activist Trupti Desai, who was forced to return to Pune without visiting Sabarimala Temple owing to a possible disruption of law and order, said she will next visit the hill shrine unannounced using guerilla tacticsWhen we landed at the Kochi airport, protestors gathered there hurled abuses at us...
08:32
Rightwing Hindu outfits have called for a dawn to dusk hartal in Kerala today in protest against arrest of a senior Sangh Parivar leader who was on the pilgrimage to Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple. VHP state president S J R Kumar alleged that Hindu Aikyavedi state President K P Sasikala was...
08:03
The Editors Guild of India put out an updated list of its members, which continued to include former Union minister M J Akbar and former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who are both accused of sexual misconduct. Their names featured in the updated list of the guild members, even as there...
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The Congress on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on what it claimed is fresh proof of irregularities in the Rafale deal is a precursor to a massive storm the government is about to face.Congress leader Pawan Khera said Modi cannot escape his political and constitutional...
