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The Indian Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm Titli and is likely to move towards Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts on October 11.Titli is very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during...
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed his deep appreciation for the excellent cooperation and support US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has demonstrated, saying the two have had a very productive and strong working relationship.The UN Secretary General wishes to express his...
22:37
Actor Rohit Roy has been accused of sexually harassing an unnamed woman. The accuser, who reached out to a journalist through social media, alleged that she had been persistently harassed by Rohit.In the harrowing first person account, the woman claimed that Rohit would send her suggestive...
22:04
Former union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said the country has been misled through fake and bogus economic data and attacked the Central government over weakening of rupee against the US dollar.He also contested the Central government's claim on the growth of the economy under the BJP rule.The...
21:34
The Kisan Khet Mazdoor Congress has decided to gherao Parliament on October 23 to protest anti-farmer policies of the Narendra Modi government, its chief Nana Patole said on Tuesday. At a press conference, he said farmers from across the country will converge in the national capital...
21:22
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that planning for his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is advanced and that the site has been narrowed down to three or four locations. Trump said at the White House that the meeting would probably not be in...
20:45
Nikki Haley has resigned as the US ambassador to the United Nations. Nikki Haley assured the press -- and US President Trump -- that she would not run for president in 2020.I will say this. For all of you that are going to ask about 2020, no, I'm not running for 2020, Haley said. I can...
20:29
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her decision.A senior State Department official said Haley told her staff this morning.A source familiar with the matter said Haley's resignation caught...
20:15
With many men from different walks of life being called out for sexual misconduct and harassment in the wake of #MeToo movement in India, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said such sensitive matters cannot be decided in the court of public opinion. The director-producer said it is imperative...
19:29
JUST IN: Singer Nitin Bali passed away earlier today in hospital after being injured yesterday in a road accident on Mumbai's SV road
19:29
Filmmaker Vikas Bahl will no longer be associated with Kabir Khan's 83, days after a woman employee at Phantom Films reiterated her allegations of molestation against the director.He was on board as one of the producers.Last year, the woman employee at Phantom Films, which had Bahl as one of the...
18:59
As the #MeToo campaign gains momentum in the country, Malayalam actor-turned MLA Mukesh has been accused by a woman casting director of Bollywood of harassing her in 1999 during shooting of a television show.Tess Joseph on Tuesday took to Twitter to share the harrowing experiences she had...
18:44
The Health Ministry on Tuesday appealed to people not to panic and assured them that the Zika outbreak was under control, after 29 people were tested positive for the disease in Rajasthan's Jaipur.According to a health ministry official, 29 people have so far been tested positive for the disease...
18:33
The Election Commission Tuesday said its decision to hold by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka is in accordance with the Representation of the People Act, 1951, as the poll body face questions over the need for the exercise when general elections are due early next year. The...
18:24
The Producers Guild of India on Tuesday extended its support to the movement to call out and report sexual harassment and abuse, whenever and wherever it occurs in showbiz.We believe that there is an urgent need to set up a robust process to ensure the highest standards of safety for employees...
18:20
The Sharda University in Greater Noida has found eight students guilty of involvement in the violence that erupted on its campus last week between groups of Indian and Afghan students, and asked them to explain why they should not be expelled, officials said. A three-member inquiry committee...
18:14
Writer-lyricist Varun Grover has categorically denied the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by an anonymous person during his college days, calling it an attempt to silence his voice in the #MeToo movement.Grover, who is one of the few vocal names from the film industry on gender...
17:31
BrahMos Aerospace engineer Nishant Agrawal, arrested on charges of espionage, was in touch with suspected Pakistani intelligence operatives through two Facebook accounts -- 'Neha Sharma' and 'Pooja Ranjan', according to the Uttar Pradesh Police.The UP Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad stated this in...
17:01
The magistrate refuses to remand Nakkeeran Gopal, Chief Editor of Tamil magazine Nakkeeran, to judicial custody. He was arrested after a complaint was filed against him by Raj Bhavan in Chennai over the publication's reportage on the Nirmala Devi case.Nakkeeran Gopal, a well-known editor of the...
16:51
The BSE Sensex erased all early gains to end 175 points lower in choppy trade Tuesday, posting its fourth fall in five sessions due to widespread selling in auto, consumer, realty, oil and gas and banking stocks, amid weakening rupee and boiling crude oil prices. The 30-share Sensex opened...
16:37
Editors Guild of India issues a statement on 'incidents of sexual harassment on women journalists by male colleagues'; states 'It calls upon media organisations to hold unbiased inquiries into all reported cases. Anybody found guilty of sexual harassment/assault should be punished' Meanwhile,...
16:26
The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail granted by a trial court in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. A bench of Justice RK Gauba dismissed the plea filed by lawyer Deepak Anand challenging the Congress MP's move to bypass a...
16:15
BSP supremo Mayawati asserted Tuesday that her party will rather fight elections on its own than beg for seats in any alliance. Her comments assume significance as she had last week called off talks with the Congress to fight the upcoming assembly polls in three states together as it did not...
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Writer and producer Vinta Nanda, holds a press conference a day after her Facebook post accusing actor Alok Nath of raping her 20 years ago. She said she would be meeting her lawyers but has not decided whether she would be filing a police complaint against Nath. She said he did not deny it even...
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Writer-director Vinta Nanda, who has accused Alok Nath of raping and harassing her, says there was no tension in naming him but she did not realise that the incident, which has affected her for 20 years, would blow up on social media. Nanda said she is yet to decide what her next course would...
14:39
BJP MP Udit Raj Tuesday termed the #MeToo movement in India a wrong practice and questioned the relevance of making sexual harassment allegations against anybody after 10 years. The #MeToo storm has intensified in the country with more women recounting their experiences of sexual harassment in...
14:35
Reacting to the rape allegations by veteran writer-producer Vinta Nanda, Bollywood and TV actor Alok Nath told ABP News: Kuch to log kahenge. People will talk. Dismissing the accusation made by Nanda who in a Facebook post recounted the horror, Alok Nath said, Neither I am denying this nor do I...
14:13
Taking his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, which he referred to as Gabbar Singh Tax, had destroyed India's economy. Addressing a rally in Dholpur's Mania area,...
13:53
If the Ram temple is not built in in Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata Party would be termed a liar and ousted from power, the Shiv Sena said Tuesday. Lord Ram brought achche din (good days) for the BJP, but the party failed to fulfil the promise of building a temple dedicated to him at Ayodhya in...
13:42
Just in: Blast in Bhilai steel plant leaves six dead, 14 injured. Details awaited.
13:33
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj ignores a question put to her on action if any to be taken against her colleague and junior minister (Home Affairs) MJ Akbar. Akbar, a former editor, has been accused by several journalists of sexual harassment. The Ministry of External Affairs has refused...
12:54
Market indices registered significant gains on Tuesday morning after days of rallying in red, backed by significant gains in the Indian Rupee and select sectoral indices.The BSE's Sensex opened nearly 100 points higher at 34563.86, while Nifty managed to regain the 10,350 mark to trade at...
12:50
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga scripted history by winning India's maiden gold medal at the Youth Olympics, claiming the top honours in the men's 62kg category in Buenos Aires. The 15-year-old from Aizwal , who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274kg (124kg +150kg) to...
12:20
The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image has announced that the festival has decided to drop AIB's Chintu Ka Birthday and Rajat Kapoor's Kadakh from its showcase as #MeToo storm gathers speed. We as an Academy (MAMI) strongly support the #MeToo movement. In light of recent developments,...
12:09
South Korean auto major Hyundai today said it will bring back its once popular hatchback, Santro in an all new avatar in India later this month. The company, which operates in Chennai in the country through wholly-owned subsidiary Hyundai Motor India, had discontinued the...
12:01
The Center for American Progress, where senior Indian editor Gautam Adhikari was a senior fellow, has removed his web page. Adhikari had been accused of sexual harassment while editor of the Times of India and DNA newspapers by former colleagues in the wave of #MeToo...
11:39
A well-known editor of a Tamil weekly was Tuesday arrested in Chennai while on his way to Pune, airport officials said. Senior journalist R Gopal, who heads the vernacular Nakkeeran, was picked up by a police team from the airport, they said. The weekly's website claimed Gopal was arrested...
11:37
The Supreme Court today declined urgent hearing on a plea seeking review of its verdict allowing women of all age groups entry into the Sabarimala Temple. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph had considered the submission of Shylaja Vijayan,...
11:09
Netflix's India-based original series based on Aravind Adiga's novel, Selection Day, will have a global launch on December 28, 2018. A coming-of-age drama about two brothers who are raised by their strict, obsessive father to be star cricket players in India, Selection Day's cast...
11:04
Benchmark indices turned choppy Tuesday as investors turned cautious amid mixed global cues. The benchmark BSE Sensex opened 150 points higher on buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) and rupee recovery. It, however, pared gains and was trading 11.37 points, or 0.03...
11:03
With the #MeToo movement finally taking off in India, several men across industries are being demolished.The latest alleged abuser to be called out is Indian film and television's very own 'sanskari babuji' Alok Nath.Filmmaker Vinta Nanda, in a long Facebook post, without naming Nath...
09:43
China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its all-weather ally Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of its kind, official media reported on Tuesday.The cost of the deal was not revealed.Wing Loong II, a high-end reconnaissance, strike and multi-role endurance...
09:40
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav's eldest daughter Misa Bharti on Monday acknowledged the rift between her two brothers, Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Yadav, but later clarified that despite all differences, the party was a big family. Latching onto her statement, the Bharatiya Janata Party...
09:30
A women's collective on Monday began an all-night protest at Delhi University's Arts Faculty demanding curfew-less nights for women's hostels. Pinjra Tod had last week submitted a charter of demands to the Vice-Chancellor of the University demanding removal of curfew timings and...
08:26
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast a growth rate of 7.3 per cent for India in the current year of 2018 and that of 7.4 per cent in 2019.In 2017, India had clocked a 6.7 per cent growth rate.India's growth is expected to increase to 7.3 per cent in 2018 and to 7.4 per cent in 2019...
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Citing new evidence, Bill Cosby has asked the Pennsylvania judge who sent him to prison for up to 10 years for sexual assault to grant him a new trial, or to reduce his sentence because of alleged procedural errors. Cosbys lawyers said the judge abused his discretion by failing to adequately...
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