23:40
The police arrested three Kashmiri students and seized an assault rifle and explosives in a raid at a college hostel in Jalandhar on Wednesday.Punjab's Director General of Police Suresh Arora described the three students as a module of Kashmiri terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and said they...
23:27
Seeking to step up his attack over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is slated to meet on October 13 employees of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which the party has alleged was overlooked in the offsets contract with French aerospace company Dassault...
22:52
After allowing the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a closure report in the case of disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, the Delhi high court on Wednesday asked some media houses to retract from their websites and YouTube certain news reports and videos which...
22:52
After allowing the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a closure report in the case of disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, the Delhi high court on Wednesday asked some media houses to retract from their websites and YouTube certain news reports and videos which...
22:29
The Election Commission on Wednesday made it compulsory for candidates contesting polls to advertise their criminal antecedents in TV and newspapers at least three times during electioneering.According to directions issued on Wednesday, political parties too will have to give publicity to the...
21:57
Gorkhas of Nepal holding valid identity cards and members of the community who are citizens of India and living in Assam will not be sent to foreigners tribunals to determine their nationality, the Home Ministry said on Wednesday.In a communication to the Assam government, the ministry said only...
21:17
Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor, who is facing the heat over the violence against Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat, will be sitting on a day-long fast on Thursday to establish 'peace and harmony'.He announced the 'Sadbhavna Upvas' (fast for goodwill) at his house a couple of days ago.A large number...
20:33
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday raised questions on Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's France visit, alleging that work has begun to justify the prime minister's decision to buy Rafale fighter aircraft.He took to Twitter to say while the Supreme Court has asked for the details of...
19:59
Rajasthan recorded 164 deaths due to swine flu till September this year, the highest in the country, according to official data.According to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a total of 1,652 cases of swine flu surfaced in Rajasthan till September 30.A total of 4,484 positive swine flu...
19:06
Railways will offer 'vrat ka khana' (food during fasting) as a part of its e-catering menu during the Navratri festival which started on Wednesday, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation said.The Railways' catering arm said that keeping in mind the ritualistic fast observed by many...
18:26
Confusion prevailed for hours among senior police and railway officials over the death toll after the derailment on Wednesday of the New Farakka Express near Rae Bareli.While the railways maintained that five people were killed in the accident, a senior Uttar Pradesh police official initially...
17:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday accused the Congress of dividing the society for the benefit of one family while asserting that the BJP believes in spreading happiness and uniting people. His remarks attacking the Congress at an interaction with BJP workers of five Lok Sabha constituencies...
17:47
A gold-thread-embroidered, velvet-clad leather bow and arrow holder made for Maharaja Ranjit Singh leads a set of Indian treasures to go under the hammer in London later this month. The exquisite quiver, believed to have been made for ceremonial purposes rather than to be used in battle by the...
17:28
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Wednesday once again introduced Twitterati and the literati to a difficult, near unpronounceable word, describing his new book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification. According to the Oxford dictionary,...
17:12
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday demanded removal of M J Akbar from the Union Council of Ministers following allegations of sexual harassment against him. As the #MeToo campaign gathered momentum in India, at least six women journalists have come out and accused Akbar, a former editor...
17:09
Bombay High Court quashes molestation case against Ness Wadia filed by actor Preity Zinta against him in 2014.On May 30, 2014, during a Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings match at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Ness allegedly abusing the team staff over ticket distribution when Preity was...
16:29
The #MeToo movement has hit the Tamil cinema industry with a number of women including noted singer Chinmayi Sripaada Wednesday levelling allegations against veteran lyricist Vairamuthu. Sripaada, who has crooned a number of songs including for Oscar winner AR Rahman, alleged inappropriate...
16:14
Three more people were arrested for allegedly stabbing a tempo driver to death after the victim's vehicle brushed past a pet dog in Dwarka's Mohan Garden area, a police officer said Wednesday. On Sunday, 19-year-old Karan Arora was arrested in connection with the case and this week, three more...
16:02
BJP leader Mukul Roy Wednesday accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of illegally tapping his phones after two audio clips of his purported telephonic conversation with his party's general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya were circulated on social media. BJP state president...
15:41
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has been appointed Solicitor General of India by Central Government. The post was vacant since October 20, 2017 after the resignation of Ranjit Kumar.
15:35
The National Commission for Women said Wednesday many victims of sexual abuse do not want to go beyond naming and shaming the alleged offenders and lodge a formal complaint. The NCW said it has urged victims of sexual abuse to register their written complaints with authorities concerned,...
14:56
Congress reacts to the #MeToo allegations against Union Minister MJ Akbar saying he should either give a satisfactory answer to the allegations or he should resign. We demand an inquiry into the matter, Jaipal Reddy, of the Congress said. Akbar's boss, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and...
14:39
With cyclone 'Titli' over the Bay of Bengal Wednesday intensifying into a very severe cyclonic storm and moving towards the coast, the Odisha government began evacuation of people in five coastal districts. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who took stock of the situation, asked the collectors of...
14:03
A special court in Dhaka Wednesday handed a life sentence to the son of former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia in the 2004 Awami League rally attack that killed 24 people and injured 500 others, including the then opposition leader and current PM Sheikh Hasina,Tarique Rahman, the...
13:57
The Chief Executive Officer of the Bilai Steel Plant was removed and two other senior officials were suspended on Wednesday, a day after a blast at the plant which claimed the lives of 11 employees. This was stated by Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh after visiting the injured...
13:42
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has blamed the Congress-led UPA regime for public and private sector banks facing huge corporate bad loans. The loans were provided without following due diligence and as a result, defaulters fled the country and the banks had no money to lend, Sitharaman said...
13:01
The Supreme Court Wednesday took note of the October 3 violence at Puri's Jagannath temple during a protest against the introduction of a queue system for devotees and said no policeman should enter the temple with weapons and shoes. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta was...
12:47
Actress Sandhya Mridul tweets her own #MeToo moment with disgraced actor Alok Nath. Vinta Nanda, the woman who's searing account of rape by the actor 19 years ago has shocked social media, told the press that she is meeting advisors and will decide on a plan of action by today. Nanda had outed...
12:05
Kerala: Lord Ayyappa devotees take out a march in Trivandrum in protest against Supreme Court verdict over women's entry in Sabarimala temple.
11:56
Screen legend Dilip Kumar, who has been admitted to hospital, is responding to the treatment and will be soon discharged. The 95-year-old actor is being treated for recurrent pneumonia at Lilavati Hospital. Kumar's family friend Faisal Farooqui shared the news on the actor's official Twitter...
11:43
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to provide details of the decision making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal in a sealed cover. The apex court bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, however, made it clear it does not want information on...
11:21
Update: Director Vikas Bahl sends a notice to Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, asking them to withdraw their tweet against him and tender an unconditional apology on a social media platform and desist from making further statements likely to harm his reputation, failing which legal...
10:54
Bollywood singer Nitin Bali passed away on Tuesday in a Mumbai hospital. The 47-year-old was injured in a road accident on Mumbai's SV road on Monday and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.The singer was traveling back home from Borivali to Malad, when his car crashed into a divider. He...
10:42
Film director Vikas Bahl, who was accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films amidst the raging #MeToo campaign, has labelled his two partners at the film production company -- Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane -- opportunists for using the allegations to defame him,...
10:35
The #MeToo movement continue to rock Bollywood. Now, singer Sona Mohapatra has accused fellow singer Kailash Kher of sexual misconduct. In a series of tweets, Sona narrated incidents in which Kher's behavior towards her was improper.She tweeted that she first met him at a cafe in...
10:34
US President Donald Trump said he is certain that his daughter Ivanka would be dynamite as the US ambassador to the UN, but conceded that he would be accused of nepotism if he selected her to replace Indian-American Nikki Haley.Haley, 46, announced Tuesday she would resign from her post as the US...
10:31
At least seven people were killed as eight coaches and the engine of the New Farakka Express (14003) derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, Additional Director General, Law and order, Anand Kumar said. The accident took place in Harchandpur area of Rae Bareli district at 6.10 am....
10:10
BSE benchmark Sensex rose over 200 points in early trade Wednesday following gains in auto, metals and banking stocks amid unabated buying by domestic institutional investors and rupee recovery. The 30-share index spurted 220.38 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 34,519.85. The barometer had lost...
09:24
The United States has made a real progress with North Korea toward the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula but still there is a long way to go, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.Pompeo, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday in Pyongyang to discuss a future summit,...
09:01
Polling began for the second phase of the four-phased municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir today to seal the fate of 1,029 candidates in fray across the state. Voting began at 6 am on Wednesday morning amid stringent security arrangements, officials said.They said the voting would take...
08:29
At least four people were killed as five coaches and the engine of the New Farakka Express derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Northern Railway Satish Kumar said. The accident took place near Harchandpur at around 6.05 am, he...
00:07
The wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in China says she received a threatening phone call warning of agents coming for her while she fights for information about her husband's fate.Grace Meng said her last contact with her husband Meng Hongwei was by text message, on September...
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