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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate with him on national security, corruption and foreign policy. Gandhi claimed that the prime minister was scared and did not want to have a real debate.Asked about BJP's pitch on issues...
23:18
British PM Theresa May says the continued Brexit logjam means the UK will need another extension of the Article 50 process if parliament won't pass her Withdrawal Agreement.She offers to meet with Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, to find a way out of the Brexit impasse.She says the deadlock is...
22:49
Armed Force (Special Powers) Act has been withdrawn from three districts of Arunachal Pradesh, sources from the ministry of home affairs said on Tuesday.According to sources, the law and order situation in six districts of Arunachal Pradesh was reviewed before March 31 for the validity of the...
22:43
India on Tuesday sent a note verbale to Pakistan demanding the immediate release and repatriation of 10 Indian civilian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails who have already completed their sentence, sources said.The ministry of external affairs sent the note verbale to Pakistan high commission...
22:20
Disgruntled AAP leader Kumar Vishwas is considering the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party's proposal of campaigning for the party in the Lok Sabha polls, sources said on Tuesday. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari had a meeting with Vishwas on Monday where the latter said he would require another...
21:35
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday dubbed the Congress's election manifesto a pack of lies and said it was an insult to the country's people and its brave soldiers. In a statement, he hit out at the opposition party over its promise to repeal Section 124A (sedition law) and review the...
20:59
A day after NASA claimed that the debris from Indias anti-satellite missile test has increased a collision risk to the International Space Station by 44 per cent, Tapan Misra, senior advisor to ISRO chairman said on Tuesday that ISRO scientists will not do anything to shame India and the debris...
20:25
Cash-crunch hit private carrier Jet Airways on Tuesday said it has grounded 15 more aircraft due to non-payment of rentals to lessors, taking the total number of grounded planes to 69.The fleet strength in the airline has, however, has come down to 20 now.Till last month, the Mumbai-headquartered...
20:00
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, undergoing extradition proceedings in the UK, intends to appeal for bail in the UK high court after a second bail application was rejected by a lower court in London last week in the $1-billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case. The...
19:18
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to interact with first-time voters, a voting segment he has often reached out to, on Sunday and will dwell at length about his government's work aimed at their welfare, BJP sources said. Modi has often referred to this group of electorate, who numbers...
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18:54
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and BJPs new recruit and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir sparred on Twitter over the former chief ministers call for restoring a separate prime ministerial post for Jammu & Kashmir.A day after Gambhir said Abdullah required sleep or a green Pakistani...
18:22
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination from Wayanad on Thursday, accompanied by his sister and Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. On March 31, senior Congress leader A K Antony had announced that Rahul will contest from...
17:47
Former Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas has written a letter to the Election Commission over Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's reference of the Indian Army as 'Modi ji ki sena' during a public rally in Ghaziabad on March 31.As one of the most senior most former chiefs of the Armed Forces,...
17:27
The battle of Bengal is all set to heat up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee kickstarting their campaign Wednesday in the state that sends third largest number of Lok Sabha members to Parliament. While Modi will address a rally at Siliguri,...
17:19
The Election Commission of India writes to the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Chairman, Railway Board over 'noncompliance of lawful instructions and lackadaisical approach towards enforcing the model code of conduct'. The EC had written to the Ministry of Railways & Ministry of...
17:06
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, undergoing extradition proceedings in the UK, intends to appeal for bail in the UK High Court after a second bail application was rejected by a lower court in London last week in the USD 1-billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case. The...
16:42
The Congress manifesto is dangerous and unimplementable, says Arun Jaitley. The Union Finance Minister and BJP leader, reacting to the Congress party's 2019 manifesto said, Some of the ideas are positively dangerous, they are an agenda for the Balkanisation of India. Even though there was a...
15:09
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there was a demand for him to contest from Kerala as South of India feels that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hostile towards it.In response to a question on him contesting from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, Rahul said that there was a demand...
14:46
Veteran filmmaker J Mahendra, known for infusing realism in Tamil cinema and for giving superstar Rajinikanth his career breakthrough with Mullum Malarum, died in Chennai on Tuesday at the age of 79. The filmmaker passed away after a brief illness at his residence, a source close to the...
14:41
Army Commander, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, Tuesday chaired a joint key security meeting of various security agencies to review the current situation in Kashmir and to evolve a strategy for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Northern Army Commander, who is on a two-day visit to...
14:02
Taking a jibe at Congress for failing to eradicate poverty from the nation, Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Tuesday mocked the grand old Party's Garibi Hatao slogan and dragged the children of AICC general secretary (UP East) Priyanka Gandhi into the political...
13:36
The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with its president Rahul Gandhi describing it as the voice of people. Rahul Gandhi was joined by other top party leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, as the opposition...
12:44
Congress releases its 2019 manifesto: Hum Nibhayenge (We will deliver). Congress president Rahul Gandhi speaking after Dr Manmohan Singh who said the manifesto has been prepared after consultations with large number of people in different walks of life. Rahul says nothing in the...
12:33
Congress releases manifesto ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the presence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and top Congress leaders.Former finance minister P Chidambaram who is the chairperson of the manifesto committee addressed the gathering saying The contents...
11:52
The media wing of the Pakistan armed forces, ISPR, issued a press release today informing that three of their troops had been killed in firing by Indian forces along the Rakchakri, Rawalkot sector at the Line of Control (LoC). However, Indian Army sources said that Pakistan was downplaying...
11:25
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has said that mood of people of the nation is tilted towards giving Narendra Modi a second term as the Prime Minister's leadership abilities dwarfed those of other Opposition leaders.This time also, we cannot see an alternative to Prime Minister Modi... 'Chowkidar' is not a...
11:22
Reflecting a loss of growth momentum, manufacturing activities in the country slowed down to a six-month low in March amid softer increases in new orders, production and employment, according to a survey. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index declined to 52.6 in March from...
10:42
BSP chief Mayawati files an affidavit before the Supreme Court justifying the expenses in the installation of her statues and elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh. In her affidavit she has stated, 'it was the will of the people'. She had filed the affidavit in compliance with the last...
10:27
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had put pressure on the central government to increase the price of the Rafale aircraft.NSA Ajit Doval pressured the government to increase the price of aircraft by 3.2 billion. There...
09:13
Before taking a call on whether to allow the release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Election Commission is awaiting the Bharatiya Janata Party's reply to an opposition parties' plea to prevent its screening amid the ongoing poll process. The producers of the film,...
09:10
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh on Monday said a study group has been set up to suggest measures to strengthen security along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway, following the Pulwama terror attack. Singh said two suicide attacks were foiled by police with killing of two...
09:08
The Congress will release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls today. The manifesto document will be released by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and all top party leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, will be present at the party's Akbar Road headquarters in New...
08:50
The Congress on Monday fielded Olympian discus thrower Krishna Poonia from the Jaipur Rural constituency as it released another list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. With this, the Congress has so far announced the names of 325 candidates for the upcoming general election.Poonia,...
08:31
The NASA on Tuesday termed as a terrible thing India's shooting down of one of its satellites that has created about 400 pieces of orbital debris, endangering the International Space Station. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said about 60 pieces have been tracked so far and out of which 24...
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A family, who was attacked by a mob in Gurugram, threatened of mass suicide on Monday, alleging that it was being pressured to withdraw the first information report and police were not taking action under 'influence' of local politicians.A mob of over 40 persons pelted stones at the house of Mhd...
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