21:55
Morning Post, a conservative British newspaper, raised a hefty sum of '26,000 pounds' for the benefit of General Reginald Dyer -- the man behind the dreadful Jallianwala Bagh massacre, according to a recently-released book.It started with an article, titled 'The Man Who Saved India', which was...
20:49
Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar relinquished his post at the Centre and returned to Goa because he did not agree with the Rafale fighter jet deal, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claimed on Saturday.Addressing reporters in Kolhapur, the Maratha strongman also slammed Prime...
20:45
Gujarat water supply minister Kunvarji Bavaliya was caught on camera Saturday telling a group of women who complained about drinking water woes in their village that they should have voted for him.After the video, shot on mobile camera, went viral, the minister said the question came from...
19:55
Brushing aside resentment among party leaders over denial of tickets, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said with only 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state, it was impossible to accommodate all 177 aspirants.He said the decision to allot tickets was taken by the Congress high command...
19:44
A Narendra Modi lookalike who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections has been served notice for violating the poll code over what he calls is his slogan -- 'one vote, one note'.Abhinandhan Pathak filed his nomination papers from Lucknow on Friday as an Independent candidate and said he would also...
18:50
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal cancelled all his engagements for Saturday following medical advice after he complained of fever and severe stomach ache, his advisor said.The programmes of the SAD chief for Saturday, including visit to Amritsar to pay respects to the Jallianwala...
17:52
As many as 513 ceasefire violations by Pakistan have taken place along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir in the past one-and-a-half month and the Pakistan Army has suffered five to six times more casualties than the Indian Army in the retaliatory action, a senior officer said on...
17:19
Commemorative coin of Rs 100 that has been released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at Jallianwala Bagh memorial on commemoration of 100 years of the massacre in Amritsar. -- ANI
17:04
A wanted criminal, who was on the run after allegedly killing a Banaras Hindu University student, has been arrested following an exchange of fire with police.A sub-inspector was also injured in the exchange of fire with the gangster, the police said.Acting on a tip-off, the police had cordoned...
16:34
British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith, who laid a wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar on Saturday to mark the centenary of the massacre, said Britain deeply regretted the incident that took place on this day a hundred years ago.Asquith visited the Jallianwala Bagh...
14:58
Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of corruption, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that '100 per cent chowkidar (guard) is a chor (thief)'.At a rally in Kolar, Gandhi also asked as to why all the 'thieves' have the surnames of Modi.I have a...
14:50
Curfew remained in force in Kishtwar town of Jammu and Kashmir for the fifth day on Saturday after a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader was shot dead by terrorists in the communally-sensitive region earlier this week, officials said.Internet services continued to be suspended as a precautionary...
13:59
Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati regretted on Saturday that an attempt was being made to create hatred between the followers of Bajrangbali and Ali.In a tweet on the occasion of Ram Navami, Mayawati said: 'Greetings & good wishes to the people for peaceful & prosperous life on Ram...
13:06
Braving all odds, Election Commission officials in Arunachal Pradesh trekked 13,583 feet in Luguthang village to elections for Mukto Assembly Constituency.Polling for 60 assembly constituencies and two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh was held simultaneously on April 11.'Polling parties in...
11:58
Two terrorists have been killed by security forces in an encounter in Shopian on Saturday.The encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists earlier in the morning.More details awaited. -- ANI
11:00
Two days after the Election Commission directed that all recorded programmes displayed on NaMo TV be pre-certified, the Delhi poll body has directed the BJP not to air any content on the platform without its certification, officials said. The poll body had on Thursday said since NaMo...
10:27
Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishore has hit out at RJD leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi for claiming that he tried to engineer a truce between JD-U chief Nitish Kumar and them.In a tweet, Kishor, the second-in-command in JD-U after Kumar, said those facing corruption...
10:06
A voter turnout of 61.50 per cent was recorded in Uttarakhand which went to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday. According to final polling percentage released by the Election Commission after collating data received from remote corners of the hill state late on...
09:40
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh paid floral tributes at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial on Saturday to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Gandhi, Singh, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, accompanied by some other Congress...
09:33
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan paid Rs 70 crore as tax for the financial year 2018-19. Mr Bachchan has paid Rs 70 crore tax for the financial year 2018-19, his spokesperson said in a statement.In the recent past, Big B also paid off loans of 2,084 farmers in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He has also donated Rs...
09:02
India today marks the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, one of the worst atrocities of British colonial rule for which London has yet to apologise. Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who reached Amritsar last night, paid his tribute to those who lost their lives and laid a wreath...
08:33
J-K: Encounter underway between security forces and terrorists in Shopian district. More details awaited.
08:27
In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray said that the term 'Pradhan Sevak was first coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.He said that at the Nehru Memorial Museum in Teen Murti Bhavan in New Delhi, there is a...
08:02
Troubles at Jet Airways mounted on Friday, prompting the Prime Ministers Office to hold an urgent meeting as the carriers fleet dropped to a mere 11 and it decided to extend its cancellation of international operations till Monday.According to officials aware of discussions, the meeting was...
00:27
Congress president Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at the Akal Takht, Golden temple.Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also present. -- ANI
00:26
The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party on Friday said it would soon withdraw support to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa.The MGP has expressed support to the Congress for Lok Sabha elections and Mapusa bypoll, both of which will be held on April 23.The MGP and Congress have fielded their...
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