23:41
The official Twitter handle of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik was allegedly hacked by some mischievous elements showing him as a follower of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the micro-blogging site. The Raj Bhavan spokesperson informed that necessary corrections have...
23:18
Varanasi district Returning Officer on Tuesday issued a notice to Samajwadi Party candidate and former BSF constable Tej Pratap Yadav to furnish a certificate on whether or not he was dismissed from the service for corruption or disloyalty to the government.Yadav has to furnish the certificate...
22:53
The Election Commission Tuesday barred BJP's Gujarat unit chief Jitubhai Vaghani from campaigning for 72 hours for using intemperate and abusive language at an election meet. His ban will come into force from 4.00 pm on May 2.The Lok Sabha election in Gujarat were held in a single...
22:41
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi is making another bail plea at the UK court where he is undergoing extradition proceedings to India in the $1-billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case.The 48-year-old, who has been behind bars at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since...
22:20
The national capital reeled under searing heat on Tuesday, recording a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius, the highest for the season so far. However, some relief is around the corner with the weather office predicting gusty winds and thunderstorm Wednesday. The city...
22:05
Shaurya Doval, son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, has been accorded a top 'Z' category level security in view of potential threats to him, officials said on Tuesday.The officials said that junior Doval has been brought under the mobile security cover of a central paramilitary force...
21:03
PM Modi's speech criticising Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Wayanad does not violate Model Code, the Election Commission said. On April 2, in his first campaign speech in Maharashtra for the 2019 general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Hindus would teach the Congress a...
20:36
Boxing Federation of India recommends World Championships Bronze medalist Gaurav Bidhuri and Asian Games Gold medalist Amit Panghal (pictured) for Arjuna Award. Womens assistant coach Sandhya Gurung & former womens chief coach Shiv Singh recommended for Dronacharya Award.
20:29
Former cricketer and BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate, Gautam Gambhir, on Tuesday refuted AAP leader Atishi's allegations of him holding two voter identity cards while asserting that he possesses only one identity document.I have only one voter-ID that is from Rajendra Nagar. I do not have...
20:06
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was on Tuesday barred from campaigning for 48 hours for his provocative remarks against poll authorities in Uttar Pradesh and making communal statements, officials said. This is the second time this month that the EC has imposed a ban on him. The fresh...
19:23
In one of its largest hiring exercise since it began operations over three years back, the premium carrier Vistara is hiring around 500--100 pilots and 400 cabin crew -- mostly from the grounded Jet Airways, say industry and airline sources.The grounding of Jet has come as an opportunity for the...
18:54
The former Supreme Court employee who had accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment has withdrawn from the inquiry being conducted by the in-house panel of three judges, saying that she felt she was unlikely to get any justice there. Her withdrawal came after the...
18:22
A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, an accused in a case related to wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, to travel abroad. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted permission to Tharoor to go to the USA from May 5-20.In his application, Tharoor had claimed that he has...
18:08
Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi may have quit the Congress, but the party's witty repartes are intact. Congress president Rahul Gandhi reacted to the fire at Shastri Bhavan tweeting, @RahulGandhi Modiji burning files is not going to save you. Your day of judgement is coming.A huge...
17:40
Narayan Sai, son of Asaram, who was found guilty in a rape case by Surat Sessions Court, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Sai was convicted under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 323 (assault), 506-2 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (conspiracy). Of...
16:56
The Supreme Court has directed the Amrapali Group to disclose by Wednesday details of all transactions with cricketer MS Dhoni who worked as its brand ambassador between 2009 and 2016.The SC on Tuesday also sought details of money Dhoni was paid by different companies of the Amrapali...
16:26
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response of the Election Commission on a plea by a Congress MP alleging Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on their alleged hate speeches and using armed forces for political propaganda. A bench headed by...
16:14
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offers some clarity on the confusion over her nomination from the Varanasi seat: I took the advice of all senior leaders of our party and colleagues in UP. They firmly felt that I have a responsibility here of looking after 41 seats. I felt that they (candidates) would...
15:47
The Supreme Court has allowed Congress president Rahul Gandhi's plea in contempt case against him and has given him the opportunity to file another affidavit on May 6.Earlier, Gandhi had 'expressed regret' for attributing 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' remark to the SC in an election rally after the apex...
15:27
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December's verdict by which the apex court had dismissed the pleas challenging India's deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi...
14:45
Ness Wadia, business tycoon and heir to the Wadia Group, has been sentenced to a two-year prison term in Japan for possessing drugs.According to a report in the Financial Times, Ness Wadia was found in possession of 25 grams of cannabis resin in March, for which he has been sentenced.The report...
14:36
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on MHA notice to Rahul Gandhi over his citizenship, says, The whole of India knows that Rahul Gandhi is an Indian. People have seen him being born and grow up in India. Kya bakwaas hai yeh?The Congress on Tuesday also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Home...
14:09
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik was in Delhi to meet the Election Commission today. I am in Delhi to meet the Election Commission of India regarding the byelections in the Patkura Assembly seat. We want it postponed in case the cyclone hits Odisha, Patnaik said. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan...
12:30
Election Commission of India meeting chaired by CEC Sunil Arora begins hearing complaints of violation of the Model Code of Conduct by PM Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
12:15
Refuting the allegations that he intimidated polling officers, Union Minister Babul Supriyo has said that the Presiding Officer was stage managing the entire voting process, which he just opposed.The windows adjacent to electronic voting machine were open. People from outside can actually see...
11:55
Randeep Surjewala of the Congress reacts to the MHA notice to Rahul Gandhi to prove his Indian citizenship: The entire world knows Rahul Gandhi is an Indian citizen by birth. Modiji has no answer for unemployment, Modiji has no answer for agrarian distress and black money, that's why he's...
11:37
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has assured hoteliers that the government will give them maximum financial relief to revive the lucrative tourism industry hit by the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday that killed 253 people, including 40 foreigners. Tourism accounts for...
11:30
Ram Vilas Kharwar, 65, will not vote. For him the Election Commission of India's catchphrase, No voter to be left behind', is a cruel joke.The nearest polling centre is around 12km from Kharwar's Barwan Kala village under Adhaura block of Kaimur district in Bihar. There are no roads in the hilly,...
11:06
Rahul Gandhi has been given a fortnight by the Home Ministry to explain his factual position over a complaint about his citizenship. The complaint is from BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy, who has for years been alleging that the Congress president is a British citizen.The home ministry...
10:56
Congress has released a list of 40 star-campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab and Chandigarh, including party president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi.Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Ahmed...
10:32
The Congress has shifted focus to matters related to governance amid mounting popular concern about the alternative to Narendra Modi. Polling is over in more than two-thirds of the constituencies and Rahul Gandhi, who built his campaign on the chowkidar chor hai' slogan, is now spending most of...
10:26
The BSE benchmark Sensex Tuesday plunged over 150 points to slip below the 39,000-mark in early trade amid capital outflows by foreign funds and mixed global cues. However, a strengthening rupee and global crude oil prices restricted further losses in equity markets, brokers said. The...
10:03
Attacking Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday said the prime minister should be banned for 72 years for his shameful speech. The Election Commission has recently barred several leaders including Uttar...
09:42
Severe cyclonic storm 'FANI' over Southeast and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify further into extremely severe cyclonic storm during next 36 hours, says the Indian Meteorological Department. 'It is very likely to move northwestwards till May 1 evening and recurve...
09:38
Tej Bahadur Yadav, SP candidate from Varanasi parliamentary constituency: Our issues are relating to Jawan, Kisan and employment for Naujawan. People should recognize who is the real Chowkidar of the nation. I'm confident of winning. -- ANI
09:19
Chief of the Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his propaganda video released on Monday, asserted that the battle for Baghouz, IS's final bastion in eastern Syria, 'is over'.Al Jazeera cited the video, published by IS's Al Furqan media network on Monday, in which the IS leader seemed to have...
08:46
The Indian Army has claimed to have stumbled upon footprints of a 'Yeti' in the Himalayas.Taking to Twitter, the Army said its mountaineering expedition team spotted the 'mysterious' footprints on April 9 close to Makalu Base Camp.This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun...
08:32
Emperor Akihito began his abdication rituals at a Shinto shrine on Tuesday morning as Japan embraces the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.Television images showed Akihito in a traditional robe entering the main Shrine of Kashikodokoro to report his retirement to the...
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Pakistans military on Monday contended the Indian air strike in Balakot in February had not resulted in loss of lives or damage to infrastructure even as it warned New Delhi not to test Islamabads resolve.Addressing a news conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, chief military...
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