23:54
Shocked & saddened by this news. I last saw Sushmaji at @PMOIndia's swearing-in two months ago. She was a brilliant speaker in Hindi, a genuine people's person in Government &I was proud of our excellent relationship when I chaired the External Affairs Committee. Om Shanti-- Shashi...
23:43
A glorious chapter in Indian politics comes to an end. India grieves the demise of a remarkable leader who devoted her life to public service and bettering lives of the poor. Sushma Swaraj Ji was one of her kind, who was a source of inspiration for crores of people, writes Prime Minister Narendra...
23:31
Following the demise of senior BJP leaders, several party persons, including Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, & Pralhad Joshi are at AIIMS. According to AIIMS doctors, she suffered a cardiac arrest, was administered CPR but did not respond.
23:27
AIIMS doctors say that Sushma Swaraj suffered a cardiac arrest, she was administered CPR but did not respond to it. AIIMS to issue a detailed bulletin in a while.
23:25
Earlier today, Sushma Swaraj had in a tweet congratulated the Prime Minister for move to revoke Article 370. @narendramodi ji - Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime.
23:19
Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has passed away at the age of 67. She was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences after she suffered a massive cardiac arrest. Congress tweeted their condolences, writing on the social media website, We are saddened to hear...
23:09
Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences and has suffered a heart attack. Swaraj, who was for the Bharatiya Janata Party's most prominent woman face, did not contest the recently held Lok Sabha elections in which the party...
23:01
Former Minister of External Affairs and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday expressed delight over the passing of key bills pertaining to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the same. Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this...
22:26
Giving credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passage of bills on Jammu and Kashmir in Parliament, Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said it was because of his leadership that the country has got justice pending for the past 70 years. Parliament approved a resolution abrogating...
22:06
Former IAS officer Shah Faesal on Tuesday has dubbed the governments move to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and autonomy as an unprecedented horror.Faesal, who formed the Jammu and Kashmirs Peoples Movement after resigning last year, said Kashmiris were heartbroken and after the...
21:12
After the government announced its move to end special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday met Governor Satya Pal Malik to discuss prevailing external and internal security situation in the state here at the Raj...
20:29
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature, has died at age 88.Publisher Alfred A Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Morrison's family issued a statement through Knopf saying she died after a brief...
20:20
Minutes after Parliament approved a resolution abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution and a bill for splitting the state into two Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the move. In a tweet, he wrote, I salute my sisters and...
20:04
In other news, a Hindu body on Tuesday strongly pitched in the Supreme Court for control and management of the entire disputed 2.77 acre land in the politically and religiously sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute at Ayodhya. Nirmohi Aakhara, one of the leading parties in...
19:55
In other news, DMK President MK Stalin met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Chennai. Stalin on Monday said that abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre is murder of democracy.He also condemned the AIADMK for supporting the government's decision.Without consulting people of Jammu and...
19:50
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die.
19:49
A number of Congress leaders across the country have gone against the party's stand in Parliament on abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir by supporting the Centre's move and a bill to bifurcate the state. The Congress has strongly opposed the...
19:38
Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on Tuesday. She was 88.
19:17
Topical as ever, Amul's take on the scrapping of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state into two union territories...
19:16
In a surprise move, Jyotiraditya Scindia of the Congress, supported the bill. He tweeted to say, I support the move on #JammuAndKashmir & #Ladakh & its full integration into the Union of India. Would have been better if constitutional process had been followed. No questions could...
19:09
Just in: The Lok Sabha has just passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill that seeks to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, while also bifurcating the state into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.The Bill was passed by the Upper House through a voice...
18:49
Parliamentary Affairs minister, Prahlad Joshi, requests Speaker Om Birla to adjourn the Lok Sabha sine die today. It was scheduled to be done tomorrow.
18:47
The decision to scrap Article 370, that conferred special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is in line with the ruling BJP's racist ideology, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday while assuring that Pakistan will take up the issue on every international forum to bring it to the notice of global...
18:22
The Congress Working Committee will meet this evening and is likely to discuss the Kashmir issue, party sources said. The meeting comes in the wake of the government's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said top...
18:03
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Tuesday, a day after plunging to five-month lows as investors lapped up bank and auto sector stocks with hopes that the RBI will cut repo rate to lift sagging consumer sentiment. After swinging over 705 points during the day, the 30-share BSE...
17:54
A Kerala court on Tuesday granted bail to suspended IPS officer Sriram Vekitaraman, who was arrested for alleged drunken driving that caused the death of a journalist in Thiruvananthapuram. He was granted bail after perusing the chemical examination report of Venkitaraman's blood samples,...
17:38
Ahead of Bakri-Id on Monday, the Bombay HC has banned slaughter of animals in private flats and Housing societies. Over 7,000 permits were issued for Bakri-Id sacrifice by the BMC and these permission will be invalid after the HC order. Now Sacrifice can he done only at authorised abattoir and...
17:35
In the backdrop of prevailing political and security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Army Command chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Core Group of Intelligence and Security agencies in Srinagar to review operational readiness of the troops.#LtGenRanbirSingh,...
17:33
With the withdrawal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Maharashtra government wants to set up a tourist resort in Ladakh. Tourism Development Minister Jaykumar Rawal said the official decision regarding this will be taken soon. With the revocation of some provisions of the Article...
17:14
Asserting that Kashmir has always treated Ladakh as a step-mother, BJP MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said that citizens of Ladakh have welcomed the central government's decision to announce Ladakh as Union Territory without a legislature.I welcome the Bill on behalf of everyone in...
16:53
Even as Union minister Amit Shah tells the Lok Sabha that former JK CM Farooq Abdullah is in fine fettle and not under arrest, an angry Abdullah rubbished the statement saying, the Home Minister was lying. Shah told the Lok Sabha, when MPs including Shashi Tharoor and Supriya Sule asked...
16:29
The Centre's move to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status was a carefully choreographed act that played out in the Rajya Sabha, monitored by Home Minister Amit Shah and executed in complete secrecy by his colleagues Pralhad Joshi and others, sources said. The dress rehearsal: was...
16:14
Shashi Tharoor, Congress: Why we think it is indeed a black day? Because two former J&K CMs Omar Abdullah & Mehbooba Mufti are under arrest & the whereabouts of our own colleague Farooq Abdullah are still unclear. We still want to know where he is?
16:11
Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday slammed those who supported the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of the Article 370 and stated, he has nothing to do with people who were unaware of the history of Jammu and Kashmir.He also said: Jin logon ko J&K ki history...
16:02
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed the BJP for the arrest of political leaders in Kashmir after abrogation of the Article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status. Singh flayed the arrests saying the same party had opposed the detention of political leaders...
15:59
Congress leader Manish Tiwari on Tuesday found himself being trolled in the social media after he mentioned popular 2011 romance novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' while speaking in Lok Sabha during the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill.Soon after Tewari made a speech, Home Minister Amit...
15:41
Supriya Sule, NCP MP on the missing Kashmiri leasers: Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Sule said, I sit on seat 462, Farooq Abdullah sits on seat 461. He's elected from J&K, we can't hear him today.This debate will be incomplete if you ask me.HM Amit Shah replies, Farooq Abdullah has neither been...
15:36
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Article 370 and the arrest of all mainstream J-K political leaders like Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah. Kashmir's mainstream political leaders have been jailed at secret locations. This is unconstitutional & undemocratic. It's also short...
15:12
The JD(U) on Tuesday reminded its ally BJP of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance's decision to not tinker with Article 370 to register its protest against the Narendra Modi government's move to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir's special status. The party's leader in Lok...
15:03
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury clarifies the faux pas he made in Parliament when he asked how was the Kashmir issue an internal matter if the United Nations is monitoring it since 1948.Chowdhury now says, Since 1948, Kashmir has been under the monitoring mechanism of the United Nations....
15:02
In other news, Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today.
14:54
The Indian High Commission in Pakistan asks Pakistani authorities to tighten security around its premises.
14:52
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences on the health condition of Unnao rape victim: She is sick, on life support system, needing medication to support her blood pressure. She remains critical and is undergoing treatment under multi-disciplinary team of doctors.Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has...
14:26
The nephew of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee said on Tuesday that the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution was promoting disharmony among the people and needed to be changed. Expressing happiness at the scrapping of provisions of Article 370 that accorded...
13:31
The situation in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir is totally peaceful, amid unprecedented security cover and restrictions, top officials said on Tuesday. There are no untoward reports from anywhere in the state, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said from Srinagar, a day...
13:19
An Indian Air Force helicopter made a precautionary landing near Bhavnagar in Gujarat on Tuesday after it developed a technical snag while flying from Surat to Jamnagar, an official said.All nine crew members on board the helicopter were safe, he said.Incidentally, the same medium lift helicopter...
13:00
Breaking his silence over scrapping of Article 370, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi warned the government that its move will have grave implications for our national security.National integration isn't furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating...
12:33
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin are part of Jammu and Kashmir and that Kashmir Valley is an integral part of the country.Moving a resolution for abrogating some provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019,...
12:28
The United States on Monday designated China a currency manipulator, a move that could escalate the tense trade relations between the two nations. Beijing has let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the dollar and Chinese firms have reportedly stopped buying US farm...
12:05
Eight children were killed and 10 injured on Tuesday when their school van fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's New Tehri, officials said. The incident occurred on the Pratap Nagar-Kangsali-Madan Negi motor road when the van was on its way to Madannegi, Tehri District Magistrate V...
11:26
United States President Donald Trump will visit El Paso on Wednesday, the place where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a mall, the city's mayor Mayor Dee Margo said on Tuesday.Margo said that he spoke to Trump briefly about the incident.He was very gracious, offered to help in any way...
11:25
You pledge in the manifesto, you go to the people, you secure a clear mandate, you approach Parliament, the Parliament gives its approval. Then they say this is a subversion of democracy, Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta tweets.
10:57
The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya after the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation have failed. Let us begin the hearing, said a five-judge Constitution bench headed...
10:43
A United States-based Muslim advocacy group has announced it will hold a protest in front of the Indian Embassy here on Tuesday against the revoking of Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.The Indian government on Monday scrapped the article which gave...
10:15
After a historic decision by the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill 2019 will be taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. With the government's numerical advantage in the Lower House of the Parliament, the bill is unlikely to face any major...
10:10
he rupee rebounded from the five month low and appreciated by 26 paise to 70.47 against the US dollar in early trade Tuesday amid positive opening in domestic equity market. On Monday, the domestic currency had suffered the biggest single-day drop in past six years -- to close at a...
10:09
Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded over 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,900 level in early trade on Tuesday led by gains in banking and auto stocks. The 30-share index was trading 214.96 points, or 0.59 per cent, higher at 36,914.80 at 0930...
09:51
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the historic decision of scrapping the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. A historic mistake has been corrected by...
09:10
The United States on Monday said it was closely observing the events in Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution by the Indian government and urged all stakeholders to maintain peace and stability along the Line of Control.The Narendra Modi government revoked...
08:45
North Korea on Tuesday launched unidentified projectiles twice off its east coast yet again, its fourth such launch in just under two weeks, according to the South Korean military.The projectiles were fired from South Hwanghae Province early in the morning, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Joint...
08:41
Six people were killed and 10 injured in a massive fire at Zakir Nagar in New Delhi in the early hours of Tuesday, fire officials said. The call about the fire in a four-storey building in the Okhla area was received at 2:32 am after which fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said. --...
00:16
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00:15
The New Zealand government announced a bill to decriminalise abortion which will enable women to treat it as a health issue rather than a crime. The bill will allow women to have access to abortions until 20 weeks of pregnancy without having to go through legal constraints, under a law...
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