20:25
Pakistan has decided to import polio markers from India, months after it suspended trade ties with New Delhi following abrogation of the article 370, according to a media report on Wednesday. The federal Cabinet on Tuesday decided to give a one-time permission for import of polio markers...
20:11
Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Suresh Pujari Wednesday said the party will not backtrack on implementing the national register of citizens as it is essential for the security and self respect of the country. The NRC, he said, is in the interests of the...
19:17
A junior commissioned officer of the army was killed on Wednesday in an unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Rampur sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Hajipeer area of Uri around 11.30 am on...
19:12
Jharkhand chief minister-designate Hemant Soren on Wednesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and invited her for his swearing-in ceremony scheduled in Ranchi on December 29. Soren arrived in New Delhi in the afternoon and is also expected to meet Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister...
18:58
Family members of auteur Ritwik Ghatak have issued a statement alleging that Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, have misappropriated content from his films for its promotional video in support of the contentious citizenship law and discriminatory National...
18:49
A special investigation team was constituted on Wednesday to probe cases of rioting registered in Kanpur during recent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The SIT will be headed by Additional SP (Crime) Rajesh Yadav, IG (Kanpur range) Mohit Agarwal said.Other members of...
17:53
A member of the Sindhi community who migrated from Pakistan in the 1990s and settled down in Aurangabad in Maharashtra is hopeful that he and others like him would get Indian citizenship soon with the passage of the new amendment.The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act provides for grant of...
17:33
Scientists have observed two chimpanzees in a US zoo performing a duo dance-like behaviour similar to a human conga-line, a hitherto never-before-seen behaviour that has sparked the question about how human dance evolved. The researchers led by the University of Warwick in the UK also...
17:32
Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday sought the intervention of President Ram Nath Kovind to immediately recall Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, saying she has been impeding implementation of various welfare measures and decisions of his cabinet. Talking to reporters,...
16:58
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the violence in Uttar Pradesh during the protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, saying there was a need to introspect.People who damaged public property and were involved in violence in the name of protest in UP, should introspect if what...
16:27
Writer and activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday claimed that the National Population Register will serve as a database for NRC and asked people to oppose it. Addressing a protest gathering at Delhi University, she also claimed that the National Register of Citizens was targeted against...
16:25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled a statue of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Lok Bhavan in Lucknow. He also laid the foundation stone for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in the Uttar Pradesh capital. The state government has given 50 acres of...
16:20
Flagging concerns over unpaid dues, an Air India pilots' union has urged the government to allow their members to quit the debt-laden carrier without serving notice period. As the government works out the modalities for the sale of the national carrier, the Indian Commercial Pilots'...
15:56
The exgratia amount of Rs 10 lakh each announced by the Karnataka government to the family of two people killed in the police firing during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Mangaluru has been withdrawn, chief minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday. Soon after the...
15:35
Christmas celebrations were a low-key affair in Assam amid ongoing protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.Despite the somber mood, midnight prayers for peace and happiness were organised across the state on Tuesday night.Priests in various churches said that the situation and...
14:54
Filmmaker-music composer Vishal Bhardwaj said he was disgusted with reports of vandalism by the Uttar Pradesh Police during violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act last week. The director also asked whether a judicial inquiry will be ordered after reports of police allegedly...
14:40
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday vowed to continue his fight against the Communist regime in China which, according to him, thrived on the power of the gun against which Tibetan Buddhists were up in arms with the power of truth.The Dalai Lama made the statement at the...
13:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Atal Bhujal Scheme for better management of groundwater, stressing on the need to use technology which helps prevent wastage of water in various spheres, including agriculture. He also named Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh as Atal...
13:44
Bahujan Samaja Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct a thorough probe into the deaths during anti-citizenship law protests and help the innocent victims. The maximum number of deaths during CAA/NRC protests were in UP. The state government should...
13:05
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's security cover has been downgraded, while that of Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray upgraded to 'Z' category, an official said on Wednesday.The changes in security cover were made after a review was undertaken by a Maharashtra government committee on threat...
12:48
Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau Director General Parambir Singh has filed an additional affidavit in the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court tendering an apology for an error in his previous affidavit filed last week.The affidavit was regarding the irrigation scam in which Nationalist Congress...
12:11
Karnataka deputy chief minister G Karjol on Tuesday said that the Foreigners' Detention Centre set up by the state government is meant for illegal immigrants and that it was the responsibility of the home department to identify and send them there.In Karnataka, there were 30 illegal immigrants,...
11:46
United States President Donald Trump has brushed off North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's warning of a Christmas gift, saying that the United States would deal with it very successfully and that perhaps it would be a nice present.We'll find out what the surprise is and we'll deal with it very...
11:05
The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation into the Yamuna Expressway scam and named former CEO P C Gupta and 20 others in its FIR, officials said on Wednesday.The agency has acted on the recommendation of the Uttar Pradesh government to probe alleged irregularities...
10:27
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi today to invite her for the swearing in ceremony.Soren will take oath as Jharkhand chief minister on Sunday.He met Governor Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and staked claim to form government in the state.Earlier in the...
10:00
A large number of Indian-Americans have come out in support of the amended citizenship law and the proposed National Register of Citizens, holding rallies in several United States cities to 'dispel misinformation and myths' surrounding the contentious law, the organisers of the demonstrations...
09:26
President Ramnath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at 'Sadaiv Atal' memorial to pay tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary
09:02
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of Christmas, saying the teachings of Jesus Christ inspire millions across the world.'We remember, with immense joy, the noble thoughts of Jesus Christ. He epitomised spirit of service and compassion, devoting his life...
08:44
Haryana minister Anil Vij on Tuesday called Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi as 'live petrol bombs' alleging that they ignite fire wherever they go.'Beware of Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as they are live petrol bombs, wherever they go they ignite fire and cause loss to...
08:26
The government is expected to take a day or two more for announcing the name of the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), sources said. According to sources, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet will consider the names of panel of military officers for the post of CDS.Army chief General Bipin...
00:06
In provocative remarks seemingly directed at Muslims, a Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party MLA has said those opposing Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizen can be wiped out in an hour. Kaithal MLA Leela Ram Gurjar was speaking at an event in support of the amended...
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