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IndiGo has cancelled scores of flights in two days and will not be operating around 32 flights on Monday following shortage of pilots, a source said.The country's largest airline has cancelled flights from IndiGo's fromn Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, the source in the aviation...
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A grenade attack took place at a Central Reserve Police Force near Paldium Cinema in Maisuma area of Lal Chowk here on Sunday, leaving 11 persons injured.Among those who sustained injuries are three CRPF personnel, four Jammu and Kashmir police personnel and four civilians.The injured have been...
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Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will sit on a day-long hunger strike in the national capital on Monday demanding special status for his state and fulfilment of commitments made by the Centre under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.The TDP had...
20:13
In the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party will host a mega rally of non-Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the national capital on February 13 against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.'Tanashahi Hatao, Desh Bachao' (Remove Dictatorship, Save...
19:37
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he has not received an invite for the Prime Minister's official programme in Hubballi-Dharwad and accused the Modi government of indulging in 'petty politics'.Today's Narendra Modi's programmes, till now no officials have come to invite me,...
19:02
Meals on board the soon-to-be-launched Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 will not be optional for passengers unlike in premium trains such as Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto express, where travellers can choose not to take catering services, officials said.However, passengers travelling the last...
18:48
The government has refused to share details of the decision-making process on quota for economically weaker section (EWS) citing a clause of the RTI Act that bars disclosure of records of cabinet papers and discussions by ministers.Venkatesh Nayak, who works as Programme Coordinator, Access to...
18:09
American aerospace major Boeing on Sunday announced the arrival of first batch of four Chinook military helicopters for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat.A statement from the company said the CH47F (I) Chinooks will be ferried to Chandigarh, where they will be formally inducted...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress, saying it ignored the nation's security during its tenure and alleged it was associated with several scams in the defence sector.From the seas to the skies, the Congress has several scams associated with the defence and in the...
17:34
Over 1,800 mementos Prime Minister Narendra Modi received were auctioned in a fortnight-long exercise which began last month, the PM's office said Sunday.It is, however, not clear how much funds were generated through the auction, the proceeds of which will be used for the Namami Gange, a Central...
17:11
Police on Sunday ordered a probe into alleged manhandling of woman by cops in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.The inquiry was ordered after a 15-second video clip, showing two cops manhandling a woman in a village in Shopian on Saturday night, went viral on social media.The video is being...
16:48
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned of stern action against all those found involved in illicit liquor trade even if they were associated with any political party.In past too such type of mischievous acts by SP leaders had come to fore. In Azamgarh, Hardoi Kanpur and Barabanki...
16:27
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh are being questioned at the Central Bureau of Investigation office in Shillong in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.The questioning of Kumar, as per the directions of the Supreme Court, continued for...
15:42
In a landmark decision, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice.The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department on Saturday said it has extended the adoption of interactive forms of...
15:26
An Indian man in Dubai has been charged with sexually harassing a British tourist inside a lift at a residential tower.The 24-year-old Indian worker was charged at the Dubai Court of First Instance after the prosecutors accused him of exposing himself to the 35-year-old tourist and...
15:14
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukul Roy was among the four people booked on Sunday in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior police officer said.Of the four people named in the first information report, two have been...
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Five terrorists were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, the Army said in Srinagar.The gunbattle broke out after the ultras opened fire on a search team of the security forces in the district's Kellem village this morning, an Army...
13:33
As debate intensifies over rising unemployment in the country, the Modi government claims to have generated over 3.79 lakh jobs between 2017 and 2019 in its various establishments, according to the interim budget for 2019-20.The government said it has generated 2,51,279 jobs in central government...
13:14
Taking a swipe at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he had only replicated the Centre's development programmes instead of his assurance of initiating new schemes for the poor in the state.Addressing a rally, Modi said Naidu had claimed he...
13:01
At a function in a Mumbai film studio where Pakeezah was being shot, the then home minister Lal Bahadur Shastri failed to recognise Meena Kumari when she garlanded him and asked journalist Kuldip Nayar sitting near him who the woman was.Meena Kumari was at the height of her success as an actress...
12:48
Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts are set to cross Rs 90,000 crore with the government making the flagship financial inclusion programme more attractive especially by doubling accident insurance cover to Rs 2 lakh.According to data from the finance ministry, the deposits, which have been...
12:10
Telugu Desam Party workers staged protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrived Sunday on his first visit to Andhra Pradesh after the ruling TDP severed ties with the National Democratic Alliance.The Chandrababu Naidu-led party quit the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance protesting...
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Ahead of his questioning in Jaipur over Bikaner land scam, Robert Vadra, Congress president Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law, said on Sunday that he was fine, good and disciplined to deal with anything he is put through.Just want to say thank you to all my friends and acquaintances who have reached...
10:55
Hours before sunrise, lakhs of devotees had already taken dip in Sangam on Basant Panchami ? the third and final shahi snaan during the Kumbh. Many were seen carrying the holy water of the Ganges, a sense of satisfaction reflected on their faces.Even before 2 am, a number of devotees were seen...
10:38
Weeks after the announcement of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, another biopic on his political rival Rahul Gandhi has been planned. Titled 'My Name Is RaGa,? the film will trace the personal and political journey of Rahul Gandhi.Rupesh Paul, whose filmography includes projects like...
10:09
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, a professor of history whose scholarship focuses on the encounters between Asians, Europeans and indigenous and colonial Americans from 1400 through 1800, has been named a laureate of the Dan David Prize in recognition of his contributions to macro history.The international...
09:49
Veteran actor-director Amol Palekar was repeatedly interrupted during his speech by some members of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai on Friday evening. Palekar was speaking at the opening of an exhibition ?Inside The Empty Box? in the memory of artist Prabhakar Barwe.A video available...
08:57
The CBI will continue the questioning of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for the second day on Sunday and former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh will appear in person at the investigating agency's office here for interrogation in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, officials said...
08:45
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Andhra Pradesh for the first time after the Telugu Desam Party pulled out of the NDA last year. PM Modi is scheduled to visit Guntur, Tiruppur and Raichur today. Ahead of PM Modi's visit, The TDP, Congress and Left parties have planned big protests and...
08:14
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip surrendered his driving licence after causing a car crash that outraged the media and stirred a debate about old age and driving. Buckingham Palace said Philip, formally known as the Duke of Edinburgh, took the decision on his own...
