23:40
Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi, have resigned over disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said Tuesday.Mohanan was also the acting chairperson. With the two members quitting, the NSC now has only two members...
23:06
George Fernandes was a political stalwart and one of the most firebrand union leaders in the country, but his heart melted in front of dogs, many of whom gave him company even in times of his deteriorating health. His close aide Jaya Jaitly Tuesday said Fernandes was so fond of dogs he...
22:56
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said there was no need to think about the prime ministerial candidate of the proposed grand alliance of opposition parties before the Lok Sabha polls. The previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government had done well,...
22:55
The militant groups supported by Pakistan will continue to conduct terrorist attacks in both India and Afghanistan, America's spymaster has said.Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats also said Pakistan's narrow approach to counterterrorism cooperation-using some groups as policy tools and...
22:21
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasted five years of the country's precious time and the time for change had come. Gandhi said he wants to see Chinese youngsters using phones that say Made in India and not the other way round.We can do...
21:52
India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind, according to the annual index released by an anti-graft watchdog on Tuesday. India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the world, while China ranked 87...
21:21
The Congress on Tuesday questioned the timing of the Centre's application in the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya matter seeking permission to return undisputed surplus land to its original owners, saying people will decide on the intent of its sudden move which has come merely two months before the...
21:02
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Chandrima Bhattacharya Tuesday issued a defamation notice to Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah for his remarks against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. At a rally in East Midnapore district's Kanthi, Shah launched a scathing...
20:24
Describing the Centre's plea in the Supreme Court to return excess land acquired by it in Ayodhya to their original owners as insidious, All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday said the National Democratic Alliance government was trying to prevent fair adjudication...
20:20
Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Muslim-majority Pakistan.Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot in Sindh province, will serve in her native district.She passed her LLB examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi's Szabist...
20:11
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday mocked Priyanka Gandhi's decision to join politics and said a government run by a dynasty could not serve the people but could only provide a majboor (helpless) government. He also criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West...
20:00
Aam Aadmi Party's Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann will take charge as chief of its Punjab unit on Wednesday, a party spokesman said. The occasions will happen in presence of Delhi deputy chief minister and party's in-charge of Punjab affairs Manish Sisodia, he said.Last Friday, Punjab unit of the...
19:55
Time to tell our side of the story :), was the expression of journalist Priya Ramani, who was Tuesday summoned as an accused by a Delhi court for allegedly defaming former Union minister M J Akbar by levelling allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Ramani, who accused Akbar of sexual...
19:41
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday dubbed the proposed mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) of opposition parties as helpless and asserted that his party would retain power after the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as only Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership could thwart any misadventure by...
18:54
In a significant move, the Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring the office of chief minister under the jurisdiction of Lokayukta. The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.Talking to reporters after the meeting, state water resources...
18:52
Amid the uncertainty over its alliance with the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said it wants to join hands with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party as they share a common ideology and can provide a steady government.We do want the alliance with Sena only because of our common...
18:46
Bharatiya Jnaata Party MP Hema Malini has claimed that she had been given the green signal by higher-ups to contest again from Mathura. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mathura in 2014. The actor-politician also promised the people of her constituency modernisation of the Mathura...
18:04
Defending the government's plea in the Supreme Court to return excess land acquired by it in Ayodhya to their original owners, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said the Centre is not touching the disputed area. Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters it would be up to Ram...
17:48
After being allocated the railways portfolio in 1989 in the V P Singh government, George Fernandes refused to go to Rail Bhavan to attend office for three days. Reason: He had led the biggest railway strike in Asia in 1974 and headed railway unions and now how could he be sitting across them at...
17:41
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty logged their third straight session of losses on Tuesday as jittery investors braced for key events like US Fed policy, Union Budget and US-China trade talks. After gyrating over 350 points, the BSE Sensex ended 64.20 points lower at 35,592. While, the NSE...
17:27
Times of India readers in Mumbai woke up to a full-page advertisement from the Network 18 group announcing it as 'India's No. 1 News Network'. The ad had a bar graph illustrating its position as compared to 12 other news networks. The ad in the TOI said the News18 network had 11.8%...
17:22
Telegram turns go-to platform for test-prep in India but has a piracy problem. Read the report here.
17:19
PM Narendra Modi paid his tributes to former Defence Minister George Fernandes.
17:00
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several state ministers took a holy dip at the Sangam in Prayagraj, following a unique cabinet meeting at the Kumbh mela venue itself, officials said. The ministers had travelled from capital Lucknow for the cabinet meeting, held at the...
16:27
We have never had a Raksha Mantri as sharp as George Fernandes.He was well read and knew his history very well. He could relate to strategic and security issues almost instantly.He had the ability to grasp, absorb and come out with actual rectification. That was the amazing thing.Generals get...
16:21
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at George Fernandes' residence to pay his last respects. The last rites of former defence minister George Fernandes, who passed away early Tuesday morning, will be conducted at Lodhi crematorium and his ashes buried as per his wishes, his close...
15:46
Bihar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi portrayed as Lord Ram on a poster in Patna.
15:29
A Delhi court summons journalist Priya Ramani on February 25 over the defamation case filed by ex-Union minister MJ Akbar. In October, Akbar filed a private criminal defamation complaint in a court in Delhi against Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago,...
15:02
George Fernandes will be remembered for his simplicity and for taking up the cause of labourers with great passion, remembers veteran Mumbai journalist Olga Tellis. Read more
14:57
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chairs Cabinet meeting at Prayagraj at the Kumbh Mela venue. He said the UP Cabinet has decided to build a Ganga-Expressway to connect Prayagraj with western Uttar Pradesh. This will be world's longest expressway, approximately 600 km and will take...
14:48
How volunteers for India's ruling party are using WhatsApp to fuel fake news ahead of elections: Read the report here.
14:16
Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union Address on February 5 after it was delayed due to a government shutdown over the US president's demand for funding for a wall along the border with Mexico.The traditional annual speech by President Trump was initially scheduled for January but had...
14:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked parents not to expect their children to fulfil their unfulfilled dreams as he interacted with a number of students, teachers and parents in the second edition of pariksha pe charcha. In this programme, Modi speaks to them about studies and...
13:50
From one raksha mantri to another: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pays tribute to former defence minister George Fernandes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Fernandes will be cremated tomorrow.
13:07
Heads up conspiracy theorists: Rahul Gandhi says his visit this morning to Goa CM Manohar Parrikar was a personal visit. Here's the Congress president's tweet: This morning I visited Goa CM, Manohar Parrikar, to wish him a speedy recovery. It was a personal visit. Later this afternoon I will...
12:44
Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives at Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's office in Panaji. Rahul may simply be paying a courtesy visit to the ailing CM, but it is interesting to note that the visit comes a day after his Rafale tweet. Just yesterday, the Congress president, who is...
12:25
Every time I see a line-up of politicians standing on a stage at a political rally, hands linked, arms aloft, or standing solemnly in strict pecking order watching a Republic Day march-past, I wonder which ones and how many of them will be airbrushed out of history. I also wonder who will wield...
12:00
Social activist and former Samata Party President Jaya Jaitly said today that George Fernandes, who passed away today, had expressed his desire to be cremated but during his last days, he said he wanted to be buried. So, we will cremate the body and bury the ashes, to fulfil both his wishes, she...
11:48
The VHP Tuesday welcomed the Centre's writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking to return 67-acre land around the disputed site in Ayodhya to its original owners, saying the step was in right direction. In a fresh plea, the Centre said it had acquired 67 acres of land around the 2.77...
11:30
Ajai Shukla @ajaishukla The defence minister who made the watershed decision in 2001 to allow the private sector into defence production. He spent a bit too much time in Siachen (some 30 visits)!!! But every soldier felt he was a man they could relate to. Can't say that about any of his...
11:12
Social activist & former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly said that the last rites of George Fernandes will be held tomorrow after the arrival of his son. Right now, the body is being embalmed.
10:58
The Centre Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to return the 67-acre acquired land around the disputed Ram Janambhoomi Babri Masjid site to original owners. In a fresh plea, the Centre said it had acquired 67 acres of land around the 2.77 acre disputed Ram...
10:34
I was eight or nine years old when I first saw Fernandes, and was awestruck by him. He symbolised hope. A boy from north Karnataka, worked as a hotel worker in Bombay, slept on the streets until P D'mello took him under his wings, and rose to become the most powerful union leader in the financial...
10:19
Omar Abdullah: Rest in peace George Fernandes Sahib. You were a tireless crusader fighting for the voiceless, the marginalised & for those that needed someone in their corner. You called a spade a spade & did so unabashedly. You were always a friend & well wisher of the people of...
09:58
Congress's minimum income guarantee scheme and former CEA's 'QUBRI' have similar grounds but markedly different reach. Read the report here
09:51
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of Former Defence Minister George Fernandes and paid tribute to the senior leader. Taking to Twitter, PM wrote, George Sahab represented the best of India's political leadership. Frank and fearless, forthright and farsighted, he made a valuable...
09:20
Former Defence Minister in the Vajpayee government George Fernandes passed away today, at the age of 88.Fernandes, who served as the Defence Minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpyee between 1998 and 2004, was crippled by Alzheimer's disease, and his last stint as a...
09:06
A total of 2000 students, parents and teachers will be participating at Talkatora stadium from all over India in another edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0 on January 29, 2019. According to the ministry of human resource development, it is a unique interaction where students, teachers,...
08:31
RSS leader Indresh Kumar likened Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, and actors Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah to Rajpur King Jaichand and Najafi Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar while referring to the trio as 'traitors.Speaking to the media, Kumar opined that India doesn't need Muslim youth like Ajmal...
07:59
Yogi Adityanath's cabinet will meet at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj this morning, which will be chaired by the chief minister himself. The meeting will begin at 11 am, the chief minister is expected to take a dip at the confluence after that.This is the first time during Yogi Adityanath's tenure...
00:11
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled the annual State of the Union address, which was slated to take place on Tuesday (January 29), authorities confirmed on Monday.An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN that the next date for the address is yet to be decided.In...
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