23:28
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Thursday that there should be a training program for people like Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan so that they can learn how to behave in Parliament. The Lok Sabha Thursday witnessed high drama when Khan made certain objectionable remarks...
23:05
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in connection with a money laundering case wherein land was acquired in the state illegally with alleged connivance of senior government functionaries and bureaucrats, officials...
23:02
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday advised Union Minister Arvind Sawant to be more attentive when members are speaking.During the Zero Hour, BJP MP from Maharashtra Raksha Khadse raised the issue of discrepancy in the spelling of the Leva Patil community in records of the state government and...
22:58
Confusion between `mediate' and 'meditate' might have led United States President Donald Trump to believe that India wanted him to intervene in the Kashmir issue, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid quipped on Thursday.India has denied Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested...
21:48
The death toll in Assam floods climbed to 75 with one more person succumbing in Dhubri on Thursday, while water level rose in seven districts of the state. Due to release of excess water from Kuricchu Hydropower reservoirs in Bhutan's Kuricchu River, western Assam districts of...
21:23
Around 12.66 lakh jobs were created in May, a tad higher than 11.15 lakh jobs in April this year, the Employees' State Insurance Corporation payroll data showed. Gross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 1.49 crore during 2018-19, a report released by National Statistical...
21:14
Two days after the downfall of H D Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka, three rebel MLAs havee been disqualified by speaker K R Ramesh Kumar. The three rebel MLAs are: Congress's Ramesh L Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli and Independant R Shankar.The speaker...
20:12
The Bombay high court on Thursday restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation from taking any coercive action against NGO 'Lawyers Collective' and its founding members, senior lawyers Anand Grover and Indira Jaising. A bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre granted the interim...
19:59
The Indian cricketers will wear a new brand name on their official jerseys from September with Chinese mobile manufacturer Oppo transferring the sponsorship rights to online tutorial firm Byju's, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Thursday. BYJU'S will be taking over all...
19:47
President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the Kargil war memorial in Dras, Jammu and Kashmir, tomorrow on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas.He will pay homage to soldiers and officers of the Indian Army who were martyred in the Kargil conflict of 1999. Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after...
19:33
The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been passed by Rajya Sabha.Earlier, opposition parties' motion to send the bill to select committee was defeated with 117 votes against it.As soon as the House resumed in the afternoon, deputy chairman Harivansh asked the minister of state for...
19:03
The government has decided to extend the Parliament session till August 7, official sources said on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs here, the sources said. The government had indicated on Wednesday that the ongoing...
18:38
The bill to criminalise instant triple talaq has been passed in Lok Sabha.
18:26
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said that her party will not support the BJP-led government at the Centre on the triple talaq bill and the RTI (Amendment) bill in the Rajya Sabha. Jammu and Kashmir has its own RTI Act 2009. No question of supporting the RTI bill in Rajya Sabha, Mufti...
18:21
Voting is underway in Lok Sabha on instant triple talaq bill.Trinamool Congress MPs have walked out of Lok Sabha in protest against the bill.
17:40
Strongly objecting the contentious bill to make the practice of instant triple talaq illegal, National Democratic Alliance ally Janata Dal-United on Thursday said it will create a lack of trust in the society and walked out of the House. Stating his party does not support the...
17:37
Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using close ally China's satellite launch facilities. Pakistan's decision came as India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2. Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for...
17:34
Lok Sabha witnessed high drama when Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan made certain objectionable remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party's Rama Devi who was presiding over the proceedings, leading to uproar with Union ministers pressing from an apology from the Samajwadi Party leader.Participating in...
17:26
Industrialist Naveen Jindal and four other officials of his company were put on trial by a Delhi court on Thursday for allegedly making incorrect claims before the Screening Committee on allocation of a coal block.Special judge Bharat Parashar framed charges under sections 420 (cheating) and...
17:23
A day after the Chinese Defence Ministry released a white paper on its military development, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh on Thursday said a lot of resources have been shifted to the PLA Navy from other arms of the People's Liberation Army and India will have to watch it carefully. The...
17:07
India on Thursday termed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's remarks that 30,000-40,000 armed people who fought in Afghanistan or Kashmir were still in his country as a glaring admission and asserted that it is time for Islamabad to take credible and irreversible action against...
16:55
The gross non-performing assets of public sector banks have declined by Rs 89,189 crore from a peak of more than Rs 8.95 lakh crore in March 2018 to over Rs 8.06 lakh crore in March this year, the government told the Rajya Sabha.In a written reply to Congress member BK Hariprasad, Finance...
16:50
Just desserts for Mr Khan? The Sub-Divisional Magistrate court on Thursday ordered Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to demolish the gate of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, built on public works department land, within 15 days.SDM Prem Prakash Tiwari imposed a fine of Rs 3,27,60,000 on Khan,...
16:41
Raveesh Kumar, MEA, briefing: We expect that full consular access should be granted to Shri Kulbhushan Jadhav at the earliest in full compliance with the ICJ's judgment. We are in touch with Pakistani authorities in this regard and as & when there is an update we will let you know.
16:33
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected leader, has died at age 92.
16:22
SP MP Akhilesh Yadav supports Azam Khan: I don't think Azam Khanji meant any disrespect to the chair (Rama Devi). These( BJP MPs) people are so rude, who are they to raise fingers? Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on being asked to expunge Azam Khan's remarks from the records. It is very easy...
16:16
Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that he is still looking into the resignations submitted by rebel MLAs belonging to Congress and JD-S.I cannot discuss the judicial proceedings with the media but I am still going through the resignations. I respect Supreme Court very...
16:00
An Uttar Pradesh police officer humiliated a girl who had approached the police to file a molestation complaint.The incident took place when the victim along with her parents went to file an eve-teasing complaint at Nazirabad police station in Kanpur.In a video of the incident, which has now gone...
15:44
Former External Affairs minister tweets this picture with Kulbhushan Jadhav's family: Kulbhushan Jadhav's family came to see me today. I wish them all the best, she wrote.Swaraj did not contest the Lok Sabha polls or accept a ministry citing health reasons in the 2nd term of the Narendra Modi...
15:18
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case, was on Thursday further remanded to judicial custody until August 22. During a short remand hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court via...
15:04
President Donald Trump has made the United States into an unreliable ally, a loose cannon on turbulent terrain, and a careless superpower -- careless in both senses of the word, meaning reckless and without care, oblivious to the consequences of its conduct.Four incidents, just this past...
14:51
MS Dhoni will be deployed in the Kashmir valley as part of the Victor Force. The former India captain will stay with the troops and he will take on the duties of patrolling, guard and post duty.Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) MS Dhoni is proceeding to 106 TA Battalion (Para) for being with the...
14:37
Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak is among three Indians to have found a place in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new cabinet team. The two other Indians to have been inducted in the new cabinet are Alok Sharma and Priti Patel.Sunak, the...
14:09
A day after being transferred to the Ministry of Power in a bureaucratic reshuffle, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg is reported to have sought voluntary retirement from government service.Sources said on Thursday that he has already applied for the voluntary retirement.According to...
14:06
Update on Karnataka: A final decision regarding the formation of the BJP government in Karnataka will be taken in the Parliamentary Board meeting, senior Karnataka BJP leader Jagadish Shettar said on Thursday.We met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP working president JP Nadda to discuss the ongoing...
14:02
The Chandigarh administration has ordered an investigation into Hotel JW Marriott after actor Rahul Bose alleged that it had charged an exorbitant amount of money for two bananas.On Sunday, the actor had shared a video on Twitter expressing his outrage at a bill of Rs 442.50 for two...
13:27
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed two Independent Karnataka MLAs to withdraw their petition with respect to the floor test in the Assembly after the Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi passed the order after the lawmakers -- H Nagesh and...
13:04
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks on the Triple Talaq Bill in the Lok Sabha. The government has listed the contentious Triple Talaq Bill for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha today, with the ruling BJP issuing a whip to its MPs and asking them to ensure their presence in the...
12:56
In a bid to raise awareness on menstrual hygiene and to promote the use of sanitary napkins, Nandprayag Nagar panchayat on Wednesday installed a sanitary pad vending machine in the town.Sanitary napkins can be dispensed from the vending machine by paying a nominal amount of Rs 1 per pad.Speaking...
12:33
In a tragic incident, a six-month-old baby died on board a flight from Patna to Delhi, where she was being taken for treatment of her heart condition, police said on Thursday. Rachita Kumari, a resident of Begusarai district in Bihar, suffered from congenital heart disease and had a small...
12:32
The Jharkhand government will provide free education to the children of a family, which has lost its only earning member to an elephant attack, an official statement said here on Thursday. All district deputy commissioners have been apprised of the government's decision, it said. If a...
12:21
The Congress party has issued whip to its MPs in Rajya Sabha to be present in the House today.According to the Rajya Sabha's list of business, the government will be moving the Bill to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005, as passed by Lok Sabha, in the upper house of parliament today.The BJP...
12:15
The Congress party has spoken to all allies of UPA and all of them have agreed to oppose the Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha today.Speaking to ANI, Chief Whip of Congress in Lok Sabha K Suresh said the party will strongly oppose the Criminality Clause in the Bill.Last night, they put in Triple...
12:03
Maharashtra: Mumbai NCP president Sachin Ahir, joins the Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray.
11:58
The four-year old boy, who was kidnapped by unknown persons on Monday evening in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, was reunited with his parents on Thursday. The boy told the police that the kidnappers fed him only idli for two days. The child is said to have identified one of the...
11:52
Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, who starred in the 1982 film 'Blade Runner', has passed away at the age of 75.The actor died last week at his home in the Netherlands following a short illness. Hauer's agent, Steve Kenis, confirmed the news and told Variety that his funeral was held on Wednesday (local...
11:48
Jagadish Shettar of the BJP after the meeting with Amit Shah: We met Amit Shah and JP Nadda regarding the political scenario in Karnataka, the formation of the BJP govt there and steps to be taken. They want to discuss again this afternoon at 3 pm and then they will take a final decision in the...
11:45
Friends and colleagues of Indian comedian Manjunath Naidu, who died while performing on stage in Dubai, came together to perform his last rites, describing him as a person who went out of his way to help people, according to media reports.The 36-year-old comedian suffered a cardiac arrest,...
11:27
A meeting of the Karnataka BJP delegation with Home Minister Amit Shah is underway in New Delhi today to discuss the future course of action in Karnataka.Among those present at the meeting are Jagadish Shettar, Basavaraj Bommai, Arvind Limbavali, and JC Madhuswamy.Speaking to ANI before going for...
11:15
US President Donald Trump is undoing the achievements of his predecessors on India by blundering to volunteer to mediate over the Kashmir issue and has committed diplomatic malpractice of a high order that could further alienate an important country, according to a top American daily. The US...
11:09
A man was killed when his house collapsed after four tremors shook parts of Palghar district in Maharashtra in the wee hours of Thursday, officials said. The series of tremors caused panic among residents who expressed concern over such mishaps recurring in the district, Palghar disaster...
11:07
A woman and her daughter attempted suicide by consuming poison at the SP office in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district allegedly over eve-teasing by some neighbours and police inaction on their complaint, an official said on Thursday. A police sub-inspector was suspended for alleged negligence...
10:50
Actor Kaushik Sen, who is one of the signatories of the letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of mob violence, said on Thursday that he has received a threat call. Police have been informed about it and the phone number has been forwarded to them, he said. Yesterday I...
10:39
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict, Nalini Sriharan, who has been serving a life term for the past 28 years has been granted the first ever prolonged parole by the Madras High Court.Nalini has been released on a 30-day parole from the Vellore jail. Nalini had sought parole for 30 days to arrange...
10:31
Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 300 points in early trade on Thursday tracking gains in HDFC twins and Infosys ahead of July derivatives expiry, amid positive global cues. The 30-share index was trading 309.16 points or 0.82 per cent higher at 38,156.81 at 0945 hours; and...
10:11
India Meteorological Department, Mumbai: Intense spells of rain very likely to occur in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri and Nashik in the next four hours.Yesterday, after over a week-long dry spell, heavy rains lashed Mumbai and neighbouring districts during the night and on...
09:45
The Central Government will reach out to opposition parties to support the passage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, government sources said on Wednesday.The government may contact former Congress president Sonia Gandhi also as she is leading the opposition parties,...
09:37
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi has courted yet another controversy, calling for Muslims to be shunned from making Kanwar for devotees of Lord Shiva in Haridwar.99 per cent of Muslims make Kanwar for Lord Shiva devotees in Haridwar. They should be boycotted. They should be asked to...
09:30
Outgoing Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy may have lost the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly after a string of resignations in the ruling coalition, but he claims to be the happiest person around. The reason for this, he says, is the opportunity he was given to serve the people of his state...
09:10
Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a panel of four cabinet ministers to examine ways to prevent workplace sexual harassment, a ministry spokesman said, as activists criticised the official response to the #MeToo movement.The movement triggered a public outcry in traditionally conservative India,...
08:23
A Karnataka BJP delegation comprising of Jagadish Shettar, Basavraj Bommai, Arvind Limbavali and other leaders reached Delhi on Thursday. The delegation will meet Home Minister Amit Shah and party working President JP Nadda later in the day and is expected to discuss the future course of...
07:55
North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.They were launched early on Thursday near the eastern port of Wonsan travelling a distance of 430 km before falling into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea.It comes after anger...
07:52
In a jolt to the opposition BJP in Madhya Pradesh, two of its MLAs backed the seven-month-old Congress-led government during the voting on a bill in the assembly on Wednesday.The Congress claimed that more BJP MLAs could join it.BJP legislators Narayan Tripathi and Sharad Kol voted in favour of...
00:23
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Wednesday that it has delivered a Chetak helicopter ahead of schedule to the Indian Navy. HAL entered into a contract with the Indian Navy in August 2017 for supply of eight Chetak helicopters with the delivery schedule of first two in...
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