23:59
A severe cyclonic storm is likely to hit Gujarat on June 12 night with a wind speed of 130-140 kilometres per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday night.  The Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said the deep depression over east-central and adjoining Southeast Arabian...
23:42
Pakistan on Monday decided in principle to let Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he has to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit on June 13-14, where his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan would also be present.Pakistan had...
23:07
An Army jawan was killed and three others were injured when Pakistan troops resorted to mortar shelling and small arms firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Monday, officials said. The Pakistan army violated the ceasefire and targeted forward posts in the Doda battalion...
23:04
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Monday evening, leading to delay in the running of suburban trains and severely affecting flight operations.Flight operations at the city airport were put on hold after heavy rains brought down visibility below the required limit, a Mubai International Airport Limited...
22:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday directed all ministries of the central government to focus on 'ease of living' for the common man and said the results of Lok Sabha elections have shown that people want to change status quo.  Addressing secretaries of all central ministries, the prime...
21:16
The government has dismissed from service 12 senior income tax officers, including one of the ranks of the joint commissioner, on charges of corruption and professional misconduct, sources said.  The list is topped by a Joint Commissioner rank officer against whom there are serious complaints...
21:15
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday said that his country has the right not to extradite controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to India, since the fugitive evangelist claims he will not get a fair trial back home, according to a media report. Naik, a 53-year-old radical...
21:05
Former Civil Aviation Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel was questioned for nearly eight hours by the Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi on Monday in connection with an alleged multi-crore airline seat allotment scam during the United Progressive Alliance...
21:03
Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday asked a group of Kashmiri students to contribute towards creating a peaceful atmosphere in Kashmir and to stay away from wrongful activities.  The group of 140 students from Ramban, Reasi, Rajouri and Baramulla, accompanied by four teachers on a...
20:20
Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo announced on Monday that it will partially reopen on Wednesday, seven weeks after the five star property was attacked by a suicide bomber on Easter Sunday. The Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo was one of three hotels hit by the suicide attacks on April 21 and suffered...
19:34
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday refrained from making a direct comment on what his party would do if the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government goes ahead with its poll promise of scrapping Article 370, which gives special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.  The Janata...
19:29
A fire broke out at Jabalpur high court on Monday.According to reports, several fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the flame.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.No casualties have been reported so far.Further details are awaited.Â
19:27
Popular Tamil playwright and theatre and film comedian 'Crazy' Mohan, whose rib tickling one liners and repartees won him a huge fan following, died in Chennai on Monday following a massive heart attack, a city hospital said.   Mohan (66) suffered cardiac arrest following acute myocardial...
18:34
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday once again questionned veracity of electronic voting machines and said the issue would be discussed by Opposition parties in Delhi in the presence of experts and technocrats, days after the Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Lok Sabha...
18:00
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was arrested on Monday from his residence in Islamabad in the fake bank accounts case by the country's top anti-corruption body, officials said.A National Accountability Bureau team accompanied by police, including female officials, entered the...
17:46
India will hold bilateral meetings with Russia and China on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit at Bishkek this week, the ministry of external affairs stated during a press briefing on Monday.The bilaterals will take place when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the...
17:26
Putting an end to speculation, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that there are no differences with the ally BJP and all is well in the NDA in the state. BJP ke saath hamara koi matbhed nahi hai.Hamara jaisa pahle samvandh tha waisa hi majboot sambandh aaj bji hai. Bihar mein NDA mein sabkutch thik...
17:18
A Naxal militia commander involved in several attacks on security personnel was arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday evening, an official said. Arjun Kunjam (27) was held from the forest near Empur village in Pamed police station limits by a joint team of the Black Panther, a...
17:17
UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence. Yadav was admitted to hospital yesterday due to high levels of blood sugar. SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Chief Shivpal Yadav (Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother) were also present.
17:01
Just in: Life imprisonment for the three Kathua rape-murder convicts. The other three convicts get a five-year jail term. Sanji Ram, the village head, special police officer Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar were given a life sentence. The three accused have also been sentenced to 25 years for...
16:39
Ishant Sharma tweets his farewell to Yuvraj Singh who announced his retirement from international cricket today, with this picture: Yuvi paji! I still remember when I played my 2nd test match against Pakistan in Bangalore and u were there I was quietly sitting in a corner as I was youngster, so...
16:22
And another picture of that mammoth traffic jam on the Manali-Rohtang road
16:20
With a large number of pilgrims paying a visit to Char Dham every day, the Uttarakhand's traffic has come to the standstill. Around 15 lakh pilgrims have already paid the visits to the four shrines -- Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. The number is increasing with passing days....
16:19
If you're sweltering in the heat in the plains, may be it's not so bad if you put yourself in their shoes. For those escaping to the hills, that's the traffic jam on the Manali-Rohtang road in Marhi.Â
16:16
The Congress Monday hit out at the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government over rising incidents of atrocities on women and Dalits in the state. It also alleged that the anti-Dalit mentality of the saffron party was responsible for the failure of law and order in the northern state. Tagging a PTI...
16:09
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on reports about Islamabad shutting down terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK): No way to verify whether Pakistan has closed down terrorist camps or not. We will continue to maintain strict vigil along our borders.Â
15:47
Three vacant Rajya Sabha seats (possibly a fourth); and at least three claimants (or not). Smriti Irani, Amit Shah and Ravishankar Prasad have all won Lok Sabha elections and have already given up their Rajya Sabha membership. The fourth is Birender Singh who is supposed to have promised the...
15:46
On May 23, not the political weather but the political climate of India changed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his first term as a novice. He opens his second innings as a statesman. Jawaharlal Nehru was the maker of the India of the 20th century. Modi is perhaps destined to be the maker of...
15:42
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday sought time from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for discussing issues related to the national capital. Based on the request, Kejriwal has fixed the meeting with DPCC members on Wednesday. A delegation led by former DPCC chief Sheila Dikshit is also...
15:30
Veteran filmmmaker Steven Spielberg is writing a horror series for forthcoming digital platform, Quibi. According to Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, the users will only be able to see the show when their phone knows it is dark outside. In an appearance at the Banff World Media Festival,...
15:24
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday said he gave a general description about the condition in the state during meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The courtesy meetings came after a day the Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued an advisory to...
15:17
France on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal for a global conference to tackle the threat of terrorism, saying the fight against terror is at the heart of its priorities. Minister of State for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean Baptiste Lemoyne made the remarks on the...
15:09
The quantum of punishment for the six convicts in the Kathua rape and murder case to be delivered at 4 pm at Pathankot. The National Commission for Women has welcomed a Pathankot court decision convicting six persons in the horrific gangrape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and...
14:39
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday amid incidents of political violence in the state over which the home ministry has issued an advisory to the state government.Tripathi told reporters before the meeting that it was a courtesy call as he had not...
14:20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of all secretaries on Monday, where he is likely to outline priorities of his government, sources said. Â Besides about 100 top bureaucrats, a few key ministers are expected to attend the meeting which the sources said will be a freewheeling...
13:58
India's 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh has called time on playing international cricket. Ina a media interaction at a plush South Mumbai hotel on Monday, he announced his retirement from international cricket.After 25 years in and around the 22 yards and almost 17 years of international cricket...
13:48
Yuvraj Singh announces retirement from International cricket
13:41
In Amravati, Maharashtra, residents of Bihali and Bhandri village in Melghat survive on muddy and contaminated water. We can live without food for a while but how will we survive without water. We spend 3-4 hours here every day to collect water. Government is not doing anything.Â
13:12
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Monday welcomed a court order convicting six accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case. Amen to that. The guilty deserve the most severe punishment possible under law. And to those politicians who defended the accused,...
12:59
As the literature world mourned the demise of veteran playwright and actor Girish Karnad, some of his old friends and colleagues from Maharashtra revealed little known aspects of his life, saying he never boasted about his intellect despite his towering stature. Ashok Kulkarni, Karnad's...
12:47
Shares of Reliance Power tumbled nearly 24 per cent Monday after the company reported a loss of Rs 3,558.51 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The scrip plunged 23.66 per cent to Rs 4.71 -- its 52-week low -- on the BSE. At NSE, shares of the company cracked 21.13 per cent to hit a one-year...
12:28
Update: A special court on Monday convicted six people (and not five as reported earlier) accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. A seventh accused, Vishal, who is the son of main accused Sanji Ram, was acquitted. The quantum of...
12:06
Kathua rape and murder case: Five persons have been convicted by the Pathankot court in the Kathua rape & murder case. Village head Sanji Ram, his son Vishal, two special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma and Head constable Tilak Raj were convicted by the Pathankot court. The...
11:57
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy holds his first Cabinet meeting in Amaravati. He is also the only CM to have five deputy chief ministers. Yesterday, he received Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the evening as he arrived in the temple town of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to offer prayers to...
11:28
The men accused of raping and murdering an eight year old girl in Kathu have been brought to the Pathankot court ahead of the verdict in the case. The District and Sessions Court in Pathankot on Monday was turned into a fortress, as a large number of security personnel and riot control vehicles...
10:48
PM Narendra Modi tweets: Girish Karnad will be remembered for his versatile acting across all mediums. He also spoke passionately on causes dear to him. His works will continue being popular in the years to come. Saddened by his demise. May his soul rest in peace.Karnad made his acting debut and...
10:40
Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping as good friends, China on Monday hoped that the two leaders would discuss their respective trade frictions with the US and reach a consensus on opposing trade protectionism during their very important meeting this week on the...
10:32
The Trinamool Congress Monday in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the MHA advisory to the West Bengal government is a deep-rooted conspiracy and an evil ploy to grab power in opposition-ruled states. TMC secretary general and West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee said in...
10:28
The verdict in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, which shocked the nation, is expected to be pronounced by a special court in Pathankot today. Charges of rape and murder were framed against seven of eight accused in the case; one of them...
10:15
Author, politician, Shashi Tharoor tweets his condolences on Girish Karnad's passing. This is a devastating loss. Just a few months ago he sent me the draft of his brilliant new historical play. He was at the peak of his creative talent. Profound condolences to his devoted wife Saras & brilliant...
10:06
With Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey making it to the Union cabinet, all eyes are now on who will lead the party in the politically crucial state where bypolls to 11 assembly seats are slated this year. Leading the charge of the BJP's state unit in the Lok Sabha elections, Pandey...
10:02
In other news, the benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 350 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 11,900 level in early trade Monday driven by gains in IT and banking stocks amid positive global and domestic cues. After hitting a peak of 39,979.48, the 30-share index was trading 272.07 points,...
09:59
Girish Karnad, veteran actor and playwright, and Jnanpith awardee, passed away this morning at around 6:30 am. He was 81. Karnad was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992.Girish Karnad was born on May 19, 1938, in Mumbai and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of...
09:55
Death comes in threes, they say. DMK leader and former Chief Minister of Puducherry RV Janakiraman passed away in Puducherry today at the age of 79.
09:51
Another veteran -- a journalist -- passes into the ages. E Gopinath, who was associated with news agency ANI for nearly three decades, passes away. He covered the first polls in independent India and was the first Indian journalist who interviewed Che Guevara  and Fidel Castro in Cuba. RIP.Â
09:09
The iconic Washington Monument is set witness a record of sorts on Sunday, when more than 2,500 people will gather in the United States capital to meditate and celebrate the fifth International Day of Yoga by flexing their body in multiple complex postures.For the third time, the Washington...
08:29
Stating that there were a few 'stray post-poll clashes' in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government on Sunday claimed that situation in the state was 'under control' in a letter to the Centre, which had issued an advisory after four people died in violence between workers of the Trinamool...
