23:19
Uncertainty persisted in the Delhi Congress over a pre-poll tie-up with the AAP after its chief Sheila Dikshit and her three working presidents wrote to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi against the alliance, sources said.   In a letter written last week, Dikshit and working presidents Haroon Yusuf,...
22:49
US President Donald Trump on Monday gave possible 2020 presidential election rival Joe Biden a taste of what to expect if he does jump in the race, with a tweeted insult about his intelligence.  Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama and is seen as potentially the most heavyweight...
22:28
For the first time, Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik will contest the Odisha assembly polls from two seats - Bijepur and his home turf Hinjili.Patnaik announced the first list of BJD candidates for nine of the 21 Lok Sabha and 54 of the 147 assembly seats in the state.The chief...
22:13
New Congress entrant Hardik Patel on Monday prefixed his Twitter handle with the word Berojgar (jobless), apparently to mock the BJP's Main Bhi Chowkidar campaign on the social media.The Twitter handle of the Patidar quota spearhead, who joined the Congress in the presence of party president...
21:35
A structural auditor was arrested on Monday in connection with the last week's foot overbridge collapse that left six people dead, police said.Neerajkumar Desai's firm had reportedly carried out the structural audit of the bridge and declared it safe for use despite some corrosion in the...
20:51
Nirav Modi was spotted in London by UK mediapersons.Diamantaire Nirav Modi, who was recently spotted on the streets of London is all set to arrested by the London authorities.Top sources have said that a provisional arrest warrant against the celebrity diamond trader who is accused of defrauding...
19:39
Malaysian airline AirAsia?s Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes announced that he was closing down his Facebook account after videos of the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand were uploaded on the social media site.?The amount of hate that goes on in social media sometimes outweighs the...
19:27
Firebrand BJP leader and union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday apparently went into a sulk after being denied a seat from his Nawada Lok Sabha seat, which has gone to NDA ally LJP this time.Compulsions of seat-sharing may be there. But I wish to underscore that no other union minister from Bihar...
18:55
Five CRPF jawans have been injured in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Monday, reported news agency PTI quoting officials familiar with the matter.
18:29
News just in that BJP's Pramod Sawant will be sworn in as the new chief minister of Goa tonight. Sudin Dhavalikar and Vijai Sardesai to be the deputy chief ministers. Reports state that Goa's CM and deputy CMs will be sworn in tonight itself to avoid any confusion. Earlier, the last rites of late...
17:54
The last rites being performed of the Goa Chief Minister.
17:45
Manohar Parrikar's elder son will be lighting the pyre. The tricolour has been removed and the CM's flower-bedecked mortal remains has been placed on the pyre. He is being given a 21-gun salute by the Indian navy as a former defence minister. The final rites of Parrikar are being performed at the...
17:32
Nitin Gadkari holds talks with BJP, MGP leaders to select the new Goa chief minister. The Union Minister has flown into the state early today to lead the discussions. Speaking to ANI, Gadkari said, Talks are on with allies. The BJP has decided on the Goa legislature wing leader; the issue is...
17:16
Ordinary people in their thousands lined the streets of Panaji to pay their last respects their chief minister. Manohar Parrikar's tricolour-draped body held aloft by the state police personnel has reached Miramar beach where he will be cremated. The Goa chief minister died Sunday after a...
16:21
Several people injured in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht in Netherlands. The BBC report that several people have been injured after a man opened fire on a tram in Utrecht, police have said. A square near a tram station has been cordoned off by authorities, and emergency services are at the...
16:11
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for UP-East takes on PM Modi, without actually naming him, saying, Unki (Prime Minister) marzi apne naam ke aage kya lagaen. Mujhe ek kisan bhai ne kaha ki 'dekhiye chowkidaar to ameeron ke hote hain, hum kisan to apne khud chowkidaar hote hain....
16:01
Mocking the prime minister's main bhai chowkidar' (I too am watchman) campaign, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Monday said Narendra Modi has turned the whole country into chowkidars after getting caught. Gandhi, who had been repeatedly taking the chowkidar chor hai(watchman is the thief) jibe at...
15:55
Meanwhile, talks about seat sharing are still on within the Mahagathbandhan. The RJD is not ready to concede more than eight seats to the Congress. Congress party's Bihar president Madan Mohan Jha and senior leader Sadanand Singh were summoned to Delhi. RJD's Tejashwi Yadav is also in Delhi along...
15:46
An artist from Amroha, Mohammad Zuhaib, pays his last respects to late Manohar Parrikar with this charcoal portrait.Â
15:23
Union minister Smriti Irani gets emotional paying homage to Manohar Parrikar.
14:55
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman pays her respects.Â
14:40
PM Narendra Modi reaches the Kala Academy in Panaji to pay tributes to Manohar Parrikar. He met Parrikar's family and paid his condolences. Whih him was Goa governor Mridula Sinha. Union ministers Smriti Irani, Nirmala Sitharaman and Bihar deputy CM Sushil Modi were also there. BJP president...
14:36
Chandrakant Kavlekar, Congress: We met the Governor and staked claim to form government as we are the single largest party in the state. We have 14 MLAs and we should be given the chance to form the government. We have told that we will prove majority. Saddened by demise of Goa CM.We are a...
13:55
All 14 Congress MLAs in Goa met Governor Mridula Sinha to stake claim to form government in the state following the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) met in Panaji on Monday morning. Leader of the Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said the party MLAs...
13:21
An army jawan was killed on Monday, after Pakistan violated ceasefire along the line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district. The firing which began at about 5:30 am stopped at about 7:15 am. Indian Army retaliated effectively. Earlier, on 6:30 pm on Sunday, Pakistan violated...
13:13
Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said there would be clarity on who would be the state's new chief minister by 2 pm today. Tendulkar said this after meeting Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari at a hotel near Panaji over the issue. Hectic political activities are on in the coastal...
13:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Goa on Monday morning to pay tribute to chief minister Manohar Parrikar who died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday. Modi left for Goa soon after the Union Cabinet meeting, which was convened to condole the demise of Parrikar. The Goa chief minister's body has...
12:45
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicked off her party's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Monday by offering prayers at the Lette Hanuman temple near Sangam. During her three-day visit, Priyanka will cover a distance of 100-km by boat in Ganga from...
12:16
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) will hold a condolence meet on Monday evening to pay tributes to their alumnus, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who died after a long illness. The meeting will be held at 5 pm at the institute's P C Saxena auditorium, an IIT-B spokesperson...
12:04
The Union Cabinet Monday condoled the demise of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, saying he will be remembered for his simplicity and as an exceptional administrator. After observing two-minute silence, the Cabinet also passed a resolution which said, in his death the country has lost an able...
11:47
Thousands of people thronged the streets of the state capital Monday to catch a final glimpse of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who died of a pancreatic ailment, as his mortal remains was brought to the BJP office here for party workers to pay their last respect. His remains would be...
11:14
In Goa, as senior leaders of the BJP, including PM Modi converge, there is little to suggest that the state's chief minister has passed away. Uninterrupted traffic, shops open, people going about their everyday lives peaceably. There is police bandobast on Goa's roads in anticipation of VIP...
11:01
Union minister Nitin Gadkari arrived in Goa in the early hours of Monday by a midnight flight to decide on the leadership issue in the state following the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar (63) died on Sunday evening at his residence near here after battling pancreatic cancer...
10:43
Visuals from the BJP office in Panaji. The mortal remains of Goa CM Manohar Parrikar have been brought to the office for people to pay their last respects. The cremation of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who passed away at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer will take place with full...
10:15
The BJP-led alliance in Goa did not reach a consensus over the next chief minister on Monday, a move necessitated by the demise of Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar (63) died on Sunday evening at his residence near here after battling pancreatic cancer for over a year. Union minister and senior BJP...
09:59
That's the truck that will be party of the funeral cortege of Manohar Parrikar to Miramar beach.Â
09:37
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who died after a long illness, would be accorded state funeral with full military honours on Monday, according to the home ministry. Parrikar, 63, who had also been the defence minister, died on Sunday at his private residence in Dona Paula near the state...
09:30
Jet Airways has grounded its operations at Abu Dhabi Airport from Monday for an indefinite period, citing operational reasons.Abu Dhabi is one of the two international hubs of Jet Airways. Dutch capital Amsterdam is the European gateway for the airline for its operations to Europe and beyond....
09:29
Bengaluru FC clinched their maiden Indian Super League title as Rahul Bheke found a championship-winning header in the dying minutes of the final against FC Goa, in Mumbai on Sunday. The two teams were locked 0-0 after 90 minutes. Even the first extra time saw no goals but Bengaluru got better of...
09:00
National record holder KT Irfan on Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while finishing fourth in the 20km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan. The 29-year-old Irfan clocked 1 hour 20 minutes and 57 seconds to better the...
08:58
The Union Cabinet will meet today to condole the demise of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar.   The special cabinet meeting would be held at 10 am. A two-minute would be observed in his memory and a resolution would also be passed hailing Parrikar's contribution as a public figure, official...
08:30
The last rites of Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar will be performed at Miramar in Panaji today, a BJP spokesperson said. Parrikar, 63, died at his private residence at Dona Paula near the state capital on Sunday evening after long illness.A four-term chief minister and former defence...
