23:34
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant retained home, finance and all other portfolios held by his predecessor Manohar Parrikar as he on Friday allotted departments to his cabinet colleagues, three days after taking charge.Sawant, who has two deputies, distributed portfolios to all the 11 ministers who...
22:11
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tweets:Received message from PM Modi, 'I extend my greetings and best wishes to (the) people of Pak on Pakistan National Day.'It's time that people of the subcontinent work together for democratic, peaceful, progressive and prosperous region, in an atmosphere...
21:27
Delhi Police on Friday detained Kashmiri human rights activist Mohammed Ahsan Untoo when he was about to enter Pakistan High Commission, officials said.Untoo, who runs an organisation International Forum of Justice and Human Rights, had been invited among others, including separatists, from the...
20:20
France has approached the European Union to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist and the 28-member grouping is expected to take a decision on the issue based on the principle of consensus, the external affairs ministry said on Friday.France has taken up the matter...
19:52
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday said he has not written any song for Vivek Oberoi-starrer PM Narendra Modi and he is shocked to find his name in the credits of the film's trailer.The 74-year-old writer shared a photo of the credits, where his name appears alongside other lyricists Prasoon...
19:25
Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on decision to ban Yasin Malik-led JKLF:The central govt has today declared Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (Yasin Malik faction) as unlawful association under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.This is in accordance with policy of zero tolerance against...
18:47
JUST IN: Yasin Malik-led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front banned by central govt under anti-terror law, say officials.More details awaited. -- PTI
18:38
A man rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians in China's central Hubei province, killing six persons and injuring seven others before being shot dead by the police on Friday.Cui Lidong, 44, a restaurant owner, was reportedly involved in a domestic quarrel and attacked his wife and daughter...
18:20
The Congress on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party should stop using an individual's 'personal opinion' to 'spread venom', in an apparent reference to comments by Sam Pitroda on Balakot air strike which have triggered a political row.Congress' chief...
17:38
The Shiv Sena on Friday declared a list of 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha poll, dropping MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who hit an Air India staffer with a slipper at the IGI airport in New Delhi and then openly boasted about it.Sena has replaced Gaikwad with Omraje Nimbalkar in Osmanabad constituency.The...
16:57
Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu, former Rajya Sabha MP from Telangana, resigns from the primary membership of Congress party. Bihar seat sharing: RJD on 20, Congress on 9, HAM-3, RLSP on 5, VIP on 3 and CPI-1 in RJD quota.
16:50
Senior BJP leader LK Advani is likely to be given a Rajya Sabha seat in May 2019 from Gujarat. BJP president Amit Shah is contesting from Advani's Gandhinagar seat and if he gets elected to the Lok Sabha, Advani will replace him in the Rajya Sabha. In other words, the two are swapping...
16:37
The wittiest of them all, Shah Rukh Khan, steps in to the inconsequential debate and Twitter war on filmmaker Karan Johar 'liking' a tweet criticising him. SRK tweets, I hate clarifications on SM. @karanjohar is technologically challenged but has other good qualities like his taste in...
15:32
The Congress on Friday sought an investigation by the Lokpal into a media report that alleged bribes of Rs 1800 crore were paid by former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to the BJP's top brass. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, addressing a press conference, said...
15:25
Jitin Prasada: There should be some basis for such a question. Why should I answer a hypothetical question?Randeep Surjewala: It is bullshit.
14:48
If true, this is both an embarrassment and a major loss to the Congress party. Jitin Prasada is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. The senior Congress leader and two-time Lok Sabha MP is considered to be very close to Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He won from Shahjahanpur and...
14:13
Do you know how to type? Darryl D'Monte asked after he had quizzed me about my knowledge of the world.Filled with the persistent-as-acne arrogance of one's early twenties, I declared, As Auden said, 'Men like the sight of their own handwriting as much as they enjoy the smell of their own...
13:53
Since his arrival in India in 2005, Gilles Verniers -- assistant professor of political science at Ashoka University and co-director of the Trivedi Centre for Political Data -- has been a keen observer, researcher and writer on Indian politics.His research interests include state...
13:36
Sam Pitroda, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's close confidant, on Friday said he is baffled at the response of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who slammed Pitroda for questioning the death toll in the Balakot air strike in Pakistan. I just said as a citizen I'm entitled to know what happened. I...
13:31
Two Army jawans were injured as Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by firing on forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Jammu districts, officials said Friday. Pakistani troops continued night-long mortar shelling and firing in Pallanwala, Sunderbani...
13:03
Aun Jaitley on Sam Pitroda's airstrike remark, slams the Gandhi confidante and Congress president Rahul Gandhi without actually naming him: He believes what we did was wrong. No country in the world said this, not even the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) said this, only Pakistan was of...
12:31
Former Cricketer Gautam Gambhir joins the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad. Jaitley welcomed him to the party and said Gambir's role will be decided. He's an important induction, Jaitley said. Gambhir said he was 'inspired by PM...
11:46
PM Narendra Modi reacts to Congress aide and loyalist Sam Pitroda questioning the air strikes, in a series of tweets.Modi says, The most trusted advisor and guide of the Congress President has kick-started the Pakistan National Day celebrations on behalf of the Congress, ironically by demeaning...
11:19
Former Cricketer Gautam Gambhir likely to join Bharatiya Janata Party today.
10:29
Fitch cuts India's economic growth forecast for next financial year to 6.8 per cent from 7 per cent forecast earlier, on weaker than expected momentum in the economy. In its Global Economic Outlook released in December 2018, Fitch had estimated India's GDP growth to be 7 per cent and 7.1 per cent...
10:08
Rising for the ninth straight session, market benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 119 points in early trade Friday led by gains in banking, metal and auto stocks amid sustained foreign fund inflow. Gains were, however, capped tracking Asian markets as investors turned cautious after the US...
09:51
The Dharwad building collapse death toll mounted to 14 on Friday after one more body was found from the debris as the rescue operation continued for the fourth consecutive day. However, in nothing short of a miracle , a man was found alive buried under the debris, three days after the building...
09:41
India has been one of the fastest growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund has said, asserting that the country has carried out several key reforms in the last five years, but more needs to be done. Responding to a question on India's economic development in the...
09:14
A man rammed his car into a crowd in China's central Hubei province, killing six persons and injuring seven others before being shot dead by the police on Friday.The incident took place around am (local time) in Zaoyang city, state-run CGTN reported.The driver has been shot dead by the police, it...
09:04
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on early Friday morning. Police said this is the third encounter which has taken place in the Valley in the last 24 hours.A tweet from Kashmir police range this morning read: “Exchange of fire at...
08:31
It will be round two of the electoral battle between the Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi as BJP announced on Thursday evening that it has fielded the union minister to take on the Congress chief from the Gandhi bastion again. Irani had unsuccessfully contested...
08:05
European Union leaders have given British Prime Minister Theresa May two weeks’ reprieve, until April 12, before Britain could lurch out of the EU if she fails to persuade lawmakers to back the withdrawal treaty she concluded with Brussels.But after seven hours of summit brainstorming on...
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