23:39
Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has been asked to furnish his reply to an Election Commission notice, issued for his remarks against the Congress over its minimum income guarantee promise, by April 2. Official sources said Kumar had sought time till April 5 from the Election Commission...
23:07
The Centre on Friday set up a multi-disciplinary terror monitoring group (MDTMG) to ensure synergised and concerted action against terror financing and terror-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an official order, the MDTMG will have representatives from the Jammu...
22:49
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi on Friday failed in his second attempt to get bail in his extradition case at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London despite his defence team vehemently trying to establish his close ties to the UK, including having to care for a pet dog.Chief Magistrate...
22:08
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the successful test-firing of an anti-satellite missile did not violate the model code of conduct, the Election Commission said on Friday night. The EC took the decision based on the report of a committee of officers which...
21:52
Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday said his party, if voted to power, will scrap the Niti Aayog and replace it with a lean Planning Commission. Gandhi said the Niti Aayog, set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he assumed power in 2014, served no purpose other than making...
21:05
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his idea for a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poorest of poor came from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Rs 15 lakh promise' made ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.Gandhi said the Congress' poll promise for the ambitious 'Nyay' (Nyuntam Aay...
20:40
British MPs on Friday rejected the Brexit deal proposed by Prime Minister Theresa May in Parliament for the third time. MPs voted in the House of Commons against the terms of Britain's so-called divorce from the European Union by 344 to 286.May on Wednesday bowed to mounting pressure from...
20:36
Fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused in Rs. 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam, will remain in jail after a United Kingdom court denied his bail for a second time.Nirav Modi should not be granted bail because he posed a significant flight risk and had even issued death threats to...
20:26
BJP's Etawah MP Ashok Kumar Dohrey joined the Congress Friday after meeting party president Rahul Gandhi inNew Delhi, and within hours he was fielded by the opposition party from the constituency. Dohrey joined the Congress fold days after he was denied a BJP ticket from the Etawah Lok...
20:11
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi may destroy evidence and try to bribe and threaten potential witnesses, said Toby Cadman, who is representing Crown prosecution on behalf of the Indian authorities, on Friday at the Westminster Magistrates' Court during the hearing on Modi's bail plea.Cadman said...
19:51
A day after hinting that she is not averse to contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked him for ignoring his own Varanasi constituency. On Thursday night, reacting to a suggestion from a party worker that...
19:01
Congress president Rahul Gandhi has not ruled out contesting the Lok Sabha election from a constituency other than Amethi, saying many party leaders have fought elections from more than one seat in the past and a decision on the issue will be taken by the party soon. Referring to demands...
18:51
Nirav Modi has appeared before a Westminster Magistrates Court judge, who reviewed a new file with additional evidence submitted by the prosecution against the fugitive diamantaire just ahead of his second bail application hearing.The Crown Prosecution Service, on behalf of Indian authorities,...
18:06
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday cited the Samjhauta train blast case judgment to assert that the probe focussed on establishing the Congress's political theory of Hindu terror, as it accused the opposition party of smearing Hindus on the basis of forged evidence for political...
17:42
Patiala House Court on Friday sent Sajjad Khan, an alleged associate of Pulwama terror attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmed Khan, to judicial custody till April 26. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal had earlier sent him to the custody of the National Investigation Agency for seven...
17:10
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh Friday said his party has fielded its first transgender candidate from the Prayagraj seat in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Member of 'Kinnar Akhada' Mahamandaleshwar Bhawani Nath Valmiki will contest on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket from...
16:25
Mumbai: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar begins her election campaign. She had joined Congress party recently and will contest from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency.
16:02
The Election Commission of India on Friday filed its reply in the Supreme Court and opposed the petition filed by 21 political parties through which they had sought direction that 50 per cent EVM results should be matched and cross-checked with VVPATs before the declaration of results in the...
15:40
ABP journalist Ashish Singh tweets this picture of a paper cup with the PM's, Mein Bhi Chowkidar slogan, used by the Indian Railways, in direct contravention of the EC's code of conduct. Singh tweeted, 'Chowkidar' chai by Indian Railways... I mean, really! The Quasi-Judicial body called ECI...
15:22
The Congress on Friday hit out at the BJP-led government over the wage hike under MGNREGA, alleging that making a measly 2.16 per cent average annual increase in it shows the anti-poor mindset of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi, at a press conference,...
15:03
Pakistan on Friday described as incomprehensible India's decision to reschedule the upcoming meeting of the experts on the Kartarpur Corridor. India on Friday summoned Pakistan's deputy high commissioner in New Delhi and conveyed concerns over the presence of several Khalistani separatists in a...
14:51
Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interacts with locals during a 'chaupal' in Kumarganj ahead of her Ayodhya rally.
14:45
India on Friday summoned Pakistan's deputy high commissioner in New Delhi and conveyed concerns over the presence of several Khalistani separatists in a committee appointed by Pakistan on the Kartarpur Corridor, sources said.India also asked Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah his...
14:00
The Supreme Court Friday asked the Gujarat government to complete disciplinary action against erring police officials convicted by the Bombay High Court in the sensational Bilkis Bano gang rape case during the 2002 riots. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it will hear on...
13:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday fired a fresh salvo at the Opposition for raising questions over the IAF air strike at Jaish-e-Mohammad camp in Balakot in Pakistan.It is been a month (since the IAF air strike took place) and Pakistan is still counting bodies. When India takes action...
13:29
Journalist Supriya Shrinate will be contesting the ensuing Lok Sabha elections from Maharajganj parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress announced on Friday.The party had earlier announced the candidature of jailed politician Amarmani Tripathi's daughter Tanushree Tripathi on the...
13:21
Turmeric and sorghum farmers in large numbers have pitch-forked into the poll arena and are setting the political narrative in Nizamabad constituency of Telangana, giving a new twist to the re-election campaign of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Raos daughter K Kavitha. The constituency,...
12:51
Done deal: Congress gets Patna Sahib from alliance partner in Bihar, the RJD. Shatrughan Sinha is the sitting MP from Patna Sahib for for two terms and is set to formally join the Congress on April 6, days after the BJP dropped him and fielded Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from the...
12:41
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction and life imprisonment awarded to Saravana Bhavan restaurant chain owner P Rajagopal for murdering one of his employees in 2001.The judgement was announced by a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana. Rajagopal has been accused of murdering his...
12:30
The Congress on Friday nominated actress Urmila Matondkar and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar from Mumbai North and Bihar's Sasaram parliamentary constituencies respectively. The party renominated its sitting MP Ranjet Ranjan from Supaul in Bihar, as it released a list of another 12...
12:15
Politics pause with this gorgeous photo feature on Malaika Arora, who we hear is headed for wedded bliss. Take a look at her here
11:55
With 185 candidates, including over 170 farmers in the fray, the Election Commission will use ballot papers instead of EVMs in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana, from where Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha is seeking re-election.This was necessitated as the...
11:18
Utpal Parrikar, the elder son of late Goa Chief Minister and BJP leader Manohar Parrikar, Friday said he has not yet thought about contesting the Panaji by-poll and would take a call on it at the right time. The Panaji Assembly seat fell vacant following the death of Manohar Parrikar on...
11:02
It's official: Urmila Matondkar to contest from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency on a Congress ticket.
10:46
Russia's statement on India's Mission Shakti: Russia intends to continue to make the necessary effort to prevent an arms race in outer space. The idea of developing a multilateral legally binding instrument for keeping outer space peaceful based on the Russian-Chinese draft...
10:33
The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points and the NSE Nifty breached the 11,600 level in early trade Friday driven by heavy buying in realty, metal and pharma stocks amid unabated foreign fund inflows and positive global cues. The 30-share index pared some ground and was trading 82.05...
10:26
Shatrughan Sinha tweets a picture with RJD chief Lalu Yadav, writing, Hamare ghanisht parivarik mitr Lalu Yadav ji ki anumati aur sahmati se kamaal ho gaya, dhamaal ho gaya...Jai Bihar, Jai Hind! Sahi disha, nayi disha, naya dost aur naya netritva....God bless @RahulGandhi The Rahul Gandhi,...
10:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed Opposition parties and expressed confidence of getting a full majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2019. In an interview to Republic TV, the prime minister took a jab at the Opposition, saying that they change the subject whenever he speaks on...
09:42
Jammu & Kashmir: Pakistan violates ceasefire in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district. Indian Army retaliating.
09:17
Eight people died and 24 others were left injured on Friday morning when a bus full of passengers rammed into a truck on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida.The Greater Noida-bound bus was coming from Agra and was packed with passengers. The incident happened in Rabupura Thana area, 29 km...
08:34
Narendra Modi versus Priyanka Gandhi in Varanasi? While it would be a tantalising contest, for now the match-up exists only in a joke cracked by the Congress leader in Rae Bareli.Gandhi triggered wild speculation across political and media circles on Thursday during her interaction with Congress...
08:15
Two terrorists were killed on Friday in an encounter with security forces in Sustu village in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.The gun battle which began earlier today is underway.At least three terrorists are believed to be trapped inside a residential building in the...
07:52
The Election Commission is likely to take a final call on Prime Minister Narendra Modis address to the nation announcing the success of Mission Shakti on Friday, after it examines the responses of public broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio on the recording of the speech.The poll body...
00:41
A massive fire engulfed a 22-storey building in Dhaka's posh Banani area on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, including a Sri Lankan national, and injuring 70 others, in the second major blaze to hit the Bangladeshi capital since last month.The incident, which happened on Thursday afternoon...
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