22:58
In a dismissive reaction to speculation that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is keen to appoint more deputies, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said the state can have five of them as long as the law and order improves.Gehlot and Pilot are often seen as rivals and the CM's 'plan' to...
22:22
The Centre on Friday approved an additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the home ministry said on Friday.The approval came after Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the ongoing rescue and relief...
21:36
Former Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar, who protested outside party leader Sonia Gandhi's home in Delhi over the distribution of tickets, figures in the list of star campaigners for the assembly polls in the state.Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was among the party's...
20:31
The Central Bureau of Investigation approached the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to senior West Bengal cadre IPS officer Rajeev Kumar in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam.The agency has filed an appeal in the apex court against the...
19:44
The Congress on Friday issued a show cause notice to Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh for defying whip and attending the 36-hour special session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.It has asked her to submit the reply within two days.The party had decided to boycott the two day session of the...
19:35
A group of aggrieved home buyers of the scam-hit realty developer HDIL have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to resolve their distress.The Whispering Towers Flat Owners Welfare Association, representing over 450 home-buyers of the HDIL project in suburban Mulund,...
18:56
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said South Asian countries must move beyond the 'majority-minority mindset' as pluralism was the strength of the region.Speaking at a session of the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, Hasina said Bangladesh continued to champion regional...
18:50
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray address a joint press conference in a show of strength.Despite differences, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena share common thread of Hindutva, Fadnavis said.Fadnavis said that Shiv Sena is contesting 126...
18:18
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wrap up the hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute at Ayodhya by October 17.A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on the conclusion of 37th day of the hearing, fixed the schedule for...
18:14
Nationalist Congress Party and Congress on Friday announced support for the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena candidate in Kothrud constituency in Punecity against state Bharatiya Janata Party president Chandrakant Patil for the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections.Patil, who hails from Kolhapur,...
17:32
India on Friday criticised Turkey and Malaysia for their statements attacking New Delhi on the Kashmir issue.External Affairs Minister Raveesh Kumar said India's recent decision related to Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter of the country.Raising the Kashmir issue at the United Nations,...
17:13
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said South Asian countries must move beyond the majority-minority mindset as pluralism was the strength of the region. Speaking at a session of the India Economic Summit here, Hasina said Bangladesh continued to champion regional cooperation...
17:07
And the Congress reacts...The Congress on Friday asked its former Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam to stop fuelling conspiracy theories, after he launched a vitriolic attack on the party leadership for not granting tickets to his supporters. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari also asked...
16:59
Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday said the party was no longer taking feedback from the grassroot level and had made the AICC general secretary in charge of the state all-powerful. A miffed Nirupam, who had announced on Thursday that he would not campaign for the party in the...
16:49
Stock market benchmark BSE Sensex plummeted by 434 points on Friday due to heavy losses in banking and FMCG stocks despite a 25 basis point cut in the key policy rate by the RBI which also slashed the growth outlook for this fiscal.After opening nearly 300 points higher, the 30-share index gave...
16:36
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed chargesheets against separatist leader and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi, All Party Hurriyat Conference general secretary Masarat Alam and Shabir Shah, the president of the...
16:12
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday outlined India's contributions across the world and said New Delhi is willing to engage more with countries pertaining to different matters.We are in a very unique position. Being a market economy, and a democratic and socially pluralistic country,...
16:02
The Supreme Court on Friday said that no hearing would take place tomorrow in Ram Mandir and Babri Masjid land (Title) dispute case. Top court also announced that it will hear the case till 4 in the evening, instead of 5 pm. The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said,...
16:00
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao called on Home Minister Amit Shah, earlier today.
15:54
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and NCP leader Ajit Pawar were among the prominent Maharashtra politicians who filed nominations for the October 21 Assembly polls on Friday, the last day to submit the papers. Fadnavis, the first BJP chief minister of the state, filed...
15:21
Heavy rainfall and waterlogged roads in Patna and its nearby regions have continued to halt the normal day-to-day life.Many of them were wading through chest-deep waters to reach their respective places.A child was also seen rowing the boat made of PVC pipe in Patliputra Colony. He told ANI that...
15:14
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday touched upon the issue of the Indian government banning the export of onions last month, saying her country has been slightly inconvenienced and has asked her cook to not to add the kitchen staple while preparing food.Pyaaz se thoda dikkat ho gaya...
14:30
Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the banking system is sound and stable, and one incident at a cooperative bank should be used to generalise the health of the entire financial system. On September 23, the RBI had put restrictions on Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative...
13:56
Equity benchmark indices reversed early morning trends and turned red on Friday afternoon after the Reserve Bank of India cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.15 per cent but also lowered its GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 6.1 per cent from 6.9 per cent earlier.At 1:30 pm,...
13:54
Disgruntled Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday alleged that a conspiracy was hatched against Rahul Gandhi to ensure that the latter fails as the Congress president. He also said he will be unable to continue in the party for long if his voice is not heard.When Rahul Gandhi was leading the...
13:45
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday said that seas are going to become the most important areas of countries' mutual cooperation and in tackling possible threats. He also stressed that India is not part of any alliance and its corporation is not directed against any country.Seas...
13:09
Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a big mistake the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on February 27, when Indian and Pakistani forces engaged in a dogfight, and said punitive action is being taken against the guilty.The operational preparedness of the IAF...
12:57
Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 61st consecutive day on Friday as main markets were shut and public transport was off the roads, officials said. Few shops in some areas of the city here were open from 7:30 to 11:00 am, but downed their shutters afterwards, the officials...
12:46
In the fourth bi-monthly review of the policy, the RBI sharply reduced its GDP growth estimate to 6.1 per cent for FY20 as against 6.9 per cent it was expecting earlier. This cut came in the wake of June quarter growth slipping to six year low of 5 per cent, which is attributed to a slowdown in...
12:36
Update on the RBI repo rate cut with more details: The Reserve Bank on Friday cut its benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent to revive growth that has hit six-year low of 5 per cent, and affirmed commitment to remain accommodative to address growth concerns 'as long as necessary'. With this...
12:29
The Congress party should prepare for the 2022 Assembly elections and focus on bolstering its efforts on the ground apart from countering BJP and the RSS parties through social media and newspapers, said Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Haji Siraj Mehdi.Mehdi, in a letter to the...
12:17
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his wife Amruta seek the blessings of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and his wife Kanchan, earlier today, before Fadnavis left to file his nomination from Nagpur South West.
12:16
The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to declare Aarey Colony a forest area and also declined to quash a BMC decision allowing felling of over 2,600 trees in the suburban green zone for a metro car shed. A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre dismissed four...
11:53
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points, from 5.40% to 5.15%. Reverse repo rate adjusted to 4.90% and bank rate at 5.40 %, accordingly. This is the fifth rate cut by the RBI this year. GDP outlook for 2019-20 is revised to 6.1%, from 6.9% in previous Monetary Policy committee meet. For...
11:45
Senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse has refuted media reports doing rounds that he is considering joining the Nationalist Congress Party after being denied ticket by the BJP for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.Attacking the NCP chief Sharad Pawar for allegedly spreading false statements,...
11:40
An FIR has been filed against unidentified persons for allegedly writing traitor before Mahatma Gandhi's name on a poster in a museum in Rewa district and hurting people's sentiments, Madhya Pradesh Police said on Thursday.The incident took place on October 2 when the country was celebration...
11:36
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis & Union Minister Nitin Gadkari hold a road show in Nagpur. Devendra Fadnavis is on his way to file his nomination from Nagpur South West.
10:56
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday attacked the Modi government over alleged lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir for the last two months, saying it has affected innocent children the most. The Congress general secretary also tagged a media report on Twitter which claimed that children...
10:49
The Indian rupee appreciated by 9 paise to 70.78 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision. Forex traders said, the domestic unit was trading higher as investors believe the RBI will go for yet another rate cut to boost slowing...
10:16
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold road shows and rallies in Maharashtra and Haryana from 10th to 19th October, as part of the election campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in the two states. Right now, Rahul Gandhi is in Kerala joining people in Wayanad who are protesting against the...
10:02
Several years ago, in a rural recess of Bihar where I come from, a girl, barely ten, woke up one morning and slipped out into the open to relieve herself. Returning, she came upon a crop of spinach and coriander leaves. She gathered a clump in her palm and pulled at it. She was caught in that...
09:55
Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Friday, driven by gains in banking and financial stocks ahead of the Reserve Bank's bi-monthly policy review. The 30-share index was trading 258.60 points, or 0.68 per cent, higher at 38,365.47. Similarly, the broader NSE...
09:30
The BJP has fielded the daughter of its senior Maharashtra leader Eknath Khadse from his Muktainagar constituency as it released its fourth list of candidates for the state assembly polls.The decision to field Rohini Khadse indicates that the party has succeeded in placating her father, who is...
09:20
The former US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, have completed 27 years together on Thursday, are still ''feeling the magic'' that brought them together.Both made sure to wish each other on the special occasion by sharing heartwarming posts and it is the sweetest thing you'll...
09:05
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to allow a delegation of senior party leaders from Jammu to meet NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah, who are currently under detention in Srinagar. The party will chalk out...
08:36
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will lead the group of BJP candidates from Nagpur while filing nomination papers for the assembly elections on Friday.Fadnavis, along with sitting (total five) MLAs Sudhakar Deshmukh (West-Nagpur), Dr Milind Mane (North-Nagpur), Vikas Kumbhare...
08:23
Former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana is likely to be absolved of all charges of corruption levelled in an FIR registered by former agency director Alok Verma. The CBI investigating officer of the case has prepared a report exonerating Asthana in the case and submitted to his superiors,...
07:53
An FIR was lodged on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said.The case was lodged after an order was passed...
00:36
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday named its national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi and former Lok Sabha MP Satish Chandra Dubey as the party's Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar respectively.The deaths of BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who was a...
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