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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to Mumbai and discussed his upcoming film Ram Setu, according to sources. The Laxmii actor met the CM for dinner at Mumbai's Trident Hotel. Kumar discussed his forthcoming...
23:04
Serpentine queues of vehicles clogged many roads leading to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday as the Delhi Police kept the Singhu, Tikri and Chilla borders closed for traffic and heightened checking at other places in view of the ongoing farmers' protest.The closure of borders has also...
22:56
Actor Salman Khan was on Tuesday given exemption from appearance by a court in Jodhpur during the hearing of an appeal by him against the five-year sentence in the October 1998 blackbuck poaching case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Brajesh Panwar granted the relief after Khan's...
22:18
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the Jalyukt Shivar scheme of the previous Devendra Fadnavis dispensation.A committee set up for the purpose under former additional chief secretary Vijay Kumar has been asked to submit a report in six months, as well as recommendations...
21:29
Farmer union leaders on Tuesday invited agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar to their protest site and offered to serve him 'jalebi' and 'pakoda' along with tea at their langar (community kitchen), after they were offered tea by the minister during a marathon meeting with the government over...
20:57
As a meeting with representatives of protesting farmers remained inconclusive, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday they have been asked to come with specific issues in the new farm laws and the government is ready to discuss and address their concerns. The...
20:16
The Railways' new zero-based timetable, once introduced, will cut down travel time in long distance trains between 30 minutes and six hours on an average, Railway Board Chairman and CEO VK Yadav said Tuesday. The timetable, to be introduced by the national transporter once the coronavirus...
20:11
Two people have been booked under the new anti-conversion law in this district, police said on Tuesday. Akshay tyagi, a resident of Pura village, alleged that Nadeem and Salman were forcing his wife to convert her religion and marry Nadeem, they said. An FIR was registered...
20:07
The Saibaba temple trust at Shirdi in Maharashtra has put up boards appealing to devotees to be dressed in a civilised manner, or as per the Indian culture, when they come to the sacred place to offer prayers.When contacted, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust's Chief Executive Officer Kanhuraj...
19:10
The meeting between the government and protesting farmer unions in New Delhi on Tuesday remained inconclusive,Bharat Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said.The government has called another meeting with farmer unions on Thursday, December 3, he said, in a bid to...
18:54
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Tuesday announced commencement of adaptive phase 2/3 clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India after receiving necessaryclearance from the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. ...
18:49
BJP MP from Gujarat Abhay Bharadwaj died on Tuesday while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a Chennai hospital, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said. Bharadwaj (66) was a prominent lawyer and was elected to the Rajya Sabha in June this year. He tested coronavirus positive in August,...
18:14
A member of the flat Earth club emerges...Union Minister VK Singh says: Many of the people in pictures do not appear to be farmers. What is in the interest of farmers has been done. It's not the farmers who have a problem with this (farm laws), but others. Besides opposition, people who get...
18:10
Pakistani refugees cast their vote in the second phase of DDC elections in Bassi Khurd. My parents died without any voting rights. It's the first time in 70 years that we're able to cast vote after the abrogation of Article 370, says a local. Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and...
17:56
The leaders of the farmers groups that met with the government at Vigyan Bhavan today has turned down the government's suggestion for the formation of a committee to sort out the differences over farm laws. Three ministers started talks with farmers' representatives as protests over the new...
17:38
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Centre of using central agencies to bulldoze the countrys federal structure and sought to know where is the money of Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund.Banerjee said that her...
17:22
Equity benchmarks surged to lifetime closing highs on Tuesday as better-than-expected GDP data and progress on the COVID-19 vaccine front gave fresh impetus to investor bullishness. A strengthening rupee and persistent foreign capital inflows further boosted market sentiment, traders said....
17:20
Health ministry updates: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry on being asked about the recent adverse event in the Serum Institute of India's vaccine trial: Adverse event will not affect the timeline in any manner whatsoever. Whenever clinical trial starts, subjects are expected to sign...
17:10
Health ministry briefing on Covid vaccination: Health Secretary on being asked how much time it will take to vaccinate the entire country, says, I just want to make this clear that the govt has never spoken about vaccinating the entire country. It's important that we discuss such scientific...
16:50
A court on Tuesday rejected a bail plea of businessman Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and an accused in a money laundering case. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in September under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the alleged ICICI...
16:46
With an eye on the 2021 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress administration in West Bengal on Tuesday launched its massive outreach campaign 'Duare Sarkar' (government at doorsteps) to ensure that people avail the benefits of 11 state-run welfare schemes and also to hear out their...
16:35
Trinamool Congress will attend the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on December 4 to discuss the COVID-19 situation but the Mamata Banerjee-headed party has expressed its grievance that a similar meeting was not convened when lockdown was first announced in March this year.Prime...
16:17
Police detain Shaheen Bagh activist Bilkis Dadi who reached Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) to join the farmers' protest. We are daughters of farmers, we'll go to support farmers' protest today. We will raise our voice, the government should listen to us, she said.Right now, Union Ministers...
16:06
Ahead of his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath's visit to the financial capital, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday warned he will not let anybody forcibly take businesses away from the state. He made it clear that Maharashtra is not jealous about someone's progress...
15:56
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal hold meeting with farmers' leaders at Vigyan Bhawan. The central government has called a meeting with all 32 agitating farmers unions at Vigyan Bhawan.Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah along with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and...
15:15
Leaders of the various farmers' groups reach Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi where Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has called them for talks. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, BJP chief J P Nadda and others held marathon discussions on the matter. The central government...
15:05
Kia Motors India on Tuesday reported a 50.1 per cent increase in wholesales to 21,022 units in November. The company had sold 14,005 units of Seltos in November 2019. The automaker dominated the compact SUV market in the country with sales of 11,417 units of Sonet last month, Kia Motors India...
14:57
India's external affairs ministry calls comments by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the farmers' protests in Delhi unwarranted.We've seen some ill-informed comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India. These are unwarranted especially when pertaining to internal affairs of a democratic...
14:52
The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected Chanda Kochhar's appeal against the Bombay High Court order which had dismissed her plea against her termination as the managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank, saying the issue falls within the realm of a private bank and employee. Sorry, we are not...
14:42
Terming their protest as freedom struggle for modern medicine from the forces of 'mixopathy', the Indian Medical Association on Tuesday said it will go on public demonstration activities and withdrawal of non-essential and non-COVID services on December 11, 2020.In a statement, the medical body...
14:13
Asserting that the Opposition was able to mislead some farmers, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar on Tuesday said that those protesting against the new farm laws should recognise the lies fed to them.I have contacts with people from almost every state...
13:43
Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar joins Shiv Sena, in the presence of party president Uddhav Thackeray. Matondkar had last year resigned from the Congress party, a key ally of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.Matondkar had unsuccessfully contested the 2019...
13:36
Independent MLA Sombir Sangwan withdraws his support from the Khattar led-Harayana govt. In light of the atrocities committed on the farmers, I hereby withdraw my support to the current govt, he says, while in Charkhi Dadri.
13:34
The fishing boat Kuber was hijacked by the Pakistani terrorists
Twelve years after five fishermen were presumed to have been killed by Pakistani terrorists before they carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the Gujarat government has given Rs 5 lakh each as compensation to families of three fishermen, an official said on Tuesday. The families of...
13:25
Farmers have said they will attend the talks initiated by the government today. The government has invited us without preconditions and we're going for the talks. About 35 representatives will go, and we will demand the laws be repealed. We will also demand law on MSP. If the government doesn't...
13:16
Senior Australian special forces soldiers drank beer out of the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban soldier at an unauthorised bar in Afghanistan -- with a photograph of the act being revealed for the first time by Guardian Australia.A number of photographs obtained by the Guardian show...
13:11
The Supreme Court Thursday said that once posters are pasted outside the homes of COVID-19 patients, these people are treated as untouchables, reflecting a different ground reality. The Centre informed the apex court that although it has not prescribed this rule, the practice has nothing to...
12:58
World Champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix. Hamilton returned the positive result during mandatory testing ahead of the upcoming round and is now isolating in Bahrain. Hamilton is the third driver to test positive for the...
12:36
Statement from Serum Institute of India on the alleged reactions to the vaccine on a volunteer: Covishield safe and immunogenic. Incident with the Chennai volunteer no way induced by the vaccine. All regulatory and ethical processes and guidelines were followed, Principal Investigator, DSMB &...
12:28
The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed displeasure when a shirtless man was seen on the video-conferencing link during the hearing of a matter. Even after seven-eight months of video conferencing hearings, these things are happening, said a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant...
12:21
When offence is the best form of defence for the BJP: Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has termed him as the most confused leader and said he has no knowledge about the farm laws passed by the Centre. He also accused the Congress and other opposition parties of...
12:06
MK Azhagiri, former Union minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi's son who was exiled from the party, today announced that he will have a role to play in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.Asked by media-persons in Madurai, Azhagiri said he will discuss the future course of action with his...
11:58
Tired of sitting home and waiting for the pandemic to end, you spent your weekend eating out at a buffet in a restaurant? Be cautious and remember, the pandemic has not ended and we need to persist with the mask and distancing measures till we get vaccinated. Highlighting the importance of...
11:52
China has refused to apologise for a controversial doctored image depicting an Australian soldier cutting the throat of an Afghan child and said Canberra should be ashamed rather demanding an apology.The Chinese foreign ministry reaction comes after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
11:40
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar arrive at the residence of BJP President JP Nadda, to hold a meeting over the farmers' protest. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has also arrived.This is the second meeting between the top BJP leaders in less than 48 hours...
11:18
Serpentine queues of vehicles clogged the roads in parts of the national capital on Tuesday as the Delhi Police kept the Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana closed for traffic and heightened checking at other places in view of the ongoing farmers' protest. The closure of borders has also...
11:01
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to wake up and shed arrogance to provide protesting farmers their rights. Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding protests at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the Centre's new...
10:13
Abdul Rashid Shora, the father of ex-JNU students union leader Shehla Rashid Shora, has alleged that he is facing a threat of life from his daughter.In a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir DGP, Abdul Rashid Shora said, I am under a constant threat of life from my daughter Shehla Rashid Shora who is...
10:03
Joe Biden got his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of US intelligence and world events - a document former first lady Michelle Obama has called The Death, Destruction, and Horrible Things Book.
09:40
With 31,118 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases has risen to 94,62,810.With 482 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,37,621. Total active cases at 4,35,603.Total discharged cases at 88,89,585 with 41,985 new discharges in last 24 hours.
09:19
The US government has told a federal court that Tahawwur Rana, who has been declared a fugitive by India, not only wanted a top class medal for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, but also demanded the nine LeT attackers who were killed in the carnage be given Pakistan's highest military...
08:41
Polling got underway Tuesday morning in the second phase of District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir amid chilly conditions and tight security arrangements, officials said here. Polling began at 7.00 am. Initial reports suggest that only a few people have so...
08:13
The Union government has invited farmers representatives for the next round of discussions on Tuesday, as farmers protesting a set of laws enacted recently to liberalise the farm sector intensified their agitation.The next round of talks was originally scheduled for December 3. The decision to...
01:55
The Delhi Police has registered a first information report against unidentified people in connection with a clash between farmers and security personnel at the Singhu border last week, officials said on Monday.The FIR has been registered at Alipur police station, they added.On Friday, in view of...
00:32
Amid ongoing protests by farmers against the new farm laws, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday invited leaders of the farmer unions for talks on December 1.The meeting will be held at 3 pm at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, the minister said.On November 13 we decided to conduct...
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