23:47
Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday rued that sedition charges were being distributed freely like prasad though a police officer arrested along with terrorists was not deemed fit to be booked for treason. The former JNU student leader, who was booked for sedition four years...
23:28
A United Kingdom court on Friday directed Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to pay USD 100 million towards a conditional order granted to three Chinese banks pursuing the recovery of over USD 680 million owed to them as part of a loan agreement.In what is in effect a deposit to be paid into...
22:53
Former Union minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court Friday that scribe Priya Ramani's accusations of sexual misconduct against him in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018 were figment of her imagination and caused him great humiliation and irreparably damaged his reputation. Akbar made...
22:50
The government on Friday said it had offered to bring back people belonging to neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, from the novel coronavirus-hit Wuhan where 80 Indian students are still remaining after evacuation of 647 Indians and seven Maldivians. On February 1, 324 Indians were...
22:23
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed a host of issues. Rajapaksa was the Sri Lankan president from 2005-2015, while Singh was the prime minister from 2004-14. Gandhi and Singh...
21:31
An IndiGo flight heading to Kolkata on Friday returned to Ahmedabad after one of the Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines in the Airbus A320neo aircraft faced a snag mid-air, according to senior government officials. One of the engines of 6E125 Ahmedabad-Kolkata flight developed high vibrations...
21:26
The Kerala government on Friday withdrew the 'state calamity' warning issued in the wake of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) scare as no new positive cases of infection have been detected over the last few days, even as over 3,000 people are still under observation.State health minister K K Shailaja...
20:34
An estimated 80 Indian students are still living in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday, adding that 70 of them chose to stay behind at the time of the evacuation operation.By our estimate, there are about 80 Indian...
20:27
The Supreme Court on Friday took cognisance on its own to stop involvement of children and infants in demonstrations following the death of an infant on January 30 at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.The apex court website showed that the issue would be taken up for hearing on February 10 by a bench...
20:17
The Bharatiya Janata Party is not interested in bringing down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government which would collapse due to its own burden, said Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Friday. The MVA government was formed after the Shiv Sena...
19:55
A day after a photojournalist was allegedly beaten up by policemen, the Bombay News Photographers Association said it would boycott Sunday's Maharashtra International Police Marathon in Mumbai.Ashish Raje, a senior photojournalist with a city tabloid, was allegedly beaten up by the police at an...
19:29
The Election Commission on Friday issued a show cause notice to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for posting a Hind-Muslim video on his Twitter handle to target the opposition, saying prima facie it has the potential of disturbing communal harmony. Kejriwal has been asked to respond to...
19:15
In a rare move, a word from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Rajya Sabha was expunged from records. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expunged the word used by Modi on Thursday during his reply to the discussion on a motion thanking the President for his address to the...
18:51
App-based bike taxi aggregator Rapido will provide free rides to voters in the national capital on Saturday to help them reach polling booths, a spokesperson for the company said. Voting for the 70-member Delhi assembly will be held at over 13,000 polling booths across the city, from...
18:25
The Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Union minister Harsh Vardhan for making unparliamentary remarks in Lok Sabha against Rahul Gandhi, who alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party orchestrated the ruckus in the House to prevent him from questioning the government. There was an...
18:10
Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and senior leaders Mukul Roy and Joy Prakash Majumder were on Friday taken into preventive custody during the start of a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act rally in Kolkata.Police said the rally was being held without permission,...
17:57
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday arrived in New Delhi on a four-day state visit to India where he would hold talks with the top Indian leadership on a number of key areas including trade, defence and maritime security cooperation.The visit is the Rajapaksa senior's first...
17:38
A day before the Delhi polls, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday paid obeisance at the famous Hanuman Temple near Connaught Place. He along with his wife Sunita offered prayers at the temple located on the Kharak Singh Marg.Delhi elections will be held on Saturday and the result will...
17:11
Just hours ahead of the campaigning for Delhi assembly polls coming to an end on Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a claim that his party would get 45 seats in the polls.The central leadership has asked its seven Members of Parliament in Delhi to secure 6-7 seats in their respective...
16:57
Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the Central government is clear about its commitment towards infrastructure investment.Our commitment towards infrastructure investment is very clearly laid out, said Sitharaman while addressing media persons.Earlier,...
16:31
A Pakistani pilot on Friday suffered injuries in a jet crash near Shorkot district Jhang of Punjab. The trainer jet of Pakistan Air Forces crashed in the region. The exact region of the crash is still unknown. According to the PAF spokesperson, the pilot ejected safely and no loss of life or...
16:21
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday did not deviate from the written speech prepared by the state government for his address at the beginning of the budget session and said intolerance, bigotry and hatred are the new norms in the country. Dhankhar in his speech also said...
15:29
A Delhi court Friday dismissed the Tihar jail authorities' plea seeking a fresh date for execution of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana took note of the Delhi High Court's February 5 order permitting the convicts to...
15:15
The government is pursuing disinvestment to inject greater transparency and discipline in loss-making public sector companies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.At the same time, funds raised by privatising state-owned firms will be used for creating and upgrading infrastructure...
15:07
Another update on the demise of Raju Bharatan: The veteran cricket journalist and writer on film music died following a prolonged illness in Mumbai on Friday. He was 86 and is survived by his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. Bharatan worked with The Illustrated Weekly of India for 42...
15:05
Raju Bharatan -- the legendary writer on Hindi film music and cricket -- sadly passed into the ages today. Though its then editor Khushwant Singh cornered the glory, it was Mr Bharatan's stewardship of a special cricket issue of the Illustrated Weekly Of India that sold over 400,000...
14:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that it was because of people's support that the Bodo peace accord was signed, heralding a new dawn of peace in Assam. Addressing a massive public rally to celebrate the signing of the accord on January 27 that is expected to bring lasting peace to...
14:39
The Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday has come under the spotlight for depicting the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on the cover of the state finance budget 2020-21 document.Issuing a clarification on the same, Issac justified that it is a political...
14:18
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's danda remark and said that some leaders talk about beating him with sticks but he is protected by the blessings of all mothers of India. Kabhi kabhi log danda marne ki baatein karte hain. Lekin jis Modi ko...
14:07
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and effective implementation of the Assam Accord.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde also sought Centre's response on the...
14:01
A man flying from Delhi to Pune was admitted to an isolation ward of the civic-run Naidu Hospital here on Friday for possible exposure to novel coronavirus after he vomitted mid-flight, an official said.The passenger was admitted to the hospital after the flight arrived at the Pune airport in the...
13:56
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned the basis on which former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act and said they deserve to be freed and not incarcerated indefinitely. Priyanka tweeted...
13:49
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reacts to the ruckus in Parliament today and PM's allusion to his intellect yesterday during the vote of thanks in the Lok Sabha. Gandhi said he wasn't allowed to speak in the House and does not want to respond to PM Modi's (taunts). Read: PM's...
13:27
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Friday expressed disappointment over postponing the execution of death warrants of the convicts and said the delay is sending a wrong message to the world.Determined to keep the fight on, she said, We keep getting disappointed by the system. This delay in the...
12:46
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday chided Union minister Babul Supriyo for making certain remarks against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, saying no right has been given to the minister to scold any member in the House. Supriyo made certain remarks, which the Speaker immediately...
12:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Guwahati. The PM will address a public meeting at an event in Kokrajhar shortly, to celebrate the signing of the Bodo Agreement. He was greeted by Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal at the airport.
12:40
A day before the Delhi Assembly polls, the Shiv Sena on Friday heaped praises on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his government's ideal work in the last five years, and said the Centre should have replicated the 'Delhi model' of development in other states. The Sena said Prime Minister...
12:39
Shikara is a story that the screen should have told long ago. It is an attempt to cure that epidemic of social media opinion and provoke us to leave our rhetorical positions for once and see the issue purely as a great tragedy which happened for more reasons than we give to ourselves, says...
12:37
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for nearly an hour on Friday following ruckus over Union Minister Harsh Vardhan's remarks on Rahul Gandhi's recent statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During Question Hour when Rahul rose to ask a question, Harsh Vardhan said he would like to first...
12:28
After National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and People's Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that it is shocking and added that the Prime Minister must tell how can somebody be a threat while he is in your...
11:51
The Supreme Court said it would hear on February 10 the pleas against protests at Shaheen Bagh as it did not want to influence the Delhi assembly elections by hearing the matter on Friday.Polls in the national capital will be held on Saturday. We understand there is a problem and we have to...
11:29
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak will dampen economic growth in China this year but the scale of the impact remains uncertain and will depend on the duration and intensity of the health crisis, Fitch Ratings has said.If the government was to launch a large-scale stimulus to offset the effects of...
11:19
Three years ago, Narendra Damodardas Modi said: 'You are free to criticise me. Constructive criticism makes our democracy stronger and is vital.' Two years ago, he reiterated: 'I want this government to be criticised. Criticism makes democracy strong.'In 2020, the Karnataka police, which acted on...
11:16
A poster put up by the MNS outside Matoshree, the residence of Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray. The poster reads,Respected CM, if you are serious about action against illegal infiltrators, start by cleaning your Bandra locality first which is filled with infiltrators.
10:48
Narendra Modi mentioned Jawaharlal Nehru as many as 23 times in just one part of his speech recorded for posterity by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.The incumbent Prime Minister did so while falling back on the first Prime Minister to justify in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.Modi...
10:41
The RSS has invited Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao, to a lecture and interaction with intellectuals on the Sangh's concept of India to be held near here.RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi will address a gathering on February 8 at Dona Paula near Panaji, Goa RSS...
10:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kokrajhar today to participate in the celebrations of the signing of the Bodo agreement. The Prime Minister will address a rally in Bodo-dominated Kokrajhar town of Assam.In a tweet yesterday, Modi had said that the accord marks the start of a new era of...
10:33
Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US President Donald Trump, at the Oval office of the White House in Washington DC.
10:13
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah and said detention without charges is the worst abomination in a democracy.Mufti and Abdullah, besides two...
10:06
Free-to-use mobile app Agora launched its first #Photojournalism photo competition to give photographers a way to shed light on specific issues. The competition gathered more than 12,321 submissions from amateur and professional photographers all over the world. Take a look at the winning...
09:46
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty edged lower in opening deals on Friday, tracking subdued Asian market. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading lower by 56.87 points or 0.14 per cent at 41,249.16, while the broader NSE Nifty fell 13.60 points or 0.11 per cent to 12,124.35 in early morning...
09:23
The Supreme Court will today hear the Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi high court verdict dismissing its plea against stay on the execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The matter will come up for hearing before the 3-judge bench, comprising...
08:56
After she and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah were booked under the Public Safety Act, Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti made a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, saying it was expected from an autocratic regime.Ms Mufti received a PSA order...
08:30
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the Taliban terrorist responsible for shooting Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and carrying out the deadly Peshawar Army school terror attack in 2014-in which 132 students were killed-has escaped from prison, according to an audio clip released by him.In the...
07:58
The White House on Friday announced the killing of Al Qaeda leader Qassim al-Rimi and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, in counter-terrorism operation conducted by US forces in Yemen.Qassim al-Rimi, is the leader of the terror organisation in the Arabian Peninsula. At the direction of US President...
00:03
In his fresh anti-India rhetoric, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that his country's battle-hardened army will teach India a hard lesson in case of any misadventure by New Delhi.Addressing a rally in Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on the 'Kashmir Solidarity Day', Khan...
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