23:16
A day after the Supreme Court expressed concern on blockade of a public road at Shaheen Bagh and suggested that the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protestors shift to another site, several of those participating in the stir contested the claim that the sit-in was causing inconvenience to a large...
22:32
Another batch of about 100 people, who were among the over 400 quarantined at an Indo Tibetan Border Police facility in Delhi after being evacuated earlier this month from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, were discharged on Tuesday, an official said. This comes a day after a batch of about 200...
22:23
The bypolls to panchayats scheduled from March 5 in Jammu and Kashmir has been postponed due to security reasons, J&K Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar said on Tuesday. By-election to over 12,500 panchayat seats in Jammu and Kashmir was scheduled to be held in eight phases from...
22:03
India will send a C-17 military aircraft to Wuhan on February 20 to evacuate more Indians from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city and also provide medical supplies to China, military sources said on Tuesday. The C-17 Globemaster, the biggest military aircraft in the Air Force, will carry a...
21:25
A global terror financing watchdog has asked Pakistan to further tighten its laws to bring individuals involved in money laundering and terror financing to task, media reports said on Tuesday.The International Cooperation Review Group, a sub-group of the Financial Action Task Force, evaluated the...
21:12
In the seven months since the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, Jammu and Kashmir has grappled with an economic, psychological and emotional crisis, Iltija Mufti, daughter of incarcerated former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, said on Tuesday.Speaking at a press...
20:30
Police has denied permission to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad to hold a rally at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on February 21, an official said on Tuesday.The police have cited law and order to deny permission to Azad who was expected to lead the rally and speak on the Citizenship Amendment...
20:28
Veteran Kannada actor Kishori Ballal, who had acted in over 75 movies and left an indelible mark with her role in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Swades, died on Tuesday at the age of 82. The actor passed away due to age-related ailments at a private hospital in Bengaluru, family sources said.Born...
20:24
United States President Donald Trump will be gifted a spinning wheel, two books on the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi and a portrait of the Father of the Nation during his visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on February 24.Trump will be accompanied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
19:53
A Delhi Police crime branch team visited the Jamia Millia Islamia campus on Tuesday as a series of videos of the December 15 violence inside the university emerged over the past few days. Four videos have surfaced online of the incident, the latest being on Monday.The team led by Deputy...
19:46
Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Tuesday extended an olive branch to his estranged friend Amitabh Bachachan, seeking to end their feud, saying he regrets his overreaction against the Bollywood megastar and his family. Today is my father's death anniversary & I got a message...
18:54
Despite Pakistan's intense lobbying and negotiations this week at the parleys in Paris, the global anti-terror funding watchdog, Financial Action Task Force, on Tuesday decided to keep the Islamic nation on its 'grey' list, informed sources have told ANI.To a major setback, Islamabad didn't get...
18:45
More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out illegal softwares and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on Tuesday. Railway Protection Force director General Arun Kumar said the cleansing operation means...
18:40
As India prepares to welcome United States President Donald Trump, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat has become the preferred destination for key foreign dignitaries visiting India.Before Modi became the PM, top foreign...
18:21
The government will soon announce measures to deal with the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the domestic industry, finance ninister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. The minister was addressing media after meeting representatives of the industry to review the situation...
18:00
After Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said there is no need to worry if the Citizenship Amendment Act is implemented, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said that the Shiv Sena chief was entitled to his view and that the alliance partners may discuss the issue.He underlined...
17:28
Sun Weidong, Chinese Envoy to India, holds a presser on the Coronavirus, which has so far claimed 1868 people in China. At this difficult time, I am deeply touched by the kindness of Indian friends. All these reminded me of the time when Dr Kotnis saved many lives and made great contribution...
17:18
India's first indigenous semi-high speed train, Vande Bharat Express, has completed a year of its service without cancellation of any trip, Northern Railways said on Tuesday.The first rake of New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15...
16:51
Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that there is no need to worry if the Citizenship Amendment Act is implemented.He reiterated that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be implemented in the state.CAA and NRC both are different and NPR is...
16:15
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed in the red for the fourth session in a row on Tuesday as the ongoing AGR issue weighed on telecom and financial stocks. After trading in the deep red for a better part of the session, the BSE gauge Sensex reclaimed most of its lost ground...
16:11
In a startling revelation in his book 'Let Me Say It Now', former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria claimed that had Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) succeeded in its plan, 26/11 Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab would have died as a Hindu named Samir Chaudhary.According to an...
15:55
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said his government will not hand over probe in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case to the Centre. The violence was a result of the alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December...
15:42
Pakistan has posted two officials from its embassy in Beijing to Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, to meet students in different universities and get an update on their well-being, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. China accepted a request by Pakistan to allow the...
15:28
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday denied being angry with Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, who last week threatened to hit the streets against the state government over non- fulfillment of promises made in the poll manifesto. When I have never been angry with...
14:52
Rakesh Maria, former Mumbai top cop who was completely silent on the chain of events followed by his transfer from Mumbai Police to Maharashtra Home guards in 2015, has opened up about the Sheena Bora murder case in his book titled 'Let Me Say It Now'.In his book, Maria has blamed another Mumbai...
14:52
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Tuesday backed the government's deportation of British lawmaker Debbie Abrahams, saying she is not just an MP but a Pakistan proxy. Abrahams, who chairs a British parliamentary group on Kashmir, was denied entry into India upon her arrival at the New...
14:45
Kanhaiya Kumar's Jan Gan Man Yatra opposing the CAA-NPR-NRC has come under sustained violent attack as it makes its way through Bihar over the last two weeks. Archana Masih/Rediff.com discovers that the yatris, who include teenagers wanting to save the Constitution and the Nation,...
14:41
Indicating that the Maharashtra government, led by Shiv Sena-NCP alliance, may not implement the National Population Register in the state, NCP on Monday said that their government will not take part in any central government's process but the Census.Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that...
14:37
BJP leader and former Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh on Tuesday claimed that Delhi Police will surely find the culprits behind Jamia University's library incident and take strict action against them.There was a report that outside miscreants tried to hide inside the Jamia's library* I...
14:15
Asha Devi, the mother of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, on Tuesday said that her struggle to get justice will end on March 3 when the convicts will be hanged as per the order by a Delhi court.Speaking to ANI, Asha Devi said, Yesterday, the convicts were handed death warrants for the third time....
14:11
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a charge-sheet pertaining to December 15 violence case in Jamia Milia Islamia University on February 13.Sharjeel Imam's name has also been mentioned in the charge sheet as an 'instigator'.Imam's name was mentioned in the charge-sheet after an accused in the...
14:07
Casual dining chain Barbeque Nation Hospitality has filed fresh papers with markets regulator Sebi to raise an estimated Rs 1,000-1,200 crore through an initial public offering.The IPO comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 275 crore and an offer-for-sale of up to 98,22,947 equity...
13:25
Insurance watchdog Irdai is yet to get any proposal from life insurance behemoth LIC on an initial public offering but feels a listing is better from a governance perspective, chairman S C Khuntia said on Tuesday. He also said that there is nothing for the life insurance industry to worry...
13:02
Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Tuesday questioned the Nitish Kumar government's development model, even as he sneered at the chief minister for making ideological compromises to stay in an alliance with the BJP. Kishor, who has been vocal about his opposition to the...
12:44
A senior Supreme Court lawyer has written to the Ram temple trust on behalf of a group of Muslims in Ayodhya, asking that five acres of land around the demolished Babri Masjid where a graveyard is situated be spared for the sake of 'sanatan dharma'. The letter, written by advocate M R...
12:39
A GoAir spokesperson confirms that the foreign object damage (one fan blade damaged) is due to a bird hit. The aircraft is now being inspected by the GoAir engineering team.
12:14
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has served an eviction notice to slum-dwellers living in the Motera area. They have been given 7 days notice to vacate the area. US President Donald J Trump is scheduled to visit Ahmedabad on 24th February during his 2-day state visit to India. Indian Express...
11:56
The engine of a Bengaluru-Ahmedabad GoAir flight caught a small fire at the time of takeoff, the airline said on Tuesday. The fire, however, has been doused and all passengers and crew are safe and the plane is being towed off the runway after which the passengers will be deplaned, GoAir said...
11:56
The engine of a Bengaluru-Ahmedabad GoAir flight caught a small fire at the time of takeoff, the airline said on Tuesday. The fire, however, has been doused and all passengers and crew are safe and the plane is being towed off the runway after which the passengers will be deplaned, GoAir said...
11:39
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' plea seeking review of its 2019 judgment asking the BJP leader to face trial for allegedly failing to furnish details of pending criminal cases against him in his 2014 poll affidavit. ...
11:28
Two more Indians on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the coast of Japan were tested positive for coronavirus, the Indian Embassy in Tokyo said on Monday, adding that the four Indian crew members who were earlier tested positive for the virus are stable and responding well to...
11:20
After a Delhi court issued fresh black warrants against the four Nirbhaya gang-rape accused on Monday, Congress leader Alka Lamba said that she hopes that the execution will no longer be delayed.This is the third time death warrants have been issued against the four convicts in the last few...
11:00
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday will meet industry and trade associations in the national capital to assess the impact of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) on Indian trade and industry.The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak has climbed to 1770 in mainland...
10:44
Market benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled over 245 points to trade at 40,810 in openings deals on Tuesday on hectic selling by investors across sectors amid growing concerns over the economic impact of coronavirus epidemic. The NSE gauge Nifty fell about 75 points to trade at 11,971 in early...
10:41
And the throwback collage that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had tweeted along with the more recent images of the family.
10:34
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the demise of veteran Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul.Calling him a superstar of Bengali cinema, the Chief Minister said: Saddened and shocked to hear about the demise of Tapas Paul. He was a...
10:30
The Indian rupee declined by 10 paise to 71.42 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday as investor sentiments remain fragile amid coronavirus fears. Besides, foreign fund outflows, stronger dollar against key global currencies and subdued equity market too put pressure on the domestic...
10:19
Happy anniversary Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra!The Congress general secretary for UP began her day with a tweet and two lovely pictures -- one a throwback collage of slightly faded images during her wedding -- and the other a collage of more recent pictures with her husband and...
10:11
Ahead of the carnival festivities, the North Goa district administration has withdrawn Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which was imposed last week after intelligence inputs about possible terror threat along the western coast.North Goa Collector Gopal Parsekar issued a...
09:57
The death toll in mainland China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has increased by 98 over the past 24 hours to 1,868, the Chinese state health committee said on Tuesday.The number of confirmed cases has gone up by 1,886 to 72,436, it said.The number of people who have recovered has risen by...
09:06
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a petition filed by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya against the proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to seize his assets in India.Mallya had last week hit out at Central Bureau of Investigation and ED saying all that investigative...
08:25
Veteran Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul died of cardiac arrest early Tuesday, family sources said. He was 61.Paul, who was in Mumbai to visit his daughter, complained of chest pain at the Mumbai airport during his return to Kolkata and was rushed to a hospital in Juhu...
00:01
The Supreme Court's appointment of two interlocutors to persuade the Shaheen Bagh protesters to move to another venue brought a little disappointment to the demonstrators though many of them believe there is finally an avenue to talk to the government about their dissent. Hundreds of...
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