23:56
Slamming anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam, arrested on charges of sedition, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said his speech was more dangerous than that of former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Speaking at an event in Raipur, Shah also said Sharjeel has been arrested by Delhi police...
23:07
Hours after IndiGo suspended Kunal Kamra from flying with it for six months after he allegedly heckled journalist Arnab Goswami aboard its Mumbai-Lucknow flight, Air India banned the stand-up comedian from travelling on any of its flights, until further notice. In view of the incident onboard...
22:28
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday courted controversy by asking why none of the Shaheen Bagh protesters who are demonstrating under the open sky during winter has fallen ill or died.Ghosh also sought to know who is funding the Shaheen Bagh protesters.Hundreds of...
21:37
Kunal Kamra's reaction to suspension by Indigo:-Thank you Indigo a six month suspension is honestly very kind of you... Modiji might be suspending Air India forever.
21:30
IndiGo on Tuesday suspended stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra from flying with the private airline for six months, after he allegedly heckled journalist Arnab Goswami aboard one of its planes from Mumbai to Lucknow. In light of the recent incident on board 6E 5317 from Mumbai to Lucknow, we...
21:17
At least 66 mobile phones got stolen every day on Mumbai's suburban rail network last year, and the thefts were valued at Rs 2.99 crore, a latest data from the Government Railway Police revealed.The suburban rail network is spread over 350 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Khopoli...
21:03
An armed man, claiming to have links with a political party, entered the protest area at New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday and threatened the agitators, according to eyewitnesses. A video clip of the alleged incident which is doing the rounds on social media shows a gun-wielding man being...
20:49
A total of 633 people, who returned to Kerala from China in recent days, are under observation for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus, state health minister K K Shylaja said on Tuesday.Of the 633, seven are under observation in isolation wards at different hospitals, according to...
20:13
At least seven people were killed when a speeding state transport bus collided with an auto-rickshaw and both vehicles fell into a roadside well in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Tuesday, police said.More than 20 others suffered injuries in the accident which took place in the evening at Meshi...
20:03
The ministry of external affairs has made a formal request to China for facilitating evacuation of Indians from Wuhan, the epicentre of novel coronavirus outbreak, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The civil aviation ministry will make necessary arrangements...
19:45
Union minster Anurag Thakur has been served a show cause notice by the Election Commission for his controversial remark.Thakur on Monday led the audience of an election meeting in Rithala, Delhi on a chant that said traitors would be shot -- Desh ke gaddaron ko; goli maro sa**n ko -- although he...
19:02
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she is ready for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act but the Centre has to first withdraw the contentious law. Banerjee said protesting against the decisions of the centre doesn't make...
18:29
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has advised his followers in China to chant a mantra to contain the threat posed by coronavirus, which has reportedly left over 100 dead. A group of mainland Chinese devotees on Facebook had requested for the Dalai Lama's advice amid...
18:20
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that then Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah had asked him to induct political strategist Prashant Kishor into the Janata Dal-United.Someone wrote a letter I replied to it. Someone is tweeting, let him tweet. What do I've to do with it?...
17:54
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday expanded his one-month-old ministry, inducting seven ministers in the council of ministers. Governor Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly inducted ministers in a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi. Five...
17:52
India has summoned senior Pakistan high commission official, and issued a demarche over the abduction of a Hindu girl in its Sindh province, PTI reports quoting official sources. India also asks Pakistan to ensure the safety and security of its citizens and minority Hindu community in that...
17:22
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat of Congress on Tuesday dismissed perception of rumblings in the Shiv Sena-led government against the backdrop of Milind Deora's missive to party chief Sonia Gandhi on slow progress on Rahul Gandhi's poll promise in 2019.In his letter to Sonia Gandhi...
16:43
West Bengal: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Secretariat, today, seen here with his mother Nirmala.
16:28
India has begun preparations for the evacuation of its nationals affected by the situation arising out of the coronavirus outbreak in China's Hubei Province, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the Indian Embassy in Beijing is in touch with...
16:22
Senior diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the US, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. Sandhu, a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently posted as High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka. He replaces Harsh Vardhan Shringla as...
16:17
Oxford University Press (OUP) on Tuesday named 'Samvidhaan' (Constitution) the Oxford Hindi Word of 2019, saying it received widespread attention in the year which was witness to the spirit of the Indian Constitution being embraced across segments of the society. It said the word was chosen...
16:07
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a 19-year-old Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist from Baramulla district, an official said on Tuesday. Sajid Farooq Dar alias Adnan was arrested from Andergam village in Pattan area of the district during an operation on Monday, the official said. Dar, a...
16:01
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hailed Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee saying Banerjee is a man of sterling qualities and disarming grace and he is greatly touched by his modest approach.I have signed the D.Litt ( honoris causa) in the presence of Abhijeet Bannerjee, VC and others. A...
15:56
Irked by the behaviour of a fan who tried to click a selfie with him at the Goa airport, Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday snatched his mobile phone. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media. In the clip, a man can be seen approaching Khan and trying to click a selfie when...
15:51
Sharjeel Imam has been arrested from Jehanabad in Bihar on sedition charges for saying Assam should be separated from India. The police had raided Imam's ancestral home on Sunday night after help was sought by central agencies. Said to be in his early 30s, Sharjeel Imam has a degree...
15:50
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she is ready for talks with Prime Minister Modi but first the PM will have to withdraw the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).It is good that the Prime Minister is ready for talks but first take back the Citizenship...
15:45
The Centre Tuesday sought dismissal of the plea of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case against rejection of his mercy plea and said that being ill-treated in prison cannot be a ground for mercy to one who has committed such a heinous crime. Solicitor...
15:26
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked central government over the issue of unemployment and stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn't even speak about it.Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's capital, Gandhi scion said, Prime Minister Modi had promised two crore jobs, but...
14:43
Congress leader Milind Deora has written to party chief Sonia Gandhi expressing concern over Rahul Gandhi's 2019 poll promise of allotting 500 sq ft homes to Mumbai slum-dwellers not moving effectively towards implementation under the new dispensation in Maharashtra. Deora urged Sonia Gandhi...
14:34
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to 14 convicts in the Sardarpura village massacre case where 33 people were burnt alive during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.A Bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde granted bail to the 14 convicts who have been sentenced to life imprisonment and...
14:23
The Supreme Court Tuesday questioned one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, as to how he can allege non application of mind by the President in rejecting his mercy petition.A 3-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi asked senior advocate Anjana Prakash,...
14:16
The Congress on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to take note of union minister Anurag Thakur's provocative slogans at a poll rally in Delhi. Triggering a row, Thakur had egged on participants in an election rally in Rithala here to raise an incendiary slogan that traitors should be shot...
13:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed a National Cadet Corps rally in New Delhi and outlined the contribution of youth towards taking the country on the path of development.A country where youth is disciplined has willpower and determination, it can never be stopped on its path to...
13:35
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused the BJP of insulting the people of the national capital by bringing in outsiders for campaigning in the February 8 assembly polls.Kejriwal said the Bharatiya Janata Party has brought 200 MPs, 70 ministers and 11 chief ministers from outside...
13:17
Roger Federer, the world number 3 and six-time champion at the Australian Open, has managed to claw his way into the semi finals of the tournament after his victory against America's Tennys Sandgren. Federer battled past the American in five thrilling sets -- 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3.During...
12:41
The CPI(M) on Tuesday said the citizenship law will continue to face opposition on the streets despite Parliament's approval, just like the Emergency was opposed notwithstanding its passage in both Houses. In a series of tweets, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said those arguing that...
12:27
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging poor infrastructure in state-run schools of the national capital and said that claims of education revolution have been 'exposed' during visits by Delhi BJP parliamentarians at different schools.Arvind...
12:23
In another instance of the pathetically low levels to which political discourse has dropped, the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit tweets this image (alongside) with a message to NC leader and former J-K CM Omar Abdullah who is in detention since August. The tweet says, @BJP4TamilNaduDear @OmarAbdullah , Its...
12:13
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the menu of the Governors Ball, which will happen post the Oscar ceremony on February 9, will be 70 per cent plant-based. The announcement was made after the AMPAS served an entirely plant-based menu at the Oscar Nominees...
12:06
Shares of HDFC on Tuesday jumped over 3 per cent after the company reported a near four-fold growth in net profit for the three months to December 2019. The company's scrip gained 3.13 per cent to Rs 2,470.85 on the BSE. On the NSE, it climbed 3.16 per cent to Rs 2,471.70. The mortgage...
11:49
A day after the Bodo pact was signed, senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the Centre is willing to hold peace talks with ULFA (Independent) faction and appealed to its leader Paresh Barua to come to the negotiating table. Sarma, also the North East Democratic Alliance...
11:33
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lashed out at Pakistan for using terror as a state policy towards India rather than peacefully settling disputes through dialogue, and said it must take demonstrable steps against terror groups. Addressing the 12th South Asia conference in New Delhi,...
11:31
A man was hospitalised in Pune on suspicion of possible exposure to the novel coronavirus during his recent visit to China, taking the total number of such admissions to six in Maharashtra so far, a senior official said on Tuesday. The man was admitted in the isolation ward of the Naidu Hospital...
11:07
Himachal Pradesh: National Highway 5 closed at Kufri after fresh snowfall.
11:06
A 28-year-old Mohali resident, who returned from China recently, has been admitted to the isolation ward of PGIMER in Chandigarh after showing novel coronavirus-like symptoms, an official said on Tuesday. This is the first suspected case of novel coronavirus in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh...
10:51
The new Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen S K Saini on Tuesday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir along both the Line of Control and in the hinterland are under control. Speaking after receiving the Guard of Honour, Saini said the Army was prepared for all challenges. Ceasefire...
10:47
Majority of the people sitting in protest against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi and Park Circus, Kolkata are from Bangladesh and Pakistan, BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha said on Monday.Most of the people sitting at Shaheen Bagh and Park Circus are infiltrators from...
10:12
The Indian rupee appreciated by 6 paise to 71.37 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday tracking gains in domestic equity market and easing crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a narrow range amid fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak in China stoking fears...
10:06
BJP MP Parvesh Verma begins this day with this sorry statement on the CAA protests at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh. ...Lakhs of people gather there (Shaheen Bagh). People of Delhi will have to think and take a decision. They'll enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill them. There's time...
09:39
Three Indian men, who came from China on Monday, have been admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital Delhi. “They walked into the hospital on their own with symptoms of cold and cough which is similar to the coronavirus outbreak,” Dr Minakshi Bharadwaj, medical superintendent of the...
09:26
The police on Tuesday morning detained brother of anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam, who has been booked on sedition and other charges in several states for his alleged inflammatory speeches.Jehanabad police detained the brother of JNU student and co-coordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests Sharjeel...
09:08
China has reported 24 more deaths from coronavirus epidemic, taking the number of fatalities to 106 as the confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the outbreak stand at 4,515, the health authorities announced on Tuesday.Barring Tibet, all Chinese provinces have reported the virus cases, posing a...
08:47
After Union Minister Anurag Thakur was caught on camera at an election rally in Delhi on Monday urging a crowd to say goli maaro - or shoot down traitors - the election office has asked for a report.The minister, who was campaigning for the BJP candidate in Rithala in North West Delhi, can be...
08:06
US President Donald Trump is set to visit India between February 21 and February 24, with a day devoted to a joint public function with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, possibly in Ahmedabad although the final programme is yet to be sealed, according to people familiar with the matter.Officials with...
00:51
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked party leaders to 'aggressively' raise the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and National Register of Citizens to corner the government in the Budget Session beginning January 31.Gandhi gave the directions to top Congress...
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