23:47
The construction of the Ram temple is likely to start next month and the temple trust president has sent an invite to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion of its foundation stone laying ceremony, said Ayodhya seers on Thursday. A tentative programme for the construction...
23:31
Michelle Obama is launching a podcast.The former US first lady will host The Michelle Obama Podcast, focused on meaningful relationships and conversations, her production company with former President Barack Obama, Higher Ground, announced Thursday in conjunction with Spotify. It's set to debut...
22:59
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it is MGNREGA that is pulling the poor out of the pit of economic slump that has been dug by the PM. Modi ji had said that people are made to just dig pits under MGNREGA. But the truth is that it is...
22:49
A four-member team of the central government will be on a visit to Gujarat on Friday to review the coronavirus situation in the state and to provide necessary guidance.This expert team comprises AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria, NITI Aayog member Vinod Paul, Director General of ICMR Dr Balram...
22:14
Following the Trump administrations decision to reroute coronavirus hospital data first to the administration, instead of sending it to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some data is no longer available on the CDC.gov website. The information removed from the website is the...
22:00
Odisha government has announced 14-day complete lockdown in Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack, Jajpur distric and Rourkela Municipal Corporation area from 9 pm of July 17 to July 31 midnight.
21:22
Amid the political turmoil in Rajasthan, the AAP on Thursday sought to project itself as an alternative, saying the Congress is on ventilator and is unlikely to survive while accusing the political parties of playing dirty politics at a time when the focus should be on battling the COVID-19...
21:08
With the single-day spike of 1,498 new coronavirus positive cases, Mumbai's tally of patients rose to 97,751 on Thursday, the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation said.As the virus claimed the lives of 56 more people, the death toll in the metropolis reached 5,520, it said. According to the...
20:43
India on Thursday said its officials were not given unimpeded access to national Kulbhushan Jadhav, denying Pakistan's claims of consular access.Pakistan earlier on Thursday claimed it had provided consular access to Jadhav, on death row, days after Islamabad claimed that he has refused to file...
20:07
The two-judge bench of Rajasthan HC hearing Sachin Pilot's plea against disqualification notices to 19 MLAs, including himself, has adjourned for the day. Hearing in this matter will resume at 1 pm on Friday.Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels today challenged in the Rajasthan High Court...
20:04
The Election Commission on Thursday decided not to extend the facility of postal ballot to electors above 65 years of age in the Bihar Assembly polls and bypolls due in the near future in view of constraints of logistics, manpower and safety protocols of COVID-19.However, the EC, in a statement,...
19:36
Delhi recorded 1,652 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.18 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,545, authorities said. Fifty-eight fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health department...
19:31
Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britains National Cyber Security Centre said. A co-ordinated statement from Britain, the United States and Canada attributed the...
19:10
Equity infusion of Rs 500-600 crore every year is not sustainable and cost-cutting in Air India is necessary, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday, justifying the national carrier's decision to send certain employees on leave without pay for up to five years. The...
18:43
Reliance Industries' planned sale of a fifth of its oil-to-chemical business to Aramco has stalled after the Saudi company sought at least 20 per cent cut in USD 75 billion valuation billionaire Mukesh Ambani's firm was seeking. Sources privy to negotiations said Saudi Aramco...
18:06
Varavara Rao, the 80-year old Telugu poet-litterateur and activist, who is behind bars since 2018 in the Elgaar Parishad case on Thursday has tested positive for Covid-19.On Wednesday, he was taken to JJ hospital on Monday for a few tests after he complained of dizziness. Raos family had...
17:57
A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court will hear Thursday evening a petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident leaders, challenging notices from the Speaker over a Congress move to disqualify them from the state assembly.A two-judge bench is expected to hear the amended petition...
17:40
Some Rajasthan MLAs have been shifted from ITC Grand to Best Western Resort in Gurgaon's Manesar. Many vehicles with Rajasthan registration numbers have been parked at the resort. Sources say that the MLAs were shifted late at night. MLAs of the Pilot camp were housed at the ITC...
17:38
India has 3,31,146 active Covid-19 cases, which is around a third of the country's total tally that rose to 9.68 lakh on Thursday, the Union Health ministry said and credited targeted measures for the steady decline in active caseload. As the country witnessed a record single-day increase of...
17:16
Actor Rhea Chakraborty on Thursday made an appeal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to initiate a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case. Taking to social media, Chakraborty confirmed for the first time that she was the 'Kai Po Che!' actor's girlfriend...
16:52
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma
All entry points of Meghalaya located at Byrnihat, Ratacherra, Bajengdoba, Tikrikilla, Mirjumla and Hallidayganj will remain closed from midnight of July 23 to midnight of July 31, an order issued by the Chief Secretary of the state said.Only movement related to emergency, medical and essential...
16:48
India has established individual bilateral bubbles with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country in the pact to operate international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday, adding that similar arrangement with Germany and the UK will soon be...
16:08
The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday granted time to Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs to file an amended petition challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the Rajasthan Speaker. The petition against the move to disqualify the rebel MLAs from the state...
15:59
Indian citizen Kulbhushan Jadhav granted second consular access today. Indian officials at Pakistan foreign office, says Pakistan media. India on Thursday asked Pakistan to give unconditional consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, as per sources.Earlier, Pakistan had claimed that he had...
15:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting top officials of the finance and commerce ministries later on Thursday to assess the impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the national economy, official sources said. They said the Prime Minister's focus will be on speedy recovery of the economy which has...
15:32
Salman Khan wishes Katrina Kaif on her birthday today with a picture of the two together (alongside). The Tiger Zinda Hai actor wished Katrina with a simple, 'Happy Birthday Katrina', message on Twitter. We took a look at the magic that Katrina Kaif weaves with these pictures. Take a look
15:18
The Maharashtra CID's chargesheet in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by a mob three months ago, says that the incident was a fallout of rumours that child-lifting gangs were operating in the area whose members posed as seers or uniformed...
15:14
14 priests of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams have tested positive for COVID-19. Anil Kumar Singhal, Executive officer of TTD today held a meeting with temple priests, health and vigilance officials.
14:49
Update: The Rajasthan High Court will hear Thursday afternoon a petition filed on behalf of the Sachin Pilot camp, challenging a move to disqualify dissident MLAs from the state assembly. The plea against the disqualification notices sent from the Speaker's office to Pilot and 18 other Congress...
14:34
What is going on in the Congress party? Nobody knows who is in control even as Sonia Gandhi continues to hold the post of interim president -- she will complete a year in office next month.Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com spoke to veteran Congress watcher Rasheed Kidwai -- a Visiting...
14:28
Mother of victim in Guna incident says the police asked them to vacate the land. 70 policemen came and asked us to vacate land saying it belongs to the government. We requested them to let us reap agriculture produce first. But they started abusing and beating us. My son took poison in anger but...
14:23
The Odisha government on Thursday commenced plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID- 19 patients at a hospital in Cuttack, an official said. The procedure was conducted on a 48-year-old patient at the Ashwini Hospital for the first time in the state, technical advisor to the health department...
14:16
Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar
Former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar tested positive for coronavirus in the state's Latur district on Thursday, a senior official said. The 88-year-old leader has been shifted to a hospital in Pune, located around 320 km from Latur, the official said. -- PTI
14:03
Prithviraj Meena
Prithviraj Meena, MLA supporting Sachin Pilot, moves Rajasthan high court challenging state assembly Speaker's disqualification notice to them.The matter will be heard at 3 pm today.Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi to represent the MLAs.Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi had confirmed on...
13:33
Housing sales in eight major cities of the country declined 54 per cent during January-June period to 59,538 units the lowest in 10 years as demand crashed after the imposition of the coronavirus pandemic-led lockdown late March, according to property consultant Knight Frank. In its...
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Indian Army statement on LAC: India and China have been engaged in discussions through established military and diplomatic channels to address the prevailing situation along LAC. Commanders from PLA and Indian Army held a meeting at Chushul, on the Indian side, for the fourth round of talks, on...
12:42
India's pharmaceutical industry will be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines not just for the country but also for the entire world, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. A lot of very important things have been done in India and its pharma industry is doing work to...
12:25
Taking a swipe at Sachin Pilot over his claim that he is not joining the BJP, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday asked what happens to his ghar wapsi' and whether Rajasthan's dissident legislators are vacationing in Haryana under the watchful eye of the saffron party. Pilot has...
12:22
China's economy bounced back by posting 3.2 per cent growth in the second quarter after a record 6.8 per cent slump in the first quarter due to the coronavirus crisis, avoiding a recession. The world's second-biggest economy saw a sharp decline in growth in the first three months of the year...
12:02
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Despite accusing senior party leader Sachin Pilot of colluding with the BJP, the Congress has still kept its doors open for him and other rebel MLAs and they may be given another chance to return to the party fold. Sources stated that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is behind the softening of stance...
11:33
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the attack on Dalits by policemen in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, saying our fight is against this injustice. A purported video of the incident on social media showed the police hitting a Dalit man mercilessly with batons and his wife and...
11:24
Gangster Abu Salem
A key aide of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem who worked in his illegal property business in NCT of Delhi has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police, officials said on Thursday. Gajendra Singh, who was also close to gangster Khan Mubarak, was nabbed...
11:16
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai overnight with some parts receiving extremely heavy showers, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday. Areas like Bandra and Mahalaxmi in the city received 201 mm and 129 mm rainfall, respectively, between 8.30 am on Wednesday and 6.30 am on Thursday, IMD...
10:59
There is something of King Lear about Rahul Gandhi. Those he loves the most are the first to betray him. Those who he loves the least are those who remain with him. I should knowHis two best friends when he entered Parliament in 2004 were Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot. He was always...
10:43
25 US Congressmen and women write a letter to President Trump asking for a ban on the Chinese app, TikTok. In June, India took an extraordinary step of banning Chinese affiliated-apps, including TikTok, due to national security concerns. CCP's systemic campaign to collect and illicitly transmit...
10:21
India has asked Pakistan to give unconditional access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan has claimed that Kulbhaushan Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer who is on a death row, has refused to file a review petition for reconsideration of his sentence and conviction.Pakistan's additional attorney...
10:05
Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 100 points in early trade on Thursday led by gains in index-heavyweight Infosys even as Asian peers traded with significant losses. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 116.77 points, or 0.32 per cent, higher at 36,168.58. Similarly, the NSE Nifty rose...
09:33
Highest single day spike of 32,695 COVID-19 cases and 606 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in India.Total positive cases stand at 9,68,876 including 3, 31,146 active cases, 6,12,815 cured/discharged/migrated and 24,915 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. -- ANIIMAGE: A...
09:05
Iran has refuted an Indian newspaper report claiming that New Delhi had been 'dropped' from the Chabahar-Zahedan railway project.One of the deputies to Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation, Farhad Montaser said the story was 'totally false because Iran has not inked any deal with India...
09:00
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Around 20 members tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday at the Bihar Governor, Phagu Chauhan's house in Patna, state officials informed.Earlier on the same day, Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party state president and Lok Sabha MP from Bettiah, Sanjay Jaiswal, his wife and mother also tested positive...
08:40
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweets: 'Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We're diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.'
08:13
A number of high profile Twitter accounts including that of United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and of Apple were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers to carry out...
00:14
George Floyd's family filed a lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death, alleging the officers violated Floyd's rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police...
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