23:19
Pakistan's army said on Friday that the Indian troops resorted to 'heavy firing' across the Line of Control (LoC), killing one Pakistani soldier and wounding five others.In a statement, the Pakistan Army said that on November 13, Indian troops 'opted for resorting to unprovoked and indiscriminate...
22:40
Congress on Friday appointed Ajit Sharma, MLA from Bhagalpur, as the new chief of its legislature party (CLP) in the state.Ajit Sharma has been appointed as Bihar Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel told reporters in Patna. Baghel and party...
22:36
The National Conference on Friday condoled the casualties along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and called for an immediate end to such skirmishes.Four security forces personnel were among 10 people killed in multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of...
21:50
Pakistan Army's death toll in Indian retaliatory firing has risen to 11, number of injured has also risen to 16, say Indian Army sources.Indian Army retaliated strongly to Pakistan's unprovoked ceasefire violations at multiple locations today. -- ANI
21:07
As many as 33 politicians of Jammu and Kashmir have been named in a list that bars them from travelling abroad, as a result of which former National Conference MLA Atlaf Ahmed Wani was prevented from boarding a flight to Dubai, according to official sources on Friday.They said that the names of...
20:27
'Deepotsav' celebrations in Ayodhya has made it to the Guinness World records for 'the largest display of oil lamps' after 5,84,572 earthen lamps were lit on the banks of river Saryu today.The Uttar Pradesh government today went all out in marking the homecoming of Lord Ram to this holy town the...
19:42
A petition was Friday filed in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against stand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra for his alleged scandalous tweets against the apex court.The plea was filed a day after Attorney General K K Venugopal granted consent for initiation of...
18:56
Actor Arjun Rampal was today questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau for over six hours in connection with the anti-drugs probe that began with inquiries into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June. As he was leaving the agency's office in south Mumbai, Rampal, 47, clarified that...
18:34
Earthen lamps lit on the bank of River Saryu in Ayodhya as part of 'Deepotsava'. Photograph: ANI/Twitter
18:14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to spend Diwali tomorrow with soldiers, a tradition he has followed every year since he came to power in 2014.Some reports suggest the PM will be in Gujarat while others suggest he will be at a forward area in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer when the country...
18:03
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday asked people to take a resolve to become a lamp of hope and prosperity for the poor, destitute and needy this Diwali by sharing happiness. In a message to fellow citizens on the eve of Diwali, Kovind asked people to honour mother nature by...
17:52
Internet services have been snapped in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara after the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid across the Line of Control in the Keran sector on Friday.Suspicious movement was observed at the forward posts along the line of control in the Keran sector today. The suspected...
17:41
Indian Army Sources says 4,052 ceasefire violations by Pakistan have been reported this year of which 128 happened in November and 394 in October. 3,233 incidents were reported last year.
17:34
Days after the NDA's victory in the Bihar Assembly polls, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday requested Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to amend the liquor ban policy in the state as it leads to loss of revenue and increases corruption. Dubey, an MP from Jharkhand, made this suggestion just two days...
17:26
Mask-less Ram, Sita actors at Ayodhya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the construction of Ram Temple possible even during the pandemic. We are thankful to him for fulfilling Ayodhya's dream, CM Yogi Adityanath says on the occasion of Deepotsav in the city. 5.51 lakh earthen lamps will be lit at the ghats this evening.
17:08
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Just in: At least eight Pakistan Army soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations from across Line of Control. The list of Pakistan Army soldiers killed includes 2-3 Pakistan Army Special Service Group (SSG) commandoes. 10-12 Pakistan Army...
16:55
Three security forces personnel were among six persons killed in multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control from Gurez sector to Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. They said the Pakistani troops fired mortars and other weapons. In Nambla...
16:54
Soumitra Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar
The outdoor shooting for Ashani Sanket was underway in Bolpur. It was 1973. Technicians were slowly pushing a trolley with a camera mounted on it. Behind the camera was Satyajit Ray. Once the shot was done, the director discovered that Soumitra Chatterjee, who was playing the lead, was among...
16:29
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Seth, who handed down the death sentence to former Pakistan president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case, passed away due to coronavirus-related complications at a private hospital in Islamabad, officials said on Friday. He was 59 and is...
16:24
The Shiv Sena on Friday hit out at Amruta Fadnavis, wife of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, over her critical remarks against the party and said she should realise that every alphabet was important. On Thursday, Amruta Fadnavis made a jibe at the Uddhav Thackeray-led party over its poor...
16:03
The Sensex rose 86 points while the Nifty topped the 12,700 level on Friday, tracking recovery in financial stocks amid mixed cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 85.81 points or 0.20 per cent higher at 43,443. The broader NSE Nifty rose 29.15 points or 0.23 per cent to...
15:41
China finally congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Friday for their victory in the presidential elections, ending whispers over Beijing's silence.We respect the American people's choice...We congratulate Biden and Harris, said Chinese foreign...
15:27
China and India are about to implement a reciprocal disengagement plan with the premise that India should firstly withdraw staff who illegal crossed lines south of the Pangong Tso Lake, China's Global Times says. Read the report here.
14:45
Two months of campaigning did not make up for Tejashwi Yadav's regular absenteeism from the ground, writes Shivam Vij. Read the column here.
14:40
A joint meeting of the NDA legislature party will be held on Sunday where Nitish Kumar will be elected as its leader. This was decided a meeting of the leaders of the four NDA constituents in Bihar--the JD(U), BJP, HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) at the residence of Chief Minister Kumar...
14:29
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
The Shiv Sena on Friday said allegations of land deals between the families of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the late Anvay Naik were attempts to change the direction of probe into the suicide of the Alibaug-based interior designer. The ruling party's chief spokesperson,...
13:56
Bihar: NDA leaders arrive at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence in Patna for a meeting.
13:55
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the COVID-19 situation in the national capital should come under control in seven to 10 days and that his government is taking several steps in this regard. Kejriwal also said that pollution is the biggest reason behind the spike in...
13:51
Commedian Kunal Kamra responds to Attorney General KK Venugopal's gave consent to a bunch of letters seeking to initiate contempt against him. Kamra in a statement says that the silence of the Supreme Court on matters of other's personal liberty cannot go uncriticized.He added that he does not...
12:54
The World Health Organisation announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with Prime Minister Narendra expressing confidence that just like the country has emerged as the 'pharmacy of the world', the WHO institution will become the centre for global...
12:44
An HCQ consignment from India headed for the US in April
India's assistance to other nations does not create indebtedness, is without conditionalities and the country's cooperation is guided by its partners' development priorities, India has told the G-77 annual ministerial meeting, reiterating its commitment to work with developing country partners...
12:28
Anticipating a second Covid-19 wave in January-February, the Maharashtra government has asked the authorities to ensure there is no complacency in testing and said labs should be functional in every district and municipal corporation limits. A circular from the government's health services...
12:15
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in 31 Chinese firms that the administration says are owned or controlled by the Chinese military.The Executive Order, which was signed by Trump on Thursday, prohibits certain purchases involving publicly...
12:00
A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of nearly Rs 4,382crore to six states as central assistance for the natural calamities they faced this year. The funds will be released to West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and...
11:56
Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly always pleasurable to read, sentence by sentence, the prose gorgeous in places, the detail granular and...
11:29
Giriraj Singh, Union Minister on Barack Obama's comment on the Congress leader in his memoir: Nothing more to discuss on Rahul Gandhi's Intelligence when big figure like Obama has said it all. Rahul Gandhi should know now that the respect he was getting in India has turned global.This is what...
11:25
With Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM announcing that it would contest Bengal polls, having bagged five seats in neighbouring Bihar, political arithmetic, in all likelihood, is set to witness a major change as TMC's sway over minority votes seems to be up for a stiff challenge. The Mamata...
11:02
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday alleged that authorities had installed cameras in her jail cell and bathroom.In a recent interview, Sharif spoke about the alleged inconveniences she had to face when she was incarcerated after being arrested in...
10:55
President-elect Joe Biden has narrowly won Arizona, major US media outlets projected on Friday, capturing the state's 11 electoral votes and consolidating his lead over his Republican rival and incumbent US President Donald Trump. Biden, a Democrat, has won Arizona, flipping a longtime...
10:52
Ahead of government formation in Bihar, Hindustan Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) said on Friday that they will remain with Nitish Kumar and National Democratic Alliance (NDA).We want to make it clear that we will stay with the NDA. Our leader, Jitan Ram Manjhi has clearly stated that Hindustani Awam...
10:39
Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 250 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Kotak Bank amid weak cues from global markets. The market is taking a pause at these levels with higher possibility of profit-booking, experts...
10:27
48th Urs of the famous Sufi saint Nizam-Ud-Din celebrated at Kheora in Rajouri district. People from the region participated in Urs and offered prayers for peace, prosperity and brotherhood. This is exactly what virologists and doctors have been warning about -- mass congregations without...
10:04
Ayodhya's Ram ki Paidi ghats decorated with diyas for 'Deepotsav' today. 5.51 lakh earten lamps will be lit at the ghats today evening. AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria has cautioned against large gatherings of people especially during the festival season since they tend to be superspreaders. Whether...
10:01
Next batch of Indian UN Peacekeepers set to leave for South Sudan.Sensex falls 260 points, currently at 43,090; Nifty at 12,621.The total number of samples tested up to 12 November is 12,31,01,739 including 11,39,230 samples tested yesterday.
09:56
India's single-day tally of Covid cases remains more or less around the 45,000 mark. With the festival season on and Bihar elections and bypolls just concluded, cases are likely to go up, experts say. With 44,878 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 87,28,795. With 547 new...
09:46
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended Diwali greetings and said the festival's message carries a special significance this year as the world is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Most years, we often think of this dispelling of darkness as a theoretical concept rather...
09:45
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, who was recently elected for a third consecutive term from the congressional district representing Silicon Valley, is being considered as a potential contender to fill the US Senate seat from California that will fall vacant in January after Kamala Harris is...
09:35
A former Facebook employee told a Delhi assembly panel that violence in the national capital in February this year could have been easily averted if the social media giant had acted in a proactive and prompt manner.The Committee on Peace and Harmony, headed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav...
09:31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States president-elect Joe Biden will speak with each other in due course at a mutually convenient time, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday and asserted that India-US ties enjoy bipartisan support in America. The MEA's assertion comes...
09:09
Union home minister Amit Shah's Twitter display picture was on Thursday removed by the microblogging site, in response to a report from the copyright holder.Clicking on Shah's display picture on his verified handle showed a blank page with the message: Media not displayed. This image has been...
08:43
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis, took a jibe at the Shiv Sena on Thursday over its performance in the Bihar assembly elections, calling it Shav Sena.'Shav' means corpse in Marathi. Tweeting a video clip of Devendra Fadnavis' interview on Bihar...
08:26
Doctors treating iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee on Thursday conducted the first plasmapheresis on the veteran for raising his plasma count and his condition was stable but critical, one of the physicians of the private hospital said in a statement Thursday.The first episode of plasmapheresis...
08:04
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday ordered continuance of 2G mobile data services in 18 of the 20 districts of the Union Territory till November 26 citing apprehension about misuse of high-speed Internet to disrupt the district development council and panchayat polls. ...
02:21
Russia on Thursday backed India's assertion that Pakistan should not bring bilateral disputes like the Kashmir issue to deliberations at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), saying it is against the basic principles of the grouping.In his address, at a virtual summit of the SCO on...
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