23:30
A Pakistani court on Wednesday indicted Hindi Medium star Saba Qamar in a case registered against her last year for shooting a dance video' at a historical mosque here.Both Ms Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed were present in the court of judicial magistrate Javeria Bhatti when they were...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that he will be visiting the 'Devbhoomi' of Uttarakhand tomorrow for dedicating 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants across India.Taking to Twitter, he called the oxygen plants 'vital healthcare infrastructure' and said, I would be in...
22:23
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 92.60 crore on Wednesday, the Union health ministry said.More than 40 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday till 8:30 pm.The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final...
21:51
The Supreme Court of India has taken suo motu cognisance of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli will hear the matter tomorrow.
21:37
For the first time after July 14, Mumbai on Wednesday logged more than 600 new COVID-19 cases a day ahead of the scheduled reopening of temples and other religious places in Maharashtra on the first day of the Navratri festival.With 629 new cases and seven fatalities, Mumbai's tally of infections...
20:45
Jim Corbett National Park, a world-renowned tiger reserve in Uttarakhand, may be renamed as Ramganga National Park in the future.Union minister of state for forest and environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey hinted about the change in name of India's first national park which is spread over an area of...
20:34
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days' wage to eligible non-gazetted Railway employees, Union minister Anurag Thakur said.The bonus for the financial year 2020-21 will benefit about 11.56 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees, he said.An...
20:12
The Congress Working Committee is likely to meet by the end of the month amid demands by several leaders including those from the G-23 dissident group to hold internal deliberations on the turmoil within the party and multiple desertions taking place, sources said on Wednesday.Even though no date...
19:59
Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government on Wednesday called for a statewide bandh on October 11 against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident, said Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jayant Patil.The MVA is a coalition of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena....
19:40
The four major cities in India have seen the graph of LPG prices rising since Jan 2021.
19:31
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Three African nationals were arrested in Dwarka for allegedly running a drug racket and heroin worth Rs 13 crore was seized from their possession, police said on Wednesday.Stanley Chimeize Alasonye (41), the mastermind of the drug syndicate, Henry Okolie (41) and Uchechukwu Peter Igbonaju (37)...
18:58
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have left for Lakhimpur Kheri from the PAC guest house in Sitapur. Earlier in the day Rahul Gandhi left for violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from Lucknow airport along with four other Congress leaders -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh...
18:32
The Indian rupee on Wednesday suffered its biggest single-day drop in six months, losing 54 paise against the US dollar to end at 74.98 as investors turned cautious in view of massive selloffs in domestic equities and strengthening greenback against key rivals.At the interbank foreign exchange...
18:23
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alleged on Wednesday that the NCB's raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2 was fake, and no narcotic drugs were found during it.The party also questioned the presence of two persons along with the NCB team during the raid, and alleged that one...
17:46
Shraddha Bindroo
Following the killing of three civilians by terrorists in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, the daughter of one of the victims, Makhan Lal Bindroo, on Wednesday said that the one responsible for the crime has opened doors of hell for himself.Describing the deceased ML Bindroo, a...
17:40
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum has been appointed as the new director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military's media affairs wing announced on Wednesday: Pak media
17:27
SBI's outlook has been revised to stable
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday raised the rating outlook for 18 Indian corporates and banks, including Reliance Industries, Infosys, SBI and Axis Bank, to 'stable' from 'negative'. This follows the upgrade by the US-based rating agency in India's sovereign rating outlook to...
17:25
Rahul Gandhi leaves Lucknow airport
A cavalcade of cars following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lucknow airport to Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh was stopped at Itaunja Toll Plaza and only his car was permitted to pass, sources close to Gandhi told ANI.Rahul Gandhi left for violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from Lucknow...
17:21
Anas Haqqani at Mahmud Ghaznavi's shrine
Taliban leader Anas Haqqani on Tuesday visited the tomb of Mahmud Ghaznavi from Ghazni, who we know from history as the one who attacked the Somnath temple in Gujarat multiple times in the 17th century. Haqqani, younger brother of Taliban's new Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani of the...
17:09
The spot near Tikonia village where violence erupted on Sunday during a farmers' protest is amid an area linked to the life of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. Granthi Baljeet Singh from Kaudiyawala Ghat Gurdwara says the Guru came here in 1554 and cured a person of kodh, or...
16:58
In a surprise move, Pakistan Army on Wednesday transferred the powerful spy agency ISI's chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed and appointed him as Peshawar Corps Commander.However, his replacement on the key post of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief was not immediately...
16:30
Indusind Bank was down by 3.38 per cent.
16:20
2,46,687 active Covid cases in India as of today.
16:19
Equity benchmark Sensex plunged 555 points on Wednesday following losses in index majors Reliance Industries, Infosys and ICICI Bank amid a selloff in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 555.15 points or 0.93 per cent lower at 59,189.73. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty tumbled...
16:13
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was graced with the presence of legendary sarod artiste Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his son, also a sarod artiste, Amaan Ali Bangash.
15:57
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh did not appear before the state-appointed Chandiwal Commission today.The CID told the commission that it went to several known addresses of Singh to serve him the notice but couldn't find him.Commission again asks Singh to appear on October 18.Once...
15:44
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.The prize acknowledges the development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical...
15:41
A 5-member Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi leaves for violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from the Lucknow airport. He is now heading to pick up Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Sitapur an approximately 2 hour drive. Priyanka has been in detention at a guesthouse in Sitapur since Monday. The...
15:18
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his entourage are now waiting at Lucknow airport to head to Lakhimpur Khera. The distance of 130 km will be traversed by road.This is the hiccup now:We want to go in our car (to Lakhimpur Kheri) but they (police) want to take us in their vehicle. I asked...
14:36
Reacting to the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former Rajya Sabha MP, Sitaram Yechury, on Wednesday, said the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh could be compared to British rule in India.This...
14:10
Rahul Gandhi with KC Venugopal
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Lucknow airport.He is accompanied by party leaders Bhupesh Baghel, Charanjit Channi, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.The Uttar Pradesh government has granted permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and three other people to visit...
13:59
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni on Wednesday met Home Minister Amit Shah amid charges that his son ran over farmers in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday. Mishra was seen at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the national capital's North Block.Opposition parties...
13:17
Big news: The UP government has given permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and three other people to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, the State Home Department said.
13:02
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was briefly stopped from boarding a flight to Lucknow.Gandhi accompanied by Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and KC Venugopal and few other Congress leaders want to visit Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of farmers who died in Sunday's...
12:31
Cong workers protest Priyanka Gandhi's detention
So, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot landed in Delhi on Wednesday morning and set out for Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh by road straight from the airport. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is in detention at the PAC compound in Sitapur since Monday morning. She was on her way to...
12:15
Lashing out at the BJP government, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut questioned whether Uttar Pradesh is Pakistan as Indians are stopped from entering the state, adding that the administration is imposing Section 144 in the Lakhimpur Kheri but detaining opposition leaders in Lucknow.Speaking to ANI on...
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Robert Vadra on Wednesday said he had been stopped from going to Lucknow to check on my wife (Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) and make sure she is fine and well. In a lengthy post on Facebook, Vadra wrote:I have been stopped to get to Lucknow, UP. to check on my wife and make sure she is...
11:34
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will address a press conference today on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
11:12
Reacting to viral video and audio of his speech, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra Teni on Wednesday clarified that the audio is just a part of a speech and said that he has never said any ill words against the farmers.Speaking to ANI over the phone, the MoS said: The viral...
11:01
Best laid plans and intentions of Rahul Gandhi will come to naught before the UP police.The UP government has refused permission to Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri. If he arrives in Lucknow, we'll request him at the airport not to visit Lakhimpur Kheri and Sitapur. SP and DM of...
10:51
While on Lakhimpur, this heartbreaking story from The Print. Police deny allegations made by brother of Raman Kashyap, say he died after he was taken to hospital. Journalist Raman was one of 8 people killed in Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday.Read the report here.
10:29
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab CM Charanjit Channi are at the party office in Delhi.A 5-member delegation led by Rahul Gandhi will visit Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh today.Highlights from Rahul Gandhi's press conference.Unlike the Prime Minister who has...
10:10
Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra has accepted that the vehicle seen running over farmers in Uttar Pradeshs Lakhimpur Kheri was indeed his.Speaking to NDTV, Mishra said neither he nor his son was present at the spot when the incident happened.From Day One, we have been clear that the (Mahindra)...
10:01
Veteran actor Arvind Trivedi, best known for playing Raavan on the popular 1986 mythological show Ramayan, died on late Tuesday evening following a heart attack. He was in his early 80s. According to the actor's nephew, Kaustubh Trivedi, the actor had been unwell for a long time...
09:06
Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has given a week's ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government for arresting Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, accused in an FIR of being behind farmers' death in Lakhimpur Kheri. We have...
08:20
The post mortem of a farmer, Gurvinder Singh, who lost his life in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence was performed again on Wednesday, informed Dinesh Chandra, District Magistrate of Bahraich.Speaking to ANI, Dinesh Chandra, DM of Bahraich, said, An expert panel of doctors had come from Lucknow to...
00:41
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met well-known stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, noting that he is very bullish about the Indian economy.'Delighted to meet the one and only Rakesh Jhunjhunwala... lively, insightful and very bullish on India,' Modi tweeted.The prime minister also...
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