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Eric Garcetti
Eric Garcetti, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, was officially sworn in as the US ambassador to India on Friday by Vice President Kamala Harris during a ceremonial event in Washington, DC. Earlier this month, the US Senate confirmed Garcetti's nomination, ending a protracted hiatus of over...
23:38
Sonu Nigam
The driver of renowned singer Sonu Nigam's father was arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 72 lakh, a Mumbai police official said on Friday. The theft came to light at the Oshiwara residence of Agamkumar Nigam, the singer's father, on Wednesday, after which police teams began a probe, he...
23:20
The Karnataka government on Friday announced its decision to scrap the four per cent quota for minorities and add it to the existing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state. The 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims under 2B classification of the OBC category will now be...
23:04
Amritpal Singh
The Punjab police on Friday said they have released 44 people taken into preventive custody during a crackdown on pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh and handed them over to their family. In the larger interest of the public and keeping in view that youngsters should not suffer, Punjab...
22:52
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Activists of the Indian Youth Congress and the BJP's youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Friday clashed in Raipur following protests over Rahul Gandhi losing his Lok Sabha membership. Activists from both sides as well as some police personnel got injured as there was stone pelting, a...
22:08
Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman will meet managing directors of public sector banks on Saturday to review performance against the backdrop of the failure of a few banks in the US and the liquidity crisis faced by Credit Suisse. The meeting is going to take stock of the progress made by...
21:50
The high courts of Allahabad, Chhattisgarh and Patna got new chief justices on Friday. Justice Pritinker Diwaker, a judge of the Allahabad high court, was appointed as its new chief justice. Justice Ramesh Sinha, another judge of the Allahabad high court, was appointed as the chief...
21:23
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A missile was misfired during a firing exercise by the army in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer. The annual exercise of a unit was going on at the Pokran field firing range when the incident occurred. However, no loss of life or property was reported. A case of Missile misfire was reported...
21:08
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
In a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said Rahul Gandhi, the son of a martyred prime minister, was called 'Mir Jafar' and insults were hurled at his family but he would not bow down as he belongs to a family whose members have...
20:43
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a tractor rally in Wayanad/File image/PTI
The Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala was declared vacant on Friday after its MP Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Parliament after he was sentenced to a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case. The Lok Sabha secretariat issued a notification disqualifying Gandhi as a member...
20:29
Well-known Carnatic musician Bombay Jayashri Ramnath suffered a health setback while touring the United Kingdom, her spokesperson said on Friday. According to the statement posted on the renowned singer's Instagram Stories, Jayashri Ramnath, who is in the UK for a music tour, received timely...
19:59
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An avalanche, of low-danger level, is likely to occur above 2,800 to 3,000 meters above sea level over several districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Kashmir Disaster Management Authority warned on Friday. The avalanche is likely to occur above seal level over Baramulla, Doda, Ganderbal,...
19:43
The Congress' top brass, including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, met on Friday to deliberate on the party's strategy going forward after Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha. A meeting was already scheduled for Friday evening but after Rahul...
19:15
The Centre on Friday extended the validity of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration of non-governmental organisations, the renewal applications of which are pending, till September 30. In a public notice, the ministry of home affairs said the validity of the registration...
18:57
A 22-year-old college student was injured after her cab driver drove off while she was disembarking following an argument over changing her destination, the police said on Friday. The accused Uber driver Pawan (32) has been arrested, they said. In its response to PTI, an Uber...
18:33
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday suggested that a conspiracy within the Congress might have played a role in its leaders not approaching a higher court for relief for Rahul Gandhi after his conviction as it had done so in the case of Pawan Khera within hours of the Assam police arresting...
18:30
In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex on Friday declined 398.18 points or 0.69 per cent to finish at 57,527.10, with 24 of its constituents posting losses. During the day, the index witnessed a high of 58,066.40 and a low of 57,422.98. The broader NSE Nifty fell 131.85 points or...
18:16
India's forex kitty rose by $12.798 billion to $572.801 billion in the week ended March 17, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had dropped by $2.39 billion to a three-month low of $560.003 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the...
17:53
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he is fighting for the voice of India and is ready to pay any price, hours after he was disqualified from Lok Sabha. In a tweet in Hindi, the 52-year-old former Congress president said, I am fighting for the voice of India. I am ready to pay any...
17:24
Ajith Kumar
South cinema star Ajith Kumar's father PS Mani has died, the actor said on Friday. In a statement, posted on Twitter by his manager Suresh Chandra, the actor and his two brothers, Anup and Anil, said their father passed away in his sleep on Friday morning. He was 85. We are...
16:52
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal/File image/PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and said under his leadership, an attempt is being made to destroy the country. In a speech in the Delhi assembly, he also accused Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of obstructing the work of the...
16:41
Rahul Gandhi and Revanth Reddy/File image
Taking strong exception to the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha, the Telangana Congress president, Revanth Reddy on Friday claimed that senior party leader's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and his demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue are giving sleepless nights to Prime Minister...
16:23
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India logged 1,249 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have increased to 7,927, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,818 with one death each reported by Karnataka and Gujarat, the data updated at 8 am stated.
16:11
Uddhav Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena (UBT) party, on Friday dubbed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as murder of democracy and said this is the beginning of the end of dictatorship. In a statement, Thackeray said it has become a crime to call a thief a thief, while...
15:51
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as an MP by the Lok Sabha Secretariat is a result of a court order and not a political call, BJP leaders said Friday, stating that everyone is equal before the law. Union Minister of State for Law and Justice SPS Baghel termed the...
15:30
The Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday staged a walkout to protest the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a member of the Lok Sabha. Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha, a day...
14:48
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, the Congress said it will fight the battle both legally and politically. We will not be intimidated or silenced. Instead of a JPC into the PM-linked Adani MahaMegaScam Rahul Gandhi stands disqualified. Indian Democracy Om Shanti, Congress general...
14:38
The Lok Sabha Secretariat's notification the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha MP.
14:34
I'm stunned by this action and by its rapidity, within 24 hours of the court verdict and while an appeal was known to be in process. This is politics with the gloves off and it bodes ill for our democracy, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from...
14:19
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday disqualified Rahul Gandhi as an MP, following his conviction in a defamation case by a Surat court on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi's disqualification is effective from the date of his conviction, March 23, says the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
14:11
The Delhi High Court Friday sought the national child rights panel's response to a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly revealing a Dalit girl's identity, who was raped and killed in 2021, by posting on Twitter a photo with her...
14:06
Several opposition parties on Friday held a protest march from Parliament, alleging that democracy is in danger and demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue. Addressing the media at Vijay Chowk, several leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, also raised the issue...
13:13
Pic courtesy: @INC
The Congress on Friday refuted BJP chief J P Nadda's allegation that Rahul Gandhi compared OBC communities to thieves and accused the ruling party of defending the likes of fugitives Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi, and indulging in caste politics. Amid a political fight between the BJP and...
12:43
Five Indian seafarers who were kept under judicial custody at Chabahar Central Jail in Iran for 403 days are set to return to India on Friday.According to sources, the 5 Indian seafarers will reportedly arrive in Mumbai from Tehran via an Iran Air flight. According to the President of the Indian...
12:35
A screen grab of Rahul Gandhi with Mallikarjun Kharge when he made the comment
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holds on to his sense of humour amid the crisis over his conviction. After meeting Congress MPs in Parliament, a meeting headed by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi helped Kharge down a few stairs. He then quipped with a smile on his face, If I touch you...
11:59
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attended Lok Sabha proceedings on Friday, a day after he was convicted in a 2019 criminal defamation case by a Surat court. Rahul Gandhi attended a meeting of party MPs before the start of the House proceedings. Congress Parliamentary Party Chief...
11:50
The Supreme Court on Friday directed that all convicts and undertrial prisoners, who were released during the COVID-19 pandemic in a move to decongest jails, to surrender within 15 days. A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said undertrial prisoners, who were released on...
11:48
File pic of Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra
The United Nations is aware of the reports about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's two-year jail sentence and that his party plans to appeal the verdict, a spokesperson for the UN chief Antonio Guterres has said. Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, was...
11:29
Rahul Gandhi attends the Congress MPs meet this morning
The Congress has called for an urgent meeting of its steering committee members, PCC presidents, CLP leaders and frontal organisation chiefs at the party headquarters in the national capital. Party president Kharge will preside over the meeting.A day after its MP Rahul Gandhi was convicted...
11:11
Update: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for hearing on April 5 a plea by 14 opposition parties, led by the Congress, alleging arbitrary use of central probe agencies against political opponents. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took note of the submissions of...
10:55
Fourteen political parties led by Congress move the Supreme Court against 'arbitrary' use of central probe agencies against opposition leaders.
10:24
BJP president J P Nadda Friday claimed that Rahul Gandhi has a habit of levelling fabricated allegations having no connection with facts while alleging the Congress leader has a huge arrogance but little understanding. In a series of tweets amid a political fight between the BJP and...
10:10
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing manhunt for fugitive pro-Khalistan leader and radical preacher Amritpal Singh, Punjab's Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill, on Thursday revealed that the Waris Punjab De chief's last location was in...
09:42
Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary will file a defamation case against PM Narendra Modi for the alleged 'Surpnakha' comment made in parliament in 2018. Let's see how fast the court acts now, Renuka Chowdhary wrote in a tweet.Renuka shared an old video of a parliamentary session, where PM Modi...
09:31
An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsinghnagar districts of the Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh entering the state, the state's Director General of Police Ashok Kumar has said.An alert has been issued in Dehradun,...
09:15
AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj hit out at the Centre over the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case, saying while the Congress leader's remark using the 'Modi' surname was wrong, it was unfair to single him out as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also...
09:05
Filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar died at the age of 67. Taking to Twitter on Friday morning, Hansal Mehta shared a picture of Pradeep. He wrote, Pradeep Sarkar. Dada. RIP. Sarkar made his directorial debut with Parineeta in 2005. He also directed Laaga Chunari Mein Daag...
08:49
Mallikarjun Kharge met senior party leaders yesterday
The Congress has decided to take to the streets to protest Rahul Gandhi's conviction and will meet President Droupadi Murmu along with other parties. The main opposition party announced a mass agitation on Thursday immediately after Rahul Gandhi was convicted by a Surat court in a...
08:38
World Bank presidential nominee Ajay Banga has tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing in New Delhi where he was travelling on the last leg of his world tour, and is currently quarantining in isolation, the Department of Treasury said Thursday. India is witnessing a spike in...
01:17
The Lok Sabha secretariat on Thursday issued revised guidelines for entry to Central Hall of Parliament, saying it has been decided that the entry of Governors, chief ministers and former MPs has been permitted to the Central Hall of Parliament in view of the reduction in COVID-19 cases in the...
00:26
Gautam Adani
Lok Sabha MP Vinayak Raut on Thursday alleged that 123 hectares of land in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district was illegally transferred to Adani Transmission Ltd between 2015 to 2018. The company, however, denied that it had purchased any land as claimed by the MP. Speaking at a...
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