23:57
Three people were arrested in connection with fire accident that took place at a temple in nearby Neeleswaram, the police said on Tuesday. The arrested persons were identified as Rajesh P, Bharathan and Chandrashekharan, they said. Of them, Bharathan and Chandrashekharan were secretary...
23:51
File image
Angry locals on Tuesday vandalised the shop of a youth belonging to a particular community after the disappearance of a teenaged girl in Kirtinagar area of Tehri. The locals suspect religious conversion and love jihad was behind the disappearance of the girl. A case has been registered...
23:31
File image
Tamil Film Producers' Council has reiterated its decision to pause all film related activities from November 1. In a press statement issued by the film body on Tuesday, it is stated that a decision was taken by the producers to meet all stakeholders in order to find measures to tackle the...
23:09
Representational image
In a worrying discovery, rabies infection has been confirmed in the samples of one of the five golden jackals who all died separately within a month in Mumbai, a forest department official said. After back-to-back deaths of five golden jackals from the same area, the brain samples of the...
22:45
Preparations are in full swing to illuminate ghats along the banks of the Sarayu River during 'Deepotsav', in Ayodhya/ANI Photo
Diyas have been laid out in squares of 16 - some in special patterns, security staff have fanned across the city, laser lights have been set up and drones are whirring overhead. Ayodhya is preparing to hold on Wednesday its first Deepotsav after the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in...
22:15
Image courtesy X
Karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday directed officials concerned to take disciplinary action against those who permitted felling of trees in a forest land in Bengaluru, where a set was erected for shooting a Kannada movie titled Toxic. He also conducted a spot inspection of...
21:37
File image
More than 100 flights operated by various Indian airlines received bomb threats on Tuesday, according to sources. In 16 days, over 510 domestic and international flights have got the threats that later turned out to be hoaxes. The threats were issued mostly through social...
21:30
Kerala police and forensic officials examine the firecracker blast site/ANI Photo
The Kerala government on Tuesday assured a comprehensive probe into the fire accident that took place at a temple in nearby Neeleswaram and said stringent measures would be taken to check the recurrence of similar incidents. State industries minister P Rajeeve, who visited the accident site,...
21:08
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan over money laundering charges in a case of alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board.The 110-page supplementary chargesheet also named one Mariam Siddiqui, who was not arrested by the ED...
20:40
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar/File image
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday expressed concerns over politically motivated crimes in Maharashtra and asked its police chief to ensure a strict clampdown on crimes that vitiate the electoral atmosphere, sources said. The poll watchdog held a review meeting with the chief...
20:09
Shaina NC/ANI Photo
BJP spokesperson Shaina NC has resigned from her party and filed nomination as the candidate of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena from the Mumbadevi assembly constituency in Mumbai on Tuesday. Before submitting her nomination papers, Shaina visited the temple of Mumbai's patron goddess Mumbadevi...
19:51
A view of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya/File image
The Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust, which manages the Ram Temple in the city, has decided not to use Chinese decorative items during Diwali to promote local craftsmanship, according to officials. The city of Ayodhya is preparing for a grand Deepotsav this year -- it will be the...
19:19
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, contesting assembly polls from Baramati, has movable assets worth more than Rs 8.22 crore, while his immovable assets were valued at Rs 37.15 crore, according to an affidavit submitted by him before the Election Commission. The movable assets of...
18:47
Four replicas of the Konark wheels, made of sandstone, have been installed at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre and Amrit Udyan. Installation of Konark wheels aims to showcase and promote rich heritage of the country among visitors. This initiative is part of the several steps being...
18:39
Major General Sameer Shrivastava speaking to media persons in Akhnoor, Jammu/ANI Photo
Major General Sameer Shrivastava GoC 10 Infantry Division said on Tuesday that security forces used an unmanned vehicle and artificial intelligence during the encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor. Three terrorists have been killed during the operation. We have used...
18:35
Nawab Malik on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency as an NCP (Ajit Pawar) candidate for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. After filing the nomination, Nawab Malik told ANI, Today, I filed a nomination from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar...
18:18
File image
Lawyers and baton-wielding police personnel came to blows in a courtroom in Ghaziabad on Tuesday after the judge called the force in to remove a group of protesting lawyers raising slogans against him over a disagreement. Some of the lawyers claimed they suffered injuries as police personnel...
18:05
Benchmark Sensex recouped its early losses to close higher by nearly 364 points on Tuesday, extending gains to the second day on the back of late buying in banking and oil shares. The 30-share BSE barometer climbed 363.99 points or 0.45 percent to settle at 80,369.03 with 16 of its...
17:40
File image
The Mumbai police have banned flying drones, remote-controlled microlight aircraft, paragliders and hot air balloons for a month, an official said on Tuesday. The police on Monday issued a prohibitory order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and it will be in force...
17:26
At least 19 Maoists, three of them carrying bounty, were arrested by the security forces in separate operations in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the police said on Tuesday. As many as 14 Maoists were apprehended from the Jagargunda police station area, while five were caught in the Bhejji...
17:05
File image
The government has asked the companies to reduce prices of three anti-cancer drugs to pass on the benefit of customs duty exemption and GST reduction to the consumers. In line with the government's commitment to ensure the availability of drugs at affordable prices, the National...
16:54
File image
Just In: The disengagement process in the Depsang and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh sector is almost over, said defence sources on Tuesday. Armies of India and China are verifying the vacation of positions and removal of infrastructure by each other there, said the defence...
16:21
Karnataka Chief Minister Sidddaramaiah/File image
Following allegations by a section of farmers from Vijayapura district that their lands were marked as waqf properties, Karnataka Chief Minister Sidddaramaiah on Tuesday said none of them will be evicted, and notices issued to them will be withdrawn.No farmer will be evicted from their land....
16:17
Ten people died and over 36 passengers got injured after a bus crashed into the wing wall of a flyover in Rajasthan's Sikar district on Tuesday afternoon, the police said. District superintendent of police Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav said a private bus coming from Salasar to Laxmangarh rammed into...
15:56
Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena MLA candidate from Worli, Milind Deora on Tuesday said that the Mahayuti alliance will work for the people.Milind Deora filed his nominations from the Worli Assembly seat today, where he is up against sitting MLA from Shiv Sena (UBT) Aaditya Thackeray.Speaking to...
15:43
... Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The actress share the picture while on holiday with husband Nick and daughter Malti Marie in London.
15:41
President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, uses a UPI transaction to buy a Ganesh statue in Mumbai.
15:15
In Baramati, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule says, This is democracy. This is not a contest between uncle (Ajit Pawar) and nephew (Yugendra Pawar). This is our ideological fight against the BJP. Our fight is not with an individual... I don't think it is Pawar vs Pawar. This is NCP Maharashtra vs BJP's...
14:54
A visually challenged elderly couple who were found living with the body of their 30-year-old son, unaware that he died four days ago, were rescued from their house here, police said on Tuesday. With a foul smell emanating from the house on Monday, some neighbours informed the police,...
14:21
That's an actress getting some me-time and TLC while holidaying in London. Can you recognise the maiden behind the sheet?
14:09
Security forces neutralised three terrorists in a high-stakes encounter in Akhnoor, Jammu & Kashmir, following an attack on an Army convoy, Jammu and Kashmir Police officials confirmed on Tuesday. Although the terrorists have been eliminated, a search operation is still underway for...
13:54
After unsuccessfully contesting the Lok Sabha elections, Dilip Khedkar, father of sacked probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, has now entered the assembly poll fray as he will contest as an independent candidate from Shevgaon seat in Ahilyanagar district. This time, he has not...
13:44
Former Union minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that the Final Assembly Line (FAL) of Tata Advanced Systems and Airbus in Gujarat was to be set up in Maharashtra, but was shifted at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ratan Tata wanted the project to come up in Maharashtra, and...
13:03
The Congress Tuesday levelled fresh conflict of interest charges against SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, with Rahul Gandhi claiming a Monopoly Bachao Syndicate was at work, at the core of which was a dangerous nexus among the Adani Group, key regulatory bodies, and the BJP. The...
12:55
'If you look at the average age of all our candidates, you will notice that their average age is between 35 and 40. It is a kind of revolution that the MNS is bringing in Maharashtra.' Do read Prasanna D Zore's column here.
12:40
A 20-year-old man has been arrested from Noida over death threats to actor Salman Khan and Zeeshan Siddiqui, MLA and son of NCP (Ajit Pawar) leader Baba Siddique, who was shot dead on October 12. Mumbai Police have taken Gufran Khan into custody and shifted him on a transit...
12:37
Hoardings of political consultant Prashant Kishors newly launched Jan Suraaj party in Patna. The party is contesting four assembly seats in the by-election in Bihar on November 13.
11:45
Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur have identified a 35-year-old man from Gondia in the state as the person behind a spate of hoax bomb threats that triggered panic, caused flight delays and led to increased security at airports and other establishments, an official said.The Nagpur city police's...
11:41
Iranian state media has reported that German Iranian national Jamishid Sharmahd, convicted last year has been executed to death.The execution took place on Monday morning, as per state news agency IRNA, which described the 69-year-old as Israeli-linked spy and saboteur.The US resident,...
11:22
In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year's Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are...
11:11
In a major setback to China's BRI, Brazil has decided against joining Beijing's multi-billion-dollar initiative becoming the second country after India in the BRICS bloc not to endorse the mega project. Brazil, headed by President Lula da Silva, will not join the Belt and Road...
10:36
Security forces on Tuesday morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the 27-hour-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) to three, officials said.One of the three terrorists...
10:22
Upset over being denied ticket by his party, sitting Shiv Sena MLA from Maharashtra's Palghar, Shrinivas Vanga, has said he committed a 'grave mistake' of siding with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and joining his party. Srinivas, the son of late Bharatiya Janata Party MP Chintaman Vanga,...
09:55
Kolkata Police have started an investigation into the alleged hacking of live-streaming of one of the courtrooms of Calcutta high court's vacation bench on YouTube, an officer said on Tuesday.The cybercrime section of the Kolkata Police started the probe after the IT department of the Calcutta...
09:08
Phantom, the army dog
A terrorist hiding in a village in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region was killed during a fresh gunfight that erupted on Tuesday morning as security forces launched their final assault against militants holed up in the area, officials said. So far, two terrorists have been killed and...
08:56
Representational image
Update: Over 150 people were injured, including eight seriously, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival near Neeleswaram here late Monday, police said. The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru, they said. The accident occurred at...
08:43
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez , along with his wife, Begona Gomez, participated in Diwali celebrations in Mumbai on Monday night. During the festivities, the Spanish PM and his wife lit diyas and set off some pencil crackers to celebrate the festival. They also had their hands on...
08:22
Over 150 people were injured, including eight seriously, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival near Neeleswaram here late Monday, police said. The injured have been taken to various hospitals in Kasargod, Kannur, and Mangaluru, they said. It is suspected that the accident...
08:07
Just a week ahead of the US Presidential Elections, President Joe Biden joined in with hundreds of young voters in his home state, Delaware to cast his ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democratic representatives on Monday. After casting his early ballot, Biden took to...
01:21
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan/File image
An accident occurred on Monday evening at the Vamanapuram Park junction in the Thiruvananthapuram district, involving vehicles from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's escort, the police said. The accident took place while the chief minister was traveling from Kottayam to...
01:08
File image
Air India on Monday suspended 10 cabin crew members for allegedly instigating other members to protest against the airline's revised policy that also requires a section of them to share rooms during layovers, a source said on Monday. Ahead of Vistara's merger with itself next month, Air...
00:37
File image
As many as 29 police personnel, mostly constables from Hardi and Ramgaon police stations in this Uttar Pradesh district, were sent to the Police Lines on Monday. Areas under these two police stations witnessed violence during the recent Navratri celebrations that had claimed one...
00:35
File image
Ten Telangana Special Police personnel were dismissed from service and 21 arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in the recent protests seeking uniform policies for all police personnel. The 10 personnel, despite repeated warnings and opportunities to refrain from disruptive...
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances
