23:34
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today allotted the key tourism portfolio to her younger brother Tassaduq Mufti who along with another People's Democratic Party legislator Javaid Mustafa Mir was inducted into the state cabinet.According to an order issued by the chief minister,...
23:11
A special court today granted conditional bail to journalist Vinod Verma in connection with the circulation and possession of a 'sex CD', allegedly involving a Chhattisgarh minister, as investigators failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory period of 60 days after his arrest.Special CBI...
21:47
Two Rajasthan-based professors today said they have been invited by the Central Board of Film Certification to be part of a panel to review Sanjay Leela Bhansali's troubled film Padmavati.The two academics are R S Khangarot, principal of the Agrawal College in Jaipur, and B L Gupta, a retired...
20:48
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today expressed serious reservations over the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha and said it will take steps through democratic means to 'amend, improve or scrap' it.The Shia Waqf Board, meanwhile, called...
20:27
The Pakistan Army today rejected claims that the Indian commandos selectively targeted a post across the Line of Control killing three Pakistani soldiers in a tit-for-tat action.Army spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor also said the armed forces are fully prepared to meet any eventuality.India...
19:44
JUST IN: The Lok Sabha passes bill making instant triple talaq illegal.The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill passed by Lok Sabha by voice vote. -- PTIIMAGE: A group of Muslim women at a market in Delhi on Thursday. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan /PTI Photo
19:33
Voting on bill against instant triple talaq underway in the Lok Sabha.Two amendments moved by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and one by Biju Janata Dal's Bhartruhari Mahtab have been negated.Amendments moved by Congress's Sushmita Dev and Communist Party of...
19:12
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio will acquire mobile business assets including spectrum, mobile towers and optical fibre network of Reliance Communications -- owned by his younger brother Anil Ambani.Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, today announced signing...
18:36
Facebook has asserted it has no plans of 'integration or authentication with Aadhaar' and is not linking the social media accounts to the 12-digit biometric identifier.The clarification came in response to reports that indicated that Facebook was running a test, where it requested for people's...
17:38
Earthquake tremors felt in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag area.
17:37
In an effort to ensure that the BJP lives up to its claim of getting 350+ seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the party is now looking at forging alliances with more regional parties. With the DMK for instance. The pointsman to do that is, of course, the DMK's recently acquitted leader A Raja....
17:12
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday moved a privilege motion in the Rajya Sabha against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for mocking Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by twisting his name. BJP member Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion under Rule 187, against Mr Gandhi and urged the Chair to take...
16:26
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has dismissed the Triple Talaq Bill terming it as the government's attempt to make political gains.The Central government's approach is based on their political interests. They don't have anything to do...
15:44
Isis has claimed responsibility for a coordinated bomb attack on a Shia cultural centre in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to its propaganda channel Amaq. Afghan officials say at least 40 people died in the attack with dozens wounded on Thursday morning.
15:11
India test-fires supersonic interceptor missile in Odisha's Balasore. Details awaited.
15:10
Those following actor Riteish Deshmukh's Twitter handle stumbled across an unusual photograph this morning. The picture had former Congress party president Sonia Gandhi casually dressed in black slacks and a white kurta riding a bicycle. The actor wrote, Some pictures make you happy... this is...
14:55
In a novel way to stop people from urinating in the open, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has asked its workers to whistle and make a sound with a stick to discourage such behaviour. Under the new method, named Lathi, Seeti (stick, whistle), GHMC workers, on finding someone urinating...
14:20
Congress will support the instant triple talaq bill in Parliament, but will raise the issue of criminal provisions in the bill. Hailing the proposed law against triple talaq, victims on Thursday said that the legislation would provide a great amount of relief in to Muslim women.Speaking to ANI,...
13:37
The government does not want Air India to become defunct like the Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, and wants it to serve the nation, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today. The government does not want anyone working in Air India to lose job,...
13:20
External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday tore apart Pakistan's spy shoe theory in the aftermath of the meeting between Kulbhushan Jadhav and his family in Islamabad.Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said the way Pakistan is spreading rumours that...
13:10
At least 40 dead in multiple Kabul blasts: interior ministry.
13:09
Bill to prohibit divorce by triple talaq and protect rights of married Muslim women introduced in the Lok Sabha. Debate on the bill happening now. It will will be considered in the Rajya Sabha after the Lok Sabha debate. Opposition raises questions on the Bill. The Bill was tabled by Law...
11:45
The leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Sushma Swaraj's statement: Misbehaviour of Pakistan with the wife and mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav was misbehaviour with all Indians. Regardless of political differences, when it comes to nation's dignity and another country...
11:41
External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj slams Pakistan saying it showed neither humanity nor sensitivity in its behaviour with Kulbhushan Jadhav's family. Rising in the Rajya Sabha to make the statement, an assertive Sushma Swaraj said:The meeting between a mother and her son, a wife and her...
11:17
External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj's statement in Parliament on Kulbhushan Jadhav's meeting with his wife and mother.
11:14
Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi And Ghulam Nabi Azad, protest in front of the Gandhi statue inside the Parliament premises over Ananth Kumar Hegde's comments on the constitution. Hegde has since apologised. This is what Hegde said: Regarding the deadlock in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha...
11:04
Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses the AICC on the Congress Party's 133rd foundation day.Rahul said the Constitution, the foundation of our country is under threat, it is under attack directly. Statements are being made by senior members of the BJP and it is under attack...
10:39
A bill seeking to criminalise the practice of instant triple talaq among Muslims is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today.The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill is listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, according to the list of...
09:32
The Congress to protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi status inside Parliament premises at 10 am today against the GST and Union Minister Ananthkumar Hegde's controversial statements on secularism and changing the Constitution, reports ANI.
09:21
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the government's statement in Rajya Sabha that Narendra Modi has never questioned Manmohan Singh's integrity, saying thanks for reminding India that the prime minister never means what he says or says what he means.Gandhi's dig came...
09:07
Al-Qaeda's slain chief Osama bin Laden had shifted to Afghanistan to supervise a plot to assassinate Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto and then military dictator Pervez Musharraf, a media report said.Citing intelligence gathered by the Inter Services Intelligence, the News reported that...
08:22
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in the Lok Sabha today on the treatment meted out by Pakistan to the family members of Kulbhushan Jadhav.The meeting between Jadhav and his mother and wife took place on December 25 at the Pakistani foreign affairs ministry in...
00:18
Israel's Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz on Wednesday announced that a train station set to be built adjacent to Jerusalem's Western Wall and will be named after United States President Donald Trump.The Jerusalem Post quoted the Israeli...
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