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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today asserted every effort was being made to trace the key accused in the abduction and assault of a popular South Indian actress as Opposition parties stepped up their attack on the law-and-order issue.Four accused in the case have been arrested so far...
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Three men, who are wanted in stone-pelting cases in Sopore district of Jammu and Kashmir, have been arrested from New Friends Colony area in south east Delhi, police said today.Acting on a tip-off, Yawar Muzaffar and Waseem Majid Dar (both 21-year-old) and Danish Hasan Dar (22) -- all residents...
21:57
A 15-member delegation of China's People's Liberation Army held wide-ranging talks with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi and both sides agreed that peace and tranquility on the border was an important guarantor for expansion of ties.The visit of the delegation from PLA's Western Theatre...
21:40
On the eve of the counting of votes for the fiercely-fought Maharashtra civic elections, the BJP today indicated it was not averse to a post-poll tie-up with Shiv Sena in cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.There are no ideological differences between BJP and Shiv Sena, Maharashtra BJP...
21:36
Pakistan has ordered an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland intermediate helicopters from Italy to perform utility and transport operations.The Pakistan Government has placed orders for an undisclosed number of additional AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters, Leonardo, the...
21:26
A free press was akin to a thermometer in checking the health of a democracy, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said today.Speaking at the prestigious IPI India award ceremony, Satyarthi called for an enhanced media focus on child slavery and trade, issues which he believes are...
20:32
As Rajeev Sharma told us last week, Gopal Baglay will be the ministry of external affairs' new spokesperson.Baglay, Rajeev tells us, will take over on Friday, February 24. He replaces Vikas Swarup, who leaves for Ottawa on Tuesday, February 28, to take over as India's high commissioner in Canada...
20:30
Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar today assured early disposal of court cases. I assure you, we will try our best for early disposal of cases, the CJI said at a book launch in New Delhi. Justice Khehar said,' While Justice is inspirational, judicial reforms...
19:59
India's growth is projected to slow to 6.6 per cent in 2016-17 fiscal due to the strains that have emerged in the economy as a result of temporary disruptions caused by demonetisation, the International MonetaryFund said on Wednesday.In its annual report, however, the IMF said demonetisation...
19:17
In an election which has already seen a host of acronyms thrown around, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Wednesday hurled another word in battlefield Uttar Pradesh.Attacking the Congress, the BSP, the SP with new acronym, Shah said, get rid of KASAB.While Ka and Sa stand for Congress...
18:14
The National Green Tribunal today lashed out at the Karnataka government and its agencies resposible for maintenance of Bengaluru's Bellandur lake, asking them why they should not be prosecuted for negligence following the recent outbreak of fire in the waterbody. A bench headed by NGT chief...
17:58
JUST IN: SC to hear complaint by ex-Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul's wife seeking CBI probe into his suicide note on Thursday
17:35
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote an open letter appealing to people to vote for the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh while hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Due to some reasons, I couldn't be present between all of you this time. Representing you is a...
16:59
Prolific author Chetan Bhagat finds fake notes 'cute'. A man who had gone to withdraw Rs 8000 from an SBI ATM in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, got Rs 2000 notes from the machine that bore the mark of Children Bank of India, instead of Reserve Bank of India. A case was registered based on the youth's...
16:49
Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has sent a report to President Pranab Mukherjee about the incidents that occurred in the state assembly during the floor test on February 18. Chief Minister E K Palaniswami had won the vote of confidence by a steep margin amid stormy situation in the House....
16:25
After facing backlash on Twitter for a tweet that poked fun at a policeman deployed on the day of BMC polls, columnist Shobhaa De on Wednesday tried a peace-offering of sorts, saying she did not mean any harm.She wrote on Twitter, Mumbai/Maharashtra Police, pranaam. No offence intended. M.P....
16:11
Just In: Supreme Court asks Haryana and Punjab to maintain law and order in view of a proposed march over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal row.
16:06
Treading similar paths as Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh over the idea of an SP-Congress alliance, his brother Shivpal Singh Yadav has now come forth with a shocker that he will not campaign for any grand old party candidate.Shivpal while speaking to ANI said, I will not campaign for any...
15:47
Sensex rises 103.12 points to close at 28,864.71; Nifty gains 19.05 points to 8,926.90.
15:45
A youth who had gone to withdraw Rs 8000 from an SBI ATM in Sangam Vihar was in for a shock when the Rs 2000 notes from the machine bore the mark of Children Bank of India. A case was registered based on the youth's complaint at the local police station.According to the youth, Rohit Kumar who...
15:25
Sitaram Yechury tweets @SitaramYechury Modi's promise was of 10 crore new jobs by 2019. As jobs reduce under his watch, Amit Shah confirms that it was another jumla like 15 lakh.
15:25
BJP president Amit Shah, addressing a rally in UP, says there is no question of a post-poll alliance with the BSP or any party. The BJP will get full majority in UP, Shah said adding that not naming the CM face in UP is part of BJPs poll strategy.Yesterday, Shah rejected the opposition charge...
15:14
A few days ago, on February 18, a girl was raped in Hauz Khas village at 11.30 pm when she was coming back from a party. She took help from the accused who told her that he would drop her home and his car was parked nearby. He took her to the nearby Deer park and raped her in an isolated...
14:56
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and All India Students Association activists from Delhi University clashed on Wednesday, a day after JNU student Umar Khalid'€™s visit to Ramjas College was blocked by protesting students. ABVP activists were staging a protest in the college on...
14:39
Shabana Azmi tweets this lovely picture saying, He can still make me laugh 33 years after we got married!The National Award winning actress is married to lyricist, poet, Javed Akhtar.
14:17
A young Kerala couple went live on Facebook as two police personnel allegedly try to moral police them over their indecent behaviour. The youngsters, who are not married, were questioned by police yesterday, when they were sitting in the museum park in Thiruvananthapuram for being seated...
14:00
As South Asian women documentary filmmakers, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (she's from Pakistan) and Geeta Gandbhir (she is from India) have covered varied topics. Obaid-Chinoy has won an Oscar -- the only Pakistani to ever win one -- for her short documentary Saving Face.A few...
13:45
Ian Purkayastha, the twenty-four-year-old truffle wunderkind behind Regalis, tries throughout his new autobiography, Truffle Boy: My Unexpected Journey Through the Exotic Food Underground,' to affix the smell of truffles to the page: cheesy, garlicky, explosive'; the smells of the soil and the...
13:29
Former diplomat KC Singh tweets, Strategic Dialogues with Nations like China remind me of late Pres Zail Singh's quip: it's eating, meeting & cheating.Singh pins a pic of Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar and Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui at the the India-China Strategic...
13:24
MK Stalin, leader of the DMK, is scheduled to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday at 6:30 pm at Rashtrapati Bhavan to seek a second vote of confidence with a secret ballot system in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, M Karunanidhi's daughter and Stalin's stepsister, will...
13:05
Jayalalitha memorial in Chennai seems to have hit a dead end.The AIADMK government's plan to construct a memorial to former chief minister J Jayalalitha who passed away on December 5, 2016 may not see light of day. The State government has allotted Rs 15 crore for the construction of the memorial...
12:20
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is the main attraction in the poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh. UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, the face of the Samajwadi Party has not shared dais with the RJD chief, which means Lalu has to go it alone. But Akhilesh did his bit by allotting a helicopter for Lalu to enable him to...
12:02
In Trichy, MK Stalin leads DMK's hunger strike protest over the ruckus that took place in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. With him is Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva.
11:57
Shurhozelie Liezitsu sworn-in as new Nagaland Chief Minister by Governor P B Acharya.
11:32
Amnesty International today criticised the Indian government for using the crude, colonial-era sedition law to silence its critics. In its annual human rights report, the UK-based NGO said, Human rights activists and journalists (in India) faced intimidation and attacks from both state and...
11:23
Canada to resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State terror group.
11:07
So the reports were unfounded. The government says it has no plans to reintroduce Rs 1000 notes. Shaktikanta Das, Secretary Economic Affairs, Government of India, tweeted, No plans to introduce Rs 1000 notes. Focus is on production and supply of ₹500 and lower denomination notes. Complaints...
11:00
The Dawn on the escalating violence in Pakistan. The latest spate of deadly violence and the military's punitive strikes on terrorist camps across the Durand Line has caused tensions between Kabul and Islamabad to escalate. This time, matters have gone beyond the usual blame game that is...
10:54
Telangana CM KC Rao offers gold ornaments at the Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala. This is the CM's thanksgiving trip after the state of Telangana was formed in 2014. This largesse will cost the taxpayer Rs 5.6 crore. Accompanied by his wife, other family members and state ministers, KCR left for...
10:24
R Nataraj, an MLA from Mylapore, Chennai, known to be close to the late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, has thrown in his lot with former TN CM O Panneerselvam. He speaks to A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com on the challenges ahead. Do read
10:10
Expressing confidence over securing a majority in the 2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, the BJP on Wednesday said the aggressive voting by the people clearly shows they are voting against the Shiv Sena's mafia raj.It is for the first time that Mumbai had 55 to 60 percent...
10:03
The Sensex rallied about 97 points to 28,858.30 in early session today, maintaining its uptrend for the fifth day on widespread gains amid covering-up of short positions ahead of the February month expiry in the derivatives segment tomorrow.Brokers said that a mixed trend at other Asian markets...
09:26
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has begun its hunger strike to protest the Tamil Nadu assembly ruckus during Edappadi Palaniswami's trust vote.DMK men will fast from 9am to 5pm in all the district headquarters.DMK leaders say there is palpable anger against the AIADMK government that the trust vote...
09:07
Author Shobha De's tweet ridiculing a Mumbai policeman seems to have backfired with the social media and even the Mumbai Police trolling her.De, after casting her vote on Tuesday in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls, posted a picture of an extremely obese police personnel, and wrote:...
08:42
Just In: Malaysian police chief announces two additional North Korea suspects in Kim Jong Nam killing; both still in Malaysia.
08:40
Meanwhile, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who is in Myanmar has said that the country has huge unexplored hydrocarbon potential and that New Delhi and Naypyidaw need to have more engagement in the oil and gas sector.Pradhan is on a five-day trip to Myanmar since Monday, scouting for...
08:32
Reuters reports: China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, is nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two US officials said.The development is likely to raise...
08:30
Pakistani army will protect its people against forms of Indian aggression, the country's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said. We will continue our solidarity with people of Kashmir who are struggling for their right of self-determination, Bajwa said.Bajwa also said that Pakistan...
08:26
Foreign Secy S Jaishankar, who is in Beijing for the India-China Strategic Dialogue, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday.Following the interaction, Jaishankar said, China-India should make special efforts on counter-terrorism together.China has very strong, principled position on...
08:22
The Lahore high court will on Wednesday hear the plea filed by Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and four others challenging their house arrest.Earlier, the LHC had dismissed a petition filed by a senior advocate Erum Sajjad Gull on 'technical' ground observing the petitioner had not furnished...
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Reserve Bank of India's vision for 'less cash' economy.
01:04
Composition of India's public debt.
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Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrasekara Rao arrived in Tirupati on Tuesday night on his maiden visit after assuming office to offer prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara.Rao is accompanied by his family members and some cabinet colleagues.After an overnight stay on the hills,...
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55% voting in Mumbai; CM thanks people for 'record' turnoutTaliban suicide bombers attack court in Pakistan, 7 killedMaya asks Muslims to vote for BSP, againPM, Irani degrees: HC stays fine imposed on DURead yesterday's LIVE commentary HERE
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