23:20
One person was on Thursday arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district in connection with a fake Rs 2,000 note which was dispensed from a State Bank of India ATM in Delhi.The arrested person has been identified as Mohammad Isha, 27. He is an employee of Brinks Arya Pvt Ltd. which is...
22:13
With Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections throwing no clear winner as the BJP has won 82 seats and the Shiv Sena 84, senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil said that both the parties should join hands in Mumbai.Enough of bitterness. Now, it's time to come together again, Patil, minister in...
21:17
The BJP will celebrate its impressive show in the Odisha and Maharashtra civic polls as 'vijay utsav' (victory celebration) on February 25 across all its district offices in the country.Its president Amit Shah made the decision today following the declaration of Maharashtra results where it has...
21:00
Elated over BJP's performance in Maharashtra civic polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Maharashtra for reposing their faith in the politics of development and good governance.Noting that the overwhelming blessings in Maharashtra came after Odisha, he thanked each and every...
20:13
Elated by BJP's good show in civic polls in Odisha and Maharashtra, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley took potshots at the Congress, saying it has become a crowd around a fading dynasty. The Congress party's stiff opposition to demonetisation has cost the party dear as the...
20:11
Fliers from seven airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, will no longer have to get security stamp on their hand baggages with authorities scrapping the system following successful trial runs. In a circular today, civil aviation security regulator BCAS said the system of putting...
19:39
Over 61 per cent polling in phase 4 of Uttar Pradesh assembly election: EC
19:32
Even as his party needs post-poll alliance to claim the cash-rich BMC, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray said that Mumbai mayor and the next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from his party. After months of acrimonious campaign for India's richest civic body, the Shiv Sena was...
19:23
BJP's Atul Shah won ward no 220 of BMC after lottery in presence of Municipal Commissioner
18:52
A fire broke out at forest area near Rajghat in New Delhi.Five fire tenders have reached at the spot. More details are awaited.
18:18
Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam has received a notice to vacate his official residence in Chennai, which was allotted to him when he was a minister in 2012. Pannerselvam terms the move as vindictive and says he has every right to continue for two months paying the rent at a market rate. OPS,...
18:14
If you've had quite enough of the Maharashtra civic polls, take a break and go back in time with the engaging piece of a woman's reminiscences of Rangoon in the swinging sixties. Monica Sindhwani's family lived in Myanmar for generations but left Rangoon for India, when she was just 20. Married...
18:07
BJP spokesperson Shaina NC with party workers celebrate the party's spectacular results at the Dadar HQ. Pic: Sahil Salvi.
18:02
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar: People have rejected Congress and NCP and shown faith in BJP's pro-poor agenda. Anupam Kher: Abhi to 'Party' shuru hui hai. Jai Ho!!:)
17:59
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis addressing a press conference after the BJP's spectacular results in the civic body polls. To chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai by party workers, Fadnavis credits the results of the 'win' to the PM Narendra Modi's guidance'. I thank the people of Maharashtra,...
17:13
Independents will be the king makers; BJP and SS, stuck at 81 and 84 respectively are claiming support of four independent, out of which Raja Rehbar Khan has already declared his support to the BJP.
17:13
Maharashtra Chief Minister Dev Fadnavis felicitated by supporters for BJP's performance in local body polls.
17:10
Senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi says the party will not ally with the BJP. We are not considering an alliance with the BJP. But the final call on this will be taken by the party chief Uddhavji, Joshi said while leaving Matoshree this afternoon. Sena senior leader Anil Parab said that the...
16:30
BJP leader Vinod Tawde celebrates: Congratulations to all the candidates on their success. Next 5 years is a continuous journey to stand true to the faith entrusted by people
16:22
Slightly premature celebrations in the Shiv Sena camp. Pic: Satish Bodas.
16:12
Elections to the BMC have taken a dramatic twist with the Bharatiya Janata Party surging ahead late afternoon to be almost neck-and-neck with the Shiv Sena which till then had seemed the clear winner in the high-stakes municipal elections in Mumbai. The BJP has now won in 81 of the...
15:30
The donkey occupied the prime slot in PM Narendra Modi's speech at Bharaich today. At the rally in Uttar Pradesh today, he began his address opaquely referring to himself as the donkey of Gujarat. The people of this country are my master, I take inspiration from the donkey because I work for...
14:51
TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday took charge as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)'s deputy general secretary.Thiru TTV Dinakaran takes charge as AIADMK's Deputy General Secretary, AIADMK tweeted. Dhinakaran was appointed as the Deputy General Secretary of AIADMK by party leader VK...
14:39
The Kerala government will launch a registry of sex offenders, the first of its kind in the country, Governor Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam said today. The registry will contain all identification details of sex offenders and would be kept in public domain, he said while detailing plans to check...
14:38
Pulsar Sunil, the prime accused in last weeks abduction and molestation of a popular actress in Kerala, was arrested by the police Thursday after he surrendered in court in Ernakulam. The police had been on the lookout for Sunil and had come close to nabbing him from Coimbatore in neighbouring...
14:05
Congress's decimation in the Maharashtra local body polls in many ways reflects its steady erosion in national politics as well. The Congress (22) is a poor #3 in the BMC polls, which it had ruled till 1995. The party chief Mumbai, Sanjay Nirupam, has offered to quit. Nirupam, a former Shiv...
13:52
While the Shiv Sena is inching its way to a clear majority in the BMC polls, elsewhere in Maharashtra the BJP is clearly in the lead. The BJP figures (results) so far. Pune 46Nagpur 22. Sena hasn't even opened an account yet. Nashik 21Solapur 22Akola 14Amravati 11Zilla Parishad polls it's neck...
13:40
Congress leader Milind Deora tweets: Conclusion one can draw from BMC election results is that Mumbaikars seem content living with potholes, flooding, malaria & water tankers. Congress leads in 20 wards.
13:37
#BMC Polls 2017: Shiv Sena leading in 88 wards, BJP in 54 wards, Congress in 20 wards, MNS in 10 wards, Others in 14 wards.Shiv Sena sweeps Marathi heartland -- Parel, Lalbaug and Dadar. Bags 11 out of 13 seats. MNS wiped out. Congress and BJP win one seat each. Scuffle between Shiv Sena and BJP...
13:37
Congress city president Sanjay Nirupam takes responsibility of defeat. Offers to resign. Shiv Sena's sitting corporator and leader of the House Trushna Vishwasrao loses to Congress' Sufiyan Vanu.
13:26
Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar's brother Vinod loses to Sena's Swapnil Tembvalkar
11:13
Hitting back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah over his 'Kasab' remark, Congress on Thursday said only a failed leader can use such derogatory language.Only a failed leader can use such derogatory and cheap language, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala told ANI.Criticising BJP...
11:08
Vital stats on the Maharashtra civic polls. A total of 17,331 candidates are in the fray for 3,210 seats.The stakes are high for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who led their respective parties from the front and were involved in a no-holds-barred...
10:44
Sena leads in 12 seats in Mumbai as against seven for the BJP and 1 for the Congress of the 227 seats in the fiercely-fought Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Counting for polls to 10 municipal corporations and 25 zilla parishads across Maharashtra began this morning.The BMC, Asia's...
10:25
BMC Polls 2017: Counting underway in Mumbai; Shiv Sena takes early lead on ward no 200 and 202, while BJP leads on ward no 218.
10:18
The voter thinks that the State is not going to impartially deliver services, provide justice, basic law and order, social insurance -- so as a voter it's very rational that I may choose a criminal who will help me navigate the State. A weak State allows a criminal politician to be the person...
10:09
DMK delegation led by MK Stalin to meet President Pranab Mukherjee today to highlight the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
09:50
Protests will on continue today after teachers, students and journalists were wounded on the Delhi University campus a day earlier in clashes over the disruption of a literary festival at the Ramjas College, allegedly by members of the ABVP.The All India Students Association of the Delhi...
09:36
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Will acquire the business of Telenor India for an undisclosed sum in all seven circles where it holds spectrum.Airtel today said it has entered into a definitive agreement with Telenor South Asia Investments Pte Ltd to acquire Telenor (India) Communications Private...
09:15
AIADMK general secretary Sasikala, whose chief ministerial ambitions were crushed after she was convicted in the disproportionate assets case, who is now lodged in a prison in Bengaluru is hoping to get better facilities in view of her age and poor health.Chinamma is fine, though weak. Her sugar...
09:03
JUST IN: Australia have won the toss and have decided to bat first in the first test match between the two teams taking place in Pune.
09:01
Umar Khalid, the student at the heart of the violence witnessed at Ramjas College in New Delhi on Wednesday, condemned the incident said that the attack was not to target him but it was an attempt to curb free speech and expression.It is an attempt to curb the voice of every student of Delhi...
08:43
Businessman Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India for a Rs 9,000 crore loan default, was seen at an event in UK promoting a new Formula One car launched by his team Sahara Force India.Mallya was seen with his two drivers Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon in a photograph uploaded by official Formula...
08:32
All eyes are on the outcome of the fiercely-fought BMC elections as counting for polls to 10 municipal corporations and 25 zilla parishads across Maharashtra begins at 10 am this morning. About 56 per cent voters had on Tuesday exercised franchise across 10 municipal corporations in...
08:04
An Army soldier and a woman was killed after terrorists opened fired at a patrolling party of 44-RR at Mulu Chitragam area of South Kashmir's Shopian district. In the attack seven army soldiers sustained bullet injuries. Injured soldiers were admitted in a hospital, where one jawan...
00:42
The Border Security Force on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over detection of trans-border tunnel along the International Border in Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir, during a commander-level flag meeting.Today, on BSF request, a commanding officer of BSF and Wing...
00:03
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Wednesday that it has found seven earth-like planets outside our solar system, three of which could be habitable.Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the star Trappist-1 is circled by at least seven...
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