23:37
Buoyed by CBI's clean chit to him in the Vyapam scam case, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said since he had done no wrong, the agency cleared his name.The state BJP is planning to file a defamation case against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and others who had...
23:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was deeply pained by the accident at a power plant in Uttar Pradesh which has claimed 18 lives today, and added that the situation was being closely monitored.Deeply pained by the accident at the NTPC plant in Raebareli. My thoughts are with the bereaved...
22:54
A suspected aide of gangster Chhota Shakeel was arrested from northeast Delhi's Jafrabad, the police said today. The accused was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.Naseem alias Rizwan (28), a sharpshooter and close aide of Shakeel, was in touch with the latter, who was giving...
22:23
Seasoned diplomat Ajay Bisaria, currently the Indian ambassador to Poland, has been appointed the country's top envoy to Pakistan.This was announced by the external affairs ministry tonight.The 1987-batch IFS officer will succeed Gautam Bambawale, who was last month posted to China.He is expected...
22:11
PM Modi presented the Prince of Bhutan an official football of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and a chess set during the visit.
22:07
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck and Crown Prince today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi. This is Bhutanese King's first visit since India and China ended a 73-day-old standoff on Doklam plateau two months ago.
21:25
India is home to the largest number of malnourished children in the world, a report said today, advocating that the country needs to frame policies with a focus on reducing health and social inequities.Over the decade (2005-15), there has been an overall reduction in the infant mortality rate and...
21:17
It is in the interest of Pakistan to change its long-standing relationship with terrorist organisations, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, underlining that the Trump administration will give the country an opportunity to act on actionable intelligence.The conversation with...
20:28
Over 800 kg khichdi, a traditional Indian dish relished by both rich and poor, will be prepared live on November 4 at the World Food India event in New Delhi in a bid to create world record and popularise it as brand India food globally.Khichdi -- prepared using rice, pulses, coarse cereals and...
20:09
After long drawn discussions, the civil aviation ministry today unveiled draft norms for operating drones for civilian purposes in the country.The unmanned aerial system, commonly known as drones, would require unique identification numbers, according to final draft rules prepared by the...
19:42
There is anger among people over good and services tax and demonetisation and the writing on the wall is clear that the Gujarat assembly election is not just a 'chunav' (poll) for the BJP but a 'chunauti' (challenge), outspoken party MP Shatrughan Sinha said today.Sharing dais with Congress...
18:56
Ten persons have been killed and around 70 injured after a boiler exploded at a state-run NTPC power plant in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. A top official says the number of dead and injured may rise. Most of the injured have suffered burns.So far 10 bodies have recovered and at least 60-70...
18:45
The centre has accorded 'Z' category armed security cover to Dineshwar Sharma, the recently appointed special representative on Jammu and Kashmir.Official sources said Sharma would be secured by commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force whenever he travels to any part of the country.Given his...
17:46
Four dead, hundreds affected in a boiler explosion at NTPC's Unchahar plant at Rae Bareli, says Superintendent of police Shivhari Meena. News agency ANI quoting the district magistrate reports that ash-pipe exploded due to pressure at the NTPC plant. The UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken...
17:12
Sherin Mathews, a 3-year-old Indian girl who was found dead in a culvert after being reported missing by her foster father, has been buried in an undisclosed location, her mother's attorneys said today, citing intense media glare and threats of grave desecration. Sherin, reported missing on...
16:39
India has taken up with police the attacks on two of its nationals in northern Italy and will leave no stone unturned to bring the perpetrators to justice, the Indian Consulate General in Milan has said. The Consulate General of India (CGI) on Monday said it had received reports of assaults on...
16:30
A senior Chinese official, in-charge of water projects, today said he has never heard of any plan to build a 1,000-km long tunnel to divert water from the Brahmaputra river from Tibet to the parched Xinjiang, a day after the Chinese Foreign Ministry debunked a media report on it. Hong Kong-based...
16:23
A South Asian crisis is still brewing after US Secretary Rex Tillerson's speed visits to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The brief encounter in Islamabad confirmed the gulf in Pakistan-US positions. Read more
16:20
Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra awardees can now travel for free in executive class in any train for life, giving them travel benefits at par with the recipients of Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra, according to the railways. As per a 2014 policy, the Railways Ministry provides free travel...
15:23
Cooking gas (LPG) price was today hiked by Rs 4.50 per cylinder, the 19th increase in rates since July 2016 when the government decided to eliminate subsidy on it by raising prices every month. Also, jet fuel or ATF price was increased by 2 per cent on firming international rates, the fourth...
15:21
More musings from Rahul Gandhi. The Congress vice president lashed out at the BJP and the industrialists of Gujarat, saying that the latter are being given privileges, whereas the poor farmers are being suppressed in the state, due to the initiatives of the government.While addressing a...
14:47
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted, The difference between the UPA & NDA -- The ease of doing corruption has been replaced by the ease of doing business.The tweet comes after the Congress's vice president targeted the finance minister saying...
14:25
Former US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton today expressed solidarity with the victims of the New York terror attack that claimed eight lives.A 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant, allegedly inspired by the Isamic State, ploughed a pickup truck down a crowded bike-only path in lower Manhattan, in...
14:04
Japan's parliament today formally re-elected Shinzo Abe as prime minister after his party's crushing election victory, setting the 63-year-old on track to become the country's longest-serving premier.MPs voted by a huge majority to re-install Abe, after his conservative Liberal Democratic Party...
13:48
Without a moment's hesitation, Shyamvar Rai jumped up on his rickety wooden stool in the witness box. He then drew his legs close to his body and wrapped his arms around his knees and finally tucked his head into his knees demonstrating the fetal position. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from...
13:45
No Indian casualties have been reported in the deadly terror attack in New York city that killed at least eight people, the Consul General of India in New York said today. At least eight persons were killed and 11 others were injured after an Uzbek man allegedly inspired by the ISIS ploughed a...
13:25
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has taken on the government over India's promotion in the World Bank rankings on Ease of Doing Business, saying, everyone knows the truth.Sabko maloom hai 'ease of doing business' ki hakikat, lekin khud ko khush rakhne ke liye 'Dr Jaitley' yeh khyaal acha hai,...
13:10
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that people living in Karnataka should learn Kannada and emphasised that not knowing the regional language would mean showing disrespect to it. Siddaramaiah was speaking at the...
12:54
Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai, the India-born CEOs of tech giants Microsoft and Google, today decried the New York terror attack, describing the incident as a horrific act of violence which claimed eight lives. A 29-year-old Uzbek man, allegedly inspired by the ISIS, today ploughed a pickup...
12:48
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, his first after the Election Commission announced the dates for the upcoming assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi will begin the third leg of his 'Navsarjan Yatra' from Jambusar, where he will meet people and address their...
11:56
The 'House of Cards' is slowly and steadily collapsing to the ground.According to E! Online, the streaming giant and producer Media Rights Capital has decided to suspend the production of the sixth and final season of the series, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.The companies said in a...
11:32
As the harsh Nagpur winter approaches, the inhabitants of the city's Central Jail brace for a period of discomfort.One among them will find it particularly hard to cope. Diagnosed with permanent post-polio paralysis of the legs, he is 90% disabled, dependent on a wheelchair and needs help to...
11:12
Sayfullo Saipov left a roughly mile-long crime scene: a tree-lined bike path strewn with mangled bicycles and their parts. Police said the truck drove south after entering a pedestrian and bicycle path, where it struck multiple people. Six men were pronounced dead at the scene on the cycle lane...
10:59
Update on the terror attack in Manhattan. -- Eight people have been killed and 11 injured when a man, who has been identified as Sayfullo Saipov, of Uzbek origin, drove a rental truck through a New York city cycle lane.-- Among the dead are five Argentinians, friends on holiday,...
10:54
Saifullo Saipov the man accused of driving a rental truck into a group of pedestrians and cyclists in New York was a driver with Uber. is The Guardian said that Uber confirmed that Saipov passed the background check to become one its drivers.A 29-year-old Uzbekistan national, Saipov, is of Uzbek...
10:53
Back in India, President Ram Nath Kovind has completed 100 days in office today. Kovind, who took over on July 25 as the 14th president, and has sought to reach out to the states, which form a crucial part of the federal structure of the country, by undertaking visits there. As...
09:58
The rupee today positively reacted to India's jump on Ease of Doing Business ranking by rising 12 paise to 64.63 against the dollar. The World Bank's list was released yesterday.Banks and exporters liquidated their dollar bets and domestic stocks soared to new highs, which gave the rupee a...
09:32
The Sensex and Nifty started off Wednesday's trade with record highs, backed by banks, metals and telecom stocks. The rally was after the World Bank said India's rank on 'ease of doing business' scale has risen from 130th to 100th this year, helped by a slew of reforms in taxation,...
09:20
US President Donald Trump said today he had ordered more robust extreme vetting of travellers coming into the US in the aftermath of the first deadly terror attack in New York since the September 11, 2001 carnage in the city.At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in Lower...
08:20
Shortly after eight people were killed in New York city after a man ploughed down people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind condemned the attack. PM Modi wrote on Twitter, Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the...
08:17
The man who allegedly ran down cyclists and pedestrians along 17 Manhattan blocks pledged his allegiance to Islamic State before his attack, it has emerged. Police sources say Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, entered a bicycle path at Houston Street at 3.05pm and drove downtown, knocking...
08:04
US President Donald J Trump has condemned the 'terrorist attack' in New York that left at least eight people dead and 11 others injured. 'Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today's terrorist attack in New York City and their families,' Trump said in a statement...
08:02
Argentine nationals were among the eight people killed in the New York truck attack today, the foreign ministry said, as its consulate works with local authorities to identify the victims.The Argentinian government is deeply shocked by the death of the compatriots and is working to help the...
06:50
Law enforcement officials told the New York Post newspaper that they had recovered handwritten notes in Arabic pledging loyalty to ISIS along with an image of an ISIS flag inside Sayfullo Saipov's truck after he was shot and arrested.
06:45
The New York Post posted a video, which the newspaper said showed Sayfullo Saipov fleeing the scene after crashing his truck into bikers and pedestrians in the Wall Street area of Manhattan.
06:45
'All you need is a car, truck, or van, a crowd of people, and a driver willing to kill,' Vox explains in this feature.
06:33
The truck driver who killed 8 people and injured several others has been identified as Sayfullo Saipov, a 29 year old of Uzbek descent.The New York Post newspaper posted a photograph of Saipov being arrested -- he was shot in the abdomen by the police, later underwent surgery and is...
05:14
At least eight people were killed and 11 other injured in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon local time after a gunman in a truck plowed through a busy bike path, an incident the US termed as an 'act of terrorism'. The suspect, a 29-year-old man, was shot in the stomach before being...
01:13
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that the country was getting increasingly divided in the name of narrow nationalism as forces of darnkess seek to engulf it.Gandhi said the liberal, tolerant Indian ethos that former prime minister late Indira Gandhi embodied is being rejected and...
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