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Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom YK Sinha on Tuesday said that the governments of the two countries were closely working on the extradition case of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya.The Indian envoy further said that liquor baron's extradition case was sub-judice and both the...
22:58
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people of Gujarat to vote for the BJP in the assembly polls embracing its development agenda, and save the state by rejecting casteism, communalism and dynasticpolitics.On the first day of the BJP's door-to-door outreach drive - Gujarat Gaurav...
22:30
Syria has decided to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the worlds final functioning state to do so. The surprise decision, taken amid a brutal civil war in the country, will leave the US as the only country outside the agreement if it follows through on US President Donald Trumps vow to...
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Hitting back at Manmohan Singh for terming demonetisation as organised loot and legalised plunder, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the former prime minister seemed to be reading scripts written bysomeone else, just like Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.Singh and Gandhi must be...
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Hardik Patel, 24, will meet top leaders of the Congress tomorrow in Ahmedabad to suss out if they can remain a political team. About a week ago, Hardik Patel told the national party that by tomorrow, it must lay out how it plans to include his community -- the powerful Patels or Patidars of...
21:44
JUST IN: BJP's CM candidate Prem Dhumal has sent Rahul Gandhi a notice accusing him of making defamatory allegations of corruption against him in rallies.
21:13
In a shocker, IndiGo ground staff manhandled and dragged a passenger at the Delhi Airport on October 15. The passenger, identified as Rajiv Katyal, had flown in from Chennai on 6E 487. After alighting from the flight, Katyal got into an argument with the staff over some issue and allegedly abused...
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Exit poll results for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections cannot be made public before December 14 evening, the Election Commission said today.While the single-phase assembly election in Himachal Pradesh will be held on November 9, the first phase of polls in Gujarat will take place...
20:06
The National Investigation Agency seized over Rs 36 crore in demonetised currency notes, allegedly linked to financing of terrorist and separatistactivities in Jammu and Kashmir, and arrested nine people today.Seven people were intercepted by an NIA team in Connaught Place area here yesterday...
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The big names stayed away but the Centre's special representative on Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma held a series of meetings with civil society and youth groups today, day two of his visit to the Valley.Sharma, the former director of the Intelligence Bureau who is on a five-day visit to the state, is...
19:09
Women who are sexually harassed at their workplaces in the private sector can now lodge their complaints on a government portal, Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said today.Launching the portal, the minister said the online complaint management system -- 'SHe-box' (sexual...
18:21
As Delhi is in the grip of a thick smog, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced that all schools will remain shut tomorrow and all outdoor activities in schools should be suspended. IMA president Dr KK Aggarwal had earlier asked people to stay indoors and recommended the...
18:10
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama Padmavati has run into rough weather yet again with the film distributors refusing to release the film in cinema halls in Rajasthan.The distributors said if the film hurts the sentiments of people due to the distortion of historical facts they will not pick up...
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As a choking blanket of smog enveloped the national capital today, a number of schools in Delhi suspended outdoor activities and advised parents to ensure their children wear masks. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also asked his deputy Manish Sisodia to consider shutting schools for a few days...
17:32
Ali Raza, who claimed to be the last nawab of the royal house of Oudh, was found dead at his Malcha Mahal near the forest area in Delhi's Chanakyapuri.There is no electricity or water here. He fell ill after his dogs died. His mother and sisters died several years ago, a forest official told...
16:58
1982: Dr. Manmohan Singh, Governor Reserve Bank of India in a meeting. Picture courtesy: @IndiaHistorypic The vision and resilience of Dr Singh when he assumed office as finance minister in 1991 ushered in liberalisation. The former PM who is in Surat today, on the anniversary of the Narendra...
16:45
Subsonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' test fired from Chandipur integrated Test Range, final test to take place on 9th November.
16:31
Union minister Arun Jaitley address the media on the first anniversary of the note ban saying demonetisation was a watershed moment for the Indian economy. Excerpts from his speech in which he also addressed what former PM Dr Manmohan Singh said. Dr Singh called demonetisation 'organised loot and...
15:36
The gunman who killed 26 people at a church in Texas could buy weapons because the US Air Force did not submit his criminal history to the FBI as required by military rules, authorities have said. The gunman, identified as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, wearing black tactical-style gear walked...
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Dense smog hampered visibility at the Delhi airport this morning, affecting flight operations and leading to delays by up to two hours as only one of the three runways could be used. Sources at the Indira Gandhi International Airport said that due to low visibility on the shorter runway 9/27,...
15:16
Private sector ICICI Bank today said its board has approved a proposal to sell part-stake in fully-owned broking business subsidiary ICICI Securities through an initial public offer. It, however, did not mention the size of the stake it wants to divest.
14:29
On the occasion of his birthday today, actor Kamal Haasan said that he will be going on a tour across Tamil Nadu before officially launching his political party. My dream is create a good Tamil Nadu, the actor said and added that it was important to strengthen the base, before launching the...
13:47
MC Mary Kom enters finals of light-flyweight category in Asian boxing championship after defeating Japan's Tsubasa Komura.
13:32
AT the height of their popularity two of South Asia's greatest politicians -- and bitter rivals -- were struggling with an identical personal trauma, their Parsi sons-in-law. One a Kashmiri Brahmin, the other a Khoja Muslim, Nehru and Jinnah were household names in the 1930-40s. They had a...
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday accused the Congress Party for unnecessarily castigating the Centre for its economic policies. The Congress is trying to defame the Central Government on economic front. The demonetisation and the GST are strong economic measures. Had India's...
12:58
In the past week, two women have publicly come forward and accused Dustin Hoffman of sexual harassment. It seems like Hoffman's past has come to haunt him again, as an interview with a leading US publication was unearthed in which the Meryl Streep, three-time Oscar winner, recounted a time...
12:46
Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at the Taj Mahal.
12:39
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh speaking on the demonetisation in Surat, Gujarat. The Narendra Modi government announced demonetisation on November 8, last year. Excerpts from Dr Singh's speech:-- Tomorrow we mark one year since the disastrous policy was thrust on the people of our...
12:09
Just in: The UP Shia Central Waqf Board says draft proposal for peaceful settlement of Ayodhya dispute will be ready by December 6.
12:04
The gunman who killed 26 people at a church in the US state of Texas had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, according to authorities which said the shooting was not racially or religiously motivated. The gunman, identified as 26-year-old Devin...
11:51
Zoroastrian takes center stage on Iran's political scene
11:29
Delhi woke up to 'severe' air quality today under a blanket of thick haze, as pollution levels breached the permissible standards by multiple times. The rapid fall in air quality and visibility began last evening itself as moisture combined with pollutants shrouded the city in a thick cover of...
11:18
Pallavi Ghosh @_pallavighosh So am told kamal Hassan sets condition he will meet only editor s and not correspondents .. such arrogance doesn't suit a wannabe neta
11:07
After a day's respite, rains lashed parts of the city and its neighbourhood today even as schools reopened after a week-long holiday. Showers were reported in parts of the city such as Mylapore, Royapettah and Mandaiveli and Tambaram and Chengalpattu in neighbouring Kancheepuram district. Rains...
10:52
The man who shot dead 26 people at a Texas church carried out the attack after a domestic situation with his mother-in-law, it has been revealed.According to the officials, 26-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire on the church attended by his mother-in-law after he sent threatening text...
10:29
The three letters are: a letter by Tehelka directors and a letter by Tehelka Financiers; First Global Directors addressed to Gandhi and the third letter from Gandhi to Chidambaram on behalf of Tehelka and its financiers. The book further hints that Sonia tried to convince Chidambaram to shield...
10:27
Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly has entailed her reasons for enclosing a letter, written by Congress President Sonia Gandhi to former finance minister P Chidambaram, in her memoir due to be released on Tuesday, and hinted that the UPA-led government in...
10:12
The recent decision by China to block a bid at the United Nations to list Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, as a global terrorist, is doing material harm to its ties with India, top American experts said today. Last week, China had blocked a bid at the...
10:04
BSE Sensex rises by 122 pts to hit all-time high of 33,853.63, Nifty gains 33.95 pts to trade at 10,485.75 in early session.
09:37
Actor Kamal Haasan cancelled his birthday bash today and later tweeted the reason for his decision. He also visited a medical camp in Chennai.'To those who love me and dislike the idea of my cancelling my birthday celeberations,' he tweeted, with the message, 'Tomorrow is just another...
09:25
After an Assam-based Army veteran was asked by a foreigners tribunal to prove his Indian citizenship and that he was not an 'illegal Bangladeshi immigrant' last month, another retired armyman in Guwahati has been served a similar notice to prove his citizenship.Mahiruddin Ahmed, who retired as a...
08:44
One of the three terrorists who were gunned down in South Kashmir's Pulwama district in an encounter on Monday was Talha Rasheed, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar.The other two were 'Divisional Commander' Muhammad Bhai, a non-local and Waseem, a resident of Drubgam, Pulwama, said...
08:36
A special court is expected to declare the date of pronouncement of judgement in three cases in the 2G spectrum scam, one of the most high-profile scams involving politicians and renowned industrialists.The special court hearing the cases had fixed November 7 as the next date of hearing when...
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United States ambassador to Pakistan David Hale today said his country has told Islamabad to take decisive action against terrorists operating from its soil.He was addressing the fourth round of US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue held in Islamabad titled 'Convergence amid Divergence: Identifying...
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As he approaches the first anniversary of his election victory over Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have hit historic lows.According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 59 per cent disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency the worst of any president at nine...
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