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The Bharatiya Janata Party moved the Election Commission today alleging that the Congress was trying to rig the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka and also complained that some officers in the state were biased towards the ruling party.Four senior BJP leaders led by its General Secretary...
22:38
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton outside London hospital following the birth of their third baby. Photograph: ANI
22:27
A query on when the Rs 15 lakh promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 2014 election campaign would be transferred to people's bank accounts does not come under the definition of 'information' under the Right to Information Act and so cannot be answered, the Prime Minister's Office...
22:23
Pakistani troops today targeted forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with mortar shells and gunfire in violation of the ceasefire, an official said.Pakistan army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and...
21:54
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in China today to attend a preparatory meeting related to upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).During her visit, Sitharaman is likely to meet a number of Chinese leaders. She will attend the SCO defence ministers' meeting...
21:07
The parents of a newborn, whose body was found abandoned at Puthur in Kollam district with hands and legs bitten off by stray dogs, were arrested today in connection with the child's death, police said.The parents-- Mahesh, 26, and Ambili, 23, were arrested after several rounds of questioning,...
20:42
The Supreme Court today sought the Centre's stand on a hotelier's plea for striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises 'unnatural sex', including the carnal intercourse between consenting adults of the same gender.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued notice...
19:48
Two days after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha has alleged that the situation during the last four years of the Narendra Modi government was 'worse than Emergency'.Sinha, who resigned from the BJP and taken sanyas (retirement) from party politics on...
19:26
One of the prime accused in Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea on Monday told the special Central Bureau of Investigation court that she fears for her life.I fear for my life, I have not given my statement to IG Prisons. I confirm that I have not spoken to anyone,...
19:07
Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has been named as one of the possible contenders for the top job at the Bank of England, according to a report by UK-based Financial Times.Attracting Raghuram Rajan, the highly respected Chicago-based economist and former Reserve Bank...
18:57
The sons of the two political veterans running for Karnataka chief minister will not face off in the constituency of Varuna in Mysuru. Varuna, a rural area with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as its current legislator, was prepping for weeks for a show down between Siddaramaiah's son, Dr...
18:33
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor in a village in CB Ganj area in Bareilly, police said today. The alleged incident took place yesterday when the girl was taken to an orchard by the 13-year-old boy, who raped her, Superintendent of Police, City, Abhinandan Kumar SIngh said....
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The Delhi High Court asked the Centre today if it had done any research or scientific assessment before coming out with an ordinance to award death penalty for rape of girls below the age of 12. The high court was dealing with an old PIL that challenged the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2013,...
17:39
It's official! Britain's Prince William and Kate have had their third child -- a baby boy. On their official Twitter handle, @KensingtonRoyal, they wrote, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz. The Duke of Cambridge was...
17:16
Congratulations are in order for tennis ace Sania Mirza. Mirza, who has been away from the game for a couple of months owing to a right knee injury, due to which she missed the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, just tweeted saying: @MirzaSania #BabyMirzaMalik and posted this cute graphic....
16:59
Update: The AFSPA has been removed completely from Meghalaya and its area of operation in Arunachal Pradesh has been restricted to three police stations bordering Assam and three districts neighbouring Myanmar, officials said today. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which empowers...
16:36
Jessica Lall's sister Sabrina Lall on Monday said she has no objection to the release of Manu Sharma from Tihar Jail where he is serving a life term after being convicted for murder.Sabrina said she held no grudges against Sharma now as the only thing she had ever...
16:12
Slamming the rejection of the impeachment motion by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said, today's move was unprecedented as an impeachment motion was never rejected at its initial stage.Criticising the Vice President, Kapil Sibal said, the chairman should have...
15:35
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Chief Secretaries of Delhi and Haryana to hold a meeting with the Secretary of Water Resources Ministry of Centre in order to sort out the dispute of sharing Yamuna's water.The move comes after the Delhi Jal Board said it was not receiving enough water...
15:31
AFSPA removed from Meghalaya, eight police stations in Arunachal Pradesh.
15:03
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea to ban the last scene of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat'.Social activist, Swami Agnivesh who filed the petition, alleged that the last scene glorified the practice of 'Sati'.Earlier on February 22, the Delhi High Court had given the same verdict in...
14:57
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah today said the 'Save the Constitution' campaign launched by the Congress chief is an exercise to save the dynasty and that the opposition party's Modi hatred has turned into India hatred. In a statement soon after Gandhi launched a scathing...
14:41
Senior railway officials today said that pre-monsoon works, to ensure heavy rains don't stall train traffic in the metropolis and adjoining regions, had begun and a review was carried out by the civic body chief and general managers of Western and Central Railways. The work, officials said,...
14:25
A Belgian court has sentenced to Paris terror attack convict Salah Abdeslam to 20 years in jail. He is the sole surviving terrorist from the 2015 Paris terror attacks, over a gunfight that led to his arrest.Abdeslam was found guilty of a terror-related charge of attempted murder. He exchanged...
13:41
Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the rising cases of crime against Dalits in the country. Rahul said Dalits are angry with PM Modi because of his ideology. You can worship Ambedkar with flowers but can never respect him. Each and every Dalit knows that...
13:25
The opposition BJP is banking heavily on a high voltage presence by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last leg of campaigning in the state before it goes to polls on May 12.Modi's presence is being dubbed as the X factor in this tri-cornered contest in...
13:03
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has been admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour with her third child. The royal couple already have two children -- Prince George and Princess Charlotte -- aged four and two. George is set to start school in London this week and...
13:00
In wake of the continuous protest in the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to shut the coaching centres for next three months.Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Altaf Bukhari, while talking to the media, said that the state government is...
12:33
Eminent jurist and former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee today welcomed Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu's decision to reject the impeachment notice against CJI Dipak Misra, saying he has rightly applied his mind. Sorabjee said the vice president has found no merit in the notice...
12:05
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's decision of rejecting the impeachment notice moved by the Congress and seven other opposition parties against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Naidu, the Rajya Sabha chairman, rejected the notice citing lack of...
12:04
Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice Dipak Misra, today initiated court proceedings at 10.45 am instead of the scheduled 10.30 am amid speculation that they held a brief meeting on the issue of the impeachment notice against the CJI. CJI Misra, who usually holds his court at 10.30 am,...
11:55
The BSE Sensex was trading higher by 119.85 points in late morning deals on buying led by key frontline shares in IT, Teck, realty, healthcare, telecom, energy and auto sectors, despite weak Asian cues. Investors turned optimistic ahead of key corporate earning of index heavyweights this week.
11:55
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked Indians and Chinese to learn each other's language as it will help them overcome communication barriers, resulting in further strengthening the relationship between the two nations. Swaraj, who is on a visit to Beijing, made the remarks during a...
11:28
Leaders and spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party were particularly exuberant all through last week, adopting a tone that was triumphant and aggressive. Looking at them from afar, it would seem that the party had won a war, or, at the very least, an election. The reason for their...
11:09
Rejecting the opposition parties' impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu said that charges made against the CJI is on suspicion and assumption.Charges made on suspicion and assumption. Allegations seriously undermine the independence of the...
10:55
Re-elected Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that any non-BJP and non-Congress third front would not be successful if it was formed with the sole aim of coming to power. Speaking at a public meeting in Hyderabad at the conclusion of the...
10:45
The Congress has reacted to rejection of their move to remove Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.This is a really important matter. We don't know what was the reason for the rejection. The Congress and other opposition parties will talk to some legal experts and take the next step, Congress...
10:03
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, has rejected the opposition's notice for impeachment of Chief Justice of India Dipak MisraLeaders of the opposition parties had on Friday met Naidu and handed over the notice of impeachment against the chief justice of India...
09:37
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will today launch his party's nationwide 'Save the Constitution' campaign, aiming to highlight alleged attacks on the Constitution and Dalits under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led regime.Seen as the party's effort to reach out to the community ahead of the 2019 Lok...
09:19
China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui has hoped that an informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping later this week in the Chinese city of Wuhan will enhance good chemistry between the two leaders and strengthen bilateral ties.After a meeting with External...
09:08
To make India a global leader, the Bharatiya Janata Party needs to serve the nation for a longer time and party workers should work hard to win all elections from panchayat to Lok Sabha for the next 50 years, its chief Amit Shah said on Sunday.Shah urged the party cadre to not rest till it...
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Shiv Sena leader Sachin Sawant was shot dead on Sunday nigth allegedly by two motorbike-borne assailants in suburban Kandivali in Mumbai, police said.Udaykumar Rajeshirke, senior police inspector at the Kurar police station, said the incident happened around 8 pm when the 40-year-old leader was...
08:42
In politically significant remarks, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has said that signs of its working together with Bharatiya Janata Party like a double-barrelled gun in the political arena were visible and no one can sever ties between the two parties. Coming out...
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