23:41
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says are secret nuclear files proving Iran covertly pursued nuclear weapons.He said thousands of pages of material obtained by Israel showed Iran had deceived the world by denying it had ever sought nuclear weapons.Iran agreed in 2015...
23:15
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured help to a 14-year-old girl facing visa issues for her travel to London after being selected to represent India at a global conference.A woman named Arpita Tiwari, in a tweet, said the girl, Isha, studying in a government school in an...
22:56
The mysterious disappearance of a tree planted in the White House grounds last week by US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron has been solved: It's in quarantine.Rumours swirled after a picture taken by Reuters photographer Yuri Gripas appeared to show a yellow spot on the...
22:19
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of colluding with a 'tainted party'.Naidu said this at a massive public meeting here, where he played videos of Prime Minister Modi to expose what he called his betrayal to the state on granting...
22:00
Opposition National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today lashed out at newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta for terming the Kathua rape and murder a minor incident that media should not focus on. What justice can one expect from @MehboobaMufti when her...
21:46
JUST IN: 3 civilians shot dead by terrorists at Old Town in Baramulla district of Jammu-Kashmir, says police.
21:27
Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi met Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Monday hit out at the former saying that such hypocrites cannot run a non-corrupt government in a state.Earlier today,...
21:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch his campaign blitzkrieg tomorrow in poll-bound Karnataka to add heft to the BJP's efforts to unseat the Congress from power and form its government in the southern state for a second time.Modi, who last visited Karnataka for campaigning in February, will...
20:47
US President Donald Trump is again railing against the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner amid criticism of the comedian who roasted his spokeswoman. Trump says on Twitter today: The White House Correspondents' Dinner is DEAD as we know it. This was a total disaster...
20:27
The assembly elections in Karnataka still 12 days away, the BJP's presumptive Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has already picked a date for his oath ceremony. The 75-year-old, however, added that the final call will depend on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's schedule. I will be sworn in on...
20:05
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim of achieving 100 per cent village electrification is a complete jumla and accused him of taking credit for work done by the previous regimes. Addressing the Youth Congress national executive meeting, the...
19:38
JUST IN: ED issued notice to Nalini Chidambaram, wife of P Chidambaram, over Saradha chit fund scam and asked her to appear before ED on May 7.
19:27
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has equated Google with mythological character Narad Muni.Speaking at an event, Rupani said, Google is a source of information today. We can compare Narada Muni with Google as he had all the information of what was happening in the world. But, Narad gave...
19:18
US President Donald Trump suggested today that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un be held in the truce village that straddles the border separating the two Koreas. Numerous countries are being considered for the meeting, but would Peace House/Freedom House, on the Border...
19:00
Nirmal Singh, who resigned from the post of Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister, will be the new Speaker of the state assembly, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said today. On a day eight ministers joined Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's council of ministers, Madhav said a reshuffle had been...
18:42
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has been invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend a meeting in the National Capital on May 2, a senior official said today. Deb had received the invitation to the meeting of chief ministers a month ago, additional secretary in the chief...
18:24
Within hours of a cabinet shuffle in Jammu and Kashmir, new Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta debuted with a shocker on the Kathua eight-year-old's rape and murder.Rasana is a chhoti si baat (minor)... We have to think this should never happen again and the child gets justice. There are many...
18:03
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP today asked the PMO to probe the marking of candidates' chests with their caste categories during police recruitment in Madhya Pradesh and described the incident as shameful. It is extremely shameful that during police recruitment in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, the...
17:48
Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao met DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP MK Kanimozhi in Chennai and discussed the possibility of a formation of a third front for the 2019 general elections.
17:42
As Karnataka gears up for assembly polls, the value of cash and jewellery seizure by the Income Tax Department there has gone up three times to about Rs 25 crore in the state as compared to the last elections, the Election Commission said today. The EC said it has also been found that...
17:32
The Maharashtra unit of the Aam Aadmi Party has launched its transport wing which will hold a massive rally here tomorrow at the occasion of Maharashtra Day. Senior Maharashtra AAP leaders Preeti Sharma-Menon and Brig (retd) Sudhir Sawant jointly announced the office-bearers of the new wing,...
17:19
All India Institute of Medical Services files a complaint with the Delhi Police alleging miscreants misbehaved with AIIMS staff while protesting over Lalu Prasad Yadav's discharge from hospital. The AIIMS today discharged the RJD supremo, saying his condition has improved significantly, even as...
17:00
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said US President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday.President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only...
16:26
Sikkim's Pawan Chamling has set a new record in the country by becoming the longest serving chief minister of a state, a title that Jyoti Basu, the former Communist Party of India-Marxist patriarch of West Bengal, had held so far.The 68-year-old founding president of the ruling Sikkim Democratic...
16:14
The United States has delayed its decision to restrict the movement of Pakistani diplomats in America as both sides are trying to resolve differences that have strained their relations, according to a media report today.Last week, a spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirmed...
15:49
Update on the Pulwama encounter: Two militants were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district and a civilian died in clashes between locals and security forces following the gun-battle, officials said. Two soldiers, including an officer, were also injured in the initial...
15:44
The AIIMS today discharged RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, saying his condition has improved significantly, even as the former Bihar chief minister alleged a political conspiracy behind his discharge. The Rashtriya Janata Dal president also wrote to the institute's director, asking him to continue his...
15:31
The National High Speed Rail Corporation, which is building a bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will hold what the company called chai pe charcha with project-affected persons to solve issues. NHSRCL officials said that they plan to start these round of talks with PAPs in...
15:08
Delhi: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav leaves after being discharged from All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in Delhi. He was undergoing treatment for various ailments related to heart and kidney and will now be taken to Ranchi.
15:07
The Shiv Sena today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his just-concluded China visit, claiming it was a casual tour during which he avoided taking up crucial bilateral issues with President Xi Jinping in view of the next year's general elections. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party...
14:48
Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists, Sameer Tiger and Aaqib Khan, gunned down during ongoing encounter with security forces in Pulwama's Drabgam.
14:39
Divakaran, the younger brother of Sasikala has been taking up cudgels with TTV Dinakaran.Tamil Nadu politics watchers say they can spot the invisible hand of the BJP in this new camaraderie. The central leadership of BJP is keen to have a regrouping of the two warring factions of the AIADMK...
14:35
Dr.Nirmal Singh will be the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly: Ram Madhav, BJP after J&K cabinet reshuffle.
14:31
'Black Cat' commandos of the elite counter-terror force NSG are set to be deployed soon in Jammu and Kashmir to help security forces in dealing with encounters and hostage-like situations, officials said today. The Ministry of Home Affairs is examining a proposal to deploy a contingent of the...
14:19
The Wuhan meetings signify an incremental shift in China's position on India as well as each country buying time for the next phase of bilateral relations, says Srikanth Kondapalli. Read the column here.
14:19
The Wuhan meetings signify an incremental shift in China's position on India as well as each country buying time for the next phase of bilateral relations, says Srikanth Kondapalli. Read the column here.
14:02
As new ministers get inducted in the J&K Cabinet, BJP MLA and former J&K minister Choudhary Lal Singh leads a protest march demanding CBI inquiry in Kathua case. He says, Jis din se resignation hua hai, main CBI inquiry ke peeche pada hoon aur main yeh karwaake hi chhodunga.
13:57
Extending warm greetings to the people on the auspicious month of Ramzan Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Prophet Mohammad is an inspiration for all and his teaching of equality and brotherhood should be followed by all.While addressing his 43rd edition of monthly Radio programme...
13:32
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta and seven others were today sworn in as ministers in the state's PDP-BJP government led by Mehbooba Mufti. Gupta will be the new deputy chief minister in place of Nirmal Singh, who submitted his resignation last night, officials said.The reshuffle...
13:28
An encounter is underway between terrorists and security forces at Jammu and Kashmir's Drabgam in Pulwama district. Locals have begun pelting stones to aid the terrorists at the encounter site where two to three terrorists have reportedly...
12:42
Shah Marai, a photographer associated with Agence France Presse,has been killed in Monday's twin suicide explosions that rocked Kabul's Shash Darak area. He died in the second blast that was targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide attack.Taking to his Twitter...
12:22
Eight legislators will be inducted as ministers of the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir today. Of the eight, seven are expected to be new faces, officials said. Ahead of the reshuffle of the council of ministers, Nirmal Singh tendered his resignation from the post of...
11:51
Congress President Rahul Gandhi met RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at AIIMS hospital in Delhi.
11:37
In the continuing incidences of violence against women, a minor girl, was allegedly molested by six people in Jehanabad, Bihar, on Saturday.The police have detained two of the six people for their alleged involvement in the molestation of the girl. An FIR has been lodged against unidentified...
11:08
Two soldiers injured in an encounter with militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir: Army
10:59
The villagers from Budhi, Barnoti, Nanan, Pandhrad and Thanoon on Sunday staged a protest at Budhi village, in support of their demand of a CBI inquiry in the Kathua rape and murder case.The protest was led by prominent citizens, including Roshan Sharma, Rameshwar Kumar, Rampal, Subash...
10:16
The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 35,000-mark and Nifty went past 10,700 today on sustained buying by participants, driven by strong corporate earnings and positive global cues.The 30-share index again crossed the 35,000-mark by surging 228.73 points, or 0.65 per cent, to trade at 35,198.43....
10:10
The next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in the holy city of Varanasi in January with the Indian diaspora having an option to participate in Kumbha Snan and attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, an Indian embassy official has said. Addressing a gathering of eminent Indian-American...
10:00
Keeping its poll promise, the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura handed over all the 74 chit fund cases from the Special Investigation Team to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced on Sunday.The Chief Minister said that the central investigation...
09:49
Ahead of a major reshuffle in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet, Deputy Chief Minister-elect Kavinder Gupta on Monday said that he would prioritise work in Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh regions.The party gave me the responsibility to bring in change after three years. I'll try my best to meet the...
09:37
A journalist of a TV news channel, who was covering Congress president Rahul Gandhi's Jan Aakrosh Rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday, was allegedly heckled by Congress supporters. The journalist was reporting about the apparent shortfall in the crowd by showing empty seats at the...
09:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly summoned Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb over his controversial statements, NDTV said in a report quoting IANS.As per the report, Deb has been summoned to meet PM Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on May 2 in the national...
08:58
United States President Donald Trump has made no decision on the Iran nuclear deal, his top national security advisor John Bolton said on Sunday.He has made no decision on the nuclear deal, whether to stay in or get out, Bolton was quoted as saying by Fox News.Trump, he said, is certainly...
08:40
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal won several seats in the three-tier panchayat polls on Sunday, after the State Election Commission (SEC) released the list of uncontested seats.The SEC released the list after the last day for withdrawal of candidature -- April 28.According to SEC...
08:19
The People's Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir will reshuffle the state cabinet at noon on Monday.The BJP is expected to bring in some new faces in the much-awaited reshuffle in the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and...
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