23:37
A Pakistani man today shot dead his niece and her fiance after catching them chatting with each other in Pakistan's Sindh province, in an apparent case of honour killing.The incident occurred in Nayi Waha village in Ghotki district when the woman's maternal uncle saw her chatting with her...
23:14
A winter storm has caused travel chaos on the US north-east and is being blamed for up to 17 deaths.More than 3,300 US flights were cancelled on Thursday as snow blanketed parts of New York and New England, as well as eastern Canada.Boston could get up to 18 inches of snow, while New York City is...
22:28
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday met with Foreign Minister of Thailand Don Pramudwinai and discussed issues of connectivity, security and cultural cooperation.Keeping up with the growing momentum of bilateral relationship, EAM @SushmaSwaraj discussed issues of connectivity,...
22:00
The US has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for severe violations of religious freedom, the State Department said.The announcement came as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to re-designate about 10 countries as 'Countries of Particular Concern'.The secretary also placed Pakistan on...
21:35
The district police are yet to make any headway into the death of a 28-year-old man during the violence that erupted near Bhima Koregaon village on January 1 during the bicentennial event to commemorate a war.Rahul Phatangale, a resident of Kanur Mesai village, was the lone casualty in the...
21:04
A lawyer for US President Donald Trump has sought to halt the publication of an explosive new book claiming to have insider information on the Trump White House.Attorney Charles J Harder instructed the book's author and publisher to immediately cease and desist from any further publication,...
20:40
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif today alleged that US President Donald Trump's recent remarks against his country showed that he was talking in the language of India.Briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security about tension between Pakistan and the US following Trump's...
20:17
A Facebook survey has revealed that Piyush Goyal, the Union railway minister, is the most liked member of the Cabinet after Prime Minister Narendra Modi .His personal page followed Modi's in the government and politics category in India in terms of the number of likes garnered, according to a...
19:44
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present a special gift - the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification jeep - to his friend Narendra Modi during his visit to India starting January 14, according to sources here.Israeli PM Netanyahu and PM Modi waded into the Mediterranean...
19:15
JUST IN: Gautam Gambhir released by Kolkata Knight Riders
19:09
JUST IN: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah have been retained by Mumbai Indians. Virat Kohli, AB De Villers and Sarfaraz Khan have been retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru.MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina retained by CSK. Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris and Shreyas Iyer...
18:54
Life came full circle for ex-telecom minister A Raja on December 26, 2017 when he penned an emotional letter to Manmohan Singh seeking his support, 10 years after he wrote to the then Prime Minister regarding the allocation of 2G spectrum.Now, in light of Raja's acquittal in the 2G spectrum case,...
18:29
Game of Thrones fans can now own a postage stamp of their favourite characters from the global hit fantasy show.UK's postal service, The Royal Mail, has issued a cool line-up with 10 characters from the HBO show - Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Arya Stark, Cersei...
18:14
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shares a moment with Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel at Parliament house, today, a day before the truncated winter session of parliament ends. Apna Dal had allied with the BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after opposition's...
17:21
@MEAIndia tweets: Warm welcome for EAM @SushmaSwaraj in Thailand ' our geographic, historical and cultural neighbour! #ActEastPolicy.The External Affairs minister is on a three-nation tour -- Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore -- her first foreign tour this year.
17:12
Islam is not so weak that we will be dismissed from it just for reciting Bhagwad Gita or wearing a particular kind of costume, said 15-year-old student, Alia Khan, on Thursday, after she was issued a fatwa (religious decree) by Dar-ul-uloom of Deoband.The Islamic seminary issued the fatwa to...
17:03
Salman Khan arrives at the Jodhpur Court for hearing in the blackbuck poaching case.
16:38
A Delhi court today declared absconding businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a FERA violation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat passed the order after noting that Mallya failed to appear before it despite repeated summonses. In view that Vijay...
16:24
JUST IN: Patiala House Court declares Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender on charge of evading ED's summons in a FERA violation case
16:20
Minutes after Pakistan released another video of Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, the ministry of external affairs said that it is not surprised by the new video.The MEA said that Pakistan is simply continuing its practice of putting out coerced statements on video.It is time for...
15:53
An authentic age proof document is now a must for women visiting the famed Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala in Kerala, where the entry of female devotees in the age group of 10-50 is banned. The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the shrine, has decided to make the age...
15:27
The Border Security Force on Thursday said they responded effectively to the ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector, in which Islamabad suffered a major loss.Our BSF soldier was deployed on forward duty point...
14:56
Chhatra Bharti, the independent student organisation that had arranged Jignesh Mevani and Umar Khalid's lectures in Mumbai's Bhaidas Hall in suburban Vile Parle today, claims that two leaders will deliver speeches in the city soon. Speaking to Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com, Chhatra Bharti's Mumbai...
14:56
Actor Kamal Haasan today alleged that money power was behind TTV Dinakaran's win in the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll, drawing sharp rebuke from the sidelined AIADMK leader who accused the star of maligning voters. In a stinging article as part of his weekly series in the latest issue of Tamil...
14:28
Ranchi Special CBI Court to pronounce quantum of sentence for Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case tomorrow.
14:26
The Pakistan Foreign Office released a new video of Kulbhushan Jadhav on Thursday where he can be purportedly seen thanking the Pakistan government for its gesture in allowing him to meet his wife and mother, last month. In the video, Jadhav appears to be saying that his mother and wife were...
14:10
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has denied the media report published in The Tribune titled Rs 500, 10 minutes, and you have access to billion Aadhaar details and has said that it is a case of misreporting.The UIDAI assured...
14:02
Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav arrives at the Ranchi Special CBI Court for the quantum of sentence to be announced in the fodder scam case.The special CBI court will pronounce the quantum of sentence in the second fodder scam on Thursday. Lalu Yadav was convicted on December 23 last year along...
13:40
Normal life crawled at -20 degrees Celsius in Kargil in the cold desert of Ladakh even as temperatures remained several degrees below the freezing point elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley. Light rain or snow at isolated places over the next 48 hours may add to the discomfiture, the weatherman said....
13:21
Over 30 policemen sustained injuries in the city yesterday during the protest called by various Dalit groups, a senior police official said today. Most of the injuries were a result of stones pelted on police personnel, said an official. He added that Powai and Govandi in the north-eastern part...
13:17
Reports coming in that between 12 and 15 Pakistani Rangers were killed by the BSF in J&K.
13:03
D Raja, the CPI's Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, is a serious contender for the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.The CPI meet which is scheduled for April in Kollam, Kerala, is likely to elect a new general secretary as Sudhakar Reddy the incumbent is unwell. Reddy...
12:59
The Pune police have booked Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid for 'inciting violence and promoting enemity' during the Dalit rally at Bhima-Koregaon on January 1. The Mumbai police also denied permission to a summit scheduled to be addressed by the two leaders and...
12:23
A Pakistani infiltrator was on Thursday killed by the Border Security Force when he climbed over the fence at the Indo-Pakistan International Border to enter the Indian side in Arnia area of Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector.The intruder was neutralized at around 7 am....
12:13
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj leaves on a five-day visit to three nations - Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore - her first foreign trip in the new year.
12:11
The Puri District Tourism Department has sent the 53-year-old Russian citizen found begging outside the Jagannath Temple, to the Russian Embassy in New Delhi.The foreigner, Andrei Glagolev, was rescued by the Puri district administration on December 11 and...
12:08
One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. Read the report in the New York Times.
11:34
An infiltrator was on Thursday killed by the Border Security Force when he climbed over the fence at the Indo-Pakistan International Border to enter the Indian side in Arnia area of Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector. The intruder was neutralized at around 7 am. The...
11:22
A total of 16 FIRs have been registered by the Mumbai Police, relating to statewide bandh that was called yesterday by the Dalit groups against the Bhima-Koregaon violence. The police said that they detained more than 300 miscreants.Meanwhile, after a day-long protest on Wednesday, normalcy...
11:11
The All India Student's Summit 2018 which was to be held today at Mithibai College in Mumbai has been cancelled. The police have taken a few students into custody. JNU student leader Umar Khalid and Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani were supposed to deliver a lecture here, but the police...
10:33
The Sri Lankan Navy today arrested 13 Tamil Nadu fishermen for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters off Katchatheevu islet.They also damaged a few boats and fishing equipment belonging to others using iron rods, before chasing them away. Assistant Director of...
10:32
The government has rescued from Kenya three Indian and seven Nepalese girls, who were victims of an organised crime syndicate that indulged in human trafficking, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.The girls have been flown back, the minister said.In a series of tweets, Swaraj...
09:48
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh will be paid a fixed salary of Rs 6.5 crores and would be eligible for variable pay of Rs 9.75 crores at the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year, according to a top company executive. Infosys CEO Salil Parekh will be paid a fixed salary of Rs 6.5 crores. He would be eligible...
09:41
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ranchi will pronounce the quantum of punishment to Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and 15 others today.The court deferred the matter yesterday due to a condolence meeting held during the day to mourn the death of two lawyers.The court had...
08:56
United States President Donald Trump has slammed his former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, claiming that he had lost his mind after being fired.Bannon, 64, was the top manager of the Trump campaign and the White House chief strategist in the first seven months of the Trump...
08:29
At least four people have died in a fire that broke out at Maimoon residential building in Mumbai's Marol in the early hours of ThursdayThe cause of the fire, that broke out around 2 am is yet to be ascertained. The blaze was brought under control three hours later around 5 am, police...
00:07
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopened a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years today as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war.The sudden signs of easing hostilities,...
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