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Journalist Gauri Lankesh's brother Indrajit Lankesh on Tuesday demanded a 360-degree investigation in connection to his sister's murder case.Speaking to ANI, Indrajit said, Here, there should be a 360-degree investigation in the case. There should be more specification, saying Hindu fringe...
23:06
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit next week will take place at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's Sentosa Island, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. We thank our great Singaporean hosts for their hospitality, Sanders wrote in a post on Twitter...
22:52
The winner of the 2016 French Open winner Novak Djokovic has been ousted from the tournament by Marco Cecchinato, the Italian ranked 72 in the world. Djokovic, who is currently ranked 22 afrer returning from an injury lost in four sets -- 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-7 -- in the quarterfinals.
22:35
JUST IN: Terrorists attack army post in Bandipora's Hajin: 4-6 terrorists came from two sides of the army camp of 13 Rashtriya Rifles and Hajin police station, fired around 8 rounds of Underbarrel Grenade Launcher towards the army & police.
22:16
JUST IN: Terrorists attack army post in Bandipora's Hajin: 4-6 terrorists came from two sides of the army camp of 13 Rashtriya Rifles and Hajin police station, fired around 8 rounds of Underbarrel Grenade Launcher towards the army & police.
22:01
The Miss America pageant is dropping the swimsuit and evening gown competition and will no longer judge contestants on their physical appearance, organisers announced today.We're changing out of our swimsuits and into a whole new era #byebyebikini, @MissAmericaOrg said in a tweet which featured a...
21:40
JUST IN: Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in New York in apparent suicide.
21:16
A fortnight after becoming Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy will expand his two-member cabinet tomorrow at 2.12 pm after days of hard bargaining between the ruling coalition partners, JDS and Congress.Under the power sharing arrangement, Congress will have 22 ministers and the JDS, 12. ...
20:59
JUST IN: Police personnel, posted on guard at J-K's Mirza Kamil Shrine, thwarted the attempt by terrorists to snatch his weapon in Srinagar's Hawal. Terrorists managed to escape. Area has been cordoned off, search operation underway.
20:49
India has very clearly conveyed to the US that the time-tested Indo-Russian cooperation in the defence sector will continue, including the deal for S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems for the IAF, notwithstanding the American sanctions against Moscow. Sources said India wants its...
20:44
Indian skipper Virat Kohli's wax statue will be unveiled on Wednesday at Madame Tussauds in New Delhi.While announcing it, he invited his fans to click selfies, writing,Come 6th of June, let's play statue! ?? Excited to be at #MadameTussauds #TussaudsDelhi @MadameTussauds @tussaudsdelhi.Kohli's...
20:17
US President Donald Trump today said that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore would hopefully be the start of something big.Preparations for the summit on June 12 are on in Singapore. There was initially much uncertainty over whether the summit would go ahead at all, and...
20:03
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case today, said all the answers he gave to the probe agency were already recorded in government documents. Chidambaram also said no FIR was...
19:44
Harvey Weinstein appeared in court in New York on Tuesday, to plead not guilty on rape and criminal sex act charges. A grand jury indicted the former film mogul last week on charges involving two women. Weinstein later posted bail for $1m.One alleged victim, who has not been identified...
19:38
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will meet family members of the farmers killed in police firing during an agitation in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on the first anniversary of the incident tomorrow and addressed a farmers' rally. According to party sources, Gandhi, who returned from the...
19:19
The Janata Dal-Secular today pulled out its candidate from the Jayanagar assembly constituency for the June 11 polls and extended the party's support to its ruling coalition partner, the Congress.JD-S supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda announced that his party candidate Kalegowda...
18:58
The World Health Organisation has paid glowing tributes to Kerala's young nurse Lini Puthussery, who died of the Nipah virus last month, after treating one of the patients. Lini died on May 21 after being infected by a patient, whom she treated initially at the Perambra Taluk hospital,...
18:36
After Arbaaz Khan admitted to have participated in IPL betting, another well-known Bollywood celebrity has been named in connection with crickek match betting.Bookie Sonu Jalan, who has named Arbaaz, has now named director-producer Sajid Khan in the betting scandal. The bookie who is said to...
18:10
Singapore today launched three commemorative medallions carrying the inscription World Peace ahead of the highly anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the city-state.The medallions will depict an affirmative handshake between the two leaders,...
17:58
JUST IN: Naveen Jindal was questioned by CBI yesterday in an ongoing coal scam case.
17:48
The Karnataka High Court today directed the state government to provide necessary security for peaceful release of superstar Rajinikanth-starrer 'Kaala', which pro-Kannada outfits had threatened to stall over the actor's reported remarks on the Cauvery row. Justice G Narendar issued the...
17:45
Miss America scraps swimsuit competition: We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance.
17:34
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor issues a statement in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar death case. A Delhi court today summoned Tharoor as an accused in the case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death and asked him to appear before it on July 7, saying there were sufficient grounds to proceed...
17:17
Editor-turned-entrepreneur Shekhar Gupta's media venture Printline Media Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed sum from investors including Ratan Tata, Uday Kotak and Nandan Nilekani, all of whom are putting money in the company in their personal capacity. Read the report here.
16:28
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to intervene in the ongoing 'Kaala' movie ban row.The court further asked the lawyers representing the Rajinikanth starrer to provide all details of theatres screening the movie to the state so that necessary security arrangements can be...
16:23
Two people were arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Kaimur district after a video of the same surfaced. The incident took place in Bhagwanpur village of Kaimur district, where six people were filmed assaulting a minor girl. Kaimur Superintendent of Police (SP) Faroguddin said the...
15:47
Malaysia appoints ethnic Indian Tommy Thomas as new attorney general, replaces official who cleared ex-PM in 1MDB scandal. Read the report here.
15:44
When US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet for their historic summit in Singapore later this month, they will be protected by men from one of the fiercest warrior tribes in the world ' the Gurkhas of Nepal. Read the report here.
15:42
The preparations for the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next Tuesday in Singapore are going well with significant progress made, the White House said today, painting an upbeat picture of the unprecedented meeting. White House Press Secretary Sarah...
14:57
A Delhi court today summoned Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as an accused in the Sunanda Pushkar death case and asked him to appear before it on July 7. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal said there were sufficient grounds to proceed against Tharoor for commission of...
14:51
The Pakistan Army has said that former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani, will be punished as per the law and the country's Army Act for controversially co-authoring the book The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI And The Illusion Of Peace with India's former Research and...
14:44
The Enforcement Directorate today questioned Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, in connection with a money laundering probe related to a bitcoin transactions case, officials said. The businessman was summoned at the ED office in Mumbai and was asked questions about his involvement in...
14:30
Lalita Salve (29), a constable from the district who recently underwent a sex reassignment surgery, will get benefits granted to a male constable after joining duty, a police official said today. But, the constable will have to bear expenses of the sex-change operation, he said. Salve had on...
14:28
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor summoned by Patiala House court, asked to appear before it on July 7.
14:25
Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said allegations of scam in the Rafael deal are baseless.There is no shortage of defence ammunition today. Allegations of scam in the Rafael deal are baseless, Sitharaman stated while addressing a press conference...
14:09
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the Ramzan ceasefire with Pakistan. Addressing a press conference, Sitharaman says terror and talks cannot go together. She said the army was consulted before the ceasefire was announced. The defence minister said 50 terrorists were killed in 19 weeks...
14:03
The Election of the Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha is critical for the Narendra Modi government with the entire Opposition ganging up against the BJP. If the Opposition does unite, the BJP will not get the numbers to get its candidate elected.Battle-weary they may be, but PM Narendra Modi and BJP...
13:10
The Tamil Nadu government today announced banning use of plastic items, including non-biodegradable bags, from January 2019 in the interest of the environment and to gift a plastic-free state to future generations. Chief Minister K Palaniswami's announcement in the state assembly coincided with...
12:55
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said there was no decision on seat sharing between his party and the BSP for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and that it would be discussed at an appropriate time. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister's remark come amid reports that the Mayawati-led...
12:44
Businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Bitcoin scam. Kundra is presently being questioned in Mumbai. The ED is recording Kundra's statement.Image: Raj Kundra with actress and wife Shilpa Shetty
12:26
Tamil Nadu to ban plastic from January 2019. Milk and oil pouches, along with other basic need items will be exempted from the ban, says Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami.
12:03
Update on the Jaguar crash: The Pilot, Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan, lost his life in the crash. A court of Inquiry ordered to investigate cause of accident.
11:49
An Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft has crashed in Mundra in Kutch. The pilot, who was initially reported to be missing, has been found, but is seriously injured. The reasons for the crash are not known yet, but the jet was on a routine sortie. Image: Wreckage of the IAF jet.
11:37
A gentleman with a name eerily close to the prime minister's has been making news. Companies associated with him borrowed billions from a bank and did not repay; while the bank is in trouble with authorities, its customer flits from city to city abroad and continues to live in luxury. He is not...
11:32
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said at least nine MLAs from the JD-S will be inducted in the first phase of cabinet expansion of the JD-S-Congress coalition government in the state. In the first phase (of the cabinet expansion), eight to nine members (MLAs from JD-S will be...
11:11
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda claimed that the Nipah Virus outbreak in Kerala is the result of tampering with nature.Addressing a press conference in Raipur on Monday, Nadda assured that the Centre is closely monitoring the situation in Kerala.All such incidents were the...
11:03
Ten people, including six women, were killed and one person was injured when a building was swept away by landslide triggered by heavy rain in Lunglawn area of south Mizoram's Lunglei town, police said today. The landslide hit the two-storied semi-pucca building last night killing seven members...
10:39
Update: A Delhi court today extended till July 10, the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel Maxis money laundering case. Special Judge O P Saini passed the order after the Enforcement Directorate sought more time to file a detailed reply to...
10:33
Update on the Aircel-Maxis case: The court gives P Chidambaram protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate till 10 July. The ED seeks time for filing a detailed reply in the case. Court fixed the matter for further hearing on July 10, the same date on which hearing against Karti...
10:29
Donald Trump has not done anything wrong and therefore there would be no need for a pardon, the White House has said, sidestepping questions about the US president's remarks that he has the absolute right to pardon himself. Trump yesterday said that he has absolute right to pardon himself as he...
09:53
The BSE benchmark Sensex slipped below the key 35,000-mark in early trade today following losses in banking, power, realty and capital goods stocks. Investors are cautious ahead of RBI's policy decision due tomorrow, brokers said. The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee began its three-day meeting...
09:40
Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram is likely to appear before Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday in connection with the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case.Chidambaram was on Monday on summoned by the ED to appear before the...
09:38
At least 10 people were killed and another injured when a building was swept away by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the Lunglawn area of south Mizoram's Lunglei town, police said today.It was raining heavily last night in the Lunglawn area when the landslide hit the building killing 10...
09:24
The death toll from a highly active volcano that erupted near Guatemala's capital on Sunday rose to 69 as rescue workers pulled more bodies on Tuesday from under the dust and rubble.In addition, there are 46 people injured, most of them seriously, more than 1.7 million being hit by...
09:06
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah will meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai at 6 pm tomorrow, as a part of BJP's 'Sampark for Samarthan'.Sampark for Samarthan initiative was launched by Shah on May 30 in an attempt to reach out to people and generate...
08:44
In order to improve the liquidity of sugar industry and support the cane farmers, the government will be coming up with a comprehensive package of more than Rs 8,000 crore, as per government sources.The sources further said that the government has implemented a series of...
00:07
Former US President Bill Clinton defended himself from recent criticism of his affair with Monica Lewinsky in light of the #MeToo movement, telling NBC News he never reached out to the former White House intern following the scandal.Clinton defended his decision to remain in office following the...
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