23:44
BJP President Amit Shah today alleged that fearing defeat, the Congress has colluded with anti-national Social Democratic Party of India and Popular Front of India in the Karnatkaa assembly polls. He said the BJP and RSS lost their 24 workers in the last four years but the...
23:16
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met the family of a tourist who was killed in stone-pelting in Srinagar. My head hangs in shame. It is very sad and heartbreaking, Mehbooba said after meeting the family of 22-year-old R Thirumani who has come to the valley from Chennai.
23:03
As the Congress today moved court, challenging the rejection of an impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, a senior official in Parliament said M Venkaiah Naidu had acted under the provisions of the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968, in turning...
23:01
A tourist from Tamil Nadu, injured during clashes between protesters and security forces on the outskirts of of Srinagar today, died at a hospital, police said. R Thirumani, 22, resident of Chennai, suffered head injuries after being hit by a stone during clashes in Narbal area...
22:39
Rajya Sabha Secretary General Desh Deepak Verma said today that a committee has been formed to take a re-look into the rules of the Upper House, including those related to notice of privilege, to increase its productivity. The two-member committee was formed by Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah...
22:26
Describing the Iranian nuclear agreement as a badly negotiated deal, US President Donald Trump today blamed former secretary of state John Kerry for the mess.The United States does not need John Kerry's possibly illegal shadow diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran deal. He was the one that...
21:56
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has requested the Afghan government to provide all possible help in freeing the seven Indian engineers abducted by Taliban militants in the restive northern Baghlan province. Swaraj, during a telephonic conversation with her Afghan counterpart...
21:25
Almost two years after abandoning her poll campaign midway in Varanasi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will hit the campaign trail in Karnataka and address a public rally in Bijapur tomorrow. It is not clear whether she will address more rallies in Karnataka, which goes to polls on May...
20:57
BJP leader Naresh Agrawal, known for making controversial utterances, hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi saying the opposition was in the hands of immature leadership. Taking a jibe, apparently at the Congress leader, Agrawal said it is known what would happen if a monkey is handed the...
20:40
Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was today given a one- year extension to the post, an official order said today. The appointments committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved his extension to the top post till June 12 next year, the order issued by the...
20:39
The army is finalising a plan to grant permanent commission to women in an array of areas by creating a special cadre for their induction, official sources said today. They said the permanent commission to women is being considered for a number of segments including cyber and IT,...
19:59
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to take the lead in ensuring optimum harnessing of the Ravi-Beas waters and suggested constitution of a panel of experts to work out ways to restrict the flow of water from the state into Pakistan. Responding to media queries...
19:57
The Election Commission-appointed surveillance teams have so far seized suspect cash, jewellery and other inducements worth over Rs 125 crore in poll-bound Karnataka, according to official data. Over Rs 75.94 crore in cash, over five lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 23.98 crore, gold...
19:44
The Delhi government has put search and rescue teams on standby and the traffic police have alerted their field formations to be ready for removal of obstacles after the meteorological department today issued a warning of heavy rain and thunderstorm. The traffic police has asked commuters to...
19:17
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the government was working with the army, navy and air force to have a synchronised position on the recruitment of women into the three services as there was no common ground on the matter at present. In an address at an event, she also...
18:35
Karnataka today told the Supreme Court that it has supplied 116.697 tmcft of Cauvery water, instead of 100.04 tmcft, to Tamil Nadu by applying the distress formula, even though the current year has been water deficient. Karnataka, which was hauled up on May 3 by the apex court for not...
18:23
Father of the bride, Anil Kapoor, waves out at the ceremony.
18:23
Boney Kapoor's daughters Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor at the sangeet.
18:19
Actor Sonam Kapoor, quite expectedly, looks resplendent at her sangeet ceremony. Dressed in a gorgeous white and gold lehenga with a fitted gold blouse, Sonam choose Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla couture for her special day. She completed the look with a maang tika, heavy jhumkas, a gold choker. On her...
18:02
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising, appearing for the Kathua victim's father tweets this image: @IJaising Our legal team in the Kathua rape case , an all women team .......almost ! Deepika missing, she was addressing the press.Deepika Rajawat is the lawyer representing the girl's...
17:41
'That is important for Modi politically when he launches a do-or-die campaign seeking a renewed mandate in the 2019 poll,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. Read the column here
17:30
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the Supreme Court decision to shift the trial of the Kathua gangrape and murder case to Pathankot would boost the morale of the state police, which had left no stone unturned to ensure that the eight-year-old's family gets justice. ...
17:21
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers today forced the suspension of the work of measuring land that needs to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor, popularly called the bullet train project.The land measurement process was being undertaken in the Shilphata area of Shil...
17:11
A day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said namaz should be restricted to mosques and idgahs and not in open spaces, his minister and controversial Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Vij today said that offering prayers at a place with the intention of seizing the land is wrong...
16:33
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah sends legal notice for criminal and civil defamation to BJP, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and BS Yeddyurappa, over the BJP's corruption charges against him. The BJP has claimed that Siddaramaiah was connected to a ponzi scheme where at least 35,000 people have...
16:18
Journalist Upendra Rai, arrested for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions, would remain in CBI custody for two more days, with a Delhi court today extending his remand. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann extended the custody of Rai, who was produced before the court on the...
15:50
Update: The Supreme Court directs a fast-track trial in the Kathua case. It will be conducted on a day-to-day basis to avoid any delay. The court also rejected pleas for a CBI probe in the case. The SC says the trial would be in accordance with provisions of Ranbir Penal Code, applicable in...
15:29
Kathua case: The Supreme Court transfers the Kathua rape and murder case to the Pathankot Court in Punjab. The proceedings will also be held in-camera. The J-K government had submitted to the Supreme Court that it is ready for a fair trial in the state and had opposed the transfer of the...
15:05
The Delhi Police on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will file its final report for the Sunanda Pushkar's death within a week's time. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked for more time to file its reply in the matter.Wife of senior Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda...
14:38
A court today posted for May 22 the hearing in the case of the juvenile accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua. The Chief Judicial Magistrate AS Langeh fixed the hearing for May 22. Earlier on April 25, the juvenile presented himself before the court amid heavy...
14:04
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today laid the foundation stone for a memorial 'mandapam' of late J Jayalalithaa in Chennai abutting her burial site on the Marina beachfront. Palaniswami placed the first brick for the construction on the ground,...
13:42
The BMC has appealed to Mumbaikars to drink boiled water for the next seven days starting today as the water may be turbid. Water supply from the newly-built Ghatkopar reservoir tank begins today and in the initial few days, the quality of water is likely to be poor. A BMC official said...
13:27
How 'China's MIT' Tsinghua University drives the country's tech ambitions. Read the full report here.
13:23
Security officials in Afghanistan are working with local tribal elders to trace the seven Indian engineers abducted by the Taliban gunmen in the restive northern Baghlan province, media reports said today.Provincial police spokesman Zabiullah Shuja said the Indian engineers of KEC International,...
13:08
Aditi Singh, the Congress legislator from Rae Bareli assembly seat, who has spent the weekend battling rumours of an impending nuptials with her party president Rahul Gnadhi, scored a stunning victory in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, trouncing both the BSP and the BJP. Her...
12:59
Former PM Manmohan Singh addressing a press conference in Bengaluru speaking on a subject he holds sway -- economics. The economic management of the Modi government is slowly eroding the trust of the general public in the banking system. Recent incidents which resulted in shortage of...
12:28
The BSE Sensex rose 131 points in late morning trade today on bouts of buying in key frontline stocks of realty, consumer durables, metals, banks, auto and FMCG sectors amid mixed Asian cues. Asian stocks were trading mixed despite the biggest advance in US shares in almost four weeks. Back...
12:19
Two opposition leaders today moved the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by the Rajya Sabha chairman on the ground that there was no proven misbehaviour. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is also one of the signatories...
11:56
Normal life came to a standstill in Kashmir today on a call for shutdown by separatists to protest the killing of five civilians during clashes between protesters and security forces near the encounter site in Shopian district yesterday. Jaint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of...
11:29
The Supreme Court today struck down the amendment to a Uttar Pradesh legislation which allows former chief ministers of the state to retain government accommodation even after demitting office. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the amendment in the legislation was ultra vires to the...
11:14
Responding on a query on the rising political violence in poll-bound state Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said violence, in democracy, should not be allowed in any form, by any political party or ideology .While interacting with Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata...
10:35
Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has flayed the NDA government at the Centre for allegedly failing to keep its poll promises and misleading the people on many issues like GST and demonetisation. Before coming to power four years ago, it (BJP) had promised that Rs 15 lakh will be...
10:32
J&K CM on the five civilians killed in clashes with security forces following an encounter with five terrorists in Shopian yesterday: Our soldiers and children are being killed. Stones are in hands of poor, guns also are in hands of poor (security forces) only. We've to find a middle ground...
10:08
The spewing of lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii's Big Island shows no signs of stopping as 21 homes have been destroyed in the aftermath of the eruption in Leilani Estates, Hawaii County officials said on Sunday.The figures were confirmed after the officials undertook an aerial survey...
09:59
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over her hollow tweet on the violence in the state, and said that her brother Tassaduq Mufti was more honest than her in voicing opinion on the situation.In the wake of the Pulwama...
09:50
An air hostess of Air India has alleged that she was molested by the pilot of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai flight.The pilot allegedly molested the air hostess on May 4.According to the police, A scuffle broke out between the complainant and the pilot onboard. The woman then approached the Sahar police...
09:43
In the run-up to the assembly polls in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit the state for his election campaign.The chief minister, who is a star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party for Karnataka polls, is expected to visit Chennabasava Patta Devara...
09:32
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday upped the ante against rival Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former CM BS Yeddyurappa in the run up to the state Assembly elections, where polling is scheduled to be held on May 12.In a newspaper ad in Bengaluru dailies, the...
08:41
Bollywood star Salman Khan left the Jodhpur District & Sessions Court after his case was adjourned and the next hearing was scheduled for July 17. Salman was in the city for the hearing of his application challenging the trial court order that sentenced him to a five-year jail term in...
08:24
Amid the ongoing protest in Aligarh Muslim University over the portrait of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, examinations in the varsity have been postponed till May 12.Examinations in Aligarh Muslim University have been postponed till May 12 due to the ongoing protests, Public Relations...
07:58
Thunderstorms and rain are likely in at least 13 states and two union territories today, the Union home ministry has said in an advisory on Sunday. Schools in Haryana have been asked to remain closed over the next two days. The home ministry alert comes after 124 people died and over...
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