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Karnataka electoral authorities today directed TV news channels not to air a 'sting' video showing a state Bharatiya Janata Party leader allegedly trying to bribe a kin of a former Chief Justice of India to get a favourable verdict for mining baron G Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case.The...
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The death toll in the storm that hit parts of Uttar Pradesh last night has risen to 18, an official said today as the Met office issued another bad weather alert for the state.Five deaths people died in Etawah district, three each in Mathura, Aligarh and Agra, two in Firozabad and one each in...
21:32
United States President Donald Trump tweets:'The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!'More details awaited.
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A crucial meeting of the Supreme Court collegium is likely to be held tomorrow to discuss the issue of reconsidering the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation to the apex court, after it was returned by the Centre.Official sources today said that the members of the collegium...
21:09
Rejecting reports of Bharatiya Janata Party leader B Sriramulu's alleged sting video, party president Amit Shah on Thursday said that many fake sting videos surfaced on the internet and urged to not believe them blindly.Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Shah said,...
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Ending speculation, the State Election Commission today announced that the panchayat polls in West Bengal will be held on May 14.The counting will take place on May 17 and re-polling, if any, will be held the day before, SEC secretary Nilanjan Shandilya told reporters in Kolkata.The SEC's...
19:23
The government today said it was in touch with relevant people and authorities in Afghanistan to secure the release of seven Indian engineers who were abducted in the restive northern Baghlan province of the war-torn country on Sunday.We are in touch with different people who are involved in the...
18:29
Just in: Instagram is down around the world. Users across the world have been unable to load their news feed or pictures, reported, the Independent. The problems were widespread across the world, with most reports coming from Europe, the US and Japan, according to the website Down Detector.Image:...
18:27
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's relative Vinay Bansal, arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with the PWD scam, was today sent to one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court.Duty Metropolitian Magistrate Suri Mishra denied the ACB's application for three-day police remand saying...
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Ishaan and Surya become the first transsexual marriage in Kerala. The couple wed in Thiruvananthapuram today. Earlier this month, Surya, the bride, spoke to Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier. Do read
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Just in: A five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra reserved its judgement on the Aadhaar matter. Several appeals were filled challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. Petitioners submitted to the Court that multiple data breaches...
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President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday became the second president to visit the Siachen base camp of the Indian Army in Ladakh, and conveyed the whole country's respect for the soldiers protecting Indian borders at the highest battlefield in the world.There was a special reason behind my...
16:33
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is responding well to his treatment in the US, Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said today. Prabhu spoke to the chief minister and expressed hope that he would return soon to resume his responsibilities of developing Goa as a leading state....
16:27
A day after announcing USD 16 billion investment in India's largest online retailer Flipkart, Walmart Inc today said it will continue to grow its wholesale cash-and-carry business, adding 50 new stores in the next four-five years. We currently have 21 stores and plan to open 50 stores in 4 to 5...
15:43
Monica Lewinsky @MonicaLewinsky dear world: please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and --then after i've accepted-- uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited. it's 2018. emily post would def not approve. Me.#slowclap
15:37
The AAP today hit out at the Anti-Corruption Branch for arresting Vinay Bansal, a nephew of Arvind Kejriwal, saying the action was aimed at maligning the chief minister's image and harassing his relatives. Bansal, who is a partner in a firm linked to alleged financial irregularities in building a...
15:30
The Supreme Court today stayed the Calcutta High Court order asking the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept nomination papers filed through e-mail for contesting the panchayat elections in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra took note of the fact that almost 17,000...
15:06
After Congress President Rahul Gandhi was recently attacked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for publicly declaring his prime ministerial ambition, BJP bickering ally Shiv Sena came out in his support.In this country, every person has the right to dream of becoming the Prime Minister. If Modi...
14:59
Ruskin Bond fans have something to cheer again -- a new book will be launched on his 84th birthday on May 19 which is inspired by a letter from one of his many fans in Sri Lanka. Lyrical and illustrated, Ranji and the Music Maker is a sunny story of forging bonds and simple joys. The legendary...
14:48
Having reached a dead end in a dispute, the Kerala High Court has assigned a name to a child, after his estranged parents couldn't agree on one. The child, now named Johan Sachin by the High Court, was in need of a birth certificate in order to apply for admission to a school. Read more
14:30
A season of weddings for Bollywood, it seems. After Sonam Kapoor's grand wedding celebrations, comes another Bollywood shaadi, albeit a quieter one. Neha Dhupia wed her 'best friend' Angad Bedi, and the couple made a pretty picture in shades of white and pink. The wedding took place in a Delhi...
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Justice J Chelameswar, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India asking him to convene a meeting of the collegium to urgently forward to the Centre the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph as the judge of the apex court. The government...
14:04
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today that he enjoyed meeting the press in Bengaluru and would be holding more press conferences. @RahulGandhi enjoyed meeting the regional & national press today in Bengaluru. We had a packed house! I'm sorry not everyone got a chance to ask a question due to...
13:52
Reflecting on his failures in the last few years, superstar Rajinikanth said critics have tried to write him off over time but he has come back stronger every time. The 67-year-old actor said his films such as daughter Soundarya's motion-capture Kochaidaiyaan and KS Ravikumar's Lingaa did not...
13:41
While Donald Trump may look like a man who hates his job, it was a big day for the US President and the families of three men held in North Korea for over a year. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders @PressSec tweeted this a while ago. @POTUS lands at JBA to welcome home the three returnees...
12:53
As feral dogs continue to threaten innocent lives in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, a team of four scientists from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute reached the district on Wednesday to probe the matter.A scientist at the IVRI, Dr Dinesh Chandra, told...
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Eleven more people lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday due to high-intensity dust storms, taking the death toll to 81. Deaths were recorded in Agra, Etawah, Mathura, Aligarh, Firozabad and Kanpur Rural districts of Uttar Pradesh. Eleven...
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Reaching out to Dalits and other backward communities in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government was trying to fulfill B R Ambedkar's dream of a powerful and prosperous nation. Hitting out at the ruling Congress in Karnataka, he said the party failed to...
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The Supreme Court will hear the West Bengal State Election Commission's plea, challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing it to accept the nominations of candidates who have filed their papers electronically within the stipulated time for the panchayat elections, at 2 pm today.The State...
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Sagarika Ghose @sagarikaghose Good to see @RahulGandhi holding an open press conference. When will @narendramodi ji do the same with all journalists, not just scripted interviews to the spineless cheerleading toadies?@RKRadhakrishn I join Sagarika in requesting @narendramodi to hold at least one...
11:27
Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on the last day of the campaign trail in Karnataka. With him on the dais is incumbent chief minister Siddaramaiah. Responding to a barrage of questions on the upcoming elections, the tonality of the rallies, his Italian...
10:57
As Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is set to conduct a massive roadshow in Chhattisgarh, state Chief Minister Raman Singh yesterday said he is welcome to hold the rally on 'well-constructed roads of the state.'Taking a jibe at the Congress chief, Singh said...
10:54
A constable with the Mumbai Police has sought permission to beg in uniform, saying he cannot support his family as he hasn't received his salary for the last two months.Constable Dnyaneshwar Ahirrao - in a letter to his superiors, Mumbai Police Commissioner Datta Padsalgikar and Maharashtra...
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A man related to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested today by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with the PWD scam. Vinay Bansal, son of Kejriwal's brother-in-law, was arrested this morning, ACB chief Arvind Deep said. Three FIRs, including one against a company run...
10:27
In an interview to the Indian Express, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that Kashmiri youth picking up the gun and those who tell them (that) this path will bring Azadi is misleading them. Gen Rawat said categorically, I want to tell Kashmiri youth that Azadi isn't possible. It won't happen....
09:52
In Patna, Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pratap's mehendi ceremony was held last night. He will be be tying the knot with Aishwarya Rai, daughter of RJD party legislator Chandrika Rai, on May 12.
09:42
So much for the Centre's claims of providing basic toilets for its people. Flush with statistics of toilets built, the fact remains that much of the toilets cannot be used as there is no water. In Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district for instance, girls of a government hostel have to travel...
08:51
Eleven serving defence officers and eight others have sent a legal notice to actors Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, accusing the Bollywood couple of playing with the sentiments of the armed forces by putting up for auction a naval costume from the Hindi film Rustom.The group, which also included...
08:23
Vijay Mallya, wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to around Rs 9,000 crore, can be regarded as a fugitive from justice, the UK High Court has concluded.Judge Andrew Henshaw, who upheld a worldwide freeze order and ruled in favour of 13 Indian state-owned banks...
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US President Donald Trump today said he is not interested in winning a Noble Peace Prize but wants victory for the world.Asked by a journalist if he deserved a Nobel Peace prize, Trump said although everyone thought he did, he would never say it himself.You know what I want to do? I want to get...
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Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Wednesday said that Rahul Gandhi is the party's prime ministerial candidate for the next national election. Asked as to how he saw the Congress chief's comment yesterday that he was ready to occupy the prime ministerial post if the Congress emerges as...
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