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Some farmers were detained and a few others walked out of a consultation meeting for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high speed rail project in Surat today, with a top district official stating that it went off successfully.Collector Dhaval Patel said that some persons were detained from the venue as the...
22:38
Makkal Needhi Maiam President and actor Kamal Haasan today met Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader M K Stalin and invited him for a meeting on the Cauvery dispute on May 19.MNM sources said Haasan met Stalin at the DMK headquarters in Chennai and invited his party to attend the meeting.Haasan also...
22:16
Top honchos of Punjab National Bank 'misrepresented' the factual position on letters of understanding (LoUs) to the RBI and ignored its warnings when credit facilities worth over $2 billion were fraudulently cleared by its branch in Mumbai, according to a Central Bureau of Investigation...
21:20
JUST IN: In a major cabinet rejig Union minister Piyush Goyal has been given charge of the finance ministry till Arun Jaitley recovers, say media reports.Jaitley has undergone a successful kidney transplant today.Moreover, Union minister Smriti Irani has been shunted out of information and...
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The ministry of home affairs on Monday sought a report from the West Bengal Government regarding incidents of violence during Panchayat Election in the state.The state has been witnessing violent clashes between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the...
20:32
Reversing the declining trend of three months, retail inflation inched up to 4.58 per cent in April and may prompt the Reserve Bank to harden stance at the monetary policy review next month.The Wholesale Price Index based inflation too rose to 3.18 per cent in April mainly on account of spike in...
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The Congress today attacked the Modi government for hiking fuel prices, with party president Rahul Gandhi alleging that befooling people is the key principle of 'Modinomics'.'Karnataka finishes voting, FUEL prices rise to a 4 year high! The Key Principle of Modinomics: fool as many people as you...
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The United States today opened its embassy in Jerusalem under a controversial move by President Donald Trump that has infuriated the Palestinians, who clashed with Israeli soldiers who shot dead at least 37 of them in Gaza, in the deadliest escalation of violence since 2014.Trump announced the...
18:42
The Kerala Congress today described as politically motivated the Delhi Police chargesheet against party leader Shashi Tharoor accusing him of abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, while the BJP demanded the MP's resignation. Tharoor is the only person named as an accused in the...
18:18
The Centre today sought a report from the West Bengal government on the violence during panchayat polls in which six people were killed and 43 injured. A home ministry official said the state government has been told to provide a detailed report on the circumstances leading to...
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Ballot boxes were looted at gunpoint on Monday by unidentified people at polling booths in West Bengal's Murshidabad where the Panchayat Election is just done. The ongoing Panchayat Election saw huge-scale clashes between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress workers, resulting in...
17:33
Tempest @ColdCigar Maine Suna hai Air India Modiji k Plane ka engine Hamesha Start rakhti hai kyunki baar baar Off krke restart krne mein Jayada Fuel lagta hai.
17:29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Russia on May 21 for an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of External Affairs announced today. The informal summit will be held in Russian city of Sochi. This will be an important occasion for the two leaders to...
17:26
The Narendra Modi government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since it came to power in May 2014, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in reply to an RTI query. The expenditure was incurred on advertisements in the print and electronic media as well as...
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Centre seeks report from West Bengal govt on violence during Panchayat polls: Home Ministry.
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Delhi Police today said that the chargesheet filed in the Sunanda Pushkar case that accuses her husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of abetting her suicide was finalised on the basis of medico-legal and forensic evidence. Tharoor is the only person who has been arrayed as an...
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Shashi Tharoor reacts to the abetment to suicide charge filed against him in the death of his Sunanda Pushkar in 2014.I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet and intend to contest it vigorously. No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let...
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Subramaniam Swamy on the Sunanda Pushkar case: All witnesses and documents were destroyed by the UPA govt and corrupt police. On the basis of current evidence this is what could be done. More information will come during trial. There are allegations on Shashi Tharoor that he forced his wife...
16:05
@RahulGandhi I'm happy to hear that Jaitleyji's kidney transplant surgery, today at AIIMS, went well. I wish him a speedy recovery.
15:57
The Supreme Court will on May 16 hear the matter of three students, who are witnesses in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, seeking protection from police torture.The apex court on May 7 transferred the Kathua gangrape and murder case to Pathankot...
15:35
ISCE Class 10 and 12 exam results declared; pass percentage 96.21 per cent: officials. Mumbai's Swayam Das tops Class 10 ICSE exam with 99.4 per cent. Seven students top ISC Class 12 with 99.5 per cent.
15:26
Just in: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor charged with abetment in the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor has been charged with 'cruelty in marriage'. The Delhi Police today filed a charge sheet in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The...
15:01
Top Congress leaders led by former premier Manmohan Singh have petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had used threatening and intimidating language against them during the Karnataka poll campaign. In a letter to the president, they said the threat by...
14:35
West Bengal: Voting booth vandalised allegedly by TMC workers in North Dinajpur's Sonadangi during Panchayat polls.
14:20
The CBI today filed its first charge sheet in the country's largest financial scam worth over USD Rs 2 billion in Punjab National Bank by billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, detailing the alleged role of the bank's former chief Usha Ananthasubramanian, who is now Allahabad Bank CEO and MD,...
14:08
The Central government today sanctioned Rs 1,161 crore as calamity relief to four states and one union territory, which were hit by floods, landslides and drought, the Home Ministry said. A high level committee, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, approved Rs 1,161.17 crore allocation for...
13:52
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today underwent a successful kidney transplant at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, an official at the premier health institute said. Both the donor and the recipient are stable and recovering well, the official said. Jaitley, 65, was admitted to...
13:49
As Raazi hit theatres, Harinder Sikka -- author of Calling Sehmat, the book on which the film is based -- reveals the thrilling real life story of an Indian spy named Sehmat. As told to Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.Read the interview here.
13:46
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O'Brien justifies the spiraling violence in the West Bengal panchayat polls which saw three dead and several injured. O 'Brien tweeted an explanation for the violence saying, To all 'newborn' experts on Bengal #PanchayatElections in State have a history. 400...
12:17
A TMC worker named Arif Gazi was shot dead in the Kultali area of South 24 Parganas district, reports ANI. However, other reports say that Gazi was a CPI-M worker.A CPI (M) worker and his wife were charred to death after their house in North 24 Parganas was torched last night. CPI (M) alleges...
11:59
SC to hear on Wednesday plea by three witnesses in Kathua gangrape and murder case, alleging harassment by state police.
11:39
Over 11 per cent polling was recorded till 9 am in the West Bengal panchayat polls that was marked by sporadic incidents of violence in which several people were injured today, SEC officials said.Reportedly, one person was killed and three others were injured in South Dinajpur district's Tapan...
11:28
North Korea's latest and largest underground nuclear test last year was powerful enough to move a mountain, say scientists who found that the bomb was 10 times stronger than the one dropped by the US on Hiroshima during World War II. Researchers, including those from Nanyang Technological...
10:57
West Bengal panchayat polls: BJP supporter in Bilkanda severely injured after being attacked with a knife, allegedly by TMC workers. He is presently undergoing treatment.
10:44
The Pakistan Army is said to be 'extremely upset' with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's alleged admission that Pakistan had a significant role to play in the terrorist attacks that took place across Mumbai between November 26 and 29, 2008, which claimed the lives of 166 persons and...
10:36
It won't matter how many more Twitter followers Narendra Modi has than Rahul Gandhi. It will only matter who has won more seats in the Lok Sabha, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Read the column here.
10:31
Himgiri Infrastructure Development Limited, the company incorporated in 2000 by senior BJP leaders in Jammu which was used to buy land next to the Army ammunition depot in Nagrota, owes Rs 29.31 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Bank. And its account was declared a non-performing asset in December last...
10:27
At least two people, including a woman, were killed and several injured in a dust storm that hit Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in western Uttar Pradesh last evening, officials said. Riyasat Ali (52) was killed and his son seriously injured after a tree fell on them near Pawti village,...
10:26
After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus, petrol price was today hiked by 17 paise a litre and diesel by 21 paise as PSU oil firms began passing on the spike witnessed in international rates to consumers. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 74.80 per litre from Rs 74.63 while diesel rates...
10:14
A 102-year-old woman votes at a polling booth in the Dantan area of West Midnapore. The voting for the single-phase panchayat polls began today across West Bengal amid tight security. The polling started at 7 am and will end at 5 pm. The counting will take place on May 17. It is the last major...
10:03
In West Bengal a CPI (M) worker and his wife were charred to death after their house in North 24 Parganas was torched last night. CPI (M) alleges TMC workers were behind the attack. Violence was reported from various parts of West Bengal, as the polling for the single phase panchayat elections...
09:50
If there's one picture that you need to see as Mother's Day went by yesterday, it's this. Barack Obama @BarackObama Happy Mother's Day to every mom out there, especially the remarkable moms in my life, @MichelleObama and my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.
09:46
Three Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders were among four killed in a road accident in Bihar's Araria district.According to police, they were returning from the wedding of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's eldest son, Tej Pratap Yadav.The police said their car was going to Kishanganj from Patna when the...
09:43
Petrol, diesel prices hiked after 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus; rates go up by 17 paise and 21 paise respectively.
09:36
Violence was reported from various parts of West Bengal, as the polling for the single phase panchayat elections is underway today. Within less than two hours after the polling began, the State Election Commission has received complains of violence from at least four districts from different...
08:59
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz issued a statement dismissing all claims with regard to former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's remarks on 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, stating it has been 'grossly misinterpreted' by the Indian media.The statement shared by Nawaz Sharif's daughter, Maryam...
08:38
The voting for the single-phase panchayat polls began today across West Bengal amid tight security, an official said. The polling started at 7 in the morning, the official said.Polling will end at 5 pm. The counting will take place on May 17.It is the last major polls in the state...
08:11
Dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked havoc on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital, killing at least 41 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction. Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of a thunderstorm and hail that left at least 18 people dead, while...
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