23:46
India has been ranked at the 103rd position among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index, says a report. According to the report, prepared by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, India is among the 45 countries that have serious levels of hunger. In 2017, India was ranked at...
23:07
Pickpockets seem to have discovered a novel method of disposing stolen wallets with ID cards finding the ubiquitous mail boxes a safe haven to deposit them, given the number of such cases the Chennai postal department have come across in the past six months. Pickpockets just...
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Vice president of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party, Usha Thakur, said Monday that problems like sexual harassment arise because of the compromise with moral values and resorting to short-cuts.Opposition Congress called the remarks by Thakur, an MLA from Indore, an example of anti-women...
22:39
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday insisted a Brexit deal was still achievable despite differences with the European Union, but warned against any attempt to trap the United Kingdom in a permanent Customs Unions, ahead of a crucial Brexit summit in Brussels later this week.In her...
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The Congress Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify whether he stands with the women journalists who have accused M J Akbar of sexual harassment or he backs the defamation case filed by the Union minister. Congress spokesperson R P N Singh said it is extremely unfortunate that...
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Twelve new cases of Zika virus were detected in Jaipur Monday, taking the total number of infected people to 72, a Rajasthan health department official said. The figures were issued after a review meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary medical and health, Veenu...
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Some women activists termed as not surprising Akbar's decision to move court against journalist Priya Ramani, saying he was not the first man to not accept his mistakes and won't be the last. Women's rights activist Vani Subramanian told PTI she is not surprised by Akbar moving court as...
20:12
Foreign tourists can now visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands without any restrictions as the home ministry has modified its earlier order which made it mandatory for them to register with the Foreigners Registration Officer within 24 hours of their arrival, a source in the ministry said. The...
20:11
Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on his first visit to China on November 3 and is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders and discuss ways to boost defence ties as well as the controversy-hit China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects, according to a media report...
19:49
The Central Bureau of Investigation has finally closed the case of missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmad as the agency's efforts to trace him have yielded no results, officials said on Monday. The agency has submitted his report in Patiala House court recently after...
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An old web site of BJP's Goa unit was hacked Monday by unknown persons, who posted the message 'Pakistan Zindabad' on it, a party functionary said. The identity of the group which possibly carried out the cyber attack Team PCE and an individual's name Mohammad Bilal were also posted...
18:57
A PIL has been moved in the Delhi high court seeking framing of guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime video, alleging that they show uncertified, sexually explicit and vulgar content. The petition was listed for hearing on...
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Journalist Priya Ramani today hit back Union Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar who filed a private criminal defamation complaint against her for levelling charges of sexual misconduct against him. Ramani in a statement issued on Twitter said that Akbar wants to silence the...
18:14
Repeating his 'suit-boot' jibe at Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged there is no place for the poor in the prime minister's heart, adding, If you are not in suit-boot you are not PM's bhai. Gandhi also accused Modi of remaining silent when Dalits, women, minorities,...
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Indian Film & Television Directors' Association issued a notice to director Sajid Khan on Monday following allegations of sexual harassment against him by three women. In a letter to Sajid, IFTDA has demanded an explanation from the director for his alleged offensive behaviour within...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday accused the Congress of using its leaders to build a momentum against the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and wondered if its president Rahul Gandhi is a Hindu or not. BJP's attack at Gandhi came following the reported comments of Congress leader...
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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health has improved and doctors have advised him rest for a week, his office in Panaji said on Monday.Parrikar, 62, returned to Panaji on Sunday by a special flight from New Delhi, where he underwent treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...
15:49
Actor Alok Nath has filed a civil defamation suit against writer producer Vinta Nanda seeking a written apology and Rs 1 as compensation.Nanda had accused Alok Nath of rape. -- ANI
15:40
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his two-day tour of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh by offering prayers at the famous Maa Peetambara Peeth temple complex in Datia.Gandhi reached Datia district in the morning by a helicopter from Gwalior.He then went to the temple complex where he...
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A real estate broker was killed for allegedly posting some comments ona WhatsApp group, police said on Monday.Moin Mehmood Pathan, 35, was attackedwith swords, knives and rods on Sunday night by a group of around 20 persons inFatimanagar locality of Harsul area in Aurangabad, police said.Police...
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JUST IN: Union Minister M J Akbar files criminal defamation case in Delhi's Patiala House Court against journalist Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual assault, through his advocates Karanjawala and Co.More details awaited. -- ANI
14:29
The Youth Congress activists on Monday staged a protest near the residence of Union minister M J Akbar, demanding his 'immediate resignation' over allegations of sexual misconduct by several female journalists.The activists gathered at Teen Murti roundabout raised slogans against the junior...
13:55
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their first baby in the first half of next year, Kensington Palace said on Monday.'The Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the spring of 2019,' the...
13:17
Inflation based on wholesale prices rose to a two-month high of 5.13 per cent in September, mainly due to hardening of food prices and rise in cost of petrol and diesel.The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation stood at 4.53 per cent in August and 3.14 per cent in September last year.According to...
13:02
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina next month, China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday.Luo was speaking at the inauguration of the first Joint India-China Training Programme for Afghan diplomats...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party core committee in Goa will meet Monday to discuss the political situation in the state, a senior party leader said.The discussions have been planned a day after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar returned to Goa from New Delhi where he was undergoing treatment for...
12:24
WPI inflation rises to 5.13 per cent in September from 4.53 per cent in August. -- PTI
11:46
President Donald Trump on Sunday backed off from is claim that climate change is a hoax, but said that it's not man-made with permanent impacts and climate will 'change back again'.In an interview with CBS News' '60 Minutes', Trump accused scientists of having a 'very big political agenda' and...
11:29
Kerala high court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun.Earlier, his bail plea was rejected by a lower court.The HC has laid down conditions that Mulakkal should not enter Kerala and should surrender his passport...
11:13
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to industrialist and Congress leader Naveen Jindal and 14 others, accused of money laundering in a case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block.Special Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh...
10:55
Pakistan's deposed premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz recovered some ground in the by-elections by eating up the votes of prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, winning four out of 11 parliamentary seats which went to the polls, according to the results on...
10:40
Alok Nath's lawyer Ashok Saraogi says the actor has responded to the notice issued by Cine And TV Artistes' Association against him.He has denied all allegations of sexual harassment.The CINTAA had said on October 9 that it would send Nath a show cause notice after writer-producer Vinta Nanda...
10:31
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex after reclaiming the 35,000-mark fell 71 points to quote at 34,662.73 Monday, as the IIP slipped to a three-month low in August and retail inflation rose marginally in September.Besides, weak Asian cues on worries over China-US trade dispute influenced...
09:58
The police on Monday arrested four people who allegedly attacked TV journalist Herman Gomes in Mumbai.The journalist and his friend were allegedly beaten up by four unidentified miscreants near outside his house around 1:30 am on Saturday.I was attacked by four people out of nowhere.. I have got...
09:43
Board of Control for Cricket in India Chief Executive Officer Rahul Johri will not be representing the cricket body at the upcoming two-day International Cricket Council's chief executives' meeting in Singapore in the light of sexual harassment allegation against him.Amitabh Chaudhary, the acting...
09:17
Gurugram judge's 18-year-old son, who was allegedly shot in a crowded market area his personal security guard, was declared 'brain dead', hours after his wife succumbed to her injuries, officials said on Sunday.Additional Sessions Judge Krishan Kant's wife Ritu, 45, and son Dhruv, 18, had gone...
08:45
A 53-year-old air hostess suffered serious injuries after falling off an Air India aircraft which was getting ready for departure for New Delhi from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, a source said on Monday.The incident happened on Air India flight AI 864 operating on...
08:42
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance over a phone call on Sunday night.Khashoggi has been missing ever since cameras captured him going inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October...
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Fuel prices continued its upward march on Monday, with diesel prices surging by 8 paise and 9 paise in four metropolitan cities.While Delhi and Kolkata saw a hike of 8 paise, a litre of diesel has increased by 9 paise in Mumbai and Chennai.After the revision of the rates, diesel in Delhi is being...
08:17
President Donald Trump has alleged that China, in addition to Russia, meddled in the 2016 United States presidential elections.Last month, chairing a United Nations Security Council meeting on the sidelines of the UN general Assembly in New York, Trump had alleged that China was trying to...
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