21:09
The BJP has decided to celebrate the next Republic Day by illuminating over 3 crore lotus in Uttar Pradesh, giving the party's poll symbol-shaped lamps to the beneficiaries of various government schemes in the state with a request to light them on R Day evening. UP BJP spokesperson...
20:11
All 400-odd petrol pumps along with linked CNG dispensing units in the national capital will remain shut on Monday in protest against Delhi government's refusal to reduce VAT on fuels, the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association said in a statement. There are about 400 petrol pumps in Delhi...
20:00
On the lines of #Metoo, a group of 15 people, including a former French diplomat acquitted ina sexual abuse case in 2017, has launched a #MenToo movement, asking men to come out and speak openly about the sexual harassment faced by them at the hands of women. The campaign...
19:39
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said Sunday that any extension to a proposed transition period after Britain leaves the European Union must be strictly time-limited or have a route out. There needs to be something which allows us to control how long we are there for to avoid any sense...
19:09
Amritsar Police Commissioner SS Shrivastava on Sunday confirmed that the police permission was granted for organising Dussehra event at Dhobi Ghat ground, where the unfortunate train accident took place that killed as many as 59 people in Amritsar.There is a certain procedure and as per the...
18:30
Two heavily armed Pakistani intruders and three soldiers were killed Sunday in a gunfight after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The slain intruders are believed to be members of a Border...
18:21
Russia has condemned US plans to withdraw from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty and threatened to retaliate for a very dangerous step.On Saturday, US President Trump said he intended to terminate the three-decade-old 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty.He said Russia had been...
17:51
JUST IN: Two Pakistani intruders, three soldiers killed in gunfight near Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir: Officials
17:43
In the latest episode in a battle at the top in the Central Bureau of Investigation, the agency is probing whether its special director Rakesh Asthana accepted a bribe through a middleman to scuttle an investigation against a Hyderabad-based businessman, a government official familiar with the...
17:19
In the long list of renamed Indian cities, Shimla could be the latest entrant as the ruling BJP government is considering a proposal to change its name to Shyamala. A campaign has been launched by some right-wing Hindu groups demanding that the capital of Himachal Pradesh be...
16:51
Britain on Sunday said Saudi Arabia's account of the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate was not credible and the culprits must be held to account. After a fortnight of denials, Saudi authorities admitted on Saturday that the Washington Post...
16:30
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone's marriage plans have been doing the rounds for a while now. The two are very active in social media and keep on giving us major relationship goals with their PDA. It was reported earlier that they will get married at the picturesque Lake Como in...
16:07
Two days after Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said the Centre should bring a law to build a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urged the Supreme Court to fast-track hearing in the case. Speaking to News18, Prasad described the issue as one that is...
15:51
The National Commission for Women has urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to direct print, publication and production houses houses to form internal committee to probe complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. An NCW official said that in the past few days, the women...
15:46
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen loses bid to annul poll result.
15:33
Amritsar: Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today met the people who were injured in the train accident.
15:14
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has favoured holding of early election to the assembly, saying he does not think a popular government can be formed out of the present house after the collapse of the BJP-PDP coalition dispensation in June. The state has been under Governor's rule...
14:34
JUST IN: Train services suspended after Amritsar accident resume, says Senior Divisional Security Commissioner S Sudhakar.
14:18
Delhi's air quality remained in the very poor category for the second consecutive day on Sunday even as authorities warned that it may further deteriorate in the next couple of days. The overall Air Quality Index of Delhi was recorded at 301, which falls in the 'very poor' category,...
14:01
Supporting India's #MeToo movement, Raveena Tandon says even though she has not been a victim of sexual harassment, the countless stories of ill-treatment of women anger her. The 43-year-old actor said she has been through professional harassment in the film industry and hence...
13:42
Fugitive Vijay Mallya, along with his mother and son, may soon be evicted from his swish multi-million-pound mansion overlooking Regents Park in London. The Swiss bank has applied for the possession of the mansion in UK High Court citing that the mortgage has not been repaid.The banks claim...
13:23
US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla's debut book, which takes readers through four generations of her family, at the centre of which is her uncle and People's War Group co-founder K G Satyamurthy, has been named the winner of this year's Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The panel of...
13:23
US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla's debut book, which takes readers through four generations of her family, at the centre of which is her uncle and People's War Group co-founder K G Satyamurthy, has been named the winner of this year's Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The panel of...
13:01
US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla's debut book, which takes readers through four generations of her family, at the centre of which is her uncle and People's War Group co-founder K G Satyamurthy, has been named the winner of this year's Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The panel of...
12:50
A national award in the name of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be given every year to police personnel who do excellent work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday. The announcement came on the 75th anniversary of...
12:39
The Punjab police on Sunday cleared a section of the railway track which was blocked by agitators protesting against a train accident that had claimed 59 lives during Dusshera celebrations. The agitated protesters resorted to stone-pelting in which some people including police personnel...
12:19
Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. The identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained, a police official said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Laroo area...
12:02
Air purifier makers are again looking at a big spike in their sales like previous years since the air quality in the national capital region and adjoining areas is likely to deteriorate further in the coming weeks. The companies are again expecting Delhi NCR to drive...
11:20
Veteran music composer Anu Malik, who is under fire for numerous allegations of sexual harassment, has been asked to step down as a judge for Indian Idol 10. After singers Sona Mohapatra and Shweta Pandit accused Malik of sexual harassment, two budding singers levelled similar...
10:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort to mark the 75th anniversary of the 'Azad Hind government' headed by Subhas Chandra Bose.Traditionally, the prime minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day.Modi said so many people have...
10:31
Petrol and diesel prices were cut for the fourth straight day Sunday on softening international oil prices, providing some relief to consumers battered by two months of relentless rate hikes. Petrol price was cut by 25 paise a litre and diesel by 17 paise, according to the...
10:07
United States President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of keeping quiet on the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential elections despite being advised about it by the Federal Bureau of Investigation before the polls. He was responding to a question on...
10:04
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the policemen killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh's Hot Spring area, on National Police Memorial Day today.
09:37
President Donald Trump has said the United States will get to the bottom of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi case and asserted he would not like to scrap an arms deal with Riyadh, amid a global outrage over the dissident scribe's death. Saudi Arabia in a statement Saturday said...
09:10
Ethiopian teenager Andamalak Belihu overcame stiff competition from compatriot Amdework Walelegn in the men's elite field to win his maiden Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. The 19-year-old Belihu, who finished second last year, improved on his personal best timing to clock...
09:06
The situation remained tense on Sunday as locals continued with their sit-in at Joda phatak in Amritsar where 59 people were mowed down by a train. The locals had started protesting Saturday, raising slogans against the state government and demanding action against the train's driver,...
08:54
An encounter is currently underway between terrorists and the security forces in Larro area of Kulgam district of South Kashmir.One or two terrorists are believed to be holed up in a house.The encounter comes two days after two terrorists were gunned down when they tried to attack the police in...
08:16
United States President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that the US will be pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a nuclear deal signed between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War.We're going to terminate the agreement and we're going to pull out. We'll have...
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