23:44
Video streaming service Hotstar announced on Monday it was cancelling the production of third season of 'On Air with AIB' in light of the allegations of misconduct against one of the members of the comedy group. In a statement, Star India's streaming platform Hotstar said it will not stand...
23:28
US President Donald Trump has said the sex assault claims made against his new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh were a hoax and all made up.The Republican president condemned Democratic calls to impeach the judge as an insult to the American public.Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed by the...
23:03
The rift among Rashtriya Janata Dals chief Lalu Prasads children was confirmed on Monday when Misa Bharti, his eldest daughter, admitted that relations between her two brothers - Tej Pratap and Tejashwi - had soured of late while there were some forces in the family that were trying to stab her...
22:30
After Kangana Ranaut, actress Nayani Dixit, who co-starred with Kangana in Queen, recently opened up about her alleged unpleasant experience of working with director Vikas Bahl for the 2014 film in an interview with Bollywood Hungama. Speaking to the publication, Dixit, who played the role...
22:02
Top Army commanders will deliberate on operational challenges and various reform initiatives during a week-long conference starting Tuesday. During the Army Commanders' Conference, to be held from October 9 to 15, a host of issues ranging from operational, administrative, logistics and...
21:40
The mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from the university nearly two years ago, accused the CBI on Monday of carrying out a biased investigation into the case.The Delhi high court on Monday allowed CBI to file a closure report in the matter, bringing an end to the investigation...
21:06
Malaysia is yet to take a call on extraditing controversial preacher Zakir Naik to India and the matter could end up being decided by the country's courts, a senior Malaysian minister told External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday when she raised the issue during a meeting...
20:39
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against him, saying he will leave politics if he is defeated.I challenge Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 general elections against me (from Unnao). I will leave politics if he wins, but if he...
20:37
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against him, saying he will leave politics if he is defeated.I challenge Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 general elections against me (from Unnao). I will leave politics if he wins, but if he...
19:56
China has accused the missing ex-Interpol president Meng Hongwei of bribery, as the case continues to tarnish Beijings image as a rising power and responsible member of international organisations.In a terse statement on Sunday evening, the Chinese authorities admitted they were holding Meng and...
19:40
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam has said Mumbai will come to a standstill and its people will not even get food to eat if the north Indian community in the metropolis decides to stop working. However, the community should not be forced to take such a step, the Mumbai Congress president...
19:12
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday he had called up his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani over the reported attacks on north Indians in the western state and was assured that the government there would ensure the safety of all.The Gujarat chief minister told me over the...
18:59
Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) said it is ready to readdress Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment allegation against Nana Patekar 'by conducting a fair and expeditious' inquiry.The body had earlier said it did not 'address' the allegations by Dutta when she approached them in 2008.Dutta...
18:51
Police have arrested all the nine accused, including three women, named in the FIR in connection with beating up of minor girl students of a state-run school in Supaul, a senior police official said on Monday.30 minor girl students in Bihar's Supaul district were beaten up by a mob after they...
18:12
Total voter turnout was 63.83 per cent till 4 pm on Monday in the first phase voting for the local body elections in 11 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Ramesh Kumar, district election officer said.The boycott of urban local body polls by several political parties, including the People's...
17:52
The rupee slumped by 30 paise to finish at a fresh lifetime low of 74.06 against the US dollar Monday amid strengthening of the greenback and steady capital outflows. The rupee had opened lower by 14 paisa against Friday's close of 73.76 in early trade as the US dollar strength against major...
17:43
Following allegations of sexual harassment, Prashant Jha has stepped down as the political editor and bureau chief of the Hindustan Times.The Wire reports that in an email to editorial staff, HT editor-in-chief Sukumar wrote: Hi all, Prashant Jha has stepped down as the Chief of Bureau and...
17:37
Super 30 star Hrithik Roshan has broken his silence on allegations of sexual harassment against the film's director Vikas Bahl, saying it is impossible for him to work with any person guilty of such grave misconduct. In a guarded statement, Roshan said he has been away and has sporadic...
17:30
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday said two state refiners have placed orders for importing crude oil from Iran in November, the month when US sanctions on Iranian oil purchases take effect. Two of our oil companies have made nominations to purchase Iranian oil in November, he said...
17:08
A Pakistani national was apprehend by the Border Security Force along the International Border in Jaisalmer, police said on Monday.Mohammad Iqbal, 40, of Sialkot in Pakistan was detained on Sunday night by BSF jawans near pillars 616 and 617 along the border, they said.He was handed over to...
16:57
A Defence Research and Development Organisation employee has been held in Nagpur for alleged espionage links, an official said on Monday.Nishant Agarwal was arrested in a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) at DRDO's Wardha Road facility, he said.More...
16:48
In a highly volatile session, value-buying by investors in recently battered banking, oil and gas and auto stocks reversed the three-session losing streak, helping the Sensex and Nifty to close on a positive note on Monday.The Sensex swung over 660 points both ways on alternate bouts of selling...
16:22
This is the allegation against AIB co-founder Gursmiran Khamba. One of the founding members of group AIB, Gursimran Khamba, has been accused by a woman of misconduct but comedian has categorically denied any violation of consent. The woman, who requested anonymity, posted her statement...
16:19
The AIB, comedy collective, has asked its co-founders Tanmay Bhat and Gursmiran Khamba to step down in the aftermath of sexual harassment complaints against its former employer -- stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty.AIB took this step after it admitted and publicly apologised that despite several...
15:59
Actor Nana Patekar refused to take quesions on the sexual harassment allegations made by actress Tanushree Dutta.Walking to his Mumbai residence, Patekar said his lawyers have asked him not to speak to the media. Whatever I have to say I said 10 years ago. The truth which was there 10 years back,...
15:40
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer.The duo have designed methods that address some of our times most fundamental and pressing issues: long-term...
15:18
About six per cent of the electorate voted in the first six hours of polling in 83 wards of urban local bodies in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley, where elections are being held amid tight security, officials said Monday. Voting for the first of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at...
15:06
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Saturday filed a written complaint with the Mumbai cyber police against a person and a YouTube channel, alleging that a video featuring him has been edited to make it appear as though the actor expressed his views on the ongoing controversy between Tanushree...
14:49
Horn 'OK' Pleassss producer Samee Siddiqui on Monday submitted an application as his response to the Tanushree Dutta-Nana Patekar row.In the application submitted before the Oshiwara police station, Siddiqui stated that the matter had already been investigated by the Goregaon police. He...
14:18
'He has dealt with such tremendous odds that he understands things at a level that not many people do,' Urmimala Abhilash tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih about her husband, Commander Abhilash Tomy.Read the report here.
13:57
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said she has asked the Law Ministry to not keep any age limit to report child sexual abuse, allowing people to complain about what has happened to them even 10-15 years later. Noting that anger at molestation and sexual abuse never goes...
13:49
Actor-director Rajat Kapoor has said he has tried to be a good human being all his life and apologises from the bottom of his heart, after a woman journalist accused him of lewd and unprofessional behaviour. Kapoor tweeted his apology on Sunday after a woman journalist gave a detailed account...
13:25
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to hospital Sunday. The 95-year-old actor is being treated for recurrent pneumonia. Kumar's family friend Faisal Farooqui shared the news on the actor's official Twitter handle. Want to inform you @TheDilipKumar has been admitted to hospital last night....
13:08
Actor Nana Patekar, who has been accused of sexual harassment by Tanushree Dutta, was to address the media Monday but the press conference has now been called off. A message was sent out to the media last night by Nana's son Malhar, stating the press conference would not take place. Sorry to be...
12:49
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed the CBI to file a closure report in the case of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from the university nearly two years ago. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel declined the plea of the missing student's mother, Fatima Nafees, to constitute...
12:26
The Supreme Court will hear a fresh PIL against the Rafale deal between India and France on Wednesday. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph Monday said it will hear the PIL filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, who is seeking a direction to the Centre to reveal...
12:24
In the wake of the Nana Patekar-Tanushree Dutta row, Bollywood diva Kangana Ranaut has lent support to a girl who accused her 'Queen' director Vikas Bahl of sexual harassment.In a statement, Kangana, while backing the woman accusing Bahl, said I totally believe her. Even though Vikas was...
12:00
A 42-year-old Indian tourist was killed and two others seriously injured in a shootout between two rival gangs in Bangkok, Thai Police said Monday. The shooting took place last night on a street behind Centara Watergate Pavillion hotel in Ratchathewi district, where tourist coaches were...
11:37
Shylaja Vijayan, President National Ayyappa Devotees Association moves the Supreme Court seeking a review of the Apex court's judgment in the Sabarimala case.Protests over the entry of women in Sabarimala have gained momentum after teh LDF government made it clear that it would not go in for a...
11:29
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear on October 10 a fresh PIL against the Rafale deal between India and France. The PIL seeks a direction to the Centre to reveal details of the deal and comparative prices during the UPA and NDA rule to the apex court in a sealed cover. A bench of Chief...
11:25
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed the CBI to file a closure report in the case related to missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. The bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said Ahmed's mother, who had moved the court for a direction to the police to trace her son, could raise her grievances...
11:10
A Delhi Court Monday extended till November 1 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI and the ED. Special CBI Judge O P Saini put up the matter for November 1 after the counsel appearing for...
11:09
Less than two per cent of the electorate turned out to cast their votes on Monday in 83 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir in the first two hours of polling for the first of the four-phased elections in the valley amidst stringent security arrangements. Nearly 1600 voters have exercised...
10:33
The BSE Sensex fell over 150 points and the NSE Nifty dropped below the 10,300-level in early trade Monday on unabated foreign fund outflow amid weak Asian cues and the weakness in rupee.Falling for the fourth straight session, the BSE 30-share barometer fell 169.20 points, or 0.53 per cent, to...
10:10
Booker Prize winner author and activist Arundhati Roy has expressed her fear over an increasing rule of the mob in India, which poses a grave threat to freedom of expression in the country. Roy, who won the world's leading literary prize for her debut novel The God of Small Things' in...
10:09
Fuel prices continued to surge on Monday, with petrol and diesel prices being hiked by 21 paise and 29 paise respectively.In the national capital, petrol is priced at Rs 82.03 per litre, while diesel rates have now escalated to Rs 73.82 following the revision.In Mumbai, petrol and diesel rates...
09:28
86th Indian Air Force Day celebrations are underway at Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
09:27
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said Sunday lions in the Gir forest were safe and they would not be relocated. Earlier in the day, the forest department started the vaccination of lions in the Gir sanctuary to protect them from a deadly virus blamed for the death of some of the big...
08:50
Aadhaar is not mandatory to avail benefits for the first time under the recently-launched Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana but will be compulsory for those seeking treatment under the scheme for the second time, according to a top official.In case the Aadhaar number is not...
08:26
Under a heavy security blanket, the first phase of urban local body polls is currently underway in Jammu and Kashmir. As many as 2,990 candidates are in the fray for the four-phase election, which will end on October 16. Voting has began at 7 am and will end at 4 pm. Around 240...
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