23:26
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday rallied behind the Jawaharlal Nehru University students who were attacked inside the campus and criticised the role of police in dealing with the violence saying there was a big absence of justice in the matter.Speaking to a Bengali TV news channel on...
23:25
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday questioned estimation that the economy will grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, saying the figure is imaginary and raised doubt about the Modi government's capability of tackling economic issues. Talking to reporters, Sinha also demurred Prime...
23:23
Don't know what the Bharatiya Janata Party's trolls would have done to Mahatma Gandhi and Jayprakash Narayan had the great leaders been around, Congress leader and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha said on Wednesday.He also said targeting anyone who takes stand for truth or in the interest of the...
23:07
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended holding the Budget Session in two phases from January 31 to April 3, with the Union Budget to be presented on February 1, sources said on Wednesday. They said the first phase of the session will be from January 31 to February 11...
22:27
President Trump announced his administration will hit Iran with new sanctions in the wake of its attack on two Iraqi military bases housing US troops.The United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime, Trump said.He noted that his...
22:14
President Donald Trump said US forces are prepared for anything, but for now, Iran appears to be standing down.Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world, Trump said.President Trump also criticised the Iran nuclear deal as...
22:07
United States President Donald Trump said that no Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime.We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases, Trump said in his address in Washington. He further...
21:56
The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP, asking if Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone should visit the RSS headquarters in Nagpur instead of JNU. The opposition party's reaction came amid calls, including from some BJP functionaries, to boycott Padukone's upcoming movie 'Chhapaak'...
21:55
A Jawaharlal Nehru University student on Wednesday claimed that he escaped a masked mob that went on a rampage on the campus three days ago by faking that he belonged to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Rajesh Kumar Arya, a student of School of International Studies, told this...
21:50
Police on Wednesday recorded the statement of the woman against whom a case has been registered for holding a 'Free Kashmir' placard during a protest against the JNU violence at the Gateway of India here, an officialsaid.The woman, Mehak Mirza Prabhu, who is a poet and a script writer, was called...
21:11
Sixteen envoys will be travelling to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday where they will meet civil society members and will be briefed on the security situation in the Union territory, officials said on Wednesday. The group will primarily comprise envoys from Latin American and African...
20:59
The Indian Navy has deployed warships in the Gulf region to ensure security of India's sea-borne trade and effectively respond to any emergent situation in the wake of fast escalating tension between the United States and Iran, officials said on Wednesday. Iran launched missile...
20:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to inaugurate the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games 2020 here on January 10 as Bharatiya Janata Party's Assam unit is yet to receive confirmation about his programme. An invitation was sent to the PMO to invite Modi to inaugurate the...
20:39
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has launched a crowd-funding campaign for the upcoming assembly polls and urged the public to donate to continue AAP-led education revolution in the national capital. The campaign that aims to raise Rs 28 lakh is being carried out through 'Our...
20:38
Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday condemned the call to boycott Deepika Padukone's upcoming film Chhapaak after the Bollywood actor visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University to express solidarity after a mob rampaged the university. It's a very narrow...
19:50
A day after the meeting between Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray fuelled speculation of a tie-up in Maharashtra, a senior BJP leader on Wednesday said anything can happen in the future.Fadnavis, a former Maharashtra chief minister,...
19:40
The Congress on Wednesday said there is anger in the country with every section of society feeling disturbed, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as home minister Amit Shah to visit universities facing unrest and listen to the youth. Discussing Sunday's attack on students...
19:37
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said to mark the 75th anniversary of the country in 2022, the parliament session will be held in the new building. ...to fulfil the dream of 'New India'. Indian parliament will hold its session in 2022, in new Parliament House to mark the 75th...
19:20
Actor Deepika Padukone, who visited Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to express solidarity with students, on Wednesday came in for praise from noted filmmaker Aparna Sen for her act of courage.The Bollywood star on Tuesday evening attended a public meeting, called by JNU Teacher's Association...
18:45
The human resource development ministry on Wednesday suggested to Jawaharlal Nehru University vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar to become more communicative with students, take faculty into confidence and facilitate the semester registration process, days after violence ran amok on the university...
18:42
The manufacturing of the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant is currently under phase three which involves setting to work of machinery and other equipment and it is likely to be commissioned by early 2021, sources said on Wednesday. This carrier is being built at the Cochin...
18:15
Police has got vital clues about the identities of masked men who attacked students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and is on the verge of cracking the case, government sources said. Police personnel are on extra alert on Wednesday following the mobilisation of students and...
18:14
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, leading an Indian military delegation to China, met the Chinese ground forces' commander Gen Han Weiguo and discussed issues having strategic ramifications and measures to enhance peace and tranquillity along the sensitive borders, a defence spokesman...
17:28
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday slammed former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan for asserting that the Centre will implement the amended citizenship law at any cost and said the Bharatiya Janata Party will have to pay a heavy price for its stubbornness. An elected...
17:13
Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution for caste-based Census in the country.The resolution that aims to find out the population of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the country was moved by Speaker Nana Patole and was passed by the Assembly unanimously. Patole said that...
17:08
Equity benchmarks clawed back most of their lost ground to end modestly lower on Wednesday as global markets were whiplashed by a fresh wave of volatility after Iran launched retaliatory strikes against US forces in Iraq. After plunging nearly 400 points in early trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex...
17:03
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will flag off and participate in the yatra being organised by the Rashtra Manch of former Union minister Yashwant Sinha against the new citizenship law, proposed NRC and NPR. The Gandhi Shanti Yatra will commence from the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on January 9...
17:03
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will flag off and participate in the yatra being organised by the Rashtra Manch of former Union minister Yashwant Sinha against the new citizenship law, proposed NRC and NPR. The Gandhi Shanti Yatra will commence from the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on January 9...
16:20
The police have received 11 complaints, including one lodged by a professor in connection with the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University, officials said on Wednesday. Heavy Police force continued to be deployed at JNU after a mob of masked young men stormed the varsity campus in south Delhi...
15:56
The nationwide strike seems to have failed to evoke much response in Maharashtra till Wednesday afternoon with transport and banking services remaining largely unaffected in many districts as well as in the country's financial capital. No untoward incident was reported so far from any region of...
15:46
A pilot error is unlikely to have caused the crash of Ukraine's Boeing 737 near Tehran, the vice president of operations at the Ukraine International Airlines said on Wednesday.According to the Iranian and Ukrainian officials, the crash, which happened shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini...
15:24
Amid calls for boycotting Bollywood star Deepika Padukone's upcoming movie Chhapaak for her visit to JNU, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said not only artistes, even a common man can go anywhere to express his opinion and there cannot be any objection over it. Padukone made a surprise...
15:05
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slams the Left parties and Congress-backed Bharat bandh today. CPI-M has no ideology. Planting bombs on railway tracks is 'gundagardi'. In the name of movement, commuters are being beaten up and stones are being pelted. This is 'dadagiri', not a movement. I condemn...
14:54
BJP leader Ram Kadam on Wednesday condemned the visit of actor Deepika Padukone to Jawaharlal University to support students protesting against the recent violence in the campus and termed it unfortunate!.It is unfortunate that Deepika Padukone visited JNU. We condemn this, said Kadam while...
14:36
Crashed Ukraine plane had 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians on board, ANI reports quoting AFP. The vast majority of passengers on the flight to Ukraine that crashed near Tehran Wednesday morning were not Ukrainian nationals, say reports. Image: The Ukrainian plane crash site. Pic: ANI
14:22
DMK MP Kanimozhi meets Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Aishe Ghosh in the campus.
14:21
In Delhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi meets Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Aishe Ghosh in the campus. When asked about the social media campaign to boycott Deepika Padukone's upcoming movie, Chhapaak releasing tomorrow, Kanimozhi said, I don't watch many Hindi movies, so they're...
13:58
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that a 'slap in the face' has been delivered to the United States today. His remarks come as the Islamic republic fired missiles at US troop bases in Iraq on Wednesday. He made the remarks in a broadcast live on state television. The...
13:47
JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, who met HRD Ministry officials on Wednesday over the recent violence on campus, said the university has not made any suggestions to temporarily shut the varsity. We have not made any such suggestions, Kumar told PTI following reports that the varsity...
13:05
The Congress Central Election Committee meeting for the Delhi assembly elections will be held on January 11 at party interim president Sonia Gandhi's residence in Delhi.Assembly polls will be held in the national capital on February 8 while counting of votes will take place on February 11.The...
12:52
Iran will welcome any peace initiative by India for de-escalating its tensions with the US after the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian envoy in New Delhi said on Wednesday. His comments come hours after Iran launched missile strikes against two US military...
12:45
Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar reached Union HRD ministry to meet HRD Secretary Amit Khare, earlier today.
12:34
The day-long strike called by central trade unions was near total in Left-ruled Kerala on Wednesday, with vehicles, including state-owned KSRTC and private buses keeping off the roads. In the state capital, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) did not operate city and long...
12:16
More than a month before death warrants were issued in the Nirbhaya case on Tuesday, a jail in Bihar had been commissioned to make 10 execution ropes, raising speculations that these could be used for the four accused, who are scheduled to be hanged on January 22. The four convicts are...
12:11
Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Wednesday hailed Delhi court's issuing of death warrants against all four convicts in the Nirbhaya case.Justice is the sum of all Moral duties, Kudos to the Delhi court for its judgement on the #Nirbhaya case. Rest in eternal peace now you braveheart,...
12:05
The amended Citizenship Act providing Indian nationality to persecuted minorities from Pakistan among others was an unfinished business of the country's independence and partition, BJP leader Baijayant Jay Panda said on Tuesday. The CAA was the only scheme that lived up to Mahatma Gandhi's...
11:42
At least 80 'Americans terrorists' were killed in missile attacks by Iran on two US bases in Iraq on Wednesday, Iranian state media said.The attacks were carried out in retaliation to the killing of Iranian military commander, General Qassem Soleimani. In a statement,...
11:17
The Government of India has issued an advisory for travel to Iraq. In view of the prevailing situation in Iraq, Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq until further notification. Indian nationals residing in Iraq are advised to be alert and may avoid travel within...
11:14
All 170 people on board the Ukrainian airplane which crashed today, have died. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, state TV reported. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital. The crash is suspected to have...
10:57
Banking services were impacted on Wednesday as employees went on a nationwide strike called by 10 central trade unions to protest against the government's anti-people policies.Branch activities including cash withdrawal deposit in public sector banks in many places across the country have been...
10:42
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit near the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran on Wednesday.According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres.The earthquake in the Middle Eastern country comes as tensions continue to soar in the...
09:54
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi greets Wednesday with a tweet on the Bharat bandh call by 10 labour unions. Gandhi tweeted, The Modi-Shah Govt's anti people, anti labour policies have created catastrophic unemployment and are weakening our PSUs to justify their sale to Modi's crony capitalist...
09:39
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh turned away an ambulance which tried to make way through the rally he was addressing in Nadia district of West Bengal, on Monday. He ordered the ambulance to divert its route stating that it was a Trinamool Congress' tactic to disrupt the rally. Divert the route...
09:32
Iranian state TV reports that an Ukrainian airplane carrying 180 passengers and crew has crashed near the airport in capital, Tehran. Early reports say that the Boeing 737 plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran. Details...
09:21
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday extended its support to trade unions' 'Bharat Bandh' call and slammed the central government for its policies and decisions.In its mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena stated that during the 'first regime of BJP government, the industry and labour class was badly affected due...
09:17
A North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) bus driver wears a helmet in Siliguri in wake of protests during Bharat Bandh called by 10 trade unions against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. -- ANI
08:42
Transport and banking services at several places are likely to be affected due to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by all 10 Central trade unions along with different federations being organised to protest against 'anti-worker policies' of the Bharatiya Janata Party government on Wednesday.The 10...
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Actor Varun Dhawan on Tuesday condemned the violence in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and said one cannot stay neutral during such incidents, joining a section of Bollywood personalities who have denounced the campus mayhem.Violence had broken out inside the university campus on Sunday...
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