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Congress MLA and former Maharashtra minister Vishwajeet Kadam on Monday junked speculation that he too had resigned from the party like senior leader Ashok Chavan. Earlier in the day, Chavan, a former chief minister of the state, announced he was quitting the Congress. Kadam represents...
23:43
Nine people, including three Mexicans, have been arrested and a drugs lab busted in Punjab's Ludhiana as part of a Narcotics Control Bureau operation that began last month to crackdown on an international cartel, according to a statement. More than 15 kg of methamphetamine, nine kg of...
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The body of a former Chennai mayor's son, who went missing after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged 200 metres down into the Satluj in Himachal's Kinnaur district, was recovered on Monday after eight days, the police said. The accident took place on February 4 near Kashang Nallah, they...
23:13
PM Narendra Modi meets UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan/File image
UAE ambassador to India, Abdulnasser Jamal Alshaali praised the role of diaspora in UAE's journey in terms of economic growth and said that it has developed at a faster pace due to the special bond between PM Modi and UAE President Al Nahyan. He also called PM Modi's visit to UAE in...
22:36
The Municipal Corporation in Haldwani on Monday issued a recovery notice of Rs 2.44 crore against Abdul Malik, a key accused in the Banbhoolpura violence, for allegedly causing damage to government properties. In the notice, Malik's supporters attacked the team that had gone to carry out the...
22:18
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay imposed by the Bombay high court on the operation of its order granting bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and S V N Bhatti adjourned the matter till the first week of...
22:02
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to National Conference president Farooq Abdullah for questioning in a money laundering case pertaining to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, official sources said Monday.He has been asked to depose at the ED office in Srinagar...
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A US national and a couple from Nepal were among several persons rescued from drowning off the coast of Goa over the weekend, an official said. A 32-year-old American caught in a riptide off Candolim beach after wading into the deeper sections of the water was rescued and his vital...
21:11
Top Congress leaders on Monday met at the residence of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the names of party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Former party chief Sonia Gandhi and treasurer Ajay Maken are among the likely candidates, sources said. Gandhi is the...
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Several organisations and citizens of Bengaluru staged a protest against the construction of a 10-storey building as an annex to the Karnataka high court within the premises of the Cubbon Park in Bengaluru.The groups gathered on Sunday at the Cubbon Park to show their opposition to the...
20:09
A child died in Gurugram in Haryana after drinking paint thinner, mistaking it for water, the police said on Monday.Hakshan, one and a half years old, became unconscious from an excruciating pain in his stomach and died while he was being taken to a hospital in Gurugram on Sunday, they said.The...
19:55
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday walked towards a crowd in Chhattisgarh's Korba district that had many persons shouting pro-Narendra Modi slogans and shook hands with them, with the opposition party stating that there is great strength in love. Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra',...
19:45
The Delhi Police on Monday issued a traffic advisory in view of the proposed farmers' protest, alerting the commuters about restrictions on the movement of vehicles at three borders of the national capital. Several farmer associations, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab,...
18:54
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday alleged that former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren was showing acute non-cooperation in the money laundering investigation being conducted against him and others. The central agency said that Soren was reluctant to divulge information about...
18:43
A team of Union ministers on Monday evening began talks here with farmer leaders in a bid to dissuade them from their 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the Centre for enactment of a law on minimum support price for crops. The ministers, including food and consumer affairs minister...
18:18
India Inc has come in full support of the idea of 'One Nation One Election' as it would synchronize electoral cycles at the central and state levels, thus enhancing governance efficiency and fostering economic development. Representatives from industry bodies FICCI and CII recently...
17:44
Six of the eight Indians who were released by Qatar
Qatar has released eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel and seven of them returned home on Monday morning, in what is being seen as a major diplomatic victory for India that came nearly three-and-half months after a Qatari court handed them death sentence that was subsequently commuted to...
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Six people were killed in the Haldwani violence
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said a police station would be constructed on the land freed from encroachment in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week after authorities razed an illegally built madrasa. Referring to the Haldwani violence, the...
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A special PMLA court on Monday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren by three days in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, lawyers said. The ED prayed for four days of remand of the JMM leader. Soren, the...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann attended a special prayer service at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, a senior AAP leader said. Both the chief ministers arrived in the city in the afternoon. Though Kejriwal, who is the national convener of...
16:57
Taking a dig at Ashok Chavan who resigned from Congress on Monday, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut wondered whether now the former Mahrasthra Chief Minister would stake a claim on the grand old party and its 'hand' symbol. Drawing parallels with Maharashtra...
16:47
A Delhi court on Monday granted three-day interim bail to senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, arrested in the alleged excise policy scam, to attend his niece's wedding. Special judge M K Nagpal granted the relief to Sisodia from February 13-15 in the corruption and money laundering cases being...
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Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said the decision of his colleague Ashok Chavan to end his association with the party was unfortunate. Prithviraj Chavan also said he was unaware of the compulsion due to which Ashok Chavan left Congress. This is an...
15:59
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said there was hardly any room to review the action taken against Paytm Payments Bank. In a major action against Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL), RBI, on January 31, directed it to stop accepting deposits or top-ups in any customer...
15:43
Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance sails through Bihar test of strength after Opposition walks out. Nitish Kumar-led NDA govt secures 129 votes.The BJP-JD(U) combine has 128 members in the 243-member Bihar assembly, where the majority mark stands at 122.The BJP has 78 seats, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal...
15:22
After resigning from the Congress, former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan says, I have not had a word with a single MLA of the Congress party. I haven't taken any decision yet on joining BJP; don't know BJP's working system. I will take a decision on the future political course in a day or two,...
15:12
After former CM Ashok Chavan resigns from the Congress, CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat (extreme right) meets Prithviraj Chavan (centre). Congress leader and LoP in state assembly Vijay Wadettiwar says, Ashok Chavan's resignation is shocking. The reason for the sudden resignation is not clear....
15:08
Memories of bygone camaraderie
Launching a scathing attack over the announcement of conferring Bharat Ratna to former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur (posthumously), former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said that the BJP has made Bharat Ratna a deal.I am happy that Karpoori Thakur got (Bharat...
14:48
TN governor walks out of Assembly
Governor RN Ravi's advice to the Tamil Nadu government to show due respect to the national anthem and play it at the beginning and end of the Governor's customary address to the Assembly was ignored by the DMK regime, the Raj Bhavan alleged on Monday. Speaker M Appavu launched a tirade...
14:22
Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, We will always respect CM Nitish Kumar...When you came out of Raj Bhavan after resigning, you (Nitish Kumar) said, 'Mann nahi lag raha tha, hum log nachne gaane ke liye thode hai..'.we were there to support you... In the last...
14:05
Celebrating Indonesia's 'fiesta of democracy' As many countries hold elections this year, the simultaneous presidential and legislative elections in Indonesia, the third-largest democracy, holds special significance for ensuring ever more democracy for people at home and around the world. Read...
14:02
Tejashwi Yadav speaks in the Bihar Assembly
Always considered Nitish Kumar as 'Dashrath', don't know what reasons forced him to ditch Mahagathbandhan, says RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, the former Bihar Deputy CM.Can PM Narendra Modi guarantee that Nitish Kumar will not do another volte-face, he asks in the Bihar assembly....We think of you (CM...
13:55
RJD MLAs Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi and Prahlad Yadav sit on the government side in the Bihar Assembly in Patna. Floor Test of CM Nitish Kumar's government to prove their majority will be held today. RJD Spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav says, Two MLAs Chetan Anand and Neelam Devi have been...
13:15
In a setback from the Congress party, senior leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has resigned from the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.Speculations have arisen after Chavan's meeting with Speaker Rahul Narvekar in Mumbai, fueling rumors of his impending...
13:07
Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary
Update: A no-confidence motion moved by the ruling NDA in Bihar against Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was on Monday taken up by the state assembly. Chaudhary, who belongs to the RJD, had refused to step down after his party lost power a fortnight ago when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...
12:56
Nitish Kumar
Bihar Assembly updates: Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary, from Lalu Yadav's party, removed ahead of Nitish Kumar's trust vote. The renewed Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance government in Bihar will take a test of strength today, a hurdle it is expected to cross easily. The trust vote will kick off the...
12:48
A multi-layered security is in place in Delhi
Section 144 has been imposed in the entire city of Delhi for the next 30 days ahead of the 'Delhi Chalo' March on February 13, a top police official said. The order was issued by the Delhi Police Commissioner, Sanjay Arora, on Monday. The Police said that any person found to be violating...
12:42
Crisis-hit SpiceJet plans to hand out pink slips to at least 1,000 employees in the coming days as the airline works to significantly reduce costs and streamline operations of its depleted aircraft fleet, officials said on Monday.Faced with financial woes, legal battles and other headwinds, the...
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No stranger to controversy, veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, on Sunday triggered a fresh row after coming out in praise of Pakistani people and terming them as the 'biggest asset of India', Dawn reported. According to the Pakistan daily, Aiyar,...
12:15
Will Nitish Kumar win trust vote?
Uncertainty is rife in the Bihar Assembly ahead of trust vote, reports MI Khan.According to sources, three of the 45 JD-U MLAs and two of the 78 BJP MLAs have failed to reach the Assembly to take part in trust vote.Similarly, two of 79 RJD MLAs are yet to reach the Assembly.Ruling NDA will...
11:41
Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar
Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar addresses the State Assembly Floor Test of CM Nitish Kumar's government to prove their majority will be held today. The BJP, which is back in power in Bihar after a recent realignment with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Monday exuded confidence that...
11:22
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In a first in the history of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Governor RN Ravi on Monday concluded his customary address to the House within a few minutes, asserting he disagreed with the government over the content of the address and flayed the DMK regime for 'not respecting' the national...
10:35
Security outside the Bihar Assembly
Bihar CM and JDU national president Nitish Kumar arrives at the Bihar Assembly in Patna, ahead of the floor test of his government today.Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav leaves from his residence for the Bihar Vidhan Sabha. The floor test of the NDA government led by CM Nitish...
10:18
A swarm of mosquitoes
A swarm of mosquitoes formed tornadoes in the skies of Keshavnagar and Kharadi Gavthan areas in Pune due to the rise in the water levels of the Mula Mutha River. Residents of Pune were left astounded when they witnessed the rare sight of the mosquito 'tornado'. The video of the sight was...
10:07
Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal United (JDU) exuded confidence that the party's president will win the trust vote during the crucial floor test scheduled on Monday, two weeks after he ditched its alliance with the RJD and formed a government with the BJP. The trust vote will follow after...
09:57
Mithun Chakraborty in Kabuliwala
Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai last week amid speculative reports on his health. Subhash K Jha spoke to Mithun's wife and son for the real story. Mithun's wife, Yogeeta Bali, a star of the 1970s, says, He's absolutely OK now. His blood sugar...
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The Congress Monday expressed relief and happiness at Qatar releasing eight former Indian naval personnel nearly three and a half months after they were handed down death sentences, and it greeted them and their families.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said seven of them have returned to...
08:44
Setting foot to their homeland after several agonising months of captivity in Qatar, seven of the eight Indian navy veterans who were sentenced to death on 'espionage' charges, heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying they wouldn't have been freed had it for the sustained diplomatic...
08:09
In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday.The capital punishment was commuted to an extended prison term earlier following diplomatic intervention by New Delhi.Amid desperate pleas by the...
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