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CBI today closed its probe into alleged irregularities in Tatra all-terrain vehicle supply to the army, saying there was insufficient evidence to file a charge sheet in the case. The agency filed its closure report before Special CBI court in New Delhi. CBI sources said the allegation...
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England midfielder Frank Lampard announced his retirement from international football after a career spanning 15 years today.The 36-year-old's 106th and final cap for his country came on June 23 when he captained England in their final World Cup game against Costa Rica. Lampard said in a...
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Pakistani Taliban today suffered a major split as leading commanders of the banned outfit formed a splinter group, accusing its leadership of promoting personal and narrow objectives.Leaders of the new faction 'TTP Jamatul Ahrar' said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan leadership was promoting...
19:36
The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on a plea filed by former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan against an Election Commission order finding him guilty of not giving correct account of money spent in his Assembly election in 2009.The judgement is reserved. Parties should file...
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Just in: CBI files closure report in Tatra all-terrain vehicle scam case allegedly involving Ravinder Rishi and then BEML chief V R S Natarajan. The Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted a probe into the irregularities, if any, in the purchase of the all-terrain Tatra vehicles by the...
18:55
Fire breaks out in a blanket factory at Kohara (Ludhiana).
18:45
Maheen Taseer @MaheenTaseer: Pls say a special prayer for my brave hero @ShahbazTaseer & his safe return home. Exactly 3 yrs since his abduction-May God show us mercy.Shahbaz Taseer, is the son of Salman Taseer, the slain governor of the Punjab province of Pakistan, and the step brother...
18:39
Satyan Gajwani, CEO of Times Internet, tweets to say that the story on the Times Group asking employees to hand over their Twitter and Facebook passwords, so that the company may post on their behalf, is inaccurate. He doesn't says it's entirely wrong, either.
18:29
An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir as the operation against the ultras entered the third day today.
18:14
The three Scindia school students arrested over the alleged ragging of a classmate have been granted bail. Police on Tuesday registered FIRs against the three students and two staffers of the prestigious Scindia School in connection with the suicide attempt made by Adarsh Singh, son of...
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Amid cross-border firing incidents and India's efforts to stop the ceasefire violations, Director General of BSF D K Pathak today said the Pakistani side was not cooperating to defuse the situation on the international border (IB). We have made all possible efforts to stop it (ceasefire...
17:54
India on Tuesday officially notified a partial ban on Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica, whose UK-based subsidiary AgustaWestland is enmeshed in the infamous VVIP helicopter kickbacks case, under which ongoing arms contracts will continue but fresh contracts will not be allowed till further...
17:18
Read: The Planning Commission needs to be replaced by institutions prescribed under the Constitution for the functions it usurped, feels Indira Rajaraman.
17:16
Former ministers, members of the Planning Commission and experts today met in the Yojana Bhawan to discuss the framework of the new body which will replace the 64-year old plan panel. We had all met in the context of the statement made by the Prime Minister from Red Fort (on August 15). We have...
17:09
Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said global food and beverages major PepsiCo is looking to bring down sugar contents in its soft drinks. Badal met PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi in New Delhi. In soft drinks they (PepsiCo) are looking at how to bring down the sugar...
16:54
BJP would have fetched a thumping 314 seats on its own, 32 seats more than the number it won in the last General elections, if the polls were held at present, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today. A latest opinion survey indicated that 57 per cent people voted Narendra Modi as the best...
16:53
The Jammu and Kashmir government today said that it would soon announce an amnesty for persons involved in stone-pelting incidents and withdraw cases registered against them. The state government has decided to grant amnesty to the youths involved in such cases (stone pelting) and withdraw the...
16:32
And while on the President, a picture of some flowers from the Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens he tweeted today.
16:30
Sheila Dikshit: I don't want to comment on anything. I haven't resigned under pressure. I will speak once my resignation is accepted.Dikshit's meetings with the President and the Home minister yesterday came a day after her Maharashtra counterpart K Sankaranarayanan quit, protesting his transfer...
16:24
Sheila Dikshit quits as Kerala governor after meeting home minister Rajnath Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday. The announcement was however made today. I resigned as Kerala governor yesterday. The resignation has not yet been accepted, she says. I went by my conscience and...
16:19
First reactions from the Congress on the BJP restructure: Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi says, This BJP's internal matter, but we could see it coming. They will be sidelined. Marg Darshak Mandal is an old-age home.
16:14
It is the low cost of iron ore extracted from their adivasi homeland mines that enables steelmakers like Tata Steel and Essar, and miners like NMDC, not only to be among the most profitable companies in India, but also gives it the financial muscle to make huge overseas...
15:56
BJP chief Amit Shah has constituted Central Parliamentary Board of BJP. Members of the baord are following: Amit Shah (Chairman), Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Ananth Kumar, Thavarchand Gehlot, Shivrajsinh Chouhan, Jagat Prakash Nadda...
15:52
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi, LK Advani, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi and Rajnath Singh are part of the Marg Darshak Mandal, to guide the party's activities.
15:49
The BJP's Parliamentary Board is the highest decision-making body of the party. The party's parliamentary board consists of the BJP president and 10 other members, one of whom shall be the leader of the party in Parliament. On August 16, party chief Amit Shah named a new team of party's...
15:44
LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee dropped from the BJP's parliamentary board. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, JP Nadda included.Amit Shah creates separate body for party veterans called Marg Darshak Mandal. Details to follow.
15:31
Just In: India, Pak DGMOs hold talks; agree to hold flag meetings at the Army and BSF levels to defuse situation at the LoC and International Border, says Army.
15:20
A Nepali girl, hailing from Kathmandu, was gang-raped by six people in Mehrauli area in south Delhi recently. The incident happened when the girl was taken by one of the accused to Mehrauli on the pretext of getting her a job. However, when she reached the place, five more men were already...
14:50
Kingfisher Airlines moves Delhi HC against PNB's notice threatening to declare it as wilful defaulter in repaying outstanding dues of over Rs 770 crore.
14:41
It's three months of the Narendra Modi government and the report card is ready. The media shall be informed of it, announces I&B minister Prakash Javadekar.
14:26
The names of new governors for four states - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Goa -- has been finalised.Senior BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh heavyweight Kalyan Singh has been appointed governor of Rajasthan. He will replace the UPA appointee Margaret Alva, whose tenure ended earlier...
14:15
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to former Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati in connection with the disproportionate assets case against her and given her three weeks to respond to it. The Supreme Court had on July 6, 2012 quashed the nine-year-long disproportionate assets case against the BSP...
14:02
The final season of the hit drama Breaking Bad has taken the top honors at the 66th annual prime time Emmy awards, with five wins including best drama series, while Modern Family won best comedy series for the fifth consecutive time. Here's the complete list of winners of the 2014 Emmys. Read
13:49
Even as defence minister Arun Jaitley is set to meet all three chief of staffs, here's a statement from the BSF on ceasefire violations. DK Pathak (DG, BSF), says India never initiates fire and never targets civilian areas.
13:41
In what could spell trouble for DIG Sunil Paraskar accused of raping a model, the Maharashtra Home Department has proposed his suspension. According to reports, the proposal to suspend the deputy inspector general (DIG-protection of civil rights units) has been sent to Maharashtra Chief...
13:33
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will hold a meeting today with the three service chiefs to discuss the security environment in and around the country against the backdrop of continuing ceasefire violations by Pakistan. The Minister is expected to discuss the steps required to be taken by the forces...
13:26
Mukesh Ambani, whose Reliance Petrochemicals confronts the Narendra Modi government's refusal to hike gas prices explored in the Krishna-Godavari basin, met the prime minister last week. While Gautam Adani and the Tata's Cyrus Mistry have met the PM, Modi avoided meeting Ambani till last week...
13:09
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today said he was hugely impressed with the standard of medical services and research provided to the people irrespective of their social condition at the super-speciality Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. Clegg, who visited the over 60-year-old tertiary care...
12:40
Fresh from a successful India A tour of Australia, paceman Umesh Yadav has revealed that his Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach Wasim Akram helped him get his yorkers right and he is now keen to use the toe-crushers against England batsmen in the one-dayers. I had a problem with the yorkers...
12:36
The Times of India has made news yet again. This time, for enforcing a social media policy that has left its journalists feeling queasy.The management has told the huge army of journalists working for the newspaper across the country to hand over their Twitter and Facebook passwords, so that the...
11:59
Mozilla, known for its Firefox browser, today unveiled the Cloud FX, billed at India's cheapest smartphone, which it may well be considering it's being sold for just Rs 1999 (roughly US $ 33).Adage.com reports that the phone packs 128 MB of RAM, a 2-MP camera and one giga hertz processor....
11:50
The Mumbai police has provided protection to actor Shah Rukh Khan after his business partner Ali Morani faced extortion threats from fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari. Five rounds were fired outside Morani's Juhu residence on Saturday evening. Cops suspect that the actor might be...
11:39
A Gwalior judge who had alleged sexual harassment against a high court judge, has moved the Supreme Court expressing dissatisfaction over the setting up of a committee to look into her complaint. The former woman judge has pleaded before the Supreme Court to set up an external committee...
11:34
Just In: Ranjan Ben Bhatta is the BJP's candidate for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
10:58
A Gwalior judge, who had alleged sexual harassment against high court judge, moves the Supreme Court expressing dissatisfaction over setting up of a committee to look into her complaint. Earlier in the month, the additional district and sessions judge quit her job after she accused...
10:33
Three people who arrived at Delhi airport this morning from Ebola-hit Liberia, have been isolated and taken for further tests. Health authorities stressed that these are only precautionary measures being undertaken and that they are still investigating. Around 112 people are arriving at...
09:40
Three army jawans, five terrorists were killed in two separate encounters in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounters have been on since Saturday. Two of the jawans who were killed in encounters with militants were laid to rest on Monday.
09:19
A day after it was confirmed that a Bihar minister's son was ragged, authorities have registered an FIR against three students and two staff members of the school. A probe also revealed that the management had failed to take any step despite the student complaining to them about...
08:27
Modern Family takes home the Emmys for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. This is the second award for the serial, with actor Ty Burrell winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his potrayal of Phil Dunphy.
08:16
Precautionary arrangements have been put in place at Delhi and Mumbai airports to screen 112 stranded Indians who will arrive today by various flights from and around Ebola-hit Liberia, authorities have said. While the passengers without any symptoms will be cleared and shifted to the...
08:14
An original copy of Action Comics' No. 1, which introduces the world to iconic hero Superman, fetched $3.2 million (Rs 19.3 crore) on EBay, making it the most expensive comic book ever sold. The comic, published on April 18, 1938, was sold was in excellent condition, which merited...
07:57
The curtain is up and the 66th annual Emmy Awards are underway, as Seth Meyers emcees the festivities honoring the best on TV. The big winners so far are Aaron Paul for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama series for Breaking Bad, The Big Bang's Jim Parsons for Outstanding Actor in a...
03:10
Islamic State or ISIS has become the most well-funded terrorist group in the world.The outfit reportedly has $2,000,000,000 in the bank -- thanks to military victories in the past few months. ISIS makes $3 million each day from oil, and expanded its capital massively after the capture of...
03:00
Ukraine's president today dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions.President Petro Poroshenko announced in a statement posted on his website that he has dissolved parliament and called for...
02:51
Tens of thousands of Israelis have fled their homes in communities along the border with the Gaza Strip, reflecting growing fear and frustration as the war with Hamas drags on with no end in sight. With the school year fast approaching, the government began offering assistance to residents...
02:50
A nearly flawless copy of Superman's comic-book debut has sold for a super-powered price: $3.2 million.New York comics dealers Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo said today they submitted Sunday's record-setting bid in the eBay auction for Action Comics No 1. That's the 1938 book in which the...
00:42
A new hypersonic weapon developed by the US military exploded shortly after lift-off from an Alaska test facility during a long-awaited flight test early Monday, the Pentagon said.No one was injured in the incident, which occurred shortly after 4 am EDT (0800 GMT) at the Kodiak Launch Complex in...
00:31
Amazon.com Inc has agreed to acquire Twitch Interactive Inc, a live-streaming service for videogame players, for more than $1 billion, according to a person who has been briefed on the matter.Three months ago, Variety first reported that Google was set to purchase the site for the same amount,...
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First Darshan: Lalbaugcha Raja returns to MumbaiPak crisis deepens, Qadri issues 48-hour deadline to govt Sheila Dikshit likely to quit as Kerala governor: SourcesJournalist James Foley's chilling letter to family Rain washes out India-England ODI series opener in BristolDhoni has...
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