23:02
Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today vowed to bring back jobs from India and China, alleging that these countries are taking jobs away from Americans.Without giving any definite policy perspective on how he would bring back jobs from India and China, Trump in an interview...
22:02
An exit poll on NDTV channel has predicted an edge for the BJP-led alliance in the Bihar assembly elections giving it 120 to 130 seats in the 243 member House.The rival JD(U)-led Grand Alliance has been projected to get between 105 and 115 seats. The poll showed that the NDA led in three...
21:58
Putting behind the rancour of bitterly-fought Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections, Shiv Sena and BJP today decided to strike a deal to share power in the civic body following a hung verdict. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between state BJP president...
21:56
Billionaire Jack Ma's Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba today announced a multi-billion-dollar deal to take over video streaming service Youku Tudou as it seeks to spread its online empire.Alibaba is snapping up Youku Tudou, China's equivalent to YouTube, in the latest of a string of acquisitions...
21:31
CISF today launched a new mobile application for its troops which will enable them to check their pay-related queries and register grievances while being on the move.The Android-based facility has been named 'm-Power' and is an extended technology facility of the existing computer system facility...
20:24
Pakistani intelligence agency, the ISI has engaged terrorists belonging to Indian Mujahideen to carry out vandalism at religious places in India for stoking communal tension in the country, intelligence inputs have stated.Sources said such attempts could be carried out in border states like...
20:23
Jean Dreze, a noted economist who was was a member of Sonia Gandhi led National Advisory Council, was dropped from the list of speakers at the Delhi Economics Conclave organised by the Finance Ministry and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dreze, who was to speak at the conference...
19:35
When he was still knee-high to a grasshopper, Pope Francis never dreamt of becoming the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics. His secret desire? To be a butcher.When I was little, there were no shops where they used to sell things, the pontiff said in an interview published today, as...
19:35
Underworld don Chhota Rajan, who was brought back today morning from Indonesia is in stable medical condition and does not require any kind of medical intervention. After his arrival at the Palam airport in New Delhi, CBI spokesperson said Rajan was medically fit and required no...
19:34
The Supreme Court today refused to grant relief to Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi's on his plea to retain tenancy rights over a bungalow in Juhu in Mumbai and directed him to vacate the premises by the end of the year. A bench, comprising justices J S Khehar and R Banumathi, directed...
19:22
US technology major Apple today started selling its smartwatches in India with top models costing about Rs 14 lakh apiece.Top Apple Watch would cost around Rs 14 lakh apiece. However, it would be only available on order from customer, a person in Apple retail network said. The company is...
18:21
Necessary security measures will be taken: BS Bassi, Delhi CP on Chhota Rajan's security.
18:08
War with India is not an option as use of force could only worsen the situation, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said while hoping to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries. Sharif, during a meeting with President Mamnoon Hussain yesterday, wished to resolve all...
17:52
There has been a large explosion in central Stockholm, reports The Independent.The blast occurred at 11:40 in the area around Brannkyrkagatan on Sodermalm, witnesses said. The street has been blocked off. Police are currently arriving at the scene, so too are emergency services
17:15
The Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies has cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India, the environmental NGO that has been campaigning against air pollution and the unsustainable use of natural resources in India. Greenpeace India, registered as an NGO in India under the Tamil Nadu...
16:42
Armed forces veterans, upset at the delay in the one rank one pension or OROP scheme being notified, have decided to return the medals they have been honoured with in the country's service.NDTV reports that the veterans said the decorated soldiers among them would hand over their medals on...
16:29
Tamil folk artist Kovan who was arrested by Chennai police for allegedly criticising AIADMK Govt in a song, sent to two day police custody.
15:12
Slamming Moody's Analytics for baseless criticisms of the government, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the arguments forwarded by the agency lacked depth and such comments are made when opponents become restless over the government's success. Moody's comment was totally...
15:08
Sunday, November 8, 2015. That's the day the results of the five-phase Bihar polls will be declared. That's also the day when BJP stalwart LK Advani turns 88.For both the BJP and the JDU, RJD, Congress alliance or the mahagathbandhan, it's been a do or die election. BJP 'margdarshak' Advani will...
14:23
A team of specialized doctors including a nephrologist has given their verdict on gangster Chhota Rajan's health. And the verdict is that Rajan is both mentally and physically fit. The gangster, who is in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation custody and organised crime unit of the...
13:39
Siddharth @svaradarajan Just heard Prof Jean Dreze was bumped off the Delhi Economic Conclave after being invited from Jharkhand to speak. So much for open debate.
13:38
Just in: Hardik Patel, arrested last month on sedition charges, to remain in jail for now, says Supreme Court.
12:53
When young executive Nikhil Jain, then 23, was left feeling cheated after an advertisement had spurred him to buy a fairness cream, he decided he wouldn't take it lying down like so many millions. Three years on, an unfair trade practices suit moved by Nikhil through his law student brother...
12:35
Uphaar cinema case: The CBI asks the Supreme Court to review the verdict which said 'no jail term for Ansals'.In August, real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal escaped being jailed in the 18-year-old horrific Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy in which 59 people died with the Supreme Court asking them...
12:23
Disfigured in a terrible acid attack, 26-year-old Laxmi who goes by a single name has now turned a mother with her partner, a social activist who works for the welfare of acid attack victims. Laxmi has given her seven-month-old daughter the name 'Pihu' and the baby like her mother will also sport...
12:04
In the middle of a debate on intolerance, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said suppression of dissent poses grave danger for economic development. The nation is deeply concerned at recent tragic instances of violations of freedom of thought, he said at a conference organized to mark...
11:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi Economic Conclave today hosted by the Finance Ministry.The theme of the conclave this year is 'Realising India's JAM (Jan-Dhan, Aadhar, Mobile) Vision'. Highlights of the PM's speech. -- We have improved the economy by every economic...
11:26
Noted writer and niece of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal is impressed with the way Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has decided to play a bigger role and feels he is showing signs of great change. Speaking on the sidelines of fourth Chandigarh Literature Festival...
11:19
Amid a debate on intolerance, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today targeted opposition parties contending their political propaganda of threat to tolerance is an assault on the country's soul. The Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs also reiterated his party BJP's stand that...
11:18
On Monday morning, the body of Mohammad Hasmat Ali, the headmaster of a government school, was found a short distance from his house in Keirao Makting village in Manipur. Ali, father of three children, was beaten to death by a mob alleging that he had stolen a calf. Angry villagers from...
11:08
In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday said the Quranwas being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife and the provision of polygamy was being misused by them for selfish reasons. The high court also stated that time has come for...
11:04
High growth best antidote to poverty; public investment has to take lead till private investment picks up: FM Arun Jaitley.
11:02
Narendra Modi's landslide win in 2014 was hailed as an end to caste as it denied the OBCs their hitherto decisive role in India's politics. Eighteen months later, with the Bihar polls, it is obvious that reports on its end were vastly exaggerated. Read more
10:56
In the electric campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the Bharatiya Janata Party went to town selling vikaas, development. Wherever Narendra Modi went, he spoke of the wonderful things he was going to do for the lives of ordinary Indians. Read more
10:53
The Gujarat high court on Thursday made a strong pitch for a uniform civil code and called for the abolition of polygamy in Muslim society in India as it's a heinously patriarchal act. The court recommended an amendment of Muslim personal law saying that in this day and age, the practice of...
10:17
A theory that has been doing the rounds lately since ex-cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's divorce with wife Reham Khan, is that the latter had tried to poison the 62-year-old. Reham could have tried to poison Imran to grab his political legacy. Pakistani journalist Arif Nizami...
10:12
Bullet proof luxury cars including a customized BMW reached Jammu ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jammu and Kashmir visit on Saturday. Several bullet-proof cars, made to order sedans and critical care ambulances also arrived in Jammu, the winter capital of the state, sources in the...
10:01
JUST IN: Veteran journalist Ved Bhasin dies in Jammu and Kashmir
09:32
A day after renowned singer Ghulam Ali confirmed his participation at the Lucknow Mahotsav scheduled for December 3, the Uttar Pradesh unit of Shiv Sena came out with open threats of making the situation worse for the Pakistani ghazal maestro if he landed in Lucknow. The BJP's coalition...
09:19
Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has apologised for posing with a guy, dressed up as a Shiv Sena worker at a Halloween party, after inviting backlash from Indian fans. The photo showed Mahira as a catwoman smiling, while posing with the guy, who is holding a placard that...
09:04
Bollywood director Zoya Akhtar said that if she had a national award to her credit she would have returned it given the current atmosphere in the country. If I had the national award, I would have returned it. It is a peaceful way of saying things, expressing things. I support them, Zoya...
08:45
This one's worth a LIKE! Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a lovely image of his wife Priscilla, who is pregnant with their first child. He captioned the beautiful and touching picture taken by the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, I love her expression: intense yet kind, fierce yet...
08:36
Britain will raise the issue of alleged human rights violations in India as well as reports of growing intolerance in Indian society during the forthcoming three-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. When asked if a Moody's Analytics...
08:04
Underworld don and one of India's most wanted, Chhota Rajan, has finally been brought back to India this morning after being on the run for the past 27 years. Rajan landed at Delhi's Palam airport around 5:30 am from Indonesia and has been taken to the Central Bureau of Investigation...
01:35
Several Bollywood celebrities including Riteish Deshmukh, Zoya Akhtar and Sudhir Mishra have joined the chorus to support superstar Shahrukh Khan who has drawn the ire of a section of BJP leaders over his recent growing intolerance in the country remark.What has happened to Shahrukh is...
01:35
South Asian American organisations have expressed their outrage at the second mistrial of a former police official who is charged with use of excessive force against an elderly Indian man resulting in him being partially paralysed.SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together) is outraged that a...
01:33
Facebook today made it easier to share music, introducing a new post format amid the boom in online streaming.Dubbed Music Stories, the new format creates a tidy, user-friendly Facebook entry whereas a fan in the past might have posted a cumbersome or random link to a webpage. Music Stories...
01:31
The Maharashtra government's decision to hand over all the cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan to the Central Bureau of Investigation has not gone down well with the Mumbai Police with several senior officials criticising the move stating that it has raised doubts over their ability.The...
01:30
Rajan deported from Bali; to arrive in Delhi on Friday morningMaharashtra hands over cases against Rajan to CBIBihar exit polls give slight edge to Nitish KumarEx-Congress MP Rajaiah arrested for allegedly killing daughter-in-law, grandkids13 soldiers injured in terror attack on CRPF camp in...
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