23:25
Asserting that there is no need for evidence of Pakistan's complicity in the Kashmir issue as Nawaz Sharif is openly saying they will get it back, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday claimed the world now agreedwith India that the time has come to unite in the fight against the neighbouring...
22:50
President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on Saturday, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency after the failed military coup.Turkish authorities also detained a nephew of Fethullah...
21:52
The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings but had no known links to the Islamic State group, German police say.Written material on such attacks was found in his room. Munich's police chief spoke of links to the massacre by Norway's Anders Behring...
21:44
West Indies are reeling at 90 for the loss of three wickets at lunch on day 3, as India extended their advantage in the first Test at Antigua on Saturday. Pacer Mohammed Shami bagged his second wicket after dismissing Darren Bravo (11) at the stroke of lunch. Shami had also...
21:18
Turkey has detained a nephew of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen after last week's failed coup, state-run media reported Saturday, the first time one of the his relatives has been apprehended in the current crackdown.Muhammet Sait Gulen will be taken to the capital Ankara after he was detained...
21:09
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said any initiative that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take to resolve the current crisis in the Valley could calm tempers but if it is not followed up then it becomes difficult to sort out. He agreed with former Union Home Minister P...
20:16
Joe Root hit his second double century in Tests and is unbeaten on 226 runs, as England amassed a mammoth 533/6 at tea on day 2 of the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford, Manchester.
20:06
Attacking Pakistan for interfering in India's internal matters, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, Pakistan has never given blessings to Kashmir, only gave terrorists.Kashmir will never be part of Pakistan, she said.Pakistan PM called Burhan Wani a 'martyr'. Doesn't he know that Burhan...
19:40
At least 61 people were killed and another 207 wounded in the Afghan capital today, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed...
19:29
Warning black money holders of stringent action including imprisonment after September 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said those with undisclosed wealth, most of which is parked in jewellery and real estate,should come clean to sleep peacefully. At a function jewellers...
19:17
Pakistan police have conducted polygraph and DNA tests of the brother of slain Pakistani social-media sensation Qandeel Baloch to corroborate his confession in her murder.Muhammad Waseem, the younger brother of Baloch who was arrested for murdering her, has confessed to his crime.According to...
19:03
Judith D'Souza who was kidnapped in Kabul last month, returns to India.The 40-year-old woman, who works for the Aga Khan Foundation as a senior technical adviser, was kidnapped outside her office in the heart of Kabul on June 9.The external affairs ministry was in constant touch with Afghan...
18:31
Kabul attack update: Afghan public health ministry official says death toll rises to 61; 207 people wounded.
18:23
China had removed its new generation surface-to-air missiles from a disputed island in the South China Sea after the United States withdrew its aircraft carrier ahead of a landmark verdict by an UN-backed tribunal, a media report said.The images from Airbus Defence and Space showed a battery of...
18:00
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul targeting members of the country's Shi'ite Muslim minority, the group's Amaq news agency reported.Two fighters from Islamic State detonated explosive belts at a gathering of Shi'ites in... the city of Kabul in Afghanistan,...
17:46
Shadab Jakati, who is one of the two cricketers from Goa to have played in the Indian Premier League today took a plunge in politics by joining the newly-formed Goa Forward party.The 35-year-old, a left-handed batsman and left-arm spinner, who plays for Goa in first class cricket and Gujarat...
16:50
At least 50 people have died after an explosion ripped through an area in Kabul during a protest rally by Shia Hazaras. The members of minority community had gathered to protest over a key power transmission line, police said. Officials said that there 3 suicide bombers at the rally --...
16:36
Turkey has freed 1,200 soldiers detained after the failed military coup, a top prosecutor said today, in its first major release of suspects amid global criticism of the crackdown. Those released were privates, Ankara's chief prosecutor Harun Kodalak was quoted as saying by Turkish media,...
15:43
JUST IN: Alert Indian troops thwart infiltration bid in Kupwara, one army jawan martyred in gunfight. Search ops on
15:16
Police have identified the gunman who killed 9 people in a shooting at a shopping centre in Munich as David S. Local media have named the attacker as 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly, who has both German and Iranian citizenship. He appeared to have shot himself around 1 kilometre...
14:24
We Indians have inherited a rich cultural heritage which demands that we study it, understand it and be worthy of it. But when one sees objectively what is happening today, I feel that it is quite a disaster. We are not able to treasure what a truly remarkable heritage we have inherited, at least...
14:22
Kashmir may be headed for a spurt in militancy with the banned organisation Hizbul Mujahideen putting up posters announcing its resurrection after the death of its commander Burhan Wani sparked waves of violence in the Valley.The posters carry a photo of 11 militants dressed in combat gear and...
14:04
Modern Indian artist S H Raza died today following a prolonged illness. He was 94. Raza was suffering from old-age related ailments and was in the ICU of a private hospital for the last two months. The end came at 11 am, poet Ashok Vajpeyi, who was a close friend of the artist said. The last...
13:01
A 17-year-old IIT aspirant from Bihar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Indira Vihar area of the city, police said today. Prince Kumar Singh, a resident of Motihari district of Bihar who had arrived at Kota a month ago, is the twelfth...
12:50
JUST IN: Gujarat Dalit assault: JD-U leader Sharad Yadav reaches civil hospital in Rajkot to meet victims.
12:21
Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Srinagar today and is meeting a delegation from the civil society. In wake of the violence, which has claimed 45 lives and injured around 3,400, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had announced on Friday that he would visit the curfew-hit area in the Valley on...
11:53
Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday, shot a Facebook Live of himself, driving into Parliament complex, and exposing what is, perhaps, the most secured government complex in the country, to a potential attack.The MP from Sangrur, Punjab, who is also a comedian, should have well...
11:36
JUST IN: Man suspected of Islamic State links arrested from Thane in a joint operation conducted by Kerala police and Maharashtra ATS.
11:23
Congress senior leader Digvijay Singh received a rude shock today when he found his family and his names included in the list of 'Below Poverty Line' people by the Central and state governmentsGovernment of Madhya Pradesh and government of India includes my name, my brother's name, my son's...
11:04
Social media giant Facebook activated its safety check for those caught up in the Munich shooting after a gunman opened up fire near Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping mall in the Moosach district of Munich. According to Metro.co.uk, this is the fourth time in little...
10:41
A four-year-old from Srinagar has become the youngest victim of pellet firing by security forces during the quelling of protests that have hit the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.The detail is part of an internal report compiled by doctors of Srinagar's...
10:25
Congress will formally launch its Uttar Pradesh assembly election campaign with the slogan '27 saal, UP behaal' today.Congress president Sonia Gandhi flagged off a bus yatra from the party office in Delhi in the presence of newly-appointed Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar, party's CM...
10:10
Maharashtra legislative council chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar on Friday directed the government to look into the craze of the mobile game, Pokemon Go, and take necessary action.The free-to-play location-based augmented reality mobile game, released early this month, allows you to find and catch more...
09:44
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the horrific attack in Munich and said his prayers are with the families of the deceased. We are appalled by the horrific incident in Munich. Our thoughts & prayers are with the families of the deceased & those injured, he said in a tweet. Nine...
09:41
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Chennai today to oversee search operations for an Indian Air Force AN-32 courier flight that went missing with 29 people on board on Friday.The plane left the Tambaram air base near Chennai at 8.30 am on Friday and was to have landed at Port Blair...
09:20
An Indian woman working for an international NGO, who was kidnapped in Kabul last month by suspected militants, has been rescued, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Judith D'Souza, 40, who works for the Aga Khan Foundation as a senior technical adviser, was kidnapped...
08:55
Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia is Hillary Clinton's pick to be her running mate on the Democratic Party's ticket for the White House, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee announced on Twitter.Kaine, a former governor, has devoted his life to fighting for...
04:04
Munich police spokesman Marcus Martins says a ninth body has been found at the scene of a shooting attack in Munich and police are 'intensively examining' it to see if it may be one of the attackers.Bavarian broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk says a male body was found about one kilometre from the...
03:07
A Muslim newspaper in Germany, Islamische Zeitung, has tweeted that mosques in Munich will stay open overnight for anyone who needs refuge, reported the BBC.Public transport in the city has been completely shut down, leaving many people stranded at the evening rush hour, but the police has asked...
02:50
JUST IN: Monitoring the horrific situation in Munich. We stand with our friends in Germany as they work to bring those responsible to justice, tweets Hillary Clinton.
02:48
Munich police have asked online commentators to avoid speculation about the attack, especially on the force's Facebook page, reported the BBC.'That would make our jobs much easier!,' the police said, adding, 'Thank you for your support.'They have also opened a phone line for anyone...
02:03
The shooting at Munich's Olympia shopping mall 'looks like a terror attack,' a police representative said.The perpetrators are still on the loose, police said.Meanwhile, a woman was quoted as saying by CNN that she was in a McDonald's across the street from the mall when a man with a gun came out...
01:47
The Indian Consulate has said that safety of Indian nationals may be informed on following Munich helpline numbers: 0171-2885973, 01512-3595006, 0175-4000667.
01:28
A resident who was in another shopping centre in central Munich when the shooting at the mall near the Olympic stadium broke out has described the fear and panic.'Well, about two hours ago people came screaming inside the mall. Those people told us that there was a shooting outside and so the...
01:01
The suspension of Munich's transport system in view of a shooting rampage at a shopping centre has left many people stranded during the evening rush hours.People are offering space in their own homes on social media, using the hashtag #Offenetuer -- which means 'open door' -- for people who are...
00:04
An unverified mobile phone footage has appeared, purportedly showing a man shooting outside a McDonalds restaurant in Munich.Meanwhile, witnesses have reported that three different people with firearms shot at people, Munich police said in a statement on their Facebook page.The number of victims...
00:03
Several dead in Munich shopping centre shooting; attackers at largeKohli scripts history, first Indian captain to score overseas double ton Massive search on after IAF's AN-32 aircraft goes missingBhagwant Mann gives unconditional apology over videoPak model Qandeel Baloch's father wants son to...
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