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France's BEA air safety agency sent to Cairo on Tuesday the data file from one of the black boxes from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, authorities said.Terrorism has not been ruled out as a cause of the crash on May 19, when the Airbus A320 operating Flight...
23:06
The headache for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games organizers shows no signs of subsiding.Six weeks before the Games are set to begin, Francisco Dornelles, the acting governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo that the state has not yet received recently-approved...
22:59
In a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the cleanliness drive, senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Tuesday said he should first set the BJP's house in order. It would be appropriate on the part of prime minister to cleanse the BJP first instead of making a propaganda...
22:14
The National Commission for Women will tomorrow submit to the Prime Minister’s Office its report on the alleged gang rape of a 21-year-old in Motihari in Bihar’s East Champaran district.The women's body has also sought an appointment with Home Minister Rajnath Singh in this regard.The...
21:52
JUST IN: One terrorist killed in encounter with Army in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir.
21:46
JUST IN: United Kingdom Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after losing confidence vote.
21:32
Labour MPs have passed a motion of no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn by 172 votes to 40, with four abstentions.In a statement after the vote, Labour issues a statement saying: 'The Parliamentary Labour Party has accepted the following motion -- That this PLP has no confidence in Jeremy...
21:28
JUST IN: Encounter breaks out between terrorists and security forces in Lolab area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
20:40
The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance of Infosys techie murder case and written to Tamil Nadu director general of police and general manager of Southern Railway seeking an action taken report.Based on the report, the NCW will take further course of action and, if...
20:12
A long-awaited report on the 2012 Benghazi terror attacks chastises Hillary Clinton for letting four Americans die on her watch-- but apparently does not cite her for any wrongdoing. Early reports of parts of the 800-page probe say it criticizes Clinton for not knowing the risks of...
19:34
US President Barack Obama has warned against financial and global hysteria after Britain's vote to leave the European Union, saying that while full European integration may be on pause, cataclysmic changes are unlikely. There's been a little bit of hysteria post-Brexit vote, as if...
19:25
The murder charge against 10 officers of a construction firm were dropped from the first chargesheet filed by Kolkata Police in connection with the collapse of a portion of under-construction Vivekananda flyover that killed 26 people about three months ago. The murder charge, under...
19:12
The government should announce the successor of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan sooner than later, considering the increased global risks after Brexit, an industry body said today. According to Assocham, risks to global economy and its spin off to India from Brexit are emerging out to be much...
18:45
The flamboyant former London mayor Boris Johnson is emerging as the hot favourite to succeed the outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron. Known for his unconventional political style, the 52-year- old journalist-turned-Conservative politician had led the Brexit camp in the June 23...
18:12
Stressing on the need to continue with sound domestic policies and reforms, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said banks' asset quality stress has to be dealt first in order to revive the credit growth. The stress in the banking sector, which mirrors the stress in the corporate sector, has...
17:48
Fifteen troops have been killed and over 60 injured in half-a-dozen militant attacks on convoys or road opening parties of central security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in the last one year. As per a Home Ministry report, militants have attacked security forces with precision in the last one year....
17:29
The Reserve Bank of India today released the Financial Stability Report June 2016, a biannual publication and the thirteenth in the series.As global uncertainties & transiting geopolitical risks impact India, continuation of sound domestic policies and structural reforms remain the key for...
17:04
Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep tweets: Remembering Appan Menon, old colleague and stalwart of NDTV from the world this week days on his 20th death anniv.Read: Arnab Goswami rememebers his boss Appan Menon
17:00
Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu's run in with public transport has been far from pleasant. The minister today took to Twitter when he his Air India flight was delayed as the pilot arrived late. Government servants usually fly by the national flag carrier. Naidu...
16:50
The English language may be one of the casualties of Brexit as it emerged that no state other than the UK has registered it as a primary language among the 28 countries within the European Union. English has been the top choice for European Union (EU) institutions but Britain's vote to leave the...
16:28
JUST IN: European Parliament calls for 'immediate' triggering of Brexit, says AFP.
16:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet tomorrow afternoon at 7 Racecourse Road to formulate and finalise the Cabinet reshuffle. The Union Cabinet meets to pass key decisions (like a hike in salary for Central government employees) which...
15:47
A 29-year-old man from Gujarat was arrested for allegedly molesting an air hostess onboard a Mumbai-bound flight from Dammam in Saudi Arabia, police said today. The incident took place yesterday on Jet Airways flight 9W 563, a senior official of Sahar Police Station said. The accused, identified...
15:20
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meets family members of the fishermen community in Panaji, Goa. Kejriwal is in Goa on a two-day visit. During his trip, he will interact with the fishermen community and the youth. We are sure of winning 35 out of 40 seats in Goa. Our first priority is to curb...
15:19
Flash: Special NIA Court rejects bail to Sadhvi Pragya in 2008 Malegaon blast case.
15:07
Pakistan's former premier Yusuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani, who was recently rescued by the American forces in Afghanistan, has said that he was kidnapped by al-Qaeda to force government to free some women family members of the terror group's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. Ali, who was...
14:50
Six days after morphed and obscene pictures of her were posted on Facebook, a 21-year-old in Tamil Nadu has hanged herself, reports NDTV.Read more
14:14
Tamil Nadu woman, 21, kills herself allegedly over morphed photos posted on Facebook.
14:10
Isak Chisi Swu, chairman of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-Isak-Muivah), passed away on Tuesday, reports Zee News.He was undergoing treatment at the prestigious Fortis Hospital in New Delhi for a combination of illnesses. He was in his eighties. The 85-year-old high-profile...
13:39
The Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs (CCPA) to meet tomorrow to decide the dates for the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in the third week of July.The monsoon session of Parliament is likely to begin from July 18 and conclude on August 12. The CCPA meet headed by...
13:28
I don't grudge Mehbooba her newfound liberalism and ultra-nationalism. Also, I understand that her compulsion as an ally of the BJP to equate Islam with terror. Plus, personally for her, there is a lot of erasing, proving and un-proving to do. The old Mehbooba's image of a raucous, untamable...
13:05
A top American Senator has asked the Obama Administration to discontinue issuing immigrant and non-immigrant visas to citizens from 23 countries, including India and China, while alleging them of being non-cooperative in taking back illegal immigrants from the US.Dangerous criminals, including...
12:58
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the kin of five CRPF jawans hailing from Uttar Pradesh, who were killed in an ambush by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir last week. The Chief Minister has announced all possible help to the family members of...
12:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally gave a television interview to an Indian channel. But could he have said more?Thanks to the mellowed Arnab Goswami, who clearly was not wearing the same hat as when he was speaking frankly with Rahul Gandhi, this was not an interview that gave a great...
12:40
Italian actor and filmmaker Bud Spencer, who starred in a number of Spaghetti Westerns, has died aged 86, reports the BBC.He passed away peacefully on Monday in Rome and did not suffer from pain, his son said.Spencer, whose real name was Carlo Pedersoli, was known among his fans as the big...
12:32
More details on the brazen entry into a J-K leader's home. Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com reporting from Srinagar: Militants Tuesday overpowered the personal security Officer (PSO) of a middle-rung BJP leader in central Kashmir's Budgam district and fled with the cop's service rifle. A senior police...
12:29
Just in: NS Vishwanathan has been appointed as deputy governor of the RBI. Vishwanathan, an Executive Director at the Reserve Bank of India emerged as the top contender for the post. Vishwanathan will succeed HR Khan whose tenure will end on 3rd July.
12:20
This is what Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal thinks of Arnab Goswami's interview with PM Modi last evening on Times Now: @ArvindKejriwal Is Arnab Goswami a journalist or Modi propagandist?Clearly, his opinion of Mr Goswami has not changed, since this is a 23 April 2014 tweet he retweeted.
12:12
Just in: Terrorists enter BJP leader's home in Budhgam, Jammu and Kashmir and snatch his AK 47 rifle. The unidentified men entered BJP leader Abdul Rehman Chopan's residence and snatched the AK-47 rifle from his PSO in the Panzan area of Budgam district. Rehman is believed to be unharmed....
11:51
Narendra Modi spoke of a very clear message but Subramanian Swamy got away with what sounded like a mild - and implied - rap. The farthest the Prime Minister went by way of censuring the BJP Rajya Sabha MP was to call his recent burst of tweeted diatribes publicity stunts. Read more
11:47
A 40-year-old woman cab driver was found dead in her rented house in suburban Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday. Veerath Bharathi was one of the first few women cab drivers in the city who had started her career by joining Angel cabs and later on moved to Uber in 2013.The Sanjay Nagar police...
11:37
The Rashtriya Muslim Manch (an affiliate of the RSS) on Tuesday announced that it is withdrawing its Iftar party invitation to Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit. The party is to be held at the Parliament Annexe on July 2. With Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives being...
11:22
A Cabinet meeting has been convened on Wednesday to take up 7th pay commission committee's report which will change the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.The Pay Commission, in its report in November, had recommended an overall 23.6 per cent increase...
10:37
The Bombay High Court is set to pronounce its verdict in the matter pertaining to entry of women in to the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah on Wednesday.A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Revati Mohite-Dhere, which had heard the petition filed by women activists Noorjehan Niaz...
10:08
Kupwara encounter UPDATE: A Hizbul commander has been killed in gunfight with security forces, encounter ends. This was the seventh attack in Kashmir in less than a week.Last week, eight CRPF personnel were martyred and 24 injured in a major ambush by two terrorists who were neutralised in the...
09:36
Hindustan Times reports: Passengers on the Madgaon-Nizamuddin Rajdhani had a providential escape on Monday, as the train engine developed a snag and was reported to have run driver-less on a downward slope for about 15 kilometers.A staffer of the Hindustan Times -- travelling on the train --...
09:27
Jisha murder case: Kerala Police on Tuesday brought accused Amir ul Islam to Perumbavoor for evidence collection.He was taken to the victim's house to recreate the crime scene.He was also taken to the lodge where he used to stay.According to police, Amir had visited Jisha's home on April 28...
09:14
In a dramatic ruling, the US Supreme Court has thrown out a Texas abortion access law in a victory to supporters of abortion rights who argued it would have shuttered all but a handful of clinics in the state.The 5-3 ruling is the most significant decision from the Supreme Court on abortion in...
09:08
Just In: Muneer, the main accused in the murder of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed, has been arrested by an Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. His questioning is underway. Tanzil Ahmed, who had handled several cases related to the Indian Mujahideen including the arrest and probe against its...
08:30
Reports are coming in about yet another encounter breaking out in Kupwara. Troops are exchanging gunfire with terrorists in the fourth such encounter within a week. Reinforcements have been rushed to the encounter site.On June 24, seven terrorists had been shot dead in separate encounters in...
08:20
Argentine president asks Lionel Messi to stay in national team: Reports
08:17
A Times of India report claimed on Tuesday that Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's son-in-law Khalid Waleed could have masterminded the recent terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir.Eight CRPF jawans were martyred while 21 others were injured as...
08:13
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet industry associations today to clear doubts about the four-month window provided to holders of undeclared wealth to come clean.This will be the first such meeting the finance minister will hold to explain provisions as well as clear misgivings about the...
08:11
Union Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha will flag off two new Express trains from Indore to Kochuveli and Pune today.Sinha will flag off Indore Kochuveli weekly Express and Indore-Pune bi-weekly Express. Besides, he will lay the foundation stone of electrification of Indore-Mhow section...
08:09
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will arrive in New Delhi today on a two-day visit to explore knowledge and financing opportunities, as also to understand India's efforts on renewable energy and nutrition. I am very impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reforms, and on this trip I...
08:05
Madras High Court Advocates Association will today decided to abstain indefinitely from all courts and tribunals demanding unconditional withdrawal of recently amended rules to the Advocates Act, which among others provided for disciplinary action against erring lawyers.An Extra Ordinary General...
03:00
Not since World War II has Britain faced such an uncertain future.A vote last week to pull out of the European Union has left Britain with a nasty hangover, sending the currency spiraling, dampening markets, creating a leadership vacuum and triggering talks of Scottish secession from Britain,...
02:25
Iceland script history; stun England 2-1 to reach maiden quarterfinals of Euro.
01:53
The International Monetary Fund today cleared payment of $501 million for Pakistan taking the total amount given to the country to $6.1 billion in the last few years.In a statement, issued after the conclusion of 11th review of Pakistan's economic performance under a three-year program supported...
00:37
Mukhtar Ahmad reports from Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government is reviewing the entire security scenario to prevent any attack on security forces in future.Addressing the concern of the legislators expressed in the upper house following the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force in...
00:31
Pakistan will not back down from its principled stand on the Kashmir issue which would be on top of the agenda whenever the bilateral dialogue is held with India, the country's top diplomat today said.Advisor to prime minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz was briefing journalists here on...
00:11
Pakistan's intensive diplomatic lobbying, including letters written by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to his 17 counterparts, prevented India from gaining entry into the Nuclear Supplier Group, the country's top diplomat claimed today.Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said...
00:04
Will engage with Pak for peace, forces free to answer back: PM Euro 2016: Italy knock out holders Spain; face Germany next Army, CRPF squabbled over who killed Pampore terrorists'Where were your police officers': Court raps cops in Infosys employee's murder India joins...
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