20:19
The severity of air pollution and dense Smog cover in the capital today led to the cancellation of the two Ranji Trophy encounters -- Bengal vs Gujarat at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium and Hyderabad vs Tripura at the Karnail Singh Stadium.While Gujarat team will be leaving Delhi tomorrow for...
20:18
The dense cover of grey haze shrouding Delhi for almost a week, reminiscent of the 1952 Great Smog in London, today plunged the city's air quality to the season's worst, with even the 24-hour-average threatening to go past the maximum limit.The real-time readings of respirable pollutants PM 2.5...
20:17
The elevation of Rahul Gandhi is likely to be delayed as the Congress top brass is expected to further defer the process of organisational polls, which had been postponed earlier by a year till this December-end.A meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the top decision-making body of...
20:15
BJP MP Tarun Vijay on Sunday visited Apollo Hospitals, where the 68 year-old Jayalalithaa is admitted.Vijay said Jayalalithaa was recovering fast and would resume work soon.I have specially brought holy water of lake Manasarovar of Mount Kailash for the chief minister. Amma is recovering very...
18:57
Until recently, the attacks on liberals and the opposition came with plausible deniability for the Narendra Modi government. They could be blamed on non-state Hindutva actors, such as fringe RSS-aligned activists or state governments, even BJP-led state governments.So how could you blame the Modi...
18:57
The JNU students' protest against the government over missing student Najeeb Ahmed turned violent on Sunday near India Gate, where Section 144 is in force, when police took the protesting students back to their buses in order to prevent any clash. Shocking visuals appeared all over social...
18:31
Indian wrestlers win 8 gold medals in Commonwealth Wrestling Championships.
17:43
As city's pollution levels worsened, the Delhi government has decided to procure 15 to 20 vacuum cleaning road machines on an immediate basis aimed at bringing down dust particles in the air. The government has floated short-term tenders to procure such machines to immediately find a...
17:41
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said President Pranab Mukherjee has assured that he will seek a report from the home ministry and the JNU administration on the missing student. The Chief Minister called on the President. Talking to reporters after the meeting, he said he apprised...
17:27
Unfazed by the 'sit-in' by the Chinese border guards at Demchok in Ladakh that led to a face-off with Indian troops earlier this week, Army engineers have finished the work for laying a water pipeline for irrigation purpose for local villagers in Ladakh division. Chinese had pressed its...
16:37
In the wake of fresh attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka to convey to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina India's grave concern over safety and security of the community in that country.I have asked Indian High...
14:45
A Bangladesh court today acquitted cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife on charges of torturing an 11-year-old girl whom he employed as a maid, a prosecutor said.Police last year charged the 30-year-old fast bowler and his wife Nritto Shahadat with assault and torture after the young girl was...
14:42
Questioning as to why Maulana Azad was not conferred the Bharat Ratna during the rule of Nehru-Gandhi family, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today alleged that leaders critical of the first Prime Minister were not given the respect they deserved.Hitting back at senior Congress leader S Jaipal...
14:14
India and Japan are set to sign a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Tokyo this week, a move that will boost bilateral economic and security ties and facilitate leading US-based players to set up atomic plants in India. The two...
14:13
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be the mascot of 'Incredible India' campaign with the Tourism Ministry finally deciding to do away with plans to rope in any Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, for the role which was lying vacant after ouster of Aamir Khan earlier this year.No...
13:24
Delhi CM Kejriwal tells media persons at a press conference: Vacuum cleaning of roads will start from Nov 10; Jet sprinkling of roads from tomorrow; Govt to bring odd even soon.Landfill sites fire to be bulldozed; People should stay at home as much as they can, work from homeAll...
12:41
Delhi police arrests AAP MLA from Kirari Rituraj Govind, who was accused of assault during Chhath Puja celebrations
12:20
Emphasising that the situation in the national capital was alarming given the soaring levels of pollution, the Delhi government on Sunday remained adamant on its stand that crop burning by the neighbouring states were the main contributors towards the 'gas chamber' like situation in the...
12:15
Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas in his comeback fight.The 37-year-old Pacquiao on Saturday systematically dismantled the former welterweight champion...
12:13
J-K: Army foils two infiltration bids along LoC in Poonch; soldier killed in cross border shelling
11:28
The India Meteorological Department's climate forecast system was ill-equipped to gaugecrucial oceanic phenomena, as a result of which it had to revise its prediction for rainfall from the Southwest Monsoon from 'above normal' to 'normal', a top official said.The IMD will now make necessary...
10:45
JUST IN: One civilian injured in the ceasefire violation in KG Sector (Poonch, J&K), taken to the hospital.
10:09
One jawan has been killed in ceasefire violation by Pak rangers on Sunday in Poonch.The firing started at 2 am on Sunday. The BSF said it is effectively retaliating to Pak firing.More details about the identity of the martyred jawan are awaited.
10:05
Concerned over the biggest-ever breach of debit card data, a parliamentary panel will examine various security issues related to payments in the banking sector and has asked government officials and representatives of some banks to appear before it.As many as 32.14 lakh debit cards data was...
09:29
Mysterious banners appeared today in Pakistan appealing to army chief General Raheel Sharif who is set to retire this month to contest elections.The banners put up on electricity poles in Rawalpindi urged Sharif him to contest election in 2018 by one Sheikh Amjad Ali.Since government officials...
09:23
Pakistani troops violate ceasefire in KG Sector, Poonch, in Jammu & Kashmir. The firing started at 2 am today and is still continuing.At least four places came under indiscriminate shelling and firing which has been started by Pakistan army to target civil and defence facilities in the area,...
08:17
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers today after an apparently false gun scare during a campaign appearance. The American media cited law enforcement sources reporting that no gun had been found after a cry of alarm in the crowd, and Trump...
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