23:50
The Army today paid its last respects to Naik Tupare Rajendra Narayan, who laid down his life while guarding the nation's frontiers at the Line of Control in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.A wreath laying ceremony was organised in honour of the brave martyr Narayan who laid down his...
22:47
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on Monday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where she will undergo certain endocrinological tests.The minister (Swaraj) was admitted at around 7.22 pm at AIIMS. She is having diabetes and other medical problems. She...
21:53
Senior journalist and TV anchor Girish Nikam died in New Delhi on Monday following a massive heart attack. Nikam, 59, complained of uneasiness after a programme shoot in the studio and was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where he breathed his last, according to his associates.Nikam...
21:23
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by four percentage points, a latest poll said on Monday on the eve of the elections which would elect the next United States president.Clinton has the support of 45 per cent of likely voters as against...
21:17
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his strident attack on the Modi government, Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said his talk of democracy and fundamental rights is like the 'devil quoting scriptures'.Every word said by (Rahul) him, suits them and reminds the nation...
21:02
JUST IN: Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Kanu Gandhi passes away in Surat after prolonged illness.
20:43
Massive fire breaks out in slums near Sadar Bazar area of Delhi, 30 fire tenders are on the spot.Efforts are on to douse the fire. Earlier, 15 fire tenders were sent to the spot, but 15 more were sent in view of the massive fire.Situation is still not under control.
20:22
A 39-year-old Indian, who triggered a bomb scare here at the Geneva airport to avoid missing his flight to India, has been sentenced to six months prison and slapped with a hefty penalty of 50,000 Swiss francs (Rs 34,200), Swiss media reported today.The Indian, who has not been named, called up...
20:05
The home ministry will use 'Daesh' for the dreaded Islamic State terror group instead of ISIS in all its correspondence. An in-principle decision has been taken in this regard and necessary instruction will be issued soon, official sources said. Daesh is an acronym for the Arabic phrase...
19:57
Purchase of 83 Light Combat Aircraft at a cost of Rs. 50,025 crore cleared by Defence Acquisition Council
19:37
After much-criticsim, the information and broadcast ministry has put ban on Hindi news channel NDTV India, news agency Press Trust of India reported, quoting the official sources.Earlier, NDTV India had moved the Supreme Court against the government's order banning its telecast for a day on...
19:04
Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Yadav today said he was dropped from the ministry as he had opposed those doing illegal work. I had protested those doing illegal works and land grabbing. That is why I am out of the ministry, he said. Shivpal was sacked by Chief Minister...
19:02
Tennis star Sania Mirza will be making her debut at the popular talk show Koffee With Karan accompanied by filmmaker Farah Khan.Koffee anyone #debutonKoffee #iwantthehamper @farahkhankunder @karanjohar, Sania, 29, tweeted along with the picture featuring her and the Happy New Year...
18:58
Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Police Commissioner, seeking an explanation for the alleged misbehaviour by policemen with female students of JNU during a protest. I have received a complaint from a girl regarding alleged groping and physical abuse by a police officer...
18:34
A Judicial Inquiry Commission was formed on Monday under retired Judge S K Pandey to investigate the Bhopal encounter. The panel has been given three months to submit its report.A public interest litigation was also filed in the Madhya Pradesh high court earlier on Thursday on the issue...
18:01
India today asked Britain to handover 57 wanted people, including Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, so that they can be brought to justice for committing various offences in the country.This was conveyed during the bilateral meeting...
18:00
Two Kannada actors drowned during shooting of a movie at Tippagondanahalli Lake on Magadi Road, 35km west of Bengaluru. Three actors Duniya Vijay, Anil and Uday jumped into the lake from a helicopter while doing a stunt for the film Masti Gudi.While Vijay swam to the shore, the two other...
17:52
Times group today announced that it has accepted popular news anchor Arnab Goswami's resignations as President News and Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, ET Now and Magicbricks Now.Arnab had announced his decision to quit Times Now last Tuesday amid reports that he will apparently go on to start his...
17:13
Amidst reports of not being given an appointment by the UP CM, Congress party's election strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday finally got to meet Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. Earlier during the day, Akhilesh said any decision on a grand alliance for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls will be taken...
17:10
Cartoonist Satish Acharya on press freedom and the 1-day ban on NDTV India.
16:53
Uttar Pradesh: Congress strategist Prashant Kishor meets UP CM Akhilesh Yadav at KD Marg (CM's official residence), Lucknow.What's brewing?
16:41
The first woman to serve as America's attorney general, Janet Reno, died early Monday at the age of 78, reports CNN. She passed away in her Miami home after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Reno served in the White House under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. During her tenure, she oversaw...
16:35
A Delhi police constable slapped an MP, a former royal, when Congress VP Rahul Gandhi was being detained during protests in the immediate aftermath of former army subhedar Ram Kishen Grewal's suicide last week. The incident took place in the pandemonium that broke out during the protests. The...
16:20
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is turning into another Amar Singh, says Uttar Pradesh Congress President Raj Babbar. The reason for this 'affectionate abuse' is that Kishor has been seen cosying up to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. He has also begun suggesting that the 'Mahagadbandhan' (which is...
15:52
The Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition that challenged the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. A review plea had been filed after the Supreme Court in August discharged Shah from the case.Sheikh, a gangster and his wife, Kauser Bi, were...
15:47
It was the dense smog enveloping Delhi today that prompted Congress president Sonia Gandhi to skip the party's working committee meeting. An SPG bulletproof vehicle was ready and waiting at 10:55 today at the portico of 10 Janpath, but doctors attending on Mrs Gandhi impressed upon her not to...
14:56
Just in: Kerala's LDF government favours women's entry into the Sabarimala temple. The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing the petition seeking the entry of women into Kerala's Sabarimala temple. The government told the Supreme Court that women of all ages should be allowed entry into the temple....
14:40
Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal today moved the Supreme Court seeking de-sealing of the Uphaar cinema hall where 59 cine-goers had lost their lives in 1997 in a blaze when a Bollywood movie was being screened. The cinema hall has remained sealed since the tragedy.A bench...
14:20
Manak Matiyani @Dafliwala tweets: State of the canal in Ghaziabad at Delhi Border. Happy Chhatt Puja!
13:38
As the bitter boardroom battle in the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate continues, the Tata Group today found a mention in the UK Prime Minister Theresa May's first address to Indian businesses in New Delhi. Addressing the inaugural session of the India-UK Tech Summit organised by the CII,...
13:17
Darjeeling MP and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, S S Ahluwalia has written to External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, seeking her help in ensuring speedy return of the body of a Gorkha jawan who died in Congo. The letter released to press today stated that Brijesh Thapa of 4/5...
13:07
The father of a fallen Pakistani-American Muslim soldier, whose public spat with Donald Trump won him a lot of support, has attacked the Republican presidential nominee for his divisive rhetoric but expressed satisfaction that thankfully, this isn't your America.Khizr Khan (pictured), 66, father...
13:01
Seven children drowned in three districts in the state during Chhath puja this morning. Two girls, aged between 8 and 9 years, died in Barh sub division of rural Patna near Malahi ghat, officer in-charge of Barh police station Manoj Kumar Sinha said. Two other children were saved by locals at...
12:52
NDTV India today moved the Supreme Court against the government's order banning its telecast for a day on November 9 for its coverage of the Pathankot terror attack. The petition challenges the Constitutional validity of the government order, the channel said in filing to the stock exchanges.In...
12:21
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi chaired the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday as party president Sonia Gandhi skipped the meet due to health reasons. Reports say she decided to sit it out due to the the unprecedented smog enveloping Delhi posing a severe health hazard. ...
11:58
With the security along the India-Pakistan border being increased in the wake of several terrorists attacks, the Lashkar-e-Taiba men are now planning to infiltrate into India through a different route, reports India Today.According to sources, Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed is planning to use...
11:57
NDTV approaches SC to challenge the one-day ban on its Hindi channel, reports.
11:43
There was a semblance of normalcy in Srinagar as increased movement of people and traffic was witnessed in the city today, but life elsewhere in Kashmir Valley remained affected due to a separatist-sponsored strike.As more people defied the separatist diktats by coming out to carry out their day...
11:31
Rahul Gandhi's elevation within the Congress is likely to be delayed as the party's top brass is expected to further defer the process of organisational polls, which had been postponed earlier by a year till this December-end.In today's Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, the party's top...
11:17
A black bag with a pistol and ammunition was found inside Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Monday. The bag was found around 50 metres from the north gate of JNU campus by one of the guards deployed there. One 7.65 calibre country-made pistol along with seven catridges was...
11:15
-- Sonia Gandhi will not be able attend the CWC meet today due to health reasons.-- Real estate barons Ansal brothers move SC seeking de-sealing of Uphaar cinema where 1997 fire tragedy took place. -- High intensity blast in a club at Shreebati Gram killing one; allegedly large number of bombs...
11:01
The Supreme Court to take up the Delhi pollution issue tomorrow. The court will hear the plea filed by environmentalist Sunita Narayan tomorrow. The plea says it is a 'public emergency'. The dense cover of grey haze shrouding Delhi for almost a week, reminiscent of the 1952 Great Smog in...
10:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the death of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Jayawantiben Mehta. Saddened by the passing away of Jayawantiben Mehta. We remember her rich contribution to the nation. Condolences to her family, said Modi in...
10:52
The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked firing in Mendhar Sector, Jammu and Kashmir today, to which the Indian troops gave a befitting reply.This is the 101st incident of ceasefire violation by Pakistan, following India's surgical strike across the Line of Control...
10:44
China's top legislative body passed an act on Monday to effectively bar the recently elected lawmakers Yau Wai-Ching, and Baggio Leung from taking office in Hong Kong's legislature, reports Reuters.A spokesperson of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office issued a statement hailing the adoption of...
10:37
There were multiple turnarounds that were happening in the Tata group.''In fact, it can be called the biggest turnarounds in the history of Indian corporates. Just see where the companies were three years ago and where they are now. Dev Chatterjee finds out how Cyrus Mistry fixed 'legacy...
10:28
Just in: Abandoned bag found in JNU; 1 pistol along with 7 cartridges also found. A case of arms act being registered.
10:23
Noted historian Irfan Habib today said BJP president Amit Shah does not have the right to decide what is an anti-national act. This right rests with the Constitution of India, the 85-year-old historian told PTI. Habib said it was ironical that Shah seldom lost an opportunity to dub others...
10:23
Noted historian Irfan Habib today said BJP president Amit Shah does not have the right to decide what is an anti-national act. This right rests with the Constitution of India, the 85-year-old historian told PTI. Habib said it was ironical that Shah seldom lost an opportunity to dub others...
10:14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at the Tech Summit. Highlights...-- UK can benefit from India's liberal FDI policy in areas like defence, manufacturing and aerospace.-- 'Make in India' to be the key sector in India-UKcooperation. -- India-UK bilateral trade has remained the same for the...
10:06
British Prime Minister Theresa May with PM Modi at the Tech Summit in Delhi. May arrived in Delhi on Sunday evening on a three-day India visit. This is her first bilateral engagement outside Europe since taking office in July.The 60-year-old leader's visit is aimed at enhancing Indo-UK ties...
09:51
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the appeal filed by the December 16 Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, who have moved to top court challenging their death sentence.The death sentence of four of the convict- Akshay, Vinay Sharma, Pawan and Mukesh was upheld by the Delhi High Court.They had...
09:38
The Congress Working Committee (CEC) meeting today will take a call on extending the deadline for the completion of the party's organisational elections which were to be completed by December 31st.The meeting is expected to take stock of the current political situation and discuss its plans...
09:07
Residents of Jabrouli village, which has been adopted by the Clinton Foundation, performed a holy yagna for the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the upcoming US elections.Carrying pictures of former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, the villagers...
08:28
A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmirs Shopian district, the army said on Monday.Two soldiers were injured in the encounter that was launched in south Kashmir on Sunday night after the army received information about the militants. The injured soldiers...
07:59
British PM Theresa May has rejected calls to relax Indian visa rules saying the UK already has a good system for applications.The prime minister, who arrived in Delhi late last night to pave the way for the UK's first post-Brexit trade deal, said the UK was already able to attract the brightest...
07:31
In an extraordinary last-minute twist to a volatile campaign, FBI director James Comey lifted the cloud he had placed over Hillary Clinton, saying the bureau had found no evidence in its hurried review of newly discovered e-mails to warrant criminal charges against her. Comey's move capped a...
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