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Germany has temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible attack.Germany's Bild newspaper reported today that the move was taken as a precaution after the Foreign Ministry learned of rumored attacks on consular facilities...
22:50
Russia today called for a 48-hour extension of the Syria truce it brokered with the United States last week.Moscow calls for the extension of the cessation of hostilities on all Syrian territory for 48 hours, senior Russian military officer Viktor Poznikhir said in a briefing broadcast on state...
22:40
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says it would chill speech and erode the quality of our democracy if he serves a long prison term in the USSnowden spoke by video at a New York news conference today.Advocates, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, are launching a...
22:27
The White House is lifting economic sanctions and restoring trade benefits to former pariah state Myanmar, officials said Wednesday, as Aung San Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and now the nations de facto leader, met with President Barack Obama.Suu Kyis party swept historic elections last...
21:53
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Wednesday downplayed Akhilesh Yadav's remark about some outsiders meddling in party affairs and said the assertion of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, who is like his son, was not aimed at him.Akhilesh Yadav is like a son to me and he did not call me an...
21:46
Pakistan has blocked India Today's websites in the country for publishing a 'humiliating' picture of its Army chief General Raheel Sharif.The site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within Pakistan. This website cannot be reached, reads the page of...
21:28
The United States will strive to take in 110,000 refugees from around the world in the coming year, a senior Obama administration official said, in what would be a nearly 30 percent increase from the 85,000 allowed in over the previous year. The increase reflects continuing concern about the...
21:26
The governor of Saudi Arabia's Mecca region on Wednesday urged Muslim religious leaders to fight sectarianism, an indirect criticism of Shiite Iran.Prince Khaled al-Faisal was speaking at a news conference to discuss the annual hajj pilgrimage, which ends on Thursday and has added to tensions...
20:52
Dissatisfied with proceedings of Delhi University's poll panel, the Congress student wing, National Students Union of India has decided to approach court over its complaints of rigging in the recently concluded student union polls.The Delhi University Student Union polls were held on last Friday...
20:05
India on Wednesday raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir during the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. I made it very clear that entire Jammu and Kashmir is integral part of India. What remains is vacation of illegal territory occupied...
19:44
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, will be interrogated at the mission on October 17 by an Ecuadorean official on behalf of Swedish prosecutors over rape allegations againsthim.Assange will be questioned by an Ecuadorean prosecutor and Sweden's chief...
19:18
In the biggest consolidation deal in India's telecom sector, Reliance Communications and Aircel on Wednesday announced the merger of their wireless operations to create a combined entity with assets worth Rs 65,000 crore. RCom and Maxis Communications Berhad hold 50 per cent each in the merged...
19:08
Opposition parties today poked fun at the ruling Samajwadi Party in view of the fued in Mulayam Singh Yadav family, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should have repaired the cycle (SP's election symbol) four-and-a-half years back as his actions now mean...
18:49
Newly found debris, suspected to be that of Malaysian Airlines MH370 has burn marks, suggesting that a fire broke out on the plane before it vanished mysteriously over the Indian Ocean in 2014, according to media reports.The five peices of the debris discovered by American independent...
18:44
JUST IN: Reliance Communications, Aircel announce merger in largest-ever consolidation deal in Indian telecom sector.
18:38
Low-cost carrier AirAsia on Wednesday announced free flights for all Indian sport spersons who won medals at the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. The gold medallists have been offered free flights for life while the silver and bronze medallists at the two sports events will be eligible for five...
18:07
The Central Bureau of Investigation will take over the probe in the murder of journalist Rajdev Ranjan in Siwan. Rajdeo Ranjan, 42, was shot dead by criminals near a fruit market in Siwan on May 13. Two bullets were fired at the Siwan bureau chief of a Hindi daily that hit on his head and...
18:01
JUST IN: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal successfully undergoes a throat surgery in Bengaluru.
17:53
The Kashmir Valley has been the scene of a Pakistan-backed insurgency since the 1990s. The Indian Army and its associated security forces have been engaged in fighting this insurgency and assisting the civil administration in maintaining law and order. On July 8, the Pakistani terrorist...
17:21
A Muslim Marine said he was called a terrorist and ordered into an industrial clothes dryer multiple times by a drill instructor who then turned it on, burning him, according to investigative documents that provide new details about the alleged abuse of recruits at the services training center at...
16:58
Pouring rain coupled with animal sacrifices all over Dhaka created a strange and disturbing scene.As forecast by the meteorological office, Eid morning on Tuesday began with shower that continued intermittently into the evening. Despite the pouring, Dhaka's citizens went to say their Eid prayers...
16:40
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar following Parrikar asking the defence service chiefs to implement the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations despite their genuine objections.Armed forces have agreed to accept the Seventh Pay Commission salaries while the...
16:33
Centre has submitted its report on status of judges appointment in the Supreme Court, with the Attorney General saying 'there is no logjam'.We have been working on judges appointments. There is no blame game, no logjam in the system of appointing judges for higher judiciary. Progress has been...
16:21
Facing flak over controversial Rashtirya Janata Dal strongman Mohammad Shahabuddins release from jail, the Bihar government is preparing to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the bail granted to him by the Patna high court.This has been an established process followed by Nitish Kumar...
16:16
Sitaram Yechury tweets, 'Wholesale inflation for August up 3.74%. Food dearer by 8.23%, pulses: 34.55%, potato:66.72%, sugar:35.36%. #AchheDin.'
16:03
JUST IN: Sensex gains 18.69 points to end at 28,372.23; Nifty up 11 points at 8,726.60.
16:00
Police has registered a case in connection with alleged threatening calls received by mediaperson Dipak Chaurasia after his phone number was tweeted by Aam Aadmi Party minister Kapil Mishra.'A criminal case under Sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous...
15:24
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is likely to push the National Democratic Alliance government to make party leader M Thambidurai, who is currently deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Vice President of India.Senior party leaders have written to AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa with the...
15:00
Noted pianist Billy Joel is rescheduling an upcoming New York City gig to undergo sinus surgery. The 67-year-old star has cancelled a performance at Madison Square Garden on September 30 to fix a nagging health issue, reported New York Daily News. 'Due to endoscopic sinus surgery, Billy...
14:35
An 80-year-old man from Ghaziabad has died of chikungunya complications at a private hospital in Delhi, as the toll from the vector-borne disease mounted to six in the national capital.Mahendra Singh, the second person from Ghaziabad to have succumbed to chikungunya complications, died at Apollo...
13:59
And, once again! Locals took away cots after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's 'khaat Sabha' ended in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh today.They were unfazed by the announcement which said 'khaat chodke chale jao (leave cots and go)'.This has happened the third time since the Congress vice president...
13:42
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition against the alleged Central government funding to Kashmiri separatists, saying the judiciary have to protect constitutionally permissible values only.In such type of a matters, it's the exclusive domain of the government and the court must refrain to...
13:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani who is on a tow-day visit to India. Photograph: @MEAIndia/twitter
12:59
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday denied that there's a personal rift between him and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, saying 'this is fight in the government'.Where have you found a family fight? This is a fight in government, not a family fight, Akhilesh said.Hinting that...
12:38
The Aadhaar-enabled public distribution system launched in Ranchi on pilot basis threw up a tragic loophole on Tuesday when around 50 leprosy patients turned up at their ward councillor's office, saying they had not received ration for the past three months as they lacked thumbs and fingers to...
12:31
Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu have formally resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party membership.Former BJP MP Sidhu has already floated a new non-political front Awaaz-E-Punjab.His wife Navjot Kaur, a BJP MLA and former minister in the Punjab government also quit her...
12:23
Curfew lifted in all 16 police station limits of Bengaluru City from 9am on Tuesday. Protests, however, were held in other parts of the state, including Channapatna where protestors blocked the Bangalore-Mysore highway.Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking...
12:15
Congress MLA Tarlochan Sund hurled shoe at Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia during assembly session on Wednesday.Sund, along with other Congress members, assembled around the Speaker's chair, demanding a debate on their no-confidence motion against the state government.They shouted slogans...
11:29
JUST IN: Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns from Bharatiya Janata Party membership.
11:24
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in New Delhi on a two-day visit to hold 'close consultations' on key issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which India is likely to accede to Kabul's demand for increased military assistance.The External Affairs Ministry said the...
11:08
The Defence Ministry has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation, seeking a probe into the allegations of kickbacks in the 2008 Embraer aircraft deal.The deal was signed between Embraer and the Defence Research and Development Organisation for three aircraft equipped with indigenous radars...
10:20
After violent protests against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru is limping back to normalcy.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a meeting on law and order situation on Wednesday.The government has decided to deploy additional central forces in the city and continue prohibitory...
10:00
A top United States Air Force commander said that they have bombarded an Islamic State chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted Iraqi pharmaceutical factory.Air Force Lt Gen Jeffrey Harrigian said that 12 aircraft in all were used to hit the facility, which also served as IS...
09:35
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, who was stripped of key ministerial portfolios by his nephew and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday, has put the ball in party chief and his brother Mulayam Singh Yadav's court over decision on his role in the party.I will abide by any...
09:09
105-year-old Kunwar Bai, who was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats, has been chosen as the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' mascot.The PM will felicitate Kunwar Bai at a function in the national capital to mark 'Swachhta Diwas' on September 17.PM Modi...
08:49
Kolkata's iconic 60-year-old Mocambo restaurant has denied discriminating against anyone on 'racial basis', a day after a woman alleged that the restaurant did not let her driver inside for dinner.We never discriminate against anyone ever but the person (driver) was shabbily dressed and dirty....
08:20
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games in Rio de Janeiro.Devendra, who won his previous gold in the 2004 Athens Games, bettered his own world record to...
04:16
The United States will provide Israel's military with USD 38 billion during the next 10 years, officials said today, the largest batch of military assistance the US has ever pledged to another country.Following months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the State Department said the two countries...
01:09
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine today announced a unilateral cease-fire starting at midnight tomorrow, which could be a major step in solving the conflict that has raged for more than two years.The conflict between Russian-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian government troops has killed...
00:55
President Barack Obama made his 2016 solo campaign debut today, hitting out at unfair criticism of Hillary Clinton and touting his own record.It is good to be back on the campaign trail Obama told a crowd in Philadelphia, as he made the case for Clinton and at least four more years of...
00:50
More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said today, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.The US Census Bureau in its report said 13.5 per cent of Americans lived in poverty in...
00:34
A fire broke out in the Gaffar Market in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi tonight. The fire at the market, popular for electronic goods, was reported at about 11 pm following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot, a Delhi Fire Service officer said.The fire was brought under...
00:21
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to answer questions from Swedish investigators probing rape allegations against him from October 17 in Ecuador's embassy in London, Ecuadoran justice officials said today.The Australian has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012, when he took...
00:16
Three witnesses ordered to testify today before a House committee investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server asserted their constitutional rights against self-incrimination and did not appear orrefused to answer questions.Bryan Pagliano, the former State Department computer...
00:16
On first day of 'Badbu Gujarat ki', Dalits send 1100 postcards to Big BOver 1000 cases of chikungunya in Delhi, death toll climbs to 5Replaced as UP party chief by Shivpal, Akhilesh strips uncle of key plum portfolios
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