23:57
The Reserve Bank of India report stating that all but 1.4 per cent of the old Rs 1,000 notes have returned to the banking system post demonetisation 'points to a big scam', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged.The RBI said in its Annual Report for 2016-17 that only Rs 16,050...
22:49
Unable to bear 'harassment' by her school teacher, a Class 7 girl student has allegedly committed suicide in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, the police said today.Sabrine Harjeera, 12, a student of a private matriculation school at Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli, leaped to death from the open terrace...
21:40
The Central Bureau of Investigation today began its probe into 18 cases referred to it by the Rajasthan government for alleged irregularities in land deals in Bikaner by companies, including one linked to Robert Vadra.CBI sources said the agency has re-registered 18 first information reports in...
20:14
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses the media on note ban figures released by the Reserve Bank of India. Excerpts:- People with inadequate understanding of how to tackle the black money problem were confusing the demonetisation exercise with how much money comes back into the banking...
19:46
Sensex- Top gainers today.
19:45
Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex today.
19:44
As many as 7,62,072 pieces of counterfeit notes were detected in the banking system last fiscal, a 20.4 per cent increase over the previous year, the Reserve Bank said today.During 2015-16, 6.32 lakh pieces of fake currency notes had been detected, the central bank said in its annual report for...
18:33
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra was today discharged from a private hospital, where she was admitted a week ago with dengue fever, hospital authorities said.She was admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in New Delhi on August 23 and was recuperating under the...
18:02
All but 1.4 per cent of the old Rs 1,000 notes have come back into the banking system post demonetisation, the Reserve Bank said today.In its annual report for 2016-17, the RBI said that out of 632.6 crore pieces of Rs 1,000 currency notes in circulation, 8.9 crore have not been returned post the...
17:53
A day after heavy rains and severe flooding in Mumbai after parts of the city received as much as 300 mm of rainfall, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday said that such 'unprecedented situation' was much mitigated and are much under control.Addressing the...
17:46
AIADMK lawyer and former Rajya Sabha member Manoj Pandian on Tuesday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the restoration of the two-leaves symbol to the party against the backdrop of the OPS and EPS factions having merged, and the legal angles in the case pending before the Election...
17:36
Flight operations in Mumbai largely remained affected for the second day today, even though rains subsided and the city struggled to get back on its feet following incessant downpour a day before.The airlines had to either cancel or delay a number of flights, mainly due to difficulties being...
17:26
Flight operations in Mumbai largely remained affected for the second day today, even though rains subsided and the city struggled to get back on its feet following incessant downpour a day before.The airlines had to either cancel or delay a number of flights, mainly due to difficulties being...
17:19
And meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit dons the uniform for the first time after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case. Photograph: ANI
16:55
Ahead of the festival of Bakrid, the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate, has appealed to Muslims to sacrifice bad habits and not goats.Animal sacrifice during Bakrid is a bad practice like Triple Talaq. People should boycott those advocating sacrifice on the...
16:48
Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat has appealed to people stranded in south Mumbai for unavailability of transport following heavy rains, to take shelter in his official residence for time being.In his appeal made through Facebook, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who hails...
16:42
Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat has appealed to people stranded in south Mumbai for unavailability of transport following heavy rains, to take shelter in his official residence for time being.In his appeal made through Facebook, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who hails...
16:15
The 29-hour countdown for tomorrow's launch of navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constellation began today.To be launched on board PSLV-C39, IRNSS-1H will be a 'back-up' navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the...
15:48
JUST IN: TN CM Edappadi Palaniswamy summons all AIADMK MLAs tomorrow for a meeting in the wake of MK Stalin planning to meet President Kovind
15:26
A 24-year-old Indian student died today, three days after he was rescued along with another Indian woman from a swollen lake in the US state of Texas where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc.Nikhil Bhatia, a PhD student at the Texas A&M University, was rescued from the Lake Bryan, where he along...
14:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has adopted a new style of governance. He has been interacting with additional secretaries and joint secretaries in groups and has so far met around 65-70 of them. IAS officers from four states are clubbed together, and are asked to give their suggestions to...
14:35
Talk about having bad luck! He survived a derailment only to get stuck in a local train for eight hours as incessant rain brought Mumbai and its suburbs to a grinding halt on Tuesday. For 54-year-old Sukhdev Meshram, a passenger on the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express that derailed...
14:24
Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million (Rs 6.3 crore) to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.The actress has joined a host of Hollywood stars who have pledged money to the American Red Cross following the devastating flooding in Houston, Texas.I'm just grateful I can do it. We all have to do our...
14:17
In a stinging letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, social activist Anna Hazare today slammed the government for its delay in appointing a Lokpal even after three years in power and threatened another round of agitation in New Delhi.In his letter, Hazare said his protest will be aimed...
14:04
A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh said.There have been 1,250 deaths since January this year at the hospital, especially in encephalitis,...
13:52
Home Minister Rajnath Singh does not want the Tamil Nadu government to undergo a floor test in the assembly to prove its majority. The reason being that when the two factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have merged, it is for the opposition to approach the TN...
13:29
Responding to demands for his resignation over the violence that led to 38 deaths following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said his government had carried out its work well. After meeting BJP national...
13:08
Umm, the weathermen predicted more rain today. However, this photograph says otherwise. The sun is shining bright and there's not a cloud in the sky. Phew!
12:54
The Cabinet today gave its nod for hike in cess on mid-size, large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent from 15 per cent under the new GST regime.Prices of most SUVs were cut between Rs 1.1 lakh and Rs 3 lakh following the implementation of GST, which subsumed over a dozen central and state levies like...
12:28
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today said the 73-day stand-off between India and China in Doklam ended after India withdrew its troops and asked New Delhi to learn lessons and prevent such incidents in future.India and China on Monday ended their standoff in Doklam by withdrawing their troops...
11:46
JUST IN: Explosion heard in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, reports TOLO News.
11:39
Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, the Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, on Wednesday complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not go out of hand. The saffron party has been ruling the...
11:31
In view of the heavy rains in Mumbai, Air India, the national carrier, has announced that it will not charge customers for re-issuing tickets. In a tweet, it announced, In view of inclement weather due #MumbaiRains, all applicable penalties on re-issuance/date change/no-show/cancellation...
11:21
This ain't a pothole, it's a crater. Rediff.com's Sahil Salvi shares this photo of what's left of a road in Dadar after unprecedented rain lashed Mumbai on Tuesday.
11:06
Cab aggregator Uber has announced that dynamic pricing will be off in Mumbai in view of the floods. Additionally, free rides will be provided on uberPOOL for those using the code 'MUMBAIRAINS'.
11:04
After rain easing up a bit overnight, Andheri and Thane are again experiencing heavy showers forcing people to remain indoors. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm on Tuesday, the Santacruz weather station recorded 331.4 mm rain, categorised as ‘extremely heavy’. Colaba recorded 101.8 mm during...
10:48
Mumbai's famed 'dabbawalas' today cancelled their delivery of over two lakh tiffins to office-goers in the city in view of the disruption of suburban rail services. Dabbawalas who had ventured out on their task yesterday, returned home only this morning after being stranded at...
10:39
The Mumbai police has issued an advisory asking people not to believe in rumours that a cyclone was headed to Mumbai. In a widely-circulated tweet, the police said news of Cyclone Phuyan, which was being circulated on WhatsApp groups, was from 2009, as were the coordinates.
09:59
Both Western Railway and Central Railway, which form the backbone of Mumbai's transport system, have resumed services, after a day of disruption caused by torrential rains. Western Railway tweeted: Local trains are running on all lines on WR. Speed restriction imposed at Matunga Rd...
09:45
Roger Federer needed five sets to win a topsy-turvy first-round match at the US. Open against 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe.The No 3-seeded Federer got broken in the first game and dropped the opening set, and then appeared to take control before letting a lead slip away. Eventually, he...
09:35
Stock markets opened on Wednesday despite yesterday's torrential downpour. On Tuesday, Rupee-denominated corporate bond deals slumped 84 per cent, while trading on the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty 50 index was 13 per cent lower than the three-month daily average, Livemint reported.
09:25
After incessant downpour threw life out of gear, disrupting road, rail and air traffic, Mumbai braced for another day of hardships even as let up inrains last night is expected to bring some relief today.Schools and colleges have been asked to remain shut by authorities amid indications of a...
09:12
The Indian Navy distributes breakfast to people in Parel area. Navy helicopters are on standby in view of heavy rains in Mumbai and its adjoining areas. Flood rescue teams and divers are also ready for deployment, a navy spokesperson had said.
08:54
This may come as good news for Mumbaikars. KS Hosalikar, DDG IMD, has said that the city won't see rains for few hours as the monsoon clouds have moved towards the north. The city and its suburbs virtually have a public holiday today with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis...
08:27
The weather office has sounded a red alert for heavy rain today in Mumbai, which reported nearly 300 mm of rain in some parts of the city on Tuesday - at least 10 times more than normal. Five people were killed in Mumbai and Thane in incidents blamed on the incessant downpour. Schools...
03:36
Three persons, including two minors, were today killed in two house collapse incidents in suburban Vikroli in the wake of torrential rains that lashed the megapolis, police said. In the first incident in the hilly Suryanagar area, a house at a higher level collapsed on one below, trapping a...
03:34
Rain-hit suburban train services in Mumbai are slowly limping back to normalcy with the first train chugging out of the Churchgate station around midnight. Traffic on the Western Railway suburban network had come to a grinding halt earlier today due to torrential downpour. The first train left...
02:47
Inside the train, exhausted and sleepy, after a day when the city drowned, weary Mumbaikars take a nap. Pictures: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com
02:44
1:58 am: Twenty minutes later, a packed train draws in. No announcements, indicator on the blink. Rajesh makes his way inside.
02:42
Our colleague Rajesh Karkera, who decided to brave it home to Borivali, by train, sent us these pictures from Mahim station at 1:37 am. No trains, tracks flooded, and an empty station.
00:26
A 32-year-old woman and a teenage girl died while two others were injured in rain-related incidents Thane on Tuesday, civic officials said.The woman fell into a 'nullah' filled with rainwater in Kalwa and drowned, officials in the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation...
00:15
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