23:32
A man in Florida attacked a gay couple in a suspected hate crime, telling them you live in Trump country now, according to the alleged victims.Kevin Seymour, 38, and Kevin Taylor, 49, said they were cycling home from dinner when a drunk tourist riding a scooter started following them and shouting...
23:27
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hailed Ian Grillot, the American, who intervened in the shooting that killed an Indian and injured another in an apparent hate crime in the United States. Taking to Twitter, she wrote, India salutes the heroism of Ian Grillot ! Best wishes for a speedy...
23:16
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal endorsed Gurmehar's stand against the ABVP and violence on the campus. He also attacked the BJP and said it had now become a party of hooligans and criminals.Sharing a video of Kaur speaking about the rape threats she received, Kejriwal tweeted, Just listen to...
22:47
As many as 287 farmers, including agriculture labourers have committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh during the past three months.This information was revealed by the state government in a written reply to a question asked by senior Congress MLA Ram Niwas Rawat.The data provided by the state...
22:38
After being slammed for trolling Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil martyr, for her social media campaign against the ABVP, the actor has clarified his remarks. He writes on Twitter, Don't hang me over a laugh! Viru cracked a joke and I admit I laughed. Damn!! He is so witty and this is...
22:11
JUST IN: Kansas shooting: Mortal remains of murdered Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla arrive in Hyderabad
22:08
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi today condoled the demise of former Union minister P Shivshankar, saying it isa big loss to the party and the nation.While Sonia described him as a one known for his political acumen and legal luminance, who worked tirelessly...
21:54
Former US President George W Bush has said a free press is indispensable to democracy during a rare TV interview.He told NBC's Today programme a free media was needed to call those in power to account.US President Donald Trump has feuded with some media groups since taking office, calling...
21:35
A DU student and member of RSS- backed ABVP has approached the police alleging that she was molested by two activists of the Left-backed AISA during Ramjas College clashes. The ABVP member claimed she was assaulted outside Shri Ram College of Commerce during the last week's clashes. The clashes...
21:07
US President Donald Trump's upcoming budget to ask for $54 billion increase in defence budget, said a White House official. This budget follows through on my promise on keeping Americans safe, he said. It will include a historic increase in defence spending.He said his budget proposal will...
20:26
Pakistan's top diplomat in the UN Maleeha Lodhi deleted a congratulatory tweet about Oscar winner Muslim actor Mahershala Ali after being criticised for promoting an Ahmadi, considered to be non-Muslims in Pakistan.The 43-year-old actor won the Oscar for his portrayal of a drug dealer in...
19:47
New catering policy introduced by the Indian Railways
19:44
Pakistan's former dictator General Pervez Musharraf, currently living in self-exile in Dubai, seems to have chosen mainstream media as his career of choice after failing to make a dent in politics, according to a media report.The 73-year-old retired general and former president seems to have...
19:24
Actor Om Puri was honoured at the 89th Academy Awards in the 'In Memoriam' montage.The veteran, who died in January at the age of 66, was popular in the international circuit for his performances in movies like East Is East, Gandhi, City of Joy and Wolf.Apart from Puri, Star Wars actress Carrie...
19:22
A 'robo cop' would soon assist Central Reserve Police Force patrols to detect hidden Naxal-planted IEDs and landmines that have caused numerous fatal causalities in the country's largest paramilitary force.CRPF DG K Durga Prasad today said the capabilities of the robotic device are being...
19:06
An estimated 57.36 per cent of 1.81 crore electorate on Monday cast their votes amid tight security during the fifth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh with Amethi and Faizabad assembly seats remaining the centre of attention. The day-long poll process remained largely peaceful...
19:03
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised issues like Cauvery water sharing and exemption of the state from NEET. This is Palaniswami's maiden visit to Delhi after taking charge as Chief Minister.
18:44
Gopal Baglay took charge as the new spokesperson of ministry of external affairs, replacing Vikas Swarup, who has been appointed as the India high commissioner to Canada. I wish my successor Gopal Baglay all the best for the new assignment. He will take MEA communications to the next level,...
18:16
A day before his retirement, Rajendra Prasad -- the longest serving principal of the Ramjas College -- termed the recent violence on campus unfortunate and appealed the students to confront ideas and not people.Tomorrow I retire, I wish for nothing in return except that Ramjas remains peaceful,...
17:41
Sunshine moments at this year's Oscars.Take a look
17:37
A day before his retirement, Rajendra Prasad- the longest serving principal of the Ramjas College- termed the recent violence on campus unfortunate and appealed the students to confront ideas and not people. Tomorrow I retire, I wish for nothing in return except that Ramjas remains peaceful, and...
17:29
Rahul Gandhi tweets in favour of DU student Gurmehar Kaur: Against the tyranny of fear we stand with our students. For every voice raised in anger, intolerance &ignorance there will be a Gurmehar Kaur.
17:28
The La La Land - Moonlight mix-up for Best Picture is the first in the 88-year history of the Oscars.But it wasn't the only goof-up this year. Australian film producer Jan Chapman's photograph was mistakenly used in the Oscars' In Memoriam montage, which celebrates film industry luminaries who...
17:04
DCW writes to Delhi Police Commissioner on Gurmehar Kaur's complaint asking the police to act. Days after she took a stand against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, an RSS-affiliated student union after violence in Ramjas college, Delhi University student Gurmeher Kaur on Monday afternoon...
16:13
It would have been better if the BJP gave tickets to Muslims for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said. He, however, said the BJP believes in taking along all the sections of the society and the community will be adequately compensated after the...
15:47
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is in New Delhi to meet the Prime Minister today where he is expected to raise issues like Cauvery water sharing and exemption of the state from NEET. This is Palaniswami's maiden visit to Delhi after taking charge as Chief Minister. He is...
15:41
After Kansas shootings, Indians are wary of coming to US. Read
15:25
After what can be considered as the Academy Awards' biggest mistake, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the official accountant firm of the event, issued a statement on the embarrassing mix-up, in which Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read 'La La Land' as the 'Best Picture,' instead of the actual winner,...
14:56
Former SIMI chief Safdar Hussain Nagori and 10 others have been convicted and awarded life imprisonment by Indore court in sedition case. The convicts had got life term for possession of weapons, explosives and ammunition and also for plotting anti-national activities, says Zee News. The 11...
14:50
THE WHITE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at Washington DC's Dulles airport was politely trying to ask a Muslim family if they were all going to California, and failing to convey his question. He called in a brown colleague for help. The brown ICE officer drew a circle in...
14:48
A Briton said to resemble Saif Ali Khan is accused of using a photograph of the actor on a mobile dating application to lure vulnerable women into sexual relationships.Anna Rowe, a 44-year-old teaching assistant, says the man, who calls himself Antony Ray, conned her into believing he would marry...
14:37
Supreme court grants bail to journalist Santosh Yadav. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves appeared for him before the Supreme Court headed by Justice Sikri along with Advocate Ali, Kishore Narayan and Kanwal Singh Baghel. The freelance reporter working out of Bastar district was arrested on...
14:31
This is MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup with his entire team
14:28
Vikas Swarup moves on. The MEA spokesperson will be taking up a new posting as the High Commissioner of lndia to Canada. Swarup is an officer of the Indian Foreign Service batch of 1986 and is famous for penning down the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire. In April 2015, he...
14:19
And this marvelous response to the La La Land goof-up.
14:07
No better time to read this: What Would Happen If A Presenter Announced The Wrong Winner At The Oscars,but clearly all the checks and balances didn't work this time.
14:03
MoS Home Kiren Rijiju tweets: Who's polluting this young girl's mind? A strong Arm Force prevents a war. India never attacked anyone but a weak India was always invaded.Lady Sri Ram Ram College student Gurmehar Kaur, whose social media campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) student...
14:00
Congress on Monday trained its gun on Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as the Delhi Univeristy Students Union started a 'Tiranga March' in the university's North Campus. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Congress leader Manish Tiwari said that ABVP is backed by the Sangh Pariwar, and...
13:14
A BJP MP has now compared a Kargil martyr's daughter to 1993 bomb blasts' mastermind and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.It all began after protests at Ramjas College turned violent when students protested against the ABVP. Two days after the violence, Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of Kargil martyr...
12:34
Suburban services between Kurla and CST in the Harbour corridor have resumed after five hours. The services were 'derailed' after three wagons of a goods train derailed today, inconveniencing daily office commuters in the morning rush hours, Central Railway officials said. Harbour line services...
12:29
The New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein will be drawing tonight's eighty-ninth Academy Awards as they unfold. Take a look
12:13
Chaos at Panvel station on the Harbour line where trains are running hours late after the goods train derailed early this morning. Pic: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
12:12
Suburban services between Kurla and CST in the Harbour corridor were stopped after three wagons of a goods train derailed today, inconveniencing daily office commuters in the morning rush hours, Central Railway officials said. Harbour line services were affected due to goods train derailment...
11:20
An estimated 12 to 13 per cent of voters turned out to exercise their franchise till 10 am during the fifth phase of polling Uttar Pradesh today. Polling is on for 51 Assembly constituencies spread over 11 districts of the state. 12-13 per cent polling was witnessed till 10 am, poll officials...
11:01
Just in: Delhi HC sets aside trial court order granting custody parole to MLA Mukhtar Ansari for canvassing in UP polls.
10:32
Harbour line services were halted on the Central Railways line after three wagons and brake van of a goods train derailed between Ravli and Kurla here, on down harbour line early on Monday Morning.However, suburban trains services are running between Kurla and Panvel without any disruption....
10:16
La La Land's Damien Chazelle, at 32, is the youngest Best Director in Oscars history.
10:13
Earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale strikes Nepal.
10:12
Host Jimmy Kimmel lifts up young actor Sunny Pawar (Lion), as they try to enact The Lion King at Oscars.
10:11
If you've been following our Oscar coverage, an FYI: Mahershala Ali, who won the Supporting Actror Oscar for Moonlight is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.
10:08
Hundreds of people in Kansas City joined a peace march and prayer vigil, celebrating the life of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla cut short in a senseless triple shooting incident at a pub in an apparent hate crime. Marchers held pictures, banners and shouted, We want peace; We love peace;...
09:43
A turnout of 10.77 per cent was recorded in Uttar Pradesh assembly election's fifth phase till 9 am.The districts going to polls in this phase are Balrampur, Gonda, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Shravasti, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Amethi and Sultanpur.Controversial...
09:24
A major train accident was averted in Jharkhand's Sahebganj (eastern railway), as 44 peddles were found open near Balbanna village.The administration was shocked with the scenario.An Intelligence Bureau team along with superintendent of Railway Police visited the spot and are currently probing...
08:14
Amid tight security, polling began on Monday morning in 51 assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh spread across 11 districts that figure in the fifth phase, with all eyes on the Nehru-Gandhi pocket borough Amethi.Prominent contestants in this phase include controversial minister Gayatri Prasad...
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