23:11
United States President-elect Donald Trump declared that controversy over allegations that Russian hackers tried to interfere in the US election amounted to a political witch hunt. This is a political witch hunt, he told The New York Times, claiming that a Chinese breach of Office of...
22:10
Celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Irrfan, Gulzar and others paid their last respects to Om Puri. Puri is survived by his estranged wife Nandita and son Ishaan.
22:06
Bollywood celebrities bid a tearful adieu to veteran actor Om Puri as his last rites were performed in Mumbai on Friday.The 66-year-old actor died of heart attack at his residence leaving not only his family, close friends and colleagues from film industry but also personalities from the world of...
21:35
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar today questioned the police (referring to the Delhi police) as to why a chargesheet has not been filed against him even after 11 months offraming of sedition charges.I want to ask you Modiji, why the police has not yet...
21:11
Brazilian authorities said today that at least 33 prisoners have died in a penitentiary in the northern state of Roraima, adding to 60 deaths reported at other prisons. Today's statement from the justice secretary said the prisoners died overnight at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo....
20:23
Days after a CCTV footage showed men groping and molesting a woman in a Bengaluru street, another video from the Silicon Valley of India has emerged showing a woman being assaulted by a man while she was on her way to work at around 6:30 in the morning.The incident took place in Bengaluru's KG...
19:53
Transportation app Uber has hiked fares of its entry-level offering 'UberGo' by up to 50 per cent in Delhi-NCR. The US-based firm has increased the minimum fare from Rs 40 to Rs 60, while ride time charge has been raised to Rs 1.5 per minute from Rs 1 earlier. Uber now charges Rs 6 per km up...
19:41
Rose Valley scam: TMC MP Tapas Pal sent to 14-day judicial custody by CBI court, Bhubaneswar, reports ANI.
18:57
Om Puri's greatest contribution lies in the fact that he convinced audiences and filmmakers with his performances to see an actor's talent beyond their face, believes his long-time film industry colleague and friend Satish Kaushik. (Puri's death) is very shocking and unbelievable, said...
18:38
New Year's eve saw a whopping 14 billion messages being sent on WhatsApp in India as more people opted to send season's greetings through the instant messaging platform than traditional routes like SMS and greeting cards. India is the largest market for the Facebook-owned company, accounting...
17:55
GDP growth in 2016-17 is estimated at 7.1 per cent, as compared to 7.6 per cent in 2015-16, says the central government, and that per capita income during 2016-17 is expected to rise by 10.4 per cent, to Rs 1,03,007, compared to last fiscal.
17:48
In the backdrop of woman activist Trupti Desai's plan to enter the famous hill shrine of Lord Ayappa at Sabariamala, Travancore Devaswom Board today said it would not break with tradition and customs in allowing entry of women in the age group of 10-50 into the shrine. Nobody will be allowed to...
17:47
Kashmir University on Friday postponed all examinations scheduled to be held on Saturday and Sunday due to the snowfall in the Valley. All Kashmir University examinations, scheduled to be held on January 7 and 8, are postponed. Fresh dates for the deferred examinations shall be notified...
17:46
GDP growth to fall to 7.1% in fiscal year 2016-17, from previous year's 7.6% expansion, forecasts government.
17:38
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Friday denied he was a hurdle in Akhilesh Yadav's path and indirectly blamed the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's supporter and uncle Ramgopal Yadav for the vertical split in the party.Status of one is not gauged just by number or power. I want to clarify that I...
17:08
With less than a month remaining for budget presentation, Finance Ministry today invited suggestions from Twitterati on what should be the focus of the Budget for 2017-18 to be unveiled on February 1. People can exercise their voting option on the official twitter handle of the Ministry of...
17:04
The Delhi High Court today dismissed the plea of Payal Abdullah, estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, for government housing on security ground, saying if her husband can shift to a private accommodation there is no reason to treat her differently. When Omar...
17:02
US President-elect Donald J Trump '@realDonaldTrump rages about the 'dishonest' media with this tweet: The dishonest media is not reporting that any money spent, for the sake if speed, on building the Great Wall, will be paid back by Mexico. Trump and House Republicans are exploring options to...
16:52
Madras HC confirms penalty of Rs 28 crore imposed by the Enforcement Directorate on former AIADMK MP TT Dinakaran, nephew of party chief VK Sasikala, in a 1996 FERA violation case.
16:35
BCCI's selection committee meeting, headed by chief selector MSK Prasad, ends. Chairman of Selectors MSK Prasad announces the team. BCCI CEO Rahul Johri had chaired the meeting.The first ODI will be played on 15 January at Pune, followed by ODIs at Cuttack (19 January) and Kolkata (22...
16:19
PM Modi, FM Jaitley and party president Amit Shah at BJP national executive meeting in Delhi.
16:08
The Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Union Law Ministry and other authorities to include an option of taking oath on the Constitution of India in the Oaths Act for atheists. As per the provisions of the Oaths Act-1969, a person can either swear in the name of God or...
15:27
WB CM Mamata Banerjee on her party's 'Modi hatao, desh bachao' slogan: In the current situation a national government should be formed with another BJP person at helm. He (PM Modi) has to go. To save the country, let a national government be formed. Advaniji, Rajnathji or Jaitleyji can head it....
15:14
Indian team selection meeting for England series starts. BCCI joint secretary not allowed at the meeting. No ineligible BCCI officer allowed to be part of the meeting.
15:11
Lodha panel gives go ahead to BCCI selection committee meeting in Mumbai today.
15:07
Former SC judge Markandey Katju tenders unconditional apology to top court for contemptuous remarks in his blog. SC accepts Justice Katju's apology and closes the contempt proceedings against him. For the first time in the countrys judicial history, the apex court had issued suo motu contempt...
14:55
Day 2 of social media battle between Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and CM V Narayanasamy. Yesterday, Bedi cancelled the order of the Chief Minister banning the use of social media for official communication. In a flurry of tweets today, Bedi mentioned what the WhatsApp group in Pondy was...
14:25
-- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor detained in Thiruvananthapuram during protest against notes ban.-- Former SC Judge Markandey Katju offers unconditional apology to SC for making contemptuous remarks against it.-- Mulayam Singh Yadav to address the media shortly.-- Jammu Srinagar National highway...
14:17
Myanmar's brutal crackdown on the Rohingya is fanning an Islamist insurgency that could become a national security nightmare for India and region, writes Praveen Swami. Do read
13:57
Bombay High Court refuses to consider Anna Hazare's plea for CBI probe against Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar in alleged sugar cooperative factories scam. HC asks Hazare to first file a police complaint and if necessary, approach higher authorities.
13:52
The BCCI's national selection meeting to pick the Indian squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against England has been delayed. Reportedly, only three selectors have reached the BCCI head office in Mumbai and the selection meeting is yet to start. According to sources, the selectors are...
13:46
Google Earth image of Chinese nuclear attack submarine docked in Pakistan's Karachi harbour in May emerges, say news reports.Back in May 2016, Rediff.com was the first to report on the arrival of a Chinese nuclear submarine for the first time at Karachi port. It coincided with a Chinese...
13:34
In their first one-to-one meeting since the vertical split in Samajwadi Party, Shivpal Yadav today held talks with defiant nephew Akhilesh at his residence here on a compromise formula for a possible patch-up. Party insiders were tight-lipped on what transpired at the brief meeting Shivpal had...
13:17
The hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks, Malaysia's transport minister said on today, as relatives of passengers demanded authorities push on with the search. We're at the final lap within these two weeks, the minister, Liow Tiong Lai told reporters. We hope we can find the plane....
13:00
The Supreme Court stays the transfer of 2G licence from Malaysia's Maxiswhich was originally alloted to Aircel to any other telecom company. The SC proposes to restrain earning of any revenue by using the 2G spectrum licences which were originally granted to Aircel. If T Ananthakrishnan and Ralps...
12:58
The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to issue a commemorative coin and special postal stamp on the birth centenary of former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran, saying it would be a fitting tribute to the Bharat Ratna recipient on the occasion. Chief Minister O Panneerselvam in a letter to...
12:52
Just in: Madras HC rejects petition seeking Bharat Ratna for the late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa. The court says it cannot dictate terms to the Centre. The AIADMK has asked that the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, who died last month, should be awarded the...
12:35
Perhaps the most important part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on New Year's Eve was not the niggardly sops announced, not the lack of a report card on demonetisation, although that was significant, but rather his framing of demonetisation as a campaign to purify India. Read more
12:30
Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk on Om Puri: Gods garden must b beautiful, He always takes the best Will miss ur laughter over the shared brandy in Berlin. Will miss u lots Omji. RIP.
12:27
In a major success, security forces today killed a top Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Muzaffar Naikoo alias Muzz Moulvi in an encounter on the outskirts of the city. Security forces launched an operation in Gulzarpora locality of Mochuwa late last night following information about presence of a top...
12:25
BSP takes on 'paid media'. The EC announced the poll schedule for the five-state elections yesterday, with UP going to the polls from 11th February to 8th March over seven phases.
12:20
India captain Virat Kohli today said that those who watched in silence when women were being molested on Bengaluru streets on New Year's eve have no right to call themselves men and he feels ashamed to be a part of such a society. What happened in Bangalore is really really disturbing. To...
11:52
I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.''I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.''But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on...
11:46
Naseeruddin Shah condoled Om Puri's death, his co-star in over 25 films, saying, Naseeruddin Shah '@NaseerudinShah 1h1 hour agoWe have lost very brilliant and talented actor it's very big lost of our country and film industry rest and peace.@OmRajeshPuri.Just last month, Naseer...
11:30
Veteran actor Om Puri's sudden death after a massive heart attack this morning has left India bereaved. Both Bollywood -- his co-stars, filmmakers, musicians -- took to Twitter to mourn his loss -- as did the general public, his co-star of 14 films is still coming to terms with the loss. National...
11:12
After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed the support of over 200 lawmakers of the ruling Samajwadi Party, his estranged father Mulayam Singh Yadav met with his top aides till 1 am on Thursday night. This morning, Shivpal Yadav met Akhilesh for 10 minutes and then headed to to...
11:11
Uttar Pradesh: BSP releases second list of candidates for assembly elections.
10:51
The funeral of veteran actor Om Puri will be held at 6 pm today.
10:40
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati announced nominees for 100 of the 403 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh for the seven-phase assembly polls there. It appears a third of those in the BSP first list are Muslims, around 19 per cent of voters and being wooed by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), too....
10:38
Just in: Al-Badr terrorist Muzzafar Ahmed killed in encounter with Army and police in Machu area of Budgam district in J&K early this morning. The army had inputs on Muzzafar Ahmed. He tried to break cordon and was cornered and killed. No collateral damage. The Army says it's a big...
10:30
Bengaluru-Delhi Spice Jet flight 136 makes emergency landing due to hydraulic failure at Delhi airport. SpiceJet statement says: Flight SG 136, Bengaluru to Delhi, experienced, during cruise, partial hydraulic failure due to loss of hydraulic fluid. Crew carried out emergency procedure, landed...
10:09
As news of Om Puri's death was reported, Bollywood mourned and grieved, with many taking to Twitter to condole the passing. Mahesh Bhatt tweeted: Goodbye Om! A part of me goes with you today. How can I ever forget those passionate nights we spent together talking about cinema & life?Boman...
10:07
In other news, a 29-year-old woman was stabbed by an unidentified person near Mahalakshmi Race Course in Central Mumbai, police said today. The incident occurred at around 7.30 pm yesterday near the race course. Police got information about it after Nair Hospital authorities informed the police...
09:53
Just in: Mastermind of Bangladesh cafe attack killed in shootout with police in Dhaka, says police.
09:38
Veteran actor Om Puri has passed away at the age of 66. He died after he suffered a cardiac arrest.Puri, who has appeared in mainstream commercial Pakistani, Indian, British, and Hollywood, Independent films and art films, was awarded the Padma Shri. He was critically acclaimed for his...
08:56
JUST IN: A 28-year-old woman was stabbed while waiting for a friend near Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Race Course on Thursday night.
08:51
Days after the uproar over alleged incidents of mass molestation on New Years Eve in the central business district of Bengaluru, the citys police commissioner said police did not find evidence of any kind of molestation in the footage from 60-odd CCTV cameras.Commissioner of Police Praveen Sood...
08:23
The Bharatiya Janata Party national executive, to meet for a two-day session on Friday and Saturday, is likely to pass a resolution lauding the leadership provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past few months.With particular mention of the September 29 surgical strikes by the army on...
08:19
JUST IN: Terrorists opened fire on a guard outside National conference MLC Showkat Ganie's residence in Shopian. The guard fired back in retaliation
08:01
Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Muzzafar Ahmed has been killed in encounter in Machu area of Budgam of Jammu Kashmir in the early morning hours. According to reports, one policeman has also been critically injured in the encounter.
00:16
President-elect Donald Trump insisted that he supports the US intelligence agencies despite having cast doubts on their conclusion that Russia interfered with the US presidential election.The media lies to make it look like I am against 'Intelligence' when in fact I am a big fan! Trump said in a...
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