23:41
Indian aviation authorities will wait for official communication from the US before deciding on whether to issue any travel advisory following the American government's ban on big electronic devices in cabin baggage onflights from select Middle East and African nations.In a new order, the...
22:55
India should guard against judging US President Donald Trump in a rush and instead take him seriously, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar today said.Addressing an industry event in New Delhi, Jaishankar also pitched for building strong regional connectivity, which he said was of paramount interest...
22:29
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today accused the Mamata Banerjee government of encouraging Jihadi groups and anti-national elements in West Bengal due to what it called TMC's Muslim vote bank politics. It also expressed concern over the declining Hindu population in the state.A resolution...
21:19
India-born former top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, fired by the Trump administration after he refused to quit, will join the prestigious New York University's law school as a distinguished scholar.The NYU School of Law announced today that 48-year-old Bharara will join the school as a...
20:36
Come April and a passenger can avail the opportunity of travelling in Rajdhani or Shatabdi trains even if he or she has booked tickets in other mail/express trains for the same destinations.Railways is launching a new scheme from April 1 under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed...
20:32
Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani today welcomed the Supreme Court suggestion of an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute and said all concerned parties should reach a consensus to resolve it.The Supreme Court's observation is a welcome step and I hope in light of the apex...
20:31
Just In: Government proposes to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax return and applying for PAN
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Just In: Government proposes to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax return and applying for PAN
18:56
The Uttar Pradesh police today issued orders to constitute 'anti-Romeo squad' in 11 districts of the Lucknow zone to prevent eve-teasing, as the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised during the assembly polls in its 'sankalp patra'.In a bid to check incidents of eve-teasing and passing of comments...
17:40
Change is the only constant in the BJP's digital drive. NDTV: The government now says cash transactions should be capped at Rs 2 lakh, not Rs 3 lakh, says government. Any cash transaction of more than Rs 2 lakh should be penalised at 100 per cent, the government has proposed today.In his...
17:31
UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaking in the Lok Sabha. We will work for every section of society of UP, the CM says. The Uttar Pradesh government will work on the principles set by the PM. I want to thank the PM for laying the foundation stone for the fertiliser factory in Gorakhpur. Many parties made...
16:25
Just in: The Supreme Court says it will auction the Sahara group's Aamby Valley project if the money is not paid by Subrata Roy and others. The Rs 39,000 crore property at Aamby Valley in Pune was attached by the court in January in an ongoing case against the business tycoon for which he...
15:54
Bad news for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The Supreme court has refused to stay the High Court order in the Narada case. This meas the CBI investigation into the Narada sting will not be stopped. The SC has rejected the petition by Trinamool leaders.The West Bengal government has sought the...
15:47
The Muslim clerics on Tuesday appeared not to be in tune with the Supreme Court's suggestion that the Ayodhya issue be settled through discussions and said that things would have resolved long back if the matter could have been settled out of court.Let the court decide about the land and must...
15:44
Veteran Congress leader, SM Krishna will join the Bharatiya Janata Party tomorrow. The move of the ex-Congress leader was expected as he had resigned from all the posts held by him in the grand old party on January 29th itself, citing the grouse of the Congress old guard that they had been...
15:31
After the Supreme Court described the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya as a sensitive and sentimental issue and suggested that it would be best if the contentious issue is settled amicably, the Muslim clerics on Tuesday said they are not against construction of the Ram Temple but added the apex court...
15:23
Delhi Police Crime branch arrest Khalistan Commando Force terrorist Gursewak Singh alias Babla. One country-made pistol has been recovered from him and he was previously involved in about 75 cases including terrorist activities, murder and loot, they added. Further details are awaited.
15:07
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath called on President Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met BJP President Amit Shah earlier today in Delhi.
14:42
After months of dithering and unkempt debate, the British government has announced that it will seek to commence formal divorce proceedings later this month, giving effect to the referendum in which a wispy majority of Brits voted to leave a union of which they'd been an essential (but not...
14:24
India has decided to return to the negotiating table with Pakistan over its disputed hydropower projects in April, following the intervention of the US and the World Bank, the Dawn reports. Read more
14:20
Ask people around you to identify the three greatest threats facing Pakistan. Ordinary people, chatterbox anchors, mullahs, generals and politicians will name everything from corruption, bad governance and religious terrorism, to Indian and American conspiracies, and general moral decay. But few,...
14:15
AIADMK MPs in the O Panneerselvam camp are meeting home minister Rajnath Singh to seek CRPF security cover for him and their RK Nagar Assembly candidate Madhusudanan. They anticipate life threats to these leaders.
14:11
UP CM Adityanath relieves all non-govt advisers, chairmen, deputy chairmen and members in corporations, committees and departments of their charge, says PTI.
13:57
Sinn Fin's Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister, has died aged 66.
13:54
Congress president Sonia Gandhi who is in USA undergoing medical treatment will return on April 4. Her son and the party's vice-president who followed her to the US and is with her now, will return with her. Sonia has been in the US since March 8.Insiders in AICC confirm that Sonia Gandhi has...
13:40
A week is truly a long time in politics. On Saturday, March 11, when the assembly election results of five states were declared, the Bharatiya Janata Party's legions of supporters were awash in euphoria. Journalists and commentators ran out of superlatives to describe the party's victory in Uttar...
13:35
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi.
13:29
Expressing grave concern over the recent episode where two Indian Sufi clerics had disappeared in Pakistan, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the Indians and Muslims in the country in particular should isolate Islamabad completely.Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that this matter should be...
12:52
Milan Vaishnav, the author of When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics on UP’s new chief minister.It seems that Yogi Adityanath was the consensus pick of the BJP MLAs in UP, but it's a risky one for Modi. This is perhaps why the BJP leadership has created a troika-like set-up with...
12:40
Newly-appointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in Parliament. The 44-year-old, who became the 21st chief minister of the state, will reportedly discuss portfolios with the BJP top brass. He is also expected to meet Union Home Minister...
12:30
The Babri Masjid Committee has rejected the CJI JS Khehar’s offer to mediate in the Ram Janbhoomi-Babri Masjid case.Dr SQR Ilyas, Joint Convenor the Babri Masjid Committee said that a previous dialogue between the VHP and Babri Masjid Committee did not reach any conclusion, and added that issue...
11:58
A gesture speaks a thousand words. There was a moment during the swearing in ceremony of Uttar Pradesh's next Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, when former Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav leaned in to whisper something in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ears - a moment perfectly captured...
11:42
Breaking: Sri Lankan Navy arrests ten fishermen from Rameswaram for poaching in Lankan waters on Monday night.
11:28
She stepped into a whirlwind to lead Britain into the Brexit era. But -- leather trousers aside -- Theresa May's own style is decidedly no-drama. The Vogue interview
11:25
Sandhya Ravishankar, a feisty journalist, is being threatened online for a series of exposes on illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu. In 2015, she was served a legal notice after one of her exposes was published in the Economic Times. After a series of investigative reports appeared on thewire.in...
11:18
The issue of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which has been pending for six years, should be sorted out outside court, the Supreme Court said today. The top court assured that it would step in only if the matter can't be resolved through talks. Subramanian Swamy had requested the court to take...
11:04
The Tibetan spiritual leader's upcoming visit to Tawang, the district through which he first entered India, is probably behind China's new desire to claim the area. Claude Arpi recalls the Dalai Lama's arrival in Tawang in March 1959 and explains why His Holiness will once again receive a...
10:58
After assuming office as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament today. A peek into the Yogi's diary today... 11:30 am: Meeting with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. 12:10 pm Meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 12: 40...
10:43
Eminent filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak's daughter Samhita has died. She was 60. Samhita died of cardiac arrest in her sleep on Monday, her niece said. Her daughter Aditi had died in an accident in 2012. Samhita was only 19 years old when Ghatak, the Meghe Dhaka Tara maker, passed away. Samhita is...
10:36
Just in: US Defence Secretary to meet Ajit Doval on March 24, says Pentagon.India and the US will discuss a wide range of bilateral security issues and defence ties during National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s visit to the country. US Defence Secretary James Mattis will meet Doval on March 24,...
10:30
Sri Lankan Navy apprehends 10 Indian fishermen and one boat from Ramanathapuram, Rameswaram in the sea north of Delft Island.
10:29
Sunil Grover broke his silence on the ongoing tussle between him and comedian Kapil Sharma, sharing a note on social media in which he asked the latter to start respecting human beings also apart from animals.Kapil yesterday tried to put all rumours of his feud with Sunil rest by saying he loves...
10:24
The British artist, who has become a global phenomenon over the past decade but whose real identity is a closely guarded secret, has this on Brexit. UK begins leaving the EU on March 29.
10:00
PM Narendra Modi arrives for the BJP's Parliamentary meet in Delhi.
09:58
British scientist Stephen Hawking has admitted his fear of not being welcome in the United States anymore, with Donald Trump being President.Hawking described President Trump's election as a definite swing to a right-wing and a more authoritarian approach, reports CNN quoting his interview with...
09:39
European Union leaders gather in Rome this week to proclaim their common future on the bloc's 60th birthday, despite a wave of crises including Britain's looming exit from the bloc. The 27 leaders will use Saturday's anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957, to hail the...
09:37
ED arrests sand mining baron Shekhar Reddy and two others in Chennai in connection with a money laundering case post demonetisation.Sekhar Reddy allegedly used public servants to change demonetised currency, the CBI's FIR filed in December has said. The CBI's FIR copy on the money laundering case...
09:31
A 17-year-old Indian-American boy has been arrested in North Carolina in connection with killing his mother.Arnav Uppalapati was arrested by Cary police on Friday after more than a year for the death of his 51-year-old mother Nalini Tellaprolu.Tellaprolu, who worked at Duke Medical Center, was...
09:18
The Congress Party on Tuesday said the red beacon culture should end in all the states to maintain equality in the nation.Congress leader PL Punia told ANI that the decision to end the red beacon culture has been taken by the Punjab Government and it has shown the right path.This is the decision...
09:01
The US government is barring passengers on Royal Jordanian Airlines flights from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and other electronics in carry-on luggage on certain US-bound flights starting today, the airline has said in a tweet.The airline yesterday said cellphones and medical devices are...
08:50
A dozen top Trinamool Congress leaders will be watching the Supreme Court at 2 pm today when it will decide if the CBI should probe the Narada sting or not. A news website, Narada News, had alleged a huge corruption scandal last year when it reported that Trinamool leaders - most of them...
08:26
JUST IN: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath will meet PM Narendra Modi today in Parliament
07:46
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Ghazipur for uploading an “objectionable” picture of Yogi Adityanath, hours after he was sworn in as the UP chief minister, on a fake Facebook account, police said. Badshah Abdul Razak, a resident of Professors Colony in Ghazipur district uploaded the...
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The FBI investigating the allegations of any links between the Trump campaign and Russia is a serious matter, the Democratic party leadership said, demanding a fair, independent and impartial probe.The possibility of coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials is a serious...
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