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New York Times reports:A long chapter in media history came to an unlikely close on Sunday night with a sale agreement for Time Inc, the publisher of once-prestigious magazine titles including Time, Sports Illustrated and People.The Meredith Corporation -- the owner of Family Circle, Better Homes...
23:12
The Sharad Yadav-led Janata Dal-United faction, whose claim over the party's poll symbol was rejected by the Election Commission, today announced that it will forma new party after the Gujarat polls which it is fighting in alliance with the Congress.The faction's general secretary Arun...
22:04
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was hospitalised today after he complained of uneasiness but was doing 'fine' now, a senior railway official said.Before hospitalisation, Goyal visited suburban Elphinstone Road and Currey Road stations to take stock of ongoing construction of the Foot Over Bridges...
21:20
The Income Tax Department has charged the Aam Aadmi Party with taking 'hawala entries' worth Rs 2 crore from a Delhi-based operative and revoked the tax exemption given to it as a political party for assessment year 2015-16.The taxman, in the penalty notice accessed by PTI, alleged that the...
20:11
The Punjab and Haryana high court today dismissed a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged lynching of 17-year-old Junaid Khan, who was stabbed to death on a train in June.A single bench of Justice Rajan Gupta passed the order.The judge dismissed the plea on the...
19:00
After the US, France has also conveyed its anguish to Pakistan over the release of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, who heads the UN-proscribed outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawah. French diplomatic sources said that Paris has conveyed its deep concern to Pakistan over the release of Saeed...
18:23
The Aam Aadmi Party was today served a notice of Rs 30 crore by the Income Tax department over the donations received by it, a move Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal dubbed as the height of political vendetta. In the history of India, all donations to a political party have been declared illegal....
17:54
Kerala woman Hadiya, who is at the centre of the Love Jihad controversy, appeared before the Supreme Court today. Hadiya has maintained that she wants to be with her husband Shafin Jahan and had married him out of her own will and not compulsion. She told the court that she wanted her freedom....
17:46
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will campaign for the Congress in Gujarat. Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayananswamy without being invited has been camping in a town where there is a sizeable Tamil population. The BJP on the other hand has brought...
17:40
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who is the political advisor to Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said that the BJP and Narendra Modi's style of campaign has led to the downfall of the Congress. Patel is believed to have conveyed this to 10 Janpath after he watched live telecasts of the...
17:14
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar addresses the media in Mumbai. Chhillar used the Miss World platform to highlight the urgent need for increased menstrual hygiene awareness in India. She was the co-winner of the Beauty with a Purpose competition where she presented her Project Shakti which among...
16:48
Captain Virat Kohli has been rested for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka but will play the third and final Test in New Delhi. Rohit Sharma replaces him as the skipper.Current India captain Mr. Virat Kohli has been rested for the ODI series, BCCI said in a media release...
16:24
His parents named him Sathyanarayana Iyer. But he changed it to Regret Iyer. The BBC's Geeta Pandey meets him in the southern Indian city of Bangalore to find out if he has ever regretted his decision. Read the full story here.
16:23
Latching on to the Congress party's comments of his humble beginnings as a tea vendor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the grand old party over the numerous scams that allegedly took place under the UPA's tenure. The prime minister said he might have sold tea to earn a...
15:48
There's a royal wedding in the offing. US actor Meghan Markle and UK's Prince Harry are engaged to be married. Clarence House, which is the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall's twitter handle, announced: @ClarenceHouse The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince...
15:31
Veteran actor Susan Sarandon said the who's who of Hollywood ignored disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct for years.The 71-year-old actor said she was furious with people who let the producer exploit his power by harassing scores of women, reported Daily News. Everybody did...
15:22
The Shiv Sena today questioned the government claim that terror activities have come down in Jammu and Kashmir and said terrorists were now killing jawans to create fear among the youth in the Valley. Referring to the killing of Territorial Army jawan Irfan Ahmed, the Sena said it is a new...
15:12
Special occasions call for special gestures and November 19 was a special day indeed. Yet in an extraordinary display of mean-mindedness, the government of the day chose to ignore the 100th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. Barring a perfunctory tweet by the prime minister, there was no...
14:49
A rape victim on Monday was expelled from a school in Maharashtra's Latur district in the name of maintaining dignity of the institution.The 15-year-old victim, a Class 11 student, had allegedly been raped by an army man on the pretext of marriage.The victim, on Monday, said, My school has...
14:45
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Monday said Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and former state cabinet minister Tej Pratap Yadav would be taught a lesson by the public for his threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He can use language of...
14:29
Furious over the Centre's decision to withdraw the NSG security from former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, son Tej Pratap today said that he will skin Narendra Modi, reported ANI. Narendra Modi-ji ka khaal udhedva lenge, he said. The Centre has...
14:07
In the worst terror attack this year, ISIS terrorists killed 305 Muslims and wounded over a hundred others at a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on Friday, November 24. It is important to destroy, to undermine, to debunk the narrative of ISIS, Olivier Roy -- one of the world's leading experts on...
13:52
Telecom regulator Trai will issue recommendations on the thorny issue of Net neutrality tomorrow over which operators and those who provide apps have locked horns. We will issue recommendations on Net neutrality tomorrow, Trai Chairman RS Sharma said on the sidelines of an open house discussion...
13:40
Microsoft chief elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering because of work to develop advanced nuclear technology. Read the report here.
13:23
Just in: Income Tax department sends Rs 30.67 crore tax notice to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party.
12:50
The PM tweets another picture with supporters at a rally in Kutch saying, @narendramodi Kutch has overwhelmed me with affection. It is indeed special to be here.
12:42
The family of seven-year-old Pradyumn Thakur, who was killed on September 8 inside Ryan International School in Gurugram, filed a petition challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the Pintos, founders of the Ryan Group of Institutions, by the Punjab and Haryana High...
12:34
PM Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Bhuj, Gujarat. He is expected to attend at least 20 public meetings and rallies in the next 15 days ahead of the assembly polls to be held on December 9 and 14. Excerpts from his speech in Bhuj. - The Gujarat election is a contest between trust on...
12:17
Just In: SC permits Centre to withdraw up to four companies of Central Armed Police Forces out of eight from strife-torn Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal.
12:15
A CRPF jawan was killed while two others were injured in an encounter with Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said today. A gunfight broke out between a joint team of the CRPF and Maharashtra police and Maoists near the Dhanora village of the district when the troops...
11:57
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani today announced his decision to contest the Gujarat polls from the Vadagam (SC) seat of Banaskantha district as an Independent candidate with outside support of the Congress.The moves comes after sitting MLA Manibhai Vaghela said the state Congress asked him not to...
11:24
Aadhaar card linking: The Supreme Court says it will hear pleas challenging Aadhaar after the Constitution Bench concludes hearing the Delhi-Centre case. The Centre tells the court it was willing to extend deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to various services till March 31 next year....
11:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Ashapura Mata temple in Kutch, Gujarat this morning. The PM will on Monday continue his Gujarat campaign with a rally in Bhuj. This will be followed by several public meetings in Kutch, Jasdan, Dhari and Kamrej.He is expected to attend at least...
11:00
Hyderabad has been decked up to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minster Narendra Modi tomorrow. US President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump (pictured) will lead a delegation from her country at the three-day event. In view of the...
10:49
South Asian experts reject the nuclear pessimism in Western capitals about their region, noting that the West's nuclear sky is falling in South Asia argument does not hold when seen in proper context. This is the conclusion of a report by a prestigious Washington think-tank, the Atlantic...
10:45
South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was today crowned the Miss Universe for the year 2017. India's Shraddha Shashidhar failed to make a mark at the world's biggest beauty pageant as she could not even make it to top 16. Colombia' Laura Gonzalez and Jamaica's Davina Bennett were announced as...
10:41
The rupee depreciated 9 paise to 64.79 against the US dollar in early trade today at the interbank foreign exchange amid fresh foreign fund outflows. Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to increased demand for the US currency from importers and banks and a lower opening in the domestic equity...
10:30
The benchmark BSE Sensex fell by 107 points in early trade today, cutting short its seven-day winning streak as investors reduced their bets after Standard & Poor's kept India's sovereign rating unchanged. Negative Asian cues too weighed on sentiment.The 30-share Sensex fell 106.92 points, or...
10:25
Despite repeated requests from the Catholic Christian community, the government has not shown any interest in welcoming Pope Francis to India during his tour to South Asia which begins on Sunday, a senior official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) said. Read more
10:22
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar offered prayers at the Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple at Prabhadevi, Mumbai, in the early morning hours today.
10:10
Following the abduction and killing of a Territorial Army jawan by militants, NC chief Farooq Abdullah has expressed concerns over the worsening security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and said the Centre has to frame its response vis-a-vis Pakistan for bringing peace in the region. A 23-year-old...
09:48
Kerala woman Hadiya, who is at the centre of the Love Jihad controversy, will appear before the Supreme Court today and present her side of the argument on her alleged forced conversion to Islam. Hadiya, who arrived in the national capital on Saturday, has said that she wanted to be with her...
09:10
The Congress on Sunday released its third list of 76 candidates for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly election, filing of nominations for which ends today.The party, which has been seeking to dislodge the BJP from power in the western state, earlier announced the names of 86 candidates in...
08:55
Pakistan's Law Minister Zahid Hamid has tendered his resignation following the deadly clashes across the country between police and protesters belonging to hardline religious groups, state broadcaster said today.The protesters had staged sit-in in the capital for about three weeks demanding...
08:35
Ruling out any possibility of entering politics, former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that he is happy being a professor and it's the job he likes.On being asked if he had an offer from the Aam Aadmi Party to join the Rajya Sabha, he said, No comments on whether I was...
08:14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick start Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for Gujarat assembly election from today.Starting today, Modi will address a total of eight rallies between November 27-29 in different parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat.He is scheduled to visit Kutch and...
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