23:47
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today defended Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's hug to Pakistan's army chief, saying both Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi had hugged their Pakistani counterparts during their visits to that country. Sinha said Sidhu has already made himself clear on...
23:44
No expenditure was incurred on the making of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness video in June, the PMO has said in an RTI reply. On June 13, a week before the Yoga day, Modi posted his fitness video on Twitter in which he was seen stretching on a rock, walking barefoot on a narrow path...
23:22
The government is unlikely to accept any foreign financial assistance for flood relief operations in Kerala, official sources said. They said government has taken a considered decision to rely solely on domestic efforts to tide over the situation.The United Arab Emirates has offered USD 100...
23:18
The Joint Entrance Examination-Main for admission to engineering colleges across the country will be held on January 31 and April 30 next year. This is the first time the exam will be conducted twice a year and completely in online mode. The newly formed National Testing Agency...
22:21
Government today extended the last date for filing of GST returns for taxpayers registered in flood hit Kerala, Mahe (Puducherry) and Kodagu district of Karnataka. The revenue department has also exempted basic customs duty and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on import/supply of...
21:58
Petrol and diesel will not come under the purview of goods and services tax in the immediate future as neither the Central government nor any of the states is in favour on fears of heavy revenue loss, a top source said today. When the one-nation-one-tax regime of GST was implemented in July...
21:39
Four Indian players scored a hat-trick each as the women's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up its second consecutive win in the Asian Games in Jakarta today. Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18,...
21:22
The Congress today skirted the issue of Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging the Pakistan Army chief during his visit to Islamabad by terming it a non-issue and said the real thing is the relationship between India and Pakistan and the absence of a policy towards the country. The party also accused...
20:59
Over 24,000 people have been evacuated till now from the flood affected regions of Kerala till now even as 41 National Disaster Response Force teams are still undertaking relief and rescue operations in the state, a force spokesperson said today. Flood waters were receding in most of the...
20:47
Mumbai's world famous dabbawalas dispatched a consignment of food, medicines and first aid kits to flood-affected Kerala. Photograph: Arun Salvi
20:41
Authorities have been directed to demolish illegal bungalows of fugitive diamond traders and Punjab National Bank scam accused Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi situated in Raigad district, a Maharashtra minister said today, days after the Bombay high court pulled up state government for not...
20:18
The Centre today released Rs 600 crore to flood-hit Kerala and decided to waive customs duty and goods and services tax on the relief materials being imported for the affected people in the state. The announcement came following a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC),...
19:36
Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir and he will replace N N Vohra, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique today. Senior BJP leader Lal Ji Tandon has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar replacing Malik, and Satyadev Narayan Arya will be...
18:53
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said 89,540 tonne of foodgrains and 100 tonne of pulses will be supplied for free to flood-hit Kerala for distribution among those who are not covered under the food security act. The Centre allocates 1.18 lakh tonne of...
18:13
The UN's nuclear watchdog said it had not seen any indication that nuclear activities in North Korea have stopped despite its pledges to denuclearise.The continuation and further development of the DPRK's nuclear programme and related statements by the DPRK are a cause for grave concern, said a...
17:51
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during his visit to Geneva, Switzerland has asked the United Nations and its allied agencies to assist India in managing the flood-hit state Kerala.Kerala, which was destroyed due to heavy rain and flood, is currently on its way to normalcy. The state witnessed massive...
17:25
Ayyappa devotees wishing to go to the hill shrine of Sabarimala for the Onam festival have been advised by authorities not to go there as flood waters in the Pampa river at the foothills have not receded. Besides, roads in nearby areas of Pampa have been damaged and several...
17:01
Flight operations from the Cochin International Airport Limitedwhich has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 220 crore due to floods, are expected to resume from August 26, airport officials said here today.The airport, which is among the busiest in the country, had been rendered non-functional...
16:28
The Tripura government will donate Rs 1 crore for flood relief in Kerala, a state minister said today.The decision was taken in the meeting of the council of ministers held at the civil secretariat yesterday, the state's Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.We are deeply shocked at the...
15:55
A special court has awarded death sentence to two men for raping a minor girl in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh two months ago.Irfan and Asif were sentenced ti death for raping the 8-year-old girl.The case was put on fast track by the MP government.More details awaited. -- PTI/ANI
15:20
As the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army chief at the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Imran Khan,the latter has thanked the Punjab minister for visiting Pakistan.I want to thank Sidhu for coming to Pak for my oath taking. He was an...
15:08
Russian President Vladimir Putin writes to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing condolences over lives lost in Kerala floods. Photograph: ANI
14:58
The Cochin International Airport Limited has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 220 crores in the floods, an official said in Kochi today.He said the CIAL management has launched rebuilding of the damaged infrastructure including 2.5 km long airport walls that collapsed after Periyar river...
14:40
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday clarified his previous statement on Ramjnamabhoomi dispute and said that even majority of Muslims want Ram temple to be built in Ayodhya.Speaking to ANI, Maurya criticised the Congress party for looking at Ayodhya...
14:30
The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be immersed in the Mandovi and Zuari rivers of Goa on August 24, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party official said today.Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will immerse the ashes in the Mandovi river while South Goa BJP MP Narendra...
14:27
The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu today due to non-availability of adequate number of pilgrims, officials said, adding that it may be resumed depending on the arrival of pilgrims at the base camp.However, the Budha Amarnath Yatra went smoothly with the fifth batch of 449 devotees...
14:10
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today appointed Ahmed Patel as the party's treasurer in place of Motilal Vora, who will now be All India Congress Committee general secretary administration, a newly created post.Patel, who was the political secretary of former party chief Sonia Gandhi, has earlier...
13:36
Union IT Minister RS Prasad after meeting WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels:I had a very productive meeting. I complimented him for the extraordinary technological awakening that WhatsApp has led in the country, for education, healthcare, relief in Kerala. These are positive developments.There are also...
13:17
Changes in the Congress: Ahmed Patel will be the new treasurer of the party, he will replace Motilal Vora. Anand Sharma to be Chairman of Congress Foreign Cell.
13:07
Whatsapp CEO Chris Daniels meets Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The company attempts to address concerns around fake news on its messaging platform which have led to horrific crimes like mob-lynching. Daniels will be in India for 4-5 days, beginning tomorrow, and meet business and...
12:35
A train carrying hundreds of people stranded in the flood-ravaged Kerala reached Kolkata, a South Eastern Railway spokesman said today. The passengers, mostly labourers from West Bengal, reached Howrah station late last night in the 21-coach special train from Thiruvananthapuram. Two more...
12:11
Not Kerala or Karnataka, that's Bhopal with streets and houses waterlogged following heavy rainfall in the city.
12:06
Coimbatore: 105 battalion of Rapid Action Force (RAF) and G36 group of Rotary clubs dispatch relief material in 10 trucks for flood victims in Kerala's Ernakulam, Kottayam and Alappuzha.
11:37
Kerala, Karnataka floods' update: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijaya says the UAE has offered financial assistance of Rs 700 crore for the Kerala floods. A united opposition has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Rs 500 crore allocated for Kerala floods is simply not enough. Rahul Gandhi...
11:25
Debutant teenager Saurabh Chaudhary clinched India's first shooting gold of the 18th Asian Games, fetching the top honours in the men's 10m air pistol event in Palembang today. The 16-year-old Chaudhary, who topped the qualifying round, shot a Games record score of 240.7 to pip Japan's...
10:56
In Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, 11 dead bodies have been recovered after a vehicle carrying 'Machel Mata' devotees rolled down the cliff into the river Chenab 28 kilometres from Kishtwar. A 5-year-old injured child has been moved to hospital.
10:51
Train services which had collapsed following the incessant downpour in Kerala, have been partially restored.The train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed. The Trivandrum-Ernakulam section was also connected by...
10:51
Train services which had collapsed following the incessant downpour in Kerala, have been partially restored.The train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed. The Trivandrum-Ernakulam section was also connected by...
10:35
In Kerala, the focus is now not so much on rescue, but on rehabilitation. Restoration work has begun at Chalakudy market in Thrissur after a decrease in the water level in the district. More than 43,000 persons have been rescued so far, out of which around 600 people were rescued on...
10:32
And more rain havoc, this time in Maharashtra. The route from Malshej Ghat, a vital link to Mumbai and other areas via Murbad taluka in Maharashtra's Thane district, has been closed for vehicular movement following boulder crash today, an official said. Some boulders fell from the ghat around 3...
10:28
In Kodagu, road clearance work is underway at the Kodagu-Mangalore highway after traffic movement was stalled due to multiple landslides on the route. Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has urged the Centre to provide Rs 100 crore relief fund for rain-ravaged state's Kodagu...
10:16
The elderly woman was evacuated from her house at 2 in the morning in an uruli (traditional cookware made of clay, copper and bronze). The others from her family swam. They had to swim for two hours till they reached a place where there was no water. I still cannot forget the way they looked....
10:06
Five members of a family, including three minors, were found dead inside their locked house by the Allahabad Police late on Monday night. The police recovered the body of a man, his wife and his three daughters from Dhumanganj area.While the man was found hanging from the ceiling fan, his...
09:35
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav posts this photo on Twitter of him visiting his father and party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at a hospital in Mumbai.'Visited my ailing father admitted in Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai due to various diseases. Perturbed to see his falling health &...
08:48
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has urged the Centre to provide Rs 100 crore relief fund for rain-ravaged state's Kodagu district.Addressing the media, the chief minister said, The prime minister has announced relief of Rs 500 Crore for Kerala, we expect at least Rs 100...
08:36
The train services which had collapsed following the incessant downpour in Kerala, have been partially restored.Train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed.Trivandrum- Ernakulam section was also connected by...
00:24
Two Muslim youths were allegedly thrashed and paraded by a mob led by the head of a vigilante group on suspicion of smuggling two cows in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Monday evening, police said.The head of the cow vigilante group was arrested and the two youth were booked under the UP...
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