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Three explosions rocked Kalmunai city of Sri Lanka on Friday while security forces were carrying out searches to nab suspects of the Easter Sunday attacks.No casualties or damage to property has been reported yet.During the raids, the Sri Lankan police recovered Islamic State uniforms, ISIS...
22:20
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Telangana government over the reported goof-up in the intermediate exam results which allegedly led 18 students to commit suicide since March this year.The commission said it has taken cognisance on its own over media reports...
21:33
Days after Mukesh Ambani endorsed Congress candidate from Mumbai South Milind Deora, the industrialist's son Anant was among the audience at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in Mumbai on Friday.Anant, who was seated in the front row among the audience at the poll rally in suburban...
20:40
A Delhi court on Friday extended till May 6 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case.The ED meanwhile told the court that Karti was not cooperating in the case and evaded questions on certain emails retrieved from...
20:30
Congress leader Hardik Patel alleged on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was doing politics in the name of soldiers because he did 'nothing' in the past five years.In the last five years, Modi ji did nothing except continuously touring the country and abroad as 'prachar mantri' (publicity...
19:48
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings of an inquiry commission set up to probe the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, in 2016.The Madras High Court on April 4 rejected Apollo Hospitals' objections to the setting up of the Justice A...
19:15
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday described Sunny Deol, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, as a 'filmi fauji', in an apparent reference to the Bollywood actor's popular war film, Border.Singh claimed that Deol, the BJP's Gurdaspur candidate, had no ground support in the...
19:09
After a Supreme Court prod, the Election Commission on Friday barred Bharatiya Janata Party's Nadia district president Mahadev Sarkar from campaigning for 48 hours for making sexually coloured remarks against a Trinamool Congress candidate.The ban came into force at 4 pm on Friday and would...
18:04
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs 2.5 crore including a residential plot in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, fixed deposits of Rs 1.27 crore and Rs 38,750 cash in hand, according to his affidavit filed with the Election Commission on Friday.Modi has named Jashodaben as his wife and declared...
17:45
Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Friday said it was Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's own decision not to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.Speculation over Priyanka Gandhi's electoral debut from Modi's constituency ended on Thursday when...
17:04
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday called the NYAY scheme a surgical strike on poverty and asserted that the proposed minimum income guarantee programme was not populist but based on sound economics. Gandhi also sought to allay apprehensions of the middle class saying he guaranteed...
16:58
If the NDA government headed by PM Narendra Modi wins a second term on May 23, Varanasi, which is the PM's Lok Sabha constituency may be in the spotlight as the venue where he will be sworn in. The other venue being considered by the party, if legal experts give the go-ahead, is at...
15:50
The Indian Navy confirms that one officer has died during fire fighting ops on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in Karwar, Karnataka. The Navy has ordered a Board of Inquiry to probe the incident. The Fire was controlled by its crew preventing any serious damage to the warship's combat...
15:45
Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad files nomination from Patna Sahib constituency. Prasad will be pitted against the Congress party's Shatrughan Sinha, who left the BJP recently after differences.
15:41
Over 130 suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS) terror group have been operating in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena said Friday, days after the terror outfit claimed responsibility for the Easter bombings that claimed the lives of 253 people. The president said that several...
15:07
A young girl on Friday reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking help to free her father from jail. Jyoti was standing in between the huge crowd of BJP workers in Varanasi when Prime Minister Modi was addressing the party workers ahead of the filing of his nomination from temple city...
14:46
A dozen luxury cars of PNB scam accused businessmen Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi have been auctioned, fetching the government exchequer Rs 3.29 crore, the ED said Friday. The vehicles were attached by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the past. The...
14:30
BJP's 'strong-arm' tactics in Bengal: Wrestler, The Great Khali, campaigns for BJP's Jadavpur candidate Anupam Hazra in West Bengal. Khali was a Bigg Boss contestant in 2010.
14:16
Singer Daler Mehndi joins the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP North West Delhi candidate Hans Raj Hans and Union Minister Vijay Goel. The singer joined the league of celebrities, who recently took a political plunge this Lok Sabha elections. The BJP is fielding celebrities like...
13:56
Around 1.4 lakh litres of drinking water was used on Wednesday night to wash the roads of Varanasi where over 30 per cent of the population goes without piped water, reports the Telegraph.A day later, Prime Minister and aspiring candidate Narendra Modi hit the city to a rousing welcome and led a...
13:54
Sri Lanka's police chief resigned from his post on Friday, two days after President Maithripala Sirisena asked him to step down over the security establishment's failure to avert the deadly Easter bombings. Sirisena, who is also the defence minister, said Inspector General of Police Pujith...
13:40
Narayan Sai, son of Asaram found guilty in a rape case by the Surat Sessions Court. Sentence to be pronounced on April 30.
13:15
After filing his nomination papers from the Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, I deeply express gratitude towards people of Kashi. They have again blessed me after 5 years. Such a grand roadshow yesterday was possible only in Kashi.He also urged...
12:31
About 50 farmers from Nizamabad in Telangana have left for Varanasi to file nominations from the Lok Sabha constituency, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election, in a bid to highlight their problems. The farmers are planning to contest as independents to press their demand...
12:21
Supreme Court stays Justice Arumugasamy Inquiry Committee's probe into death of former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa.
12:02
Avengers: Endgame is a three hour-long emotionally draining, exhilarating, electrifying goodbye. Read Sukanya Verma's review here.
11:56
Stop bending over your phones and take a cue from this young boy, who pursues and interest that is slowly becoming a rarity, reading books. Rediff.com had asked you, dear readers, to take a selfie and tell us which your favourite books are. Mumbai's Vihaan Kulkarni tells us how much he loves...
11:48
PM Narendra Modi files nomination from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency.
11:35
The Supreme Court Friday refused to interfere with the Election Commission's order banning release of the biopic on PM Narendra Modi until May 19. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was not inclined to entertain the application filed by producers of biopic challenging the...
11:34
NDA Alliance partners at the DM office in Varanasi ahead of PM's nomination.
11:32
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Collectorate office to file his nomination from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency. It's a huge show of strength for the NDA with all alliance leaders present at the DM office. Earlier in the day, the allies had a meeting, after which the PM...
11:10
At least three blasts were reported at the UK's largest Tata Steelworks plant in Port Talbot, injuring two persons, according to a media report. The blast at the plant in Port Talbot, Wales occurred around 3.35 am (local time), BBC reported. South Wales Police department said they are aware of...
11:03
PM Narendra Modi heads to the District Magistrate's office to file his nomination from Varanasi. This morning Modi told party workers at a hotel the city that a pro-incumbency wave was being witnessed for the first time in the country. Noting that the mood is festive from Kashmir to...
10:48
Pro-incumbency wave is being witnessed for the first time in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told party workers Friday before filing his nomination papers in Varanasi. Noting that the mood is festive from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Modi said party workers are the real candidates. The...
10:44
Rahul Gandhi's rallies in Bihar have been delayed after there was engine trouble in the plane. The Congress president tweeted, Engine trouble on our flight to Patna today! We've been forced to return to Delhi. Today's meetings in Samastipur (Bihar), Balasore (Orissa) and Sangamner (Maharashta)...
10:23
At the meeting of NDA leaders in Varanasi, Home Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh says the alliance will get 3/4th majority in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his nomination for Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Varanasi today. All senior leaders of the BJP, NDA...
10:11
BJP leader Fatima Rasool Siddique on Thursday said that she would campaign for Malegaon blast accused and her party candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur if she apologizes to Muslims for her recent statements. I respect saffron but does Thakur respect hijab? If Thakur respects...
09:47
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray offers prayers at Kaal Bhairav temple in Varanasi. Apart from Thackeray, BJP allies like JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will accompany PM Narendra Modi as he files his nomination around 11.30 am today. Shiromani Akali Dal's Parkash Singh Badal and Lok Janshakti...
09:35
Apoorva, the lawyer wife of Rohit Shekhar Tiwari who has been arrested for allegedly killing him, has showed confusing behaviour, a police officer said Thursday, adding she regrets her action sometimes and appears cold about the incident other times.During four days of intense interrogation, she...
09:16
Union Minister Arun Jaitley issued a scathing takedown of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after the Congress ended speculation about her candidature from Varanasi, fielding its 2014 candidate Ajai Rai against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party's announcement came hours before PM Modi was to hold...
08:18
A case was registered against Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh at Begusarai police station for violating the model code of conduct by making controversial remarks against the Muslim community. This comes in response to Singh's statement where he demanded the Election Commission...
07:49
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his nomination for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency today.All senior leaders of the BJP, NDA and North East Democratic Alliance are expected to be present in the city to mark the occasion. For today, the PM is expected to begin his schedule with prayers...
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Sri Lanka on Thursday night sharply revised downward the death toll from the Easter Sunday terror attack by more than 100 to 'about 253', citing a 'calculation error'.Authorities earlier said that nine suicide bombers, believed to be members of a local Islamist extremist group called National...
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