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The Navy and the National Disaster Response Force team are struggling to retrieve the decomposed body of the second miner found deep inside the 370-foot-deep coal mine in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district, officials said on Monday.On December 13, water from the nearby Lytein River flooded a...
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday said there was no reason for it to doubt the Narendra Modi government's intentions on the Ram temple issue.The organisation, which is spearheading the movement for the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, however, also said that there was...
22:02
A 55-year-old Chinese woman has been apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying a gold biscuit in her baggage in violation of rules, officials said on Monday.They said the woman was intercepted by CISF personnel on January 26 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) when she...
21:26
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh diagnosed with H1N1 influenza, popularly known as swine flu.He is being treated at the Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.More details awaited. -- ANI
20:46
Indian compositions would dominate the Beating the Retreat ceremony this year as 19 of the 27 tunes to be played at the event on Tuesday, would be from local musicians.As many as 27 performances on the historic Vijay Chowk will enthral the spectators with captivating and foot-tapping music of the...
20:12
A mob went on a rampage alleging cow slaughter in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on Saturday after cattle carcasses were found in a village, following which two persons have been arrested on charge of rioting.Protesters tried to block the Mumbai-Goa highway on January 26 after body parts of...
19:58
Hours after Ratlam police claimed that Himmat Patidar, who is associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, faked his 'murder' for life insurance sum and instead allegedly killed his farm help, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Monday took potshots at the Bharatiya Janata Party...
19:09
In order to reduce the expenses of grieving families, Air India has decided to charge a flat rate to bring back mortal remains from six Gulf countries, which have a significant number of Indian immigrants. After discussions with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Civil...
19:08
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah landed in a controversy Monday when he engaged in a wordy duel with a woman and snatched the microphone from her, dislodging her dupatta in the process at an event inVaruna in Mysuru. The incident which occurred during a public...
18:25
Delhi's air quality was recorded in the 'poor' category on Monday and is expected to deteriorate slightly over the next three days, according to the authorities. As per the Central Pollution Control Board data, the overall air quality index in the city was 267, which falls in the 'poor'...
17:42
Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced Monday that his party would ensure minimum income guarantee for every poor in the country if it returns to power after the Lok Sabha polls due in April-May. He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP of trying to create two Indias --...
17:21
Genes associated with antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been discovered in the high Arctic, one of the most remote places on Earth, showing the rapid spread and global nature of the resistance problem. Read the report here.
17:20
Congress party sympathiser Tehseen Poonawalla dares Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde: Good afternoon @AnantkumarH . See my hands are touching my hindu life ..Now do what u can !! It's a dare sir!!This is in response to Hegde's statement in Kodagu yesterday, where he said, There should be a...
16:24
Rahul Gandhi on BJP minister Anant Kumar Hegde's controversial statements: @RahulGandhi tweeted, This man is an embarrassment to every Indian. He's unfit to be a Union Minister and deserves to be sacked.Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde, who is known to make controversial statements in the...
16:02
Omar Abdullah @OmarAbdullah on Amit Shah's OROP jibe at the Congress: While the rest of the country suffers from too much ODOMOS - overdose (of) only Modi only Shah.
15:55
The Shiv Sena Monday said it would always be the big brother in an alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra, adding no such proposal had been received from the latter. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai after a meeting chaired by party chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Sena's Rajya Sabha MP and chief...
15:47
She became a star in Slumdog Millionaire -- before being cast in a string of regrettable roles. Now she's in a brutal sex-trafficking drama and speaking out about skin lightening and shortsighted directors. Read the report here
15:20
Leave it to the BJP to come up with catchy acronyms, but unfortunately little else. BJP President Amit Shah in Una says, When the BJP government was formed, within one year Modiji delivered on his promise on One rank one pension (OROP). Modiji gave OROP to our jawans, Congress gave 'only...
14:47
The acrimony between the Congress and the JDS in Karnataka reached a new high with Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy Monday threatening to step down, saying he never craved for power. His comments a day after a ruling Congress MLA demanded that Siddaramaiah be made the chief minister again. At...
14:32
This is the BJP's take on Nitin Gadkari's statement: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have backed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for his recent remarks about politicians who show dreams but fail to fulfil them, will get thrashed by the public. Gadkari has shown the mirror to the Congress. The...
14:28
A day after Union minister Nitin Gadkari said leaders who fail to realise promises made to people get beaten up by the public, the NCP saw his remarks as an expression of voices within the BJP against Narendra Modi's failure as the prime minister. NCP's national spokesperson Nawab Malik on...
14:11
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear in April the Centre's plea seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional fund from the successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation, now owned by Dow Chemicals, for giving compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. A bench comprising Chief...
13:37
An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane that had taken off from the Gorakhpur Air Force base crashed at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. The pilot managed to eject safely. An IAF statement reads: Today morning, a Jaguar aircraft while on a routine mission from Gorakhpur, crashed. Pilot ejected...
13:30
Major Khushboo Kanwar, the daughter of a Rajasthani bus conductor, made history on Rajpath on Republic Day. The father and his army officer daughter speak to Rediff.com's Archana Masih. Read the touching story here.
13:12
Just in: An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane crashes in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. More details awaited.
13:05
The Congress will not hold back its big guns and will pull out all the stops before the general elections, senior leader Shashi Tharoor said, asserting his party wants defenestration' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. Tharoor, who recently wrote a book on Modi titled The...
12:45
Amid tight security, former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Monday produced before a Delhi court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. The court had on January 22 issued production warrant against the former Congress leader after Tihar Jail authorities, where he is lodged after conviction in...
12:26
There may be six assembly polls held along with the Lok Sabha polls this year, a top BJP source in New Delhi, told Rediff.com. The three BJP-ruled states of Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharasthra have almost made up their mind to dissolve their assemblies and call elections in March 2019.The...
11:24
A Twitter war has erupted between Union skill development minister Ananth Kumar Hegde and Karnataka state Congress president Dinesh Gundurao. Hegde, a highly controversial minister and a five-time BJP MP from Uttara Kannada, had asked people on Sunday to make the hand which touches a Hindu...
10:55
Wife of Prashant Natt, who had allegedly shot down the policeman Subodh Kumar on December 3 in Bulandshahr, has accused the police of planting false evidence against her husband in the case.The Uttar Pradesh police had on Sunday reportedly recovered the mobile phone of Subodh Kumar from the house...
10:21
School bus carrying 50 children falls into culvert in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur, many injured.
10:05
Delhi's Patiala House Court grants regular bail to former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case against them in IRCTC scam case.
09:52
Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri told a gathering of law graduates on Sunday that the values of democracy are at stake.Speaking as chief guest at the ninth convocation of the Gujarat National Law University, Sikri said, Today, we are undergoing transformation of a different kind. See the...
09:40
A police constable and a notorious criminal died during an encounter in Amroha on Sunday, a senior UP government official said. The incident took place in Indrapur village which comes under the jurisdiction of Bachhraaun police station.The constable was identified as Harsh Chaudhary, a...
09:11
Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi, the first woman officer of the Indian Army to lead an all-men contingent of Army Service Corps at the 70th Republic Day Parade, said saluting President Ram Nath Kovind was the most memorable moment of her life.The moment when I saluted the Supreme Commander of the...
08:50
Voting began for the high-stake multi-cornered bypoll to the Jind assembly constituency of Haryana on Monday. The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.All necessary arrangements have been put in place for smooth and peaceful conduct of polling, officials here said.The...
08:25
Democratic US presidential aspirant Tulsi Gabbard has alleged that she had become a victim of religious bigotry and some media outlets were targeting her and accusing her supporters, who have Hindu names, of being Hindu nationalists.Gabbard, the first Hindu elected to the US Congress, wrote an...
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari Sunday said political leaders who sell dreams to people, but fail to make them a reality get beaten up by the public. The minister, who handles a host of infrastructure-related portfolios in the Modi government, asserted he is a doer and delivers on his...
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