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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Thursday accused former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of being hand-in-glove with the All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal.'Tarun Gogoi and Badruddin Ajmal fight against each other in the day and get cosy with each other by night...
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India on Thursday expressed disappointment over Pakistan's response to its dossier on Jaish-e-Mohammed's involvement in the dastardly Pulwama attack, saying Islamabad continues to be in 'denial' on the issue of cross border terrorism.India's response came a day after Pakistan sought more...
21:38
The Election Commission on Thursday said that retired Border Security Force director general K K Sharma had been replaced by 1981 batch Indian Police Services officer Vivek Dubey as central police observer for West Bengal.Additional CEO Sanjay Basu told reporters in Kolkata 'K K Sharma has been...
21:11
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wriggled herself out of her party workers demand to get herself weighed in 'laddoos', making the local leader who had planned the event to sit on the scales instead.After day-long meetings with partymen in her brother Rahul Gandhi's Parliamentary...
20:15
The Calcutta high court on Thursday stayed criminal proceedings against BJP president Amit Shah in connection with a first information report that accused him of provoking violence in his speech in January.Questioning how Shah's claim that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal would fall...
19:19
The Congress is blinded by its 'anti-Modi approach' and has stopped thinking in the nation's interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Akhnoor on Thursday, raising issues of national security and terrorism and questioning the party's statements following the Balakot strike.Addressing a rally...
18:59
A United States Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft went on a mission from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to monitor India's first test-fire of an anti-satellite missile, according to Aircraft Spots, which tracks movements of military aircraft.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced...
18:56
At least 83 per cent of 521 sitting MPs are 'crorepatis' and 33 per cent of them have criminal cases against them, according to a report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The ADR, an NGO working in electoral reforms, has compiled the report after analysing self-sworn...
18:13
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said new ventures will not require any regulatory permissions for three years and will get easy access to bank credit if his party is voted to power.In an exclusive interview to PTI, he also promised to remove the existing 'angel tax' imposed on...
17:52
Trouble brews in Lalu Prasad Yadav's family. Tej Pratap Yadav quits as RJD Youth Wing chief. Lalu's eldest son tweeted, saying he had quit from the post and wrote, Those who think I am naive are naive, I know the worth of everyone.Tej Pratap had dismissed recurrent rumours of a power tussle with...
17:11
A Delhi court on Thursday reserved order on Robert Vadra's anticipatory bail plea for April 1 and extended his interim protection from arrest till then in a money laundering case.The Enforcement Directorate had sought the custodial interrogation of Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President...
16:46
The Delhi high court on Thursday declined to interfere with the release of the film Ram Ki Janmabhoomi, which is to hit theatres on Friday.Justice Vibhu Bakhru directed the movie's producer to hold a private screening of the film for the petitioner Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be...
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It was state-owned Doordarshan News that shot Prime Minister Narendra Modis Mission Shakti address Wednesday, but the logo of the channel was deliberately not displayed in the final feed to keep it out of the Election Commissions watch, ThePrint reports. ThePrint report says highly-placed...
16:20
A day with Dreze: An ascetic, teacher and humanist. Ramchandra Guha's 2018 column on Jean Dreze, who today, was arrested briefly and released in Jharkhand for holding a protest allegedly without permission. Read the column here.
15:57
Their offer of space for namaz in gurdwaras is an example in creative mediation for those mediating the Ayodhya matter. Read the column here
15:51
Economist and social activist Jean Dreze who was detained and interrogated earlier today on charges of holding an event without permission in Garwa, has been released.
15:43
The Prime Minister is so high on arrogance, he does not need alcohol, the Congress said on Thursday while slamming Prime Minister Modi for his 'Sarab' jibe.Modiji you have crossed all limits of indecency by calling political parties in a democratic system as SARAB (alcohol). You are so high on...
15:23
Shakti Singh Gohil, Congress in-charge of Bihar confirms that Shatrughan Sinha will be joining the Congress. Shatrughan Sinhaji has decided that he will join the Congress party and will work as our star leader and star campaigner, Gohil said today. Gohil also tweeted, BJP MP Shatrugna...
14:43
Posters slamming UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were spotted outside the party office in Rae Bareli on Thursday.Slogans printed on the poster, which features a picture of Sonia and Priyanka, stated that the mother-daughter duo was never seen whenever people of...
13:54
With electioneering for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls gaining steam in Uttar Pradesh, political leaders are increasingly resorting to personal attacks on their adversaries.If the BJP MLA from Bairia, Surendra Singh hit the headlines for his remarks against BSP supremo Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh cabinet...
13:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the BJP's campaign in western Uttar Pradesh, saying his government had shown the courage to conduct a surgical strike in all spheres -- land, sky and space. The contest is between a a decisive government and an indecisive past, Modi said...
12:53
Renowned economist and social activist Jean Dreze along with two others have been arrested by Jharkhand police in Garhwa district area. Dreze, Vivek and the third activist has been taken to the Bishunpur police station. As per the sources, the three were organising a...
12:30
Nearly three weeks after the Model Code of Conduct came into force, the Election Commission has seized Rs 613.176 crore worth of cash and other material from 29 states and seven Union Territories. According to the EC's seizure report dated March 27:Liquor worth Rs 104.49 crore has been...
12:05
Shireen Mazari @ShireenMazari1 Retweeted John R. Bass: Clearly you little pygmy your knowledge of ball tampering is as void as your understanding of Afghanistan and the region! Clearly in your case ignorance is certainly not bliss! Another sign of Trumpian mischief a la Khalilzad style!Mazari is...
11:38
The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stall the release of film 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi' which is scheduled to hit the screens across the country on March 29.A plea seeking to stall the release of the film was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice SA Bobde and the petitioner claimed that the...
11:11
Pakistan on Thursday said it has examined 22 pin locations shared by India but found no terror camps and claimed that there are no links to nail 54 people detained in connection with the Pulwama terror attack as it shared the preliminary findings with New Delhi. Pakistan is willing to allow...
11:00
Professor Rajaram Nagappa, former associate director Indian Space Research Organisation, specialised in aerospace propulsion and has worked extensively in the design and development of solid propellant rockets. His interests are in missile technology and space weaponisation.The space scientist --...
10:54
Phew! Phew! Phew! Ha-ha-ha.Rarely has a rocket packing so much lethal power pushed the nation to the brink of a high noon and then prompted it to heave a collective sigh of relief followed by rip-roarious mirth.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a little after noon on Wednesday that India had...
10:43
In Gaya, the residence of former MLC and BJP leader Anuj Kumar Singh in Dumariya destroyed with dynamite by Naxals last night. No casualties reported. The Naxals also left a poster demanding boycott of elections. Police investigation underway.
10:37
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of 'Mission Shakti', through which India used a home-grown missile to destroy a satellite 300 km above the Earth, some social media users started swapping archival news reports that suggested little new had taken place.Who is correct?...
10:29
While on Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address eight election rallies in the state where voting in total 48 Lok Sabha seats will be held in four phases starting April 11, a senior BJP leader said on Thursday. Modi's first rally is scheduled to be held on April 1...
10:09
An all-women polling booth will be set up in every Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra during the next month's polls in a bid to encourage more female voters to exercise their franchise. As per the Election Commission's directions to set up polling stations entirely managed by women, such...
09:37
China may have put a technical hold and prevented the listing of Masood Azhar as 'global terrorist' at an earlier United Nations Security Council meet this month. However, diplomatic efforts are still on to get the Jaish-e-Mohammad chief proscribed. The United States circulated a resolution...
09:23
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she would not like to comment on criticism from a small kid while referring to allegations levelled by Congress president Rahul Gandhi against her government. When asked by a reporter on Gandhi's accusations against the TMC...
09:04
Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday, an army official said. The security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Yarwan forest area of the district following information about presence of the...
08:39
Union minister and BJP candidate from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nitin Gadkari claimed that he is getting phone calls from Congress workers pledging support to him. The BJP stalwart kick-started his campaigning and said he will seek votes on the basis of development work done by him in the...
07:45
The US has said it has taken note of India's anti-satellite missile test, but expressed concern over the issue of space debris.India shot down one of its satellites in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile to demonstrate this complex capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced,...
00:06
United States President Donald Trump demanded on Wednesday that Russia drop support for Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro after Moscow deployed troops and equipment to bolster the hard-left government.Russia has to get out, Trump said at the White House alongside Fabiana Rosales, wife of...
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