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Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday told a gathering of politicians that one should stick to an ideology and avoid party-switching like rats jumping from a sinking ship.Incidentally, the BJP is in the midst of an influx of opposition leaders in the run-up to the Maharashtra assembly polls...
20:37
Nearly half of the country received excess rainfall in August, which recorded 15 per cent more precipitation than normal, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department. This is the second consecutive month the country recorded above normal rainfall. June...
20:32
India and Pakistan on Sunday had a heated exchange during the South Asian Speakers' Summit in the Maldives after the Pakistani side tried to raise the issue of abrogation of Article 370 provisions on Jammu and Kashmir.The Pakistani representative referred to the Kashmir issue after which a point...
20:09
People left off the National Register of Citizens are not stateless and will continue to enjoy all the rights as before till they exhaust all the remedies available under the law, the ministry of external affairs said on Sunday. It said exclusion from the NRC has no implication...
19:56
Pakistan today announce that it will provide consular access to jailed Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav tomorrow.Consular access for Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval officer and RAW operative, is being provided on Monday 2 September 2019, in line with Vienna...
19:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to support the government's holistic nutrition campaign which started on Sunday. Describing the 'poshan maah' (nutrition month) as a commendable initiative to ensure a healthier future for women and children, he urged people from all walks of life...
19:16
The final and fifth Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully today (September 01, 2019) beginning at 1821 hrs IST as planned, using the onboard propulsion system. All spacecraft parameters are normal, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said...
18:42
The entire Pakistan is united and can protect the country's stability and sovereignty, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amidst tensions with India after it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. He has also alleged that India tried in vain to prevent the European...
17:58
Pakistani troops on Sunday resorted to mortar shelling and small arms firing on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The ceasefire violation by Pakistan comes a day after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat visited...
17:57
Rani, the Royal Bengal tigress gave birth to five healthy cubs three weeks ago at Pilikula Biological Park in Mangaluru.
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Continuing to express doubts over the longevity of the BJP government in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he asked his partymen to prepare for assembly polls. Hitting out at the B S Yediyurappa-led government, the former chief minister said, there...
17:28
Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were rescued and detained by the Sri Lankan Navy while struggling in the sea near Katchatheevu islet after their boat was destroyed on hitting a rock, a fishermen association leader said on Sunday. The four from nearby Mandapam were part of a over...
17:27
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday termed lynching as an inhuman act and called for stern action against perpetrators of such crimes.Talking to reporters in Latur district during his ongoing 'Mahajanadesh Yatra', Fadnavis also said he is a Hindutvawadi person but with a...
17:16
Honda Cars India Ltd on Sunday reported a 51.28 per cent decline in domestic sales at 8,291 units in August as against 17,020 units in the same month last year. The company also exported 227 units last month. The auto sector continues to witness high de-growth due to poor...
16:40
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed fears of job losses following the proposed merger of public sector banks, saying not even one employee shall be removed following the amalgamation. Absolutely ill informed. I want to assure every union in everyone of these...
16:31
An AirAsia India flight to Delhi had to abort its take-off on Sunday morning at Goa airport after a dog entered the runway when the plane was readying to depart, said a senior official of Airports Authority of India. Flight I5778 was set to depart around 8.25 am, the official said.The dog,...
16:20
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bajrang Dal take money from Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, drawing flak from the saffron party which said he has lost credibility by intentionally giving controversial...
15:51
Elated on being appointed Telangana governor, BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday said her father, a Congress veteran, would be happy about her decision to choose the path she wanted to tread (join BJP). Soundararajan, who served as Tamil Nadu President of the BJP...
15:40
Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Sunday assumed charge as vice chief of the 1.3 million-strong army. Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the army chief's post as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, official sources...
15:38
United States President Donald Trump has nominated prominent Indian-American attorney Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California.If confirmed, Matthews will be the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Indian-American to serve as an Article...
15:10
Attacking the Congress, home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that it should be ashamed that its leader Rahul Gandhi's statement was used by Pakistan in its petition to the United Nations on Kashmir. At a public meeting in Silvassa, Shah, also the BJP president, said people have supported...
14:59
The Pakistan government has launched its own mineral water brand to cut costs as part of its austerity drive to solve the cash-strapped nation's financial woes, according to a media report.Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the bottled water called Safe Drinking Water would...
14:44
Jet fuel price on Sunday was cut by about 1 per cent to a four-month low on softening international oil prices, according to state-owned fuel retailers. Market-priced or non-subsidised cooking gas price was however raised by Rs 15.5 per cylinder, oil firms said in a price...
14:41
Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday slammed the Enforcement Directorate for 'refusing' to allow a plea by senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar for exempting him from appearance before it on Monday in view of Ganesha Chaturthi festival. Kumaraswamy...
13:59
I owe my hat-trick to the captain, Jasprit Bumrah told an enamoured Virat Kohli after blowing away the West Indies with his heady cocktail of line and length, pace and bounce. Known as much for his infectious energy as for his incredible batting, Kohli was caught on the stump mic...
13:53
Police in the US state of California have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 64-year-old Sikh grandfather from India, authorities said on Sunday. Parmjit Singh was attacked in Gretchen Talley Park in Tracy around 9 pm on August 25 while he was on his...
13:29
Iterating that the Centre must ensure no genuine Indians are left out of the National Register of Citizens, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was shocked to find out that one lakh people of the Gorkha community have been excluded from the list.The Trinamool Congress...
13:28
United States Senator and Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders told a gathering of Muslims that he was deeply concerned about the situation in Kashmir and asked the US government to speak out boldly in support of a United Nations-backed peaceful resolution to resolve the...
13:01
Higher traffic penalties come into effect across the country from today under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was cleared by parliament last month. The new law aims to instill fear in people who violate traffic rules, since an intelligent traffic system will monitor...
12:14
Harbhajan Singh believes Jasprit Bumrah will forever remain indebted to Virat Kohli's gut feeling, which got him the hat-trick, just like he is grateful to Sadagopan Ramesh for an incredible catch at forward short-leg 18 summers ago. Harbhajan, India's first-ever hat-trick man in Test...
11:59
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday reported a 32.7 per cent decline in sales at 1,06,413 units in August. The company had sold 1,58,189 units in August last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. Domestic sales declined by 34.3 per cent at 97,061...
11:31
Normal life remained affected in Kashmir on the 28th consecutive day on Sunday even as restrictions were eased in 11 more police station areas of the valley, officials said. Now, 82 out of the 105 police station areas have no restrictions, they said.Landline telephone services in 29...
11:22
Himachal Pradesh governor Kalraj Mishra has been transferred and appointed as the governor of Rajasthan today.Senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatraya will replace Mishra as the HP governor.A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique also announced governors for the state of Maharashtra, Kerala and...
11:19
With residents returning to their homes in the Konkan region for the 10-day Ganpati festival beginning September 2, the Mumbai-Goa highway is seeing a heavy flow of traffic. Anticipating the rush, the Maharashtra government had announced that no heavy vehicles will be allowed on the highway...
10:37
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that the 'state of economy is deeply worrying'.Last quarter GDP growth rate of 5 per cent signals that we are in midst of prolonged slowdown. India has potential to grow at a much faster rate but all round mismanagement by Modi government has...
09:11
The Financial Action Task Force has set new targets for Pakistan to check terror financing and asked it to monitor the sale of jewelery and prize bonds in this regard, according to a media report on Saturday.State Bank of Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue, Securities and Exchange Commission of...
08:28
A woman in Assam's Sonitpur district allegedly committed suicide following rumours that her name was not in the updated final National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on Saturday, her family claimed. However, the district administration denied that the incident was linked to the publication...
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