23:37
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said stressing that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting solution to the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.Reiterating the United Kingdom government's stand on Kashmir, Johnson described both India and Pakistan as...
23:26
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked ministers to start paying their own income tax, ending a four-decade-old practice of the state exchequer shelling out the amount annually for them. The direction follows criticism in the media of a law enacted in 1981 which...
23:13
The Congress on Friday announced its candidates for Assembly bypolls in five seats in Uttar Pradesh. In a statement, the party named Umesh Kumar Diwakar, Sneh Lata, Karishma Thakur, Sunil Mishra and Rajmangal Yadav as its candidates from Ignis, Tundia, both reserved for scheduled castes,...
23:13
Over 60 prominent United States lawmakers, including first American Hindu Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, will attend the Howdy Modi! mega diaspora event in Houston to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Lawmakers, including Congressmen, Senate...
23:04
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed Salman Soz as the vice chairman of the All India Professional Congress. Soz comes in the place of Milind Deora. Gandhi had also appointed Rajiv Arora as the body's regional coordinator for the west zone, the party said in a...
22:21
It is likely that the Supreme Court will put the final decision on the matter of constructing the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in the hands of the Center, said former Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh on Friday.The Supreme Court will give its decision on the basis of facts (in the Ram Mandir case). I will...
22:10
Tickets of the Humsafar Express will now be cheaper as the railways on Friday changed the base fare structure of the premium train and removed the incremental flexi-fare scheme, while adding sleeper class coaches to the all AC service.According to a circular, railways changed the Humsafar...
22:08
Hindu Forward Communities in Kerala have launched a new political party, the 'Democratic Social Justice Party', aimed at bringing together all communities not covered by caste or religion based reservation. The party said it draws its support mainly from the Nair community and...
21:43
The defence ministry on Friday granted approval for procurement of weapons and military 'platforms' worth around Rs 2,000 crore for the armed forces, officials said.The arms procurement proposals were cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council, the ministry's highest decision-making body on...
21:42
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday stepped up its attack against Pakistan, with its ideologue Indresh Kumar stating that the country would crumble under the ongoing 'separatist movements' and India would celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary in Lahore in the years to come.The...
21:06
The Delhi high court on Friday restrained Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy and social media giants Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp from publishing or disseminating any false, offending or defamatory allegations against Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. Justice Mukta...
20:44
Signifying its commitment to sustainability and climate action, India has gifted solar panels -- one each for the 193 UN member states -- that are being installed on the roof of the United Nations headquarters. The solar panels, which are valued about a million dollars and gifted to...
20:25
Former 'encounter specialist' police officer Pradeep Sharma joined the ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Friday, ahead of the assembly polls.Sharma, one of the Mumbai police officers who were famous for killing gangsters in encounters, resigned from the police force in July.He held the rank of...
20:19
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met chief ministers from the party to discuss ways to make their states role models in good governance. Amarinder Singh (Punjab), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and V Narayanasamy (Puducherry)...
20:02
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said it is in Pakistan's interest to hand over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to India as several reports suggest people in the occupied territory are unhappy and want to be part of this country. Narendra Modi is a dashing prime minister. He took a...
19:27
Former bureaucrat B N Yugandhar, father of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, died in Hyderabad on Friday. He was 82.Yugandhar had served in the Prime Ministers Office during late PV Narasimha Raos regime and also as director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at...
19:00
Unnao rape survivor Friday completed recording her testimony at a temporary court set up at the AIIMS hospital in the case of alleged sexual assault on her by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017. The woman deposed before District Judge Dharmesh Sharma during 'in-camera'...
18:44
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran said on Friday that he will not disappoint Kashmiris at the United Nations General Assembly and vowed to raise their plight at every international platform, after Indian revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status.Addressing a gathering in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's...
18:21
Hopes to salvage the lander-rover, part of India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, are fading with the window of opportunity to restore link with 'Vikram' closing in in about a week's time. Lander Vikram, with rover Pragyan housed inside it, lost communication with ground-station early on September...
17:55
London Stock Exchange Group on Friday formally rejected a takeover bid by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, citing fundamental concerns over the bid worth 32 billion pounds (Rs 2.8 lakh crore). In a statement, LSEG said management unanimously rejects the conditional proposal and, given its...
17:39
The Central Bureau of Investigation served fresh notice to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar asking him to appear before it on Saturday.The probe agency issued the notice on Friday in relation to the allegations on Rajeev Kumar for tampering evidence in the Saradha chit fund...
17:02
The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected the petition filed by activist Gautam Navlakha seeking quashing of FIR filed against him by Pune Police in alleged connection with Bhima Koregaon case.Pune Police had earlier submitted before the bench that Navlakha was in touch with Kashmiri separatists...
16:59
Priyavrata, a 16-year-old boy from Goa, created a record by becoming the youngest to clear 14 levels of the Sanskrit Shastra exam 'Tenali Pariksha'. He studied in private school till class 8th and says he never saw any difference between modern and ancient education system and that both were...
16:33
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved an application in the Rouse Avenue Court, New Delhi, seeking further custody of Congress leader DK Shivakumar in the money laundering case. ED says Shivakumar was evasive and gave irrelevant answers during the interrogation and has sought 5 days...
16:28
What we don't hear is that Islam is also being abandoned by moderate Muslims, mostly young men and women, ill at ease with growing extremism in their communities. The ranks of ex-Muslims is reported to be swelling. 'As the number of American Muslims has increased by almost 50 per cent in the past...
16:23
Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, was produced before a Delhi court on Friday on expiry of his 9-day custodial interrogation. Shivakumar, arrested on the night of September 3, was produced before special judge Ajay...
16:21
We don't want to see the rest of the film, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Friday, taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that the NDA 2.0 government's achievements in the first 100 days in office was just a trailer.Prime Minister Modi, in an address in Ranchi, on...
16:14
With an aim to prevent road accidents, the AIADMK government on Friday warned its cadre not to put banners and posters that cause inconvenience to people.The statement from the ruling party came after a 23-year-old woman was crushed to death in Chennai by a water tanker after a hoarding allegedly...
16:07
Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb pledges to donate his salary to celebrate PM Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17.@BjpBiplab tweets: Swachhata hi Seva hai'' We have decided to celebrate Adarniya Shri @narendramodi Ji's birthday as #SevaSaptah week & I will donate my next six month's salary...
16:02
Aishwarya Rai, former Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav's wife, on Friday came out of her in-law's residence in tears.Rai, clad in a yellow suit, left Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi's residence in a huff and sat in a car purportedly belonging to her father, RJD legislator Chandrika Rai.The duo...
15:55
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Friday took a dig at Finance Mnister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for their comments on economic slowdown.To take a proper catch, it is necessary to keep an eye on the ball till the last moment and play with sportsman spirit. Or Else one...
15:51
NCP MP Supriya Sule on Friday renewed her attack on the Maharashtra government over potholed roads, and alleged it was not adhering to its promise of getting them cleared by December 15. She asked people to click selfies with potholes and share it on social media tagging the chief minister's...
15:49
The BJP-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) wins three (President,Vice President and Joint Secretary) out of the four posts in the Delhi University Student Polls, while the Congress party-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) wins one (Secretary). The counting for...
15:44
Flight operations between Pithoragarh and Dehradun were resumed on Friday after a gap of seven months. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had on February 9 this year suspended air services between the two towns after the door of an aircraft with eight passengers on board allegedly...
15:12
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Friday visited Kashmir to review the security situation in the region.Accompanied by Chinar Corps Commander, Lt Gen K J S Dhillon, the Lt Gen Singh visited formations and units in North Kashmir deployed along the Line of Control and hinterland.Lt Gen...
15:03
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai on Friday said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is on track for holding elections as planned on October 22. He also said almost 30 state associations are now compliant with the BCCI...
14:58
Udayanraje Bhosale, NCP Lok Sabha MP and descendant of Shivaji Maharaj to join Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi tomorrow.
14:56
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was leading in all the four seats of the central penal in the in the elections to the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) for which counting of votes began on Friday.Initial trends in counting indicated that the ABVP candidates were leading over...
14:30
Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the odd-even road rationing scheme will be implemented in the national capital from November 4 to 15, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the move was not required. Under the scheme, odd and even numbered vehicles ply on alternate...
14:26
Madhya Pradesh: Water enters Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore, after heavy rainfall in the city.
14:15
Announcing the 7-point agenda to combat the pollution in the national capital, with Odd-Even scheme at the helm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that AAP government will procure mask on a large scale and distribute it to public this winter.He said that stubble burning in the...
14:09
Suspected militants snatched the rifle from a personal security officer of a local Peoples Democratic Party leader in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, prompting authorities to impose curfew and launch a massive search operation. PDP Kishtwar district president Sheikh Nasir's PSO was...
14:03
The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to quash the appointment of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and two others as ministers in the BJP-led Maharashtra government but said such appointments made for political gains was not morally correct. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and G S...
13:40
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was leading in all the four seats of central panel of the Delhi University Students' Union on Friday, sources said.The counting for the DUSU polls was supposed to start at 8.30 am but began after almost a...
12:56
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the odd-even road rationing scheme will be implemented in Delhi from November 4 to 15.Kejriwal said the move was aimed at combating high levels of air pollution in winters when crop burning takes place in neighbouring states.The chief minister...
12:46
The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nehal Modi, brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the $ 2 billion Punjab National Bank scam case, officials said on Friday.They said the global arrest warrant against the Belgian national Nehal, 40, has been issued on charges of...
12:34
Singer Adele has filed for divorce from her husband Simon Konecki. According to People magazine, the divorce papers were lodged at a court in Los Angeles. The couple had announced in April this year that they are ending their marriage of seven years.A...
12:31
Fresh restrictions were imposed in parts of Srinagar on Friday to maintain law and order in view of congregational prayers, even as the stalemate following abrogation of Article 370 entered its 40th day with schools closed and public transport off the roads, officials said.Fresh restrictions have...
12:18
Akshay Kumar's latest outing Mission Mangal has set the cash registers ringing by surpassing the Rs 200 crore mark in the fourth week of its run. The space drama has raked in a total of Rs 200.16 crore. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the box office collection of the...
12:11
The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has complied with its direction and extended the tenure of the special judge, who is conducting trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti. ...
12:00
Kashmiri leader Sajjad Lone and his party the People's Conference on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the abrogation of Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In his plea he has asserted that the abrogation of Article 370 and extension of...
11:43
The Supreme Court on Friday referred to its three-judge bench the Centre's plea seeking review of the March 20, 2018 verdict which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the SC/ST Act. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit said, Place the matter before three-judge bench...
11:06
The government has removed from its blacklist names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities and only two persons figure on the list now, a Home Ministry official said on Friday. The decision has been taken after a review carried out by different security agencies on...
11:03
Prime Minister Imran Khan will have two meetings with President Donald Trump later this month during his visit to the US where the Pakistani premier will also attend his first UNGA session, according to a media report.According to Khan's schedule, the first meeting between both the leaders will...
10:50
Cash-strapped Pakistan is set to miss the International Monetary Fund's condition to refund Rs 75 billion to taxpayers in the first quarter despite an incentive by the global lender, a media report said on Friday. The International Monetary Fund had offered to soften the tough primary budget...
10:47
At least 18 persons drowned in separate incidents during immersion of Ganesh idols across Maharashtra, police said on Friday. Immersions, which began on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, continued into Friday morning in several parts of Mumbai, Pune and Sangli, officials said. Drowning...
10:38
Equity benchmark indices dithered during early hours on Friday in the absence of a fresh stimulus package to reverse the slowdown in economic growth despite global liquidity seeing strength in stocks.At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 73 points at 37,031 while the Nifty 50 edged...
10:32
Describing Pakistan as the hub of terrorism, India has strongly hit back at the country for raking up the Kashmir issue at the Security Council, saying Islamabad misused the UN forum to spread baseless and deceitful narratives about it. Pakistan's envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi raised the...
10:17
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government saying that the party has nothing to do with women security at all.Her comments came in the backdrop of sexual harassment charges levelled by a law student of Shahjahanpur against former Union...
10:06
BJP leader and former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand has been quizzed by the SIT for around seven hours in connection with a law student's allegation that he raped her, his counsel said on Friday. The special investigation team, formed on the orders of the Supreme Court, summoned...
09:49
The SRK College in Firzoabad denied entry to some girl students allegedly because they were wearing Burqa.However, the College administration said that the attire has been forbidden because it is not a part of the uniform.This is an old rule that students have to come in Uniform and with ID...
09:34
Heads up: Four Bank Unions have threatened to go on indefinite strike from the second week of November to oppose merger and amalgamations in the banking sector.The four organisations -- All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), Indian National...
09:14
After a hard-partying life as a cricket star and sex symbol, Pakistan's prime minister has transformed himself from revered sportsman into international statesman. Now, as he seeks to navigate the crisis over Kashmir, Khan remains torn between his years as an Oxford-educated playboy and his...
09:09
A portion of the over 600-year-old Kadavumbhagam synagogue in Kochi's Mattancherry collapsed on Tuesday after it was damaged due to rain.The structure had been in a dilapidated condition for the past few years. It is a historical monument and cannot withstand the monsoon. Government of Kerala and...
09:05
The India Meteorological Department has predicted areas such as Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim are likely to receive heavy rainfall on Friday.The weather forecasting agency further predicted that areas such as Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya are...
08:46
International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said that India's economic growth is 'much weaker' than expected due to corporate and environmental regulatory uncertainty and 'lingering weakness' in some non-Bank financial companies.Again, we will have a fresh set of numbers coming up but the...
08:08
P C Sharma, Madhya Pradesh minister announces Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for the families of those who died in the boat mishap in Bhopal on Friday morning.The incident is really unfortunate. A compensation of Rs 4 lakh has been announced for the families of the deceased by the District Collector....
07:58
At least 11 bodies were recovered while five people have been rescued at Khatlapura Ghat in Bhopal after the boat they were in capsized this morning during Ganesh immersion.The search operation is underway.Five people have been rescued out of 16 and we have recovered 11 bodies till now. A search...
07:50
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday turned down a proposal to have 'preraks' (motivators) for conducting party's outreach activities across the country.There was consensus at a meeting of Congress' top brass chaired by Gandhi to continue with the old system of having trainers who would...
07:29
Pakistan showed inflexibility in talks on the Kartarpur corridor and gave unfavourable responses on issues of charging a service fee, the number of pilgrims to be allowed on special occasions and allowing protocol officials to accompany them, the Ministry of External Affairs said on...
00:46
The Congress on Thursday announced it will hold massive agitations across the country from October 15 to October 25 against the government's policies that have allegedly led to an economic slowdown. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at the AICC...
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