23:30
Hailing the passage of three farm sector bills in Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described these proposed legislations as historic and asserted that they will rid farmers and the farm sector of middlemen and other bottlenecks. With ruling BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal...
23:04
India on Thursday welcomed the signing of agreements by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to establish formal ties with Israel, and said it has always supported peace and stability in West Asia. The UAE and Bahrain became the first Arab countries to normalise ties with Israel without a...
22:56
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday called the resignation of Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal over the farm bills introduced by the Centre in Parliament as nothing more than a gimmick. The minister quit the Narendra Modi government after Shiromani Akali Dal president...
22:37
The Shiromani Akali Dal will decide on whether to remain in the ruling National Democratic Alliance or not in a meeting of the party later, its chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday after party leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal submitted her resignation from the Union Cabinet in protest against...
22:26
With 4,432 fresh coronavirus cases, Delhi's caseload went over 2.34 lakh on Thursday while the death toll reached 4,877 with 38 fresh fatalities. According to Delhi government's health bulletin, 60,014 tests were conducted on Wednesday. The positivity rate in the national capital stands at...
22:25
Over 1,000 medical students who would pass out from college this year would be posted in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra, Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Thursday.The decision was taken as the number of COVID-19 patients is rising in the state and there is a...
22:13
Pankaj Saran has been given one-year extension as the Deputy National Security Advisor (Dy NSA), according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday. Saran, a 1982-batch officer of Indian Foreign Service, was appointed as the Deputy NSA in May 2018. He was then serving as...
22:04
Lok Sabha passes Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, by voice vote.
21:53
International companies are shifting their production out of China due to increasing costs and intensifying Sino-US trade friction, a top Chinese trade official has acknowledged while downplaying it as a normal market phenomenon. Meng Wei, spokesperson for the country's planning body...
21:49
Over 11,600 Indians abroad have been infected with coronavirus as per details available with the country's missions, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Upper House, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said Indian...
21:42
Maharashtra's COVID-19 case tally rose to 11,45,840 on Thursday with addition of 24,619 cases, the state health department said.With 398 patients dying during the day, the death toll in the state reached 31,351, it said.A total of 19,522 patients were discharged on Thursday after treatment,...
21:21
52 kg of explosives recovered in J-K
A Pulwama-style terror attack was averted on Thursday by the Indian Army with the recovery of 52 kg of explosives in Karewa area of Gadikal in Kashmir, Army officials said. The location where the explosives were recovered was near a national highway and close to the site of last year's...
20:58
Harsimrat Kaur Badal has submitted her resignation as Union minister to the Prime Minister's Office, principal advisor to Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday. Harcharan Bains, the principal advisor, said Kaur submitted her resignation soon after the...
20:33
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced in Lok Sabha on Thursday that party leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal will quit the Modi government in protest against the three farm bills tabled by the Centre in Parliament. In his speech during a discussion on...
20:29
Many actors and filmmakers from the industry, including Ram Gopal Varma, Swara Bhasker and Pooja Bhatt on Thursday praised Urmila Matondkar's vast body of work after Kangana Ranaut controversially slammed the Satya star as a soft porn star. Matondkar had called out Ranaut's claims about...
20:19
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray said that Mumbaikars shouldn't panic over extension of Section 144 in the city.NO need to PANIC. The order issued under section 144 CrPC is only an extension of the previous order issued on 31st August. No new restrictions have been imposed by...
20:13
Amid the surging coronavirus cases in the city, the Mumbai police has re-imposed Section 144 of the CrPC from midnight of Wednesday which will be applicable till September 30, as part of Mission Begin Again.'Mumbai city continues to be threatened with the spread of Covid-19, it is considered...
19:23
Union home minister Amit Shah, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Saturday night for a complete medical check up, was discharged from the hospital.Shah was earlier admitted to Medanta hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 on August 2. After...
19:18
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has conducted a surgical strike on farmers by banning onion export, the Nationalist Congress Party alleged on Thursday and demanded reversal of the move. NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase termed the decision as Tughlaqi ((ill thought out) as it...
18:58
A pop-up on your computer screen warning about technical problems could be a trap!The Central Bureua of Investigation has busted a racket, booking six private firms that were allegedly installing a malware on people's computers in the name of providing anti-virus protection against bogus security...
18:55
India on Thursday said China should sincerely work with it for complete disengagement of troops at the earliest from all friction areas including Pangong lake and take steps to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India...
18:26
PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar on Thursday said he has been set free by Jammu and Kashmir authorities after 407 days in custody since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. After 407 days of detention am informed that I am free to move about. Thank...
17:48
India on Thursday said it desires to have normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan and issues, if any, between the two countries should be resolved bilaterally and peacefully in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence. At the same time, Minister of State for External...
17:28
Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is visiting Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir to review the operational preparedness of forces and security situation in the state: Army Sources.
17:15
The Yuan Wang class vessel
In a significant development, Indian Navy warships constantly tracked a Chinese research vessel which entered the Indian Ocean Region last month at a time when tensions rose on the land borders in Ladakh between the two nations.The Yuan Wang class research vessel had entered the Indian Ocean...
17:04
Congress leader K C Venugopal on Thursday demanded a probe by a parliamentary committee into Facebook's alleged interference in the country's electoral democracy and that the social media platform publish all hate speech posts that were allowed since 2014. Making a special mention in Rajya...
16:50
India's petrol sales rose for the first time in the first half of September since the country's lockdown in late March, signalling demand may have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels. Petrol sales between September 1 and 15 rose 2.2 per cent year-on-year and were up 7 per cent over the previous...
16:33
Opposition leaders in the Rajya Sabha asked the government on Thursday to restore status quo ante as on April this year on the India-China border. Cutting across party lines, members in the Upper House of Parliament expressed their solidarity and support to the armed forces, which are facing a...
15:50
Delegation members from five Opposition parties met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday to submit a memorandum regarding the investigation conducted by Delhi police in north-east Delhi violence, terming it a deep conspiracy.Congress leader Ahmed Patel, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General...
15:24
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said India's Covid-19 mortality rate at 1.64 per cent is lowest in the world and the government is targeting to bring it down to less than 1 per cent. Replying to a debate in the Rajya Sabha, he said India's recovery rate of 78-79 per cent is one of the...
14:57
And this is a picture of the same space in Kangana's office before the demolition.
14:55
The dining space of her office which was demolished by the BMC
Days after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished actor Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office, the 'Queen' actor on Thursday said that the demolished office has rendered many people jobless as a film employs several hundred people.The 33-year-old actor took to Twitter to share pictures from...
14:46
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that the demand of the youth includes an increase in jobs and abolishing of contract law.In a tweet in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said, Demands of youth ar exams on time, results on time, joining without going to a court, increase in...
14:36
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday said 'Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures' event held in the United States was organised by a not-for-profit organisation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had participated in the event at the invitation of the...
14:27
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was not a Rajput as those belonging to Maharana Pratap's clan do not die by suicide, Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA Arun Yadav has said, triggering a controversy.Hitting out, the Janata Dal-United and Bharatiya Janata Party asked Yadav to apologise to the people of Bihar...
13:40
Over 14 lakh Indian citizens from all around the globe were repatriated during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday.The Minister of State (MoS), MEA, V Muraleedharan, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha said that this includes 56,874...
13:28
India wishes for normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan but Islamabad has to create a conducive atmosphere by taking credible, verifiable and irreversible action against terrorism, said V Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs, on Thursday.Replying to an unstarred question in...
13:21
Sharmistha Mukherjee's remembrance tweet for her mother. Today is my mothers' birthday. My dad really missed her after her passing away 5 years back. Hope they are together now.
13:18
Defence Minister Rajanth Singh on India-China border issue: The situation this year is very different both in terms of scale of troops involved and number of friction points. We do remain committed to peaceful resolution of the current situation. At the same time, we remain prepared to deal with...
13:02
Update: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Parliament: -- Chinese actions reflect a disregard of our various bilateral agreements. The amassing of the troops by China goes against the 1993 & 1996 Agreements. Respecting and strictly observing Line of Actual Control is the basis for peace...
12:35
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh makes a statement on India-China border issue, in Rajya Sabha. -- China continues to be in illegal occupation of approx 38,000 sq. kms in the Union Territory of Ladakh. In addition, under the so-called Sino-Pakistan 'Boundary Agreement' of 1963, Pakistan...
12:26
Shabbir Shah (extreme right)
The Enforcement Directorate has made Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah's wife Bilquis Shah an accused in a 2005 case of money laundering for alleged terror financing against him and alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani. The probe agency named her as an accused in its supplementary...
12:07
The Delhi high court on Thursday sought response of the Centre on actor Rakul Preet Singh's plea to stop media reports from connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty drug case.Justice Navin Chawla issued notice to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Prasar Bharti and the Press Council of...
11:48
TMC MP Saugata Roy gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over continued arrest/detention of political leaders in Jammu and KashmirBahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey has given adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over lack of public data on extrajudicial killings.Congress MP Gaurav...
11:41
Hitting out at the Centre over the GST compensation issue, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra alleged that political muscle was being flexed to make the states agree to the options offered to meet the revenue shortfall. If the two options made available by the Centre are forced through...
11:22
Three terrorists were killed and one civilian succumbed to bullet injuries in Batmaloo locality of Srinagar City during an operation that was launched on a specific police inputs, at the early hours of Thursday morning at 3.30 am.According to the sources, a Deputy Commandant of Central Reserve...
11:22
Three terrorists were killed and one civilian succumbed to bullet injuries in Batmaloo locality of Srinagar City during an operation that was launched on a specific police inputs, at the early hours of Thursday morning at 3.30 am.According to the sources, a Deputy Commandant of Central Reserve...
11:12
Mai Handique being felicitated by doctors after her recovery
Her age may have posed a challenge but 100-year-old Mai Handique's battle against Covid-19 was won by her positivity, doctors said on Thursday. Handique, Assam's oldest Covid-19 patient, was discharged from the Mahendra Mohan Chowdhury Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati on Wednesday, they said. A...
10:55
Shilpa Shetty wishes the PM on his 70th birthday:Wishing our Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi ji a very Happy 70th Birthday. Wishing you more strength, happiness, positivity and great health above all. More power to you Sir! Aapko mera Saashtaang Dandvat Pranaam
10:32
Attacking the Centre over the alleged rise in unemployment, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said employment is dignity and asked for how long will the government deny this to people. In his attack against the government on Twitter, Gandhi also tagged a media report which claimed that...
10:06
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on the Covid situation in the country, tells the Rajya Sabha, My mother and my brother are infected with Covid. Many people in Maharashtra are recovering also. Today, the situation in Dharavi is under control. WHO has appreciated the efforts of the BMC. I want to state...
09:33
India's COVID-19 case tally crosses 51-lakh mark with a spike of 97,894 new cases and 1,132 deaths in last 24 hours.The total case tally stands at 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 cured/discharged/migrated and 83,198 deaths, says the ministry of health and family...
09:27
The Pakistan Army opened heavy fire and shelled mortars targeting forward areas along the LoC in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.The Indian Army effectively retaliated, a defence spokesman said.At about 0645 hours, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked...
09:15
President Ram Nath Kovind greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on Thursday, saying he has presented an ideal in showing commitment to India's life values and democratic traditions.The prime minister turned 70 on Thursday.'Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji congratulations on your...
08:39
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday.'Wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji a happy birthday,' the Congress leader tweeted.While wishing Modi, Kejriwal prayed for his long and healthy...
08:13
A woman was killed and two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured in a predawn gunbattle with terrorists in Batamaloo area of Srinagar Thursday, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Firdousabad locality of Batamaloo around 2.30 am following...
00:10
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican US President Donald Trump nationally among likely US voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trumps law and order message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters.The September 11-15...
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