23:55
In his first decision after taking over as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday issued orders to shower Kumbh Mela pilgrims with flowers from helicopters on the occasion of Mahashivratri on Thursday. At a meeting with senior officials, Rawat, who was sworn...
23:29
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to meet with top Chinese officials on March 18 during a stop in Anchorage, Alaska, the State Department said on Wednesday, after his first overseas trip to US allies Japan and South Korea.Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan...
23:11
Eyewitnesses have denied West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims that she was pushed by a few people in Nandigram on Wednesday.People gathered to see her. When she was about to leave, there were people around there. But nobody pushed her. I am a student. I am not associated with any...
22:37
The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 2.52 crore with 9.22 lakh jabs given on Wednesday till 7 pm, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 2,52,89,693 vaccine doses administered, 71,70,519 healthcare and 70,31,147 frontline workers were given the...
22:16
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar reached the state-run SSKM hospital on Wednesday night to see an injured Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, amid go back slogans shouted by hundreds of the TMC supporters gathered there.Banerjee is undergoing treatment at the SSKM Hospital for injuries on her...
21:47
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 1,539 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number of infections since October last year, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.With this, the city's COVID-19 tally has reached 3,37,123, the official said.According to the latest data from the...
21:28
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday informed that out of 23 thousand new COVID-19 cases reported in Mumbai during January and February, 90 percent cases were registered from housing societies and rest 10 per cent from slums.BMC has decided to strictly implement the measure against...
21:15
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday became the first serving MP to be appointed as captain in the Territorial Army. The four-time BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a lieutenant by the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir S...
20:49
The Election Commission on Wednesday sought a report from West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was attacked by four or five people. The EC has also sought a report from Vivek Dubey, special police observer and Ajay Nayak, special general...
20:29
Days after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election, the Union home ministry on Wednesday provided Y-plus security cover to veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty.Sources say, the Central Industrial Security Force will provide security cover to Mithun...
20:12
Ninety-one years after Mahatma Gandhi took out the Dandi March to break the salt law that shook the foundations of the British empire, 81 persons will embark on the same 386-km long foot-march on March 12 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, the Gujarat government said on...
19:39
Farmer unions have called for a nationwide strike on March 26 when their ongoing protest at Delhi borders will complete four months. Announcing their future programmes protesting the three agriculture laws enacted by Parliament in 2020, the farmers' unions said that some trade unions will...
19:33
'On the night of December 26, 2001, Mohammad Abdul Hai boarded a train from Jodhpur in northwestern India's Rajasthan state to Surat city in neighbouring Gujarat to attend a three-day seminar on Muslim education,' writes Billal Kuchay in Aljazeera.com. 'The next day at approximately 11pm,...
19:27
The 30-share BSE Index ended 254.03 points or 0.50 per cent higher at 51,279.51, and the broader NSE Nifty rose 76.40 points or 0.51 per cent to 15,174.80. Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 2 per cent, followed by Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra, Axis...
19:09
A look at how the automobile industry is performing in the country
19:03
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday suffered an injury to her leg during election campaigning in Nandigram. The Trinamool Congress chief alleged that she was pushed resulting in injury. More details are awaited.
18:37
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit India next week along with Japan and South Korea, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday, in the first overseas trip of a senior member of the new Biden Administration.This is for the first time that India has been included in the itinerary in the first...
18:14
The Congress's motion of no confidence against the BJP-JJP government in Haryana was defeated on Wednesday with 55 members of the assembly voting against the motion while 32 members from the opposition camp backed it. The motion was defeated following a division of votes.At the end of a...
17:47
BMC's update on the Covid-19 situation and vaccinations in Mumbai: After the Centre's approval for 247 vaccination at private centers, BMC aims for around 1 lakh vaccinations every day. With current timing of 8-12 hour shifts for vaccination around 35,000-40,000 people are getting vaccinated...
17:38
As many as 389 people died in the country while manually cleaning sewers from 2015 to 2019, the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry said on Wednesday. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said FIRs have been registered...
17:11
Hiran Chatterjee and Tanushree Chakraborty with BJP Bengal prez Dilip Ghosh
The BJP on Wednesday named Bengali actor Hiran Chatterjee, who recently joined the party, as its candidate from Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat, ending speculations whether party's state party chief and MP Dilip Ghosh would be fielded from there. The party also fielded Supriti Chatterjee...
16:55
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said central government leaders were addressing crowded rallies in poll-bound states, while opening suburban trains for the general public in Mumbai was being blamed for the rise in COVID-19 cases in the metropolis. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece...
16:29
A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes. The Rajput community panchayat also warned that those found violating...
16:16
Dehradun: Tirath Singh Rawat takes oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
16:13
CM Mamata Banerjee offers prayers at Durga Mandir in Shibrampur, Nandigram. She filed her nomination as a TMC candidate from the constituency, earlier today.
16:07
Extending its gains for the third straight session, equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 254 points on Wednesday tracking gains in pharma, IT and auto shares amid largely positive cues. The 30-share BSE index ended 254.03 points or 0.50 per cent higher at 51,279.51, and the broader NSE Nifty...
16:00
ICICI Bank on Wednesday announced that it will cover the cost of inoculating about 1 lakh employees of the bank and their families against coronavirus. The bank will provide COVID-19 vaccination for its employees and their immediate family members free of cost, it said in a release. The...
15:53
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday clarified on caste-related details received from Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. In a reply, the Union Home Ministry said that raw caste data has been provided to the Ministry of Social...
15:21
Over 4.76 lakh cattle meant for smuggling to Bangladesh were seized by the BSF along the Indo-Bangla border in the last five years, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday.In 2016, the minister said, 1,68,801 cattle were seized along the border, 1,19,299 in 2017, 63,716...
15:16
West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee to release party manifesto in Kalighat tomorrow. Banerjee today, filed her nomination from the high-profile Nandigram assembly seat, where she will be pitted against her former protege and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. Accompanied by party...
15:09
If Amit Shah has inside information on bomb-making factories in Bengal, his home ministry does not appear to have been brought up to speed.The Union home minister had said in an interview to a news channel last October that bomb-making factories are present in every district of West Bengal'.But...
14:58
To check the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Maharashtra health department has come up a seven- point action plan, including testing of close contacts, fast contact-tracing, mass testing in hot-spots and audit of deaths. All district administrations have been directed to act upon these points...
14:45
Senior Congress leader in Kerala P C Chacko quits party, alleging groupism in state unit. Chacko, one of the Congress's top faces, is a former MP from Thrissur in Kerala. I'd been deliberating upon this decision for past many days. I come from Kerala where there's no Congress party as...
14:37
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from the high-profile Nandigram assembly seat, where she will be pitted against her former protege and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari. Accompanied by party president...
13:42
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its list of 40-star campaigners for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. The list includes names of several popular celebrities including Mithun Chakraborty, Yash Dasgupta, Srabanti Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar and Hiran Chatterjee. The...
13:36
Delhi Police has registered 38 cases against people, including foreigners, following the January 26 violence in the capital during the farmers' protests, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. Delhi Police has informed that no road has been dug up at the...
13:33
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave an interim stay on summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, her counsel said. The matter came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Hairam...
13:27
Cambodia PM Hun Sen receives shot of Made in India Covishield vaccine. The Covishield vaccine is made by the Serum Institute in Pune. Indias Vaccine Maitri drive is reaping diplomatic benefits for the country with the 79-member African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) group and the 15-member...
12:55
The posters read: Nandigram wants its bhoomiputra, not outsider
TMC writes to WB Chief Electoral Officer stating that they've received reports on 'distribution of boxes of incense sticks and match boxes with BJP symbol and pictures of top BJP leaders to devotees at temples in Shyampukur and Jorasanko. TMC has asked for strict action into the matter.With poll...
12:25
Newly appointed Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat thanked the PM for his appointment. I thank PM, Home Minister and party chief who trusted me, a mere party worker who comes from a small village. I'd never imagined that I'd reach here. We'll make all efforts to meet people's expectations and...
12:19
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh announces in the Legislative Council that Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department. It is being done so that an impartial investigation can be conducted in the Mansukh Hiren death case, Deshmukh...
11:51
Sopore police killed Al-Badre Chief Ganie Khwaja in an encounter today. IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar has called it a big success. We've received information that two terrorists managed to escape while cordon was being laid. Ganie Khwaja went for training to Pakistan in 2000 and...
11:29
BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat to become new chief minister of Uttarakhand, announces Trivendra Singh Rawat who stepped down yesterday.Tirath Singh Rawat, 56, was the chief of the party in Uttarakhand in 2013-15 and also an MLA from the state in the past.His name was picked over prominent candidates...
11:18
BS Hooda
Haryana opposition of leader BS Hooda moves no-confidence motion in the Assembly; says, more than 250 farmers died on the border. I presented their names but I didn't find it in the newspaper. The ruling BJP in Haryana is facing a no-confidence motion in the assembly today. The opposition...
11:11
Mumbai Police have registered an FIR on charge of abetment to suicide in connection with the death of Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar, a senior police official said on Wednesday. Delkar (58), a seven-term MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory, was found dead in a hotel in Marine...
10:42
The National Investigation Agency begins probe in the case relating to the recovery of explosives from a car parked near Mukesh Ambani's house in Mumbai, visits the spot. The NIA took over the case following orders from the ministry of home affairs, he said.The Scorpio, with 20 gelatin sticks...
10:29
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 300 points in opening trade on Wednesday tracking gains in index majors Infosys, HDFC and Reliance Industries amid positive cues from global markets and fresh foreign fund inflow. The 30-share BSE index was trading 329.15 points or 0.65 per cent higher at...
10:21
BJP Parliamentary party meeting begins at the Parliament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr S Jaishankar, and Prahlad Patel are among ministers at the meeting.
10:11
BJP leaders arrive at the party office in Dehradun for party's legislature meeting to elect a new chief minister for Uttarakhand. We are looking for someone who can be made the chief minister, MLA Suresh Rathore told ANI. Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned as the CM on Tuesday...
09:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the Central Industrial Security Force on its raising day, saying their role in furthering national safety and progress is deeply valued.One of the central armed police forces in India, the CISF was set up in 1969 and is tasked with the security of...
09:27
A meeting of Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party's legislature party will begin shortly at the state party headquarters in Dehradun to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.The meeting will start at 10 am at the party office on Balbir Road.Central...
08:44
The maiden Quad summit, involving leaders from Australia, India, Japan and the United States, will discuss a variety of global issues ranging from COVID-19 challenge, economic crisis and climate change, the White House said on Tuesday.That President Biden has made this one of his earliest...
08:25
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' will participate in Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party legislative party meeting in Dehradun later today.Nishank's is among at least half a dozen leaders -- including Dhan Singh Rawat, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Satpal Maharaj -- whose names are...
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