23:39
Hitting out at actor Kangana Ranaut for describing India's Independence in 1947 as 'bheek' or alms, the Congress on Thursday said her remarks amounted to treason and demanded the government take back the Padma Shri bestowed on her recently as she has insulted the country's Independence...
23:19
A Delhi court on Thursday ordered farming of abetment of suicide, extortion, and other charges against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal in connection with a case of the alleged suicide of a doctor in south Delhi last year. ...
22:33
The Mumbai police has recorded the statement of Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with an allegation of forgery of caste certificate against him, an official said on Thursday. An assistant commissioner of police recorded Wankhede's statement recently and...
21:42
The Congress on Thursday appointed Harshwardhan Sapkal and Chetan Chauhan as All India Congress Committee secretaries and said they will assist the party in-charge for Punjab and Chandigarh. Harish Chaudhary is the AICC in-charge for party affairs in Punjab and the Union Territory of...
21:27
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday dismissed as 'factually wrong and an exaggeration' the comparison of Hindutva with the jihadist Islam of terrorist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram in party colleague Salman Khurshid's latest book. Azad, a former leader of Opposition in...
20:35
The rupee depreciated by 18 paise to end at 74.52 (provisional) against the US currency on Thursday, as heavy selling pressure in domestic equities and a strong greenback in the overseas market weighed on investor sentiments....
20:19
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A woman police officer on Thursday rescued a cemetery worker, who appeared unconscious, by carrying him on her shoulder from the premises of a graveyard here, police said.Following information that a 28-year old man, who worked at a cemetery under the jurisdiction of T P Chattiram Police Station...
20:11
Kind courtesy @ImranKhanPTI/Twitter
India on Thursday said that a Jatha of around 1,500 pilgrims will visit Pakistan from November 17 to 26 through the Atari-Wagah Integrated Check Post, as per the 1974 bilateral protocol between India and Pakistan on Visits to Religious Shrines.The move came keeping in view the significance of the...
19:02
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The depression over Bay of Bengal has started crossing coast near here, the Meteorological Department said here on Thursday.The depression has started crossing coast. During the past six hours, it has moved with a speed of 16 kilometer per hour and the landfall process will continue for the next...
18:57
Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Mizoram, Telangana, and Assam are among the top eight states in India with the most active number of COVID-19 cases as of Nov 11.However, active COVID-19 cases across India have come down to 138,556 as per data released by Union ministry of...
18:24
D M Awasthi IPS/Twitter
In a sudden move, the Chhattisgarh government on Thursday appointed Ashok Juneja, a 1989-batch IPS officer, as acting Director General of Police (DGP), replacing the incumbent D M Awasthi.As per an order issued by the Home Department, Awasthi, a 1986-batch IPS officer serving as the DGP since...
17:36
Rain waters inundates the ESI hospital in Chennai
Amid dark clouds and squally winds, the flooding, triggered by intense showers and release of surplus from dams, transformed several areas in Chennai and in the suburbs into a virtual, large water body.Fourteen people were killed in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu. The depression, that...
17:17
The government will fully cooperate with the committee of experts set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations of snooping using Pegasus software, IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. He said the government will provide infrastructure, manpower,...
17:04
The Pune Cantonment police have taken the custody of Kiran Gosavi, an NCB witness, in a 2020 cheating case, an official said on Thursday. Gosavi was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody in another 2018 cheating case registered against him at the Faraskhana police station in Maharashtra's Pune...
16:42
... Lahore!Lahore is on top of the list of the most polluted cities in the world, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index.The air quality in the city of Pakistan was recorded at over 600 on Wednesday. Karachi stood at the fifth position on the list.A level of 681 was...
16:37
SBI was down 2.83 points; take a look alongside for the other scrips that lost today.
16:26
The abrupt transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, to the Meghalaya High Court is not only controversial, but raises a host of issues. Read the column here.
16:22
South Africa's last Apartheid president, FW De Klerk, has died.Former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer, the statement said. He was 85 years old.As South Africa's last head of state from the era of...
16:10
A former member of the CPI (Maoist) was shot dead by unidentified men at a village in Hazaribagh, Jharkhan, on Thursday as he was on his way home from a river ghat, where he had gone to observe Chhath puja rituals, a senior police officer said. Six men on three motorcycles gunned down...
15:55
SBI was the top loser in the Sensex pack
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled by 433 points on Thursday tracking losses in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC and SBI amid mounting inflationary pressure in the global market and foreign fund outflows. The 30-share index ended 433.13 points or 0.72 per cent lower at 59,919.69. Similarly,...
15:54
Rejecting the Punjab government resolution moved in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today against the proposed move of the centre to extend the operational jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km, former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh asked the state government not to...
15:21
Shashi Tharoor tweets to say that he has been called a Sanghi sympathiser for wishing BJP veteran LK Advani on his birthday. Advani turned 94 on Monday. Tharoor writes, I am frankly appalled by the vicious backlash against my birthday greetings to LK Advaniji. Has civility disappeared...
15:10
Streets near the High Court Metro Station are waterlogged due to incessant rainfall in Chennai. Several areas of the city are inundated. Most districts in northern Tamil Nadu including Chennai are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, S...
14:53
Beneficiaries queue up for Covid vaccination
At least 13.52 lakh people were administered the COVID-19 vaccine in Madhya Pradesh in one day, which was the highest single-day vaccination in the country, an official claimed on Thursday. The mega campaign to achieve the target of 100 per cent inoculation saw a major success on Wednesday...
14:27
Migrants on the move in March 2020 amid the unplanned lockdown
The living condition of migrants' family members in western Odisha has not improved at all even as remittances sent by them is considered a pillar of economy for many households, according to a study. A major part of the remittances have been used for household consumption only, the Centre...
14:20
A waterlogged Marina Beach
Due to severe rains and heavy crosswinds, Chennai Airport has suspended arrivals from 13:15 hrs to 18:00 hours, today. Departures will continue.Pounded by rains over the past few days, Tamil Nadu has recorded more than 50 per cent excess rainfall (as compared to historical average) for the...
13:53
People will need booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine would be required if the COVID-19 virus gets mutated, said Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, Dr Krishna Ella. Talking to ANI, Dr Ella said, If there is a mutated COVID-19 virus and a booster is required. What type of...
13:43
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satya Narayan Pradhan has been appointed as Director-General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on a deputation basis till the date of his superannuation on August 31, 2024, or until further orders.Pradhan, a Jharkhand cadre 1988-batch IPS officer, was...
13:32
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is currently in the national capital, has cancelled her visit to Lucknow and is expected to meet senior party leader Salman Khurshid, sources said on Thursday.On Wednesday, Khurshid got embroiled in controversy for defaming and comparing...
13:11
Gautam Adani
She was a former school cook before joining agitations to free Adivasi prisoners and stop a government-owned iron ore mine to be run by the Adani group on a sacred mountain in Congress-run Chhattisgarh. The arrest of a 28-year-old in Bastar, who the police call a 'Maoist with Rs-1-lakh...
12:58
The daily number of COVID-19 cases in Germany has reached a new all-time high, with 39,676 cases registered in one day, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Wednesday.The seven-day incidence rate also rose to 232.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, peaking for the third day in a row, according to the...
12:21
Kangana Ranaut receiving the Padma Shri on Monday
BJP MP Varun Gandhi slams actress Kangana Ranaut for her comments at a media conclave where she said India got real independence in 2014, and that what we got in 1947 was 'bheek' (alms).Gandhi, who is the only BJP leader to criticise the government on the farmers' protests and the laws, said on...
11:28
Chinese investment in Nepal faces resistance from the local population, as many see Beijing's promises regarding infrastructure advancement harming the Nepali interests, and benefitting only China, a news report said.According to The Singapore Post, the challenges faced by Chameliya Hydropower...
10:57
A water-logged Marina beach in Chennai
The depression over Bay of Bengal will cross the coast between north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh this evening and the city would witness strong winds up to 45 km, the weather office here said on Thursday. Districts in northern Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Kancheepuram and...
10:50
A man walks through a haze this morning
Smoke and haze continue to cover the national capital with air quality in the 'very poor' category. Low temperatures allow accumulation of pollutants, said Mahesh Palawat, vice president (meteorology and climate change), Skymet Weather. The minimum temperature is expected to dip...
10:33
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 300 points in early trade on Thursday tracking losses in index-majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Infosys amid a largely negative trend in global markets and sustained foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading 303.07 points or 0.50 per...
10:29
Mohammad Rizwan
Pakistan batters Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik are suffering from mild flu and they could be doubtful starters for the T20 World Cup semifinal against Australia on Thursday.Rizwan and Malik, who missed the team's training session on Wednesday, though tested negative for COVID-19. The team...
10:09
Vaccination is the only way forward
India added 13,091 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,44,01,670, while the active cases declined to 1,38,556, the lowest in 266 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed...
09:36
In a bid to encourage more and more people to get inoculated against COVID-19, the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra has announced a vaccination bumper lucky draw, with lucrative prizes ranging from LED TVs, refrigerators to washing machines.Citizens who come to the civic-run...
08:53
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned against a return to Cold War-era tensions in the Asia-Pacific.The Asia-Pacific region cannot and should not relapse into the confrontation and division of the Cold War era, he said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit via video,...
01:06
The monetary authority on Wednesday again reiterated its strong views against cryptocurrencies saying they pose serious threats to the macroeconomic and financial stability of the country and also doubted the number of investors trading on them as well their claimed market value. ...
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