22:10
NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday rued the daily disruptions and adjournments in Parliament, saying not a single day passes when the two Houses function smoothly. He was speaking at an event here to mark the 81st birthday of veteran Congress leader Ulhas Pawar. Ulhas Pawar...
21:48
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska went really well.He also held a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, several European leaders and the Secretary General of NATO and highlighted that it was determined...
21:45
File image
Two tourists from Delhi were killed on Saturday when a shooting stone fell on them in Himachal Praddesh's Kinnaur district, following a landslide, police said. The incident occurred when Prasheel Baghmare (27) and Rashmi Ram (25) were trekking to the Lord Sri Krishna Temple at Yulla...
21:11
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Saturday given additional charge as the Nagaland Governor, according to a communique issued by the President's office. The vacancy had arisen due to the demise of Nagaland Governor La Ganesan. Ganesan, 80, died on Friday while undergoing...
21:02
File image/Reuters
Hindus in Bangladesh on Saturday celebrated the Janmashtami festival amid tight security with the country's army, navy and air chiefs joining the main function in the capital. The community leaders welcomed army chief general Waker-uz-Zaman, navy chief admiral M Nazmul Hassan and air chief...
20:30
An IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft operating from Bangkok experienced a tail strike at the Mumbai airport on Saturday while executing a low-altitude go-around due to unfavourable weather conditions, the airline said.The airline assured that all passengers and crew on board were safe.According to an...
20:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished the people of Ukraine a future marked by peace and.progress as he thanked its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his Independence Day wishes. Wishing India on its Independence Day, Zelenskyy on Friday said he hoped New Delhi would contribute...
19:47
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke to his British counterpart David Lammy and discussed various aspects of the Ukraine conflict, including the US-Russia summit talks on it.The call was initiated by the British side.Our discussions covered the recent Ukraine developments and...
19:12
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced a fund of Rs 30,000 crore for the development of the Brij region. He said the plan is to connect pilgrimage sites like Mathura, Vrindavan, Barsana and Gokul -- regions, he claimed, that go back to the Dwapar Yug. Our...
18:50
File image
A radicalised chef, Sheik Kothwal Noor Mohammad, was taken into custody by the police from Dharmavaram in Sri Satyasai district on Saturday for allegedly having contact with Pakistan-based terrorist organisations, said a police official. Police took Mohammad (42) into custody after growing...
18:39
Here is the list of the top 10 BSE companies by market capitalisation for the week ending August 14, 2025.
18:34
War 2, headlined by Jr NTR and Hrithik Roshan, has collected Rs 109.35 crore at the domestic box office in two days. Directed by Ayan Mukherji, War 2 is a sequel to the 2019 film War and also stars Kiara Advani. Produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, the film is a...
18:19
The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced that it will hold a press conference in the national capital on Sunday, August 17.The Election Commission of India shall be holding a Press Conference at 3:00 pm tomorrow, ie, Sunday, August 17, 2025, at National Media Centre, Raisina Road,...
17:37
File image
A family of four and another man were charred to death after fire broke out at a plastic articles manufacturing unit in Nagarthapet, near K R Market in Bengaluru, the police said. The police have identified the victims as Madan Singh (38) and Sangeetha (33) and their two children Rithesh (7)...
17:15
File image
A 32-year-old 'Govinda' fell to his death while tying 'Dahi Handi' in Mankhurd in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon, while 30 others taking part in the formation of human pyramids synonymous with the celebrations were injured across the metropolis, officials said. Jagmohan Shivkiran Chaudhari was...
17:02
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri will pay a two-day visit to Nepal beginning Sunday as part of the preparations for Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's planned trip to India next month. The ministry of external affairs said Misri is travelling to the Himalayan country following an...
16:32
India on Saturday welcomed the summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India appreciated the progress made at the talks, describing the leadership of both presidents in the pursuit of peace as...
16:03
The Kolkata Police on Saturday stopped the trailer launch of controversial film The Bengal Files based on the 1946 Calcutta Riots, its director Vivek Agnihotri claimed. The trailer of the film was slated to be launched at a five-star hotel in the metropolis in the afternoon. The...
15:44
The National Democratic Alliance on Saturday announced that its parliamentary meeting will be held on 19 August 2025 at 9:30 am, according to an official notification.The meeting is scheduled to take place in the G.M.C. Balayogi Auditorium of the Parliament Library Building, and all NDA members...
15:34
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Sunday launch a yatra to highlight the alleged assault on the people's right to vote through the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, a senior party leader said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference in Patna, former state Congress...
15:28
A 40-year-old man was killed after an SUV hit his motorcycle in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area, the police said on Saturday.According to them, the Mahindra Thar rammed Bhikshu Lal's two-wheeler late on Friday night, killing the biker on the spot.The driver of the Thar fled immediately after the...
15:03
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday described his talks with US President Donald Trump as long and substantive, underlining Ukraine's commitment to peace and close coordination with international partners.We started with one-on-one talks before inviting European leaders to join...
14:31
A non-resident Keralite, living in the United States, has been booked for allegedly insulting the national flag in a Facebook post, police said on Saturday.The Edathala police here registered a case against Albichan Muringayil, reportedly hailing from Kottayam, on Friday based on a complaint...
14:20
Four cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly duping a businessman from Mumbai of Rs 5.24 crore by posing as executives of a Dubai-based investment company, police said on Saturday.The fraud came to light after the accused themselves invited the victim to Dubai, where he found that the...
14:08
One of the trains leaving New Delhi station for Karachi, August 7, 1947/Keystone/Getty Images
NCERT's new special modules on the Partition of India have placed significant responsibility on the Congress leadership for the division of the country, saying they accepted the plans of Partition and underestimated Jinnah while failing to anticipate the long-term horrors that followed.Two...
13:59
India's foreign exchange reserves rose $4.7 billion to $693.62 billion in the week ended August 8, data released by the Reserve Bank of India showed. The total reserves grew on the back of rising foreign currency assets, which increased by $2.3 billion during the reported week.
13:42
Four persons were killed and 11 others injured after the mini bus they were travelling in collided with a small truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred around 5 am on National Highway 46, around 30 km from the district headquarters,...
13:03
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to return to India on Sunday after his historic visit to the International Space Station (ISS) and is eager to share his experiences with friends and colleagues back home as ISRO eyes its maiden human spaceflight in 2027. Shukla, who has been in the US,...
12:48
On the run for over 26 years, a man was arrested earlier this week by CBI on the charge of a 1999 murder in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Dilshad was nabbed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on August 11 as he returned from Madinah via...
12:21
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday searched multiple premises linked to Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader I Periyasamy and his MLA son as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The raids were undertaken in Chennai and Dindigul under the Prevention of Money...
12:09
The India meteorological department on Saturday morning issued a red alert in the districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, and Palghar of Maharashtra.IMD weather forecast predicted a moderate to intense spell of rain in these areas for the next three to four hours.In a...
11:48
As many as 45 customers of a medical distributor in Maharashtra's Thane district were allegedly duped of Rs 9.12 lakh as their orders were not delivered, police said on Saturday. Based on a complaint lodged by the distributor from Bhiwandi town, the police have registered a case under...
11:36
Amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection, was found to be the cause of a nine-year-old girl's death two days ago in this north Kerala district, health officials confirmed on Saturday. This infection is caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, they added. A senior...
11:00
Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
United States President Donald Trump has indicated that the US may not impose secondary tariffs on countries continuing to procure Russia crude oil. There were apprehensions that additional secondary tariffs would have hit India in case the US decided to enforce them. Well, he...
10:56
Two persons were killed, and as many others sustained injuries in a landslide amid heavy rains in the eastern suburb of Vikhroli in Mumbai on Saturday, civic officials said.The incident took place around 2.39 am at Varsha Nagar in Vikhroli Parksite, which falls under the collector's jurisdiction,...
09:54
On the day of his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, United States President Donald Trump repeated multiple times his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, while also commenting on New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil. New Delhi has been maintaining...
09:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his seventh death anniversary, and said he continues to inspire everyone in building a developed and self-reliant India. Modi said on X, Remembering Atal Ji on his Punya Tithi. His...
09:13
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said that the state government will waive loans of only needy farmers, and not those building farmhouses and bungalows.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced in the legislature that farmers in Maharashtra who genuinely need a loan...
09:00
A coordinated rescue and relief operation continued for the third consecutive day on Saturday in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, where 60 people lost their lives and over 100 others were injured, officials said. Union Minister Jitendra Singh, accompanied by Jammu...
08:19
Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded his joint press conference with US President Donald Trump on Friday by inviting Trump for further talks in Moscow. Next time in Moscow, Putin said. Trump accepted the suggestion, saying, That's an interesting one. I'll get a little...
04:51
Source: Reuters
Just In: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and Donald Trump have reached an 'understanding' on Ukraine, warns Europe not to 'torpedo the nascent progress', PTI has reported quoting AP. Trump and Putin end their joint press conference without taking questions or sharing details of...
04:39
Negotiations with the American delegation in the narrow format have concluded, the Kremlin said in a short statement, as reported by CNN. The bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted well over three hours, CNN reported. Russia's...
01:10
Just In: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun talks in Alaska on Friday on a potential deal to end the years-long Russia-Ukraine war. More details soon.
01:03
Jharkhand Education Minister Ramdas Soren died on Friday, JMM national spokesperson Kunal Sarangi said. He was 62. Soren was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Delhi, where he was admitted on August 2. State Education Minister Ramdas Soren, who was undergoing treatment...
00:59
File pic. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) landed at the Elmendorf Air Base in Anchorage, Alaska, to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reported. Putin has also arrived in Anchorage, according to Russian state media. The meeting is scheduled at Joint Base...
00:55
Just In: US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands warmly on the tarmac of Anchorage airport before their summit on the Russia-Ukraine war, PTI reports quoting AP.
00:46
The aircraft carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Anchorage/ANI on X
Just In: Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in Anchorage ahead of his talks with US President Donald Trump. Trump has already reached Alaska for the talks.More details soon. -- ANI
00:21
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that she would nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he successfully brokers a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine without forcing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. This statement comes ahead of Trump's high-stakes summit...
00:15
Air Force One aircraft carrying US President Donald Trump lands in Alaska's Anchorage city/ANI on X
Just In: US President Donald Trump has touched down in Anchorage ahead of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. More details soon. -- ANI
00:06
Air Force One aircraft carrying US President Donald Trump lands in Alaska's Anchorage city/ANI on X
Just In: US President Donald Trump has touched down in Anchorage ahead of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. More details soon. -- ANI
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances
