Current Affairs For The Year 2016 And Month Apr

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Video: Ammonia leak at Bulandshahr milk plant

2016-05-01 12:15:22 Read More

Uttarakhand forest fires: Centre takes stock

Rajnath Singh directed central officials to provide all possible assistance to the state to control the forest fires. Several teams of NDRF are already helping the state government to douse the flames. A Mi 17 chopper of the IAF began water sprinkling operations to control the forest fires.
2016-05-01 11:34:25 Read More

Uttarakhand crisis: Harish Rawat accepts his 'presence' in sting CD

The sting CD made by the editor-in-chief of a private news channel and circulated by the nine Congress rebels purportedly shows Rawat negotiating a money deal with the journalist to buy the support of MLAs who had revolted against him.
2016-05-01 10:54:58 Read More

India ready to clear $6.5 billion of Iran's oil dues

Keen to step up engagement in hydrocarbon sector with Iran, India has conveyed to the Persian Gulf nation that it was ready to clear nearly $6.5 billion of the dues for oil import from that country at the earliest, provided there was clarity on payment channel.
2016-05-01 10:18:12 Read More

IPL live scorecard: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI

Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina won the toss and opted to field against Kings XI Punjab in the 28th match of the IPL 2016.
2016-05-01 10:16:24 Read More

AP transport official arrested for graft, owns assets worth Rs 800cr

Many MLAs and governments have changed in between, but this has been the routine for the last 15 years. Mohan, incharge of two districts of east and west Godavari districts, has had a great ride by accumulating wealth to the tune of Rs 150 crore.
2016-05-01 07:40:06 Read More

Why Donald Trump is spooking Indian outsourcers

India's outsourcing industry is in midst of a painful transition & growth has slowed â€” industry lobby Nasscom has forecast 12% growth for 2016-17, down from 20% in the 2000s â€” even as wildly fluctuating immigration rhetoric in the ongoing US presidential elections has muddied the waters further.
2016-05-01 04:28:00 Read More

The importance of being Subramanian SwamyÂ

Now that Swamy has hitched his fortunes with the BJP, particularly prime minister Narendra Modi, he has to perform his role to perfection.
2016-05-01 04:17:20 Read More

PM Narendra Modi got a first class in MA from Gujarat university

According to the information available with Gujarat University, Modi was an external student and completed his masters in political science with a score of 62.3 per cent in 1983. His subjects in the two-year course included European Politics, Indian Political Analysis and Psychology of Politics.
2016-05-01 03:30:14 Read More

Delhi's a UT, not state: Centre to SC

The home ministry , in an application, said it was possibly an â€œoversightâ€œ by the apex court to treat Delhi as a state along with Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Nagaland, while it had directed the setting up of the state human rights commissions.
2016-05-01 00:09:32 Read More

Six killed as 100-year-old Mumbai building crashes

2016-04-30 23:53:23 Read More

Dishonesty rewarded in party, says TMC MP Trivedi

2016-04-30 21:26:50 Read More

ED may confront Tyagi with â€˜accusedâ€™ cousins

2016-04-30 19:41:28 Read More

Congress undermined Antonyâ€™s concerns on Agusta tests: BJP

China has managed to not just revive its flagship $1.4 billion Colombo Port City project in the strategically-placed island nation, but it is now also engaged in expansion of major infrastructure projects it built in the past and which were seen as impracticable until recently.
2016-04-30 19:18:33 Read More

Hrithik hacked into my email account: Kangana

The statement was recorded by cops probing a complaint filed by actor Hrithik Roshan of an imposter who sent mails from a fake email account in his name
2016-04-30 18:04:41 Read More

How soon can a Hindu remarry after divorce

Is remarriage by a Hindu between 30 and 90 days of a divorce verdict a legal marriage? This is a perplexing question which a 39-year-old Hindu woman, now in an advanced stage of pregnancy in her second marriage, faces.
2016-04-30 17:49:40 Read More

Debt-ridden Sri Lanka snuggles up to China again at Indiaâ€™s expense

Bengal polls phase 5: 78% voter turnout recorded

Since 7am, large queues of voters were seen outside the booths. Altogether 186 people were arrested, of whom 177 were taken into custody under preventive sections, and nine others on specific charges. The poll panel also ordered an FIR against TMC MLA Sonali Guha for allegedly inciting violence.
2016-04-30 15:08:28 Read More

Live IPL scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
2016-04-30 14:25:23 Read More

Former jihadist recounts ISISâ€™s brutality, paints grim picture

A former jihadist, who fled ISIS in Syria, recalls the grisly beheadings, stonings and amputations in the "caliphate". He also narrates how young boys are made to carry out executions and warns air strikes against the group are driving more to carry out attacks against the West.
2016-04-30 13:16:49 Read More

Bengal polls phase 5: Voter turnout 72% till 3pm

Voter turnout of 72.46% was recorded from Hooghly district, 73.19% in South 24 Parganas while Kolkata South recorded of 58.05% voting. In South 24 Parganas, six persons were injured in poll violence while one injury was reported from Hooghly. The injured were taken to Basanti hospital.
2016-04-30 11:57:11 Read More

Ganga 'drying up' as summer intensifies

The country is reeling under severe summer with temperature touching almost 45 degree Celsius in many parts of the country. At least 150 deaths have been recorded in Telangana and Odisha in the recent days.
2016-04-30 11:47:45 Read More

Building collapse in Mumbai kills 6, many trapped

Five people were rescued from the debris of the building in Kamathipura area of Grant Road, which caved in at around 2pm, a fire brigade official said. Eight fire engines and three ambulances have been pressed into rescue operation.
2016-04-30 10:39:20 Read More

IPL live scorecard: Daredevils vs Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Daredevils in the 26th match of the IPL 9.
2016-04-30 10:16:48 Read More

SC hearing on NCR diesel car ban adjournedÂ

2016-04-30 08:19:28 Read More

No takers for Kingfisher Airlines brands in auction

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are looking at around 40 companies in which he is said to have a stake, directly or indirectly. Most of these companies are based abroad, and it is suspected that the money Mallya allegedly embezzled from bank loans could have been routed to these companies.
2016-04-30 07:24:09 Read More

No petrol- or diesel-run cabs in NCR from tmrw: SC

Seeking to recover their dues from beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya, lenders on Saturday initiated an auction of various brands and trademarks of the long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines, including its once-famous tagline 'Fly The Goodtimes' but bidders were hard to come by.
2016-04-30 06:37:14 Read More

This is how entire families in Punjab are getting hooked to heroin

A young businessman from Ludhiana got the shock of his life when he realized that he was not the only one in the family addicted to heroin. His habit had spread to his wife and sister as well.
2016-04-29 21:29:05 Read More

40 firms â€˜tiedâ€™ to Mallya under lens

2016-04-29 20:55:41 Read More

PM didn't strike any deal: Govt on chopper scam

The government termed attempts to link NSA Ajit Doval and principal secretary to PM Nripendra Mishra to one of the accused as "totally baseless assertion". "Those who cannot see Prime Minister succeed even hint at him cutting a deal. Nothing could be farther from the truth," it said in a statement.
2016-04-29 16:12:14 Read More

IPL 2016: Kotla to host Eliminator, Qualifier 2

2016-04-29 15:53:11 Read More

CIC asks DU, Gujarat university to give info on PM's degrees to Kejriwal

Information commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu directed the Prime Minister's Office to make available details such as roll number, degree number of the PM to the Delhi University so that it can search the records and facilitate disclosure of information to RTI applicants.
2016-04-29 14:39:49 Read More

Chopper scam: ED, CBI summon ex-Air chief Tyagi

Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina won the coin toss and decided to bowl against Rising Pune Supergiants in the 25th match of the Indian Premier League season nine at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday.
2016-04-29 14:38:52 Read More

IPL live scorecard: Pune Supergiants vs Gujarat

The IPL governing council on Friday announced that the Eliminator and second Qualifier of the ninth Indian Premier League will be held at the capital's Feroz Shah Kotla stadium instead of Eden Gardens.
2016-04-29 14:08:51 Read More

Investment up 65%, India now 3rd largest source of FDI into UK: Report

India's investments in the UK zoomed nearly 65 per cent in 2015, establishing it as the third largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Britain after the US and France.
2016-04-29 12:29:05 Read More

Bindra says yes; IOA waits for Tendulkar, Rahman

2016-04-29 10:59:38 Read More

Interest rate on PF deposits increased to 8.8%

The Union finance ministry on Friday agreed to increase interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.8 per cent from the 8.7 per cent decided by it earlier. The Union labour ministry was pushing for 8.8 per cent interest rate.
2016-04-29 10:43:29 Read More

ICICI net profit plunges 87% to over 11-year low

"Received a letter this afternoon from the president and secretary general of the IOA inviting me to be a goodwill ambassador. I am humbled that they thought I am worthy enough for this honour. I respectfully accept this with gratitude," Bindra said.
2016-04-29 10:35:51 Read More

Bombay HC orders demolition of Adarsh building

The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered the demolition of the Adarsh Housing Society building. The court also directed the state to initiate criminal prosecution against officers involved in the scam and to restore the plot.
2016-04-29 09:52:07 Read More

Am in forced exile, have no plan to leave: Mallya

EDâ€™s probe into Michelâ€™s transactions show how the fugitive Briton, sought by both ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation, operated. In May 2010, Michel entered into a contract with Agusta to purchase 14 discarded WG-30 choppers from Pawan Hans.
2016-04-29 05:17:46 Read More

IT cos see higher automation but lower hiring

Mallya, 60, flew first class from Delhi to London on March 2 at a time when the Indian government and mainly state-controlled banks are trying to recover $1.4 billion owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.
2016-04-29 04:31:24 Read More

Agusta case: How Michel vanished with Rs 135cr

2016-04-29 02:59:16 Read More

She got into IIT, but that wasn't enough - she still killed herself

India's information technology industry is expected to post the seventh straight year of improving productivity, as automation adds to efficiency and drives down hiring rates among software services companies.
2016-04-29 01:08:16 Read More

Pay compensation or go to jail, Unitech MDs told

2016-04-28 23:59:23 Read More

Politicos' resentment against RTI out in the open

2016-04-28 21:33:56 Read More

PM Modi to address US Congress on June 8

Jha told the House of Commons Business Select Committee that structural disadvantages in the UK, such as extremely high energy costs, were largely the reason for the crisis in the steel industry. He clarified that the company did not want to sell it to different buyers either.
2016-04-28 20:10:25 Read More

Vigorously pursuing Agusta probe: Def ministry

2016-04-28 19:09:48 Read More

Govt to ease norms for â€˜legalâ€™ agents in defence buying

2016-04-28 19:00:36 Read More

We can't continue to bleed: Tata Steel to UK MPs

2016-04-28 15:39:17 Read More

India writes to UK, seeks Vijay Mallya's deportation

The SC directed the Centre and CBES to go ahead and conduct two-phase single common entrance test for MBBS, BDS and PG courses through the NEET.The apex court said that the AIPMT, which is to take place on Sunday, would be considered as first phase of the NEET.
2016-04-28 11:16:11 Read More

DATE 2

SC orders single entrance test for medical courses

Taking a jibe at Sonia Gandhi over her remarks that she does not fear anybody, Amit Shah said she is "right" and that is why such "scams" keep coming out in the open. He added that it was a "rare dispensation" as scams under UPA continue to be reported even two years after it was voted out.
2016-04-28 10:46:08 Read More>>

Sonia should tell who got 'kickbacks': Amit Shah

Subramanian Swamy, who triggered huge protests from Congress on Thursday over his attempts to drag Sonia Gandhi in the AgustaWestland helicopter row, again made some controversial remarks in the Rajya Sabha and was warned by the Chair of action for "unnecessarily provoking" members.
2016-04-28 10:04:43 Read More

Swamy warned against 'provoking' oppn MPs

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Thursday accomplished the task of developing the country's own navigation system with the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the last in the series of seven navigation satellites.
2016-04-28 08:14:49 Read More

Isro launches 7th satellite for India's own GPS

2016-04-28 07:30:48 Read More

Isro successfully launches 7th and last satellite for India's own GPS

Despite marginal salary hikes offered by US-based Cognizant â€” followed by TCS â€” last year, experts say that the range of salaries still largely remains the same.
2016-04-28 07:03:55 Read More

Indian-origin boy is youngest ever in top NSW team

2016-04-28 05:27:03 Read More

No salary hike for freshers in IT industry

Top US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the Obama administration's decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, saying the aircrafts could be used against India and not in combating terrorism.
2016-04-28 05:22:10 Read More

Pak may use F-16s against India, review sale: US lawmakers to Obama

Is Shashank Manohar quitting as BCCI president?

The Indian cricket fraternity was rife with speculation that Manohar had indeed decided to put in his papers in May, well in time for the ICC ballot, where - if elected - a five year tenure could await him.
2016-04-28 03:02:02 Read More

Bihar says no to havans or pujas from 9am-6pmÂ

Stung by fire incidents in various parts of Bihar due to searing heat conditions, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ordered officials to issue an advisory to people not to light fire between 9 AM and 6 PM and observe 'havan' and puja before nine in the morning.
2016-04-28 02:28:49 Read More

SCâ€™s Uâ€™khand ruling will be swiftest in history

If the Supreme Court delivers what it promised on Wednesday, then it will go down in history as the apex court's swiftest exercise to determine constitutional validity of central rule in a state, in this case Uttarakhand. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and S K Singh fixed a tight, 11-day schedule to complete hearings, apply constitutional principles and apex court rulings and render a judgment.
2016-04-27 22:30:35 Read More

Chopper deal: Finmeccanica not blacklisted yet; fresh deals on hold

Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries like the UK-based AgustaWestland are yet to be formally blacklisted by India, even though all fresh arms deals with them continue to be on hold.
2016-04-27 20:12:07 Read More

Chopper deal: Not afraid of anyone, says Sonia

With BJP dragging Sonia Gandhi's name into the AgustaWestland chopper scam, an angry Congress chief retaliated by accusing the ruling party of resorting to a "strategy of character assassination" by directing "false and baseless" allegations against her and party colleagues.
2016-04-27 19:49:19 Read More

Chopper deal: Not afraid of anyone, says Sonia

Chopper deal: What SP Tyagi had revealed during CBI interrogation

Former Indian Air Force Chief S P Tyagi, accused of swinging the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal in favour of Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland, had admitted during his interrogation by the CBI in 2013 that he had met middleman Guido Ralph Haschke at a farm house party in Delhi.
2016-04-27 19:41:56 Read More

IPL 2016: Gujarat survive Morris scare to go top

Gujarat Lions (172/6) survived a late-order assault of unbeaten 82 runs off just 32 balls from South African allrounder Chris Morris to beat Delhi Daredevils (171/5) by just one-run in match 23 of the 2016 Indian Premier League on Wednesday.
2016-04-27 16:26:51 Read More

Chopper scam: Govt to seek CBI report, blacklist AgustaWestland

CBI had in 2013 registered a case in connection with alleged bribes paid by the firm to Indians to clinch the deal for 12 helicopters to ferry VVIPs. Sources in the Modi government claimed that UPA dispensation had not blacklisted AgustaWestland despite allegations of bribery.
2016-04-27 16:17:29 Read More

'Laser walls' activated along India-Pak border

The 'laser walls' or fence are being monitored by the BSF which guards the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. These walls have been made operational to plug the porous riverine and treacherous terrain and keep an effective vigil against intruders and terrorists
2016-04-27 14:25:55 Read More

Diverted Jet aircraft runs short of fuel

2016-04-27 13:15:31 Read More

Find out why court mentioned you, BJP tells Sonia

The BJP has asked the Congress president to use her "old relations" in Italy to find out why an Italian court mentioned her name in AgustaWestland corruption case and said more revelations are on the way.
2016-04-27 13:14:14 Read More

President's Rule in Uttarakhand to continue, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared that President's Rule in Uttarakhand will continue till it pronounces judgment on Centre's appeal against state high court's decision. The top court order implied that there will be no floor test in the Assembly on April 29.
2016-04-27 10:38:12 Read More

Paes-Bhupathi can't get wild card for Rio: AITA

The anticipated return of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi as a pair in the men's double event at the 2016 Rio Olympics has been squashed with the All-India Tennis Association reportedly confirming that no country can get a wild card entry for the event.
2016-04-27 10:37:19 Read More

President Rule in U'khand: SC asks 7 questions, seeks Centre's reply

The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to test the Centre's knowledge of the Constitution. It framed seven questions related to the March 27 imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand and sought the Centre's answers to them.
2016-04-27 09:58:49 Read More

No IPL matches in Maharashtra after May 1: SC

2016-04-27 07:55:52 Read More

Let them take my name, I've nothing to hide: Sonia on chopper scam

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday rejected as "baseless" allegations linking her and party leaders to bribes in the AgustaWestland chopper deal and said she is not "afraid" of being "cornered" on the issue.
2016-04-27 07:23:33 Read More

In Saudi reform plan, steps towards social change

2016-04-27 07:02:20 Read More

Saudi reform plan looks to social change, slowly

Live: Chopper scam dominates in RS

A large portion of the money paid by AgustaWestland to Michel is "completely disproportionate" to the work he did for the company â€” thatâ€™s how the Milan Court of Appeals describes a man Indian investigators have been seeking.
2016-04-27 04:34:00 Read More

VVIP chopper scam: The shady Brit who flew away with Rs 330 crore

Watch: London's Big Ben silenced for repairs

Prime Minister Modi has virtually turned Air India One into a flying PMO. While he is known to work and hold meetings on its long flights, the teetotaller PM has ensured that everyone else on board does so too by not allowing any liquor to be served on the aircraft.
2016-04-27 03:54:26 Read More

Trump sweeps 5 states, says Republican race is 'over'Â

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2016-04-27 02:53:39 Read More

K'taka CM Siddaramaiah's future uncertain

2016-04-27 02:51:47 Read More

Major fire at bio-diesel plant in Visakhapatnam

A massive fire broke out at Biomax Fuels Limited, a bio-diesel manufacturing unit in the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ), Duvvada area in the city on Tuesday night, officials said. No casualties were reported in the incident.
2016-04-27 02:04:14 Read More

Major fire at bio-diesel plant in Visakhapatnam

PM's Air India One is often high but always dry

2016-04-26 22:42:14 Read More

Government to get Vijay Mallya extradited from UK

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would soon initiate court proceedings and approach the British government to get Vijay Mallya extradited from Britain even as the controversial liquor baron said he did not plan to return soon because of the fear that he may be taken straight to Tihar Jail from Delhi airport.
2016-04-26 21:29:31 Read More

Echoes of Bofors scandal in VVIP chopper deal

The still-exploding VVIP Choppergate has uncanny similarities with the infamous Bofors scandal of the mid-1980s, which ultimately led to the Rajiv Gandhi government's downfall in the 1989 general elections.
2016-04-26 21:19:08 Read More

Interpol asked to arrest chopper deal middleman

As it becomes clear that Indian officials were paid huge bribes in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers contract during the UPA regime, the CBI has raised the heat on middleman Christian Michel, the most important link who allegedly influenced politicians and officials in Italy and India for the deal.
2016-04-26 21:12:50 Read More

VVIP chopper scam: BJP to gun for 'Signora Gandhi' in House

An Italian court order that names former IAF chief S P Tyagi for receiving bribes in purchase of VVIP choppers and references to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and other top party leaders sent political temperatures soaring with BJP demanding the "bribe takers" own up to their role in the UPA-era defence deal.
2016-04-26 20:30:54 Read More

Our service chiefs may earn more than US Gens

For the first time, the Indian Army chief and his counterparts in the IAF and the Navy will draw more salary than the top general and equivalent in the US based on purchasing power parity (PPP) terms when the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission are implemented.
2016-04-26 20:16:30 Read More

HC allows Muslim girls to wear hijab for AIPMET

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to Muslim girls to wear hijab, a customary religious dress, for the All India Pre-Medical Test-2016 but on condition that they should be present at the hall half an hour before the exam for frisking if necessary.
2016-04-26 12:28:03 Read More

Aishwarya supports Salman as Olympics envoy

At an event, it was his ex-girlfriend, the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who openly supported the 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' actorâ€™s selection as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Rio Olympics.
2016-04-26 11:46:03 Read More

China to India, Pak: Talk directly on Masood Azhar

India and Pakistan should resolve the issue over Masood Azhar through "direct" and "serious consultations", China said on Tuesday. Beijing had recently blocked India's bid in the UN to ban the JeM chief, generating negativity in its ties with New Delhi.
2016-04-26 11:36:01 Read More

When Sachin Tendulkar had no money in pocket for a cab ride home

Sachin Tendulkar, among the richest sportsmen in the country, today recalled a time in his life when he did not have money to hire a cab for a ride home from the railway station on his return from Pune after an under-15 cricket game.
2016-04-26 11:10:45 Read More

SC shares details of Mallya's assets with banks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the details of assets held by Vijay Mallya, his three children and his estranged wife to the consortium of banks led by SBI on the request of attorney general Mukul Rohatgi.
2016-04-26 11:03:10 Read More

Tax dept hires Air India to fix up Mallya's $27m jet before sale

Almost three years after Vijay Mallya's swanky Kingfisher Airline private jet was sealed off by the service tax department, the jet has undergone a makeover under the watchful eyes of Air India's engineering services so that it is in its best shape before it goes under the hammer in May.
2016-04-26 09:30:13 Read More

Drought forces farmers into Bengaluru slums

2016-04-26 09:16:30 Read More

Startups in India cut global hiring

2016-04-26 07:47:52 Read More

Watch: Ravindra Jadejaâ€™s kin booked for firingÂ

2016-04-26 07:37:30 Read More

Kashmir is 'core issue' for Pak: Pak foreign secy

The 225-page judgement by the Milan Court of Appeals has a separate 17-page chapter on Tyagi that explained the grounds on which it came to the conclusion on the corruption of the "Indian public officer".
2016-04-26 06:45:51 Read More

DATE 3

You can't be in denial about terrorism, India tells Pakistan

Gone are the days when bigger e-commerce players would hire vice presidents for Rs 1-1.5 crore plus stock options that would be worth another Rs 1 crore a year.
2016-04-26 06:45:51 Read More>>

Graft in Chopper deal proven: Italian court

2016-04-26 06:15:12 Read More

Saudi prince unveils sweeping plans to end 'addiction' to oil

The National Museum of Natural History was destroyed after a fire broke out in the FICCI building that it is housed in. Six firemen were seriously injured while trying to douse the fire. The fire started between 1:30 am and 2 am. There's no word yet on what caused the fire.
2016-04-26 06:09:34 Read More

Museum of Natural History â€” All you want to know

In the wake of reports that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been diagnosed with gangrene in his legs which had left him immobile, senior intelligence officials and Dawood's deputy Chhota Shakeel confirmed to TOI on Monday that the gangster is "fit".
2016-04-26 04:29:10 Read More

US Navy challenged India's sea rights last yr

The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday handed out punishments for the February 9 event on campus, with the three students facing sedition charges in court over â€œanti-nationalâ€œ slogans raised during the function attracting differing penalties.
2016-04-26 04:13:22 Read More

Fire destroys Natural History Museum in Delhi, 6 firemen injured

JNU fines Kanhaiya Rs 10k, suspends Umar, Anirban

2016-04-26 00:56:22 Read More

Massive fire at Delhi's Ficci auditorium

Massive fire engulfed the Ficci auditorium in central Delhi during early hours of Tuesday.
2016-04-25 23:25:40 Read More

Visa cancelled under China pressure: Dolkun Isa

In an exclusive interview to TOI's Rohit David, controversial Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa speaks on the cancellation of his visa by the Indian government, why China considers him as a terrorist and the Interpol notice against him.
2016-04-25 23:08:16 Read More

Hope for Indo-Pak dialogue as foreign secretaries meet today

This will be the first high-level engagement between the two countries since PM Modi's famous Lahore "drop by" on his counterpart Nawaz Sharif's birthday on December 25, 2015.
2016-04-25 20:53:06 Read More

Buddhist monks roped in as Modiâ€™s messengersÂ

Buddhist monks will be travelling the length and breadth of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, over the next six months informing people about PM Narendra Modi's views on Buddhism and Bhimrao Ambedkar.
2016-04-25 19:55:08 Read More

Dawood not down with gangrene in leg: Shakeel

Claiming that these rumours were being floated to hinder the D-company's business interests, Shakeel said, "Aapki agencies ke pass galat khabar hai.Ye sab rumours hain.Bhai bilkul fit hain.
2016-04-25 19:49:19 Read More

Dawood doesn't have gangrene in leg: Shakeel

The US military conducted "freedom of navigation" operations against 13 countries last year, including several to challenge China's claims in the South and East China seas, according to an annual Pentagon report released on Monday.
2016-04-25 19:49:19 Read More

LGBT activist among two hacked to death in B'desh

2016-04-25 16:07:11 Read More

Vijay Mallya not cooperating with probe, banks tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up BCCI for "monopolizing" cricket in the country and said several youngsters wanting to be Dhonis and Kohlis are not given equal opportunity if they are not on the right side of the cricket body.
2016-04-25 15:49:00 Read More

SC to BCCI: Youngsters wanting to be Dhonis & Kohlis not getting chance

JNU sedition row: Kanhaiya fined, Umar rusticated for 1 semester

JNU has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on its students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar and rusticated fellow student Umar Khalid for an event organised on February 9 where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. Both were arrested and booked under sedition charges; they were later released on bail.
2016-04-25 12:39:33 Read More

RS ethics panel wants Vijay Mallya expelled

Independent MP and liquor baron Vijay Mallya is all set to face expulsion from Rajya Sabha, with a parliamentary panel examining the matter related to his alleged loan default of over Rs 9,400 crore rupees, on Monday unanimously favouring such action.
2016-04-25 12:15:47 Read More

2006 Malegaon blasts case: 8 men discharged

A special court here on Monday discharged the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case. The court dropped all charges against them.
2016-04-25 11:08:18 Read More

India, Pak foreign secretaries to meet in Delhi

Pakistan's foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry will visit India on Tuesday to attend the 'Heart of Asia' regional conference. He will meet with his Indian counterpart after bilateral talks were derailed following the Pathankot terror attack.
2016-04-25 10:36:17 Read More

SC to Maharashtra: Better to dance in bars than to beg on streets

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra government for not granting licence to dance bars and warned it not to overstep its powers by defying the apex court order. "It's better for women to perform in dance bars than begging on streets or indulging in unacceptable activities," the SC said.
2016-04-25 08:10:36 Read More

Mallya lives in a $15 million mansion in Britain

Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs 9,000 crore to various banks in the country, has been living at a $15 million mansion in England's Hertfordshire county. The mansion was bought from the father of Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One champion, by a company with offshore links.
2016-04-25 07:13:48 Read More

Bengaluru may no longer be 'air conditioned city'

The city surpassed its April 30, 1931 temperature record as the meteorological department officially recorded a maximum temperature of 39.2 degrees on Sunday.The city surpassed its April 30, 1931 temperature record as the meteorological department officially recorded a maximum temperature of 39.2 degrees on Sunday.
2016-04-25 07:00:40 Read More

Uyghur leader blames China for visa cancellation

Dolkun Isa, a leader of World Uyghur Congress, who lives in Germany, had been invited for the conference being organised by US-based 'Initiatives for China'. Isa said, "On April 23, I got a very short note by the Indian side that my visa is cancelled. There was no explanation."
2016-04-25 06:45:36 Read More

Apple iPhone may cost same â€” online and offline

The move was triggered by flagging offline sales of iPhones and comes ahead of a proposed launch of Appleâ€™s own stores in the country.
2016-04-25 04:39:13 Read More

IMA demotes 16 cadets for beating up juniorsÂ

In one of the strictest disciplinary actions taken by the Indian Military Academy against its under-training gentlemen cadets, as many as 16 of the spring 2016 batch have been ordered to repeat the six-month course for beating up their juniors and taking objectionable photographs of them.
2016-04-25 00:58:18 Read More

In Latur, wells dry up for first time in 100 years

Marathwada has seen terrible droughts before. But never before did the two oldest wells in Wadval Nagnath village in Chakur taluka of Latur dry up. These wells have been around over 100 years.
2016-04-24 23:45:07 Read More

Islamic State's chief India recruiter killed in US drone strike

Mohammad Shafi Armar, the chief recruiter for Islamic State (IS) in India, was killed in a US drone strike in Syria a few days ago, sources have confirmed. The 26-year-old from Bhatkal in Karnataka is learned to have recruited at least 30 men for the group.
2016-04-24 21:59:56 Read More

Space project aims for stars, wants India onboard

The $100-million revolutionary space programme Breakthrough StarShot, which envisages sending ultralight nano crafts to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri - 25 trillion miles away - will seek India's participation, executive director of the project S Pete Worden has said. 'Breakthrough StarShot', which will turn sci-fi into reality, involves a ground-based light-beamer pushing ultralight nano crafts-miniature space probes attached to light sails-to speeds up to 100 million miles an hour.
2016-04-24 20:16:41 Read More

Space project aims for stars, wants India on board

How can 18,000 judges tackle 3 crore cases, CJI asks PM Modi

His outburst caught the prime minister's attention.Modi, who was not scheduled to speak at the event, said, "Jab jaago tab savera (better late than never).I can understand his pain as a lot of time has lapsed since 1987.
2016-04-24 19:50:27 Read More

SL cricketer Silva hospitalized after blow on head

Sri Lanka's test opener Kaushal Silva was taken to hospital on Sunday after being hit on the head by a cricket ball while fielding in a domestic match. Sri Lanka Cricket said that Silva was struck during a match in Pallekele.
2016-04-24 18:41:41 Read More

SL cricketer Silva hospitalized after blow to head

Indians in the US branch out to diplomatic corps

In the annals of Indian immigrant academic and professional pursuits, serving in the US government hasn't ranked very high since the sixties when Washington opened doors to them.
2016-04-24 18:30:52 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: RPS vs KKR

Follow all the live action from Match 20 of the Indian Premier League between Rising Pune Supergiants and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
2016-04-24 14:19:46 Read More

IPL 2016: Gujarat Lions beat RCB by six wickets

Virat Kohli's maiden T20 hundred went in vain as Gujarat Lions beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the 19th match of the Indian Premier League season nine. Gujarat jumped to the top of the standings with four victories in five games.
2016-04-24 14:17:10 Read More

Kanhaiya wrongly labelled anti-national: Shiv Sena warns BJP

If youth are branded "anti-national" in this manner, they will not be able to work freely for the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will forfeit the their support, he warned. "Youth are in huge numbers in our country and therefore Centre must take care," the Shiv Sena chief said.
2016-04-24 13:21:26 Read More

Gram sabhas as important as Parliament: PM Modi

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the coin toss and opted to bat first against Gujarat Lions at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
2016-04-24 12:01:28 Read More

A car salesman tries to fight ISIS, ends up in US jail

Addressing the inaugural session of Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts, Justice Thakur said that since 1987, when the Law Commission had recommended increase in the number of judges from then 10 judges per 10 lakh people to 50, "nothing has moved".
2016-04-24 10:20:46 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Gujarat Lions vs RCB

2016-04-24 10:06:59 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Gujarat Lions vs RCB

2016-04-24 10:06:59 Read More

After CJI breaks down, PM proposes a meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong pitch for strengthening democracy at the grassroots level as he asked the gram panchayats to play active role in developmental activities, taking advantage of the immense resources and schemes of his government.
2016-04-24 09:22:44 Read More

An overworked CJI breaks down in front of PMÂ

The PM's invitation came in response to CJI TS Thakur's impassioned speech at a conference on Sunday of chief ministers and high court justices, during which he urged the government to refrain from criticizing the judiciary because judicial reform was in the hands of the executive - and the executive hasn't kept its part of the bargain.
2016-04-24 07:45:41 Read More

Now, another Republican mocks Indian accent as 'worst to understand'

Indian workers are the "worst" and the "hardest" ones to understand, Republican governor of US state of Maine Paul LePage said, stirring another controversy by his party members in this election cycle. In his address to the Maine Republican convention, wherein the party selected its delegates for the July national convention, Page alleged that foreign workers are being used in local restaurants.
2016-04-24 06:40:06 Read More

PM Modi's Mann ki Baat: Key highlights

2016-04-24 05:57:51 Read More

Vijay Mallya's passport revoked by MEA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday shared his thoughts on a number of issues, including drought and education, in his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on All India Radio today. This is the 19th edition of the programme.
2016-04-24 05:02:00 Read More

Wish Sachin Tendulkar on his 43rd birthday

If road transport ministry has its way, then there will be a system in place to rid traffic of all unfit vehicles including private cars 15 years after registration. The ministry has proposed "automatic de-registration" of all vehicles after this period.
2016-04-24 04:02:43 Read More

Why agricultural startups are blossoming

Agriculture in India is a $370 billion sector, but there is little application of technology to improve productivity and lift millions out of poverty . Now, a clutch of entrepreneurs is looking out of their city offices to the countryside to change this.
2016-04-24 00:37:39 Read More

Adding heft to diplomacy, India to send warships to Persian Gulf

After three days in Dubai, the warships will reach Kuwait around May 12 before heading for Manama (Bahrain) and Muscat (Oman) and then finally return to Mumbai by May 27-28.
2016-04-24 00:02:45 Read More

'Automatic de-registration' of 15-year-old vehicles on cards

DATE 4

Canal charisma: Bumper crop in dry Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer's crops this year are worth Rs 300 crore, up from Rs 150 crore last year, thanks to a continuous flow of water through the Indira Gandhi Canal, said agriculture officer Ranjeet Singh Sarva.
2016-04-23 22:01:38 Read More>>

Jat quota protest was the most-filmed riot

Jat reservation protests were the first large-scale riot to have been captured on hundreds of CCTV cameras and thousands of smartphones besides TV channels, yielding a rich tranche of electronic evidence which is now proving to be valuable for police as they start rounding up the perpetrators.
2016-04-23 20:17:18 Read More

Cancer kills over 50 kids in India every day: Study

Over 50 children in the age group of one month to 14 years die of cancer every day in India, according to a recent study which also highlights the significant monetary burden of the disease and lack of advanced treatment options in the country.
2016-04-23 19:50:01 Read More

Why New Yorkers pay a pittance for Indian food

IPL: Daredevils beat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs

Sanju Samson scored a fifty and put on a crucial 71-run stand with JP Duminy to power Delhi Daredevils to 164/4 against Mumbai Indians in the Game 17 of the Indian Premier League season nine.
2016-04-23 14:16:23 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Hyderabad vs Punjab

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner won the toss and decided to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab in the 18th match of the IPL 9 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
2016-04-23 14:10:12 Read More

Facebook, Google HQs face flood risk due to sea level rise: Report

A fresh forecast by a team of scientists has warned that these companies face the prospect of their Silicon Valley headquarters becoming swamped by water as rising sea levels threaten to submerge much of the property in San Francisco Bay Area
2016-04-23 12:10:27 Read More

Bangladesh professor hacked to death by ISIS

Police said English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was hacked from behind with machetes. The police commissioner said they had not yet named any suspects but added that the pattern of the attack fitted with previous killings by Islamist militants.
2016-04-23 11:49:30 Read More

China to develop floating nuclear power plants

All the radar systems, lighthouses, barracks, ports and airfields that China has set up on its newly built island chain in the South China Sea require tremendous amounts of electricity, which is hard to come by in a place hundreds of miles from the country's power grid.
2016-04-23 09:52:47 Read More

Donald Trump mocks Indian call centre, but says India a great nation

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has used fake Indian accent to mock a call centre representative in India. At the same time, he described India as a great place, asserting that he is not angry with Indian leaders.
2016-04-23 06:46:52 Read More

Nawaz Sharif to army: I 'bow only to Allah, awam'

Amid growing tension between him and the powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday struck a defiant note, lashing out at those "plotting to destabilize him".
2016-04-23 06:31:50 Read More

On mantri's order, train put together in 8 hours

12 coaches brought in from yards at Byculla, CST, Wadi Bunder, Dadar and Mazgaon were cobbled together.
2016-04-23 05:48:29 Read More

Centre won't allow brain drain of doctors

The Union health ministry has clamped down on doctors who wish to settle abroad after pursuing higher studies there, especially in the US. Grappling with a severe shortage of doctors in India, it will no longer issue no-objection certificates to doctors who want to settle abroad permanently.
2016-04-23 03:51:48 Read More

Tit for tat: After China's Azhar snub, Uyghurs get Indian visa

New Delhi' has allowed Uyghur activists including World Uyghur Congress's Dolkun Isa to come to India to meet Dalai Lama after Beijing decided to put a technical "hold" on Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar's terror designation. Isa as a wanted "terrorist" in China.
2016-04-22 23:24:38 Read More

Pilot axed for locking himself in with air hostess

SpiceJet has sacked one of its commanders for allegedly asking an air hostess to be with him in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 on both legs of an international flight and making her sit on his seat. He also sent his co-pilot out of the cockpit, leaving the two alone in the cockpit for a long time.
2016-04-22 20:41:49 Read More

Pilot axed for cockpit tryst with air hostess

SC stays HC order, Prez rule continues in U'khand

Harish Rawat's celebrations over being restored as Uttarakhand CM came to an abrupt end on Friday as the Supreme Court revived central rule in the state by staying the hard-hitting high court verdict until April 27 on the technical ground that the written judgment wasn't available.
2016-04-22 20:08:03 Read More

IPL 2016: RCB beat Pune Supergiants by 13 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers held their nerves and took wickets in a heap at the death overs to help the team beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 13 runs and registered their second win of the Indian Premier League season nine.
2016-04-22 18:17:15 Read More

India among 175 nations to sign Paris climate deal

Prakash Javadekar signed the agreement on behalf of India. The agreement aims to take multiple measures to save the world from disastrous consequences of climate change and was adopted by 195 countries in Paris on December 12, 2015.
2016-04-22 17:16:10 Read More

Video: 8-yr-old loses life at Yuvraj Singh's home

2016-04-22 11:57:20 Read More

Committed to bring back Mallya to face justice: Govt

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had moved the ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thrsday to secure Mallya's deportation from the UK in connection with a Rs 900 crore money laundering case concerning an IDBI bank loan.
2016-04-22 11:44:31 Read More

President's Rule continues in U'khand, SC stays HC order

The Uttarakhand HC had struck down the decision to impose central rule in the state and restored CM Rawat's government. The court had asked Harish Rawat to face a floor test on April 29 to prove his majority. The Centre had challenged the verdict in the apex court, which stayed the HC order.
2016-04-22 11:18:20 Read More

Brussels bomber identified as jailer of IS hostages

2016-04-22 11:06:30 Read More

Perfect for IS: Male, educated, not so hot on Quran

Male, 26, single, quite well-educated but not an expert on the Quran â€” this is the profile of an average fighter joining ISIS. Analysis of thousands of entry documents leaked from the terrorist group has provided vital new insight into the background and expertise of its international jihadists.
2016-04-22 09:30:05 Read More

By 2050, you may have to live on imported water

Data shows that today the daily per capita groundwater availability in the country has come down to 5,120 litres, about 35% of the 14,180 litres in 1951. In 1991, it was less than half of the 1951 stock. And by 2025, it is projected that the daily per capita availability will be just 25% of the base year.
2016-04-22 00:16:01 Read More

Key 'saffron' terror witness changes stand

Delhi-based endocrinologist Dr RP Singh has resiled from his statement to the Maharashtra ATS where he allegedly admitted to have attended meetings where plots were hatched to avenge jihadi terror attacks, in what is yet another blow to the efforts of the prosecution to catch those accused of "Hindu" terror.
2016-04-21 22:31:30 Read More

Modi govt left red-faced as HC scraps central rule in Uttarakhand

In a major embarrassment to the Modi government, the Uttarakhand high court on Thursday struck down the decision to impose central rule in the state and restored CM Harish Rawat's government, asking it to face a floor test on April 29 to prove its majority.
2016-04-21 21:40:51 Read More

UK may take stake in unit of Tata Steel

The UK government said on Thursday that it could take up to 25% stake in Tata Steel's British units in a bid to save the loss-making mills from shutting down.
2016-04-21 21:15:46 Read More

Prince, American pop superstar, dies at 57

Pop superstar Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette", `'Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry", was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis, according to his publicist. He was 57.
2016-04-21 19:40:36 Read More

Centre to challenge Uttarakhand HC verdict in Supreme Court tomorrow

The Centre will challenge the Uttarakhand high court verdict setting aside President's rule in the state in the Supreme Court on Friday. A division bench of the high court said earlier today that the imposition of President's rule was contrary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court.
2016-04-21 14:19:15 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Gujarat vs Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner won the toss and decided to field against Gujarat Lions in the 15th game of the Indian Premier League season nine at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
2016-04-21 14:05:38 Read More

Brisk polling in West Bengal's 3rd phase

Heavy turnout of 70.55 per cent was recorded in 16 seats of Burdwan while Kolkata recorded 49.43 per cent votes tillpm. In 17 seats of Nadia, the turnout was 68.62 per cent and in 22 seats of Murshidabad the figure was 70.32 per cent.
2016-04-21 14:03:55 Read More

Cong hails verdict; BJP says 'Govt in minority'

The BJP questioned the judgement and said it wasn't surprised by it going by the strong observations being made by the division bench for the last 3 days. Putting up a brave front, it asserted the Rawat government remains in a minority and it will be proved on April 29 when it takes the floor test.
2016-04-21 13:17:57 Read More

Banks have no right to seek my assets info: Mallya

Thakur said that the main objective of the Duleep Trophy will be to check how the pink kookaburra behaves under the light in sub-continental conditions. It is expected that all leading players will play in that Duleep game and give a feedback to the board before they go ahead with the Test match.
2016-04-21 12:16:48 Read More

BCCI to host 1st day-night Test this year: Thakur

2016-04-21 11:59:13 Read More

Rawat claims victory, seeks Centre's cooperation

ISIS began selecting women of Mosul and forced them into marrying its militants, calling it temporary marriage since it has taken control over Mosul, and the women who refused to submit to this practice would be executed, said Kurdish Democratic Party spokesman.
2016-04-21 10:54:33 Read More

'ISIS kills 250 women for refusal to be sex slaves'

2016-04-21 10:38:03 Read More

Uttarakhand HC sets aside President's rule, floor test on April 29

Allowing ousted chief minister Harish Rawat's petition challenging the Presidential proclamation, the bench observed that the material considered for imposing President's rule "has been found wanting". CM Rawat has been asked to prove his majority on April 29.
2016-04-21 09:41:09 Read More

Private American firms oppose ISRO launching US satellites

US' private space industry has expressed its opposition to the large scale use of low cost ISRO launch vehicles for putting American satellites into orbits. Such a move, they feel, would be detrimental to the future health of the private sector US space companies.
2016-04-21 05:38:37 Read More

Strong is sexy...skinny's unattractive: Sania Mirza

"I don't think anyone wants to photograph me if I'm not playing well. Tennis requires me to have a certain level of fitness and strength, and I'll do everything I can to get there. Strong is sexy. I don't think very skinny is attractive," said Sania Mirza.
2016-04-21 03:36:31 Read More

Live: Voting under way for 3rd phase in Bengal

The Delhi government will soon come out with a policy to regulate app-based taxis and their fares. Transport minister Gopal Rai told TOI on Wednesday that the government was drafting a policy to rein in taxi aggregators.
2016-04-21 02:12:27 Read More

No surge pricing even after odd-even: Delhi govt

Top Islamic State handlers based in Syria have reportedly instructed their contacts in India to "lie low for some time" in the wake of the NIA's multi-state crackdown in January on an ISIS-inspired module led by Mumbai-based techie Mudabbir Mushtaq Shaikh.
2016-04-21 01:12:34 Read More

No surge pricing even after odd-even: Delhi govt

ISIS big fish ask Indian scouts to â€˜lie lowâ€™

NIA seeks US help in Pathankot attack probe

The National Investigation Agency has informally requested the US to help it probe the conspiracy behind the Pathankot terror attack. Sources said, NIA chief Sharad Kumar, during his recent visit to the US, sought from the FBI any further details it may have on the role of top Jaish operatives.
2016-04-21 00:03:49 Read More

Cong tries to shield The Family from Ishrat fire, attacks PM, Shah

The Congress on Wednesday sought to firewall the Gandhis from the escalating controversy over Ishrat Jahan by dismissing as a "bundle of lies" BJP's allegations that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi gave direction to then home minister P Chidambaram in the case.
2016-04-20 21:12:56 Read More

Congress tries to shield Gandhis from Ishrat fire

Cheque bounce case: Hyd court convicts Mallya

2016-04-20 18:13:17 Read More

IPL 9: Mumbai canter to six-wicket win over RCB

Mumbai Indians registered their second win of the season, in the fifth game, as they chased down 171-run target in 18 overs to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in Game 14 of the ongoing Indian Premier League season nine at the Wankhede stadium.
2016-04-20 18:07:13 Read More

DATE 5

TCS moves to a continuous appraisal system

Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT services company, said it has abandoned bell curve-based performance appraisal and is moving to a system of continuous feedback, becoming the latest player to move away from the forced-ranking system.
2016-04-20 04:55:03 Read More>>

Video: Celebratory firing claims a life, again

2016-04-20 04:52:33 Read More

Citing 'special ties', US lawmakers want PM Modi to address Congress

Four American lawmakers have written to US House Speaker Paul Ryan asking him to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the US Congress during his state visit to Washington on June 7-8.
2016-04-20 04:27:09 Read More

Donald Trump wins New York primary, moves closer to nomination

Republican front-runner Donald Trump won New York state's presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, moving closer to capturing enough delegates to win the party's White House nomination and avoid a contested convention in July.
2016-04-20 02:12:20 Read More

Will be happy to see Nitish as PM one day: Lalu

Likening Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar to his younger brother, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday reiterated that said he will be happy to see Kumar become the Prime Minister of India one day.
2016-04-20 00:27:51 Read More

Chandigarh to ban short skirts in bars, clubs

In its policy "Controlling of Places of Public Amusement, 2016," which many have termed absurd and ridiculous, the Chandigarh administration has made all provisions for throttling city's nightlife in the name of regulation, citing indecency and sedition as top reasons.
2016-04-19 23:23:40 Read More

Marital rape may soon be a crime in India

Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi said on Tuesday the Centre was considering criminalizing marital rape. When asked if there was an attempt to push for criminalization of marital rape, Maneka replied, â€œNow there is.â€
2016-04-19 22:23:52 Read More

PM returns to US for 4th trip â€” this time on state visit on June 7-8

PM Narendra Modi is likely to visit the US yet again in June, his fourth trip to the country in two years. However, this time it will be a state visit in a strictly bilateral context aimed at consecrating ties that President Obama has described as the â€œdefining relationship of the 21st centuryâ€.
2016-04-19 21:38:40 Read More

Pak sends back Kirpal's body with organs missing

Pakistani authorities handed over the body to Border Security Force (BSF) officials at Attari-Wagah land border check-post after completing necessary formalities.
2016-04-19 21:05:14 Read More

After protests, govt extends relaxed PF norms

In February, the government had decided against allowing withdrawal of employerâ€™s contribution to an EPFO account until the subscriber turned 58. This provision was introduced as the government thought employees should have a retirement corpus.
2016-04-19 21:05:07 Read More

33 crore Indians hit by drought, Centre tells SC

A staggering 33 crore people ( are in the grip of drought and consequently face drinking water shortage and agricultural distress, the Centre informed the Supreme Court. The government said it was releasing money to the affected states from its disaster fund to tackle the crisis.
2016-04-19 20:49:40 Read More

After protests, govt rolls back decision on new PF withdrawal norms

Buckling under protests, the government on Tuesday revoked the order tightening rules for withdrawal of provident fund money, within hours of keeping it in abeyance for three more months.
2016-04-19 14:20:01 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR

Follow all the live action from Match 13 of Indian Premier League 2016 between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders at the PCS Stadium, Mohali on Tuesday.
2016-04-19 14:15:25 Read More

Our economy growing fastest, says Jaitley to counter Rajan's remark

Finance minister Arun Jaitley has virtually rebutted RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's remarks that India is 'one-eyed king in the land of blind' saying compared to the rest of the world, the Indian economy was growing much faster and, in fact, the fastest.
2016-04-19 11:13:10 Read More

Protest against PF norms turns violent in B'luru

On Tuesday all major highways like Mysore Road, Tumkur Road, Bannerghatta Road and other parts of Bengaluru saw huge protests leading to long traffic jams.
2016-04-19 10:35:49 Read More

'No change in PF withdrawal norms till July 31'

"The notification (tightening PF withdrawal norms) will be kept in abeyance for three months till July 31, 2016. We will discuss this issue with the stakeholders," Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya told reporters.
2016-04-19 09:59:56 Read More

Beware of suave, foreign men, China tells women

China is marking National Security Education Day with a poster - titled 'Dangerous Love' - warning young female government workers about dating handsome foreigners, who could turn out to have secret agendas.
2016-04-19 09:30:41 Read More

Beware of suave, foreign men, China tells women

Taliban truck bomb in Kabul kills 28, wounds 327

A powerful Taliban truck bombing followed by a fierce firefight left at least seven people dead and 327 others wounded Tuesday, officials said, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack near government offices, which sent clouds of acrid smoke billowing in the sky and rattled windows several kilometres (miles) away.
2016-04-19 08:52:34 Read More

Army removes 3 bunkers after Handwara violence

Municipal authorities in violence-hit Handwara town in north Kashmir today removed three security force bunkers from the main market, fulfilling one of the long pending demands of local residents. "Three bunkers, which were constructed on top of shops in Handwara main market, have been removed by municipal authorities," a police official said.
2016-04-19 07:54:40 Read More

How gymnast Dipa got over her fear of falling

"She has sacrificed a lot in the past three years. Her dedication and hard work has yielded dividends," said Dipa's father Dulal.
2016-04-19 03:42:55 Read More

HC slams govt on central rule in Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand high court on Monday asked the Union government if was not "totally extraneous" for the Centre to be concerned over the disqualification of nine rebel MLAs and to "interfere" in the affairs of the state, which should be done only in "extraordinary instances".
2016-04-18 23:40:41 Read More

PF withdrawal allowed for housing, health

The labour ministry eased the planned restriction on withdrawal of contribution to the employees' provident fund. It said withdrawal can be allowed for housing, major medical treatment for self and family members, medical, dental and engineering education of children, and for their marriage.
2016-04-18 23:18:11 Read More

Amitabh Bachchanâ€™s â€˜Incredible Indiaâ€™ role stuck in Panama canal?

Amitabh Bachchanâ€™s appointment as brand ambassador for the â€˜Incredible Indiaâ€™ campaign is reportedly on hold, with the report coming days after the veteran actorâ€™s name surfaced in connection with the â€˜Panama Papersâ€™. The government is scanning details of Indian account holders that have surfaced.
2016-04-18 22:16:48 Read More

Ishrat case: Chidambaram also signed 1st affidavit

The latest revelations, telecast by Times Now, mean that Chidambaram approved the original affidavit as well as the one amended within two months in 2009 that stated there was no conclusive evidence against Ishrat.
2016-04-18 20:51:10 Read More

Was forced to have 6 abortions, says triple talaq challenger Shayara

Shayara Bano, who catapulted into national headlines with her petition in the Supreme Court questioning the legality of triple talaq, told TOI here on Monday that she was forced to go to the SC against all odds because she could "no longer bear the ordeal".
2016-04-18 19:47:09 Read More

Minister critical of Rajan's 'one-eyed king' remark

2016-04-18 17:35:22 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: SRH vs MI

Follow all the live updates from Match 12 of the 2016 Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.
2016-04-18 14:37:55 Read More

Sushma talks tough to China: 'Review your stand on Masood Azhar'

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday did some tough talking with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on China blocking India's bid to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN and asked Beijing to "review" its position.
2016-04-18 14:35:51 Read More

Mumbai court issues non-bailable warrant against Vijay Mallya

A special court on Monday issued open-dated non bailable warrant against businessman Vijay Mallya in a Rs 900 crore money laundering case. Special judge PR Bhavake passed the orders on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate.
2016-04-18 11:25:52 Read More

Court issues non-bailable warrant against Mallya

A special court on Monday issued an open-dated non bailable warrant against businessman Vijay Mallya in a Rs 900 crore money laundering case. Special judge PR Bhavake passed the orders on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate.
2016-04-18 11:25:52 Read More

You are cutting at root of democracy: HC to Centre

The Uttarakhand high court on Monday asked the Centre whether it was not "totally extraneous" for the Union government to be concerned over the disqualification of nine rebel MLAs and to "interfere" in the affairs of the state which has to be done only in "extraordinary instances".
2016-04-18 11:20:58 Read More

Patel quota stir: Bandh gets little response

The state-wide bandh call given by the Patel community in Gujarat over the quota issue had little impact today except in for some pockets dominated by the community members in different cities of the state.
2016-04-18 09:29:23 Read More

Kohinoor gifted to Brits, not stolen, so shouldn't ask for it: Govt

The govt on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Kohinoor diamond was not stolen by the British but was gifted to them by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
2016-04-18 07:37:58 Read More

Sushma raises Masood Azhar veto with China

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday strongly raised with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi the issue of China blocking its bid to have JeM chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist by the UN.
2016-04-18 07:32:35 Read More

Sushma raises Masood Azhar veto with China

India wants to be wooed by all: Chinese media

Playing down India's decision to sign a logistic agreement with the US, Chinese state media on Monday said the proposed deal is stalled because of distrust between the two as India wants to be the "most beautiful woman" wooed by all, especially Washington and Beijing.
2016-04-18 04:31:42 Read More

India wants to be wooed by all: Chinese media

First Indian woman gymnast qualifies for Olympics

Her first vault, the much difficult Produnova, gave Dipa 15.066 points, the highest among the 14 competitors. But a poor show in the uneven bars took her points down as she collected 11.700, the second worse among the 14 participants. She secured 13.366 and 12.566 points in beam and floor exercises to be assured of the berth.
2016-04-18 02:56:05 Read More

Maharashtra CM loses 18 kilos in 3 months

Devendra Fadnavis is following a disciplined metabolic treatment: a mix of medicines to enhance metabolism, a targeted diet as per his body type and activity level, and a weekly two-hour regimen.
2016-04-18 02:54:34 Read More

Triple talaq: AIMPLB to contest Shayara Bano case in SC

Twenty seven people were killed and more than 10 were injured when a bus fell off a road into a 300-ft gorge in Deogarh district on Sunday evening, Deogarh SP Sarah Sharma said. Prima facie, it appears the driver may have lost control while negotiating a turn
2016-04-17 23:15:10 Read More

Shah Bano 2.0? Muslim Law Board to oppose scrapping triple talaqÂ

In 1985, Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim mother of five from Indore, who was divorced by her husband, had won the right to alimony in the SC. But the then Congress govt of Rajiv Gandhi, under pressure of Islamic orthodoxy, passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, which diluted the SC judgement, and denied even destitute Muslim divorcees the right to alimony.
2016-04-17 23:15:10 Read More

Govt mulls sops to attract doctors to rural postings

In 1985, Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim mother of five from Indore, who was divorced by her husband, had won the right to alimony in the SC.
2016-04-17 20:49:25 Read More

Congress equates RSS with Muslim League

A severe shortage of doctors in rural areas has forced the health ministry to dust off an earlier proposal to post MBBS students in the hinterland.However, this time, it may not make a rural stint mandatory.
2016-04-17 19:15:06 Read More

Narendra Modi government to add 2.2 lakh central employees in 2 years

A major reason for the spurt in hiring is that many departments faced acute staff crunch in Group B and C categories due to a moratorium on fresh recruitments for the past several years.
2016-04-17 19:09:20 Read More

27 killed after bus fells into gorge in Odisha

2016-04-17 15:54:07 Read More

Manohar Parrikar in China, talks on border patrolling on the cards

While Indian officials said the talks were expected to review the whole gamut of bilateral ties which showed considerable improvements in the recent times, India's concerns over aggressive patrolling by Chinese troops especially in the Ladakh sector remained high.
2016-04-17 12:54:02 Read More

Russian jet manoeuvres close to US spy plane

A US Air Force reconnaissance plane was barrel-rolled by a Russian SU-27 fighter jet in an "unsafe and unprofessional" manner during a routine flight in international airspace, American officials said.
2016-04-17 12:44:59 Read More

Rs 1.7cr pay package for Mallya from US brewery

2016-04-17 10:47:37 Read More

Mallya takes Rs 1.7-cr pay package from US brewery

More than half of Mallya's total package for 2015 has been paid by California-based Mendocino Brewing Company Inc to him for "promoting" the company's beer brands. Mallya serves as chairman of the board of directors of the company.
2016-04-17 10:47:37 Read More

DATE 6

Oil freeze deal faces trouble as Saudi Arabia-Iran tensions spike

Oil ministers met with the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani - who was instrumental in promoting output stability in recent months - in an attempt to rescue the deal designed to bolster the flagging price of crude.
2016-04-17 10:21:40 Read More>>

IPL live scorecard: Kings XI vs Pune Supergiants

Rising Pune Supergiants captain MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
2016-04-17 09:49:20 Read More

Video: Jadeja showcases sword skills Â

2016-04-17 09:00:01 Read More

Video: Jadeja showcases sword skills Â

2016-04-17 09:00:01 Read More

World oil producers meet amid Saudi-Iran row over output freeze

World oil producers gathered in Qatar on Sunday to negotiate an output freeze to boost prices but a lingering dispute between crude kingpin Saudi Arabia and Iran threatened to overshadow the talks. The producers want to freeze production at January levels in order to curb oversupply until demand is expected to pick up in the third quarter of 2016.
2016-04-17 08:31:54 Read More

Ecuador earthquake kills at least 77 people

The earthquake was Ecuador's worst in decades and officials said the death toll was likely to rise even higher as rescue teams headed into the hardest-hit areas. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was felt even in the capital, Quito and Guayaquil.
2016-04-17 07:19:56 Read More

Saudi threatens to pull $750bn from US economy over 9/11 bill

The TOI report, based on an RTI reply, had mentioned that Priyanka was allotted the official accommodation on SPG's recommendation.
2016-04-17 00:46:19 Read More

US firm marks down its shares in Flipkart

2016-04-16 23:34:18 Read More

EC faces big test on WB Phase II polls today

The TOI report, based on an RTI reply, had mentioned that Priyanka was allotted the official accommodation on SPG's recommendation.
2016-04-16 22:15:00 Read More

How 7 angry residents got Dhoni out of Amrapali ad

The latest assessment of the country's dynamic groundwater resources, performed by CGWB, shows that these states, in fact, consume much more groundwater than their rechargeable limit every year.
2016-04-16 22:02:27 Read More

Did not take rent favour from govt: Priyanka

2016-04-16 21:57:50 Read More

Punjab, Hry may go Latur way as groundwater dips

2016-04-16 21:40:36 Read More

The flyover crash that may cost Didi dear

Around 50 hectares in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has been destroyed in just three days in a blaze which is believed to be unusual because of the extent of the land it claimed in the protected area.
2016-04-16 20:18:14 Read More

India has 17 judges for a million people, 5,000 posts vacant

The EC action, the unending violence (nine deaths till Saturday), the spate of complaints (2,872 on the first two polling days) seem to have upstaged the political battle.
2016-04-16 19:57:20 Read More

Fires raze 50 hectares of Corbett reserveÂ

2016-04-16 16:23:29 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Mumbai vs Gujarat

Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina won the toss and opted to field against Mumbai Indians in the ninth match of the IPL 9 on Saturday.
2016-04-16 14:37:03 Read More

In Kashmir, HC questions â€˜detentionâ€™ of girl; CM visits kin of dead

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Saturday directed the police to cite the law under which they have detained the girl, who was allegedly molested by a soldier in Handwara on Tuesday which led to violent protests resulting in the death of five people.
2016-04-16 14:23:07 Read More

Australia thrash India 4-0 to win Azlan Shah Cup

Indian hockey team's dismal run against Australia continued as they suffered 0-4 defeat in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. A brace from Thomas William Craig and Matt Gohdes helped Australia clinch their ninth title at the tournament.
2016-04-16 14:10:15 Read More

IPL: Gambhir helps KKR thrash SRH by 8 wickets

Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa set the platform with a 92-run opening stand as Kolkata Knight Riders registered a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eighth game of the Indian Premier League season nine on Saturday.
2016-04-16 14:00:04 Read More

To counter China, US flexes military muscle in disputed sea in Asia

With a mix of showmanship and concrete initiatives during a six-day visit to India and the Philippines, US defence secretary Ash Carter left little doubt that the United States intended both to strengthen alliances and move more hardware and troops here to counter Chinaâ€™s growing military reach.
2016-04-16 11:30:53 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Hyderabad vs Kolkata

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner won the toss and opted to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 9 match on Saturday.
2016-04-16 10:13:45 Read More

US jury fines Tata $940m in trade secret case

A US grand jury has slapped two companies of Tata group - Tata Consultancy Services and Tata America International Corp - with a $940 million fine in a trade secret lawsuit filed against them. Tatas have also been asked to pay another $700 million in punitive damages.
2016-04-16 09:17:27 Read More

High tension in Kashmir, Centre sends more troops

Curfew-like restrictions continued for the fourth day in parts of Kashmir following killing of five persons in security forces action since Tuesday, even as mobile internet services have been snapped across the Valley.
2016-04-16 08:46:11 Read More

Indian economy like 'one-eyed' king in land of blind: Raghuram Rajan

Amid gloomy global economic conditions, Indian economy has been described by many as one of the few bright spots, including by IMF, while RBI under Rajan has also been credited with necessary steps to minimise the impact of external shocks on the country's financial system.
2016-04-16 07:51:50 Read More

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar hospitalized in Mumbai

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to Lilavati hospital in Mumbai. "Dilip Kumarji was admitted to Lilavati hospital at 2am with respiratory problems. He's not in ICU," Dr Jalil Parkar of Lilavati hospital said.
2016-04-16 02:16:08 Read More

India looks to corner China on Masood Azhar

The UN had banned the JeM in 2001 but India's efforts for slapping sanctions on Masood Azhar after the 2008 Mumbai attacks also did not fructify as veto-wielding China did not let the request go through, apparently at Pakistan's behest.
2016-04-16 00:38:44 Read More

India slammed for â€˜extra judicial killingsâ€™Â

2016-04-15 22:55:06 Read More

Jat stir: Murthal witness gets death threat

2016-04-15 21:06:37 Read More

Can't pay Rs 53,000 to rent 2,765 sqm house: Priyanka Gandhi

Driving a hard bargain, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra got the Vajpayee government to cut the rent of her sprawling 2,765.18 sq m house from Rs 53,421 a month to a mere Rs 8,888.
2016-04-15 21:02:37 Read More

Zuckerberg buys domain name from Kochi student

FB approached Amal for the domain name registered by him as it was the short form of Maxime Chan Zuckerberg, the name of Zuckerberg's daughter. More than the money, Augustine, a final-year electronics student from a Kochi engineering college, says he was thrilled by the fact that FB approached him.
2016-04-15 17:24:15 Read More

Japan quake kills seven, sparks landslide

Delhi resident Bobby Joshi, who reportedly witnessed the attacks on women in Murthal during the Jat quota agitation, said on Friday he has received a death threat for speaking up.
2016-04-15 17:16:48 Read More

India, France close to inking Rafale fighter deal

The US department of stateâ€™s 2015 report on human rights practices in India has, in its segment on â€œextra-judicial killingsâ€, mentioned the killing of 20 suspected red sandalwood smugglers by the Andhra Pradesh special task force in an "encounter" on April 7.
2016-04-15 16:34:48 Read More

Kashmir on boil as 5th civilian killed this week in troops' firing

Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan won the coin toss and decided to bowl against Kings XI Punjab in their second game of the IPL 9 at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Friday.
2016-04-15 15:33:08 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Delhi vs Punjab

2016-04-15 14:12:35 Read More

Another civilian dies in firing in J&K

2016-04-15 13:52:13 Read More

In Latur, 10k litres water wasted for min's visit

A youth was killed and three others injured on Friday as security forces opened fire in Kupwara as protests rocked many places in the area to mark the fourth day of death of three people who were killed in firing by security forces in Handwara on Tuesday, following allegations of molestation of a girl.
2016-04-15 13:14:24 Read More

Kerala CM says PM Modi's Kollam visit 'a relief'

Pak representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi told a group of students and faculty members from US Army War College that despite positive start following the coming to power of the government of PM Modi, India suspended talks on "flimsy grounds and set unacceptable pre-conditions".
2016-04-15 11:31:37 Read More

Vijay Mallya's passport suspended on advice of EDÂ

Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said the visit by PM Modi and other national leaders after the fire tragedy at Puttingal temple provided relief to the people of the state. This comes after Kerala DGP TP Senkumar had reportedly raised concerns over the high profile visits to the fire tragedy site.
2016-04-15 11:02:29 Read More

No swagger: A humbled Putin faces RussiaÂ

A somewhat humbled, or at least not swaggering, President Vladimir Putin held his annual, live call-in show Thursday, with his answers to the choreographed calls intended to underscore his concern for the plight of ordinary Russians amid a second, punishing year of recession.
2016-04-15 08:21:33 Read More

India 'not forthcoming' on resuming talks: Pak

India on Thursday slammed the use of the "hidden veto" and demanded accountability, saying the UN's general members are "never ever" informed of the reason for not acceding to requests for sanctioning terrorists, days after China blocked India's bid to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar.
2016-04-15 08:08:26 Read More

China's Masood Azhar veto: India questions UN panel's secrecy

Watch: Archery challenge for Will-Kate in Bhutan

2016-04-15 04:56:31 Read More

With Rs 152 crore, Mohali SSP leads Punjab IPS crorepati club

The two richest legislators in Punjab according to affidavits filed in 2012 are two Congress MLAs Â Kewal Dhillon with Rs 137 crore (including his son's assets) and Karan Kaur Brar with Rs 128 crore.
2016-04-15 03:25:45 Read More

Eyeing Pak, Army conducts exercise in Thar

Honing its "proactive war strategy" to swiftly mobilise and hit hard with multiple conventional military strikes across the Pakistan border, the Indian Army is conducting a massive exercise, codenamed "Shatrujeet", in the Thar desert.
2016-04-15 00:27:23 Read More

Heatwave sweeps India, claims 130 lives

The Met office said pockets of north India too would witness heatwave conditions as days are likely to get hotter by 2-4 degrees in the region, including NCR, over the next two-three days.
2016-04-14 22:52:28 Read More

Remove all speed bumps on NHs: Govt

In its recent circular, the ministry mentioned that at many places local authorities are constructing road bumps or speed breakers to check vehicular speed despite guidelines being in place.
2016-04-14 22:33:49 Read More

Remove speed bumps on national highways: Govt

Now, Pakistan says dialogue with India is on

In the face of Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit's comment that "at present the peace process is suspended" exactly a week back, Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said the door for negotiations with India was very much open.
2016-04-14 18:46:05 Read More

IPL: Finch, McCullum power Gujarat Lions to win

Openers Aaron Finch (50) and Brendon McCullum (49) came out all guns blazing, adding 85 runs for the first wicket, to power Gujarat Lions to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Rising Pune Supergiants in the sixth match of the ninth edition of IPL.
2016-04-14 17:54:12 Read More

Thrissur Pooram to be held, with fireworks displays

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been put on sale for 66,200 pounds (Rs 62 lakh approximately) on UK page of ecommerce website eBay.
2016-04-14 14:11:55 Read More

DATE 7

China will not allow India into NSG: Pak diplomat

During a bilateral meeting with US Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman, Arun Jaitley also underlined the need for early conclusion of Totalisation Agreement which would benefit Indians working in America.
2016-04-14 13:56:23 Read More>>

China won't allow India into NSG: Ex-Pak diplomat

Pakistan is banking on good friend China to block India's chances of making it to the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a former Pakistani diplomat has said, adding that "chances of India gaining entry into NSG are virtually nil".
2016-04-14 13:56:23 Read More

On cam: Man in Bhopal thrashed for eve-teasing

2016-04-14 11:15:00 Read More

How Saudi Arabia plans to shake up its economy

The National Transformation Plan is expected to be unveiled in the next few weeks. Much is still secret. Ministries have refused to discuss plans in detail and Western consultancies contacted by Reuters declined to confirm their involvement, let alone policy details.
2016-04-14 10:53:31 Read More

US visa fee hike 'discriminatory', targeted at our IT firms: Jaitley

Pak PM Sharif on sale for Rs 62 lakhs on eBay

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been put on sale for 66,200 pounds (Rs 62 lakh approximately) on UK page of ecommerce website eBay.
2016-04-14 10:19:38 Read More

Live: PM Modi at Ambedkar's birthplace in Mhow

"I didn't need my wife Priyanka to enhance my life. I have always had enough. My father gave me enough. I have been educated enough to sustain in all types of situations," Robert Vadra said. Vadra, who is under scanner for his land deals in Haryana, also said that he would never leave India.
2016-04-14 08:28:42 Read More

Didn't need Priyanka to enhance my life, won't leave India: Robert Vadra

Right time to come to India: PM at maritime meet

"Our vision is to increase port capacity from 1,400 million tonnes to 3,000 million tonnes by 2025. We want to mobilize an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in the port sector to enable this growth," the Prime Minister said after opening the MIS 2016.
2016-04-14 07:30:03 Read More

Mobile internet suspended in parts of Kashmir

Mobile internet services were on Thursday suspended in Kashmir to check spreading of rumours by anti-social elements, officials said. Services were unavailable to subscribers in Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora and Ganderbal districts.
2016-04-14 05:05:36 Read More

Not given seat of choice, Shiv Sena MLA holds up train for an hour

A Shiv Sena MLA from Nanded held up more than 2,000 passengers on the Devgiri Express at CST on Wednesday night in a tantrum over a side berth that lasted more than an hour.
2016-04-14 03:50:56 Read More

'ISI funded attack on CIA camp in Afghanistan'

After bilking billions of dollars in aid from the US, it has now been revealed that Pakistan funded the 2009 attack on a CIA camp on its border with Afghanistan that killed seven American agents and contractors. The disclosure comes in a declassified cable published by the National Security Archive.
2016-04-14 00:42:10 Read More

'RSS's reverence for Babasaheb not new'

Babasaheb was never anti-Brahmin. His mentor was a Brahmin. He was against all forms of casteism and castebased discrimination. There are many social reformers who were Brahmins who fought against such social evils.
2016-04-13 22:24:01 Read More

Why parties can't grasp the real Ambedkar

Hindutva ideologues seek common cause with him, saying Ambedkar was anti-Muslim and anti-communist, and that he chose Buddhism rather than one of the Abrahamic religions.
2016-04-13 22:09:08 Read More

The monk who converted Babasaheb to Buddhism

Looked after by disciples, Bhadanta Pragyanand is confined to his bed for most part of the day.The Buddhist monk, 90, communicates using sign language and sometimes pens his thoughts.
2016-04-13 21:36:11 Read More

Zika causes severe birth defects, confirms US

US health officials have concluded that infection with the Zika virus in pregnant women causes birth defect microcephaly and other brain abnormalities in babies."It is now clear that Zika virus does cause microcephaly," said Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2016-04-13 21:23:55 Read More

Parched India: Only 24% of water left in 91 key reservoirs

The decline of water availability this year is attributed to less rainfall in 2014 and 2015. However, with the IMD predicting abundant rainfall this year, it is expected these reservoirs will get enough water during the June-September period.
2016-04-13 20:35:20 Read More

6.8 Myanmar quake: Strong tremors jolt Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, NCR

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, tremors of which shook the northeast, several parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and even Delhi and NCR. There was no immediate report of any casualty or major damage.
2016-04-13 15:48:10 Read More

Myanmar quake: No damage yet, say govt officials

Follow all the live updates from Match five of the Indian Premier League 2016 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2016-04-13 15:09:33 Read More

Live updates: Myanmar earthquake

A strong earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday night and was felt in parts of eastern India and Bangladesh. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck at a depth of 135 kilometers, 396 kilometers north of Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
2016-04-13 14:09:52 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: KKR vs MI

Left in a lurch after the Bombay High Court ordered shifting of 13 IPL matches from drought-hit Maharashtra, the league's chairman Rajeev Shukla said moving the games at this stage will be a 'problem' but the BCCI is working on an 'alternative plan'.
2016-04-13 14:09:17 Read More

No one raised drought issue during WT20: BCCI

2016-04-13 13:14:01 Read More

No IPL matches in Maharashtra after April 30, Bombay HC orders BCCI

The Bombay High Court has ordered the BCCI to shift matches of the ongoing IPL out of drought-hit Maharashtra after April 30, while acknowledging the contributions of Rs 5 crore each from the Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants franchises and 64 lakh litres of water from the Indian board to the city of Latur in the Marathwada region of the state.
2016-04-13 11:58:56 Read More

J&K girl says she wasn't molested by soldier, blames locals for riot

The Kashmiri girl, who was reportedly molested by a soldier, has denied the allegation and instead blamed local boys of harassing her and resorting to mob rioting that led to the killing of two youth in Handwara on Tuesday.
2016-04-13 09:13:08 Read More

ED wants Vijay Mallya's passport revoked

The Enforcement Directorate has sought the revocation of businessman Vijay Mallya's passport in connection with its money laundering probe in the IDBI loan fraud case. Vijay Mallya has failed to appear before the ED despite being summoned thrice by the agency.
2016-04-13 08:23:05 Read More

Murdered NIA officer's wife Farzana dies

2016-04-13 07:44:19 Read More

Army expresses regret; J&K CM speaks to Parrikar

2016-04-13 06:33:39 Read More

Army expresses regret; J&K CM speaks to Parrikar

The Army has expressed regret over the loss of lives in the Handwara firing and has initiated an inquiry into the incident. "Army deeply regrets the unfortunate loss of life.The matter will be investigated and anybody found guilty, will be dealt as per the law," an Army official said.
2016-04-13 06:33:39 Read More

US troops can use Indian bases: 10 things to know

Metro commuters will not be allowed to enter the station with their face covered, be it a surgical mask, muffler, pollution mask or a dupatta.
2016-04-13 04:52:14 Read More

CISF not to allow covered faces at Delhi Metro

Most abortions reported in urban areas are below the age group of 20, pointing to a more liberal attitude towards sex and earlier engagement in sexual activity, reveals a government health survey.
2016-04-13 04:06:37 Read More

Kashmir firing: Death toll mounts to 3; curfew imposed in Handwara

Following appeals for a Valley-wide shutdown by separatist leaders to protest Handwara firing, authorities on Wednesday imposed restrictions in six police station areas of Rainawari, Nowhatta, Khanyar, MR Gunj, Safa Kadal and Maisuma in Srinagar city.
2016-04-13 03:47:03 Read More

This Uncle gives unwed couples a room, by the hr

The wife of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed, who was shot dead on April 3, succumbed to her injuries at AIIMS on Wednesday. Farzana was critically injured when bike-borne killers had attacked Tanzil in UP's Bijnor.
2016-04-13 02:53:13 Read More

Most abortions in cities done on teenagers

2016-04-12 21:13:07 Read More

Most abortions in cities done on teenagers

It also asked what was the harm in revealing the magnitude of the default by big players alone.
2016-04-12 21:13:07 Read More

Kerala HC bans loud firecrackers at night

Why not reveal dues of big defaulters: SC

rise and sunset.This, too, should not exceed the prescribed decibel levels of 125-145, the court observed.
2016-04-12 20:08:56 Read More

Indian bases to open doors to US warships, planes

It also asked what was the harm in revealing the magnitude of the default by big players alone.
2016-04-12 20:01:05 Read More

Economy set for boost as Met forecasts above normal monsoon

Top Indian officials took pains to clarify that the "reciprocal" logistics pact was just meant to facilitate military cooperation and not aimed at forging any sort of a military alliance against China.
2016-04-12 19:57:02 Read More

We've also suffered from terrorism coming out of Pak: US defense secy

"We too have suffered from terrorism emanating from territory of Pakistan, most significantly in Afghanistan, and who do it should be brought to justice and brought to account," said Carter while addressing a joint press conference with defence minister Manohar Parrikar after holding bilateral talks.
2016-04-12 17:23:06 Read More

NKorea's making nukes & wants the world to see it

Ahead of a rare ruling party Congress next month, secretive North Korea is revealing details of its weapons development program for the first time, showcasing its push to develop long-range nuclear missiles despite international sanctions.
2016-04-12 15:25:38 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: RCB v Sunrisers Hyderabad

2016-04-12 14:18:33 Read More

Gurgaon to Gurugram: Share your reaction here

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner won the toss and opted to field first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match of the IPL 2016.
2016-04-12 14:18:06 Read More

Gurgaon no more, Haryana govt renames it 'Gurugram'

Gurgaon, Delhi's suburb in Haryana, that became known around the world as being a BPO hub and the country's first mall centre will now be called Gurugram. The Haryana government made this announcement on Tuesday.
2016-04-12 13:14:03 Read More

7 Kerala temple officials surrender, cops grill them

Some faces and images never die. And this is what he hates about himself. Fourteen years after he was involuntarily crowned the face of Gujarat riots, Qutubuddin Ansari finds himself "used" by the Congress for the Assam and West Bengal assembly polls.
2016-04-12 08:59:50 Read More

SC on loan defaulters: Poor taken to task but rich are making merry

"RBI has revealed that lakhs of crores of rupees taken on loan has been defaulted by persons and corporates, some of whom have individually taken loans in excess of Rs 500 crore," the Supreme Court said issuing notice to Union finance ministry and Indian Banks Association.
2016-04-12 07:25:37 Read More

For IPL in Maha, BCCI offers to use sewage water

Haryana Police have added gang rape charges to the FIR in the infamous Murthal case in which women were allegedly raped during the Jat quota stir violence. The charges have been added after three women stated that they were raped in Murthal near Delhi during the peak of the violence in February.
2016-04-12 06:12:21 Read More

Fire breaks out in Mumbai suburb building, several feared trapped

Stop using me, says face of Gujarat riots Ansari

2016-04-12 03:00:33 Read More

5 members of Kerala's temple trust surrender

2016-04-12 01:48:05 Read More

First train carrying five lakh litres water reaches drought-hit Latur

The United States plans to shift 60% of its navy into the Indo-Asia Pacific region within the next two years, US navy officials said.
2016-04-12 00:51:43 Read More

DATE 8

First 'water train' reaches drought-hit Latur

2016-04-12 00:51:43 Read More>>

Delhi girl among 3 who allege rape at Murthal

2016-04-12 00:13:01 Read More

With SC prod, grant for widows hiked by 292%

2016-04-11 21:13:35 Read More

Kerela: For many, DNA test only hope to identify kin

For the first time in almost a century, there has been an increase in the global tiger population. The number of wild tigers has increased to 3,890 in April from 3,200 in 2010 - an increase of almost 22%. India alone recorded an increase of over 500 tigers during this six-year period and continues to be home to the highest number of wild cats.
2016-04-11 19:59:02 Read More

Kerala: For many, DNA test only hope to identify kin

2016-04-11 19:59:02 Read More

60% of US Navy to be in Indo-Asia-Pacific

2016-04-11 19:14:49 Read More

World tiger population up first time in 100 years

2016-04-11 16:37:02 Read More

Hope players didn't complain: Bhogle on IPL

Speculation is rife that some Indian cricketers have complained against Bhogle to the BCCI for his comments on air but the exact reason for his last minute sacking from the IPL commentators' panel is not yet known.
2016-04-11 13:18:38 Read More

Tata Steel starts sale of money-losing UK businesses, 1 unit sold

Tata Steel on Monday kickstarted the sale process for its cash-guzzling UK business with divestment of Long Products Europe business unit to investment firm Greybull Capital for a "nominal" amount. Tata Steel UK also announced "signing of an agreement to sell its Long Products Europe business to family investment office, Greybull Capital.
2016-04-11 11:52:55 Read More

Tendulkar unveils 1st poster of biopic on him

It is raining biopics in the film industry. And the world of cricket features prominently in the list. 'Azhar,' 'MS Dhoni' and finally, the biopic on the 'God of cricket' himself. The first poster of 'Sachin' was retweeted by the master blaster himself.
2016-04-11 11:39:14 Read More

Rapes will rise if women go into Shani temple: Shankaracharya

Incidents of rape would increase if women are allowed into the inner sanctum of the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, said the Shankaracharya of Dwaraka-Sharda Peeth Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati on Monday.
2016-04-11 11:03:17 Read More

Watch: Delhi Metro Station robbed, suspects on cam

2016-04-11 10:48:22 Read More

Watch: Metro station robbery suspects on camera

2016-04-11 10:48:22 Read More

3 cars with explosives found near Kerala temple: 10 developments

Amid growing clamour for ban on temple fireworks display in Kerala in wake of Kollam temple tragedy, the Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages about 1,255 temples in the state, today said it was not for a complete ban on such displays.
2016-04-11 09:25:52 Read More

2 Indian students stabbed to death in Ukraine

In an unfortunate event, two Indian students were stabbed to death and another injured in Ukraine, the MEA said on Monday. "Pranav Shaindilya and Ankur Singh died while Indrajeet Chauhan is recuperating. Based on Chauhan's statement, Ukraine police have apprehended accused," the MEA said.
2016-04-11 07:26:42 Read More

Over 100 lives lost, but Kerala temple board says no ban on fireworks

Day after fire, desperate search for loved ones

At hospitals, morgues and police stations, families are involved in a heartwrenching search for loved ones feared swept up in the blast that tore apart concrete buildings. But the task is being made more difficult by the fact that some of those killed are unrecognizable.
2016-04-11 06:15:29 Read More

Harsha paid for being too harsh on Team India

A day after Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to dump Harsha Bhogle as a TV commentator met with push-back from cricket aficionados, it is now learnt that Indian players had a crucial role in the entire episode.
2016-04-11 06:12:38 Read More

Harsha paid for being too harsh on Team India

2016-04-11 06:12:38 Read More

SC allows common medical entrance test

The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for implementation of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses across the country. The top court set aside its 2013 order by which the common entrance test for admissions to MBBS, BDS and PG courses in all medical colleges was quashed.
2016-04-11 05:32:01 Read More

Kerela fire: Toll reaches 112, nearly 400 injured

2016-04-11 00:33:27 Read More

PM takes team of top Delhi docs to tragedy site

2016-04-10 21:54:21 Read More

Kerala's Puttingal temple used neta shield for fireworks show

The team of doctors, headed by AIIMS director M C Misra, was flown to Kollam with PM Narendra Modi.
2016-04-10 21:45:20 Read More

India plans five-layer â€˜lockâ€™ for Pakistan border

2016-04-10 19:10:15 Read More

Pak PM calls up Modi, condoles Kerala temple fire

2016-04-10 18:58:26 Read More

We were threatened, says family that opposed fireworks at Kollam temple

Kollam collector had denied permission to the Puttingal Devi temple authorities to conduct the fireworks display on the complaints of Pankajakshi Amma. She said she would continue her fight and resort to legal steps to ensure a total ban.
2016-04-10 14:30:37 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils

2016-04-10 14:15:01 Read More

6.8 earthquake jolts north India, triggers panic

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Daredevils in their first match of the IPL 2016.
2016-04-10 13:43:46 Read More

There were charred bodies all around: Witnesses

The earthquake jolted the valley triggering panic among the residents and leading to power outage at many places. The tremor struck the Valley around 3.59pm as people ran out of homes for safety, officials said. Delhi Metro services were briefly suspended following the tremor.
2016-04-10 12:28:40 Read More

6.8 earthquake jolts Pakistan, strong tremors felt in north India

The fireworks show is an annual event held during the Malayalam month of Meenam, which falls in April, in the temple located in the coastal town of Paravur, about 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram. A case has also been registered against the father-son duo of Surendran and Umesh who had organised the fireworks display.
2016-04-10 10:50:24 Read More

Kerala temple officials go missing after tragedy

2016-04-10 09:07:04 Read More

Kerala temple fire: What we know so far

2016-04-10 07:19:43 Read More

Kerala fire: Navy & IAF deploy ships, choppers

In a surprising move, the Indian cricket board has decided to do away with the services of Harsha Bhogle meaning the 54-year-old won't be heard commentating during the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League.
2016-04-10 05:36:35 Read More

Video: How tragedy struck Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the fire at Kerala temple that killed 86 people as "heartrending and shocking". "Fire at temple in Kollam is heartrending and shocking beyond words," he said in a tweet.
2016-04-10 04:17:52 Read More

Harsha Bhogle taken off commentary duty for IPL

2016-04-10 04:04:52 Read More

Kerala temple fire heartrending, shocking: PM

2016-04-10 03:28:16 Read More

Kerala temple fire: Death toll rises to 102; case registered

The IAF has deployed four choppers including Mi17 and Advanced Light Helicopter. The Indian Navy is deploying one Dornier and two ALH with medical teams from the southern naval command. Surgical teams have also been put on standby at the Naval command hospital in Kochi.
2016-04-10 01:49:31 Read More

60 killed, 200 injured in a massive fire at Kerala's Puttingal temple

A massive fire broke out in Kollamâ€™s Paravoor temple in Kerala during early hours on Sunday.
2016-04-10 01:01:49 Read More

Soon, you may get vegetarian capsules

The government would soon allow three dimensional paintings of fake speed breakers on highways and urban roads to tame speeding drivers.
2016-04-10 00:06:55 Read More

Wonâ€™t shift NIT out of valley: J&K deputy CM

2016-04-09 22:49:41 Read More

Now 3D illusion bumps to tame speeding motorists

2016-04-09 22:28:36 Read More

US strategic ties with India centres on China

Despite growing military engagement, there are still residual suspicions and misgivings, particularly in India, about getting into a strategic clinch with a country that has been less than helpful in Indiaâ€™s efforts to bring Pakistan-sponsored terrorism to heel.
2016-04-09 17:00:16 Read More

Man called BJP leader before shoe attack: AAP

After the attack Sharma's phone was checked by party volunteers and Delhi government official. When contacted, Mishra declined to divulge the details of the BJP leader with whom Sharma was in touch. AAP leader Kumar Vishwas said this shows frustration of rival parties ahead of Punjab polls.
2016-04-09 14:28:34 Read More

IPL 2016 live scorecard: Mumbai vs Pune

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the coin toss and decided to bat first against new entrants Rising Pune Supergiants in the IPL 2016 opener at the Wankhede.
2016-04-09 14:18:06 Read More

Choose either revenue or water: BCCI to Maha

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said shifting IPL matches out of the state could result in a loss of Rs 1 billion to the state exchequer. Thakur suggested that the income accrued from the IPL could be diverted to tackle drought and help thirsty people in the affected districts.
2016-04-09 13:56:45 Read More

How Panama Papers opened the door to Isis and al-Qaida

There is no obvious link between the revelations in the Panama Papers, the rise of IS and the wars tearing apart at least nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa. But these developments are connected as ruling elites, who syphon off wealth into tax havens, lose political credibility.
2016-04-09 13:26:26 Read More

Arvind Kejriwal: The 'most attacked' politician

For Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Saturday's shoe attack on him was perhaps the first such attack. However, the AAP chief has been the victim of numerous attacks, including physical assault and ink attacks, ever since he joined active politics.
2016-04-09 13:02:59 Read More

Shoe hurled at Kejriwal, Cong says his 'authoritarian' style to blame

A man was detained while trying to throw a shoe at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal when he was addressing a press conference on the second odd-even plan in the city. The shoe did not hit the chief minister and was caught by an AAP supporter who was present on the dais with the chief minister.
2016-04-09 10:53:11 Read More

Won't shift NIT out of Kashmir, says MHRD

United States has a much bigger global agenda with India in contrast to Pakistan, and Washington has moved far beyond looking at its relations with the South Asian neighbors as linked, according to US Defence Secretary Ash Carter.
2016-04-09 08:18:24 Read More

'US has bigger global agenda with India than Pak'

2016-04-09 07:03:08 Read More

DATE 9

Merc hit-and-run: Repeat offender teen charged with culpable homicide

17-year-old boy who allegedly hit a man with his father's Mercedes in Civil Lines, eventually leading to his death, has now been charged with culpable homicide, considering his past record of negligent driving, police said.
2016-04-09 06:38:37 Read More>>

Mallya doesn't appear before ED, 3rd time in row

2016-04-09 05:28:12 Read More

Mallya doesn't appear before ED, 3rd time in row

Union HRD ministry officials have rejected the demand of outstation students of NIT Srinagar for shifting the institute out of Kashmir but assured them of addressing their "genuine" issues. The situation, at present, is calm but the outstation students are seemingly still on protest.
2016-04-09 05:28:12 Read More

No hotels for PM Modi on trips, he'd rather sleep on plane, save time

While out on foreign trips, PM Modi aims at sleeping on the plane rather than in hotels to shorten his trips. It is unprecedented to complete a multi-nation trip in just 97 hours. If PM had not chosen to sleep on the plane, it would have delayed the trip another six days, said an official.
2016-04-09 03:19:45 Read More

N Korea says it can now 'reduce US to ashes'

North Korea said it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket that will enable it to stage nuclear strikes on the US. Leader Kim Jong-un has been quoted as saying that North can now tip ballistic missiles with more powerful nuclear warheads.
2016-04-09 02:38:31 Read More

Why Didi is not matching Modi barb for barb

"If immediate action is not taken, anti-national forces will get a fillip and nationalistic forces will be discouraged," it said.
2016-04-09 00:36:25 Read More

In a first, minor's dad held in Delhi hit-and-run case

The convicts' counsel opposed the appointment saying they would argue the case threadbare.Rejecting their submission, the court said "no one can prevent the court from appointing amicus curiae" to assist it.
2016-04-08 23:49:58 Read More

SC appoints 2 top lawyers for Nirbhaya convicts

2016-04-08 22:35:19 Read More

Shift NIT out of J&K, say protesting students

2016-04-08 19:50:47 Read More

Axe Srinagar NIT bosses, demands RSS outfit

2016-04-08 19:43:51 Read More

BJP rejigs state units' heads with OBC, SC focusÂ

Dalit Chief In Punjab, OBCs In K'taka, UP
2016-04-08 19:13:01 Read More

In touch with India on Masood Azhar issue: China

China on Friday said it was in "close communication" with India over its decision to block New Delhi's bid to have Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar designated as terrorist by the UN.
2016-04-08 14:28:00 Read More

Live Blog: IPL 2016 opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the cash-rich Indian Premier League 2016 tonight will witness a host of Bollywood and international stars performing at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai.
2016-04-08 13:55:27 Read More

Eyeing China and Pak, India in talks to buy 40 US Predator drones

India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 Predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan.
2016-04-08 13:02:50 Read More

Women enter inner sanctum of Shani temple

Breaking a 400-year-old tradition, women on Friday entered the inner sanctum of the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra and offered prayers.
2016-04-08 12:17:05 Read More

Won't provide water for IPL matches: Maha CM

"Our government has taken a strong position in the court. Even if IPL matches are shifted, we have not problem," Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said making his government's stand clear on the row over water wastage.
2016-04-08 10:37:38 Read More

Britain's Serious Fraud Office starts investigating Tata Steel UK

Police officers are investigating allegations staff tampered with certificates detailing the composition of the steel products before they were sold. At least nine employees have been suspended and around 500 clients, including BAE and Rolls-Royce, are thought to be affected.
2016-04-08 08:21:40 Read More

'Why Pratyusha's boyfriend should be in jail'

Pratyusha Banerjee's lawyer has said that he has '15 big reasons' as to why the late actress' beau Rahul Raj Singh "should be taken into custody and drilled further."
2016-04-08 07:28:56 Read More

Women to be allowed into Shani temple sanctum

Soon after scores of men forced their way into the inner sanctum of the Shani Shinganpur temple in Maharashtra on Friday, the temple trust announced it won't stop women from entering the sanctum sanctorum to worship there.The trust was in a bind after a recent Bombay high court ruling said entry to temples was a fundamental right of women and it was the State's fundamental duty to protect it. Women have never been permitted into the inner sanctum of the temple. So, to keep it that way and circumvent discrimination charges, the trust said a few days ago that now even men wouldn't be allowed into the temple's inner sanctum.
2016-04-08 07:26:09 Read More

WhatsApp encryption: 8 things to know

The latest version of the app will use security technology that means that messages can't be intercepted as they travel between devices.
2016-04-08 06:32:49 Read More

Watch: 3rd suspect of Brussels bombing fleeing

2016-04-08 04:25:15 Read More

Gained from dad's Panama fund, UK PM says

Police on Thursday said they had cracked the case of the murder of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed, who was gunned down in Bijnor last Sunday as he was coming out from the venue of a wedding he had just attended.
2016-04-08 00:56:01 Read More

Modi's 'Make in India' a success: Moody's

Ratings agency Moody's has said that net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows have hit an all-time high in early 2016, highlighting the success of Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative.
2016-04-08 00:37:13 Read More

Panama Papers: Vijay Mallya directly linked to firm in Virgin Islands

Industrialist Vijay Mallya, who has been declared a wilful defaulter by Indian banks, figures in the offshore leaks by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), whose Panama Papers have rocked the world in the last few days.
2016-04-08 00:28:29 Read More

India's most militarized campus: One soldier for every two students

Two companies of CRPF had been deployed earlier and three companies of Sashastra Seema Bal joined them after campus violence in the last few days, which began after a group of students celebrated West Indies's win over India in the World T20 semifinal.
2016-04-07 22:55:31 Read More

NIT row: 'Non-locals' threatened with rape

A student from Bihar alleged that she was threatened by Kashmiri girls with rape if non-locals continued with their agitation.
2016-04-07 21:55:22 Read More

NIT row: 'Non-locals' threatened with rape

Around 2,000 non-Kashmiri boys and girls continued to boycott classes at NIT Srinagar for the seventh day on Thursday, demanding that they be 'evacuated' from the campus and the institute be relocated to a 'safer' place outside Jammu & Kashmir.
2016-04-07 21:55:22 Read More

Bengaluru professor shames girl over shorts

An inappropriate remark by a professor at the prestigious National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, to a third-year student has touched off a virtual war.The incident took place on April 4.
2016-04-07 21:07:13 Read More

NIA officer's kin 'confesses' he murdered him

2016-04-07 17:44:30 Read More

Pathankot probe: Indian team unlikely to be allowed to visit Pak

Pakistan on Thursday indicated that an Indian probe team is unlikely to be allowed to visit that country in connection with investigation into the Pathankot terror strike, pouring cold water on India's expectations.
2016-04-07 14:38:15 Read More

Peace process with India suspended: Pak envoy

The peace process between India and Pakistan has been "suspended" and there are no talks scheduled between the two countries, Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit said here on Thursday.
2016-04-07 12:42:36 Read More

Water crisis: HC raps BCCI, but OKs IPL opener

A decision on the remaining 19 matches scheduled in Maharashtra has been kept pending while the matter has been posted for further hearing on April 12. The high court also asked the Maharashtra government to file their reply on sources of water to be supplied to stadiums by April 12.
2016-04-07 11:46:51 Read More

Hafiz Saeed runs 'Sharia court' in Lahore to dispense swift justice

Darul Qaza Sharia has been set up by the group in Lahore to provide "easy and swift justice" to the people and deals mostly in civil cases relating to property and monetary disputes. The complaints are addressed to Saeed who later refers them to the Qazi for further proceedings.
2016-04-07 10:51:47 Read More

NIT Srinagar students can appear for exams later

The decision comes a day after a three-member team of human resource development (HRD) Ministry visited the campus to take stock of situation and held talks with the agitating students to defuse the tension. The exams are scheduled to start next week.
2016-04-07 10:19:33 Read More

Latur to get water by train in 15 days: Maha govt

Drought hit Latur district in Marathwada region will get water through train within next 15 days, the Maharashtra assembly was informed. Khadse rejected claim by ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan that the BJP-led govt lacks the 'political will' to resolve the water crisis in Marathwada.
2016-04-07 10:07:22 Read More

Jaitley defamation: Kejriwal, 5 others get bail

A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmy Party chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal along with five other AAP leaders in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against them by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley.
2016-04-07 09:37:30 Read More

Pratyusha suicide: Bail denied for boyfriend Rahul

Actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh, against whom a case has been lodged for abetment of his girlfriend and TV star Pratyusha Banerjee's suicide, on April 6, filed an anticipatory bail application at the Dindoshi sessions court.
2016-04-07 07:27:06 Read More

IIT fees increased to Rs 2 lakhs from Rs 90,000Â

The annual fee for undergraduate courses in the IITs will be hiked to Rs 2 lakhs from Rs 90,000, from the upcoming academic session, according to officials of the Human Resource Development Ministry.
2016-04-07 07:18:03 Read More

Disclose assets, inform when you will appear by Apr 21: SC to Mallya

Asking him to disclose all his assets, the Supreme Court on Thursday told Vijay Mallya - who owes more than Rs 9,000 crores to as many as 17 banks - to deposit a 'substantial amount' with it to 'prove his bonafide.'
2016-04-07 06:28:13 Read More

France bans buying sex, not selling it

French lawmakers approved a bill that bans buying sex. The bill however does not ban the selling of sex. Customers will face fines and be made to attend awareness classes on the harms of the sex trade. Prostitution in itself is legal in France â€” though brothels, pimping and the sale of sex by minors are illegal.
2016-04-07 03:44:29 Read More

France law bans buying sex, not selling it

High Court judges get just 5-6 minutes to decide cases, says study

"The most relaxed high court judges in the country have 15-16 minutes to hear a case, while the busiest have just about 2.5 minutes to hear a case and, on average, they have approximately five-six minutes to decide a case,â€œ according to the study conducted by a Bengaluru-based non-governmental organisation that studies and analyses judicial performance.
2016-04-07 03:04:57 Read More

Manmohan returns to teaching, joins alma mater

2016-04-07 01:36:18 Read More

Did PM insult national flag? Court to hear plaint

A city court on Wednesday took cognisance of a complaint against PM Narendra Modi for allegedly â€œinsultingâ€ the national flag last year on the international yoga day and during his visit to the United States.
2016-04-07 00:19:47 Read More

Did PM insult national flag? Court to hear plaint

Mallya must tell SC by Apr 22 when he will appear

A consortium of 17 banks, led by State Bank of India, has rejected a proposal given by beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya and his firms to pay back Rs 4,000 crore by September 30, saying that there is â€œno value in the offerâ€ and is likely to plead the Supreme Court on Wednesday to pass direction against him.
2016-04-07 00:02:44 Read More

Indians love 'desi' porn, Delhi tops with 39% traffic

Indians like porn, and they like it 'desi.' Trends for five cities â€”New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad â€” show New Delhi takes the pole in terms of viewership with 39.2 per cent of porn traffic.
2016-04-06 21:27:18 Read More

Raj students at NIT Srinagar want to return home

Parents of students from the state studying at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, are in a state of fear due the tension prevailing at the institute.
2016-04-06 20:50:48 Read More

Probe cop excesses at NIT, centre tells J&K govt

The Centre and the BJP on Wednesday leaned on Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti to set up an inquiry into reports of excessive use of police force against students at the NIT campus in Srinagar following clashes between two groups of students..
2016-04-06 20:12:01 Read More

SC/STs, Dalits, disabled to get 100% fee waiver at IITs

Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday promised a fee waiver for all SC/ST, Dalit and physically challenged students at IITs. The decision follows a panel clearing a proposal for a three-fold fee hike from the next academic session.
2016-04-06 19:38:31 Read More

DATE 10

Pathankot probe still underway: Pak on JIT visit

In its first statement after the JIT returned following its visit to Pathankot and New Delhi, Pakistan foreign ministry made no reference to media reports in this country that claimed that the Pathankot attack was "stage-managed" by India.
2016-04-06 17:58:43 Read More>>

Bihar booze ban: Dry with no high, 750 fall ill, 1 eats soap for buzz

Bihar's alcoholics have been left dry without a high. After the Nitish Kumar government banned all alcohol in the state on Tuesday, doctors have had to deal with hundreds of people going through alcohol withdrawal. Without the booze, many got the jitters, literally. Some people failed to recognize family members and one man even ate a bunch of soap bars hoping to get high.
2016-04-06 17:48:04 Read More

AI pilot delays flight for specific lady co-pilot

As many as 110 passengers aboard an Air India aircraft were forced to sit on the plane for two and half hours on Wednesday after its commander insisted for a "particular woman" co-pilot to operate the flight.
2016-04-06 15:36:12 Read More

Pathankot probe: NIA turns to FBIÂ

On China's decision to block ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar in UN Security Council, Jaishankar confirmed India had taken up the issue with the Chinese at a "fairly high level". "We will continue to engage China on this issue but it's at UN. This issue won't overflow into other issues."
2016-04-06 14:47:06 Read More

Tension prevails on NIT Srinagar campus: 10 latest developments

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached probe agencies of some foreign countries including the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with its probe into the Pathankot terror attack.
2016-04-06 14:45:51 Read More

Agitating NIT students want nod to hoist tricolour

2016-04-06 14:23:29 Read More

India takes up Masood Azhar veto with China

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said ideally Indian Premier League matches should be shifted elsewhere, where there is no water crisis.
2016-04-06 12:11:18 Read More

Don't use force against students: Centre to J&K govt

The minister of state in Prime Minister's Office said there should not be use of force by police against the students and the Centre is in constant touch with authorities there to ensure that there is no physical harm and academic disadvantages to them.
2016-04-06 11:03:40 Read More

Panama Papers could put Sanders in White House

The Panama Papers could hand Bernie Sanders the keys to the White House. For some Americans, Hillary Clinton is the embodiment of a global elite which benefits from tax avoidance schemes. Bernie Sanders, her opponent, is its antithesis.
2016-04-06 10:57:53 Read More

India takes up Masood Azhar veto with China

New Delhi has taken up with Beijing at a high level te issue of China vetoing a UN bid to declare Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad's leader Masood Azhar a terrorist. India's move to get Masood Azhar banned by the UN was last week rebuffed for the second time by China, a close friend of Pakistan.
2016-04-06 10:46:44 Read More

People more important or IPL? HC slams BCCI over water wastage

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said ideally Indian Premier League matches should be shifted elsewhere, where there is no water crisis.
2016-04-06 09:13:49 Read More

Indian IT cos act as immigration agents: Murthy

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump now has an ally in India in the form of N R Narayana Murthy. Trump, who has been vehemently opposing outsourcing of US jobs to countries like India and China, among others, has found support from Infosys founder Murthy, who on Tuesday said that the Indian software industry has been acting as â€˜immigration agents' for its employees.
2016-04-06 08:05:03 Read More

Life for 3 convicts in 2002-03 Mumbai blasts

Special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) judge PR Deshmukh spared Muzammil Ansari the death sentence and sentenced him to life for the "rest of his life" for conspiring three blasts between December 2002 and March 2003 in Mumbai Central railway station, Vile Parle and Mulund,
2016-04-06 06:48:28 Read More

Unrest in NIT Srinagar, HRD ministry sends team

The Union HRD ministry has said it would send a two-member team to the NIT Srinagar campus, which has been gripped by tension following clashes among students over the Indian cricket team's loss against West Indies in the T20 World Cup last week.
2016-04-06 05:16:58 Read More

US nabs Indians in student visa fraud sting

Nearly 1000 "students," mainly from India and China, will return home long-faced after US authorities announced Tuesday that they had busted a thriving education and foreign worker visa scam by setting up a phony university to entrap operators.
2016-04-06 05:07:28 Read More

Rahul Raj Singh used to beat and abuse Pratyusha Banerjee, FIR says

Pratyusha had hanged herself in her seventh-floor flat in Goregaon on April 1.
2016-04-06 04:51:19 Read More

Cruz scores crucial win over Trump in Wisconsin

Republican Ted Cruz captured a crucial victory in the Wisconsin primary, a significant step in his efforts to block front-runner Donald Trump's path to the presidential nomination. In the Democratic race, Bernie Sanders defeated front-runner Hillary Clinton but barely denting his rival's delegate lead.
2016-04-06 02:53:40 Read More

CRPF deployed at NIT Srinagar after campus unrest

2016-04-06 00:03:43 Read More

India keen on US's 'Super Hornet' fighters

Ahead of US defence secretary Ash Carterâ€™s three-day visit to India, US government representatives as well as Boeing and F-16 manufacturer Lockheed Martin have made â€œdetailed presentationsâ€ to the Indian establishment on the suitability of establishing an American fighter production line in India.
2016-04-05 21:29:29 Read More

Admission on plaints for missing jihadis nails Pak

Iceland's prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming worldwide scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in the so-called Panama Papers.
2016-04-05 21:04:45 Read More

'Pak JIT eluded Indian media to float theories'

The superstar has finally broken his silence and issued a statement clarifying his stance in the controversy.
2016-04-05 20:39:50 Read More

Now, you can get a UK visa without leaving home

2016-04-05 19:58:39 Read More

Iceland PM is first casualty as govts face fallout from Panama Papers

2016-04-05 17:06:35 Read More

Iceland PM quits over Panama Papers scandal

The Prime Minister of Iceland has resigned after the Panama Papers revealed that he has been using an offshore firm to allegedly hide investments worth millions of pounds. On Monday, thousands of locals surrounded the Icelandic parliament to demand Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugssonâ€™s resignation.
2016-04-05 16:06:41 Read More

Panama Papers: My name has been misused, Â says Amitabh Bachchan

The superstar has finally broken his silence and issued a statement clarifying his stance in the controversy.
2016-04-05 13:12:48 Read More

Pak-backed terror may hit you: VK Singh to China

"The friendship between China and Pakistan appears to be very strong but the day is not far when China too gets affected by Pakistan-backed terrorism. When such a situation arises, China will have to pay a heavy price," said VK Singh reacting to Beijing's stand on Masood Azhar.
2016-04-05 12:46:46 Read More

Job seekers will become job creators: PM ModiÂ

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the "Stand Up India" programme and said the initiative will help job seekers become job creators. "Stand Up India scheme is going to transform the lives of people from the dalit and tribal communities," PM Modi said.
2016-04-05 12:04:33 Read More

Pratyusha's boyfriend Rahul booked for abetment

A case of abetment, assault and intimidation was registered against actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh in connection with the suicide of TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee on April 5.
2016-04-05 11:47:22 Read More

ISIS hints at attacks in London, Berlin, Rome

2016-04-05 11:39:52 Read More

BCCI a mutually beneficial society, has done nothing for cricket: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India and accused it of doing nothing to develop cricket in the country. The BCCI came in for sharp criticism after it informed the apex court that allocation of funds to eleven states was zero.
2016-04-05 10:52:35 Read More

Sensex sinks 516 points, ends below 25,000-mark

â€‹The dreaded Islamic State outfit has threatened a new wave of terror attacks as deadly as the Paris massacre in London, Berlin and Rome in a latest chilling video which shows images of the UK Parliament and Eiffel Tower crashing to the ground.â€‹
2016-04-05 10:37:21 Read More

Facing trouble with women, Trump brings in wife

2016-04-05 07:21:05 Read More

RBI lowers repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday cut its policy interest rate by an expected 25 basis points, bringing it to 6.5%, the lowest since January 2011. With inflation easing to 5.18% in February and a Union budget that kept both borrowing and spending in check, the RBI had room to make its first cut since September, thus resuming an easing cycle that was in full swing last year.
2016-04-05 05:31:57 Read More

How the world's media covered Panama Papers

Among female voters, Trump is having little success, with women viewing him unfavorably by more than 3-to-1, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll. Now, in an apparent effort to shore up his support among women after a series of missteps, Trump is enlisting his wife, Melania, on the campaign trail.
2016-04-05 05:12:04 Read More

High-speed Gatimaan Express flagged off

The new train - that can reach a maximum speed of 160 km per hour - will operate between Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin station and Agra Cantonment station. It will run six days a week, except on Fridays.
2016-04-05 04:37:10 Read More

13-yr-old creator of odd-even.com sells his carpool site to OrahiÂ

The site was developed and launched in December 2015 by class 9th student anticipating the odd-even vehicle rule implemented by the Delhi government in January this year.
2016-04-05 03:55:19 Read More

PM orders probe into Indians' offshore holdings

2016-04-05 02:31:08 Read More

Whatâ€™s illegal in owning a firm abroad?

2016-04-04 23:23:29 Read More

Panama leak: ED told to study papers, present report by April 25

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unearth black money on Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate, Central Board for Direct Taxes and Department of Revenue Intelligence to analyse the â€˜Panama documentsâ€™ and launch a probe to detect possible money laundering angles.
2016-04-04 22:34:25 Read More

Who Leaked Panama Papers & Why?

2016-04-04 22:27:18 Read More

Who leaked Panama Papers and why?

2016-04-04 22:27:18 Read More

Panama Papers: 5 Indian biz houses deny claims

2016-04-04 22:07:54 Read More

â€˜Pathankot staged by India, believe Pak sleuthsâ€™

2016-04-04 19:46:01 Read More

NIA officerâ€™s suspected killer identified from video

2016-04-04 19:14:57 Read More

NIA officerâ€™s suspected killer identified from video

2016-04-04 19:14:57 Read More

Nicholas apologizes to Sammy for 'short of brains' comment

Former England cricketer Mark Nicholas on Monday tendered an unconditional apology to victorious West Indies captain Darren Sammy and his players for his comments that the cricketers from the Caribbean are "short of brains".
2016-04-04 10:34:25 Read More

What are Panama Papers & why are they important

Heads of state, politicians, celebrities and criminals have been named in a huge cache of leaked files exposing almost 40 years of intricate methods to make use of offshore assets.
2016-04-04 09:32:34 Read More

Mahindra launches NuvoSport at Rs 7.35 lakh

Mahindra launched the NuvoSport on Monday, with prices starting at Rs 7.35 lakh for the base N4 variant, going all the way up to Rs 9.76 lakh for the top of the line N8 with a 5-speed AMT. The NuvoSport replaces the not-so-successful Quanto.
2016-04-04 08:08:33 Read More

'Crime of the century' also had Panama link?

Leaked files reveal the law firm has financial dealings with a total of 128 people around the world. â€œAn International Consortium of Investigative Journalists analysis of the leaked files found that more than 500 banks, their subsidiaries and branches have worked with Mossack Fonseca since the 1970s to help clients manage offshore companies.â€
2016-04-04 07:00:20 Read More

21 best tech companies to work for in 2016

Google and Facebook have won these sort of best-places to work roundups for eons, for 2016 there's a new champ in town.
2016-04-04 06:37:40 Read More

DATE 11

A look at offshore accounts used to hide wealth

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Windies board slams Sammy's post-win comment

2016-04-04 04:19:09 Read More

For lawyers of Panama, discretion was survival

2016-04-04 03:31:03 Read More

Voting under way 1st phase of Assam, Bengal

2016-04-04 03:30:47 Read More

'Panama Papers' show Putin aides, Messi have foreign tax havens

The documents, dubbed "The Panama Papers", reveal links to 72 current or former heads of state and accuse some of them of having vested interests in their own banks and looting their own countries.
2016-04-04 03:15:12 Read More

World leaders, celebs exposed in tax haven dump

PM Modi also invited Saudi businessmen to invest in India, and opened the door for more Indian companies to operate in the desert kingdom. The two sides also held detailed discussions on Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya.
2016-04-03 23:52:49 Read More

Hackers target wealthy for cyber extortion

Chasing 156, West Indies won by four wickets with two balls left at Eden Gardens. The dugout cleared, Carlos Brathwaite was mobbed by delirious team-mates, and the firecrackers went off. It was riveting cricket.
2016-04-03 22:02:00 Read More

Travel ban on many overseas Sikhs removed

2016-04-03 19:45:25 Read More

West Indies stun England to win World T20 title

India, Saudi Arabia pledge to fight terror together

2016-04-03 15:37:17 Read More

Deplaned, Muslim family cites 'Islamophobia'

2016-04-03 13:24:17 Read More

WT20 Final live scorecard: England v West Indies

Tanzil's wife Farzana has told the investigators that the attack was a planned and that the shooters were professionals and used automatic weapons. The NIA officer was attacked in Bijnor while coming back from wedding; while his wife was injured, his two children escaped unhurt.
2016-04-03 13:19:22 Read More

WT20 Final Live: England lose openers Roy and Hales in quick time

Two former champions, England and West Indies, face each other in the summit clash at the Eden Gardens, as they aim to become the first team to win the World T20 title twice.
2016-04-03 12:56:02 Read More

Assembly polls begin today in Bengal, Assam

The first phase of crucial assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam will be held on Monday with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee facing a tough fight from Left-Congress combine and Tarun Gogoi of Congress striving hard to retain power in the key northeastern state.
2016-04-03 12:40:32 Read More

Shahid Afridi quits as Pakistan T20I captain

The pilot of the Washington-bound flight asked Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, her husband and their three young children to get off the plane at Chicago airport, citing 'safety issues'. The family had enquired whether the air stewardess could provide five-point harness safety seats for their children.
2016-04-03 11:07:03 Read More

NIA officer was shot more than two dozen times, investigators say

GST will be reality soon: PM Modi in Riyadh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a round table conference with top business leaders at the Saudi Chambers of Commerce in Riyadh on Sunday. He said his government has taken several policy initiatives to spur growth and progress in India, and assured the business leaders that Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill would be passed soon.
2016-04-03 08:52:38 Read More

The dirty old men of Pakistan

In the world we live in, there is no dearth of pious men who believe that most of the world's problems can be fixed by giving their women a little thrashing. And this business of a man's God-given right to give a woman a little thrashing has brought together all of Pakistan's pious men.
2016-04-03 08:29:12 Read More

Indian priest in Yemen 'could be freed soon'

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India said a delegation met foreign minister Sushma Swaraj who said the government was working to secure the priest's safe return. Father Tom Uzhunnalil was captured from the southern Yemeni city of Aden by gunmen who killed at least 15 people at an old people's home in an attack that was condemned by Pope Francis.
2016-04-03 07:28:53 Read More

Why Donald Trump can't break his own party

Trump (or Ted Cruz) could very well lead the party to a decisive and divisive defeat. If it was catastrophic enough, it could lead to changes in party strategy. Yet predictions of a Republican crackup should be greeted with skepticism. While rumors of the death of the Republican Party have been common in recent presidential elections, they have proved again and again to be vastly exaggerated.
2016-04-03 05:31:22 Read More

Want to study abroad? Try these 8 apps

Studying abroad in top universities is a dream that many Indian students have.
2016-04-03 04:58:13 Read More

Want to study abroad? Try these 8 apps

Studying abroad in top universities is a dream that many Indian students have.
2016-04-03 04:58:13 Read More

NIA officer shot dead in UP, agency terms it 'planned attack'

A National Investigation Agency deputy superintendent of police Mohammad Tanzil and his wife were shot at late last night by unidentified gunmen in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. Tanzil died on the spot, while his wife suffered injuries, who was immediately rushed to a hospital in Noida.
2016-04-03 03:24:51 Read More

Mumbai cinema turned into mosque

By the early 2000s, however, Alexandra Cinema had graduated from showing Hollywood fare to B and C-grade films interspersed with adult films. It was a time when local residents asked school bus drivers to switch routes so that impressionable school kids werenâ€™t exposed to the â€œdirtyâ€ posters.
2016-04-03 03:07:30 Read More

BCCI wants Rahul Dravid as Team India coach

The Indian cricket board's advisory committee, comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, has approached batting legend Rahul Dravid - in charge of India A and India U 19 squads for almost a year now - to enquire whether he would be interested in taking over as chief coach of the senior team.
2016-04-03 02:50:11 Read More

Pak mini-nukes easy targets for terrorists, fears Obama

Chennai, Jaipur, Indore and Delhi are among 47 cities across the world to register the highest rate of road fatalities. A report released by the UN-Habitat and WHO says the number of persons killed per lakh population in Chennai was the second highest across the major selected cities, at 26.6.
2016-04-02 23:19:55 Read More

Central team to visit Latur in wake of water crisis

2016-04-02 22:22:33 Read More

'Shield Azhar' move may yield diminishing returns

2016-04-02 22:00:34 Read More

Chennai 2nd in world in rate of road crash deaths

2016-04-02 19:33:33 Read More

Fadnavis: Will follow court order on temple entry

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that his government will implement the Bombay high court order on entry of women in religious places in 'true spirit'. On Saturday, scores of women activists of the Bhumata Ranragini Brigade led by Trupti Desai tried to enter the inner sanctum of the Shani Shinganapur temple in Maharashtra.
2016-04-02 18:52:21 Read More

How Emraan Hashmi helped son fight cancer

â€‹â€‹Playing Batman turned out to be the best role of his career as it confirmed his ailing four-year-oldâ€™s belief in superheroes. Excerpts from his memoir...
2016-04-02 18:29:00 Read More

India has ignited new hope in world, says PM Modi

India has strengthened its economy despite the adverse global conditions and has ignited a "new hope" in the world, with some describing it as a "bright star", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday.
2016-04-02 15:18:45 Read More

Delhi to Agra in 100 minutes: India's fastest train to run from Tuesday

Gatiman Express, the country's fastest train will start plying between Agra and Delhi from April 5. The state-of-the-art train will take one hour and forty minutes to complete the journey. Ironically, on the same route runs a passenger's train which takes around eight hours to cover the 195km distance.
2016-04-02 14:58:53 Read More

Now, Mallya's aircraft will be auctioned

2016-04-02 14:16:57 Read More

Shani temple row: Honour HC order or face FIR, Desai tells Maha CM

Upset over police action preventing women activists from entering the sacred platform of the Shani temple, Bhumata Ranragini Brigade leader Trupti Desai on Saturday said she would file an FIR against Maharashtra chief minister if he fails to honour the Bombay high court order facilitating entry of females at places of worship.
2016-04-02 13:41:08 Read More

Police detain Pratyusha's boyfriend for questioning

The service tax department will "very shortly" auction liquor baron Vijay Mallya's aircraft to recover dues estimated at nearly Rs 535 crore. "Vijay Mallya's aircraft are with us. So, that is what we are going to auction very shortly," Central Board of Excise and Customs chairman Najib Shah said.
2016-04-02 12:41:15 Read More

Masood Azhar not a 'terrorist', says China

Police have detained Pratyusha Banerjee's boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh for questioning in connection with the alleged suicide of the actor.
2016-04-02 10:42:49 Read More

Women stopped from entering Shani temple

Clinging to its pro-Pakistan stance, China has asserted that JeM chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar does not qualify to be nailed as a "terrorist" to face UN sanctions as his case "did not meet" the Security Council's requirements.
2016-04-02 09:42:09 Read More

Rahul visits Kolkata crash site, meets injured

2016-04-02 07:01:41 Read More

Rahul visits Kolkata crash site, meets injured

2016-04-02 07:01:41 Read More

Pratyusha's boyfriend Rahul records statement

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited the spot of the flyover collapse in which 24 people were killed and said he had come to extend support to the victims and did not want to politicise the issue.
2016-04-02 05:48:48 Read More

Muslim family kicked off US flight for 'how they looked'

Dhoni is perhaps that rarity alongside Sachin Tendulkar who may have earned the privilege to take a call on when he wants to quit.
2016-04-02 05:37:50 Read More

Did 'Anandi' hint about suicide on WhatsApp?

TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee's boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh has recorded his first statement to police.
2016-04-02 04:46:08 Read More

WorldT20: Is Captain Cool's mask now coming off?

Pratyusha, 24, started her career with Balika Vadhu. She was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 and was one of the participants of Bigg Boss 7. Some 'personal reasons' are said to be behind the suicide; Pratyusha was admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital where she breathed her last.
2016-04-02 03:23:13 Read More

8 'corrupt, inefficient' TN judges in the dock?

The Madras high court has declared all-out war on corrupt and inefficient judges among the subordinate judiciary.
2016-04-02 01:08:32 Read More

China, you are shielding terrorists & Pak: India on Masood Azhar

External affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that India finds incomprehensible that while Jaish-e-Mohammad was listed in the UN security council for its well known terror activities, the designation of the group's main leader, financier and motivator has been put on technical hold.
2016-04-01 21:44:59 Read More

Bid to save dog cost 7 jawans their lives

An IED blast blew up the vehicle of CRPF jawans in Dantewada on Wednesday when they were on their way to evacuate Scout, a Belgian Malinois who had proved his mettle as an expert sniffer dog, but was seriously ill due to dehydration in the jungle heat.
2016-04-01 19:54:23 Read More

Srinagar NIT shut after fight over T20 loss

Two groups of students at the institute fought after some of them burst crackers following Team India's loss on Thursday. A group of students took out a protest march inside the campus on Friday, but police prevented the situation from getting out of control.
2016-04-01 19:22:32 Read More

State-sponsored nuclear terror greatest risk: PM

Pakistan has also made a show of arresting an alleged Indian spy in Balochistan and charged New Delhi with fomenting terrorism in its territory, but the allegations carry little weight given Pakistanâ€™s long history of exporting terrorism across the western world beyond the subcontinent.
2016-04-01 14:26:53 Read More

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