Current Affairs For The Year 2020 And Month Jan

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Man opens fire in Shaheen Bagh area, held

A man on Saturday fired two rounds in air in the Shaheen Bagh area, where an anti-CAA protest is on, following which he was taken into custody by police. No one was injured in the incident which occurred at around 4:53 pm. According to eyewitnesses, the man opened fire behind the stage at the site where the protest against the CAA has been going on for over a month.
2020-02-01 11:47:21 Read More

Budget 2020: What's costlier and what's cheaper

2020-02-01 11:28:37 Read More

New income tax slabs, lower rates are 'optional': What it means

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday introduced new income tax (I-T) slabs and reduced the tax rates. But the reduction in rates will only be implied if a taxpayer opts for foregoing exemptions and deductions.
2020-02-01 10:22:59 Read More

Poll: What is your take on Union Budget 2020?

A large number of items including cigarettes, chewing tobacco along with imported products, like edible oils, fans, table, footwear, electric vehicles, tableware, kitchenware, toys and furniture are set to become more expensive due to hike in taxes proposed in the Union Budget for 2020-21. Newsprint, sports goods, microphone will become cheaper as Nirmala Sitharaman proposed reduction in duties on these items.
2020-02-01 07:08:27 Read More

Live: Budget has vision & action, PM says

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised to put more money in people's pockets and announced measures to boost the income of farmers as she delivered her longest-ever Budget speech today. Stay with TOI for live updates
2020-01-31 23:37:07 Read More

Nirbhaya case: Uncertainty over Feb 1 execution

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led party has recommended adjusting rules on taxing equity market returns in the upcoming budget on February 1, which if accepted, could attract more capital inflows into the stock markets, a senior party leader said.
2020-01-29 14:29:05 Read More

Trade pact, arms deal, a mega event: What to expect from Trump's visit

Uncertainty again looms over the hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case scheduled on February 1 with a second condemned prisoner filing a mercy petition before the President on Wednesday and a third convict also moving a curative plea before the Supreme Court
2020-01-29 12:44:44 Read More

That's how we do it: Kohli after series victory

2020-01-29 12:37:19 Read More

Budget: BJP seeks tax tweaks to attract investors

India beat New Zealand in the 3rd T20I via Super Over to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series. India posted a competitive 179/5 after being sent into bat. Williamson smashed a 48-ball 95 but Kiwis faltered in the final over ending at 179/6. In the Super Over, Kiwis scored 17, a target which India overwhelmed in the final ball with Rohit smashing Southee for two consecutive sixes.
2020-01-29 12:18:09 Read More

India beat NZ in Super Over thriller, win T20 series

That is how we do it, said India skipper Virat Kohli after sealing the five-match T20I series against New Zealand on Wednesday.
2020-01-29 11:14:47 Read More

Govt to sell 100% stake in Air India; issues bid document

The government on Monday issued the preliminary information memorandum for 100 per cent stake sale in national carrier Air India. As part of the strategic disinvestment, Air India would also sell 100 per cent stake in low cost airline Air India Express and 50 per cent shareholding in joint venture AISATS, as per the bid document issued on Monday.
2020-01-27 03:28:01 Read More

Kobe Bryant, 41, NBA legend, dies in copter crash

Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
2020-01-27 02:55:30 Read More

China counts 2,700 cases of new virus, 80 deaths

China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80 as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside of Hubei, the national tally of verified infections rose by 769, around half of them in Hubei province.
2020-01-27 01:05:50 Read More

Release Kashmir leaders held 'without charge': US

"We also continue to urge the government to permit regular access by our diplomats, and to move swiftly to release those political leaders detained without charge in Jammu and Kashmir," Alice Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, said.
2020-01-25 06:51:21 Read More

'20% TDS if employee doesn't share PAN/Aadhaar'

The government has made it mandatory for employees, who are subjected to tax deducted at source (TDS), to share their permanent account number or Aadhaar, or face the prospect of a mandatory 20% deduction from their salary.
2020-01-25 02:27:03 Read More

Live: TRS set to sweep Telangana civic polls

The ruling TRS, which swept the rural local body polls last year, is set to win the municipal elections in Telangana. The counting of votes is still under way. Stay with TOI for all updates
2020-01-25 02:22:10 Read More

Rich want to be powerful too: 164 crorepatis in fray for Delhi polls

Not only are the candidates for the February 8 assembly polls richer than the last time around, but they are also older. From 143 candidates with assets worth Rs 1 crore or more fielded by AAP, BJP and Congress in 2015, the number has gone up to 164 in 2020 for the three parties or their allies.
2020-01-24 22:42:00 Read More

EC orders FIR against BJP's Kapil Mishra

Delhi chief electoral officer Ranbir Singh has directed Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against BJP candidate from Model Town assembly constituency Kapil Mishra under section 123 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 for trying to aggravate differences between two communities.
2020-01-24 15:04:12 Read More

Excessive tax a social injustice: CJI Bobde

Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Friday made a case for speedy resolution of tax disputes saying it will act as an incentive for taxpayers and free the funds locked in litigation. According to data, total pendency of appeals at the Supreme Court, High Court and CESTAT (Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal) as on June 30, 2017, was 2,73,591.
2020-01-24 12:56:57 Read More

Growth slowdown in India temporary: IMF chief

Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020 in Davos, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary and she expects the momentum to improve going ahead. She also said the world appears a better place in January 2020 compared to what it was when IMF announced its World Economic Outlook in October 2019.
2020-01-24 11:08:14 Read More

Iyer fireworks give India six-wicket win over NZ

Shreyas Iyer guided India to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday as the tourists showed few signs of fatigue or jet lag. Iyer scored his second Twenty20I half-century with 58 not out and finished the game with his third six as India reached 204-4 to chase down New Zealand's 203-5.
2020-01-24 10:48:02 Read More

How Pak, Chinese nationals' assets can give Rs 1 lakh cr boost to India

The Centre on Thursday announced the formation of committees and a group of ministers to sell properties of Chinese and Pakistani nationals seized by the Indian government after the 1962 war against China and the 1965 and 1971 wars against Pakistan. There are 9,406 'enemy properties', worth over Rs 1 lakh crore; enemy shares and jewellery worth Rs 38 lakh.
2020-01-24 09:35:43 Read More

I see Virat Kohli breaking more records: Smith

Run-machine Steve Smith is already excited at the prospect of playing another ICC event at home after the 2015 World Cup. Talking about Virat Kolhi, Smith said, "He is terrific. His batting numbers just speak for themselves. I think he's an incredible player in all three formats and I think we will see him break many records."
2020-01-22 13:36:37 Read More

Trump to visit, claims Pak; US prez skirts query

Donald Trump has assured the Pakistani leadership that he would visit the country "soon", Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday though the US President appeared to parry a question whether his planned trip to India would include a stopover in Islamabad.
2020-01-22 13:29:56 Read More

Centre moves SC, seeks deadline on executions

The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day deadline for the execution of death row convicts. The plea of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) assumes significance in view of the the death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case of 2012 filing review, curative and mercy petitions, which have delayed their hanging.
2020-01-22 12:41:52 Read More

China's food markets source of deadly virus?

Gao Fu, director of the Chinese centre for disease control and prevention, said in Beijing on Wednesday that authorities believe the virus likely came from "wild animals at the seafood market" though the exact source remains undetermined. A price list circulating on China's internet lists a menagerie of animals or animal-based products including live foxes, crocodiles, wolf puppies, giant salamanders, snakes, rats, peacocks â€” 112 items in all.
2020-01-22 11:31:43 Read More

Wishlist: What taxpayers, investors want from Budget 2020

Removal of the long-term capital gains tax and measures to boost consumption are high on equity investorsâ€™ wish list from the Union Budget. With the economy facing its worst growth finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman needs to offer support for individuals and businesses. The scope may be limited, however, amid concern over a larger than projected deficit.
2020-01-22 09:18:43 Read More

3rd ODI Live: Kuldeep removes dangerman Carey

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday launched 'Kejriwal ka Guarantee Card' ahead of the February 8 assembly elections. The card has 10 "guarantees", including a promise to reduce air pollution, in the national capital by three times.
2020-01-19 11:03:16 Read More

2838 Pakistanis, 914 Afghans given citizenship in last 6 yrs: Sitharaman

Amid ongoing nationwide protests against CAA, 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said â€” "In the last six years, as many as 2838 Pakistani refugees, 914 Afghan refugees, 172 Bangladeshi refugees including Muslims have been given Indian citizenship. From 1964 to 2008, more than 4,00,000 Tamils (from Sri Lanka) have been given Indian citizenship."
2020-01-19 08:42:06 Read More

CAA, NRC 'internal matters' of India: B'desh PM

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2020-01-19 08:39:40 Read More

Delhi polls: AAP releases 'guarantee card'

2020-01-19 08:29:19 Read More

'If something's on statute book, you have to obey'

If something is on the statute book, you have to obey the law, else there are consequences, says Congress leader Salman Khurshid, while responding to Kapil Sibal's statement that the state cannot say 'no' to a law passed by Parliament. Ultimately, the SC will decide and till then everything said, done, not done is provisional and tentative," he said.
2020-01-19 04:35:32 Read More

ODI series on the line as India take on Australia

On Friday in Rajkot, it felt like a different Indian team had stepped out for the 2nd ODI against Australia. From the fumble and stumble at the Wankhede stadium to discovering a 'multi-dimensional' player in KL Rahul, who played a key role in the 36-run win at the SCA stadium, India have ensured the series heads into a cracker of a decider at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.
2020-01-19 02:52:02 Read More

Trump gives details of Suleimani's last minutes

President Donald Trump gave a new justification for killing Qassim Suleimani, telling a gathering of Republican donors that the top Iranian general was "saying bad things about our country" before the strike, which led to his decision to authorise his killing. "How much are we going to listen to?" Trump said.
2020-01-18 23:11:04 Read More

Kashmiri Pandits mark 30 years of exile with #HumWapasAayenge

Itâ€™s been 30 years since Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley were forced to leave their homes because of a violent separatist movement that selectively targeted the minority community. To observe the anniversary, #HumWapasAayenge has been trending on social media with people sharing memories of how they fled and their desire to return to the Valley.
2020-01-18 21:59:29 Read More

India plans to fix its cattle sex ratio

India has a skewed sex ratio problem. No, weâ€™re not talking about humans but cattle. With bull numbers rising rapidly, especially after strict implementation of anti-cow slaughter laws, and no easy fixes in sight, the Centre now hopes to find a solution in â€˜sexed semenâ€™ (sex-sorted semen) technology to ensure birth of female calves through artificial insemination.
2020-01-18 20:36:40 Read More

Contractual workers also entitled to PF benefits: SC

Holding that an employer cannot differentiate between contractual and permanent employees, the Supreme Court has ruled that casual workers are also entitled to social security benefits under the Employeesâ€™ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act.
2020-01-18 20:22:32 Read More

Govt to revamp official data for clearer picture of economy

Faced with criticism over quality of data as well as allegations of manipulation, the government has begun discussions on a much-delayed revamp of official statistics, which have been at the centre of a political slugfest during the last few years.
2020-01-18 19:32:23 Read More

Prepaid mobile phone services restored in J&K

The Jammu & Kashmir administration on Saturday ordered the restoration of prepaid mobile service in the Valley after over five months of suspension. 2G mobile data services on postpaid mobiles for accessing the â€œwhitelistedâ€ sites were also resumed in two Kashmir districts â€” Kupwara and Bandipora. The administration has declared 153 sites as â€œwhitelistedâ€.
2020-01-18 17:50:36 Read More

Why a $1.3bn China deal may worry India

China and Myanmar on Saturday inked 33 deals aimed at speeding up key infrastructure projects to provide Beijing a stepping stone to the Indian Ocean after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as China ramped up support to cement its hold over the Southeast Asian country under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
2020-01-18 12:28:37 Read More

How opener K L Rahul prepared for middle-order batting challenge

KL Rahul, who scored a quickfire 80 coming in at No. 5 in the second ODI against Australia on Friday, has batted thrice at number three, four times at number four, twice at number five and once at number six. The 27-year-old Karnataka batsman insists that he has got better at reading the game having played in different positions.
2020-01-18 04:54:24 Read More

Nirbhaya's mother slams Jaising's pardon appeal

Senior advocate Indira Jaising urged the mother of Nirbhaya to pardon the men on death row who were convicted for the 2012 gang rape of her daughter. Jaising took to Twitter to make the request shortly after Asha Devi on Friday expressed her disappointment following a Delhi court postponed the date of the execution of the four convicts.
2020-01-18 04:09:36 Read More

Woman thrashed by daughter's molesters, dies

A 40-year-old woman complainant in a molestation case of 2018, who was attacked along with her sister allegedly by the accused and his aides on January 9, succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital here on Friday.
2020-01-18 02:28:41 Read More

3.6 lakh hectares hit in Rajasthan's worst locust attack in 60 years

Locusts have damaged crops across an area of at least 3.6 lakh hectares in 10 districts as western Rajasthan continues to reel under the longest and the worst attack of the pest in 60 years. Swirling swarms of the deadly grasshoppers have eaten up 75% of standing crops in the hardest-hit Sriganganagar district, according to assessments by officials and farmers.
2020-01-17 21:56:00 Read More

China defends raising Kashmir issue at UNSC

The BJP on Friday released its first list of 57 candidates for the February 8 polls to the 70-member Delhi Assembly, fielding sitting MLA Vijender Gupta and former mayors Ravinder Gupta and Yogender Chandolia. The list, which was released by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, also included former AAP MLA Kapil Mishra and has 11 SC and four-woman candidates.
2020-01-17 13:58:32 Read More

Disappointed with courts, govt: Nirbhaya's mother

Nirbhaya's mother on Friday expressed disappointment with the courts and government after the date of execution of her daughter's rapists was postponed by a Delhi court.
2020-01-17 12:47:20 Read More

Delhi polls: BJP releases list of 57 candidates

2020-01-17 11:36:49 Read More

Lukewarm response to Kashmir issue from global community: Imran

Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Friday admitted that there are no takers of the Kashmir issue from the international community. Khan said that there has been a "lukewarm response" to the Kashmir issue. "Unfortunately, commercial interests are more important for Western countries. India is a big market and that is the reason behind the lukewarm response," said Pak PM.
2020-01-17 11:35:32 Read More

Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged on Feb 1 at 6 am

A Delhi court on Friday issued fresh death warrants for February 1, 6 am against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora was hearing a plea by one of the four death row convicts in the case, Mukesh Kumar Singh, seeking postponement of the date of his execution scheduled for January 22.
2020-01-17 11:32:58 Read More

China GDP grew 6.1% in '19, slowest in 3 decades

China's economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low of 6.1% in 2019 as consumer demand weakened and Beijing fought a trade war with Washington. Government data on Friday showed growth was down from 2018's 6.6%, already the lowest since 1990. Economic growth in the 3 months ending in December held steady at the previous quarter's level of 6%.
2020-01-17 02:20:45 Read More

DATE 2

Gsat-30: Indiaâ€™s first satellite of 2020 successfully launched

In a first satellite launch of this year, Indian Space Research Organisationâ€™s communication satellite Gsat-30 was successfully launched by European space agencyâ€™s heavy-lift launch vehicle Ariane-5 (VA 251) from French Guiana at 2.35 am (IST) on Friday. The 3,357-kg Gsat-30 will serve as a replacement to Insat-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage.
2020-01-16 22:02:57 Read More>>

Goyal: 'Amazon investing to cover losses, ... '

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday played down the $1 billion investment promised by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, saying the money was meant to cover the losses that the e-commerce player had notched up in the country and it was not â€œdoing a favourâ€. He added that e-commerce companies needed to adhere to the rules â€œin letter and spiritâ€.
2020-01-16 19:40:06 Read More

â€˜Dr Bombâ€™ does a disappearing act

Dr Jalees Ansari (69), notorious as â€˜Dr Bombâ€™ for his role in several blasts across the country and sentenced to life in the 1993 Rajasthan bomb blasts case, disappeared from his Mumbai home on Thursday morning, a day before his 21-day parole sanctioned by the Supreme Court order was to end. An MBBS doctor, Ansari has been in jail since 1994.
2020-01-16 19:25:40 Read More

How Putin's political shake-up could pan out

India on Thursday hit out at China for helping Pakistan in trying to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, saying Beijing should seriously reflect on the global consensus and refrain from such actions. The overwhelming majority of the UNSC was of the view that it was not the right forum for such issues, said MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.
2020-01-16 13:39:11 Read More

J&K cops bust JeM module, avert major attack

Police on Thursday said it averted a major attack ahead of Republic Day by busting a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in Srinagar and arresting five of its operatives. It said that huge explosive material has been recovered from the five terror operatives.
2020-01-16 12:38:46 Read More

SC rejects telcos' plea for relief on govt dues

The changes, which triggered the resignation of the prime minister and government, are widely seen as giving Putin, 67, scope to extend his grip on power once he leaves the presidency in 2024. He has dominated Russian politics, as president or as prime minister, for two decades.
2020-01-16 12:02:20 Read More

Kashmir: India slams China-Pak's failed UNSC bid

2020-01-16 11:18:04 Read More

Kashmir: India slams China-Pak's failed UNSC bid

2020-01-16 11:18:04 Read More

Art 370: Pak's use of false pretences at UN has run its course, India says

India has slammed Pakistan for again trying to raise the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council where it failed one more time to find any support, with New Delhi asserting that Islamabad needs to focus on the hard tasks it has to address in order to ensure normal relations with India.
2020-01-16 07:59:35 Read More

Live: 7 coaches derail near Cuttack, many injured

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2020-01-16 01:58:53 Read More

Have Aadhaar, passport? share details for NPR

A senior official explained â€œvoluntaryâ€ or â€œoptionalâ€ sharing of documents for the NPR only meant respondents would not be required to provide details of Aadhaar, driving licence, voter ID or passport number if these have not been issued to them in the first place. But if one has the documents, the information is to be provided.
2020-01-15 20:31:22 Read More

'Cong showed no interest in nailing 1984 rioters'

The Supreme Court-appointed Justice S N Dhingra Commitee has slammed the then Union government and Delhi Police for showing utter lack of interest in booking 1984 anti-Sikh rioters for murder, arson and violence and for trying to hush up the criminal cases.
2020-01-15 19:39:44 Read More

China-Pakistan alliance again comes up short on Kashmir at UN

China made another bid on Wednesday to raise the Kashmir issue at a closed-door meeting in the UN Security Council on behalf of Pakistan, only to be rebuffed by France and other permanent members who maintain the matter should be resolved bilaterally. The visit of Pakistanâ€™s foreign minister to the US appeared to be the trigger for China to rake up the issue again.
2020-01-15 17:56:18 Read More

Air India Washington-Delhi flight delayed by 57 hrs

2020-01-15 15:45:23 Read More

No papers will be asked or biometric taken for NPR: Home ministry

Amid concerns expressed by opposition parties on the National Population Register (NPR), the home ministry has said no documents will be asked or biometric taken while updating the register. Officials said, "no papers will be asked" and "no biometrics will be taken" during the exercise. However, on the website, the NPR database will contain biometric details.
2020-01-15 15:28:38 Read More

Omar Abdullah to be shifted from Hari Nivas

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev for his service but noted that the prime minister's Cabinet failed to fulfil all the objectives set for it. Russian media said Putin plans to name Medvedev as deputy of the presidential Security Council.
2020-01-15 15:11:55 Read More

'Navy watching China's presence in Indian Ocean'

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah will be shifted to a house near his official residence, 163 days after he was taken into preventive custody following the abrogation of Article 370 provisions, officials said. Omar will be shifted as Hari Nivas might be used to accommodate a ministerial delegation from the Centre.
2020-01-15 15:07:10 Read More

Russia PM resigns amid Putin's power base bid

2020-01-15 13:42:30 Read More

'Amazon to export $10bn Indian goods by 2025'

Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos, who is on a three-day visit to India, said on Wednesday that the e-commerce giant will use its global footprint to export $10 billion worth of 'Make In India' goods by 2025. Bezos also stated that Amazon is going to invest $1 billion in digitising the small and medium businesses in India.
2020-01-15 06:42:24 Read More

Ending Art 370 has disrupted Pak's proxy war: Army chief M M Naravane

Army chief Gen M M Naravane on Wednesday hailed the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 as a "historic step" and said the move has disrupted the proxy war by the "western neighbour". The armed forces have a "zero tolerance against terrorism", he said in his address at the 72nd Army Day function in the Cariappa Parade Ground.
2020-01-15 06:30:22 Read More

India's way not to be disruptive: Jaishankar

India's way is not to be disruptive and it is more of a decider than an abstainer, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In remarks that come at a time when several countries have called for a greater Indian role in the Indo-Pacific, the minister also said it is not the India way to be mercantilist.
2020-01-15 06:14:45 Read More

Will he, won't he? Guessing game on MSD's future

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's illustrious career is nearing its end, but his cryptic comments and long absences from the pitch have kept fans guessing how he plans to walk away. He has now not appeared for club or country in more than six months, since New Zealand beat India in the World Cup semi-final.
2020-01-15 03:47:16 Read More

Lingayat seer, BSY argue over ministerial berths

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa was involved in a very public confrontation with a Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Samaj Gurupeetha seer Vachanananda Swamiji who openly lobbied for a ministerial berth for an MLA. The seer said the community will revolt against the BJP if Yediyurappa does not induct at least three Lingayat MLAs in his cabinet.
2020-01-15 01:06:25 Read More

Walmart sacks around 50 execs in India: Sources

Walmart Inc has fired around 50 of its India executives as part of its restructuring in the country, sources told Reuters. The move underscores the struggles Walmart has faced in expanding its business in India. The firings mostly affected executives in the company's real estate division because the growth in the wholesale model has not been that robust.
2020-01-13 06:13:16 Read More

Apologise & resign: Iranians rally against leaders

Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence on Sunday to protest their country's days of denials that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, amid soaring tensions with the US. "Apologise and resign," Iran's moderate Etemad daily wrote in a banner headline, saying the "people's demand" was for those responsible for mishandling the plane crisis to quit.
2020-01-13 01:17:39 Read More

7 Afghans held, made to excrete Rs10cr heroin

Over the past few days, seven Afghan nationals who were detained upon landing at the IGI Airport have been made to excrete a fortune worth more than Rs 10 crore. Officials said 10 dozen bananas, fed to the detained men over the past few days, aided the process of recovery after x-ray tests had shown the presence of the drug in their stomachs.
2020-01-13 00:12:05 Read More

Capital cry: Andhra Pradesh divided, clamour from all regions

The proposal to shift Andhra Pradesh capital from Amaravati has triggered fresh demands from various districts for locating the new capital in their respective regions. On the regional front, local leaders want the capital city to be located in Rayalaseema, north coastal Andhra and south coastal Andhra, respectively.
2020-01-12 23:18:00 Read More

Uttar Pradesh sends refugees list to Centre

The UP government has sent a list of largely Hindu refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh living across 19 districts in the state to the Union home ministry, making it the first state to begin the process for implementation of CAA. The testimonies of various families in the report reveal the circumstances in which the families had to move to India, largely from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
2020-01-12 22:02:04 Read More

We will act if we get orders: Army chief on PoK

India is progressively rebalancing its military forces and firepower to the east, instead of concentrating largely on just the western front, to ensure it can handle separate or even collusive threats from China and Pakistan, General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday.
2020-01-11 13:34:37 Read More

Tejas lands on aircraft carrier in major milestone

The naval version of Tejas aircraft on Saturday made its first landing on the deck of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, in a major milestone in the development of the aircraft. Military officials involved in the "arrested landing" of the aircraft said the successful test has put India among a select group of nations having the capability to design a jet which can land on an aircraft carrier.
2020-01-11 13:15:06 Read More

Police ignored messages about mob: JNUSU

"They were informed at 3 pm and the messages were read at 3.07 pm but the messages were ignored," the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) claimed at a press conference.
2020-01-11 13:11:40 Read More

CAA divisive law; NPR is 'disguised NRC': Sonia

Sonia Gandhi on Saturday termed the CAA a "discriminatory and divisive" law whose "sinister" purpose was to divide people on religious lines, and asserted that the NPR in form and content was "disguised NRC". Addressing the CWC meeting, she said thousands of young men and women have realized the "grave harm" that implementation of the Citizenship law will cause.
2020-01-11 13:06:03 Read More

Mamata meets PM in Kolkata, tells him to 'withdraw CAA, NRC and NPR'

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she told PM Modi to rethink on the issue of amended Citizenship Act and urged him to withdraw CAA, NRC and NPR. PM Modi told her to come to New Delhi and discuss the matter, she told reporters after a meeting with the PM at Raj Bhawan. Banerjee termed her meeting with PM Modi as "courtesy visit".
2020-01-11 12:03:23 Read More

3rd T20I Live: India edge closer to series win

Stay updated with Times of India to check all the live cricket score updates of India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I.
2020-01-10 16:28:58 Read More

KIYG 2020 opens with India's oneness on display

Lakhs of television viewers joined over 25,000 spectators at the Indira Gandhi Stadium to celebrate the spirit of 'One India' during the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Youth Games. Close to 6,800 athletes from 37 states and union territories will compete in Guwahati, Assam. Every aspect of Assam and its most famous exports were showcased in the ceremony.
2020-01-10 15:47:37 Read More

JNUSU chief Aishe accuses Delhi police of bias

After Delhi Police identified nine suspects including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh in JNU violence case, Ghosh said she did not carry out any assault during campus violence on Jan 5 and had evidence that she was attacked. "I will get justice. But why is Delhi Police biased? My complaint has not been filed as an FIR. I have not carried out any assault," she said.
2020-01-10 12:35:05 Read More

JNU: Police identifies 9 suspects, including Aishe

The Delhi Police on Friday released pictures of nine suspects in the JNU violence case and claimed JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was one of them. Of the nine, seven belong to left-leaning student organisations while two to right-wing students' body, the police said. About the attack on Jan 5, the DCP said that specific rooms in the Periyar hostel were targeted.
2020-01-10 12:17:22 Read More

Next time invite FM to Budget meet: Cong to BJP

The SC is scheduled to deliver its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. The judgement had been reserved by a SC bench on November 27 last year.
2020-01-09 14:09:24 Read More

SC to deliver verdict on pleas against curbs in J&K

2020-01-09 13:32:03 Read More

Fundamentals of economy strong, has capacity to bounce back: PM

Unfazed by projections of GDP growth slowing to an 11-year low in the current fiscal, PM Modi on Thursday said fundamentals of the Indian economy are strong and it has the capacity to bounce back. Modi, who seems to have taken charge of efforts to revive the economy, has over the past few days held as many as 12 brainstorming meetings with different stakeholders.
2020-01-09 11:54:11 Read More

Foreign envoys engage with civil society in J&K

On the first day of the envoys' visit, there was massive participation of people from all walks of life and from all parts of J&K. Envoys witnessed total normalcy, open shops and traffic and people on the streets in Srinagar.
2020-01-09 11:22:36 Read More

Students stopped enroute Rashtrapati Bhavan

Students, politicians and celebrities are standing in solidarity with JNU, after a masked mob attacked students and teachers inside the university campus on 5th January. Stay with TOI for live updates
2020-01-09 03:06:32 Read More

JNU live: Oppn slams police probe; govt says 'Left design unmasked'

2nd T20I Live: India lose openers in chase of 143

Check live cricket score, scorecard and ball by ball commentary of 2nd T20I between India and Sri Lanka on Times of India
2020-01-07 16:15:04 Read More

Nirbhaya rapists to be hanged in Jail No. 3

The four convicts in the Nirbhaya case will be executed in Jail No 3, a senior Tihar Jail official said on Tuesday, hours after a Delhi court issued death warrants against them and declared that they will be hanged at 7am on January 22. Sources said the jail authorities will approach a hangman in Meerut to carry out the execution.
2020-01-07 13:14:48 Read More

Bharat bandh tomorrow: Transport, banks may be hit; govt warns staff

Ten central trade unions like INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations have called a nationwide strike on January 8. Banking, transport & other services are likely to be hit due to the all-India strike to protest against the government's "anti-people" policies.
2020-01-07 12:55:21 Read More

GDP estimated to grow at 5% in 2019-20

The first advance GDP growth estimates for the fiscal year 2019-20 came at 5 per cent as against 6.8 per cent recorded in 2018-19. The first estimated growth of real GVA (gross value added) in 2019-20 stood 4.9 per cent as against 6.6 per cent in 2018-19, it added. Most economists have lowered India's growth forecast to around 5 per cent for FY20.
2020-01-07 12:09:53 Read More

Live: HRD ministry officials to meet JNU VC

Student communities across the country are standing in solidarity with JNU, after a mob beat up students and teachers inside the university campus on Sunday night. As charges and counter-charges fly thick and fast, all eyes are now on the investigation into the rampage. Stay with TOI for live updates.
2020-01-07 02:42:26 Read More

Islamist terroists attack base in Kenya used by US

Iran on Saturday underlined the seriousness in avenging the death of its commander Qassim Suleimani by unfurling the symbolic red flag at a mosque in the Shiite holy city of Qom. Red flags in Shiite tradition symbolize both the blood spilled unjustly and serve as a call to avenge a person who is slain.
2020-01-05 08:58:16 Read More

Rahul, Priyanka instigated riots by supporting anti-CAA drive: Shah

BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday accused Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of instigating "riots" by "misleading" people on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and sought to reassure Muslims, saying the law has no provision about taking away citizenship of minorities.
2020-01-05 08:37:59 Read More

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Why Iran hoisted red flag after Suleimani's killing

2020-01-05 07:20:12 Read More>>

UP first state to kickstart implementation of CAA

The UP govt has ordered identification of migrants â€” Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians â€” from the three neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh & Afghanistan, making UP the state first in the country to begin the exercise of shortlisting eligible migrants for granting citizenship. This is also liklely help collate data on illegal migrants.
2020-01-05 03:56:49 Read More

Ready to bomb sites important to Iran if Teheran retaliates: Trump

Donald Trump has warned that he is ready to bomb sites important to Iranian culture if Teheran retaliates against the assassination of a top Iranian general hat he ordered earlier this week. In an astounding threat, which some experts say will amount to a war crime if it is carried out, the US President raised the stakes in his confrontation with Iran to unprecedented levels.
2020-01-05 00:51:56 Read More

In Maharashtra, NCP extracts both home, finance

The long-delayed portfolios in the three-party Maharashtra government were finalised on Saturday evening with NCP succeeding in securing the home department from Shiv Sena, to whom it had been allocated earlier. CM Uddhav Thackeray submitted the list of portfolios to governor B S Koshyari for approval in the evening.
2020-01-04 21:02:59 Read More

CAT top 10 get 100 percentile; all male engineers

Yet another year witnessed male engineers dominate the toppersâ€™ list of CAT â€” the entrance test for IIMs â€” with 10 of them bagging 100 percentile. Six of the toppers are IITians, two are from NITs, and one each from Jadavpur University and a deemed university in Karnataka, said an official from IIM-Kozhikode, which conducted CAT 2019.
2020-01-04 20:26:20 Read More

Missiles hit US embassy zone and troops base in Baghdad

Two rockets Saturday hit Iraq's Al-Balad air base, where US troops are stationed, while two mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone, a high-security enclave housing the US embassy, security sources said. Sirens immediately rang out at the American compound in Baghdad hosting both diplomats and troops, sources there told AFP.
2020-01-04 17:32:17 Read More

'If Suleimani can be droned, why not Pak general?'

Amid widespread misgivings in the US Congress and among American analysts about the assassination of a serving general of a sovereign nation, the Trump administration is belatedly making the case that Iranian General Qassim Suleimani was a terrorist, a war criminal who should have been targeted a long time ago, even though he was not on any global proscribed list.
2020-01-04 16:46:40 Read More

'If Suleimani can be droned, why not Pak general?'

Part of gate at Barddhaman rly station collapses

A part of entrance gate the Barddhaman railway station has collapsed. Stay with TOI for live updates
2020-01-04 15:39:58 Read More

Will speak to Maha CM & comment: Sattar on rumours of resignation

Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar, who was rumoured to have resigned from the Maharashtra ministry as he did not get a cabinet rank, said on Saturday that he would speak after meeting CM Uddhav Thackeray. Sena leader Khotkar said, "Sattar had a word with the CM and Eknath Shinde. Thackeray has called him to Mumbai on Sunday. The CM will meet Sattar at Matoshri."
2020-01-04 14:19:05 Read More

Trump draws India into Iranian general's fracas

US President Donald Trump on Friday drew India into the geo-political fracas by claiming that Qassim Suleimani was contributing to terrorist plots as far away as New Delhi and London. The reference seems to be 2012 bombing of an Israeli diplomat's car in Delhi which police investigation revealed was connected to Suleimani-led Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
2020-01-04 11:24:23 Read More

Nankana Sahib: Protests near Pak high commission

Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and the Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday staged a protest near the Pakistan high commission in Delhi over a mob attack on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, Pakistan. Some of the placards at the protest urged Pak PM to protect the gurdwara, which is the birthplace of the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak.
2020-01-04 11:18:07 Read More

Time for 2020 vision for Team India

Under Virat Kohli's leadership, India has reached greater heights in both Tests and ODIs but has so far failed to win an ICC tournament, fizzling out in crucial games. The T20 is India's weakest format and after the heady win in South Africa in 2007, they have struggled on the world stage.
2020-01-04 03:10:30 Read More

Top10: Falling onion price now has Centre worried

2020-01-04 02:57:53 Read More

Iran attack complicates India's ties with Tehran

Following Washington's frayed ties with Iran -- which was a US ally before 1979 Islamic Revolution - India has had to re-adjust its own relations with Tehran even as it seeks to maintain strategic ties with US and Israel, whose strong partnership is in part responsible putting Iran in the doghouse. Also, US exports to India are poised to cross $ 8 billion.
2020-01-03 16:54:03 Read More

How US hit on Iran could hurt Indiaâ€™s energy, strategic interests

While noting that "a senior Iranian leader" had been killed by the US, the government expressed concern over the security situation in the region saying that increase in tension had alarmed the world and that that peace and security in the region was of utmost importance to India. "It's vital that the situation doesn't escalate. India has consistently advocated restraint and continues to do so," it said.
2020-01-03 16:06:54 Read More

General Soleimani should have been eliminated many years ago: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Friday said General Qasem Soleimani should have been eliminated many years ago as the powerful commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed and wounded thousands of Americans and was plotting to kill many more. "They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe.." tweeted Trump, breaking his silence.
2020-01-03 14:33:18 Read More

Mob in Pakistan attacks Gurdwara Nankana Sahib

2020-01-03 14:15:48 Read More

Missiles fired from US drone kills Iranian general

Launching an â€œ awareness programme â€ in support of the amended citizenship law, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Act. Shah accused the Congress and other opposition parties of running a misinformation campaign and said that the Act does not take away anyone's Indian citizenship.
2020-01-03 13:50:13 Read More

Iran general's killing triggers global alarm

Following US airstrike killing Iran's General Qassem Soleimani in Bagdad, global powers warned on Friday that the world has become a more dangerous place. Britain and Germany suggested that Iran shared blame for provoking the killing; while China, Russia and France, permanent members of UNSC, took a dim view of the strike which has also provoked shock in Mideast.
2020-01-03 12:08:44 Read More

Govt won't budge an inch on CAA: Amit Shah

An angry mob of Muslim residents of Nankana Sahib in Pakistan stormed Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikhâ€™s first master Guru Nanak Dev, on Friday following resentment against Sikh's opposition to the alleged â€˜forcibleâ€™ conversion of a Sikh girl and her marriage to a Muslim boy. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appealed Pakistan PM to "immediately intervene".
2020-01-03 10:09:37 Read More

Iran's powerful general killed in US airstrike

An airstrike killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force and architect of its regional security apparatus, at Baghdad's international airport Friday. The attack is expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests in the region. The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
2020-01-03 01:52:29 Read More

Anti-CAA stir: Why have non-BJP states not seen violence, Shah asks

Asserting that BJP has launched a countrywide campaign to convince people about the new citizenship law, Amit Shah said protests were politically driven. "Opposition parties, mainly Congress, should explain as why protests were violent only in the BJP-ruled states,â€ he said.
2020-01-02 21:39:10 Read More

'New map in no way revises boundary with Nepal'

Despite Nepal itching to start a dialogue with India on the Kalapani border dispute, the government insisted on Thursday that Indiaâ€™s new political map, released after reorganisation of the J&K state, depicted the countryâ€™s borders accurately. It, however, added that the boundary delineation process is still going on.
2020-01-02 20:48:34 Read More

300 Maharashtra farmers killed selves in Nov

Maharashtra saw a steep rise in farmer suicides last November â€” 300 cases that month â€” the first time in four years. Farmer suicides had crossed 300 cases in a month several times in 2015. The spurt in cases came immediately after unseasonal rains lashed the state from October, destroying almost 70% of kharif crop. The last time the state had touched or crossed 300 farmer suicides in a month was in 2015.
2020-01-02 19:50:10 Read More

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