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Congress releases 5th list of candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The Congress has so far announced a total of 137 candidates for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

1 day ago

Chandrababu Naidu has 'eliminated' my uncle, claims Jagan Mohan Reddy

Jagan Mohan Reddy stated that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief eliminated his uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy to demoralise him.

1 day ago

Does New Zealand have death penalty for mosque shooter after Christchurch massacre?

Legal experts said Tarrant's alleged crimes were so extreme they could warrant the heaviest sentence imposed by a judge in the South Pacific nation since the abolition of the death penalty in 1961.

2 days ago

AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes quits Facebook, says 'New Zealand was too much for me'

Tony Fernandes accused Facebook of not cleaning up the videos of the New Zealand mosque attacks that were uploaded to the platform.

2 days ago

Gujarat 'student' Mehul Choksi submits PhD thesis on PM Modi, says he has best political marketing strategy

The Surat student who has a masters in political science took up higher studies at the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and submitted his research thesis on the topic "Leadership under Government - Case Study of Narendra Modi."

2 days ago

Manohar Parrikar to be accorded state funeral with full military honours at Miramar beach

Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister, who had been battling a pancreatic ailment for more than a year, died at his son's home in Panaji. He was 63.

3 days ago

New Zealand govt received gunman Brenton Tarrant's manifesto 9 minutes before attack, says PM Ardern

Hours after the attack on Friday, PM Ardern had addressed the press, calling the shooting as an act of terrorism.

3 days ago

Police officer shot dead by militants outside her house in J&K's Shopian

The deceased Khushboo Jan was fired upon at close range around 2.40 pm in the district's Vehil village, about 60 kilometres south of Srinagar.

4 days ago

HD Deve Gowda aid moves camp from JD(S) to BSP; likely to contest from Amroha in UP

Ali joined the BSP in the presence of the party's national general secretary Satish Mishra at the BSP office.

4 days ago

Here's Congress' third list of 18 candidates for Lok Sabha 2019 polls

Among the third list of candidate declared by the Congress, after a meeting of the party's central election committee are five from Assam, two from Meghalaya, one from Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland each, besides eight from Telangana.

4 days ago

Hardik Patel's alleged sex tape photo appears after Gujarat Congress website hacked

In the photo, a person resembling Hardik Patel can be seen sitting on the bed with a girl and it is accompanied by a caption - "Welcome our new leader".

4 days ago

France freezes assets of Jaish chief Masood Azhar

A joint statement issued by the French interior ministry, finance ministry and foreign ministry added that France would discuss putting Masood Azhar on a European Union list of people involved in terrorism.

5 days ago

DMK Supremo MK Stalin's son-in-law Sabareesan booked in connection to Pollachi rape case

Jayaraman had lodged a complaint against Sabareesan for linking him and his family members to the Pollachi sexual absuse-cum-blackmail case. J

5 days ago

Mumbai footover bridge near CSMT station collapses; 34 injured, 4 died, death toll to rise

Senior officials have reached the spot and injured persons are being shifted to hospitals. Traffic has been affected after the footover bridge collapse.

6 days ago

Centre claims privilege over 'leaked' Rafale papers; SC reserves order

The Centre claimed privilege over documents pertaining to Rafale fighter jet deal and told the apex court that no one can produce them in the court without the permission of the department concerned.

6 days ago

Azim Premji, most philanthropic Indian, gives Rs 53,000 cr more for charity

The total value of philanthropic endowments from Premji now stands at Rs 1,45,000 crore, or approximately $21 billion.

7 days ago

Militants shoot army jawan dead outside his home in Pulwama

Bike-borne militants shoot 25-year old Ashiq Hussain of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry outside his residence.

7 days ago

Australia's Cardinal George Pell sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing choir boys

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in jail by an Australian court on Wednesday for sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne.

7 days ago

Firecrackers or automobiles: Which is more toxic? Supreme Court asks Centre for comparative study

The Supreme Court sought to know if there is any data to show what proportion of pollution is caused by firecrackers in proportion to vehicles.

8 days ago

Lok Sabha elections to be held in 7 phases starting April 11, counting of votes on May 23

The counting of votes of all phases will take place on May 23. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora also announced that the Model Code of Conduct comes into effect from Sunday.

10 days ago