Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held once the delimitation exercise is over and after consultation with political parties.
The trial of an Islamic State fighter accused of belonging to a notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" began in earnest Wednesday near Washington, with his defense claiming he had been mistakenly identified. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/4qCvSOB
The Hubble space telescope has peered back to the dawn of cosmic time and detected light from a star that existed within the first billion years after the Big Bang -- a new record, astronomers said Wednesday. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/zZMniA5
Action hero Bruce Willis, star of the "Die Hard" franchise, is to retire from acting due to an illness affecting his cognitive faculties, his family announced Wednesday. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/vR4rSnQ
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Karnataka from Thursday during which he will pay obeisance to late Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Math in Tumakuru on his 115th birth...
With some right wing groups now giving a call to boycott 'Halal' meat, BJP national general secretary CT Ravi likened Halal food with 'economic jehad'.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has said that the substances seized in the drugs on cruise case, in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan is an accused, are narcotics that come under the...
Trinamool Congress MLA Narendra Nath Chakraborty on Tuesday claimed that the viral video, in which he was purportedly seen threatening the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), might be old.
It was supposed to be a celebration of Hollywood filmmaking, but Will Smith hitting Chris Rock over a joke about his wife provided the evening's most talked-about drama and a moment that will go down in Oscars history. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/qL7JUwf
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday allocated portfolios in his 53-member ministry, keeping the departments of Home, Vigilance and Personnel with him.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday sacked Mukesh Sahani, the minister for fisheries and animal husbandry, from his cabinet, highly placed sources said
CBI recorded on Sunday statements of at least three wounded prime witnesses of the Bogtui village carnage as part of its probe into the burning of eight of a family in Bengal’s Birbhum district, while CM Mamata Banerjee said her government will cooperate with the central agency, but protest if it follows instructions from BJP, CPM or Congress.
A 22-year-old man who used the name of Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash to allegedly extort money from a person on the pretext of solving a land dispute has been arrested, an...
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to influence the CBI probe into the killings in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district.
Amid the row over Birbhum violence in which eight people were charred to death, West Bengal Police recovered 40 crude bombs from Margram near Rampurhat on Saturday.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday reiterated her call to the BJP government for dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that peace would be elusive as long as Kashmir...
A Yemeni rebel attack on a Saudi oil plant set off a huge fire near Jeddah's Formula One circuit during televised practice sessions on Friday, part of a wave of assaults on Aramco facilities. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/7NV3vcK
India pressed China for an early and complete disengagement of troops in the remaining areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, as foreign minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi Friday, saying normalisation of the border situation is a prerequisite for normalisation of ties.
New budget airline Akasa Air plans to launch its first commercial flight in June and is working to get all relevant licences, Chief Executive Vinay Dube said on Friday.
A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been facing backlash all over social media for his recent derogatory remarks on making 'The Kashmir Files' tax-free in the state, and now the director of the...
Nearly 65 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the 106 civic bodies, while about 54 per cent people turned out to cast their votes to elect councilors to three municipal corporations for...
The number of seats in the merged municipal corporation of Delhi will not exceed 250, and a special officer may be appointed to oversee its function till the first meeting of the body is held under...
The government on Thursday said it has been taking up with the Chinese authorities the issue of the return of Indian students to China to resume their studies.
The Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2022, to be conducted by NTA, will be the basis for admission to close to 1.8 lakh seats across 45 central universities and their affiliated/constituent colleges. The application process and the test and admission criteria need to be understood to let you choose your preferred course and college across the country. Ahead of NTA’s own announcement over a week later, TOI simplifies things for you.
Two years after the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown in view of the Covid-19 outbreak and followed it up with monthly review of health protocols, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided against invoking provisions of the Disaster Management Act beyond March 31 for management of the pandemic.
The Delhi government has floated a tender to install 30 water vending machines with reverse osmosis systems in slum clusters to avoid inconvenience to people who depend on water tankers, officials...
The Delhi High Court has waived the six-month cooling off period under the law and granted divorce decree to an estranged couple by mutual consent, observing that keeping them tied to a legal bond...
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 6.45 crore, including 11 residential flats at Thane, belonging to a company controlled and owned by Shridhar Madhav Patankar, brother-in-law of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Patankar is brother of Rashmi Thackeray, wife of the CM and editor of Saamna newspaper.
India’s position on the Ukraine crisis will be put under the microscope again by its Western partners later this week with the UN General Assembly likely to meet and vote on a resolution brought by France and Mexico on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged country. UNGA president Abdulla Shahid announced that he would convene an emergency special session of the General Assembly on Wednesday following a letter from 22 countries.
The Centre has sought a report on the alleged political violence in Bengal's Birbhum in which eight people died. The BJP is also sending a fact-finding team to probe the biggest instance of violence...
Pilots of the doomed China Eastern Flight 5735 failed to respond to multiple calls from Chinese air-traffic controllers after tipping into a deadly nosedive, authorities said at a press conference on...
An Assam police officer has been suspended for allegedly beating a 13-year-old minor boy inside the police station in Assam's Morigaon district for stealing biscuit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his UK counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday with the two leaders having a detailed discussion on the situation in the war-hit Ukraine.
The Supreme Court Tuesday said exoneration or no action taken against other officers involved in an incident cannot be a ground to set aside the order of punishment when charges against a delinquent...
The BJP leadership’s decision to continue Pushkar Singh Dhami as Uttarakhand CM seems to have cleared the way for the retention of Keshav Prasad Maurya as deputy CM in the new Yogi government in UP. Like Dhami, Maurya suffered defeat in his home constituency of Sirathu. However, the decision regarding who helms the saffron regime in neighbouring Uttarakhand may have removed what could have been a hurdle for the OBC leader.
A police officer allegedly shot himself dead with his service revolver at the Silchar Sadar police station in Assam's Cachar district on Monday, officials said.
Senators launched marathon hearings Monday on Ketanji Brown Jackson's bid to be the first Black woman on America's Supreme Court, with opposing sides sparring on her sentencing record as Republicans sought to frame her as soft on crime. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/GOXEpbN
The government’s top vaccination advisory panel, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), has recommended reducing the interval between the two primary doses of Covishield to 8-16 weeks, while the Centre is evaluating the need for expanding the booster programme as emerging evidence suggests that a third shot can significantly enhance protection against the highly transmissible Omicron, official sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said challenges faced by the world like the Russia-Ukraine war and the coronavirus pandemic make it all the more important for the country to become self-reliant, and...
Senior Congress leader V Narayanasamy on Sunday said all those in the party were responsible for its debacle in the five States that went to Assembly polls recently.
Manchester City finally got the better of Southampton at the third attempt this season with a 4-1 win to move into the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/fzOXaCu
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that anti-national forces who pose a challenge to the nation's system of law and order cannot be tolerated.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu called for Indians to “give up their colonial mindset” and instead “take pride in their own identity.” “Education in English-medium schools has given rise to a small class of aristocrats. We are accused of saffronising education, but then what is wrong with saffron? We have believed in the welfare of all and considered the whole world as one family” he said.
The BJP is trying to lure 10 Congress MLAs in Gujarat ahead of the assembly polls there, an adviser to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has claimed.
Charles Leclerc of Ferrari secured pole position for Sunday's season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain as world champion Max Verstappen had to settle for second place in qualifying. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/xO0Ct2V
An FIR was lodged against Gujarat Congress MLA Nathabhai Patel under the Representation of the People Act for allegedly submitting false information in his affidavit while filing his nomination for...
Ten ministers, including a woman, will be inducted in the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab on Saturday. Among the 10 ministers, eight are first-time MLAs. After their oath-taking, the newly inducted ministers will assume charge in the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the first cabinet meeting of the AAP government will be held in the afternoon, sources said.
An Army man has been booked on charges of attempting to rape a colleague's wife while four officers have been named in the FIR for allegedly trying to threaten the couple and hush up the matter.
After maximalist demands from dissidents, like Kapil Sibal who called for the Gandhi family to step away from the party leadership, Azad's visit to 10 Janpath indicates that the bloc may not push for an extreme position. Some G-23 members are keen that the leadership be divided- like the Gandhi family taking the leadership of Parliament, while the party reins go to a senior leader outside the family, or vice versa.
He’s back, but this time Arnold Schwarzenegger is fighting for Ukraine’s freedom. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/FDQ7Na1
During the Union Home Minister's two-day visit to the Union Territory, Amit Shah and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday chaired a security review meeting with senior officials at Raj Bhawan in Jammu.
The BJP on Friday named Agnimitra Paul as its candidate for Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll and Baby Kumari for Bochahan assembly bypoll from Bihar, in a snub to its ally Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) whose...
This year's Holi is special for Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he has achieved the distinction of being the longest-serving BJP Chief Minister.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh on Friday refuted the allegations that his party purchased Pegasus spyware while it was in power in Andhra Pradesh, but said the firm offered it...
While many countries are still experiencing a surge in cases, which is higher than the previous surges, India experienced a much lower peak and cases declined much faster in merely 24 days during the third surge, as against 68 days during Delta wave. Average daily Covid cases in India dropped sharply from 3.11 lakh during January 19-25 to 3536 cases during March 9-15.
With international recognition on mind, and following efforts by the government to strike the right chord with post-US withdrawal Afghanistan. The Taliban's UN ambassador-designate Suhail Shaheen told TOI on Thursday that the government in Kabul is ready to provide a "secure environment" for the Indian embassy in Kabul and that diplomatic presence is essential for boosting bilateral relations.
Indian-American public health expert Dr Ashish Jha will take over as President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Response Coordinator next month, the White House announced on Thursday.
Congress's P Chidambaram told NDTV today that he had cautioned the leadership in charge of UP against contesting an election and rebuilding the party at the same time.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the time limit prescribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for sanction is "mandatory and sacrosanct" while quashing three cases against a...
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday offered to resign from his post, owing moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the Punjab Assembly elections.
The central security cover given to 27 out of 41 VIPs during the recently-concluded assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has been withdrawn, a senior CRPF officer said on Thursday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday handed over a government job certificate to the brother of IB officer Ankit Sharma, the Chief Minister's Office said.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on Wednesday, rebuked the Jharkhand Health Department for administering expired and substandard vaccines to children in some...
The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of seeking to spread hatred in society through 'The Kashmir Files' and said India will not be run by films but by government policy and governance.
Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who were involved in the recent killing of a sarpanch in Khonmoh, were killed in an encounter with security forces on the outskirts of the city here in Jammu...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said 147 foreign nationals hailing from 18 countries were evacuated from the conflict situation in Ukraine as part of Operation Ganga and brought to...
A suspect in a series of "cold-blooded" shootings of homeless men in Washington and New York was arrested on Tuesday after an intensive manhunt, police said. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/gyrx1tO
Five people were killed and 17 injured when their tractor-trolley collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district on Tuesday evening, officials said.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at times, displayed certain traits of Atal Bihari Vajpayee by saying the right things, but has not translated his...
Congress's G-23 leaders will meet at Kapil Sibal's residence on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the party in the aftermath of its embarrassing loss in the assembly elections in five states.
Seeking to fan the Bengali pride, former union minister Babul Supriyo who was nominated as TMC's candidate for Ballygunge assembly by-election, on Monday questioned why a Bengali was never made a...
Almost $130m in this month’s federal budget will go to reforms to slash so-called green tape and remove the need for project-by-project approvals in areas that require protections under national environment laws. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/mWvgjql
As many as 156 Armymen and three IAF personnel were killed in terrorist attacks as well as counter-terror operations in the last five years, according to details provided by the Defence Ministry in...
Maharashtra BJP MLA Girish Mahajan has moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea challenging the validity of new rules of 'open voting method' to elect the...
Most of the citizens of Irpin, a once well-to-do commuter suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, have fled the Russian army's bombardment. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/I9iLPFn
A young man has died following a fatal crash near Wagga Wagga at the weekend. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/UE7krds
After another round of high-level military talks, India and China on Saturday affirmed that a resolution of the eastern Ladakh standoff would facilitate progress in bilateral relations besides helping...
A 24-year-old woman was shot and critically wounded by a man, who then shot himself dead on the campus of a government college in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district on Saturday, police said.
The Aam Aadmi Party will hold victory processions across Uttar Pradesh on March 12 to celebrate its resounding victory in the Punjab Assembly polls, party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said here on...
India on Friday admitted the supersonic missile that landed in Pakistan on Wednesday evening was “accidentally fired” from one of its bases, in what is being widely seen as an extremely alarming incident that could have triggered a conflagration between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Gurugram authorities have decided to explore the feasibility of undertaking drone surveillance to monitor highways and other roads with high volume and dense traffic in a bid to achieve a...
On International Day of Women Judges, CJI N V Ramana complained about chronic delay in judges’ appointment to constitutional courts and gave it an occasion-specific spin by saying that the Centre is sitting over recommendations for appointing 20 women as high court judges.
As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourths majority with 92 seats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the party and...
Thirteen of the 93 women who contested the Punjab polls tasted victory and 11 of them belong to the Aam Aadmi Party, which registered a landslide win bagging 92 of the 117 assembly seats.
Keshav Maurya, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, lost today from Sirathu amid the huge BJP win in the state. Pallavi Patel -- the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) leader who contested under the Samajwadi...
India's coal imports from Russia in March could be the highest in more than two years, data from research consultancies showed, as Indian buyers continue buying the fuel from a market that is now...
Terming dynastic politics a problem for democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, said that he is not against any family but is concerned about democracy instead and expressed confidence in...
Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Thursday said after its rout in the assembly elections to five states, the Congress party will be wiped out of the country shortly.
Neeraj Bishnoi, the alleged creator of the Bulli Bai app, had asked a co-accused to send photographs of 100 "famous non-BJP Muslim women" for putting them up for 'auction', Mumbai police has said in...
Students of Sumy State University in Ukraine showed their gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making efforts for the safe evacuation of Indian Nationals from the war-torn country.
Thousands of Sydney residents were forced from their homes after Tuesday’s downpour, with many spending the night with family and friends. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/HjwJctP
A young woman who was to be married to an Army man last week has sat on a dharna outside the residence of her would-be in-laws, continuing the sit-in for the second day on Tuesday in Bharatpur...
Shane Warne’s life was one marked by achievements and attention both on and off the cricket pitch. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/tefTNJH
The third wave of Covid-19 in India has ended, going by the weekly case numbers. Not just that, the case tally reveals that the pandemic is currently at its lowest point in the country in nearly two years, that is, since the middle of May 2020.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and others to accommodate the medical students returning from Ukraine in Indian medical colleges with appropriate Indian or...
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat expressed his concern over uranium contamination in drinking water being supplied in some villages of Karnataka and said the state government has...
It was like a dream coming true for the family members of RK Laxman as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually inaugurated a modern art gallery-cum-museum dedicated to the legendary...
Australia’s triumphant Davis Cup members have showered Alex de Minaur with praise for his tie-saving performance against Hungary in Sydney. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/4VhNnWp
All preparations for conducting panchayat elections in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and polls to Port Blair Municipal Council on Sunday have been completed, a senior official said on Saturday.
Around 13,300 people returned to India from Ukraine so far by 63 flights under Operation Ganga, Ministery of External Affairs said on Saturday, adding that 15 flights have landed in the last 24 hours...
Evacuation centres are filling up fast and most Australians just want to know how to help. As emergency services continue to respond, relief for those impacted is coming from trusted charitable organisations like the Salvation Army, which has already distributed over 28,000 meals and counting. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/6dCcHjS
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits developed by the DRDO are on board the EOS04 satellite launched on February 14 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Defence Ministry stated on...
A man from Kerala, along with his pregnant wife, was trapped in Kyiv in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war when he managed to move to safety with the help of the Indian embassy staff under Operation...
In north-eastern Ukraine's Sumy, around 60 kilometres from Russia, stranded Indian students are sending SOS messages, seeking evacuation, amid increasing airstrikes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "emphasised the need to return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy" for a way forward in the Ukraine crisis at a virtual meeting of the Quad leaders today, a statement...
In a significant development, India is deploying its Russian-origin Ilyushin-76 heavy-lift transport aircraft to Russia to bring back Indian citizens returning from Ukraine under Operation Ganga.
The CBI has said that Indrani Mukerjea's plea claiming that her daughter Sheena Bora, whom she is accused of killing, is alive, is a "figment of her imagination" and "next to impossible".
Three Indian students from Kharkiv -- in the process of being evacuated from Poland -- told NDTV that they were beaten by the Ukrainian police and military at the railway station when they tried to...
India on Wednesday supported the international community's call for an immediate ceasefire after abstaining on a UN General Assembly resolution that strongly deplored Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the third abstention in less than a week by the country in the world body on resolutions on the escalating crisis between Moscow and Kyiv.
As India evacuated hundreds of more students on Wednesday from war-hit Ukraine, Union Minister General VK Singh was seen welcoming a "four-legged friend" onboard one of the Air Force flights out of...
The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed as a watershed moment for the planet. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/AZ2JcEq
A Lancet report's claim that 19 lakh children in India lost a primary caregiver to COVID-19 is "sophisticated trickery" to create panic among citizens, Union Women and Child Development Minister...
Germany's Munich Philharmonic fired Russian conductor and Kremlin loyalist Valery Gergiev on Tuesday after he failed to denounce Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, while a top Russian soprano withdrew from concerts as the fallout from the war engulfed artists. from Latest News and News Headlines | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/rJVP28Q
India will fly at least 46 evacuation flights from countries neighbouring Ukraine. Under the evacuation plan "Operation Ganga", the 46 flights are scheduled till March 8.