Woman attacked by ex-boyfriend day after marriage A 19-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times by her ex-boyfriend a day after she married another man in Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday, the police said. While the accused Vishal Khade (19), resident of Vadole village in the district, wa...

The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Thursday claimed that in November and December, it issued visas to two groups of Indian Hindu pilgrims for visit to their religious sites in Pakistan. A group of 57 Indian pilgrims has already returned from Pakistan where it participated in the 311th bir...

Image Source : WIKIPEDIA India hopeful of consensus on Article 6 of Paris Agreement: Ravi Shankar Prasad India is hopeful that the world leaders will reach "some consensus" on the contentious Article 6 of the historic Paris Agreement, as the climate negotiations entered the last leg of th...

New Delhi, Dec 12: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday held the Congress responsible for the influx of illegal immigrants into the Northeast. Speaking in Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour, Dubey, who represents Jharkhand's Godda constituency in Parliament, alleged that a Congress leader had faci...

Mumabi Police's Crime Branch on Thursday arrested three people from Gujarat for killing a 59-year-old man and dumping his body around a dam. For two months Deepak Panchal's (59) body was not recovered but it has been found now. Unit 10 of Mumbai Crime Branch arrested Jayantilalbhai Patel (64), Gopal...

New Delhi:A case has been registered on the complaint of BJP leader Vinay Katiyar after he alleged getting death threat on his personal mobile phone from an unknown caller, police said on Thursday. In his complaint, Katiyar stated that he received the call on Wednesday night when he was at his flat ...

Image Source : PTI IndiGo ferries 178 passengers stranded at Dibrugarh to Kolkata: MoCA The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday said 178 passengers stranded at Dibrugarh in Assam have been flown to Kolkata in an IndiGo flight. The stranded passengers have been evacuated in a phased manner, the m...

8.30 pm: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha says she will honour the GST commitments made to states. 8.20 pm: Lok Sabha is adjourned till Friday.7.20 pm: Lok Sabha passes the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal s...

New Delhi: At a time when the ongoing unrest in Assam over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has claimed three lives, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin on Thursday said that a similar protest against the CAB will be initiated in Tamil Nadu....

After the air quality dipped back into 'severe' category on Thursday, Delhi Congress took to blaming the Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for diverting from the issue. The party also recalled late chief minister Shiela Dixit's policies to combat the situation. According to the data...

PTI, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has asked the Tribal Affairs Ministry to approach the Ministry Human Resource Development and examine the proposal of setting up a full-fledged tribal university. "The committee has been informed that at present, there...

Image Source : TWITTER Sidharth Shukla, Ranu Mondal, Lata Mangeshkar in top 10 most searched personalities on Google 2019 Bigg Boss 13's Sidharth Shukla, internet sensation Ranu Mondal and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar were among the most searched personalities of the year, Google India revealed...

Image Source : PTI Heavy rains lashed Delhi on Thursday As heavy rains lashed New Delhi and surrounding areas, air traffic was impacted and 17 flights had to be diverted. Operations at the airport had to be briefly suspended, said PTI quoting an official. Air India and Vistara were among the carrie...

Image Source : PTI Sitharaman says her name was inadvertently mentioned as head of GoM on IGST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said her name was inadvertently mentioned as head of GoM set up to look into the issue of splitting of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) between...

RBI has not put banks on alert: Shaktikanta Das The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it has not put banks on alert, as reported by a section of media, but asked lenders to remain prepared to face emerging and new challenges. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das was in the city to attend a central boa...

A Federal High Court, Lagos, Thursday sentenced a Lebanese drug trafficker, Charbel Chalouhi, to six months imprisonment for unlawful dealing in 1.2 grams of cocaine. Justice Nicholas Oweibo handed down the sentence following a plea bargain agreement with the prosecuting agency, the National Drugs ...

Harvey Weinstein Hollywod producer Harvey Weinstein is close to a USD 25 millon settlement that will resolve most of the civil cases against him, including a broad class action suit, accusing him and his board of directors for their pattern of sexual misconduct. Weinstein was first exposed by The N...

At 11.2%, air pax growth returns to double-digits in November Domestic air passenger traffic has finally grown in double-digits, clipping at 11.2 percent in November to 12.94 million after growing in single-digit till October, while April saw a degrowth, show the latest DGCA data released on Thursd...

At least two people were killed on Thursday as violence spread to more regions within India's north-eastern states against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, or CAB, with police and paramilitary reinforcements struggling to control massive crowds of protesters who defied curfews in some areas. The s...

David Adenuga Bauchi No fewer than 28 people were reportedly burnt to death in a fatal auto crash which occurred along Bauchi -Ningi Federal highway Bauchi state on Thursday. The accident was said to have occurred about midnight when two vehicles had a head-on collision. The Nation gathered that ...

PTI, Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to set up a unified authority for regulating all financial activities in international financial services centres (IFSCs) in the country. The Rajya Sabha passed the bill by a voice vote. The Lok Sabha had approved the proposed legislation on December 11. Th...

The rift within the senior echelons of Maharashtra BJP has come out in open as party bigwigs like Eknath Khadse and Pankaja Munde have slammed the party leadership in the state for 'their undemocratic ways'. The occasion was 70th birth anniversary of Gopinath Munde. Unhappy BJP leaders like Eknath...

AFP, President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that the United States is "very close" to a trade deal with China, days before new tariffs are due to take effect. "Getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL with China. They want it, and so do we!" Trump tweeted. The two largest economies ...

Delhi: Heavy rains, thunderstorms lash national capital, air quality to improve Heavy rains, coupled with the thunderstorm, lashed several parts of the national capital Thursday evening, which is expected to improve the city's air quality and bring the temperature further down. Under the influence ...

PTI, Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss the petitions seeking review of its November 9 verdict in the Ayodhya case. The VHP leader also expressed happiness over Parliament's nod for the Citizenship (Amendm...

Image Source : PTI Heavy rains, thunderstorm in Delhi Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed several parts of the national capital Thursday evening, which is expected to improve the city's air quality and bring the temperature further down. Under the influence of a western disturbance, the ...

New Delhi: Hours after Opposition members created ruckus in Lok Sabha over lotus symbol on Indian passports and demanded an immediate withdrawal of the symbol from it, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Thursday stated that the symbol is there as one of the security features. Kumar also stated that...

New Delhi: In a strange appeal during the Parliament session on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ganesh Singh claimed that speaking Sanskrit language on a daily basis will help prevent diabetes and cholesterol problem. Sanskrit helps boost the nervous system and keeps ailments related to ...

Rohit was announced as the first ever India brand ambassador for the Spanish League La Liga. Star India opener Rohit Sharma on Thursday, 12 December praised the Indian Super League's (ISL) contribution towards Indian football over the last five years while speaking at a La Liga event where he ...

PTI, The US-India Business Council and internet and mobile players' body IAMAI have flagged concerns about certain provisions in the Personal Data Protection Bill, saying that these will impinge on privacy of Indian citizens and create challenges for businesses. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2...

Image Source : AP Want to take a walk outside to check out Cold Moon? We've heard of Full Moon, Blood Moon and so on. But Cold Moon? Well, this might be a new term for some. More on that in this article, but let's take a moment to realise that tonight is the last Full Moon night of this decade! Yes...

In the 74th over of Australia's innings on Day 1 of the Perth Test, Marnus Labuschagne danced down the track to launch New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner for a six over the long-on to raise his third successive Test hundred. Interestingly, It was only the second six of Labuschagne's 12-match T...

Kolkata: BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her opposition to the "historic" Citizenship Amendment Bill and said if the TMC government does not implement it, the Centre will. Stressing that the legislati...

Guwahati:People in north-eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya took to streets resorting to vandalism and arson on Thursday. The protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, claimed two lives in Assam's Guwahati amid attacks on some politicians and burning down of infrastructure in the state. ...

Image Source : TWITTER Bigg Boss 13 Written Update for Dec 12: Paras returns to the house, fight for captaincy continues Bigg Boss 13 Latest Update: The fun captaincy task continues as the four contenders Rashami, Vikas Gupta, Asim and Shefali Jariwala fight to become the next captain of the Bigg ...

Shah Rukh Khan has signed his next film? There has been a lot of speculations regarding Shah Rukh Khan's next project. SRK has been on a sabbatical since the release of Zero. The superstar focussed on his production ventures and spent some quality time with his family while his fans waited for an o...

Image Source : AP PSG's Neymar, left, celebrates with his teammate Kylian Mbappe, after scoring his side's third goal during the Champions League As the world's two most expensive soccer players, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé already stand apart. On the field, they have a harmony which could take...

New Delhi, Dec 12: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday assured a delegation of the Indigenous People''s Front of Tripura (IPFT), a BJP ally, that the Modi government would try to address their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The home minister also had a separate mee...

Image Source : AP Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez reacts after his goal was disallowed for offside during the Champions League, group F soccer match between Inter Milan and F.C. Barcelona The Italian club was eliminated from the Champions League following a 2-1 loss to Barcelona on Tuesday, and the ...

A day after Swedish teenager and climate change activist Greta Thunberg was named Time Magazine's person of the year, US President Donald Trump ridiculed her on Twitter and said that she must work on her anger management. Trump tweeted, 'So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management proble...

Medha Patkar. In more trouble for Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar, Regional Passport Office Mumbai on 12 December, is all set to impound her passport for not disclosing the pending criminal cases in her passport application.Sources in the passport office said that since she has s...

Anand Mahindra.  Anand Mahindra, the chairperson of the homegrown auto group Mahindra & Mahindra, on Wednesday, 12 December, admitted that entering the commuter bike segment more than a decade ago was a failure on the part of the group.The group entered two-wheelers after buying out Ki...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi file photo.  Allaying fears of the people of the northeast over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday 12 December, asserted his government would safeguard their language, culture, and identity "under all circumstances&q...

A panther was today spotted at various places in Jaipur. CCTV footage shows the panther wandering into the Takhteshahi road area of the city. It was also caught on camera entering Sawai Man Singh (SMS) School in the Rambagh area of the city, reports The Free Press Journal's Sangeeta Pr...

Image used for representational purposes only. At least 13 people were killed and 21 others critically injured in a devastating fire that ripped through an illegal plastic factory in Bangladesh, police said on Thursday, 12 December.The fire swept through the Prime Patent Plastic Limited on Wednesda...

NEW DELHI : Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed several parts of the national capital Thursday evening, which is expected to improve the city's air quality and bring the temperature further down. Under the influence of a western disturbance, the national capital recorded rains with...

Akshay Kumar surprises Twinkle Khanna with a unique present.  It seems that Twinkle Khanna has a 'unique' taste when it comes to gifts and Akshay knows exactly what would impress her. The latest pair of gifts that the actor got for Twinkle was 'onion earrings.' She took to Inst...

Image Source : REPRESENTATIONAL CRPF directs poll-bound, sensitive duty units not to carry liquor The CRPF has directed its contingents not to carry liquor when being deployed for sensitive duties and elections, a decision taken in the wake of a recent fratricidal incident in which an allegedly dru...