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11:05 AM
Cold wave intensifies in Delhi, air quality remains 'very poor'

It was a chilly morning in the National Capital on Wednesday with the maximum and the minimum temperature hovering at 22 Degree Celsius and 10 Degree Celsius. The relative humidity and precipitation was 83 per cent and 20 per cent at 9:00 am.

12:27 PM
LS adjourned after paying homage to Vajpayee, Somnath Chatterjee & others

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after paying obituary references to the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee among others.

05:40 PM
Urjit Patel resigns as RBI Governor

RBI Governor Urjit Patel resigned on Monday, citing "personal reasons".

04:59 PM
India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-5

India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of 5,000 km, from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast Monday.

11:32 AM
PM Modi condoles demise of Jagdish Thakkar, meets family

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the demise of Jagdish Thakkar, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Prime Minister's office (PMO).

10:33 AM
Declining quality of public discourse unfortunate, leaders' behaviour influence others: VP Naidu

The Vice President emphasised that the clean polity and wavering commitment to constitution morality is the transformation that India needs.

10:21 AM
J-K: 5 security personnel injured in Mujgund encounter

The encounter between security forces and terrorists has been underway in the area since Saturday evening. However, no terrorist has been gunned down yet.

12:14 PM
11 killed as bus falls into gorge in Poonch

At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

09:58 AM
Voting for panchayat polls underway in J&K

Voting for the penultimate phase of the nine-phased Panchayat polls is underway Saturday at over 2,600 polling stations in Jammu and Kashmir.

01:54 PM
CBI court to pronounce judgement in Sohrabuddin encounter case

A Special CBI court here will pronounce judgements in the encounter cases of Sohrabuddin and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati on December 21.

01:19 PM
Sabarimala Temple case: BJP leader released on conditional bail

The Kerala High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state general secretary K Surendran in Sabarimala Temple case.

02:32 PM
CBI director Alok Verma's plea: SC says essence of govt action must be in interest of institution

The Supreme Court, which is hearing CBI Director Alok Verma's plea against the Centre's decision to divest him of powers and send him on leave, on Thursday said the essence of government action must be in the interest of the institution.

11:48 AM
Heavy security in Ayodhya on 26th Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

The security was beefed up in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya town in view of the 26th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Mosque on Thursday. A group of Hindu activists had allegedly demolished the disputed structure on December 6, 1992.

09:46 AM
ISRO successfully launches GSAT-11 communication satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched its heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite, GSAT-11, from the Spaceport in French Guiana in the wee hours of Wednesday.

12:26 PM
Bulandshahr case: Sibal questions state of law and order, says BJP practicing politics of fear

As far as this Bulandshahr violence is concerned, who is fanning this violence? The 400 people who gathered outside a police station, who were these people. It's a shocking state of affairs how a mob killed a police officer investigating the Akhlaq c

11:34 AM
Tension brews in K'taka Congress, as MLA confirms of legislators being unhappy

Speaking to scribes, Jarkiholi said, "Some of them (MLAs) are not happy. They may not be 25 to 30 in numbers but there are 6 to 7 of them. MLAs are unhappy and our leadership is convincing them."

11:15 AM
My father taught us to be secular, says son of cop killed in Bulandshahr violence

Abhishek told, "He wanted us to be a good citizen. He wanted us to be a person who doesn't incite violence in the name of religion. Be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian everyone is equal over here. It is my father who lost his life this time, who i

12:25 PM
Demonetisation failed to keep check on black money: OP Rawat

After demonestisation it was believed that misuse of money during the elections will be brought down. But it couldn't be proved if we go by the data of the seizures. Compared to previous elections, there were more seizures in the same states," Rawat

11:23 AM
Defence Minister Sitharaman to meet US counterpart

She is also scheduled to participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at National Cemetery before the meeting.

05:08 PM
Cash prize to Kerala cops for arresting HAV state chief

Kerala Police Department has given cash prizes to women police officials who arrested Hindu Aikya Vedi (HAV) state unit president KP Sasikala at Marakkoottam on November 16.

03:45 PM
SC dismisses plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict on NJAC Act

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its 2015 verdict striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, which had led to the revival of the collegium system for appointment of judges.

10:18 AM
G20: PM Modi presents nine-point anti-fugitive economic offenders programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a nine-point programme to take action against fugitive economic offenders during his address in the second session of the ongoing G20 Summit here.

01:46 PM
Indian Army Chief: Pakistan needs to show positive step on ground first

The Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat feels that Pakistan's claim of taking strong steps towards good bilateral relations is contradictory unless there is a direct impact visible on the ground about its claims.

04:45 PM
Maharashtra govt proposes 16 per cent reservation for Marathas

Maharashtra government Thursday proposed 16 per cent reservation for Marathas under socially and educationally backward category.