India vs New Zealand: 'Old habit came back to haunt him' - VVS Laxman identifies...

Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris said that a lot of credit had to be given to the way New Zealand planned their line of attack to Kohli.

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India now at par with US, Israel after surgical strike and Balakot ops: Amit Sh...

Amit Shah said India has joined the list of countries along with the United States and Israel who can strike in enemy territory and avenge the death of its soldiers.

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Amit Shah lands in Kolkata to take on TMC, Left protesters hit streets

Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata to take part in a series of events, including a public rally from which he will launch the BJP’s campaign seeking an end to what its calls the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government’s misrule in West Bengal.

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Great guy, Modi: US President Trump tells a home crowd

Trump talked about Prime Minister Modi as well as the love he said he got from the audience at the packed to seams Motera Stadium in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad

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Cargo trains collide in MP's Singrauli, loco pilots trapped

The pilot and assistant pilots of the locomotive of the trains are reported to be trapped, Asian News International said.

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Don't want others to join your WhatsApp group using the public link? Here's how...

As it turns out, the solution is hidden inside WhatsApp itself. If you or someone else has already shared the group’s link on social media or any website, they can reset it, preventing more people to join.

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How a special squad caught gangster Ravi Pujari

Sandeep Patil, joint commissioner of police, Bengaluru says the team had received inputs about Pujari living in Senegal, on the western coast of Africa, from several agencies.

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Security tightened, Section 144 imposed in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh

People have been advised not to assemble, even as Section 144 of the CrCP has been imposed in the area.

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Rashmi Thackeray is Sena mouthpiece Saamana's new editor

Rashmi Thackeray is the Mumbai chief minster Uddhav Thackeray’s wife.

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'I fear for his life': Wife of Dr Kafeel Khan writes letter to HC Chief Justice

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Running short on storage space? Here's how you delete media files in WhatsApp

The slew of media files that users arrive in WhatsApp can quickly take up your smartphone’s storage space. Here’s what you need to do.

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India vs New Zealand Live, 2nd Test, Day 2: Kohli, Pujara look to combat tough conditions...

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test, Day 2: Follow live score and updates from Day 2 of the second Test encounter between India and New Zealand in Christchurch.

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'May never be excited again about a crowd': US President Trump on India visit

Donald Trump, while addressing a rally in South Carolina on Saturday, talked about the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, where tens of thousands of people turned up to hear him speak along with Prime Minister Modi.

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India vs New Zealand: 'Greatest catch ever' - Ravindra Jadeja's stunner sends back...

Shami then got rid of Kyle Jamieson on 49 as India managed to earn a slender lead of 7 runs at the end of the first innings.

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British PM Boris Johnson announces engagement, expecting baby with fiancée

Johnson, 55, and Symonds, 31, moved into Downing Street when he became prime minister in July 2019.

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Trump hails Afghanistan deal and plans to meet Taliban leaders soon

US and Taliban have signed a peace deal in Doha on Saturday.

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'All they have to do is ask': Trump on helping Iran with coronavirus outbreak

The virus has now hit 61 countries across the globe, prompting the World Health Organization to raise its risk assessment to its highest level.

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Centre to push development schemes for individuals in J&K, Ladakh

Earlier this week, cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a meeting on social schemes for the two new UTs. Move aims to highlight government’s intent on development for the regions’ residents.

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Kolkata braces for stir ahead of Amit Shah's CAA rally

The administration is expecting a situation similar to that in January when protesters brought the city to a standstill during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.

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6 held for 'Goli Maaro' slogans in one of Delhi's busiest metro stations

Police said the six men have been detained and are being interrogated.

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Kerala man tests negative for coronavirus, dies of pneumonia the next day

The dead man’s samples had tested negative at the Virology Institute in Alappuzha for H1NI and COVID-19. His second sample was resent to ensure he was not infected by coronavirus.

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PCB chief contradicts Sourav Ganguly, says Asia Cup venue not finalised yet: Re...

PCB chief Ehsan Mani said a final decision on Asia Cup’s venue will be taken only after keeping the interest of all Asian countries in mind despite BCCI president Ganguly making it clear that both India and Pakistan will play the Asia Cup in Dubai.

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India to attend US-Taliban peace deal event in Doha today

India has been invited by the Qatar government to the ceremony where the US-Taliban deal will be signed. The country will be represented by P Kumaran, the ambassador in Doha.

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Don't turn campus into shelter for victims of Delhi riots: JNU to students

Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar and the administration have advised students not to give open calls to people hit by the violence in Delhi to come and stay in the campus.

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Telangana ministers eat chicken at public event to dispel coronavirus fears

Coronavirus first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since then killed more than 2800 people in that country alone, while cases have been reported in several countries across the world, including India.

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If Apple launched a foldable iPhone, this is how it might look like

The short video posted by a verified user “bad.not.bad” shows the folded concept iPhone that is half the thickness of Samsung Galaxy Flip with a larger screen on the outside than the foldable Moto Razr.

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At UP event, PM Modi underlines 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' promise

The Prime Minister was speaking at the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir or Social Justice Camp in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj city.

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'Good words for you also, but...': Judge who praised PM to Cong lawyer in court

Singhvi, who was appearing for the management of the play school, argued against the sealing when justice Mishra asked Singhvi whether he lived near Khan Market.

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'Not one of your strong points': Congress' Kapil Sibal hits out at BJP over raj...

Ravi Shankar Prasad’s had lashed out at the grand old party on Friday for trying to teach it rajdharma or duty after Congress president Sonia Gandhi met President Ramnath Kovind along with a delegation.

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Taking cue from UP Police, Delhi cops to make rioters pay for property damage

A direction has already been issued in this regard to the Crime Branch’s SITs and the local police to coordinate with civic authorities and Delhi government to assess the damage.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates calls coronavirus a 'once-in-a-century' pathogen

Gates’ plea was echoed on Friday by the World Health Organization, which said the risk was very high that the virus would spread and have a global impact.

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Delhi riots: Civic agencies will help police hunt for bodies in drains

Over the last three days, police have found bodies of six persons, who died in the rioting, in the clogged drains of north east Delhi. One of the bodies was that of intelligence bureau officer, Ankit Sharma.

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Mauritius president stopped at Varanasi airport over excess luggage

The Mauritian president was on a two-day visit to the temple town along with a six-member delegation.

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Ahead of US-Taliban deal, foreign secretary meets top Afghan leaders

India has been keeping a close eye on developments related to the US-Taliban deal, expected to be signed in Doha on February 29, especially because of the terror group’s close links with Pakistan.

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Qualcomm confirms Snapdragon 865 to feature ISRO's NavIC tech, will come in Realme...

Qualcomm has clarified many doubts by stating that its Snapdragon 865 SoC is capable of NavIC support but it will be ready to roll with the final software update that’s coming in April 2020.

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AAP's Tahir Hussain, named in FIR for IB man's murder, is absconding: Police

The police said that Hussain, booked after a complaint from Sharma’s parents, is absconding along with his family members and has switched off his cellphone.

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Delhi riots: At mortuaries, unending wait to identify the dead

Apart from the 38 who died at or were brought dead to GTB hospital, three died at Lok Nayak hospital, and one died on Monday at Jag Parvesh Chandra hospital.

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4 sixes, 3 wickets: Hardik Pandya makes stunning comeback to cricket in DY Patil...

Hardik Pandya smashed four fours and four sixes and also picked up three wickets on his return to cricket in the DY Patil T20 Cup 2020.

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'BJP did not approve': RS Prasad over inflammatory speeches by party leaders

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How Patnaik lost control of his force, legacy

The moment when Patnaik lost control of his own police force, and tarnished his own legacy according to multiple officers in the force, can be traced back to November 5, 2019.

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J&K to evict squatters from houses meant for Kashmiri Pandit migrants

More than 300 applications are pending with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) for allotment of accommodation to registered Kashmiri migrant families.

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Balakot changed the paradigm: IAF chief

Bhadauria said the use of air power was considered taboo in sub-conventional conflict until the government took the “tough and bold call” to strike at the very heart of terrorist training infrastructure located deep across the LoC.

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In terror organisation Islamic State's group, a photo poster from Delhi violence

The Islamic State has used videos and pictures earlier too to incite the people in India.

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Maharashtra to provide 5 quota to Muslims in education: Nawab Malik

Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said that the state government will ensure that a legislation to this effect is passed soon.

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Delhi violence death toll climbs to 42, say hospital authorities

Among the dead are a head constable of Delhi Police and a 26-year-old Intelligence Bureau official and more than 300 injured in the Delhi violence, which started on Sunday and escalated on Monday.

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Sonia Gandhi forms Congress' fact-finding panel to visit Ground Zero of Delhi v...

The Congress has been targeting the central government over violence in which 42 people have been killed and more than 300 injured.

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What is NavIC? The ISRO tech smartphone brands are clamouring to claim

After Indian Space Research Organisation announced NavIC, smatphone makers made a beeline for the tech that might replace the GPS on devices.

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To Congress' rajdharma jibe over Delhi riots, BJP targets Sonia Gandhi

The minister went on to accuse Gandhi of instigating people by making comments such as “is par or us paar” made at an anti-CAA rally.

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Raghuram Rajan's advice as global growth falters over coronavirus fears

There’s little central banks can do, and while more government spending would help, the priority should be on convincing companies and households that the virus is under control, he said.

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Delhi violence: From amid the bloodshed, emerge stories of hope, brotherhood

In Brijpuri, Muslims residents and their Hindu neighbours came together to protect a temple located about 100 metres from a mosque that was vandalised and burnt by a mob on Tuesday.

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Samsung Galaxy S20+ first impressions: Gray colour is boring, but display steals...

Galaxy S20 Plus is neither the cheapest flagship Samsung phone nor it has the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s over-the-top specification. Here’s our quick take on the phone.

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'A weak economy, but Hindu Muslim, Hindu Muslim': Chetan Bhagat on Delhi riots

At the centre of tis unrest is the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA passed by Parliament in December last year.

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'Shielded big names': CBI vs CBI plays out in Delhi court; judge rebukes office...

At the last hearing on February 19, the court had rapped the CBI for not conducting lie detector test on its former special director Rakesh Asthana.

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SN Shrivastava appointed Delhi police commissioner, succeeds Amulya Patnaik amid...

SN Srivastava appointed Delhi police commissioner, succeeds Amulya Patnaik amid violence criticism

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'Multiple abrasion, deep cuts': Autopsy report details brutality inflicted on IB...

Ankit Sharma’s family has accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tahir Hussain of murdering him. An FIR has been registered and Hussain suspended from AAP.

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Ayushmann Khurrana, Huma Qureshi at star-studded screening of Thappad

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7,000 paramilitary soldiers deployed in Delhi, no major incident in 36 hours: Home...

The MHA said that as many as 514 “suspects” have been “detained, arrested” for questioning, and more arrests are expected.

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India vs New Zealand prediction: India predicted XI for 2nd Test - Virat Kohli could...

IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli and his troops have travelled to Christchurch – New Zealand’s most successful venue at home – in a must-win game. The visitors lost the first Test by 10 wickets.

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'Pushed back Amit Shah 1000 km': Tejashwi Yadav on Bihar resolution against NRC

Bihar is the first NDA-ruled state, which has demanded tweaking of the revised NPR form.

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Delhi violence: Anatomy of a riot, and its escalation

While the riots have been controlled, at least 38 people have been killed and over 330 injured. Property worth tens of crores has been destroyed. Some questions remain unanswered.

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Pet dog of coronavirus patient found to have 'low level' of virus in Hong Kong

The dog tested “weak positive” for the coronavirus, the city’s agricultural and fisheries department said in a statement, without giving further details.

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In Delhi, families scared to take bodies back to riot affected areas

Many families, who were spotted outside the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital mortuary, feared the worst after bodies would be handed over to them.

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Rape complainant, 19, attacked with acid by accused's wife

In her complaint, the 19-year-old alleged the attackers included two men and a sub-inspector’s wife, Neetu, who had earlier lodged a fake complaint against her.

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Delhi riots: Face-off between Bhim Army, CAA backers a trigger

The details of the sequence of events, as pieced together by Delhi Police through inputs from personnel on the ground Sunday, were shared with HT by at least two senior officers who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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India, US look to fast-track conclusion of 'phase one'

The two sides hadn’t been able to bridge differences to come up with a widely anticipated limited trade package ahead of Trump’s visit during February 24-25.

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Amid row over transfer, Justice Muralidhar delivers last verdict in Delhi HC

Justice Muralidhar’s transfer order came in the midst of hearing in a case on inflammatory speeches made by leaders of different political parties.

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Amazon set to enter Indian online food delivery market next month

Amazon is likely to bundle the service with its Prime Now service and it could be made available to the users as soon as in March.

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Judge consented to transfer, says Ravi Shankar Prasad, hammers Cong

The Law Minister said the Congress had displayed its “scant regard for the judiciary” by politicising a routine transfer.

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AAP leader accused in IB officer's killing in Delhi defends himself in video

A senior police officer said they are investigating the allegations.

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'Factually incorrect, misleading': India on US panel statement on Delhi violence

At least 30 people have been killed and over 250 injured in the violence over Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA in Northeast Delhi.

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'Classic hit-and-run injustice by BJP govt': Congress on transfer of judge hearing...

Dubbing the transfer of the high court judge as a “classic hit-and run injustice”, the Congress alleged that the BJP government is trying to save its party leaders in the Delhi violence case.

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Gmail bug disables ability to empty trash on Android

Uptill now, Gmail users used to get an option which allowed them to empty their trash bin and their spam box in a single go via ‘Empty Trash Now’ and ‘Empty Spam Now’ options.

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India vs New Zealand: Our batting looks unsettled on tour - Dilip Vengsarkar

Virat Kohli’s men were outplayed in all departments of the game in Wellington, suffering a 10-wicket drubbing in just over three days.

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Number of deaths in Delhi violence mounts to 32, more than 250 injured

Delhi Police have registered 18 FIRs and 106 people have been arrested in connection with the violence in North-East Delhi, reported news agency ANI.

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India vs New Zealand: Injury scare for India ahead of 2nd Test, Prithvi Shaw skips...

Shubman Gill had a good net session on Thursday and it is expected that he would be asked to open the innings alongside Mayank Agarwal if Shaw is unable to make it.

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Delhi violence: Intelligence Bureau staffer, a cop's son, killed; family mourns

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'Failure of leadership': Bernie Sanders on Trump's statement on Delhi clashes

Sanders is the second Democratic presidential nominee after Senator Elizabeth Warren to speak against the violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi.

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Apple to open its online store in India this year, says Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook in a call with the company’s shareholders said that the company would open its online store in India in 2020.

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Supreme Court bar association criticises justice Arun Mishra for PM praise

The remarks by Justice Mishra came in for sharp criticism from SCBA, which, in its resolution, said such statements reflect poorly on the independence of judiciary.

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Delhi violence: For riot-hit families, their homes of years are not 'safe' anym...

As Delhi Police officers and paramilitary personnel manned Brijpuri Road on Wednesday, several Hindu and Muslim families crossed the road to be at a “safer location” and be with their “own people”.

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Delhi violence: Countrymade guns from West UP, weapons of all shapes used in ri...

The kinds of wounds people have, and eye-witnesses accounts from various riot-hit spots in north-east Delhi, point to how the mobs that led the communal riot were heavily armed -- with countrymade pistols, swords, hammers, sickles, baseball bats, sticks and large stones.

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Sweeping changes likely in Delhi Police after cops caught napping on violence

Government officials familiar with the matter said the home ministry’s assessment is that Delhi Police was caught napping. Security cover around the capital was increased because of President Donald Trump’s visit.

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Scientists discover animal that can live without oxygen

The tiny, less than 10-celled parasite Henneguya salminicola lives in salmon muscle, according to the finding published on Tuesday in the journal PNAS.

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IAF relief flight from China brings back 76 Indians, citizens from 7 nations

The people brought back are expected to undergo a 14-day quarantine in India like their previous batches to ensure that they are cleared of the COVID-19 virus.

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RAW ex-chief tried to gauge Farooq Abdullah's mood on new order in J-K

The brief for AS Dulat’s secret mission was simple: to suss out Abdullah’s mood in “accepting the new reality of Jammu & Kashmir after the nullification of Article 370”, according to one of the officials.

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Woman raped by 3 in separate incidents within 2 hours in Navi Mumbai: Cops

All the three accused, including an autorickshaw driver, have been arrested.

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Caught on cam, Telangana cop seen kicking man grieving his dead daughter

A video of constable Sridhar kicking the girl’s father who was squatting on the road preventing the cops from taking her daughter’s body to the mortuary for post-mortem went viral on social media on Wednesday morning.

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119 Indians, stuck in coronavirus-hit Japan ship for over 20 days, land in Delhi...

Foreign minister S Jaishankar, taking to Twitter, thanked the Japanese authorities for their facilitation in evacuation of the stuck Indians onboard the coronavirus-hit Japan ship.

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Cong targets Home Minister Amit Shah for Delhi violence, tells him to quit

The Cnngress Working Committee (CWC) demanded immediate resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah for “colossal failure” to restore normalcy.

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Supreme Court pans police for 'lack of professionalism' in handling Delhi clash...

The moment an inflammatory remark is made, police should take action, said the Supreme Court bench.

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A kiss is just a kiss except when it spreads the coronavirus

Epidemiologists say limiting contact could help slow the march of a disease that’s turned up in dozens of countries in just two months and killed more than 2,700 people.

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BJP MLA accused of chanting provocative slogans says he had gone to defuse tension...

When contacted, Abhay Verma confirmed he had gone to the market but said that he did not shout such slogans and that he was there to diffuse tensions after rumours of stone pelting surfaced in the area.

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'Ghus Kar Maarenge...': Former IAF chief on first anniversary of Balakot air st...

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Call in the army, says Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after fresh violence erupts...

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India vs New Zealand: 'Once he feels he can do it, he will be destructive' - Captain...

Kohli, who too faced a similar start, when he played away from home for the first time does not want to jump the gun and instead give the opener a fairly long rope before making conclusions

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Shiv Sena slams Centre for failing to curb Delhi violence, draws comparison to 1984...

The Sena targeted the Union Home Ministry’s inability to gather information about the planning of the communal violence said that this was dangerous for national security.

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Why India's oldest port is leasing area as big as London Docklands

India’s oldest operating port has hired property consultant JLL India to survey and digitize records of its land bank, Chairman Vinit Kumar said in an interview at his office in Kolkata.

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India vs New Zealand: Pant vs Saha, Ashwin vs Jadeja - Whom does the stats favour...

IND vs NZ: The average first innings total at the Basin Reserve in Wellington is 298 and batting second is considerably easy. This will put a lot of focus on the toss in the 1st India vs New Zealand Test match.

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'Won't be another Shaheen Bagh in Delhi': Kapil Mishra as protesters leave Jafrabad...

BJP’s East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday supported strict action against anyone, including Mishra, if they gave “provocative” speeches.

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17 dead in Delhi violence; Amit Shah, Ajit Doval chair emergency meetings

These clashes are worst in the capital in the last two decades.

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'No major terror attack after Balakot as they were scared': Ex-IAF chief

The IAF had carried out the air strikes in Balakot 12 days after a suicide bombing killed 40 CRPF troopers in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14, 2019.

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Women protesters leave Jafrabad protest site, but only 'temporarily'

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Students gherao Delhi CM Kejriwal's residence over violence; detained

People gathered outside Kejriwal’s residence and raised slogans demanding action against those responsible for violence in Delhi.

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Don't air content promoting 'anti-national' attitude: Govt to TV channels over Delhi...

Fresh violence tore through northeast Delhi on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the communal clashes over the amended citizenship law to 13.

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Saffron flags mark Hindu homes, shops in north-east Delhi

He said that these flags were put up on Saturday, a day before violence broke out in the neighbouring areas.

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The resilience of India-US relations| Analysis

Differences remain, but the gains on the positives and negatives of the ledger can be built upon

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Inexperience, distrust in leadership: Why cops failed to control Delhi violence

Once touted as the model police for all states, Delhi Police, experts say, has lately failed to handle law and order situations due to several reasons.

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Data, digital issues set to be part of India-US trade deal

Talks may begin as early as April and will prioritise data and digital issues, the people said on condition of anonymity.

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How violence spread from main road to maze of lanes in northeast Delhi

In North-east Delhi on Day 3, violence spread and clashes broke out in new areas. Journalists were targeted, property damaged. The death toll rose to 13. And, after two days of failing to control the violence, police managed to clear some areas.

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The Balakot strike was a turning point for India| Opinion

In 12 months, no major Pakistan-sponsored attack has occurred. This underscores its game-changing potential

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SN Shrivastava appointed special Commissioner of Police law and order in Delhi

The senior IPS officer is first in line to become Commissioner of police as well when Amulya Patnaik’s controversial tenure gets over.

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'Big trade deal with US coming up': PM Modi after talks with Prez Trump

A trade deal between India and the United States has so far remained elusive.

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'Our warning fell on deaf ears': Chidambaram on CAA violence in Delhi

A head constable was among seven people killed and at least 50 others, including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday.

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Shots fired in north-east Delhi's Maujpur in clashes between pro and anti-CAA g...

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iQOO 3 5G launched in India: Price, specs, sale dates

iQOO’s first smartphone in India comes in three colours and two variants with prices starting from Rs 36,990

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Six Supreme Court judges down with swine flu, judges make a request

The judge said Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde had held one meeting in this context to figure out the steps that may be taken to check the virus from spreading any more.

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US Prez Trump, First Lady Melania pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

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Amit Shah holds review meeting, prohibitory orders clamped in Northeast Delhi for...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier held an emergency meeting of MLAs and officials from the affected areas and appealed the protesters to maintain peace.

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Montrachet, Chablis,Mersault: if you want to know how a white wine should taste,...

If you like wine or want to know more, here’s my suggestion: start with white Burgundy. It will do things to your palate that you never thought were possible!

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Ahead of Amit Shah meet, Arvind Kejriwal comes up with to-do list for Delhi cops

The Delhi chief minister, addressing a press briefing over Monday’s violence, said preventive arrests should be made.

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In plea to Supreme Court, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad blames BJP's Kapil...

Azad also sought security for women protesting at Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi, which has come to national limelight.

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Donald Trump, Narendra Modi meet for talks at Hyderabad House

On the anvil, is the signing of the defence deals and at least five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on issues ranging from civil nuclear cooperation to natural gas and trade facilitation

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Fire at tyre market in Delhi's Karawal Nagar, fire tenders stuck in Jafrabad

The fire tenders have asked for police protection before moving forward.

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Viral video shows man with gun charging at policeman during Delhi clashes

There were media reports that the man was identified and detained, but HT could not independently verify this.

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Till Modi is in power, we will not get any response from India: Shahid Afridi on...

“People from either side of the border want to travel to each other’s country. I don’t understand what Modi wants to do and what his agenda really is,” he added.

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Home minister Amit Shah calls second meeting in 12 hours to review Delhi situation...

There was fresh stone pelting in the Brahampuri locality in Northeast Delhi on Tuesday morning after which the security personnel conducted a flag march.

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Fresh stone pelting in northeast Delhi; CM Kejriwal calls MLAs for urgent meeti...

Security personnel are conducting flag marches to prevent any further flare-ups and maintain peace after the area witnessed heavy stone pelting and arson.

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'Great day for teachers and students', tweets Arvind Kejriwal ahead of Melania Trump's...

According to the sources, Melania Trump will reach the school in south Delhi around noon and spend over an hour there.

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At banquet dinner for Donald Trump, salmon tikka, raan ali-shan to mark cultural...

President Trump is known for his love for meatloaf, steak with ketchup, even McDonald’s burgers. As beef is out of the question, Rashtrapati Bhavan chefs are offering him an alternative: raan ali-shan.

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4 civilians who died during clashes in northeast Delhi had gunshot wounds: Doct...

Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital in Dilshad Garden received the most patients. The bodies too were kept in its mortuary. Autopsies will be conducted on Tuesday after their respective families give consent.

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When roses at Delhi's anti-CAA protest were replaced by stones, bricks, glass b...

Monday in Jafrabad had begun differently from how it ended.

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5 dead in street battle at protest site in north east Delhi

At several places in Jafrabad and Maujpur, people passing by in auto-rickshaws and two-wheelers were stopped, dragged out on the roads, and beaten.

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Class-action suits, mediation set to give teeth to consumer laws

Class-action suits, a legal tool widely used in western consumer markets such as the US, enable one individual complaint of a faulty product or service to be treated as an “interest group” of other people in similar circumstances.

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Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault, rape

More than 80 women, including famous actresses, had accused him of sexual misconduct stretching back decades. He had denied the allegations and said any sexual encounters were consensual.

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Donald Trump begins India visit with a warm hug from PM Modi, roadshow next

“Your visit is definitely going to further strengthen the friendship between our nations,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted ahead of Trump’s arrival.

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'Bigger problem in Delhi is...': Shashi Tharoor's Twitter jibe at PM Modi

Some of his remarks were even too hot to handle by his party, the Congress.

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Realme X50 Pro 5G to launch in India today: Check out specs, expected price, how...

The launch event of the Realme X50 Pro 5G will begin at 2:30PM in India. Check out all the details here.

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Thalaivi: Kangana Ranaut shares latest look on Jayalalithaa's birth anniversary,...

Kangana Ranaut, who will be seen playing former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in Thalaivi, is a spitting image of the late politician in a new still from the film.

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Karnataka minister wants law to shoot those who 'speak ill of India'

Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil ‘s comment came days after a young woman was arrested on charges of sedition after she raise Pakistan Zindabad slogan at a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Bengaluru.

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'Will meet all in a few hours': Donald Trump, enroute India, tweets in Hindi

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Security cover for Trump: 108 senior officers, over 10,000 cops in Ahmedabad

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Ravi Pujari, wanted for murder and extortion, in Karnataka police custody

Ravi Pujari, who was arrested in South Africa last week, has 39 cases registered against him in Mangaluru and 37 cases in Bengaluru alone, apart from several other cases across the country including in Mumbai.

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See you soon in Ahmedabad, tweets PM ahead of Trump's India touchdown

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India suffer first defeat in ICC World Test Championship, here is how the table...

India vs New Zealand: India lost the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington by 10 wickets on Sunday. It was their first loss in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.

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Gangster Ravi Pujari will be brought to India from South Africa today: Police

Pujari has been named in at least 200 cases across the country. He was arrested in Senegal in West Africa in January 2019, where he jumped bail and fled to South Africa, where he was involved in drug trafficking and extortion racket.

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'Respect concerns': Delhi dy CM Manish Sisodia on being dropped from Melania Trump...

Trump’s India Visit :The US First Lady will visit a Delhi government school on Tuesday to get to know about a class under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s “happiness curriculum”.

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Indian shot dead at grocery store in Los Angeles: Cops

Maninder, who had turned 31 last month, was married and father of two. Hailing from Karnal, Sahi had arrived in the US less than six months ago and had sought political asylum.

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'Don't use saliva to turn pages of files': Uttar Pradesh govt to officials

The order has been issued to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

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Man lynched after his son damages neighbour's phone

Police said Alimul Sheikh was killed hours he got into a scuffle with his neighbour, Malla Bakkas, after the latter accused the former’s seven-year-old son of stealing his phone.

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India vs New Zealand: 'We weren't competitive enough' - Virat Kohli after Wellington...

India vs New Zealand: The Virat Kohli led side suffered a 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Wellington.

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India responds to China on restrictions on export of medical supplies to treat ...

external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the precautions taken by India were in accordance with WHO’s advisory about the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Grand welcome awaits as US president Trump begins India tour today

Trump and his delegation, including Melania, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner and several senior members of the US cabinet, will fly to Ahmedabad on Air Force One shortly before noon on February 24.

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New Zealand thump India by 10 wickets in 1st Test in Wellington

India vs New Zealand: New Zealand needed 9 runs to win on 4th day of the first Test and chased down the total without losing a wicket.

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Leaning building of Delhi's Munirka razed in 72-hour-long exercise

According to SDMC officials engaged in the operation, the demolition exercise was “peculiar” and “difficult” as the building was situated on hilly terrain, amid a cluster of houses in the village, which is largely an unauthorised colony.

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A blueprint for dealing with President Trump | Opinion

Feed his vanity, deepen convergence on China, ensure pressure on terror, point out costs of the US trade policy

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Telcos may get relief on taxes, input costs

Instant refund of input tax credit is unlikely as this would require the approval of the GST Council, but immediate bailout may include other measures such as a soft loan.

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Members of all parties got equal opportunities in Rajya Sabha

The time utilisation audit was done by the Rajya Sabha secretariat for only the first half of the budget session.

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Dr Kafeel Khan's uncle shot dead over property dispute: Police

Nusrutullah Warsi, who belonged to a land owning family, owned several pieces of lands in Gorakhpur and outside and was fighting cases on illegal possession on many of them.

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India vs New Zealand: 'Kohli missed a trick': VVS Laxman identifies what 'could...

He was also not very convinced with Kohli’s tactics when India took the second new ball and said that the skipper should have used his pacers in a longer spell.

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From H-1B visas to trade, Congress throws questions at PM Modi ahead of Trump v...

India and the US are expected to finalise at least five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on issues ranging from trade facilitation to homeland security during Trump’s visit during February 24-25 alongside some defence deals.

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Congress wants to convert Madhya Pradesh into Italy: BJP MLA on online liquor s...

Under the new excise policy of the Madhya Pradesh government for 2020-21, the supply of liquor will be done online.

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India vs New Zealand: 'Showed his teammates how to bat' - Scott Styris lauds Mayank...

Mayank Agarwal reached his half-century but India lost Cheteshwar Pujara just on the stroke of Tea as his erred in judgement and shouldered arms to an incoming delivery by Trent Boult.

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Ayushmann Khurrana got money from passengers for singing songs, says 'I am a trained...

Ayushmann Khurrana revealed at Hindustan Shikhar Samagam 2020 that he rejected 5-6 films before finalising Vicky Donor for his Bollywood debut.

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Over 500 women block Delhi road over CAA, force DMRC to shut exits at this stat...

Delhi Police have also deployed additional personnel around the Jaffrabad metro station in Northeast Delhi as women continued their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

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Trump in India: Artists rehearse at Motera ahead of US President's arrival

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India vs New Zealand: Wagging tail: Old weakness comes back to haunt India in W...

IND VS NZ: Colin de Grandhomme (43), Kyle Jamieson (44) and Trent Boult (38) attacked and had fun under the bright sun.

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No 3k-tonne gold deposit found in UP's Sonbhadra: Geological Survey of India

Reacting to the reports, GSI, which is headquartered in Kolkata, said it had carried out gold exploration in the region but the results were not encouraging.

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In Nagpur, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad demands ban on RSS

Chandrashekhar Azad made the comments from Reshimbagh Ground near the RSS headquarters in the eastern part of Nagpur and the venue for the customary annual Vijayadashami speech of chief.

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Congress leader likens Donald Trump to Bollywood villain 'Mogambo'

Chowdhury, who is Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, has also declined the invitation by Rashtrapati Bhavan for the banquet being organised in honour of Trump on February 25, citing that the similar invitation was not extended to party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi.

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MHA cancels Manipal varsity FCRA licence over 'unauthorised research'

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act -2010 (FCRA) account of the university for carrying out the “unauthorized” research at the Manipal Institute of Virology, the official said.

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Ex-Jet Airways director Naresh Goyal, wife booked for cheating travel company

The MRA Marg police, following the orders of a metropolitan magistrate on Tuesday registered a complaint against Goyal and his wife under various sections of the Indian Penal Code

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Coronavirus outbreak: India is infection free, but risk continues to remain high

The last of the three students diagnosed with novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Kerala after returning from the epicentre of the outbreak in Wuhan in January left for home after being declared disease free on Friday.

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14-year-old student raped in Rajasthan's Bundi at knife-point

The 14-year-old victim is a class 8 student, he said. Police lodged the accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO).

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Russia says US claims it is fuelling coronavirus alarm 'deliberately false'

State Department officials tasked with combating Russian disinformation said that thousands of false personas were being used on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to promote unfounded conspiracy theories that the US was behind the COVID-19 outbreak, writing in multiple languages.

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India, US may ink pact for clean fuel to remote areas

The two sides are expected to sign at least five agreements in areas ranging from nuclear power to homeland security during Trump’s two-day visit beginning on February 24.

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Indo-Pacific ties, Afghanistan focus of Modi, Trump meeting

The Boeing P8I anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft, four more of which expected to be delivered to India this year to make a total of 12, are central to the Indo-Pacific cooperation with the aircraft of the US and Australia in touch with each other over the entire theatre.

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Was warned against reporting assault, says Nagaur victim

Kavita Srivastav, general secretary of the Rajasthan chapter of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, says the Dalits continue to face caste violence and live in fear of the police.

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Man in MP batters mother to death, dumps body in drain

Being irritated by his mother’s nagging, Santosh borrowed the idea from a television serial and carried out the plot, police said.

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Delhi traffic police frowns on careless joyrides on Yulu bikes

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in September last year tied-up with Yulu, a rental bike sharing platform, to provide transport up to the commuters’ final landing point.

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PM Modi wants definition of 'hate speech' expanded

The PM sought an expansion of the definition of hate speech during the annual conference of state police chiefs and intelligence/investigation agencies held in December following which the Intelligence Bureau recently sent the action points to all the states and ministries concerned. Hindustan Times has reviewed the action points.

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'SP's cycle will speed up in 2022 UP polls, will win 351 seats': Akhilesh Yadav

Talking about his plans for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, which is scheduled to be held in 2022, he said his party will not form any political alliance with the Congress.

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Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia's names dropped from Melania Trump event, BJP says...

Melania Trump is scheduled to visit a Delhi government school on February 25 to interact with students who are being taught the ‘happiness curriculum’ introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

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Delhi rape convict's plea 'bundle of distorted lies': Tihar Jail to court

Vinay Sharma’s counsel, AP Singh, had told the court earlier this week that his client suffers from mental illness, schizophrenia and has failed to recognise his counsel and family.

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'He's a rockstar': Hat-trick hero Ashton Agar reveals how Ravindra Jadeja 'inspired'...

Australia left-arm spinner Ashton Agar revealed how a chat with India all-rounder Jadeja during Australia’s tour to India last month “inspired” by him. Agar picked up a hat-trick including a five-for against South Africa in the first T20I.

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'Making space in her party': Smriti Irani on 'active' Priyanka Gandhi in UP

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been the Congress’ leading voice against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and has regularly taken on chief minister Yogi Adityanath over a range of issues.

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'India wali Irani': What Smriti Irani says when stopped at foreign airports

The Union minister for textiles also talked about her victory in Amethi, her parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, in the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

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Ahead of hanging, Delhi rape convicts asked about 'last meeting' with family

A Delhi court had issued fresh warrants on February 17, for the third time, to hang Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Thakur till death on March 3 at 6am.

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Your private WhatsApp group chats are on Google search and Facebook knows about...

Private chat groups on WhatsApp are accessible through a URL but Google seems to be indexing those URLs and showing then in search results, letting anyone access the group.

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'Kids coached to raise slogans to kill Modi': Smriti Irani on Shaheen Bagh

Smriti Irani said there was it was not possible talk to the protesters at Shaheen Bagh because of a toxic atmosphere.

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Donald Trump expected to nudge India and Pakistan for bilateral dialogue

India has persistently spurned Trump’s offers to mediate on the Kashmir issue, saying the region is an integral part of the country and any issues with Pakistan can only be handled bilaterally according to the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.

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Trump's India visit will boost defence ties, Pakistan not relevant I Analysis

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'Trump cheats at golf': Mike Bloomberg mocks US Prez with billboard message

The giant digital billboard is just two miles (three kilometers) down the Strip from Trump’s own hotel, where the president is staying while in Las Vegas.

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China 'deliberately delaying' clearance to flight to evacuate Indians: Sources

India had planned to send a massive C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft to Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, on February 21, but the flight has been unable to leave because of lack of clearance from Chinese authorities.

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India vs New Zealand: Rishabh Pant gets run out, twitterati blame Ajinkya Rahane

India vs New Zealand: Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 19 after a call for a run from Ajinkya Rahane caused confusion in the middle.

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Trump will talk about religious freedom issue on India visit, say officials

Prospects of trade deal being announced during the president’s two-day visit have dimmed considerably despite his efforts to talk it up in public rallies and remarks.

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UK's Prince Harry and Meghan to stop using 'royal' brand

The couple will formally step down as senior royals from March 31 and will no longer carry out duties on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II after that date.

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Great, tweets Donald Trump on Ayushmann Khurrana's film 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'...

Given Trump administration’s view on gay rights, the ‘great’ tweet praising an Indian movie championing the cause, took twitterati by surprise.

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Assam NRC had names of 'ineligible persons', says coordinator

Signed by NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma, the memo sent on February 19 gave the district officials a day’s time to give details of people who should not have been included in the list. The memo has been seen by HT.

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India vs New Zealand: Ashwin goes for a golden duck with a jaffa from Tim Southee...

India vs New Zealand: R Ashwin was dismissed on the first ball, after he was cleaned up by Tim Southee.

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India, US line up major defence advancements

The first official said President Trump was only keen on visiting Delhi but that India insisted that he do a public event in Ahmedabad on February 24, as a sort of direct outreach to Indians

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Date for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, agency to be announced in April

According to Kameshwar Chaupal, a member of the trust, the construction could begin on any auspicious day around Akshay Tritiya falling on April 25.

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Agra admin to follow SC guidelines, e-vehicle to take Trumps to the Taj

Guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court, which in 1998 barred the use of anything but electric vehicles in close proximity to the monument, will be followed during the Trumps’ Taj visit, the officials said.

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YashRaj to pay Rs 15K to woman for excluding song from movie 'Fan'

NCDRC presiding member, VK, Jain said, “What’s the logic behind including the song in the promo but excluding it while exhibiting the movie.”

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'Waiting for Shreya Ghoshal to be left out': Harsha Bhogle fumes after India prefer...

India vs New Zealand 1st Test: Harsha Bhogle slammed the Indian team management after they included Rishabh Pant as the wicketkeeper-batsman and dropped Wriddhiman Saha from the playing XI in the first Test against New Zealand at Wellington.

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Has links with 'Naxals': Karnataka CM opposes bail for woman who raised pro-Pak...

Amulya, had raised ‘Hindustan Zindabad’ and ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan at an anti-CAA rally in Bengaluru where Asadduddin Owaisi was also present. Owaisi was however, seen trying to stop her.

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India Women vs Australia Women Live Score, T20 World Cup: India aim to upset de...

India vs Australia live score, women’s T20 World Cup: Follow live scorecard and updates of India women vs Australia women T20 world cup match at Sydney.

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AIMIM's Waris Pathan refuses to apologise after controversial remark

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Cong adopts hands-off approach to Yediyurappa blues, focuses on next state boss

A Karnataka Congress leader said his party would wait and watch the developments given that the dissent in the BJP and the clamour for change of guard growing.

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Coronavirus reaches Chinese jails, sparks new fears of cluster cases

According to information made available by the government, nearly 450 prisoners and policemen have been infected in Chinese prisons including in the worst-hit Hubei province.

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Noida-Faridabad road, closed due to Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protest, reopens after...

Shaheen Bagh: The partial breakthrough is likely to ease traffic movement between Delhi and Noida that had been witnessing massive congestion due to diversion of traffic through Delhi Noida Delhi flyway and Ashram.

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'Urged Shaheen Bagh protesters to come up with traffic solutions': Sanjay Hegde

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Prashant Kishor meets oppn leaders in Bihar amid talks about his next move

Prashant Kishor said to be in talks with different political parties ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.

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'May make tremendous trade deal with India, but will put America first': Donald...

Donald Trump’s India visit: Ahead of the visit, there have been talks about India and the United States agreeing on a trade package as a precursor to a major trade deal.

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US intel officials say Russia intruding into 2020 poll campaign for Donald Trump...

The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity, said Trump’s Republican allies on the Democratic-led House Intelligence Committee questioned the assessment presented by officials of the Office of National Intelligence last Thursday.

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New Zealand Man strangles Tinder date to death on her birthday eve, jailed for ...

The 28-year-old was given a non-parole period of 17 years for strangling Grace Millane in December 2018 in a case that shocked New Zealand, which is usually regarded as a safe place to travel.

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Yeh Ballet movie review: Gully Boy walked so that Netflix India's new film could...

Yeh Ballet movie review: Like a sanitised Slumdog Millionaire and glossy Gully Boy, Netflix India’s new film, directed by Sooni Taraporevala, is a simplistic telling of an incredible true story.

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Sedition case slapped against woman for 'Pak Zindabad' slogan at anti-CAA rally

She said she wanted to differentiate between the two slogans but was not allowed to continue by the organisers and cops who snatched her mic away before taking her off stage.

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From Looop Lapeta to Laal Singh Chaddha, why Hindi remakes are a risk worth tak...

Hindi remakes of popular Hollywood films are in the works, and experts feel that it’s a risk worth taking as the stories deserve to be retold in an Indian setting.

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'No need to dive deep into it': Sena on CM Uddhav Thackeray meeting PM Modi

This is the first time after he took over as the CM and parted ways with ally Bharatiya Janata Party that Thackeray will visit Delhi and meet the PM independently.

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Fear of violence during Trump's visit may have pushed back J-K panchayat polls

The sudden deferment was announced late on Tuesday night through a notification issued by the chief electoral officer (CEO), Shailendra Kumar. “Credible inputs from the law enforcement agencies” were cited as the reason for the postponement of the polls that had been announced on February 13.

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Second batch of ministers to visit J-K in April

The second such outreach since January after Parliament’s Budget session ends in April is being planned as the Centre and the Jammu & Kashmir administration are finalising a new domicile policy for the region to protect employment for locals and restrict the sale of land to outsiders.

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Relief plane to evacuate 100 Indians from Wuhan waits for China's nod

The government had expected to dispatch its largest transport aircraft, Boeing’s C-17 aircraft, to Wuhan on Thursday. On its return journey, the government plans to carry Indian nationals who had stayed back in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, out of choice or circumstances.

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Motera neighbourhood gets overdue face-lift ahead of Trump's visit

Besides Motera, Bhat and Koteshwar too have benefited from the effort which comes ahead of the US President’s first visit to India. He will address a public event, Namaste Trump, at Motera on February 24.

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Relief on the cards?: Telcos' dues to govt could be reassessed

This position — that the dues as measured by a proportion of adjusted gross revenues or AGR be paid — was one upheld by the Supreme Court’s October 2019 verdict that ordered telcos to pay up ₹1.47 lakh crore.

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DRDO missile scientists to study cargo from detained Chinese ship at Gujarat po...

Based on a high-level intelligence tip-off, the Department of Revenue Intelligence and Kandla Customs detained the Chinese ship on February 3 for misdeclaring a “dual use” industrial autoclave, which can be used in the manufacture of ballistic missiles, as an industrial dryer.

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Rashtrapati Bhavan gears up to host state banquet for Donald Trump

The Banquet Hall, also known as the State Dining Room, is 104 feet long, 34 feet wide and 35 feet high, overlooks the fabled Mughal Garden (which will be lit up during the dinner) and decorated with rare Burmese teak panels on the walls. The floors are plastered with grey Kota stone and white Makrana marble.

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Delhi man killed after 50 bullets fired at his SUV in gang war fallout: Cops

The DCP identified the dead man as Anchil, a resident of Karala village, and said he was travelling in his black Scorpio in Ladpur village on Wednesday night when a group of men targeted him.

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Dec 16 Delhi rape convict Vinay Sharma bangs his head against wall: Tihar Jail ...

The four death row convicts will be hanged on March 3 at 6 am, a Delhi court had ordered earlier this week.

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Kerala challenges move to lease Trivandrum airport to Adani Enterprises

Kerala has insisted that the state government had offered to match Adani’s bid and run the airport, insisting that it deserved preferential consideration since it had the experience to run airports.

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Tableaux, pitstop for meals: How BJP in Gujarat is preparing to welcome Trump

Donald Trump’s India visit: While the United States President has been speaking about the millions in the audience, local leaders say the crowd, while substantial, will be in lakhs, not millions. The population of Ahmedabad in 2011 was 5.5 million.

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'Black day': Families of 1997 Uphaar fire victims after SC rejects plea to enhance...

The fire that broke out in the south Delhi cinema hall during the screening of the Sunny Deol-starrer ‘Border’ on its release on 13 June 1997, had claimed 59 lives.

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BJP's deepfake videos trigger new worry over AI use in political campaigns

Deepfake refers to media – audio or video – created using the artificial intelligence technique of deep learning. Such media can be entirely fictional and can range from portraying a person carrying out an activity they never did or speak words that they never spoke.

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SC rejects Uphaar fire tragedy victims' plea to enhance jail term for Ansal bro...

The Uphaar theatre in the posh Green Park area was screening Bollywood film “Border” and several families were there to catch the movie featuring Sunny Deol on its release day - June 13, 1997 - but the 3 pm show turned into mayhem after a massive blaze broke out.

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India vs New Zealand: India's predicted XI for 1st Test - New openers, lone spi...

IND vs NZ: This sets the stage perfectly for India’s biggest test - the side is unbeaten in the tournament so far, but will be tested by New Zealand in their own conditions.

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'Trump platter, baked delicacies': Traditional welcome in store for US president,...

Although the hotel staff was tight-lipped about the visit, Hindustan Times learns that the Trumps will stay at the Chanakya Suite on the Grand Presidential Floor of the hotel.

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'Thankful to SC': Shaheen Bagh protesters after meeting SC-appointed mediators

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IAF's Wuhan evacuation flight delayed as coronavirus death toll surges past 2,0...

Coronavirus: The flight of the IAF aircraft, which was to bring medical supplies for China to aid its fight against the covid-19 outbreak, and then evacuate Indians from Wuhan has been delayed due to “technical reasons”.

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Why Donald Trump's 6.4 tonne car 'Beast' is making Agra admin jittery

Officials in Agra are tight-lipped over details regarding the vehicle to be used by the visitors but superintending archaeologist (Agra circle), Archaeological Survey of India, Vasant Swarankar, maintained that the Supreme Court’s guidelines will be complied with.

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Stalker stabs Telangana woman, slits throat 8 days before her wedding

The accused, Venkatesh Goud, a 25-year-old unemployed man from Vemulawada in Siricilla district, had been stalking Nyalakanti Divya since she was in Class 8 in the temple town.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal explains his decision for not keeping any portfolio

Arvind Kejriwal had made minor changes in the portfolios of his cabinet ministers by reassigning the key water and environment departments, which will work on two key pre-poll promises of the AAP — clean, regular water supply and curbing air pollution in the national capital.

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20 killed in collision between state-run bus and truck in Tamil Nadu

There were 48 passengers in the bus.

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Trump 'offered pardon' to Assange if he denied Russia leak, his lawyer tells co...

Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson said in a document that Trump relayed the offer through former US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, the UK’s domestic Press Association news agency reported.

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'All three are divisive': Bhim Army chief throws CAA, NPR, NRC dare to Centre

Chandrashekhar Azad was addressing a group of people who have been agitating against CAA and NPR in Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun by staging a Shaheen Bagh style protest in the city’s Parade Ground.

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'Can't save those who want to die': Yogi Adityanath's remark on CAA violence sparks...

His comments came in the context of the opposition parties raising the issue of 24 people dying in anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in the state in December.

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Passenger deplaned for trying to forcibly open aircraft door on IndiGo's flight

The male passenger and another who were involved in the “unruly situation” were off-loaded from the plane and the flight departed from Delhi airport after a delay of around two hours, the official added.

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British MP accuses India of ignoring alleged rights abuses in Valley

At a joint press conference with Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad, Abrahams welcomed Pakistan’s stance of having a third UN report issued on human rights violations along both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), adding that it showed the openness of the approach taken by Islamabad.

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Packed 34-hour schedule awaits US president Trump, first lady in India

According to details of their schedule shared by people familiar with the matter and also by India’s foreign ministry, the Trumps leave the US on Sunday morning and arrive in Germany for a one-and-half hour stop. They then leave for India.

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Marching to well may cost Rajya Sabha members voting rights

The panel has also suggested that discussions under rule 267— a route favoured by Opposition parties demanding an urgent debate — be restricted to just half-an-hour and all the rules be made gender-neutral.

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Stern message to Pak from FATF members, Turkey sole exception

One of the delegates at FATF said that while Pakistan was desperately trying to mislead its own public through misleading, wrong and selective media leaks, the fact is that the onus is on Islamabad to act on FATF parameters to avoid being blacklisted in the future.

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Govt plan to amend law to link Aadhaar to voters' list is on track, EC told

The ministry communicated this to senior ECI officials during deliberations held on Tuesday with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and election commissioners, Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lavasa.

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Does a voter ID mean you are a citizen? It's unclear

The Gauhati High Court held that electoral photo identity cardis not proof of citizenship while a magistrate’s court in Mumbai ruled that it is proof of citizenship unless proved otherwise.

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At PM-led meet to select new CIC and CVC, Congress raises objection

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury did not object to the names and did not have any formal dissent note but objected to the procedural formalities.

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Struggling to manage your Gmail inbox? Here's what you need to do

Most of us are guilty of having a mismanaged inbox. Here are a set of tricks that will help you manage your Gmail inbox.

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Ahead of Donald Trump's India visit, water released into Yamuna to improve its 'environmental...

Trump is set to visit India on a two-day trip between February 23 and 26. The main segment of the visit will take place in Delhi, though an option of having a short visit by the president to another city is being explored.

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'We're not the same team': Virat Kohli brushes aside India's poor record, gives...

India vs New Zealand: India captain Virat Kohli cleared that he was not worried about their past record in New Zealand and said that his ‘complete squad’ will give a hard time to New Zealand in the first Test at Wellington, starting on February 21.

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Security forces kill three terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral

The encounter in Tral in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district lasted two hours.

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Coronavirus is not man-made, originated from nature: Chinese envoy

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Karnataka has a stable government under a stable leader: BJP

Trouble began to brew in the southern state after several BJP members complained of being overlooked for a cabinet position.

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India vs New Zealand: Shane Bond picks possible New Zealand bowling attack, says...

“New Zealand could go in with five fast bowlers in Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Kyle Jamieson and De Grandhomme.

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As high court rejects Assam woman's plea, a look at what exactly is needed to prove...

In August last year, after a five-year process supervised by the Supreme Court, the updated NRC of Assam, which excluded names of 19 lakh applicants was published.

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Motera: The stadium that will host Donald Trump

Now, the rebuilt Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, will seat 110,000 spectators, more than doubling its previous capacity of 54,000.

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At AIIMS, organs of two brain dead donors save 7 lives in 48 hours

The two hearts, four kidneys, two livers, four corneas and bones of a 26-year-old man from Kashganj in Uttar Pradesh, and a 61-year-old Delhi man have already been transplanted.

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'Saving big trade deal with India for later': Donald Trump ahead of visit

Donald Trump is scheduled to visit India on February 24 and 25.

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Mediators say they will visit Shaheen Bagh after studying SC order

The order came on two petitions: one filed by advocate Amit Sahni and the other by Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nand Kishore Garg. Both highlighted the difficulties faced by commuters on account of the protestors occupying a road in Shaheen Bagh since December 15, 2019.

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Budget, assembly session dates on agenda in AAP 3.0 cabinet meet today

Arvind Kejriwal will hold the government’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning which will be followed by an all-department meeting to discuss ways to execute the 10-point guarantee card of the AAP which was released ahead of the February 8 elections in Delhi

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Only 10% calls to Delhi Police on snatching incidents lead to FIRs

The calls are in the log of the police control room (PCR) and largely account for residents dialing “100” – many of them to report the snatching of chains, cellphones and bags by men riding motorbikes.

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In Namaste Trump, an Eisenhower throwback

The first time India used teeming thousands to woo a US president was during Dwight D Eisenhower’s state visit in December 1959.

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PM Modi sets 10 million target for Kisan cards enrolment

The officials, who asked not to be named, added that Modi said he was open to attending an event to distribute cards to farmers, but after US President Donald Trump’s visit to India. The US president is set to visit India on February 24-25.

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India counts economic cost of corona outbreak

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met on Tuesday representatives from industries such as pharmaceuticals, energy, banking and automobiles and is scheduled to hold meetings with secretaries of different ministries on Wednesday before discussing the issue with the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) later.

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Pakistan response to FATF remains silent on Dawood Ibrahim

Tere is no reference to the main accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts in the Pakistani response to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that is being discussed in the body’s ongoing plenary meeting in Paris, where one of the key decisions to be made is whether to keep the country on the “grey list”.

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Chinese ship detained in Gujarat port nearly slipped away to Pakistan

Hindustan Times first reported on Monday that the merchant vessel (MV) Da Cui Yun had been detained by Indian customs officials at Deendayal Port, formerly known as Kandla Port, for allegedly carrying an autoclave, and also mis-declaring it.

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Sunil Kumar wins 87kg title, ends 27-year wait for gold

Kumar has been India’s most promising Greco-Roman wrestler in recent times. He won gold medals twice in the Asian under-23 championships, in 2018 and 2019. This year, he won silver in the world ranking series event in Rome. The Indian contingent has high hopes from the Sonepat wrestler.

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Apple users, your Mac isn't safer than Windows PC anymore

There has been a 400% increase in the rise of the prevalence of malware for Macs in 2019 compared to 2019.

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I will not question Nitish Kumar's decision, says Prashant Kishor on being expelled...

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No graveyard in Ram Janmabhoomi, says Ayodhya DM

Supreme Court lawyer MR Shamshad had written to the Board of Trustees of the Sri Ram Jamabhoomi Tirath Kshetra on behalf of nine Muslims of Ayodhya urging the Trust to leave four to five acre land within the 67 acre Ram Janmabhoomi campus because it had a Muslim graveyard in it.

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Decoding AAP's spectacular victory in 3 charts. Why BJP lost despite its gains

A booth-level analysis of the election results shows that there may have been some reason for the BJP to be positive about its prospects.

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Closer scrutiny of FDI likely in sectors crucial to national security: Official

The industries department is in talks with the ministries looking at finance and internal security, and any changes would include transactions under the so-called automatic route, Industry Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said.

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Mahatma Gandhi was a staunch Hindu, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Bhagwat also said that those who are responsible for fostering movements in the current scenario that turned violent are neither held responsible nor do they make amends.

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First pictures of the all new Hyundai i20 hatchback released

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Sachin Tendulkar 'carried on shoulders' World Cup 2011 moment wins Laureus Award

Tendulkar, competing in his sixth and last World Cup, finally realised his long-term dream when skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smacked Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Kulasekara out of the park for a winning six.

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'Every attack on India's sovereignty must be thwarted': Congress' Abhishek Singhvi...

Abrahams, who chairs a parliamentary group on Kashmir, was denied entry into India on arrival at the New Delhi airport on Monday.

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Bengali actor and former TMC MP Tapas Paul dies at 61

Tapas Paul, who had gone to Mumbai to visit his daughter, complained of chest pain at the Mumbai airport during his return to Kolkata and was rushed to a hospital in Juhu but died around 4 am, they said.

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Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion

But as a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer’s native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly imam was swept up and locked away, along with all three of his sons living in China.

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India became 5th largest economy in 2019 overtaking UK, France: Report

The report observed that India’s economic liberalisation began in the early 1990s and included industrial deregulation, reduced control on foreign trade and investment, and privatisation of state-owned enterprises.

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'When your govt twiddled its thumbs': Smriti Irani jabs Rahul Gandhi for attack...

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7 Maldivians discharged from ITBP quarantine camp along with 200 Wuhan evacuees...

The seven Maldivians had arrived in India alongside 323 Indians on a special Air India flight.

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Ahead of decision on Pak, FATF says terror groups continue to get funds from su...

India has maintained that Pakistan extends regular support to terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen, whose prime target is India, and has urged FATF to take action against Islamabad.

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TV media houses like Mumbai red light area, says DMK MP; expresses regret later

In a video that went viral on Monday, the DMK Rajya MP is heard questioning why the media had made a matter of debate, his party roping in Kishor and purportedly questions the rationale behind it discussing Stalin and his family’s visits to religious places.

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Role of women officers in Indian armed forces | HT Explainer

There are more than 3,500 women in the military, but front-line combat roles were off limits to them until the Modi government approved an Indian Air Force (IAF) plan in 2015 to induct them into the fighter stream.

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Red Bull sold one can for almost every person on earth last year

Red Bull sales soared to a record 7.5 billion cans worldwide last year, propelled by growth in emerging markets like Brazil, India and Africa, said the company, which has crafted its brand around extreme sports sponsorships. The world’s population reached 7.7 billion people.

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Hyderabad teen caught by guard over 'chocolate theft' found dead

Initially, the supermarket staff thought that the teen was faking it, but when he did not get up after a while they took him to a nearby private hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

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Terror attack in Kashmir can lead to India-Pak military confrontation: Report

The report, however, glossed over Islamabad’s use of terror as an instrument of state policy and the role played by Pakistan-based terror groups in targeting India.

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Man caught with rolled bundles of foreign currency in perfume cans at Delhi air...

According to CISF personnel, around 3pm, staff from the surveillance team zeroed in on one passenger when he was spotted moving “suspiciously” around check-in queues in Terminal 3.

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India lodges protest with Turkey over president Erdogan's Kashmir remark

Turkey’s top leaders apparently ignored India’s repeated protests about non-interference in the Kashmir issue because they were intent on going ahead with efforts to project their country as a leader of Muslims around the world, said people familiar with developments.

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In Brussels, foreign minister S Jaishankar defends CAA, Kashmir move

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have drafted a resolution condemning the CAA as “discriminatory and dangerously divisive”.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's glass screen is not actual glass, reveals durability te...

Samsung is planning to announce a new program as a part of which customers who purchase the Galaxy Z Flip smartphone will get a one-time screen replacement option for $119.

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'Garibi Chupao': Sena says PM Modi hiding poverty during Trump's visit

The Shiv Sena said President Donald Trump’s visit will neither boost the rupee nor end poverty.

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5 priorities of AAP government as it begins third innings in Delhi

While some scheme will require little intervention from Centre, for others, the AAP government needs Centre’s cooperation.

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'Want to celebrate': Petitioners hail Supreme Court verdict on permanent commission...

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre’s submission against a 2010 Delhi high court order which had approved permanent commission for women officers.

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Woman missing for five days in flood-hit Australian bushland found alive

Yang Chen went missing Wednesday after her male walking partner lost sight of her at a waterfall in Tallebudgera, west of the popular Gold Coast in Queensland.

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Airtel pays Rs 10,000 crore to telecom department towards statutory dues

The company said it will make payment of the balance amount after self assessment exercise.

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Women can hold Army's command posts, says SC; rejects Centre's 'sex stereotypes'

Despite policy decision, the Centre submitted a note to the Supreme Court which perpetuates sex stereotypes, said the Supreme Court.

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Preparations for Donald Trump's visit show 'slave mentality' of Indians, says Shiv...

Shiv Sena also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) move to build wall on a plot to “hide the slums” on the route through which Trump’s convoy would pass.

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'We'll make sure your fingers are not there': R Ashwin recalls incident when he...

R Ashwin claimed he was held up by players of the opposite team, who went to the extent of threatening to chop off his fingers if he dared to feature in the final of a tennis ball tournament.

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Two animals killed in road hits every day in likely cheetah habitat in MP

Foxes, jackals and different species of deer have been the victims of road hits mainly because of lack of underpasses for animals and signage for drivers

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Will women get permanent commission in Army? Supreme Court to decide today

The Centre submitted a written note in the apex court that points out “physical prowess” and “physiological limitations” as challenges for women officers.

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'Hopeful': Delhi rape victim's mother ahead of court hearing on death warrant

The parents of the 2012 Delhi gangrape case victim, through their lawyer, had told the court during the hearing on Thursday that patience of the society is being tested by this case.

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'Police brutality': Jamia student outfit releases CCTV video, ignites row

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'If you want to leave Congress...': Ajay Maken's tweet attack on Milind Deora for...

The Congress drew blank in the February 8 polls - its second consecutive duck in Delhi polls.

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4 dead, 15 hospitalised after inhaling toxic gases coming out of vegetable container...

The gases was emanating from a vegetable container in Pakistan’s port city Karachi.

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DK Shivakumar likely to be Karnataka Congress chief

The state leadership issue became contentious following that, with Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga, lobbying to ensure that his role as party’s main go-to man during difficult times be rewarded, party leaders said on condition of anonymity.

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Mother jumps to death, daughter attempts suicide after tiff over gold

According to Oshiwara police, the incident took place at 6pm when the 52-year-old woman went to the terrace of the seven-floor housing society and jumped off. Her body was found on the second-floor terrace.

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Delhi has had only four women cabinet ministers since 1993

While Delhi is among the only three states in the country, with Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, which have seen two female Chief Ministers, its score on the count for cabinet ministers remained low.

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Daytona 500 starts following Donald Trump's parade lap, rain halts it again

Trump’s limousine nicknamed “The Beast” exited Daytona International Speedway, and the sky opened for a brief shower that forced drivers back to pit road.

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Dormant for over a month, Delhi secretariat to spring back to life today

While discussing the agenda for the next three months with his Cabinet colleagues on Saturday, Kejriwal said that implementing the promises in the 10-point guarantee card, released by AAP during the campaigning, will be his government’s top priority.

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Jammu and Kashmir holds security meet ahead of elections, will get army's help

The by-elections to over vacant 11,000 Panchayat seats are the second such electoral exercise since the region was stripped of its special status with the nullification of the Constitution’s Article 370 in August.

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State finance minister's job an unenviable one

In this year’s Budget, the Revised Estimate (RE) figure for 2019-20 under this head is Rs 6.6 lakh crore, only 77% of the promise made in the Interim Budget.

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Karachi-bound ship held in Gujarat over cargo that can be used in missile launch

According to people familiar with the matter, the ship, intercepted on February 3, is undergoing a detailed inspection at Kandla Port in Gujarat.

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Coronavirus: Nepal sends aircraft to Wuhan for evacuation of its citizens

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IPL 2020 Full Schedule: Venue, fixtures, date and timings - all you need to know

There has been a massive change in the T20 league’s schedule, as the governing council has decided to remove doubleheaders on Saturday.

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'People are happy': Manish Sisodia on Kejriwal's decision to retain ministers

Other ministers to take oath at the Ramlila Maidan will include Manish Sisodia, Satyender Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam.

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India vs New Zealand: 'No culture of junior and senior in team' - Mayank Agarwal...

After being dismissed for 1 in the first innings, the right-hander was at his best in the second dig and looked flawless in his innings of 81 when he retired.

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Rs 1 crore fine levelled on UP poet for taking part in anti-CAA stir

Moradabad district magistrate said that the fine [on Imran Pratapgarhi] had been calculated on the basis of the daily cost of the deployment of police and paramilitary forces at the Eidgah protest site. He said the action was being taken against all those who were defying the prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure.

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Shaheen Bagh protestors want to meet Amit Shah en masse, cops deny consent

A group of protestors at Shaheen Bagh had indicated that they would go to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday afternoon to discuss the controversial legislation following his statement on Thursday that he was ready to discuss it .

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'Nayak 2 is back again,' reads poster at Arvind Kerjiwal's swearing-in venue

“Nayak 2 is Back Again”, read a banner which sports a photograph of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor the main lead in the film on the left and Arvind Kejriwal wearing Aam Aadmi Party’s cap on the right.

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PM to unveil 63-ft tall statue of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya in Varanasi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a 63-feet tall statue of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya in Varanasi on Sunday.

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Delhi cop murdered by minor daughter, friend for slapping her on Valentine's Day

The girl’s mother was a head constable with the Delhi Police. Her husband, who was in Vaishali, Bihar, at the time of the murder, returned and filed a complaint at the Link Road police station. He named the man, Jitendra Kumar, and his daughter as the perpetrators.

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Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM for third time, stage set at Ramlila Maidan

Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to be sworn-in along with his six of his ministers in a ceremony which will begin at 10am in the sprawling Ramlila Maidan.

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In former colony Goa, Portuguese prez calls for bridging past and future

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made specific reference to Goa’s unique position in India, but warned that clinging on to the nostalgia of the past would not be beneficial.

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IPL 2020 schedule: Chennai Super Kings release full schedule ahead of season

IPL full schedule: CSK release full IPL schedule ahead of the next season. The first match of IPL 2020 will be a repeat of last season’s final match as Mumbai Indians will clash with Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29.

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'I'd disown them', says Joe Biden on Bernie Sanders' aggressive supporters

Former Vice President Joe Biden seized on reports that Sanders’ supporters insulted and made online threats against leaders of an influential union that declined to endorse any of the eight candidates still in the Democratic race.

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17 from Delhi who returned from abroad, show coronavirus symptoms, hospitalised

Delhi health department officials have traced many of such passengers. According to data shared by the Delhi health department, till February 13, over 5,700 such passengers were approached after being informed by the Delhi airport authorities.

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Arvind Kejriwal to take oath for the third time: Here's all you need to know

Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to be sworn-in along with his six of his ministers, days after the AAP romped to a magnificent victory in the Delhi assembly election, in which the party won 62 seats in the 70-member House.

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Rocket hits near US embassy in Iraq's Baghdad: Report

The assault sent warning sirens blaring across the high-security diplomatic compound but it was unclear exactly what was hit and how many rockets made impact, the source told AFP.

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Sidharth Shukla is Bigg Boss 13 winner, defeats Asim Riaz in finale

Bigg Boss 13 winner Sidharth Shukla has been one of the strongest contenders for the trophy and he also won most online polls run ahead of the finale.

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As AAP gears up for swearing-in, traffic snarls expected in central, old Delhi

Senior officers of the traffic police said they expect over 1.5 lakh people to attend Delhi chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.

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Group from Shaheen Bagh plans to meet Amit Shah, some agitators against move

“We are going as the home minister himself invited us, and that we could speak to him within three days,” said Sarvari, an elderly woman protester, more commonly known as one of the ‘Dadis’ of Shaheen Bagh.

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Tax department to settle all legacy disputes without overreach

Under the Vivad se Vishwas scheme, announced by FM Nirmala Sitharamn in the Union Budget presented on Feb 1, penalty and interest will be waived if the disputed amount is paid before March 31, 2020.

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Congress to seek larger seat share in Bihar, to negotiate with RJD

In the 2015 assembly elections, the Congress was a part of the grand alliance also comprising the JD(U) and the RJD. It won 27 of the 41 seats it contested.

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Delhi-based caterer claims to have close contacts in CBI, booked in cheating ca...

Rakesh Tiwari, the caterer, was earlier arrested in connection with the Palika Services Officers Institute (PSOI) bribery scandal in August 2018 for trying to cheat Sudhir Giri, the owner of Venkateshwara Medical College , by promising him relief in a probe by the agency.

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IPL 2020 schedule announced, Mumbai Indians face Chennai Super Kings in opening...

India play South Africa in a One Day International (ODI) series before the IPL and it ends on March 18. The whole season will be played for 50 days (compared to 44 in last season) with the league phase ending on May 17.

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'He's street-smart': Shoaib Akhtar names India player who should never be dropp...

India vs New Zealand: Former Pakistan speedster named the India cricketer who should never be dropped from the playing XI in limited overs cricket.

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Arvind Kejriwal to take oath as CM tomorrow, Delhi Police issue traffic advisory

The ceremony is scheduled at the Ramlila Ground in the national capital and traffic regulations will be in place in the area from 8am to 2pm, officials said.

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'Grave consequences', says Shiv Sena after US removes India from developing countries'...

The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) had issued a notice earlier this week removing India and 24 other nations, including China, from the list of developing countries and listing it as a developed economy, making it ineligible for benefits given by Washington to developing countries.

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Samsung Galaxy S20 India pricing revealed, pre-booking starts today

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S0 series will be available for pre-booking starting today and the new phones will start shipping from March 6.

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J-K leader Shah Faesal booked under Public Safety Act

Public Safety Act (PSA) allows authorities to detain a person for up to two years without trial. The administration has also booked former chief ministers Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party leader (PDP) and one each of their party colleagues under the PSA

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India vs New Zealand: Ahead of Test series, Ravi Shastri outlines clear 'objectives'...

Team India is grappling with injuries and this complicates things for them ahead of the first Test as far as selecting the playing XI is concerned.

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'Don't interfere': India to Turkish Prez Erdogan after Kashmir comment

The terse message from the Ministry of External Affairs came after Erdogan on Friday once again raked up the Kashmir issue and vowed that Ankara would support Pakistan’s stand as it is a matter of concern to both the countries.

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Tripura to start NPR data collection from May through mobile app

The data for NPR would be collected as part of the census operation in the northeastern state.

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Ahead of India visit, Trump invokes Mark Zuckerberg on who's No. 1 on FB

Industry analysts will be keeping a close watch on a a likely trade deal between India and the US during President Trump’s visit.

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Mamata Banerjee, Aishe Ghosh land in each other's crosshairs

Two state-run universities in Kolkata have not allowed Ghosh to address meetings on campus and the state police have not permitted her to hold a rally.

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Chinese factories shut by coronavirus, 13.7% of India's imports at risk

China has been India’s largest source of imports since 2004-05, shows data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) database.

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Strong winds will bring colder days, cleaner air in Delhi

IMD recording showed that on Friday the maximum temperature was 25.4 degrees Celsius — a notch above the normal, while the minimum temperature was 13.7 degrees Celsius, which was three degrees above the season’s normal.

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US killing of Qasem Soleimani was a 'miscalculation', says Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said “the US miscalculated,” noting that since the killing, thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets to protest against the presence of foreign troops in the country.

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'We had opportunity to ask most critical questions': German envoy on J-K visit

Germany’s ambassador to India, Walter Lindner on visit to Jammu and Kashmir said “we had our first meeting with some local politicians, apple farmers, hoteliers, local media members and a swathe of members of civil society from border dwellers to rights activists. Each of us had an opportunity to ask everyone even our most critical questions.”

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Manchester City banned from UEFA Champions League for two seasons

The ruling, if upheld, would mean Manchester City would not be able to compete in next season’s Champions League should they again qualify for Europe’s top club competition.

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Why Trump is wooing Indian Americans | Opinion

For those who ask why should he care about a tiny minority of 1%, Indian Americans were, and continue to be, a factor in the changing demographics and politics of states driven by immigrants. And every state counts

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Supreme Court tweaks rules to fast-track appeals in death row cases

The order states that as soon as an appeal involving a death penalty is filed, a communication will be sent to the concerned high court by the Supreme Court registry calling for the original records of the case within sixty days. This includes translation of documents which are in vernacular language.

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China's coronavirus toll surges past 1500, over 66,000 people infected

Authorities said 1,716 medical workers have been infected during the outbreak, with six dying from the illness.

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IAF may make it harder for pilots to join private airlines

While most pilots usually look at leaving the IAF after being overlooked for promotion, there have been cases of people putting in their papers before reaching that stage.

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Kejriwal to share stage with 60 'architects of Delhi' in swearing-in ceremony

A quick draft on the idea of the chief minister sharing stage with commoners – under the banner ‘Delhi ke nirmaata’ – was sent to Kejriwal’s office on Friday, a senior AAP functionary said.

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Caste identities in Delhi Assembly stay uniform

Upper castes make up roughly 30 to 35% of Delhi’s voting population and since 1993, have held on average 45% of the seats in the Assembly. Their representation briefly declined to 37% in 2008, in the third term of Sheila Dixit, but surged again in subsequent elections, alongside the rise of the AAP.

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Structure of CDS-led military affairs department taking shape

HT reported on Thursday that the defence ministry has sent the names of three two-star ranked officers from the army, air force and navy to the government for appointment as joint secretaries in department of military affairs. These officers will be appointed as joint secretaries handling army, air force and navy.

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Intel points to enhanced activity in Balakot, expansion of JeM camp

The Balakot facility was bombed by the Indian Air Force in February last year, soon after an explosive-laden car rammed into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, killing 40 troopers.

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Love, lust, heartache: Secret dating lives of young Saudis

Pre-marital relationships remain a cultural minefield though in a country steeped in Islamic tradition and where matchmaking is typically overseen by family elders, forcing couples to keep unsanctioned romance under wraps.

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Smartphones below Rs 5,000 are not selling in India, companies can stop making ...

The Indian market is all about affordability, but as far as smartphones are concerned the trend is climbing up the money chart

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India vs New Zealand: 0,0,1 - Big problem for India ahead of Test series

Mayank Agarwal, who was a run-scoring machine in the home Tests has found it tough to going in New Zealand.

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National Security Act slapped on Dr Kafeel Khan for speech during anti-CAA prot...

Dr Khan had spent time in jail after the death of 60 children in a Gorakhpur hospital in September 2017 allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply over unpaid bills to the vendor.

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Dehradunam, Rishikeshah: New names for railway stations stir controversy in Utt...

The Sanskrit School-Colleges Teachers’ Committee submitted a memorandum to station director protesting against removing Sanskrit name from Dehradun station signboard.

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'Desk officer sitting on our orders': SC summons telecom bosses over dues

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'Collect your surprise gift': Shaheen Bagh protesters' V-Day invite to PM Modi

The protesters, who are staging a demonstration since December 15 last year demanding withdrawal of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and a proposed all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC), will also unveil a “love song” and “a surprise gift” for Modi.

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On Pulwama attack anniversary, Rahul Gandhi tweets 3 questions to govt

At least 40 CRPF jawans were killed after the convoy of 78 buses, in which around 2,500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar, came under attack in February last year.

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'Didn't have a goodbye kiss': Man aboard quarantine Japanese cruise on V-Day

Wearing a red dress and a red hair tie, the ship’s entertainment manager Natalie posted a Valentine’s Day video on Twitter to try to keep spirits up.

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IMF asks Pakistan to cut 'trade and commerce reliance' on China

According to senior Finance Ministry sources, the issue of discord between the IMF and financial authorities is the former’s insistence to cut down heavily of Pakistan’s reliance on trade and commerce ties with China and contract FTAs with other international partners.

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New Zealand police recruits an AI cop for duty

Ella is an artificial intelligence powered animation who will work with the concierge team and talk to the visitors about various topics such as 105 non-emergency numbers and police vetting.

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New Supreme Court bench to hear Sara Abdullah's plea against brother Omar's detention...

As he completed six months in custody, the government ordered Omar Abdullah’s continued detention under the PSA that empowers authorities to hold any person for two more years.

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India vs New Zealand: Ahead of Test series, Shubman Gill identifies big wicket-taking...

Gill has been in top form in New Zealand and with scores of 83, 204* and 136 with India A in New Zealand earlier this month he has shown great promise.

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Hardik Patel missing since last 20 days, alleges Patidar leader's wife Kinjal P...

Though the whereabouts of Hardik Patel are yet to be traced, he had last congratulated Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal upon his victory in the Assembly elections, through a message from his verified handle on Twitter on February 11.

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'We did not forget, we did not forgive': CRPF salutes Pulwama martyrs

A suicide bomber of Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammad had rammed a vehicle carrying explosives into the CPRF convoy on February 14, 2019, on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway killing the 40 men in Pulwama district.

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Apathy forced him to opt for violence, says Pulwama bomber's family

February 14 was the bloodiest day in the Valley’s 30-year-old insurgency. Never before had so many people died in a single strike in the Kashmir Valley. Nothing remained of Adil Ahmad Dar, the Pulwama suicide bomber.

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India offers US dairy, chicken legs to seal elusive trade deal with Trump: Repo...

India, the world’s largest milk-producing nation, has traditionally restricted dairy imports to protect the livelihoods of 80 million rural households involved in the industry.

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Why Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil wants to do PhD on Sharad Pawar

Replying to Sharad Pawar’s statement that the BJP is a “calamity” for the country, Patil said he does take that comment seriously because the Maratha strongman has not been able to get more than 10 MPs elected to the Lok Sabha.

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Non-disclosure of criminal cases against candidates common in polls

On Thursday, the Supreme Court directed political parties to publicise on their websites, social media platforms and newspapers the details of candidates with criminal background they pick to contest parliamentary and assembly elections, and explain the rationale for choosing them.

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How Balakot strikes were planned, executed

As India marks the first anniversary of the Pulwama attack, the unprecedented air action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s facility at Balakot has turned the spotlight back on how the IAF chose the targets, planned the mission and executed the pre-dawn raid on February 26.

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Man stabs wife with screwdriver, throws acid on her outside son's school: Cops

The incident took place outside a private school in front of other children and their parents. The accused, Jayanta Das, was overpowered by shopkeepers and passersby.

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A year after Pulwama attack, officials point to a dip in convoy movement on hig...

The Pulwama attack prompted India on February 26, 2019, to carry out an airstrike on a terror camp in Pakistan, which retaliated a day later. Pakistan captured and later released an India pilot after an air combat.

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Jaishankar's post on Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel kicks up Twitter slugfest

Jaishankar, who launched the book “VP Menon, the unsung architect of modern India” here on Wednesday, tweeted that he “learnt from the book that Nehru did not want Patel in the Cabinet in 1947 and omitted him from the initial Cabinet list.

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'Pak decision on Hafiz Saeed right before FATF meet': Govt questions efficacy

Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed was convicted in two terror financing cases by a Pakistan court on Wednesday.

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Karnataka Congress MLA's son, out on bail, now accused of injuring 4 in Bentley...

Nalapad is accused of beating a businessman at a well-known pub in Bengaluru in 2018 and had been arrested and jailed for 118 days before being granted bail in that case.

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Ahead of Trump's visit, US defence major Boeing mulls offering F-15EX fighter jets...

As India prepares to receive Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, US defence major Boeing indicated that it was considering to offer its F-15EX Eagle fighter jets to Indian Air Force.

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'Posts disappear and the captain isn't informed': Virat Kohli reacts after RCB remove...

The account removed its display picture and cover picture while the name was changed to just ‘Royal Challengers’.

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In battle for tribal votes in Bengal, BJP gears up to counter CM Mamata

The tribal community constitutes six per cent of West Bengal’s total population. Mamata Banerjee is trying to woo the community which had overwhelmingly voted for BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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Kolkata can't dial '100' as police system goes down; cellphones come to the res...

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Corporate bosses in Delhi fall prey to honeytraps on gay dating app

Members of the racket allegedly contacted their targets through the app, and, after befriending them, arranged dates on isolated stretches of the Western Peripheral Expressway and Southern Peripheral Road in Gurugram.

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Can parties deny ticket to people with criminal background? SC to decide today

The Election Commission, during the hearing on January 24, acknowledged that the directions issued by the apex court in 2018 to give wide publicity to the criminal antecedents of candidates contesting elections failed to yield the desired result of decriminalising politics.

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Jeff Bezos sets record with $165 million Beverly Hills home purchase

The property designed for Hollywood film titan Jack Warner in the 1930s was described by Architectural Digest in 1992 as the “archetypal studio mogul’s estate,” built in Georgian style with expansive terraces and its own nine-hole golf course.

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10 students arrested over alleged sex assault at Delhi's Gargi college

Atul Kumar Thakur, deputy commissioner of police (south district), said the arrested students are all aged between 18 and 25 years

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Pakistani man thrashed by first wife at third wedding: Report

The first wife, Madiha, and her relatives barged into the wedding reception venue of Asif Rafiq in Karachi’s Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi area on Monday night.

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Govt treasury gets Rs 52 lakh bounty from Delhi polls losers

A candidate has to deposit a sum of ₹10,000 while filing their nominations. The deposit is forfeited if they fail to secure a sixth (16.66%) of the total valid votes cast in a constituency.

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UP's Deoband is Gangotri of terrorism, says Giriraj Singh, stirs row

The Union minister made the remark while addressing an event in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Saharanpur on Tuesday evening. T

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Assembly 2020 done, AAP now prepares poll plan for MCD 2022

To achieve this, the AAP government, in its third term, plans to shift its stance from being at loggerheads with the civic agencies — which Kejriwal has in the past described as a “den of corruption” — to proactively cooperating with them by devising issue-based schemes.

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Punjab cops seek Indian Air Force's help to counter UAVs

The state’s director general of police, Dinkar Gupta, has expressed the need for modern anti-drone technology to check the menace of these UAVs that have been making drugs and weapons drops in the region since last year.

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Tug of war likely among Maharashtra coalition partners over Rajya Sabha seat

In the 288 -strong-Maharashtra assembly, a party needs the support of 37 MLAs to elect its candidate to the Rajya Sabha in this phase of biennial polls.

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Give ticket to candidates with criminal history or deny? SC to rule today

In its September 25, 2018, judgment, the top court had suggested enactment of a strong law to decriminalize politics.

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Inflation rises to 7.6%, Index of Industrial Production shrinks

Various high-frequency indicators (data released more often than a quarter) such as the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) continue to suggest this.

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Why AAP performs differently in Lok Sabha and assembly elections

AAP’s assembly victories are in sharp contrast to its performances in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when it won no Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs).

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'We are looking at anti-drone systems,' says Dinkar Gupta

Punjab director general of police Dinkar Gupta spoke to Hindustan Times about recent drops of drugs and weapons using China-made drones from across the border in Pakistan and the drug menace in the northern state.

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Disquiet in BJP after party's crushing defeat in Delhi poll, but all back nationalism...

There are voices growing within the party for an “organisational overhaul” in the national capital. The party could improve its 2015 Assembly election tally only by five seats, while losing one seat in the process.

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