Archive Detail
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| 8,000 guests including Ambani, SRK and a | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): President Ram Nath Kovind administered oath of secrecy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in one of the largest gatherings at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today evening. As many as 8,000 guests including world leaders, Chief Ministers, political leaders, industry bigwigs, Bollywood and sports celebrities are likely to attend the 90-minutes swearing-in function that was followed by a dinner for the visiting dignitaries. | 30-May-2019 |
| UP government cancels land allotment of | Ghaziabad, May 30 (TIWN): In a swift move, the Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled land allotment worth several hundred crores to city-based Institute of Management Technology (IMT). The institute is owned by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's family and is headed by his son, Bakul Nath. | 30-May-2019 |
| Saradha scam: Rajeev Kumar moves Calcutt | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking the quashing of a notice issued against him by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund case. | 30-May-2019 |
| Don’t attach much importance to t | New Delhi, May 30: Filmstars-turned-politicians Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan have created a buzz on social media after they posted their pictures in front of Parliament, with netizens trolling them, even as a section of them came out in support of the two newly elected TMC MPs. | 30-May-2019 |
| Delhi Confidential: Somewhat Solitary | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): The huge crowd that had gathered outside 10, Janpath in the summer of 2004, and the emotional scenes that unfolded there, pleading with Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her decision to not become the Prime Minister, is stuff of Congress folklore. | 30-May-2019 |
| CBI likely to issue arrest warrant | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Drama over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee's close aide and the former Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar continued on Tuesday as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in no mood to provide any relief to him. | 30-May-2019 |
| Defamation Case: Rahul Asked to Appear B | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): A court here has asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in connection with criminal defamation suits filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel. The complainants had moved the court last year after Gandhi and Congress national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala reportedly alleged that the bank was involved in a "scam" to convert scrapped notes worth Rs 745.59 crore within five days of demonetisation announcement on 8 November 2016. | 29-May-2019 |
| Gurugram woman threatens to jump off bui | A video of a woman threatening to jump off her office building’s terrace in Gurugram after being fired from her job has gone viral. The incident is said to have occurred last week. The woman, who works for a private consultancy firm in Sector 18 of Cyber City, was reportedly upset on hearing the management’s decision and threatened to end her life. The video clip shows the woman standing on the edge of her office building while a man, wearing a pink t-shirt, is trying to convince her to step down. After a while, the woman is seen sitting on the edge and talking to the man. The woman finally decided to come down after several hours of persuasion while the man is asking the police to stay back. Reportedly, a police team had rushed to the spot for investigation and helped the office management in convincing the woman to step down. It was only after her company’s assurance to reverse her firing that the woman decided to come down. | 29-May-2019 |
| Need Time For Myself, My Health: Jaitley | Agartala, May 29 (TIWN): Citing serious health challenges and thanking Narendra Modi, the incumbent Finance Minister Arun Jaitley formally wrote to the Prime Minister to excuse him from any responsibility in the new government. | 29-May-2019 |
| Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Different ta | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): There is no doubt that the Redmi K20 Pro is Xiaomi's answer to the recently launched OnePlus 7. Both have top-of-the-line specifications, premium design and aggressive pricing. Time for the age-old question - which one is better? | 29-May-2019 |
| 'Regional Parties to Play Major Role in | Hyderabad, May 28 (TIWN): Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) working president and chief minister KCR's son KT Rama Rao said the regional parties will play a key role in opposition as the Congress is not in a position to play active opposition role in the Lok Sabha after poor show in the general elections. | 28-May-2019 |
| Uber in tight spot as ex-UP DGP files co | Lucknow, May 28 (TIWN): Ride hailing major Uber is in a tight spot after retired Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh registered a case of forgery against the cab company. | 28-May-2019 |
| FDI inflows record 1st decline in six ye | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India declined for the first time in the last six years in 2018-19, falling by 1 per cent to USD 44.37 billion as overseas fund inflows subsided in telecom, pharma and other sectors, official data showed. | 28-May-2019 |
| Can we reprint Aadhaar Card Online? How | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): Can we reprint Aadhaar Card Online? Yes, you can! Lost, misplaced your Aadhaar Card or yet to receive Aadhaar Card by post? Don’t worry, you can now order Aadhaar Card reprint online. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal authority for 12-digit Aadhaar number, will issue an Aadhaar Card Reprint which will reach your address via Speed Post. | 28-May-2019 |
| IndiGo Q4 Profit Shoots Up By A Massive | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): InterGlobe Aviation, the operator of India's leading budget airlines IndiGo, reported a 401.2 percent increase in its quarterly profit for March 2019 at Rs 589.6 crore from Rs 117.6 crore in the same period, last year. | 28-May-2019 |
| Vodafone offers Amazon Prime Membership | Mumbai, May 27 (TIWN): Vodafone is going through a rough patch lately in terms of market share in the telecom sector. The company, despite its merger with Idea, is losing its subscribers at a fast rate. However, the Vodafone is still having a majority of the market under its hands to ensure it stays that way, it is offering additional benefits to its postpaid and prepaid subscribers. Postpaid subscribers are already entitled to free benefits such as free membership to Amazon Prime and Netflix whereas prepaid counterparts aren't that lucky. Turns out Vodafone wants to change that. | 27-May-2019 |
| Ex-Jet Chairman Naresh Goyal, Wife Stopp | Mumbai, May 27 (TIWN): Ex-Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal were stopped by Mumbai immigration from travelling abroad, PTI reported quoting officials. | 27-May-2019 |
| Shocked by RJD rout, Lalu Prasad gives u | Ranchi/Patna, May 27: Stunned by the rout of his Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar and Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha election, party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav had given up lunch after the declaration of poll results on May 23 for two days. | 27-May-2019 |
| India, Pak officials meet, discuss modal | Chandigarh, May 27 (TIWN): Officials from Pakistan and India on Monday held a meeting to discuss the modalities for a corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur across the border. | 27-May-2019 |
| 3 of the world’s ten cheapest cit | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): Wondering which cities are the cheapest to live in the world? You may be in for a surprise as three out of the cheapest ten global cities belong to India, which also includes the national capital Delhi, says a report. Other two are India s Silicon Valley Bangalore and auto hub Chennai, the Economist Intelligence Unit report revealed. Incidentally, Chennai and Bangalore are also among the ten global cities with the fastest growing economies, according to another report curated by Oxford Economics. | 27-May-2019 |
| Rafale deal: Centre approaches Supreme C | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): The government has approached the Supreme Court with written submissions, saying that all review petitions in the controversial Rafale deal should be dismissed. These submissions were filed on Friday. | 26-May-2019 |
| Saradha Chit Fund Scam: CBI issues Look | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Saradha Chit Fund Scam: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a Look Out Notice (LoC) against former Kolkata Police Commissioner and Mamata Banerjee's close aide Rajeev Kumar, in connection with the Saradha Chit Fund case. The agency has sought Kumar's custodial interrogation to prevent him from leaving the country, officials said Sunday. | 26-May-2019 |
| Zakir Naik got dubious donations from un | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate for money laundering, received crores of funds from unidentified "well-wishers" from several Middle East countries over the years for his speeches that were allegedly used to incite terror activities . | 26-May-2019 |
| Women, first-time voters swung it for ND | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Female and first-time voters seem to have swung the results in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a detailed analysis of the 2019 Lok Sabha results by IANS-CVOTER show. | 26-May-2019 |
| Fake news spreads unabated on social med | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Posts containing fake news continued to flourish on social media platforms after the end of the Lok Sabha elections that saw the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power with a massive win. | 26-May-2019 |
| PM Narendra Modi FIRST DAY Box Office Co | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): After all the controversies, Omung Kumar's last film 'PM Narendra Modi' finally hit the theatrical screens on Friday (March 24, 2019). The film was slated to release earlier but had got postponed because of the Lok Sabha elections. | 25-May-2019 |
| Terrifying! Man Smokes Cigarette on Spir | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): A video going viral on social media shows man smoking a cigarette on a plane. He can be seen lighting the smoke using a lighter and smoking as fellow passengers look on. | 25-May-2019 |
| Iranian Police Arrests 30 People From Pr | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): Iranian authorities have arrested around 30 people at a private yoga class in the northeastern city of Gorgan for 'inappropriate outfits'. The officials were tipped off by an Instagram advertisement. | 25-May-2019 |
| How Tamil Nadu contributed to the Islami | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN): The NIA carried out searches at 10 different locations in Tamil Nadu, during which the agency recovered a number of digital devices. | 23-May-2019 |
| Lawyers Strike in Bengal: SC Terms Situa | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN): The Supreme Court has termed as "extraordinary" the situation in West Bengal where lawyers are observing strike since 29 April, impacting the fundamental right of life and liberty of citizens to even seek bail from courts. | 23-May-2019 |
| Another Air India pilot under scanner ov | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN): Days after allegations of sexual harassment against an Air India commander, a senior pilot of the airline has come under the scanner for suppression of information regarding similar charges. | 23-May-2019 |
| Himachal HC quashes FIR against Jeetendr | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN): The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday quashed an FIR against actor Jeetendra, in which a cousin of the actor had levelled allegations of being sexually assaulted by him at a hotel in Shimla in 1971. | 23-May-2019 |
| Sensex pares gains further after touchin | Share Market Live Lok Sabha Election Result 2019, May 23 (TIWN): After hitting the 40,000-mark for the first time ever on NDA’s lead, the Sensex pared gains on Thursday afternoon. The Sensex is down about 800 points from the day’s high to 39,380.04, while Nifty is trading at 11,827.10. Interestingly, the Sensex and Nifty have surged to fresh peaks in very quick succession. | 23-May-2019 |
| Ashok Lavasa's dissent adds ballast to O | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): On the face of it, the raking up of a tired and retired EVM controversy seems frivolous another desperate attempt by a nervous Opposition to whip up an excuse for their impending defeat. The allegations are so baseless, hypocritical and laughable that they are not even worthy of a measured response. A big yawn should suffice. | 22-May-2019 |
| Ayodhya's Ram Sita Temple Serves Iftar M | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): With the month of Ramzan underway, Muslims around the world are fasting to commemorate one of the holiest festivals of Islam, believed to mark the first time that the Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammad. And the festival has brought forth some much-needed moments of amity between Hindus and Muslims in India's Ayodhya - a town historically rife with communal tensions for decades. | 22-May-2019 |
| 'I am Confused': Dissent in Congress Ove | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): Dissenting from the party's stand, Chikkaballapura Congress MLA K Sudhakar on Wednesday questioned why was the issue of EVM manipulation being brought into conversation while talking about the exit poll results. | 22-May-2019 |
| AP Explains: US sanctions on Huawei bite | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): Trump administration sanctions against Huawei have begun to bite even though their dimensions remain unclear. U.S. companies that supply the Chinese tech powerhouse with computer chips saw their stock prices slump Monday, and Huawei faces decimated smartphone sales with the anticipated loss of Google's popular software and services. | 22-May-2019 |
| Petrol, diesel prices remain unchanged o | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): As per the Indian Oil Corporation data, petrol remained unchanged at Rs 71.17 per litre in Delhi, while diesel stood at Rs 66.20 per litre on Wednesday. State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged across the country on Wednesday, after two successive hike following the conclusion of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. | 22-May-2019 |
| EC wants to set new precedent of 'dark s | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): A day before the counting of the votes polled in the Lok Sabha election, the Congress on Wednesday termed as "constitutional travesty" the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded and alleged that the poll watchdog wanted to set a new precedent of "dark secrets" and "secluded chambers" in performing its duties. | 22-May-2019 |
| Jet Airways Shares Rise As Hinduja Group | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): Hinduja Group is evaluating the possibility of bidding for now defunct Jet Airways, the conglomerate told Reuters on Tuesday, 21 May, following which, shares of the grounded carrier soared as high as 14 percent in afternoon trade. | 21-May-2019 |
| Wonderful! Indian Railways to transform | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): World-class Indian Railways stations: While focusing on upgrading its trains, Indian Railways is also looking to take its station infrastructure to another level. Under its station redevelopment and beautification initiative, the national transporter is not only upgrading the basic infrastructure of the stations but is also providing various modern passenger-friendly amenities and facilities. The transformation of the railway stations into world-class airport-like hubs is being carried out by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC). Take a look at some of the major railway stations of the country that will boast airport-like makeover in the coming years: | 21-May-2019 |
| Opposition leaders to meet EC regarding | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): Ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results on May 23, leaders of various opposition parties will meet the Election Commission (EC) and raise the issue of tallying paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with electronic voting machine (EVM) figures as per Supreme Court directions. | 20-May-2019 |
| Mayawati to wait & watch as BSP treads w | Lucknow, May 20 (TIWN): Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Monday opts for a wait-and watch-policy till the Lok Sabha election results are announced on May 23. | 20-May-2019 |
| How to change your name, e-mail, phone i | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 20 (TIWN): 19 May 2019: How to change your name, e-mail, phone in Aadhaar online. | 20-May-2019 |
| Action Against Vivek Oberoi over compari | New Delhi, May 20 (QUINT) Vivek Oberoi (Hero of Modi biopic) on Monday, 20 May, got criticized for sharing a meme that compared stages of election polls to ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai and her relationships. | 20-May-2019 |
| BJP delegation meets EC, demands re-poll | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): A BJP delegation on Monday met Election Commission officials and demanded re-polling in the violence-hit constituencies of West Bengal. | 20-May-2019 |
| Exit poll projections in Madhya Pradesh, | May 20 (TIWN): Predictions by various exit polls announced on Sunday evening indicate a sweeping victory for the BJP, including in three Congress-ruled states €" Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, where the latter had won in the Assembly elections held toward the end of 2018. | 20-May-2019 |
| Aeroflot Sukhoi SSJ100 Plane Crash: Brak | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN): A Russian state news agency says a report from the country's civil aviation authority indicates that the crew of an airliner that caught fire while making an emergency landing, killing 41 people, had not deployed the plane's air brakes. | 19-May-2019 |
| 7 French fighter jets make emergency lan | BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP), May 19 (TIWN) — Poor weather conditions have forced seven French navy fighter jets taking part in a training exercise to make emergency landings in northern Indonesia, an Indonesian air force official said Sunday. | 19-May-2019 |
| Austrian chancellor, president to discus | VIENNA (Reuters), May 19 (TIWN):- Austria's chancellor and president will discuss a date on Sunday for an early parliamentary election and the makeup of a caretaker government, after a video sting brought down the leader of the far-right junior partners in the ruling coalition. | 19-May-2019 |