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Shashi Tharoors book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Paradoxical Prime Minister is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. (Photo: Twitter | @ShashiTharoor)

For his new book on PM Modi, Tharoor introduces Twitter to 29-letter...

According to the Oxford dictionary, the word is a noun and means 'the action or habit of estimating something as...

10 Oct 2018 7:43 PM IST

The students were nabbed from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, located in Shahpur on the outskirts of Jalandhar. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

3 students arrested for links with Kashmir terror outfit in Punjab

Joint team of Punjab, J&K police seized 2 weapons, including Assault Rifle, and explosives from hostel room of BTech...

10 Oct 2018 6:55 PM IST

Tushar Mehta, who hails from Gujarat, has been serving as ASG since June 2014. (Photo: File/PTI)

ASG Tushar Mehta appointed as new Solicitor General of India

Mehta will succeed Ranjit Kumar who resigned on October 20, 2017, and the post lay vacant since then.

10 Oct 2018 5:51 PM IST

The oil ministry held a meeting with refiners on Thursday, urging them to scout for alternatives to Iranian oil, the sources said.

Saudi Arabia to supply extra oil to India in Nov as Iran sanctions...

Extra cargoes show Saudi's willingness to increase crude supply to make up shortfall once US sanctions on Iran start on...

10 Oct 2018 5:46 PM IST

Madan, in his early 20s, allegedly attacked his mother in the head and later throttled her to death around midnight, the ACP said. (Representational Image)

Bodies of five siblings found in well in MP's Barwani, parents...

Parents of the deceased, all boys aged between three to seven years, are absconding, an officer said.

10 Oct 2018 5:26 PM IST

Children carrying bags loaded with books to school.

Civic body asks official to probe religion-based' segregation in Delhi...

In a school at Wazirabad, students were being allegedly segregated into Hindu and Muslim sections, reports said.

10 Oct 2018 5:14 PM IST

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

SC wants 9 properties of Amrapali group in Noida, Bihar sealed

It further said that only the court-appointed forensic auditors and their authorised representatives can enter the...

10 Oct 2018 4:42 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday clarified over his alleged statement that BJP made tall promises in 2014 elections. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Didn't say anything on PM Modi or Rs 15 lakhs': Gadkari over tall...

Gadkari slammed Rahul Gandhi for sharing video without cross-checking and wondered since when Gandhi started to...

10 Oct 2018 4:33 PM IST

Through its embassy in Delhi, China reached out to India after US imposed steep tariffs on Chinese goods. (Photo: PTI)

China, India need to cooperate to fight US trade war: Chinese Embassy

Counselor Ji Rong said China and India share common interests in defending multilateral trading system and free trade.

10 Oct 2018 4:19 PM IST

Speaking at the 7th Meeting of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) at Ashgabat, MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar accused Pakistan of committing crime against the Afghan people by blocking normal access between India and Afghanistan. (Photo: PTI/File)

MJ Akbar, accused of sexual assault, must quit: Cong

The Congress has also demanded an inquiry into the matter and stated that Akbar must quit or provide 'satisfactory...

10 Oct 2018 3:18 PM IST

People queue up outside a polling booth in Udhampur to cast their votes for the second phase of local body elections. (Photo: Twitter | @ANI)

J&K: BJP candidate dies of heart attack before voting in municipal...

Azad Singh Raju, a former employee of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, died at a local polling station...

10 Oct 2018 3:17 PM IST

Of the 14 injured people admitted to the burns unit of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Hospital in Bhilai, two succumbed Tuesday late night. A few other injured people were also in a critical condition. (Photo: PTI)

Bhilai Steel Plant blast: Death toll rises to 11, few others in...

The explosion had taken place in the gas pipeline connected to the coke oven section of the plant during a maintenance...

10 Oct 2018 3:08 PM IST