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Sachin Tendulkar welcomed the introduction of Tests under floodlights in India. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Sachin Tendulkar's security downgraded

Former Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik's Z+ security has been downgraded to X, an official said.

26 Dec 2019 6:31 AM IST

(From left) Krishna Kumari, Swarup Rani, Motilal Nehru, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Jawaharlal Nehru.

100 years ago, Motilal Nehru became Congress president

Motilal Nehru was the son of Gangadhar Nehru who was a police officer in 1857.

26 Dec 2019 6:22 AM IST

The CBI has registered the case under charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating, and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on Tuesday afternoon, sources said.

CBI takes over probe into Yamuna Expressway scam

Yamuna Expressway project was started by Uttar Pradesh former chief minister Mayawati in 2009 and inaugurated by...

26 Dec 2019 6:18 AM IST

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

West Bengal gov slams Mamata for skipping Vajpayee event

Dhankhar informed that he invited Ms Banerjee to unveil a portrait of the late BJP stalwart alongwith him at Raj Bhavan...

26 Dec 2019 6:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Tamil Nadu farmer builds Modi shrine, pics go viral

The 50-year-old farmer Sankar inaugurated the temple last week at his farm. He performs aarti every day.

26 Dec 2019 6:02 AM IST

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur (Photo: PTI)

NSUI protests Pragya's presence in MP university

The students' wing of Congress held a noisy demonstration in front of the university here to protest her presence at the...

26 Dec 2019 5:58 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath leads Congress Partys Samvidhan Bachao Nyay Shanti Yatra, organised to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizenship, in Bhopal on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Kamal Nath leads rally against CAA and NRC

Nath made it clear that the Congress was in support of the National Population Register (NPR).

26 Dec 2019 5:49 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah at a function organised on the birth anniversary of Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

PM, President pay tributes to Atal on birth anniversary

A prayer meeting was held at Vajpayee's memorial Sadaiv Atal to mark his 95th birth anniversary.

26 Dec 2019 5:43 AM IST

A PTI news agency report said that the terrorists could be part of BAT team, who had infiltrated into this side of LoC to attack an Army listening post. (Representational image)

JCO, woman killed as Pak violates ceasefire along LoC

Police sources said one of the injured civilians a woman identified as Naseema Begum later succumbed to her injuries...

26 Dec 2019 5:35 AM IST

Anti-CAA protesters hold placards and shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-CAA violence: UP sends notices to 60, SIT will probe

The Rampur administration issued notices to 28 people on Tuesday after damage of nearly Rs 25 lakhs was assessed across...

26 Dec 2019 5:29 AM IST

Jharkhand chief minister-designate Hemant Soren meets Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Hemant Soren meets Sonia Gandhi to invite her for oath

Rahul Gandhi likely to attend Sunday swearing-in ceremony.

26 Dec 2019 5:25 AM IST

Arundhati Roy during a protest against the amnended Citizenship Act at Delhi University on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Give false details to NPR teams, says Arundhati Roy

Roy said that officials would visit people's homes under NPR exercise for taking their names, addresses and other...

26 Dec 2019 2:34 AM IST