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BJP chief Amit Shah and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Shah and Nitish Kumar met on Thursday for a breakfast meeting. (Photo: Twitter/@AmitShah)

Meal diplomacy: Will contest LS polls with Nitish Kumar, says Amit...

BJP chief Amit Shah played down reports of rift with coalition partner, said BJP will continue to ally with JD(U) in...

12 July 2018 7:24 PM IST

The tweet has received over 1,800 likes and 280 retweets. (Photo: Twitter/@MumbaiPolice)

Mumbai police assure support during heavy rains with F.R.I.E.N.D.S....

The police used F.R.I.E.N.D.S. theme song to assure people of their assistance as the city grapples with water-logging...

12 July 2018 5:45 PM IST

Around 35,000 farmers across Maharashtra arrive at Ramabai Nagar in Mumbai on Sunday . (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Maharashtra: Scores of farmers upset as they get Rs 5 as crop...

The crop insurance drive carried out under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana, had recorded the highest registrations...

12 July 2018 4:38 PM IST

The 30-share BSE Sensex had opened higher in the morning at 31,299.52. (Photo: PTI)

Sensex scales new high; Nifty tops 11,000-mark

The broader NSE Nifty index also reclaimed the 11,000-mark, touching a high of 11,078.30.

12 July 2018 4:17 PM IST

A 32-year-old screenplay writer allegedly committed suicide in 7 Bungalows area in Mumbai. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

32-yr-old film writer, suffering from depression, jumps off Mumbai...

Ravi Shankar Alok ended his life by jumping off from the roof of the building where he lived at around 2 pm on...

12 July 2018 4:09 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee said she personally talked to Rajnath Singh and conveyed that it was politically and administratively a bad decision to withdraw troops. (Photo: PTI | File)

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of maligning Missionaries of...

Banerjee's accusation came after arrests of a sister of the religious order, a woman staffer of Nirmal Hriday in Ranchi.

12 July 2018 4:09 PM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, If BJP does not believe in Hindu Rashtra concept then they should say it on record that we do not believe in a Hindu Rashtra but in a secular republic. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

As BJP seeks apology, Shashi Tharoor defends Hindu Pakistan' remark

Meanwhile, Congress distanced itself from Tharoor's remarks and said: 'It is a stance he has taken in his own personal...

12 July 2018 3:47 PM IST

An acclaimed writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and educator, Vaswani excelled as a student and had obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the age of 17. (Photo: ANI)

Head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Dada JP Vaswani dies at 99

Vaswani wrote a thesis on 'The scattering of X-Rays by Solids', which was examined by Nobel-Laureate, Dr CV Raman.

12 July 2018 2:01 PM IST

Close shave: 2 IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bangalore...

The aircraft involved in the incident were operating on Coimbatore-Hyderabad and Bangalore-Cochin routes.

12 July 2018 1:50 PM IST

The Volkswagen I.D. concept is merely a preview of a high-volume battery-electric vehicle that is expected to be available in the market by 2020. (Image: Volkswagen)

Govt to increase tax on petrol, diesel cars to promote electric...

An increase in taxes on petrol and diesel vehicles will boost the promotion of electric vehicles.

12 July 2018 1:23 PM IST

Munna Kumar had been depressed about not being able to join the Army for some time as he had crossed the age requirement. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Agra man live streams suicide on Facebook, friends watch in horror

A two-page note from Munna was found in which he detailed his struggle and apologised to his parents. At the end of it,...

12 July 2018 12:57 PM IST

The 30-share Sensex resumed higher at 27,552.27 and hovered between 27,743.46 and 25,902.45 before concluding the week at 26,818.82, a loss of 455.33 points, or 1.67 per cent.

Sensex rallies 400 points to hit record high; RIL shares surge 5 pc

RIL and HDFC Bank collectively contributed nearly 300 points to the gains on Sensex.

12 July 2018 12:28 PM IST