16 May, 22:53 (IST)

Delhi Police on Thursday lodged an FIR in the Swati Maliwal assault case naming Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar. AAP Rajya Sabha MP and former DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal had earlier lodged a police complaint in the alleged assault row.

16 May, 21:02 (IST)

AAP leader Swati Maliwal, at the centre of a harassment row involving party boss Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, has on Thursday submitted a statement to Delhi Police, after four days of silence over an incident that has triggered a furious political spat between the ruling outfit and the opposition BJP.

16 May, 18:56 (IST)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday held a roadshow in Punjab along with CM Bhagwant Mann. All 13 seats in punjab will go to polls on June 1.Watch Video

16 May, 17:09 (IST)

Fire broke out at Delhi BJP office at Pandit Pant Marg, reportedly due to short circuit. The Delhi Fire Services received a call at around 4.25pm regarding the fire at the BJP office located at Pandit Pant Marg. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

16 May, 15:59 (IST)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India and the country will take it back “at any cost”. Shah was addressing an election rally in Sitamarhi Lok Sabha seat in Bihar. The former BJP president slammed the Congress-led Opposition for “raising fear about Pakistan’s atomic power”.

16 May, 14:44 (IST)

A 33-second video clip virally shared on social media shows Election Commission officers checking Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's luggage in Panchavati, Nashik.Watch Video:

16 May, 13:28 (IST)

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the southwest monsoon will likely set in over Kerala on May 31 this year. As per the IMD statement, the Southwest monsoon will set in over Kerala on June 1, with a standard deviation of about seven days.

16 May, 11:51 (IST)

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s wife, Anita Goyal, passed away on Thursday morning after suffering from the final stage of cancer. She is survived by her husband and two children, Namrata and Nivaan Goyal. 

16 May, 10:32 (IST)

BJP leader Shehzad Poonawala has claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is shielding his personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar, who has been accused of misbehaving with Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. It was alleged that CM Kejriwal's aide assaulted the former chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women at the former's residence.

16 May, 09:14 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a series of public meetings in Uttar Pradesh today, May 16. P Narendra Modi will hold public meetings in Lalganj (Azamgarh) at 11:00 a.m., Jaunpur at 12:30 p.m., Bhadohi at 2:00 p.m., and Pratapgarh at 3:45 p.m.

Load More

Mumbai, May 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address back-to-back rallies in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and Friday, said the party spokesman. He will be holding rallies in Jaunpur and Azamgarh on Thursday. While the Jaunpur rally will also cover the Machhlishahr parliamentary seat, the one in Azamgarh will aim to consolidate the party's position in Azamgarh and Lalganj seats. On May 15, PM Modi took a dig at the Congress party, saying it would lose elections badly and couldn't claim the Opposition title. Addressing a poll rally in Maharashtra's Pimpalgaon Baswant, Prime Minister Modi said that serving the people is his life's biggest objective.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday went to Swati Maliwal's residence amid a row over her complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's assistant Vibhav Kumar, who she said assaulted her at the CM's residence on Monday. On Tuesday, Sanjay Singh admitted the incident and said the party would take appropriate action. Swati Maliwal has not issued any statement on the incident yet.

The Indian Army has set up two high-altitude tank repair facilities in the eastern Ladakh region, in another step towards strengthening the military infrastructure and tank operations along the borders with China in Eastern Ladakh. The southwest monsoon is expected to set in over Kerala around May 31, marking the onset of the rainy season, as per the current climatic predictors, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday. The weather department said the actual onset could happen between May 27 and June 4. The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days.

The onset of Monsoon 2024 in Kerala will bring major respite for people as most of India suffers from scorching heat conditions. This year, anticyclonic conditions and the El Nino effect combined to create intense heatwave conditions in several parts of eastern and southern India, and people are waiting for Monsoon 2024 to get some relief from the tough weather.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a “life-threatening condition” after being injured in a shooting on Wednesday. Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, where the leader was meeting with supporters, as per local media report. A video from the spot shows security guards escorting the injured Slovak Prime Minister into a car.

US President Joe Biden and Donald J Trump agreed to two debates on June 27 on CNN and September 10 on ABC News, the first onstage clashes between the former president and his successor in over three years.