Top News of Jan 1 | Two killed, five injured in explosion at fireworks unit in Keezha Nilai Kottai, Tamil Nadu

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11:00 PM

#Air strikes, clashes persist on day 3 of Syrian truce: Reuters India

10:28 PM

#Nothing will be gained through criticism instead terrorists must be shot down immediately, says Raza Murad on Istanbul attack victim Abis Rizvi

10:15 PM

#President-elect Trump will boldly use #Twitter to make major policy announcements, incoming press chief says: AP

10: 13 PM

 #Shivpal Yadav reaches Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence in Lucknow as Mulayam's health check was conducted after high blood pressure complaint

10:12 PM

#Lists exchanged consistent with the provisions of the Agreement on Consular Access between India and Pakistan: ANI

10: 10 PM

 #India-Pakistan exchange lists of nationals (including civil prisoners and fishermen) of each country lodged in the jails of the other country

10:08 PM

#Death toll reaches 18 in Jharkhand's Lalmatia mine collapse: ANI

 9:56 PM

#Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan met Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on New Year: ANI

9:49 PM

#Sometimes to protect the ones u love u must make right decision. What I did today was a tough decision but 1 tht I had to take: Akhilesh Yadav

9:44 PM

#Israel says will not release bodies of slain Hamas men: AFP

9:43 PM

#Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao greeted by temple priests on New Year 2017: ANI

9:41 PM

#Gambia leader accuses West African bloc of declaring war: Reuters India

9:37 PM

#Plane carrying 35 expelled #diplomats leaves US: reports - AFP

9:35 PM

#Lucknow: Doctors conduct health check up of MulayamSingh at his residence after complaint of high blood pressure

9:16 PM

#People take part in the traditional New Year's day swim at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France: AFP

9:15 PM

#IslamicState attacks Iraqi police near Najaf, kills seven: Reuters India

9:12 PM

#I have just spoken to Mr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi father of Abis. He and Mrs Rizvi also want to go to Istanbul. We are organising their Visa: EAM - ANI

9:03 PM

#Mariah Carey's mike malfunctions mar NY New Year's show: AFP

9:00 PM

#Mulayam, Shivpal decide not go to Election Commission against Akhilesh over party split, wait till Jan 5: Shivpal Yadav in informal meet with media

8:58 PM

#We will retain the cycle symbol, said Shivpal Yadav during informal meet with media

8:56 PM

#Will stand by Mulayam Singh Yadav till death: Shivpal Yadav during informal meet with media

8:50 PM

#Tamil Nadu: 'Shobha Yatra' taken out in Coimbatore as part of celebrations of 350th Prakash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh: ANI

8:33 PM

#Matter of great happiness that some banks have reduced base interest rates from Sunday, I welcome this: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister: ANI

8:28 PM

#Man breaks into southeastern Brazil house, kills ex-wife, son, at least 10 others before turning gun on self: AP

7:59 PM

#Optimism in DR Congo as landmark deal reached to end political crisis: AFP

7:57 PM

#I think shortage of 500 notes is ensured so ppl r forced to go digital;there's a design in this no one can be that incompetent- PChavan Cong - ANI

7:51 PM

#Two killed and five others injured in explosion at a fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu's Keezha Nilai Kottai: PTI

7:30 PM

#Price of petrol increased by Rs 1.29/litre, price of diesel by Rs 0.97/litre, from midnight Jan 1-2

7:26 PM

#Hyderabad: Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan attends a new year programme at Raj Bhawan: ANI

7:24 PM

#UK minister sees threat of Islamic State chemical attack in Britain: Reuters India

7: 22 PM

#Pakistan calls India's bid at the UN to ban #MasoodAzhar "politically motivated": PTI

7: 11 PM

#Jeep carrying 16 people falls into a gorge in Madlak Village; 5 dead, 9 injured out of which 4 are critical: ANI

7:07 PM

Congress can't digest PM Modi's decisions as those benefit poorer sections of society: Senior Union Ministers

7:05 PM

Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat says army wants to maintain peace at the border but won't shy away from using its power in any form: PTI

7:03 PM

Hyderabad: Telangana Finance Minister Etela Rajender & Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya attend Telangana Employee Union Programme: ANI

7:01 PM

#SP to move EC on Monday, will stake claim to fight on party symbol in UP Elections as Akhilesh Yadav is made party's national Pres: SP Sources

6:59 PM

#Akhilesh Yadav appoints #NareshUttam as the new SP state president, replacing Shivpal Singh Yadav

6:56 PM

#I have a bad news from Turkey. We have lost 2 #Indiannationals in the Istanbul attack. IndianAmbassador on way to #Istanbul says EAM

6:55 PM

#Punjab National Bank has decided to reduce its Overnight MCLR to 8.20% w.e.f. 01.01.2017: ANI

6: 54 PM

#Amar Singh and Shivpal Yadav are controlling MulayamSinghYadav. Mulayam Singh is unable to understand anything: Naresh Agarwal

 6:45 PM

#It is unfortunate, Mulayam Singh's step is totally unconstitutional: Naresh Agarwal on his expulsion

6:43 PM

#Foreigners among the wounded in #Istanbulnightclubattack that killed 39, injured nearly 70: AP

6:33 PM

#Visakhapatnam (AP): City Task Force seized Rs47 lakh in Rs 2000 notes & Rs1 lakh in Rs 100 notes during illegal currency exchange;3 arrested

6:32 PM

#Shoe hurled at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Rohtak, CM escapes unhurt; man who threw shoe taken into custody

6:22 PM

Syria clashes test fragile truce brokered by Russia, Turkey: AFP

6:21 PM

#Tamil Nadu: Makali Amman Temple in Coimbatore decorated with currency notes on New Year, including new Rs 2000 denomination notes: ANI

6:12 PM

#Shoe hurled at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Rohtak (Haryana), CM escapes unhurt

6:07 PM

#Delhi: India Gate sees huge rush on the first day of New Year 2017: ANI

6:06 PM

#Gas usage in India is least out of all means of energy. Have to increase gas based energy for a better & cleaner future: Dharmendra Pradhan

6:05 PM

#IS-claimed attack in southern Iraq kills at least seven: AFP

6:03 PM

Frightened civilians flee as Iraq forces battle IS group in Mosul: AFP

5: 55 PM

#People who don't have any importance can't expel me. Some people are confusing Mulayam Singh Yadav: Kiranmoy Nanda

5:53 PM

#Higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh receive fresh snowfall: ANI

5:52 PM

#Rescue work ongoing as Lalmatia, #Jharkhandminecollapse toll rises to 17: AFP

5:48 PM

#10-year-old girl 'used as #humanbomb' in Nigeria New Year's Eve attack: AFP

5: 43 PM

#PM's announcements in his address were exemplary, in 2022 there will be no one without a roof on their head: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan: ANI

5: 40 PM

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan visits Shirdi Saibaba Temple: ANI

5:38 PM

#Fire broke out at a factory in Khambalpada, Dombivli East. Situation now under control: ANI

5:37 PM

#Will observe symbolic hunger strike on 5 Jan at Delhi as Centre stood against Uttarakhand govt's Bhaghirathi zone plan at NGT: HarishRawat: ANI 

5:32 PM

#Ramgopal Yadav presently meeting SP workers at his home in Saifai

5:19 PM

#Fire breaks out at a factory in Khambalpada, Dombivli East. Five fire tenders present at the spot: ANI

 5: 15 PM

#Sources close to Akhilesh Yadav claim Shivpal Yadav manipulated letter issued by Mulayam Singh Yadav after party's Parliamentary Board meet

5: 05 PM

#Kim Jong Un says North Korea in 'final stages' of test launching intercontinental ballistic missiles: AFP

5:03 PM

#Cologne police detain hundreds of "African men", aiming to prevent repeat of attacks seen in city a year ago: AP

4:59 PM

# Mulayam Singh Yadav has expelled Kiranmoy Nanda and Naresh Agrawal from Samajwadi Party

4: 55 PM

# Akhilesh supporters lay siege to #SP headquarters in Lucknow, remove #ShivpalYadavs nameplate outside his room

4: 45 PM

#Policeman killed, inmates escape in attack on Bahrain prison: AFP

4:43 PM

#President Erdogan says Istanbul nightclub attack sought to create chaos in Turkey: AFP

4:41 PM

# Converting Kisan Credit Cards to RuPay Cards cannot be a substitute for cash: former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chauhan: ANI

4:30 PM

#Zimbabwe water crisis gives rise to backdoor sellers: AFP

4:27 PM

# There was fear that PM would unleash 2nd surgical strike&announce further harsh measures in his fight against corruption: Prithviraj Chauhan

4:26 PM

# South Korea's impeached President Park Gyun-hye emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal- Reuters India

4:16 PM

# Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to miss church due to "heavy cold," Buckingham Palace says: AFP

4:14 PM

#Istanbul New Year nightclub massacre kills 39, attacker on the run: AFP

4:10 PM

# 23 dead as Indonesia passengr boat catches fire - AFP

4:06 PM

#Priest arrested by police for unnatural sexual abuse of a 10-year-old boy in Kochi -ANI

2:50PM

#SBI cuts benchmark lending rate across various tenures by 0.9 per cent - PTI

2:44PM

PM's address to the nation on New Year's eve was disappointing and had no relief measures for those affected by Demonetisation: BSP - ANI

2:38PM

#Jammu & Kashmir: Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Shahpur area in Poonch, earlier on Sunday - ANI

2:27PM

# Mulayam Singh Yadav says some people want to benefit the BJP by insulting him and the same people called today's National Exec Meet- ANI

2:24PM

# Mulayam Singh Yadav terms today's National executive meet called by Ram Gopal Yadav as unconstitutional & decisions taken in the meet as illegal - ANI

2:21PM

Mulayam Singh Yadav expels Ram Gopal Yadav for 6 years from Samajwadi Party- ANI

2:18PM

# Government has ruined everything done by PM Modi and Sonia Gandhi: M Kharge, Congress- ANI

2:17PM

# Indonesian officials inform at least 23 killed after ferry catches fire near the capital

2:06PM

# Former captain Ponting joins Australia's interim coaching team- Reuters

2:03PM

# Handwara (J&K): Wreath laying ceremony of Policeman who lost in life in Handwara terror attack - ANI

2:02PM

# Mulayam Singh Yadav has called Samajwadi Party convention on January 5 in Janeshwar Mishra Park in Lucknow- ANI

2:02PM

# It is a drama, a family drama. At times it is comedy, sometimes it is melody but it will end in tragedy: Venkaiah Naidu on SP feud- ANI

1:26PM

# SP MP Amar Singh leaves for Delhi from London, will meet Mulayam Singh Yadav in Delhi tomorrow- ANI

1:21PM

The scheme announced for pregnant women is especially very praiseworthy: HM Rajnath Singh on PM's speech yesterday- ANI

1:20PM

# Congratulate PM for schemes announced for diff sections of society,esp farmers and middle class; nation can't progress until they do: Home Minister Rajnath Singh- ANI

1:20PM

# I am sure the country will become stronger by the decisions announced by PM Modi yesterday: Rajnath Singh - ANI

1:01PM

# DRI Chennai seized 8.7 kg gold worth Rs 2.44 Cr smuggled from Sri Lanka at Mandapam (near Rameswaram); 1 arrested - ANI

12:58PM

# Public have faith that state will progress under leadership of Akhilesh Yadav, says Ravidas Mehrotra, UP Minister- ANI

12:27PM

Congratulations to Akhilesh Yadav for becoming President of party. He will surely work under the guidance of Netaji: Naresh Aggarwal, SP MP- ANI

12:10PM

# Large amount of money, incl black money also, has come into the banking system. It increases banks' ability to lend: FM Arun Jaitley- ANI

12:09PM

# Large amount of money, incl black money also, has come into the banking system. It increases banks' ability to lend: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - ANI

12:05PM

I see 2017 as a year in which a combination of GST being implemented and a digitised economy will be future of India: Finance Minister

12:04PM

# India was one of the fastest growing economies last year and will continue to be so this year: Finance Minister Jaitley- ANI

12:02PM

# Remonetisation has progressed extremely well and I am sure in the coming days it will be completed: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - ANI

12:00PM

# We are now keeping the inflation under control, consequently we have seen interest rates coming down: FM Arun Jaitley- ANI

11:40AM

# This National Executive also wants Shivpal Yadav to be removed as state president and Amar Singh be sacked from the party: Ramgopal Yadav - ANI

11: 35AM

# This National Executive unanimously elects Akhilesh Yadav as the national president of Samajwadi Party:Ramgopal Yadav- ANI

11:35AM

# State President(Shivpal Yadav) has been taking wrong decisions in the name of Mulayam Singh Yadav: Ramgopal Yadav - ANI

11:30AM

# CM Akhilesh Yadav, Ramgopal Yadav and SP MP Naresh Agarwal on stage at National Executive meet - ANI

11:30AM

# UP Minister Ahmed Hasan and SP MP Revati Raman Singh at National Executive meet called by Ramgopal Yadav- ANI

11:17AM

# Lucknow: CM Akhilesh Yadav at National Executive meet called by Ramgopal Yadav

11:08AM

# Mulayam Singh Yadav writes letter to party workers, asks them not to attend National Executive meet called by Ramgopal Yadav- ANI

11:01AM

# It was a Govt decision,the superseded officers have worked with me and will continue to do so in interest of Army: General Bipin Rawat- ANI

10:57AM

# Our Army seeks peace and tranquillity along the borders but it does not mean we are weak: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat - ANI

 10:56AM

# Duty bound to maintain the security and sanctity of our borders: Army Chief Lt General Bipin Rawat - ANI

10:56AM

# Shivpal Yadav in meeting with Mulayam Singh Yadav offers to step down from party state president post - ANI

10:26AM

# J&K: Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Shahpur area in Poonch- ANI

10:26AM

# Delhi: Army Chief Lt General Bipin Rawat pays tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti - ANI

10:23AM

While there is no monetary limit for exchange for eligible Resident Indians, limit for NRIs will be as per the relevant FEMA Regulations:RBI

10:21AM

# NRIs who were abroad during this period can exchange their old notes up to June 30, 2017: RBI - ANI

10:21AM

# Resident Indian citizens who were abroad from Nov 9 to Dec 30 can exchange old notes up to March 31, 2017: RBI - ANI

9:41AM

# Liverpool edge Man City, Chelsea equal win record - Reuters

9:24AM

# Lucknow: SP Convention called by Ramgopal Yadav to be held at Janeshwar Mishra Park shortly - ANI

9:23AM

# PM Modi greets nation on New year 2017- PTI

8:42AM

# Had hoped PM would say atleast a word for people who died standing in queues, anyway there was nothing new in speech: Manisha Kayande, Shiv Sena - ANI

8:09AM

# UN Security Council affirms Russian-Turkish peace plan for Syria - AFP

7:45AM

# Delhi fog: 48 trains delayed,12 rescheduled and 1 cancelled - ANI

 7:43AM

# Gunman entered Istanbul nightclub dressed as Santa Claus before fatally shooting at least 35 - AP