18:33
Sad Wednesday for millions in India and around the world with Sathya Sai Baba laid to rest in Prashanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa has been sending us despatches every day-- before and after Sathya's Sai's death on Sunday. Zip through the site and read up, if you...
18:19
Just in: A girl student has been beheaded at St Xavier's College, Ranchi. The assailant, a man has been arrested.
18:14
The Nanavati Commission, probing the post-Godhra communal riots, has summoned senior IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on May 16. This was done on the basis of an application filed before it by the Jan Sangarsh...
18:08
The media frenzy surrounding tomorrow's royal wedding continues unabated. Now a cnn.com report says that during the engagement, Prince William told the world he had given Kate Middleton the distinctive sapphire and diamond ring belonging to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, as my way of...
17:52
Also from cnn.com comes a report that President Barack Obama will name CIA Director Leon Panetta as his nominee to succeed Robert Gates as defense secretary. An administration official said this month that Obama is considering Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, as the...
17:28
PAC on PM: The PM kept his office at arm's length in the 2G spectrum issue. This helped Raja to execute his unfair, arbitrary and dubious designs. Gave an indirect green signal to Raja to go ahead and execute his unfair, arbitrary and dubious designs. PAC on PMO: No suggestion of...
17:20
Details of the PAC draft report on the 2G scam. The Public Accounts Committee has, in a draft report on 2G scam, strongly indicted: former Telecom Minister A Raja and come down heavily on the PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat for not taking corrective action while not sparing even the Prime...
17:12
Demanding a probe into the alleged role of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in connection with the CWG scam, the BJP today pitched for the resignation of Suresh Kalmadi as Congress MP following his arrest by CBI. Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Eknath Khadse said Kalmadi had...
16:50
Just in: The Enforcement Directorate assures the Supreme Court that it will attach properties of companies involved in the 2G scam within two months. The properties are worth around Rs 2,000 cr. The CBI however seeks more time for the completing of the probe on spectrum allocation during 2001 to...
16:32
An estimated 66 per cent turnout was recorded till 3 pm in the 75 Assembly constituencies in Kolkata and adjoining North and South 24-Parganas districts of West Bengal which went to polls in the third phase today.
16:30
It was almost as if it was a city on holiday.Shops and other establishments remained closed today as the third phase of polling took place in the Kolkata. Vast stretches of road in central and North Kolkata were deserted and even the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, one of the busiest ways...
16:06
May 7 is when the sessions court will hear an application filed by Mumbai's Arthur Road jail seeking permission to send Hasan Ali Khan, accused of money laundering, to Patna in connection with a passport forgery case. See our 13:14 pm log for: Hasan Ali-tainted Pondy LG quizzed, meets PC.
15:52
Just in: Congress-DMK PAC members are closeted in a meeting to debate the 2G scam draft report, which they say has been unilaterally framed. See our 14:13 post on what the PAC said. Incidentally, the report says A Raja deliberately misled the PM with 'nefarious designs'.
15:37
Over 55 per cent voting was recorded till 1 pm in the third phase of the West Bengal assembly polls in the 75 seats covering Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas districts today. So far no untoward incident has been reported from anywhere. The voting, which started at 7 am will continue till 5 pm.
15:34
Six American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after anAfghan army officeropenedfire near the airport in the capital, Kabul, reports Al Jazeera. The Afghan defence ministry said violence broke out between an Afghan airforce pilot and US troops following an argument today inside a...
14:13
Just in: The Parliament's Public Accounts Committee haspresented itsdraft report that gives a clean chit to the PM in the 2G scam, but the PMO's role is under scrutiny as it delayed in providing information to the PM. The delay was on the part of the PMO in presenting the details to the PM,...
14:07
Big day tomorrow for royal watchers when Britain's Prince William finally weds Katherine Middleton. Up to a thousand members of the military carried out a full-scale dress rehearsal this morning. See and read
13:57
The Pakistani paper Dawn reports that Pakistan and India's commerce secretaries have begun talks in Islamabad today. Commerce Secretary Zaffar Mehmood and his Indian counterpart Rahul Khullar resumedtalkson trade expansion and removal of non-tariff barriers between the two countries.
13:38
WikiLeaks ups its ante again. The 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was warned by a senior Al-Qaeda military commander not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and that he should be freed, says a WikiLeaks document. Pearl (38), who was the South Asia Bureau...
13:29
Ramesh Srivats on Twitter:Karunanidhi has been desperately searching for a new title for his autobiography. Duncan Fletcher has already taken Behind The Shades.
13:20
Maids in the news. After Shiney Ahuja gotbail for raping his maid, a 18-month-old boy, who was kidnapped allegedly by a domestic help from his Delhi home three days ago, has been rescued from neighbouring Faridabad with arrest of four persons, including two women. Ishaan, the son of a...
13:14
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to reportedly clarify his position on his alleged links to tax evader Hasan Ali. Lt. Governor Singh continues to remain defiant and has refused to resign over the issue. Singh said: I was questioned on the events...
12:57
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by a fast track sessions court in Mumbai for raping his maid, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. However, the actor can't leave India and has to pay a security bond of Rs 50,000. The court granted...
12:44
The CBI has alleged that DMK MP Kanimozhi was an active brain behind the operation of Kalaignar TV and actively pursued with intermediaries and her party, the reappointment of 2G scam accused A Raja as Telecom Minister. In its 53-page chargesheet, the CBI has alleged that during investigations,...
12:20
This is a dream the estimated two billion people watching the royal wedding hopes will come true. With just two days to go for the royal wedding, bride Kate Middleton reportedly keeps dreaming that she is marrying Prince William at the altar... naked. Middleton confessed to imagining herself...
12:16
On twitter: Sanjay Manjrekar says: Duncan fletcher appointed india coach. Yuvraj Singh: Official ...? breaking news ....duncan fletcher appointed as indian coach. Incidentally, Suresh Kalmadi has been holding his own as the top trending topic on twitter for two days.
12:13
FYI: Thirty-four per cent polling till 11 am in 75 seats in Kolkata and adjoining North and South 24 Parganas districts. Besides Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, other prominent candidates are Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, Housing Minister Goutam Deb, Transport Minister Ranjit Kundu, the Leader of...
12:04
Duncan Fletcher has been named the new Team India coach. Fletcher, who helped put England's cricket back on track after a poor World Cup in 1999, had emerged as a strong contender' to succeed Gary Kirsten as the Team India coach. Fletcher (62), the former Zimbabwe captain, will be there for...
11:57
Former cricketer Jacob Martin, who was wanted in connection with a human trafficking case, has been arrested in New Delhi. Police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 to anyone who would provide information about Martin. The Vadodara-based cricketer was wanted in connection with a case registered...
11:50
The DMK says the party will fight the 2G battle legally (as opposed to?) and blames the opposition for creating a rift in the UPA and says the2G spectrum issue is being used to defame the DMK.
11:41
Two days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi was named in the second chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam, the DMK is now closeted in a crucial high-level committee meeting to decide the party's future course of action. Kanimozhi, a Rajya Sabha MP and a prominent...
11:28
Just in: Lobsang Sangey has been elected as the new PMof the Tibet government-in-exile. Sangey is a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, born in 1968 at Darjeeling. He received education from a Tibetan refugee high school and earned his LL.B and his BA from the University of Delhi in India.
11:08
Over 18 per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 75 constituencies in Kolkata and its neighbouring North and South 24-Parganas districts of West Bengal today. An electorate of 1.44 crore would decide the fate of 479 candidates including Chief Minister Buddhadeb...
10:50
Moving on from Puttaparthi, in Bengal, the crucial third phase of polling began at 7 am. Kolkata decides today whether it wants poriborton (change) or protyaborton (return of the old seat of power) -- as the city goes to polls today. Rediff.com's Indrani Roy Mitra tries to gauge the political...
10:41
So the godman has finally been given samadhi. Sathya Sai Baba, who was admitted to the super-speciality hospital in Puttaparthi on March 28, was 85 when he passed away following cardio-respiratory failure on Sunday morning. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanajappa who has been sending us despatches every...
10:32
Morning.Godman Sathya Sai Baba was interred at the very spot from where he used to meet and address his disciples for years. The mortal remains of the 85-year-old spiritual leader, whose clout spread far and wide among both the commoners and the high mighty, were buried after the last rites...
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