19:11
Indian Naval Ship Sukanya, presently deployed on anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden under the operational control of the Western Naval Command, found herself once again in the thick of things, thwarting a multiple-boat piracy attack yesterday....
19:03
In Syria: Relatives are convinced they buried Zaynab Hosni -- who has become a rallying symbol for the Syrian opposition -- in September. But she turned up last month on Syrian TV, sparking conspiracy theories. Read the LA Times story.
19:01
Kingfisher Airlines cancelled more flights on Friday and its shares hit a record low amid continuing debt fears, reports bbc.co.uk. Thousands of passengers have been hit by hundreds of cancellations this week. India's second-biggest airline is about $1.2bn in debt and struggling to raise cash....
18:58
Barkha Dutt's interview with Imran Khan on NDTV: Religion, divorce and memoirs. Watch
18:50
Just in: Vishal Yadav, who along with his cousin Vikas, is serving life term for killing MBA graduate Nitish Katara in 2002, today moved the Supreme Court for bail. Pleading for bail, he submitted in his petition that he is not keeping well and there was no direct evidence against him and...
18:43
In other news, taking on Press Council Chairman Justice Markandeya Katju for running down self-regulatory mechanisms in media, the South Asia Media Commission today expressed concern over suggestions for arming the government with draconian powers to deal with the press. The Commission, an...
18:39
Maldives today made it clear that its friendship with China will not affect its tieswith India. Replying to a question on China opening its embassy in Maldives this week, President Mohammad Nasheed said, India has been a good friend, best neighbour and we will continue to work with India....
18:36
Maldivian President Mohammad Nasheed at the concluding ceremony of the two-day 17th SAARC summit announced that the next meet will be held in Nepal.The concluding ceremony was attended among others by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Nashid congratulated Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai...
18:34
Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore reporting from the Saarc summit at Maldives says that Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani left the just-concluded meet at the atoll of Addu 15 minutes before curtains officially came down.Gilani left in a Pak airforce jet and while it is not odd for heads of state to...
18:18
When 10 men attacked the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, in November 2008, they executed one of the best-orchestrated, most technologically advanced terrorist strikes in history. Before the assault they had used Google Earth to explore 3-D models of the target and determine optimal entry...
18:12
On Firstpost.com: Why investors have fallen out of love with steel sector. Read
18:00
This comes straight from Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson: Have you ever stolen Virgin Atlantic's iconic salt and pepper pots? Pinch them while you can! We have had Wilbur & Orville, our 'highly collectable' salt and pepper pots, on board upper class Virgin Atlantic flights for...
17:57
Chocolate milk is the best fitness drink, and has been preferred by the health conscious, a new research has revealed. Even the most basic version of its shake was found to top isotonic' drinks such as Powerade, Gatorade and Lucozade at helping the body recover from workouts.
17:54
Billy Crystal will present the 2012 Academy Awards after the departure of Eddie Murphy, the original host. The 63-year-old actor has previously hosted the Oscars nine times, most recently in 2004. Some of the best moments of my career have happened on the Oscar stage, he said. Eddie Murphy had...
17:52
On Foreign Policy magazine: Israel striking Iran: Maybe it will happen? Read
17:47
Armstice Day ceremonies take place at 11 am across the globe to commemorate members of armed forces who died in the line of duty since the first World War. See the pictures on the GuardianThe date marks the anniversary of Germany signing the Armistice agreement on the 11th hour of the...
17:35
The chorus began quietly at a recent strategy session inside Zuccotti Park, with a single cough from a security team member, a muffled hack between puffs on his cigarette. Then a colleague followed. Then another. Read the NYT report
17:34
Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 on Nov. 11, 2011. Read
17:27
On Cnn Money: The country's IT industry boomed by providing left-brained services like coding and call support. Now, it's getting ready to cash in on the creative needs of the world's entertainment industries. Read
17:23
Great read on the Foreign Policy magazine: After nine years, the alleged al Qaeda mastermind of the USS Cole bombing is finally getting his day in court. But does anyone still think a military commission at Gitmo is a fair trial? Read
17:14
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said he will insist on civilian supremacy over Pakistan's powerful military if his party comes to power and would rather resign if the army and the ISI did not function under him if he becomes Prime Minister. Days after his Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party...
17:11
In a related story, a series of revelations and allegations in recent months have exposed a murky world of bugging and phone tapping in India's corridors of power. Unlike the phone-hacking scandal in Britain - where reporters at Rupert Murdoch's News International were caught listening to...
17:08
Once again, James Murdoch took shelter behind an ignorance-is-innocence defense when questioned by Parliament, but it can only get tougher on him from here on, says Geoffrey Robertson on the Daily Beast.
17:05
Hitesh Wardhan (22), a BCom grad from from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has won Rs 1 crore on Kaun Banega Crorepati via the 'Ek Crore Ka Shortcut'. After correctly answering just one question about his favourite cricketer, Mahendra Singh...
16:34
On the Wall Street Journal: India's biggest information-technology companies, long accused by critics of stealing jobs from the West, are ramping up local hiring in the US and Europe. Read
16:27
NYT columnist Thomas L Friedman on the similarities between India and America. Read
16:17
The 2G trial proceedings for the day are over. On Monday, the CBI will question Reliance Group president Sethuraman in the case.
16:12
Just in: South Africa beat Australia by 8 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the two Test matches at Cape Town. Skipper Graeme Smith scored an unbeaten 101 to guide Proteas to a convincing win. Earlier, Veron Philander picked up 5-15. Details awaited.
16:05
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi today ruled out any sort of bailout to be given to the financially stricken Kingfisher Airlines. The minister however said that the Airline is free to approach the banks for the rescue.There will be no bailout to Kingfisher but it can approach the...
15:59
James Murdoch has refused to rule out the possibility of closing down Britain's best selling tabloid, The Sun, if the phone hacking scandal spreads to it. The News International chairman made the comment as he faced a day of questioning from British MPs over previous evidence that he gave...
15:57
The bikinis worn by the women beach volleyball players participating in the Olympics have inevitably landed them in the middle of controversies.The controversies apart, body grooming too starts weighing on the minds of the players. We're not body-conscious any more' obviously we wax and there are...
15:48
Hitting out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for calling his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani a man of peace, BJP leader Rajnat Singh todaysaid such a statement is wrong from a moral, diplomatic and strategical point of view. Terming Gilani as a man of peace when he has done nothing...
15:33
Karachi version of Dirty Harry, who has been shot five times, makes pledge after suicide attack blows the front off his home. Read the Guardian story.
15:30
Ejaz Haider responds to The Atlantic and Pakistan's 'loose' nukes. Read
15:28
Sidin Vadukut tweets: I look forward to my taxes being used to bailout Kingfisher Airlines.
15:25
Watch: US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spoke in her first TV interview since she was shot 10 months ago. On the Huffpost.
15:23
Also on Foreign Policy magazine: How Twitter saved my friend from the Kyrgyz secret police. Read Also see our 11:06 am post: Teen tweeted 144 times before committing suicide
15:19
Each year, China's incoming university students must partake in a ritual of patriotic military training. Is it brainwashing? Do they care. On Foreign Policy magazine. Read
15:16
Also from Raja Sen: Who should be in Bigg Boss 5. We asked you who you would like to see living in that constantly-monitored house. Clearly you had a blast throwing in the different kinds of names to make up a spectacularly twisted list. Here it is. Read
15:13
Raja Sen's (famously stingy in doling out the stars) review of Rockstar. Read And while you're at it, read the other two reviews also on rediff.com:Rockstar is more Devdas than Jim MorrisonRockstar is flawed but fabulous
15:06
Alright, the very sexy Pippa Middleton is single again. The Sun reports that Prince William's sis-in-law has broken up with her long-term boyfriend, ex-cricketer Alex Loudon, after rows. Read
15:01
On the National: The story of Sikander: A Pakistani militant turned American business owner. Read
15:00
The Lokayukta Court here today adjourned to November 21 hearing on two cases against former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with alleged denotification of government lands for pecuniary gain.
14:59
Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee last night said Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has rightly commented that Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist in the 26/11 attack, should be hanged. He (Rehman Malik) has rightly said it,' Mukherjee told reporters at his residence...
14:56
News International boss, James Murdoch, was forced to angrily deny heading a Mafia organisation yesterday as a committee of MPs grilled him for a second time over the News of the World phone-hacking. Murdoch is now fighting for the survival of his family's media dynasty, was adamant that he...
14:51
Einstein once said, A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so. The genius himself discovered that matter was transmutable to energy with his famous equation E = mc2 and helped lay the foundations of quantum theory by that age as...
14:48
On the Atlantic: The three-episode finale of the Oprah Winfrey Show consisted of a two-part spectacular at the United Center in Chicago and a final sermon delivered from the show's studio at Harpo Productions. Together, these three hours of television encompassed many of the program's...
14:45
Tonight at 9 pm on CNN IBN Devil's Advocate: 'I will be Pakistan's next PM. No one can stop it!, says Imran Khan.
14:43
From Firstpost.com, inside the CBI court hearing the 2G trial: Defence Lawyers object to lack of air conditioning in the courtroom, saying they are 'tired of sweating'. They are told that there is no power. They appeal to the media asking them to raise objections against the 'bad conditions'...
14:37
In pictures: The dangerous dirty dancing that Chennai witnessed and India did not. On the Daily Mail.
14:33
Health update: Eating brown bread or wholegrain cereals three times a day cuts the risk of bowel cancer by a fifth, a major study has shown. Read
14:31
The Supreme Court today sought the Andhra Pradesh government's reply on a plea contending that normal activities and administration in the state havebeen paralysed for the last one year due to the agitation for a separate state of Telangana. The apex court issued notices on advocate P V...
14:27
On Europe News: What happens when Muslims run an American country. Read
14:15
Rescue workers in Turkey have found the body of another earthquake victim, increasing the death toll to at least 13, including a Japanese aid worker who had arrived in the aftermath of another devastating earthquake last month.
14:07
Somebody seems happy with the Rockstar review: AR Rahman on Twitter: The Times Of India gives 4 Rocking Stars .
14:04
On Firstpost.com: TV reports say that Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya has spoken to the aviation ministry about bailing out the cash-strapped airline. Sources also suggest that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will talk to banks on the airline's finanancial crisis, even as the ground...
13:55
Omar Abdullah tweets: I've saved a couple of boxes of files just so I can sign & date them 11.11.11
13:54
On the New York Times India blogs: High ideals and corruption dominate think festival agenda. Read
13:51
Read while you lunch: Why Delhi? The move from Calcutta. The British empire's decision to move the capital to Delhi in 1911. On the Wall Street Journal.
13:45
Internet titan Google Inc has acquired two startup firms -- Apture and Katango -- for an undisclosed amount that would help it enhance the user experience of its browser and social networking services.The 4-year old Apture focuses on providing instant access to information with in-page search...
13:40
And for good measure, another review of Rockstar on rediff.com. The film is essentially a love story between two very curious individuals, writes Sukanya Verma. Also read: Sumit Bhattacharya's review: Rockstar is more Devdas than Jim Morrison
13:37
Want a more innovative company? Get rid of these folks. Today. Read it on Business Week.(So, should you be fired?)
13:34
Pakistan has planned to purchase two nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 2,000 megawatts from China, which will be utilised for setting up Karachi Nuclear Power Plant-2 (Kanupp-2) and Kanupp-3 and help mitigate the energy crisis. On the Tribune
13:28
In other news, the Pakistani Taliban have described cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as a slave of the US and Europe after he called himself a liberal.Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan made the remarks in an interview with BBC Urdu. Ehsan noted that Khan had said he...
13:27
Lending support to DMK MP Kanimozhi at the CBI trial court today are her husband and her mother.In Chennai, the party distanced itself from special prayers reportedly conducted by a Rajya Sabha member for Kanimozhi's release, terming it as an unilateral act which lacked the party's...
13:23
Update on the 2G trial today. A plea by former telecom minister A Raja that he would not cross-examine prosecution witnesses unless the CBI probe is over in 2G spectrum case, wasdismissed today by a Delhi court which began formal trial in the matter.Raja made the plea minutes before Special Judge...
13:20
In other news, shares of Kingfisher Airlines today slumped by over 19 per cent to an all-time low on the bourses, before recovering some ground, as the cash-strapped company continued to face turbulence after it cancelled 30 moreflights yesterday.Kingfisher shares crashed 19.12 per cent,...
13:18
So, are you headed to Rockstar over the weekend? We suggest you read Sumit Bhattacharya's review before you do. Ranbir Kapoor's new film is a love story that tries to pose as an insight into an artiste's anguish. Director Imtiaz Ali's new film Rockstar has two heroes: Ranbir Kapoor, and A R...
12:32
The Supreme Court today expressed shock on Friday that more than 250 Pakistanis were being held in Indian jails without ever having faced trial, with at least one behind bars since 1965. The court, hearing a public interest litigation filed by a member of the public, ordered the central...
12:28
On the Guardian: Monks and nuns say leaflets are circulating in monasteries in China listing names of those ready to carry out suicide protests. Read
12:27
He was the epitome of cuteness with his spiked white blonde hair and round spectacles as the precocious six-year-old star of Jerry Maguire. But Jonathan Lipnicki appears to have spent just as much time hitting the gym hard as he has acting - and he's got the muscles to prove it. Read the...
12:24
Husband, 50, held on suspicion of murdering wife seven years ago while on honeymoon in remote part of India. Readthe Daily Mail story.
12:20
A fast track court in Thrissur today awarded the death sentence to killer Govindachamy in the sensational Soumya murder case. Soumya was pushed out of a moving train, raped and killed in February this year. Judge Raveendra Babu had found the accused, Govindachamy (30) hailing from...
12:04
Update on the 2G trial n the special CBI court today: Former telecom minister and accused in the case, A Raja, tells the court that he will not cross examineprosecution witnesses till the CBI probe is over in the case.
12:02
Amid controversy over the issue of revocation of AFSPA from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister A K Antony today said the final decision on it would be taken by the Unified Command Headquarters in the state.The Defence Minister was asked to comment on the issue of revocation of AFSPA and...
11:56
News from the Saarc summit in the Maldives.Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said today that talks between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan have imparted a seriousness of purpose to bilateral engagements with both sides agreeing to finalise a calender of meetings to discuss...
11:50
Just in: The Supreme Court seeks the Gujarat government's reply on former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea for quashing an FIR against him in an email hacking case.
11:50
On Twiiter: Ratan Tata may remain head of group trusts: He may play an indirect role in group beyond Dec next year.
11:48
R Rajagopalan on Twitter: Yashwant Sinha at 3 pm to take Media Conference on UPA2 policies on Indo-Pak talks in Maldives
11:48
The spanking debate continues. The beating by a Texas judge of his daughter in 2004 that has provoked a storm of outrage in the United States has made me reflect on how the situation with regard to corporal punishment in schools has changed during my career as a schoolmaster and head teacher....
11:43
Steven Spielberg's film, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Unicorn, releases today. The bbc.co.uk on India's enduring love for the boy reporter. Read
11:39
A teenager from Kashmir - jailed last year for fighting security forces - is to be trained as a football coach in Brazil. Imran Ahmed Bhatt, 18, says that the course in South America is the opportunity of a lifetime. Last year he was imprisoned for throwing stones at the security forces. Read the...
11:37
And another news from Afghanistan: A US military court has convicted an American soldier of three counts of premeditated murder for leading a rogue kill team in Afghanistan. Read the bbc report.
11:29
In the backdrop of an Afghan woman and her daughter being stoned to death, read this blog by MK Bhadrakumar.According to the Pentagon, India trains only Afghan police personnel on a small scale'. And that too, India trains only Afghan women police officers. The US would like to play...
11:26
Standard & Poor's accidentally released a message to some of its subscribers on Thursday saying that it had downgraded French debt from its top AAA rating. S&P said it was investigating what had gone wrong and stressed that France still had an AAA rating. On the bbc.co.uk. Read
11:24
Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson, has defended his use of propofol to put the singer to sleep. Read
11:22
Yesterday, Greece announced that Lucas Papademos was its new Prime Minister. See the live update yesterday. Today the new PM says the priority of his incoming coalition cabinet is to seek unity to keep Greece in the eurozone. The choices we make will be decisive for the Greek people, he...
11:20
A group of armed men have stoned a woman and her daughter to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, security officials told the BBC. Officials blamed the Taliban for the attack and said they had accused the widow and her daughter of moral deviation and adultery. Read
11:18
On Twitter: 11/11/11 or as I like to call it - Hrithik's fingers day
11:15
In the first list, out of 28, eleven witnesses are from Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which suggest that the agency wants to deal first with the charges against accused firms Reliance Telecom Ltd and Shahid Usman Balwa promoted Swan Telecom. Others in court today: Besides Raja and...
11:14
Update on what's happening in the CBI trial court hearing the 2G case today.Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, corporate honchos and telecom firms are among the high-profile accused at the court. First person on the stand: Special CBI Judge O P Saini started...
11:11
Just in: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to file within two weeks a comprehensive report about Pakistani nationals languishing in Indian jails. Details awaited.
11:10
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said a military strike against Iran could have unintended consequences. He said it would only delay Iran's nuclear efforts by three years at most. Read the story on the bbc.co.uk
11:06
I went to the bathroom and locked the door, 18-year-old Ashley Billasano tweeted. I took apart a razor. I did what I had to do to forget. I swear after that night I was never the same. Billasano told her painful story through the popular social networking site. Soon after, she had committed...
11:02
Get married, make a movie, or just pause for reflection: the many ways you can mark Friday morning's magical mathematical moment. at the 11th second and the 11th minute after the 11th hour, the date and time will form a 12-digit palindrome. It will be 11:11:11 on 11/11/11. We have had, since...
10:55
Earlier this week we reported how a new survey has revealed that more than half of young professionals won't work at a company that restricts the use of social media in the office. Well, it appears that a lot of graduates will soon be joining the dole queue, as new data from UK job site...
10:50
On the sidelines of the Saarc summit in the Maldives, Pakistan Interior minister Rehman Malik yesterday, said two things -- one, that Ajmal Kasab should be hanged, as well as the Samjhauta blast accused and two, there was no evidence to include the JuD as a terror group. Today, foreign Secretary...
10:45
A 30-year-old Moroccan has been indicted here on charges he helped the al-Qaeda network plot terror attacks. Abdeladim El-Kebir was charged with conspiring to provide material support, including personnel, training, lethalsubstances and explosives, to al-Qaeda.
10:44
Stay with us for details of the trial as it happens. On to world news for a bit. Iran and the nuclear crisis. After weeks of hyping intelligence on the military aspects of Iran's nuclear program, the Obama administration's public statements on the recently released International Atomic Energy...
10:38
The 2G trial begins in the Delhi court in which former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 150 witnesses will be examined. Court starts recording statement of Anand Subramaniam of Reliance Capital as prosecution witness in the case. CBI has to establish that Swan Telecom is a front for...
10:31
Kingfisher crisis: 130 pilots quit, 149 flights cancelled (The Times of India)The actual reason for the huge chaos among Kingfisher flyers across India became apparent on Thursday as the airline put its figures on the table. Read Army to stop ops if Omar lifts AFSPA? (Hindustan Times)In an...
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