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Tomorrow will mark the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks. Stay with us through the day for a complete coverage of all the events. Meanwhile, read up on our exclusive stories on the event.
18:20
On the Wall Street Journal: Flight from the currency reflects Delhi's failure to control spending. Read
18:18
On the eve of 26/11, read this: Mordechai Kaler, brother-in-law of Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg, shares a personal and miraculous story about how the Mumbai Shluchim affected his family even after their passing. To jog your memory, the Holtzbergs...
18:05
Meanwhile, BJP leader Uma Bharti today threatened to set on fire Walmart wherever it opens in the country to register her party's protest against allowing Foreign Direct Investment in retail. By giving permission to Walmart to directly invest in the retail sector, the Centre has jeopardised...
18:01
Just in: The government has cleared 18 FDI proposals worth Rs 2,126 crore.
17:58
On Reuters: Culture and continuity have prevailed in the Tata Group's search for a new chairman to head India's biggest business house. In hindsight, the sprawling conglomerate's flirtation with bringing in an outsider appears to have been only that.Read more on the Cyrus Mistry story....
17:50
This is what NDTV has on the arrest of Jigna Vora. Jigna Vora has been arrested for allegedly giving details like Mr Dey's motorcycle registration number and his address to fugitive underworld don Chotta Rajan, who is accused of masterminding the murder.The police claims that after Mr Dey...
17:35
The Indian Olympic Association has announced that they will be holding a vote next month on whether or not to boycott the London Olympic Games. Former and current Indian athletes have asked the Indian Olympic Association to take the action on December 5, because they object to Dow Chemicals 7m...
17:28
An insider's story of Parliament proceedings today:R Rajagopalan tweets: Pranabda threatened Dinesh Trivedi in the Union Cabinet. You are a first time MP and first time Minister. Do you know process of Cabinet.Pranabda attitude and rudeness with Dinesh Trivedi in the Union Cabinet was...
17:19
Patnaik adds that a mobile phone has been seized in the case. Jigna Vora has been remanded to police custody till December 1 and has been charged with murder and conspiracy in the killing of Mid Day crime journalist J Dey. Dey was shot dead on June 11.
17:17
Arup Patnaik, Mumbai police commissioner is addressing the media on the arrest of journalist Jigna Vora in the murder of J Dey. He says the department has prima facie evidence against Vora and are probing her links with the underworld and her phone records. Patnaik says this is the 11th arrest in...
17:11
An economist tells the Daily Beast, that economic and political freedoms are responsible for fat Americans -- and there's no reason to change. Read
17:07
While the world shops on the first Friday after Thanksgiving, in Egypt, protestors gear up for mass Friday rally ahead of polls. Read the bbc report.
17:02
Remember the Soviet-Sino split? Moscow and Beijing don't appear to. On the current developments in the Middle East and North Africa, at least, China and Russia have been increasingly coming together. More on Foreign Policy mag
16:59
Speculation is rife in central European media that Prince Charles could become the next King of Romania if the country's monarchy is restored, and give upthe British throne in favour of his eldest son William. The 63-year-old British king-in-waiting could stake claim to the throne in Romania...
16:55
It was a smack that resonated around India. When Harvinder Singh landed a meaty slap on Sharad Pawar yesterday, he claimed he was merely giving muscular articulation to widespread public despair over rampant inflation. Read on Firstpost.com.
16:51
The Friday after Thanksgiving has become a shopping phenomena in the United States, with hordes of shoppers queueing up at all hours of the night for discounted holiday goods. The annual tradition has even resulted in deaths, with victims crushed to death by teeming crowds. Even when...
16:48
Update: Journalist Jigna Vora has been sent to police custody till December 1. She has been charged with murder and conspiracy in the killing of Mid Day journalist J Dey.
16:45
Cricinfo's S Rajesh points out Dravid's the 2nd-oldest to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year. Only Bradman, who did it in 1948 at 40, was older.
16:15
It may be recollected that the CBI had chosen not to oppose the bail pleas of these five on grounds that they faced specific charges, apart from the umbrella section of 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, which entail five years sentence as maximum punishment. The agency has also slapped...
16:12
OK, finally, here it is. The Delhi High Court has denied bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi today. The bail plea hearing will be now be heard on Monday. Kanimozhi has been in jail since the last six months. The other accused whose bail plea was heard today include Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, former...
16:04
Just in: The Delhi Police today refused to take responsibility for the violence at the Ramlila Maidan during Baba Ramdev's fast and blamed the yoga guru during a hearing at the Supreme Court. The Delhi Police has told the SC that Ramdev was responsible for the violence at the Ramlila Maidan in...
16:00
Rediff.com has learned that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Manipur in early December. The state has seen over three months of economic blockades by tribal groups who are divided over the issue of a creation of a new district in the northeastern state. Meanwhile, it is reported...
15:51
A story of hope: A paralysed cyclist is 'cured' by bike crash and now hopes to take part in the Olympics. Read the Daily Mail story.
15:47
In Pakistan, the JuD protests against granting Most Favoured Nation status to India. See
15:44
Kanchan Gupta tweets: Opposition to FDI and scare mongering reminds me of anti-computer protests of mid-1980s. Eternal India.
15:43
Ms Bedi tweets: Team Anna met SR Yechury CPI(M) as Fup on Lokpal. They appear 2 b closer. But need United Opposition for a 'Miracle'See our 13:06 pm post for a related story.
15:37
The father of a woman gunned down with her Scottish businessman husband was last night named as the chief suspect in what is thought to have been an 'honour killing'. Glasgow-based Saif Rehman, 31, and Uzma Naurin, 30, from New York, were shot dead on a trip to Pakistan, when their car was...
15:33
The Daily Mail story in pictures: Inside Michael Jackson's home. See
15:28
Heads up if you're headed to London's Heathrow airport. You may not be able to deplane for 12 hours because of a strike by immigration officers over pensions.
15:25
Raise a toast to this. The Telegraph, UK, writes that Disney films will soon be made available to watch on YouTube. Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides and Cars 2 will be among the films initially available. Later, classsics such as Snow White are expected to be added...
15:17
The Ministry of Defence had more than 280 computers lost or stolen in the past 18 months, figures have revealed. Read the Daily Mail story.
15:11
On Firstpost.com: ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar doesn't think interest rates will come down. Here's why
15:09
Nice gory piece on cnn.com. A Pakistani woman is being held on suspicion of killing her husband, cutting him up and trying to cook the pieces, Karachi police said today. Zainab Bibi, 32, was arrested in connection with the murder Tuesday of her husband Ahmad Abbas, police said. Her 22-year-old...
15:07
Memogate Pak envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani tweets: New fake IDs being created like @hussainhaqqani &@Husain_Haqqani. Pls block & report
15:04
Last week some of us who signed here sent an open appeal to you requesting you to personally initiate the process of opening a dialogue with the Maoists as that, in our opinion, was the only way out to resolve differences with those who are the sons and daughters of our soil, and not our...
15:01
Standard & Poor's has downgraded its sovereign credit rating of Egypt, citing weak political and economic conditions, especially after violent clashes earlierthis month. The rating of Egypt has been cut one notch from 'BB-' to 'B+', indicating a slightly riskier credit profile for the...
14:58
The threat to the five-day format is not the fixture list, but a gap in standards, says the Telegraph, UK. Read
14:44
Also read: Will the Rahul effect kill Manmohanomics? On the Mainstreamweekly.com
14:43
Attacking BJP, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said the party's India Shining campaign was only for the leaders of the saffron brigade and not for the common people. In 2004 (during the general elections) the opposition had launched 'India shining' campaign...They can give this...
14:40
Tiny slices of famed physicist Albert Einstein's brain have been put on public display for the first time at a Philadelphia museum. The ultra-thin slices were taken from the physicist's brain in an attempt to find out what made him so extraordinary, the Daily Mail reported.
14:38
DMK MP Kanimzohi and the four other accused are unlikely to get bail today, reports CNBC-TV18
14:35
And the last one from the Guardian: Anders Behring Breivik's, the man behind the Norway massacre, calls to police are made public. Norwegian television station reveals recordings of killer's offer to surrender when he phoned police from Utya. Read These are the transcripts carried by the...
14:21
Thai Facebookers warned not to 'like' anti-monarchy groups. Yes, it's on the Guardian. Read
14:19
Christopher Nolan's final Batman film, starring a 37-year-old Christian Bale, will take place eight years after the events of TDK. Read
14:16
The Guardian's take on FDI in retail in India. India set to allow foreign supermarkets to open stores. Critics say move to open market up to multinational companies would risk putting small traders out of business. Read
14:13
Also on the Guardian: Sachin Tendulkar falls six runs short of 100th international century. Read
14:11
In other reads: Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood. That's on the Guardian.
14:06
At the Delhi HC, the bail pleas of all five accused will now be heard after the lunch break.
14:04
Kareena Kapoor has emerged as the sexiest Asian woman in the world, according to a survey. Katrina, who had won the title for the last three yearsby a large margin, slipped into second place. Hrithik Roshan's wife Sussanne received a massive number of votes and was one of the highest new...
13:54
West Bengal Police is waiting for slain Maoist leader Kishenji's family to formally identify his body kept at the police morgue at Jhargram.The standard procedure for identification will be followed. The next of kin will identify the body, Director General of Police Naparajit...
13:43
As a fallout of that assault on Sharad Pawar yesterday, the NCP had called a Pune Bandh today. However, the bandh evoked a partial response with many schools, commercial establishments and offices including Pune MahanagarParivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) remaining open. Some others were...
13:34
NCP supporters attempt to assault Harvinder Singh, the man who slapped Sharad Pawar yesterday, inside the Patiala House Court premises.
13:32
Here's why the Opposition is against FDI in retail leading to adjournements in Parliament. The BJP has been opposing the government's move to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, saying it would create unemployment in the country and adversely affect thousands of traders in the...
13:23
Understanding the plant experience helps us understand the human one, too. Said Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, also the first person from the Indian subcontinent to receive a US patent, and considered to be one of the fathers of radio science. On the Smartset.com
13:12
On twitter: R Rajagopalan: Heated discussions in Union Cabinet taken two and half hours on FDI in multi brand retall. Differences amongst Congress Ministers on FDI. Sharad Pawar, P Chidambaram, supported Pranabda on FDI in multi retail, while five Congress ministers opposed.What is the hurry...
13:06
More news on Team Anna: With the Parliamentary Standing Committee arriving at a broad consensus on recommending Constitutional status for Lokpal, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today wondered whether the UPA will pass the buck on to Opposition if the bill is not passed.Lokpal to be Constitutional...
12:54
Angry over Anna Hazare's statement on the attack on Union Minister Sharad Pawar, NCP supporters today staged a protest at the Gandhian's native village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district. 'Several slogan-shouting workers of Pawar's party reached the Yadav Baba temple, once the abode of...
12:49
Also read senior journalist Swapan Dasgupta's blog on the Telegraph, Calcutta on how economic reform is meaningless without intellectual revolution.
12:45
On twitter: R Rajagopalan: Dinesh Trivedi Railways Minister walked out of Cabinet meeting last night protesting against FDI in multi retail.
12:44
While on voters' link, read this report: Made in Mysore, marked across India
12:42
A report on PTI says that the Maharashtra Election Commission has decided to use marker pen instead of the indelible ink to mark voters on their forefinger because applying indelible ink in haste causes difficulties. The report, however, does not specify what they are. No other changes otherwise....
12:37
At the Delhi High Court, DMK MP Kanimozhi's and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar's bail plea are still being heard. The HC said earlier that giving bail to the executives is no ground for other accused getting bail. In Chennai, Karunanidhi waits it out...
12:35
Update on the killing of Maoist leader Kishenji. Maoists today have demanded an independent probe into the circumstances leading to his death in West Midnapore district, alleging that Kishenji was killed in a fake encounter at Burisole jungle. To protest this we are calling a two-day...
12:29
Heart-warming story from Pakistan: An eighth-grade girl was awarded the country's first National Peace Prize Thursday for her online diary reporting on the Taliban's ban on education for girls. Malala Yousufzai, a resident of Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan -- one of the most conservative...
12:25
In other news, three directors have quit the Japanese camera-maker Olympus, which is embroiled in one of the country's worst corporate scandals. Read more on bbc.co.uk
12:22
In the Lok Sabha, right now, MPs still condemning the attack/slap on Sharad Pawar yesterday. Normally, Fridays are reserved for MPs to initiate legislations, lost today due to disruptions in the Rajya Sabha.
12:20
In other news, Republican US presidential hopeful Herman Cain has faced a backlash from physicians, including Indian-origin doctors, over his remarks that he was worried about being treated by a doctor who sounded too foreign. Cain, 66, was talking about his battle with Sage IV colon cancer...
12:17
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day over FDI on retail.
12:05
Right now: Both sessions of Parliament are in session and Kanimozhi's bail plea is being heard.
12:04
Low news moment for a bit, so take time out to read this: Do biases -- some of them dangerous -- creep into every strategic choice we make? After a lifetime of research, Daniel Kahneman, the man touted as the world's most influential psychologist, is convinced that they do. Read the report...
11:58
On Twitter: SalmanRushdie: India obsessed by a slapped politician & the most ridiculously catchy song since Macarena. Must be a slow news moment. #Kolaveri #SharadPawar
11:57
Here are the details of what happened during the six minutes that Parliament was convened today. The government decision to allow FDI in retail caused an uproar in both Houses of Parliament, with ruling UPA ally Trinamool Congress leading the charge and the entire opposition joining them.Soon...
11:48
Jigna Vora was questioned twice in the past by the police and has been arrested under the MCOCA Act, under which the case is being heard. She will be tried on same charges as the other 11 accused -- murder and conspiracy to murder. She has been accused of providing Chhota Rajan with Dey's bike...
11:42
And another one: a backgrounder on memogate's secret emissary /coup-maker/ whistleblower/ revanchist -- Mansoor Ijaz. Read the piece on the Friday Times.
11:40
Back to memogate and the venerable Husain Haqqani, read Pakistani senior journalist Najam Sethi's opinion piece on the Friday Times. Read
11:34
Star News says that journalist Jigna Vora was arrested for revealing the whereabouts of J Dey which allowed the Chhota Rajan sharpshooters to zero in on him on June 11.
11:31
Here's what's on the Husain Haqqani episode on Twitter today: Brahma Chellaney: Hussain Haqqani's firing is just the latest evidence of who really rules Pakistan -- the military, which significantly still has US support. No wonder the Pakistani military gets away with anything -- from its...
11:25
Just in: Mumbai journalist Jigna Vora has been arrested in the murder of senior crime journalist J Dey who was working with Mid Day. Dey (56) was shot dead on June 11. So far, a close associate of Chhota Rajan has been arrested for the murder by the Mumbai Police, apart from...
11:18
Former premier Kamal Ganzouri has been appointed Egypt's new Prime Minister but protesters vowed to step up pressure on the country's military rulers and called for renewed agitation to demand the army quit power.Ganzouri, an economist who served as Egyptian premier under ousted president Hosni...
11:16
Just in: The Supreme Court refuses to declare as unconstitutional the impeachment proceedings against former Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen. You may recollect that the former HC judge made history by being the first judge to be impeached and removed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
11:09
Ahead tomorrow is a meeting between airline chiefs and the PM over the crisis in the aviation ministry.
11:07
This is getting to be monotonous, but here it is... both houses of Parliament have adjourned till noon over price rise. Ditto on day 1, 2 and 3. Incidentally, each hour of Parliament costs the exchequer Rs 25 lakh.
11:00
A Delhi University history professor Neerja Singh has compiled and edited a series of letters exchanged between our first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and then Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Another must-read on rediff.com
10:57
Tomorrow marks three years since the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, which left 166 dead. See our special stories on the occasion.
10:52
Rahul Pandita tweets: Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao, Kishenji's niece and others are on their way to Kolkata to bring back Kishenji's body to Hyderabad.On rediff.com, read: the Maoist who spent 30 years waging war against the state. Also see yesterday's Live! commentary for the...
10:47
Good morning. At the Delhi High Court, the bail hearing of DMK MP Kanimozhi has begun, along with five other accused in the 2G case. Earlier, the hearing was slated for December 1, but after the five corporates got bail this week, Kanimozhi filed a plea in the HC for an early hearing of her bail...
10:40
Kishenji killed in encounter (The Hindu)Elusive Maoist leader Molajula Koteshwara Rao, better known as Kishenji, was killed in an encounter with the joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there. Read Heartbreak for India, Sachin fails...
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