17:51
Facing heat from dissidents, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin today tendered his resignation to the Governor paving the way for a newincumbent for the post.
17:27
Quick takes: Jammu and Kashmir's Opposition PDP today re-elected incumbent party chief Mehbooba Mufti as its president for the fourth time after she won the elections unopposed.The Delhi High Court today sought CBI's response to a plea by Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) for quashing of charges against...
17:23
'Blatant disregard' of norms has been detected in the functioning of most flying schools in the country, with the DGCA warning them of strong action includingcancellation of their permits if they failed to comply with the guidelines within 30 days.The audit by the DGCA came in the wake of the...
17:01
BBC journalists are being trained on the correct way of reporting the British Queen's death in order to avoid an on-air blunder. The news organization was heavily criticised when a former newsreader Peter Sissons, pronounced the Queen Mother's death in 2002, dressed in a grey suit accompanied...
16:53
Also from the Dawn: Does Imran Khan have what it takes to bring out all those who gathered at his rally and persuade them to actually vote? ReadAlso see our 15:18 pm post: Imran tells Delhi to withdraw troops from J-K
16:48
His charisma and cricket career adds to his appeal. Would we prefer if he had a criminal past? On the Dawn.
16:43
On IBN Live: The new chairman of the Press Council of India Markandey Katju slammed the media saying that he is very disappointed with the way in which the Indian media works. Katju also said that the media is not working for the interest of the people and sometimes divide the people of the...
16:39
LK Advani's quip for the day. Asserting that the corruption has been taken to new levels in the country during the rule of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the BJP veteran today termed the cash-for-votes scam the dirtiest scandal in the history of independent...
16:33
Some analysts suggest China's vast network of underground tunnels is evidence it is undertaking a massive build-up of its nuclear arsenal. Actually, China has reason to worry about the US. Read it on the Diplomat.
16:30
The Delhi High Court today sought CBI's response to a plea by Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) for quashing of charges against it in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MPKanimozhi and others.
16:28
China's growing power and muscle-flexing vis--vis its neighbors have now resulted in a regional balancing effort. Earlier this month presidents of China's southern neighbors, Burma and Vietnam, made official visits to India - as much recognition of India's growing economic and...
16:22
Sebastian Vettel, a proud winner of the first ever Indian GP, discovered in less than a week's stay here that Indian people are happy and content despite having not much in contrast to Europeans, who have every luxury to enjoy.I think it is a very impressive country, very different to what we...
16:15
Irish author Bram Stoker's private journal, in which he sketched out his first thoughts about his legendary creation Dracula, has been unearthed after more than 100 years. The thin, unmarked book was discovered on a shelf in hisgreat-grandson's home on the Isle of Wight. It had been passed...
16:09
The United Nations' cultural agency said it would decide later on Monday whether to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that could boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations. Reuters has the story.
16:05
Also on the NYT op-ed page: The death of disgraced Hare Krishna leader Swami Bhaktipada dredges up memories for Rahul Mehta. Read
16:03
Even as Anna Hazare announced that he would break his maun vrat this week, read Lydia Polgreean and Sruthi Gottipati on the NYT blogs on whether the great Indian middle-class will continue to stick by Hazare. Read
15:55
With the figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in 2G spectrum allocation being disputed, CAG Vinod Rai and other officials of the government auditor will beasked to appear before the JPC looking into the issue.The Joint Parliamentary Committee, which met today, decided to ask Rai, his deputy Rekha...
15:50
Worried they might return with provocative tales of a populist uprising that just toppled another Middle East dictator, strongman Kim Jong-il has issued a decree to North Koreans in Libya -- don't bother coming home. Read the report on the Los Angeles Times.
15:39
None of it bothers me: Bill Gates brushes off criticism by Steve Jobs and heaps praise on his late competitor. Read more on the Daily Mail Gates was said to have been fascinated by Jobs but called him 'fundamentally odd' and 'weirdly flawed as a human being'.
15:29
Just in: Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda was allegedly beaten up by jail authorities after he went on hunger strike demanding better food in jail. He has been admitted to a hospital in Ranchi. Koda has been in jail since November 2009 in a Rs 4000 crore money laundering scam. The same month,...
15:22
Three Hundred Ramayanas: The essay Delhi University deemed unfit for its students. Read the story on Open magazine.
15:18
Former Pakistani cricketer turned politician, Imran Khan, laid the plank for an aggressive a 2013 prime-ministerial campaign, by raking up India's presence in Kashmir while addressing a massive gathering in Lahore. Kashmir remains an important political issue for any party that seeks to establish...
15:16
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was seized by Gaddafi forces in the town of Zawiya during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising and held for two weeks. In his first dispatch from post Gaddafi Libya, he describes his return to his former cell and his encounters with his erstwhile jailers. Read his story...
14:40
Over the course of 45 years in the film business, Francis Ford Coppola has refined a singular code of ethics that govern his filmmaking. There are three rules: 1) Write and direct original screenplays, 2) make them with the most modern technology available, and 3) self-finance them....
14:21
On the Hindustan Times: Tarun Tejpal responds to Hartman D'Souza's accusations of an illegally built house in Goa. Read
14:19
And while on cricket, read this piece from smh.com.au: Don Bradman's farewell bow from Test cricket was incongruously abrupt. Still wanting for the most famous four he never hit, he was quickly lost in the shadows of The Oval pavilion. Now he has too rapidly disappeared from the public eye and...
14:13
Just in: The ICC is also set to have a new CEO very shortly with incumbent Haroon Lorgat set to lose his job. At its last Board meeting the ICC formed a nomination committee for the first time in three years comprising Sharad Pawar as chairman, and has Alan Isaac, Dr Julian Hunte and Keith Oliver...
14:08
Hit by repeated incidents of labour unrest, Maruti Suzuki India expects car production at its Manesar plant to reach normal levels only by the end ofDecember this year.Speaking to analysts today, a Maruti Suzuki India spokesperson said the company was ramping up output at the Manesar unit...
14:04
Update on Nargis, one of the world's 7th billion babies. The world's population touched another milestone today as India and the Philippines welcomed symbolic seventh-billionth babies. A baby girl, born to 23-year-old Vinita and Ajay at a local community health centre at 7.20 am here on the...
14:01
A local court today extended till November 14 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy and OMC Managing Director B Srinivas Reddy in the illegal mining case.
13:56
Must see from The Sun: Rowan Atkinson grimaces in frustration as he watches Lewis Hamilton come unstuck during yesterday's Indian Grand Prix. The Blackadder comic looked on in despair as the ace collided with Brazilian nemesis Felipe Massa for the sixth time this season.
13:53
Taxpayers have shelled out more than £25million on crown court translators in just six years, The Sun reports. The cost of providing interpreters for foreign criminals, witnesses and victims works out at £11,437 a day. So the total since 2005 could be as high as £100million. The most...
13:51
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was today anointed the tenth Nawab of Pataudi at a ceremony at his ancestral palace here. The 41-year-old actor was made the Nawab at a 'pagdi' ceremony this morning at the Ibrahim Palace where heads of villages tied a white turban around his head as mother...
13:48
More on Danica May Camacho as the Philippines welcomed one of the world's symbolic seven billionth babies, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at a packed government-run hospital. Read
13:44
Genetically modified mosquitoes could prove effective in tackling dengue fever and other insect-borne diseases, a UK-based scientific team has shown. The male mosquitoes are modified so their offspring die before reproducing. Read the report on bbc.co.uk
13:41
Also on the NYT: An antigovernment rally in Lahore, led by the former cricket star Imran Khan, attracted a huge crowd estimated at more than 100,000 people on Sunday evening. The rally represented what supporters and some political analysts said was Mr. Khan's emergence as a serious...
13:37
He told me he began to appreciate the power of intuition, in contrast to what he called Western rational thought, when he wandered around India after dropping out of college. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, he said. They use their intuition instead ......
13:34
Kisan Baburao Hazare makes it to the New York Times Opinion pages via Bill Keller, the former Executive Editor of the Times. Read
13:28
Columnist Tavleen Singh on the incredible powers of a junior minister. Read it on the Indian Express
13:19
The crippling economic blockades on two national highways in Manipur entered the 93rd day today, even as one of the sponsors called for a 48-hour bandh in five hill districts from midnight tonight to mount pressure on the government.
13:15
The 2G controversy rocked Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting in Delhi today with opposition parties demanding that former DG (Audit) R P Singh be summoned and asked why he differs with CAG on the quantum of loss while Congress members opposed the move.With differences...
12:57
Also on Reuters: Before Indra Nooyi became CEO of PepsiCo Inc or Vikram Pandit took the reins at Citigroup Inc there was Rajat Gupta, the original global Indian who was the first to head a major Western business. Read
12:55
Also read: The worst of the Madoff crimes
12:55
Ruth and Andrew Madoff reveal whether they knew about Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, the reasons behind Ruth and Bernie's suicide attempt, why Ruth will never divorce Bernie, and more. Excerpts from the 60 Minutes interview on the Daily BeastRuth is Bernie Madoff's wife, Andrew, their son....
12:50
On Reuters: Pieces from a huge collection of priceless ancient coins, jewellery and statuettes, looted from a bank vault in eastern Libya in the chaos of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, have appeared in the local souk and are being taken abroad. Read
12:47
Just in: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the J&K government on a plea for the CBI to probe into the mysterious death of NC activist Mohd Yusuf Haji.
12:39
On Time magazine: How Nitish Kumar turned Bihar into a model of Indian reform. Read
12:37
Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton says he's been through a tough time since splitting from singer Nicole Scherzinger.The Sun exclusively revealed the pair had called it a day last week after four years together. Read
12:31
Also on Reuters: Chinese state media denounced the Dalai Lama today for his views on reincarnation, saying that the exiled Buddhist monk was trying to revise history, compounding his crimes as a separatist. Read
12:29
On Reuters: Seven-billionth human marks demographic change: expert
12:27
Read this report on the GlobalPost.com for mind-boggling population statistics.
12:21
Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today said there was a massive public opinion in favour of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but maintained that all the stakeholders should discuss the issue and take acollective decision.If you see the people's opinion across the country, there is a...
12:19
The launch of a revolutionary new camera means you can refocus any picture you take. Whether you'll ever produce a masterpiece is another matter, says the Guardian report
12:16
The Daily Mail story on the Philippines baby: The United Nations recognises Danica, born in the Phillipines, as one of the world's symbolic 'seven billionth' babies, presenting her with a special cake. Read
12:10
Details of the seven billionth baby in a bit... Meanwhile, read this story on the Independent.co.uk, on how human rights groups and NGOs have accused HSBC bank of colluding in a campaign of intimidation which they say is being waged against them by Egypt's ruling military council.
12:08
The world's population has reached seven billion, with two babies born at the same time, one in UP and the other in Manila. 51 babies are born every minute in India, of which 11 are in UP. One of the two babies, was born at 7 am today and is called Nargis.
12:01
The Karnataka high court today granted bail to former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, who was arrested in connection with the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board land scam. Justice B V Pinto while granting interim bail to Naidu for three months on health grounds on a surety of Rs 5 lakh...
11:53
Also see Vir Sanghvi's piece for Outlook magazine: Radia tapes weren't authentic, they were manipulated. A year after the Radia tapes were leaked, Sanghvi, one of those implicated in the conversations, says he has definite proof that the tapes were doctored. Read
11:49
Also on the WSJ: What do Kiran Bedi and Kapil Sibal have in common?
11:47
We told you earlier that Niira Radia, the corporate lobbyist who reached the pinnacle of the public relations business by juggling the coveted mandates of the Tata group and Reliance Industries before falling headlong into a tapes scandal, has shut down her consultancy business in India. In...
11:44
FP story: It seems that India is attempting to infuse its military workings dogs with a little James Bond style mojo. According to reports out this week, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is claiming to have aone-of-a-kind elite war-dog team. Read
11:38
Intolerant, fundamentalist and extremist. This is the general impression of Pakistani society in the world outside Pakistan, though a deeper look would lead the observer to discover another layer - altogether different than the one visible from Europe and America. Read it on FP
11:36
Back to FP with this story: Why the Colombia model -- even if it means drug war and armed rebellion -- is the best chance for U.S. success in Central Asia. Read
11:31
A brief interruption to give you this tweet from R Rajagopalan: BJP abstains Parlament function to offer floral tributes to Sardar Patel birthday. PM present why not BJP? Congress busy with this sms. Sardar Vallabhai Patel was born this day in 1875.
11:29
And in that context: Barack Obama has decided to send 100 Special Forces troops to the Heart of Darkness in order to defeat evil. Readit on the Foreign Policy magazine.
11:26
Here's a rush of stories from the Foreign Policy magazine. The US caught a lot of flak this year for having partnered with Tunisia's Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Libya's Muammar al-Qaddafi before uprisings rocked...
11:21
Here's Nishi Tiwari's story from Gorakhpur. Babita, 20, became the proud mother of a baby girl at the district hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, at 12.20 am on Monday. Her yet-to-be-named daughter may have already created history -- she could be the world's seven billionth baby. Read more
11:18
Shortly, on rediff.com, 20-year-old Babita from Gorakhpur, UP, delives a baby girl at 12.20 am today. No confirmation yet, on whether the baby girl, in fact, upped the world population to 7 billion. Meanwhile, the cnn.com story, on how big is 7 billion actually.
11:11
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been named in a US government report on people trafficking for his alleged relationship with a minor girl. The 75-year-old politician is accused of having sexual relations with belly dancer Karima El Mahroug at one of the evenings he hosted at...
11:10
And on cnn.com: Qantas Airways said Monday afternoon it was awaiting regulatory approval to resume flights after a government labor board ordered it to end a dispute with its unions that grounded the airline over the weekend. Read
11:08
Memorable for reports of doors opening mid-air and parts of the engine falling off, Australia’s embattled national carrier Qantas Airways will start flying again from today after an unprecedented grounding. The airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce announced that the Civil Aviation...
11:05
Almost a month after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs', stories on the visionary continue. The last minutes in the life of Jobs were still filled by the epiphanies and moments of inspiration that fed his inventor's mind, according to an intimate portrait provided by Jobs' sister in a...
10:57
The Delhi High Court seeks police response on bail pleas of four accused including Sudheendra Kulkarni and 2 ex-BJP MPs in the cash-for-vote case.
10:43
Radia downs PR shutters (The Telegraph)Niira Radia, the corporate lobbyist who reached the pinnacle of the public relations business by juggling the coveted mandates of the Tata group and Reliance Industries before falling headlong into a tapes scandal, has shut down her consultancy business in...
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