19:02
Just in: Industrialist Anu Aga (former chairperson for Pune-based company Thermax) and actress Rekha accept nomination for the Rajya Sabha. Sachin has not responded yet.
18:51
Just in: TV reports say Sachin has accepted the RS nomination. Confirmation awaited. Sachin, apparently, gave his OK to Sonia Gandhi, when he met her this morning.
18:34
Ayaz Memon on Twitter: Tendulkar as Rajya Sabha MP comes a day after hockey captain Dilip Tirkey was sworn in. Sports getting meaningful recognition you would say?
18:23
Kanchan Gupta: Media should push for Karunanidhi as President. Imagine headlines he will generate: I dream of Tamil Eelam, says President of India.
18:19
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) today welcomed government's nomination of Sachin Tendulkar as member of the Rajya Sabha, saying that the iconic batsmandeserves such an honour. BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Prof. Ratnakar Shetty told PTI that the Board was happy with the government's...
18:07
@Raza Rumi: Pakistan's legendary singer Mehdi Hasan issued an Indian visa for medical treatment. Traveling to Delhi and Mumbai.Hope he recovers soon. Three days ago, the son of legendary Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, had appealed for donations from the government...
18:04
With ally NCP surging ahead of Congress in the recent local body elections in Maharashtra, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's one-day visit to Mumbaitomorrow is being viewed in party circles as a move to put the state unit into a pro-active mode and retrieve lost ground. Rahul's...
17:51
Sharnarthee If Sachin wishes to keep his Mr Clean image intact, rejecting his nomination to Rajya Sabha would be a prudent move. Shoaib Sumar: If Sachin is going to be a Congress nominee, S&P might downgrade his God status. Pankaj...
17:48
There was a rail roko at Ambernath on the Central Railway in suburban Mumbai. Watch the video on rediff.com.
17:47
Actor and co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Shahrukh Khan was today directed by a local court here to appear before it on May 26 after he was seen smoking at the SMS stadium during an IPL match. Taking cognisance of a complaint filed by a privatecricket academy, the court of Additional Chief...
17:41
Meanwhile, Karti Chidambaram, son of Home Minister P Chidambaram, today dismissed charges made against him by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on investments in Aircel against which a CBI case is on. There is no no truth. None of the companies in which Karti has any interest...
17:39
Sachin Tendulkar and Dhyan Chand could receive the Bharat Ratna. Derek O'Brien @quizderek Former India captains in Rajya Sabha. Hockey got there before cricket! Dilip Tirkey sworn in yesterday... now Tendulkar. Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle says people are trying to...
17:23
Derek O'Brien @quizderek: Currently seat number 100 in Rajya S is Ashok Ganguly fmr Chairman HLL. He just told me he'll move to a nearby seat and give @sachin_rt 100.
17:14
Sachin is yet to respond to the recommendation.
17:11
It's confirmed. The Centre has recommended that Sachin Tendulkar be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Another name that's doing the rounds is actress Rekha.
16:57
Our correspondent also tells us that the BJP plans to move a private members' Bill in the Lok Sabha for a separate Telangana state. The move for the bill gained momentum after the Lok Sabha suspended Congress MPs after they raised the issue of Telangana. The process involved in a private...
16:51
Our correspondent tells us that UPA2 is believed to have identified four names for nominations to Rajya Sabha. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the four, says highly placed sources. It may be remembered that Tendulkar and his wife met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence today.
16:46
Just in: A Delhi court has reserved the order on the defamation case filed by Lt Col (retd) Tejinder Singh against Army Chief VK Singh. Tejinder Singh wanted the court to issue a direction to the government to initiate disciplinary inquiry against the chief for issuing public statements. He cited...
16:34
The security of the country will not be compromised by issue of Aadhaar cards for the people, as this does not confer right of citizenship to anyone including illegal migrants, Rajya Sabha was informed today. Aadhaar does not confer citizenship nor does it by itself confer right of...
16:28
Remember the British woman who gave birth to eight babies in 2009 and was promptly dubbed 'octomum'. Well, she is being investigated over claims she and her kids are living in squalor. See the pictures on the Daily Mail
16:24
Six Indian writers, including Jahnavi Barua and Rahul Bhattacharya, figure in the shortlists of the 2012 Commonwealth Book and Short Story Prizes. Barua, for her novel Rebirth, Bhattacharya for his The Sly Company of People Who Care and C Y Gopinath for The Book of Answers have been...
16:16
The evidence is clear: The best predictor of a state's stability is how its women are treated. An interesting read on Foreignpolicy.com:
16:10
Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid today took a dig at the BJP saying Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should contemplate why the United States is still not in favour of giving him a visa. US in their policy, I am sure they look at everything they want to look at. Not for us to...
15:54
Subramanian Swamy, who wants P Chidambaram to be investigated for his alleged role in the telecom scam, today made new allegations of corruption against the Union Minister's son, reports NDTV. In a three-page letter dated April 24 to the Prime Minister, Swamy has said that Chidambaram should be...
15:49
A Swiss woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual journey which involved giving up food and water and attempting to exist on nothing but sunlight. The woman, who was in her fifties, apparently got the idea after watching the documentary film 'In the Beginning, There Was Light' which...
15:43
Pakistan Prime Minister and cabinet have decided to appeal the Supreme Court's order, says Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan. Scroll down what happened in the Gilani trial today.
15:23
Apart from Bofors, there was another debate in Parliament today. The government today said that district collectors who pursue development agenda are being abducted by Naxals but made it clear it will continue itsefforts in Maoist-hit areas despite such setbacks. Through a...
15:18
The Maharashtra government today said it is conducting comparative studies of Lokayukta Acts of various states and would take a decision on enacting the same only if its provisions are not included in the Centre's Lokpal Bill.I feel that the Lokayukta aspect will not be included in the Lokpal...
15:06
Sachin Tendulkar along with his wife Anjali today paid a courtesy visit toCongress President Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath Residence in New Delhi. Sonia wanted to meet the batting great and personally congratulate him on achieving the historic feat of scoring 100 international...
14:57
The Supreme Court refuses to quash Justice Dalveer Bhandari's nomination to the International Court of Justice, says PTI. Justice Bhandari has authored judgments that requested Parliament to take a fresh look at divorce laws to permit irretrievably break down of marriage as a ground...
14:38
The Naxals also want the withdrawal of Operation Greenhunt -- an anti-Naxal op, to be withdrawn immediately. Read this letter written by Jharkhand Indigenous People's Forum to P Chidambaram in 2010 on the removal of Operation Greenhunt.
14:28
This comes hours after Naxals released Orissa BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka. And remember, Sukma DC Alex Paul Menon is still in captivity.
14:25
There's just been a Naxal strike in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Naxals entered a village and abducted 10 people, killing two. They have demanded the withdrawal of CRPF forces from the area and a halt to combing operations.
14:16
The BJP charged Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar of provoking the House through his personal attack on Arun Jaitley during the debate on the Bofors revelations. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar claimed that Jaitley was statesman like in his speech during the debate and never mentioned the Congress...
14:08
Kanchan Gupta @KanchanGupta Recall UP rally where VP Singh showed his digital diary (a rage then) to folks and said Is mey Bofors ke dalalon ka Swiss bank number hai. Kanchan Gupta: Itna sara paisa was all of 60 odd crores. Loose change in this day and...
14:03
APJ Abdul Kalam @official_kalam Hearty congratulations to the ISRO family for successfully launching RISAT 1 .... which will be a great milestone.
14:01
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi were present in the House when the Opposition members raised the issue. The Lok Sabha had earlier seen brief disruption on the issue during Question Hour.Singh posed a series of questions on the matter and asked why the...
13:49
Parliament is to reconvene at 2 pm. Meanwhile, former CPI MLA Manish Kunjam, who today returned after delivering medicines to abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, has said the IAS officer's health was stable and he was hopeful of his speedy release. Chattisgarh government...
13:40
Admitting that the NDA had failed to get Quattrocchi extradited after his arrest in Malaysia, Jaswant Singh said, Many will say why did you not do it. You have failed, we have failed. But don't consider our failure as your success.Observing that it gave him no delight to raise this issue, he...
13:24
More of what senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh said in Parliament today on the Bofors scam: Though the correct weapon was acquired, it was acquired in a wrong manner .... You (Congress) have paid, we have paid. The nation continues to pay. Till you don't remove this thorn, the poison will...
13:09
Update yourself on the 25-year-old scandal.Aiming to replace the old field guns and artillery in the hands of the Army, the Indian government in the mid 1980s decided to go ahead with the induction of bigger calibre 155 mm howitzers. The Haubits FH-77 gun manufactured by AB Bofors of...
12:57
Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep In 1980s, entire sessions of parliament were blocked on Bofors. We're in 21st century, new challenges, but same rhetoric.
12:56
Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar shouts at the Speaker. Speaker says MS Aiyar was making personal attacks; Aiyar's reaction has to be seen to be believed. After repeated attempts to get him to sit down, the speaker adjourns the RS. Of course, the opposition helps with continued din. Which means...
12:43
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm after ruckus over the Bofors issue. Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam made an attempt to speak, but was drowned out by the opposition.
12:40
CPI says Bofors is not a closed chapter, case has to be reopened. Congress says the case was closed on the Supreme Court's instructions.
12:38
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.
12:35
CPM's Basudeb Acharya says Bofors is now a closed chapter. BJP wants to know why the Red Corner Notice against Quattarocchi was removed. Also read: Big B on Bofors clean chit: 'They lost ultimately'
12:31
Question Hour has been derailed in the Rajya Sabha over the Bofors issue. Remember, in his interview with Chitra Subramaniam-Duella, the journalist who broke the Bofors story, (then with The Hindu), Sten Lindstrom says: There was no evidence that he (Rajiv Gandhi) had received any bribe. But he...
12:26
Jaswant Singh says it was his failure that he could not get Quattarocchi extradited. BJP says a judicial panel needs to be set up to look into the scam.
12:24
The Bofors issue is being raised in both the Lok Sabha (Jaswant Singh) and the Rajya Sabha (Arun Jaitley). BJP senior leader Jaswant Singh says the Congress lost power because of the Bofors issue. He says Bofors is a saga of continuing corruption and that government connivance helped...
12:09
In other news, Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Basu is believed to have given clarification about hiscomments on economic reforms, which had generated a big debate on the issue across the country. During his visit to the US last week, Basu...
12:05
The six hardcore cadres that the Maoists want freed in exchange for the abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon have 122 criminal and terror cases lodged against them. Three women top this dreaded list of cadres. One of them is Nirmala, who has as many as 67 cases pending against...
11:56
The immediate fallout of the Sukma collector's abduction is that security along the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh border has been tightened and government officials posted in the Palamau division have been asked not to move without security in Maoist-hit areas. Will that really help? Remember...
11:45
The Hindu op-ed on ISRO's RISAT-1 successfully launched today. In the popular mind, radar satellites have a swashbuckling image that is often associated with covertly watching over other countries and tracking their military hardware. These satellites can certainly serve that sort of function....
11:42
Meanwhile, Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon is still in captivity. Four prominent Indian intellectuals and rights activists have publicly condemned the Maoists' abduction on Saturday and the murder of his two guards. Read the report on the Wall Street Journal
11:35
Also read: Why Risat-1 is so important to India. On Firstpost.com
11:33
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully launched the Radio Imaging Satellite -1 (RISAT-1) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Moments after the launch, ISRO chairman Dr. K Radhakrishnan termed the mission as a grand success. PSLV-C19 has successfully injected Indias first...
11:27
In other news: The United States has said there is no change in its visa policy with regard to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Our position on the visa issue hasn't changed at all,' State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference on Wednesday....
11:16
Rajya Sabha adjourned for 15 minutes following uproar over the Bofors issue.
11:16
On Firstpost.com: Maoists say it's time for ruthless action. Read
11:11
After his release, Jhina Hikaka has refused to make any comments on whether he has actually resigned as MLA. It is believed he may have been forced into giving the written undertaking to his captors. As of now, Hikaka looks happy, but harassed with the media and crowds penning him in.
11:05
The Pakistan Supreme Court has been pushing the government to reopen cases of money laundering against President Zardari in Switzerland since December 2009, when it struck down a graft amnesty (National Reconciliation Ordinance) issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. The...
11:03
The Pakistan SC, who admonished PM Gilani with a symbolic 30-second conviction ensured he made history by becoming the first sitting PM to be convicted. During proceedings in courtroom number four that lasted less than 10 minutes, the seven-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk announced...
10:59
Hikaka was abducted on March 24 by the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee of CPI (Maoist). While in custody, Hikaka had allegedly said the government is not making enough efforts to release him because he is a tribal. After his release today, Hikaka said he was fine and in good health...
10:51
Hikaka will now be taken to his home in Lakshimpur to meet his wife and for a much-delayed medical check-up.
10:48
Back to Hikaka: The mediator says Jhina Hikaka has given an undertaking in writing that he will resign from his post, which was a pre-condition for his release.
10:47
Update on Gilani: Pakistan's Express Tribune says that under Article 63 (1) (g) of the Constitution, Gilani is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction for propagating any opinion, or acting in any manner, prejudicial to the ideology of Pakistan, or the sovereignty, integrity or security of...
10:43
Meanwhile, as we said earlier, Maoists have released abducted Biju Janata Dal Member of Legislative Assembly Jhina Hikaka on Thursday morning. The release comes after a 32-day captivity. Media reports said that Hikaka was released at an undisclosed location into the custody of his wife, and Nihar...
10:36
A seven-judge bench of the court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, announced the verdict in the contempt of court case. Politicians, lawyers and journalists (local and international) were also present in the court for the hearing. Government officials and dignitaries present at the court included...
10:35
This is what the Dawn has on the Gilani's 'conviction'. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday was convicted of contempt of court and sentenced until the rising of the court, DawnNews reported.The prime minister has been found guilty of contempt for willful flout of the...
10:32
Good morning. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was today convicted by the Supreme Court in a contempt case. Gilani appeared before a seven-judge bench that is hearing a contempt of court case initiated against the premier for refusing to act on orders to reopen graft cases against...
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