18:48
Another fallout of the President's visit to South Africa is that Vice President Hamid Ansari will be chief guest at National Film Festival, where Vidya Balan is expected to get an award for the Dirty picture.
18:45
Our sources tell us that the BJP's internal decision is to keep an eagle eye on existing top-ranking IAS, IPS and IFS officers, who have been toeing the UPA2 line of approach and have thereby NOT remained neutral. These officials are also criticising BJP-ruled states in their internal notes and...
18:41
And talking about Sunday, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be in New Delhi for three days, beginning Sunday. The buzz at the BJP headquarters is that Bhagwat will ask the BJP national executive to amend its constitution to accommodate Nitin Gadkari for another term as BJP president.
18:39
While we await the latest on the hostage situation in London, our sources in Delhi tell us that the Prime Minister's Office has sent three names for appointment as governors to the President. The communique is expected tonight. President Pratibha Patil is leaving for...
18:33
This is what the Guardian has to say about the hostage-like situation in London. The Metropolitan police said they had thrown a 100-metre cordon around the area in Tottenham Court Road and were advising members of the public to stay away. A police negotiator was on the way to the scene, and armed...
18:25
According to the Telegraph, an onlooker said the man, named as Michael Green, had walked into the offices of Advantage, a logistics company which offers HGV courses. She said he had threatened to blow himself up before taking four hostages, including the company director. One woman pleaded for...
18:23
Four people reportedly being held hostage in a building in London. The man is believed to be carrying a bomb. Police have surrounded the building. The Telegraph says there is a heavy police presence at the scene in Tottenham Court Road, where office buildings were evacuated after a man was...
18:15
Congress reacts to Bangaru Laxman's arrest saying it cannot be compared to the Bofors case as no evidence of a scam was found in the Bofors scam. Today, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was convicted for taking a Rs 1 lakh bribe in a sting operation conducted by Tehelka.com in 2001.The BJP...
18:10
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actor Rekha were nominated to the Rajya Sabha yesterday but while almost nothing was said about Rekha's nomination, a huge controversy has been created around the master batsman's decision to accept the nomination. On Firstpost.com
17:52
As the hostage crisis in Chhattisgarh entered the seventh day today, mediators of the state government and the Maoists failed to achieve any breakthrough to secure the release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon after the second round of talks. The former chief secretary of...
17:34
One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, has escaped from house arrest and has released a video addressed to Premier Wen Jiabao. In it he makes three demands, including one that Wen investigate what Chen, who is blind, calls the brutal beating up of his family members. Rights...
17:26
Just in: A Pakistani marine opens fire on Indian fishermen near the international maritime boundary. One fisherman has been injured.
17:14
Government lacks political will to take hard decisions and is hiding behind coalition politics, Chairman and Managing Director of biotechnologymajor Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said today. I think the Government has to wake up and the Government cannot keep hiding behind coalition politics, she...
17:10
The CBI files a chargesheet in a Delhi court against former Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss and nine others in a corruption case. Ramadoss, health minister in UPA-I, has been under the CBI scanner after the arrest of former MCI chairman Ketan Desai in February 2010. The CBI had...
16:43
Congress member of Parliament Mani Shankar Aiyar says the Bofors case must be treated as closed and the BJP should learn that truth cannot be unveiled by resorting to character assassination and downright lies. Read the interview on rediff.com.
16:38
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she welcomed the visit of Hillary Clinton to Kolkata, but would not comment whether the US Secretary of State was scheduled to meet her. If she comes to Kolkata we welcome her. When it will be finalised you will come to know. I am holding...
16:35
In pictures: Monika Samaan, now 14, got salmonella poisoning and fell into a coma for six months when she was aged just seven. After finally waking she was left suffering spastic quadriplegia, a condition that affects the movement of all four limbs, and is now wheelchair-bound. See
16:35
In pictures: Monika Samaan, now 14, got salmonella poisoning and fell into a coma for six months when she was aged just seven. After finally waking she was left suffering spastic quadriplegia, a condition that affects the movement of all four limbs, and is now wheelchair-bound. See
16:25
On the Guardian: A new website allows women to pair up with friendly lunch dates -- but surely it would be better to stop stigmatising solitary types. Read
16:05
Rajya Sabha is a place for retired people and one hopes that Sachin Tendulkar does not get bored with his new responsibility, actress and former MP Hema Malini said today.It is a very prestigious thing. I am happy for him. This(RS) is for retired people...and I suppose he is not retired yet. I...
16:01
Rediff.com's Vrushali Lad who has been following Rahul Gandhi's tour of Mumbai, says after his meeting with the young guns of the Congress party delegates from the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Youth Congress at Bhaidas Hall in suburban Vile Parle, the Congress general secretary...
15:38
Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi wears many hats. The 53-year-old is a Rajya Sabha member, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice, Personnel and Grievances, a leading Supreme Court lawyer, and a Congress spokesperson to boot, a loud and combative voice of the...
15:35
Sucheta Dalal: We dont have to agree with the views of stars & personalities - we need to know they have strong views & will represent them in parliament! Sucheta Dalal: Frankly Sunil Dutt, Nargis, Shabana Azmi have all been effective. lets have thinking stars by all means....
15:32
Details on the PIA 'hijack': A Pakistan International Airlines flight today made an emergency landing at the Karachi airport after a passenger allegedly threatened to hijack the aircraft. PIA flight PK-586, which was flying from Karachi to Bahawalpur in Punjab province, turned back to the port...
15:29
On April 27, 1912, to be precise when a naughty little girl was born. She loved to climb trees and engage in all sorts of antics to amuse herself and anyone who'd bother to watch in her hometown of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. Although she was one among six other siblings and her parents were fiercely...
15:24
The Supreme Court directs dentist Nupur Talwar to surrender before the Ghaziabad trial court on Monday in the Aarushi Talwar murder case. The SC also refused to stay the arrest warrant against Nupur.Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 murder of her 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and their servant...
15:10
In 2001, Tehelka.com conducted a sting where a reporter posing as an arm dealer offered Laxman Rs 1 lakh as a kickback for a contract. Hidden cameras caught Mr Laxman accepting the bribe. Laxman accepted the money in return for hiring the company to supply hand-held thermal imagers to the...
14:59
A PIA aircraft lands at Karachi after a passenger threatens to hijack it; all passengers evacuated.
14:58
Journalist Aniruddha Bahl, who did the sting operation on Bangaru Laxman, says he is relieved that the story has been proved right.
14:52
For now, Bangaru Laxman has been taken to judicial custody. The sentencing will be held tomorrow. Here are the excerpts from the sting operation carried out by Tehelka in 2001.
14:48
Bangaru Laxman breaks down in courtroom after hearing the conviction. The former BJP president had stepped down from his post after the expose.
14:43
Armed with the surface-to-surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a medium range gun and anti-submarine rockets, guided missile frigate INS Teg will be commissioned into the Indian Navy today at the Yantar shipyardin Russia. INS Teg is a modern warship with advanced technologies to make...
14:41
Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman on Friday was found guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act by a Delhi court. He was found guilty in connection with the 2001 Tehelka sting operation case, during which he was seen taking a bribe of Rs one crore on camera by a reporter posing as a...
14:04
The Centre today sought more time from the Delhi High Court to respond to former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh's plea for directions to the Army HQs for withdrawal of its March 5 press release, which had alleged he offered a bribe to the Army chief to clear a defence acquisition deal. Appearing...
14:02
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi from April 30th to May 2nd, 2012 to interact with party workers from Amethi Parliamentary Constituency. Today, however, he is in Mumbai, part of the two-day visit to Maharashtra, his first after the drubbing that the Congress party...
13:51
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Trinamool Congress that the government would do everything possible to bail out debt-ridden West Bengal, as party MPs sought a three-year moratorium on interest payment. A day after they placed their demands before Finance Minister Pranab...
13:46
And of course, this had to happen. A day after cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, CPI today demanded that former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly's name should also be considered for the Upper House. I welcome the decision to nominate...
13:32
On Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the UPA government to accept her demand for a 3-year moratorium on the huge interest burden of the state on loans. I have made repeated appeals, my patience is running out.It will have to be done. We are...
13:24
Just in: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures Trinamool Congress that government will do everything possible for West Bengal.
13:21
And somebody is angry! Amitabh Bachchan @AngryBombayBoy I do Gujarat tourism for free, for State/ Country..you doubling amount for me to stop, don't bother - keep the change !!
13:19
On other hand, Rajesh Khanna tried to be a good constituency MP, but was bad at politics and ran out of money because he wasn't making any. Don't forget the great and wise voters once elected Govinda to LS. He danced his way in; was utterly bored; and took off never to return. For all...
13:14
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was addressing a session of the National Assembly today, DawnNews reported. MNAs from the Pakistan Muslim League ' Nawaz (PML-N) staged a walk out from the assembly. The prime minister rhetorically asked whether he was not an elected representative of the people....
13:06
Sujata Anandan on Twitter: Got this sms from a Cong MP: Congress has managed 2 do what Amitabh Bachchan couldn't: put Jaya and Rekha in the same House!
13:04
More on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to India. The Secretary-General today said hoped that India would find a way to build and strengthen partnerships of common ground with its neighbours and encouraged it to do even more in advancing peace and security. He also told India that...
12:58
An interesting blog on the Dawn, Pakistan Yes we have the bomb, but where are the quality schools, hospitals, political stability and a life free of sectarian and religious bigotry, strife and hatred.Read
12:46
Home minister P Chidambaram's son Karthi is likely to sue Subramaniam Swamy over his allegation that he made Rs 26 lakh out of a deal with Aircel. Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy had yesterday levelled fresh allegations against Chidambaram, accusing him of delaying permission for the sale of...
12:39
A US judge has refused to release photographs and videos of the US NavySeals raid that had killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.US District Court Judge James Boasberg rejected a lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of images and ruled that courts must defer to...
12:36
Omar Abdullah: I can't think of a prettier location for a meeting with my party workers. See
12:25
@alltough Got to see UNSG Ban Ki Moon in person this morning. Did you know his son was born in India and his daughter is married to an Indian? #fact Pictured: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kicked off his visit to India by commending the country's progress on health, while highlighting the...
12:21
In palatable news, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm today after Opposition uproar over demand for dismissal of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the wake of allegations against his son Karti's investments in a telecom company. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, BJP members were on their feet...
12:17
Egypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament is preparing to introduce a controversial law that would allow husbands to have sex with their deceased wives up to six hours after death. Known as the farewell Intercourse' law, the measure is being championed as part of a raft of reforms introduced by...
12:11
On the Wall Street Journal. Scoot over Bajaj, here comes the Vespa. With Piaggio & C. S.p.A. re-entering the Indian market, we'll soon see the iconic Italian two-wheeler cruising on Indian roads. But it won't be identical to Vespas in Rome: Piaggio has developed an India-specific model....
12:05
The story that's been doing the rounds on all TV channels.A Class IV student was allegedly sodomised by five minors and a 19-year-old youth in the staff quarters on the Punjab University campus in Chandigarh. The accused, who have been arrested, also made an MMS of the boy, which they...
12:01
And another all-time favourite goes out of favour. Nutelll, the manufacturers of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, Ferrero, have agreed to a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit calling foul on the product's purported health benefits. The suit, filed by California mom Athena Hohenberg, invites...
11:57
The University of Allahabad has been closed till Monday in the wake of clashes between police and students agitating over the issue of eviction of hostelites that left several persons injured and the premises vandalised.
11:55
All KFC fans, heads up: An Australian court today ordered the fast food giant KFC to pay 8 million Australian dollars to the parents of a Sydney girl who was left paralysed and brain damaged after eating its chicken twister. Monika Samaan fell seriously ill with salmonella poisoning after...
11:49
The nightmare of using train toilets is set to be a thing of the past. A deal with a Denmark-based firm and the Defence Research Organisation has been inked to develop 'green toilets' for railways in a bid to keep trains, platforms and tracks clean and free from filth and corrosion. Under...
11:40
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after Opposition uproar over demand for Home Minister P Chidambaram's resignation and other issues.
11:35
This is the tweet from the UN: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kicked off his visit to India by commending the country's progress on health, while highlighting the need to do more to promote the well-being of women and children.
11:30
Dr Manmohan Singh: Happening now: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Delhi.
11:27
The Supreme Court today set up an expert committee to look into the issue ofthe verification of identity before the sale of mobile SIM card. The committee will recommend the procedure to be adopted by telecom companies before issuing SIM cards. The committee comprising officials of DoT and TRAI...
11:21
The Delhi HC also said that police help can be taken if ND Tiwari refuses to give his blood sample.
11:20
The Delhi High Court sets aside single judge's order that Congress veteran N D Tiwari cannot be forced to give a blood sample in a paternity suit. This basically means he has to give his blood sample for a DNA test. The plaintiff Rohit Shekhar claims to be the senior Congress leader's biological...
11:12
According to the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, glasses of windscreen and rear windows of vehicles should have a visual light transmission of 70% and for side windows -- 50%. Goenka said the police did not have enough lux metres to check visibility quotient of a windscreen and mostly depend...
11:09
The Supreme Court asks state governments to frame guidelines for the use of tinted glasses for security purposes. Delivering the verdict, the apex court banned the use of tinted glasses in vehicles beyond a permissible limit under the Motor Vehicles Act. The Supreme Court on Monday had reserved...
10:59
This is what is expected to happen in Parliament today. (Adjournments not included.) LOK SABHA Administrative Tribunals (Amendment) Bill, 2012 Discussion and voting on the Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2012-13 Private Members' Bills RAJYA SABHA Central Educational Institutions...
10:57
Namita Bhandare: To those wondering how Sachin will have the time for RS, pl consider: RK Narayan made 1 speech which we still remember. Quality not quantity
10:55
Yesterday, apart from a prolonged din over the Bofors issue in Parliament, the the Cabinet cleared a Bill that seeks to raise the age of legal sex from 16 to 18, provoking criticism from activists, who called it a regressive step. Read
10:47
Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon remains abducted. The mediators and Maoists met for first time in a bid to end the six-day-old hostage crisis. The talks were inconclusive when they met for the first time yesterday. The mediators of the two sides called the three-hour talks at the...
10:36
The reactions varied to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to the Rajya Sabha, with some welcoming the move and others critical of his new role, which will deprive him from playing. Social activist Anna Hazare, who is in Mumbai for a two-day trip for consultations on the Lokayukta...
10:27
And in Mumbai, ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's arrival at the domestic airport abutting the Western Express highway, traffic seems to have gone for a toss. Rajesh Karkera smsed to say he's been stuck between Malad and Kandivili, down the highway, for more than an hour!
10:25
Pakistan today deported 14 members of Osama bin Laden's family, including his three widows, to Saudi Arabia, days before the first anniversary of the death of the Al Qaeda chief. The family was taken amidst tight security at around midnight to Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi, where a...
10:24
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected in Mumbai today, and the last time he was here he played to the gallery by travelling in a crowded local train etc. What awaits him, and the city, this time round? Check out here.
10:22
In Dubai, a 35-year-old Indian driver was sentenced to death for brutally murdering his former boss, also an Indian, by bludgeoning him with a hammer and stabbing him 30 times following a dispute over salary. The Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday sentenced the driver, identified...
10:21
Good morning and welcome to Friday's edition of Live! News As It Happens. First the good news. The BSE benchmark Sensex rose by over 105 points in early trade today on buying by funds and retail investors at existing lower levels amid a firming trend in Asian markets. The 30-share barometer,...
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