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At least eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at the police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, medics and security officials say.Police sources said the bomber blew himself up among a large crowd of cadets as they left the academy after classes finished for the day.Read the...
20:23
A Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army crashed in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region today, killing all five persons on board who were returning from a sortie to Gyari sector of Siachen, the army said. The helicopter of the army's aviation wing was on its way back from the Gyari sector when...
19:36
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, S Jaipal Reddy is likely to be the Leader of Lok Sabha and the decision to this effect is likely to be taken on Friday in the core committee meeting. Informal consultations between the prime minister and Sonia Gandhi has already taken place, say...
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Indian Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh was today conferred with the Honorary General of the Nepali Army by President Ram Baran Yadav. Singh was also presented with a sword, a certificate and the insignia of the Nepal Army during a function at Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Prime Minister Baburam...
19:05
This morning, Pakistan made it to the Doonesbury comic strip, but not in a funny-haha sort of way. Read
18:51
From how Cruise and Holmes met to how much money Katie will receive, six questions that remain unanswered in the wake of the former power couple's swift and secretive divorce settlement.Part of the daily staple from Hollywood. Read
18:45
In a see-saw trade, the rupee today pared most of its early gains to close down by 24 paise at 55.63 on emergence of dollar buying at fag-end of trade by importers and banks. Weak trends in local stocks with Sensex dropping by 129 points also weighed on rupee but some capital inflows limited its...
18:39
Watch: Inside Iran's underground billion-dollar art gallery
18:31
Also on the NYT's India blogs -- At first glance, the concept of 'hiking yoga' seems like an odd entry in the growing list of hybrid yoga classes, which mix downward dog and tree pose with everything from kickboxing to Pilates and ballet,' Susan Stellin wrote in The New York Times. Read
18:27
At the base of cloud-kissed hills, the tea gardens around Naxalbari, in West Bengal state, are home to the famous Darjeeling brew. Women pick the summer flush of leaves, which will be processed in local factories before traveling around the world. But this serene, picturesque setting hides the...
18:21
Underworld don Abu Salem need not be extradited back to Portugal despite its Constitutional Court rejecting India's plea challenging the order of its Supreme Court cancelling his extradition. Portugal's top court -- the Constitutional Court -- has observed that India was not obliged to extradite...
18:12
A father accused of murdering his daughter because he believed she had brought shame on his family broke down in court today as he denied the charge. Read
18:10
An Australian magazine has published photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge strolling on a beach during their honeymoon in the Seychelles. Read.
18:08
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to consider 10 per cent disinvestment of SAIL tomorrow.
17:46
Syed Mohammad Kazmi, a journalist who is an accused in the February 13 terror attack on an Israeli diplomat, today moved the Delhi high Court seeking a direction to resume hearing before a sessions judge on his plea against extension of probe period in the case. Kazmi, in judicial custody in the...
17:34
In 1793, hours before she was beheaded, Marie Antoinette wrote a letter to her sister-in-law and children. Here's the letter.
17:28
Yuvraj Singh @YUVSTRONG12Just been training & running. My shoes have become my superpower. Glad I have them for my comfort. Yuvraj Singh will be writing about his battle with cancer in a book titled, 'In Different Form'. The book will be published in December 2012.
17:20
The JD(U) today took a dig at Home Minister P Chidambaram over his controversial ice-cream remark on price rise issue, saying the truth had accidentally come out from the mouth of a supporter of market forces. It is right. What wrong did he say? But Chidambaram is also a supporter of market...
17:16
Fearing damage from monsoon rains, the government today said it has already moved almost half of 6.6 million tonnes of wheat kept in open, in Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, to safe places. The government is grappling with the problem of plenty as its godowns are overflowing with...
16:57
The starlet and her family - mother Shelina, elder sister Hazmina, twin siblings Zara and Imran and another relative - went missing from Mumbai in February 2011. A case of kidnapping was registered in a Mumbai police station last week on a complaint lodged by her father Nadir Patel.According to...
16:55
Prime suspect Pervez Tak had told Jammu and KashmirPolice, which arrested him last month in a forgery case, that he shot dead Laila and others in Maharashtra last year after kidnapping them.The human remains were recovered from the place shown by Tak, the sources said. Tak showed...
16:47
Joint Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy addressing a press conference in Mumbai on the murder of wannabe starlet Laila Khan says six skeletons have been found of which three skeletons have skull injuries. The skeletons were found in a pit in a farmhouse in Igatpuri. A blood stained iron rod has...
16:32
China told Japan today it should respect Beijing's indisputable sovereignty over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea which are again the cause of fresh tension. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Liechi met with Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba in Phnom Penh where he reaffirmed...
16:15
And this is what Pranab's opponent has to say. PA Sangma today said that presidential election were not held on party lines and everybody has a right to vote according to their conscience. Today I have come to appeal to all MPs and MLAs. Presidential election are not held on the basis of...
16:10
A day after the Election Commission rejected the petition filed by the P A Sangma camp objecting to the nomination of Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA Presidential candidate today said it was now a closed chapter. Since all the disputes about my nomination have been resolved by the returning officer,...
16:00
Interesting read: Researchers have provided evolutionary reasons on why body language is still a rich and vital part of our communication.Sweaty palms clasping mouths in disbelief, muscled arms folded in disagreement, two fists hoisted aloft showing victory ' all these are some of the body...
15:51
The recent Pinki Pramanik case making the headlines, brought home to me not only how poorly equipped we are to deal with questions of gender, but also how rape cases in India invariably tend to get focused on facts other than those relating to the crime itself.Read the blog
15:42
Even as the government announced that the monsoon had reached all across India, the government today said it is worried about poor rains in Karnataka and central Maharashtra which could affect the production of coarse cereals and supply of drinking water. Briefing about the progress of...
15:26
It doesn't make it any easier for Anuj Bidve's parents, but here's the story...The man standing trial for the killing of Anuj Bidve had an anti-social personality disorder with psychopathic and sadistic features and acted impulsively when he killed the Indian student, a psychologist who assessed...
15:20
The Supreme Court today stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan directed the lower court not to proceed with the case till July 27 when the Delhi High Court is likely to take up...
15:08
Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats#AgniveshMovies Main Morarji Desai Banna Chahta Hoon.Scroll down to the 11.25 am post for the context.
15:03
Risque tabloid news to stave off the slumber. Lady Gaga must have had waiters falling over themselves when she went out for dinner last night. The pop eccentric donned a strappy 'outfit' that flashed most of her body, including the contents of her see-through bra. Read
14:56
British police have questioned a man for posting racist comments as communications regulator Ofcom launched a probe after more than 1,000 complaints about racist insults hurled at Miss India UK Deana Uppal on reality show Big Brother. Conor McIntyre, a contestant on the show, has been warned...
14:35
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said opposition-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma should maintain decorum as he was contesting elections for the highest office of the country. Note to Mr Sangma - you are contesting elections to the highest office in the land, would it...
14:24
The Delhi High Court ruled that the letters and the communication between former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee and President KR Narayananan is strictly confidential and cannot be released. A certain C Ramesh submitted an appeal on 30.1.06 before the Central Information Commission seeking a direction...
14:19
Just in: The Delhi High Court sets asides a Central Information Commission order asking the Centre to reveal the communication between the then Prime Minister and the President over 2002 Gujarat riots.KR Narayanan was the President then, with Atal Behari Vajpayee, the prime minister and refers to...
14:11
Irish actor whose role in Lawrence of Arabia 50 years ago assured his status as a screen legend has retired. ReadDon't die before you watch this film.
14:06
Case of Joe Gordon drew international condemnation after he was jailed in Thailand for blogposts made online from US. Read
14:05
The appalling incident of a 10-year-old girl being forced to drink her own urine as a punishment for bed-wetting has evoked widespread criticism regarding the role of Visva-Bharati authorities.It has put the spotlight on the administrative failure of the West Bengal's only central university,...
13:55
Logging in to Facebook has turbocharged the Delhi Traffic Police. They hopped aboard the social networking bandwagon just two years ago and have already booked more than 22,000 traffic offenders via the site. The road rule violators netted on the Net include 725 policemen and several...
13:49
Here's what NDTV has on the tragic school bus accident.One student and a staff member of the Iqra Educational Institute in Kupwara district have been killed, and 25 children hurt during a school excursion after their bus had an accident near Gulmarg.Three buses were on the excursion when one of...
13:31
Two dead, 51 students injured as bus rolls down hill near Gulmarg tourist resort in Kashmir, says police. Details awaited.
13:22
News from North Korea's enemy number -- the United States. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Ambassador Richard Olsen to be the next U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, three sources with direct knowledge of the pending appointment told The Cable. Read
13:16
The mystery woman pictured accompanying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a string of official engagements is a previously married pop star, who his father banned him from seeing 10 years ago, it has been revealed.Read the story on the Daily Mail.
13:01
Home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that he was disgusted on deliberate distortion of statement on middle-class. I did not mock or chide anyone but made a matter of fact statement, he was quoted as saying. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the middle class is ready to pay for...
12:51
The London Olympics is all set to go down in history as the most dope tested Games with more than 6,000 samples expected to be analysed, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has said.These will be the most tested Games in Olympic history and doping athletes must know that they will be under severe...
12:47
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cameo as a small theatrical role usually performed by a well-known actor and often limited to a single scene; broadly : a brief appearance or role.'Can Rahul Gandhi's role in Indian politics really be reduced to that of cameo?More on the WSJ....
12:37
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has become the latest personality to make foray into social networking site, Facebook, where he will share his thoughts on issues concerning the country's development and his interaction with various sections of people.Kalam (81), who is already on video sharing...
12:34
Monsoon has covered the entire country as on today, but is still deficient by 23 per cent, says IMD chief.
12:19
DV Sadananda Gowda resigns as Karnataka Chief Minister. The outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda submitted his resignation to Governor HR Bhardwaj today. He had already submitted his resignation to party chief Nitin Gadkari on Sunday who said Gowda had quit in the interest of the...
12:07
The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at home minister P Chidambaram for his remarks that the middle class is ready to pay for mineral water and ice cream, but can't bear an increase of Re 1 in price of wheat and rice, saying he has shown insensitivity towards them and ridiculed them.It seems...
12:02
Update on the Presidential elections. A day before UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee's Jharkhand visit, the Congress today said chances of JMM President Shibu Soren supporting him are positive, though he has chosen to defer the date of announcement of his choice for the July 19...
11:49
Chennai-based Staccato is elated over being selected to perform at the Olympics in London, but the band is struggling to arrange sponsors to fund their trip to the sporting extravaganza. The fusion band comprising teenagers is one of the two bands of Asia selected by Slumdog Millionaire director...
11:39
Our sources in Delhi tell us that Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh's, three-day visit to Sri Lanka today is a hot topic amongst ADMKand DMK politicians. Both the parties consider Jairam as a bridge between Dravida parties and 10 Janpath.Jairam's visit to Colombo is...
11:25
A nationwide outrage over a Visva-Bharati warden asking a class 5 student to drink her urine for bed-wetting notwithstanding, social activist Swami Agnivesh claimed yesterday that this was a traditional cure for such a condition.Why is there so much fuss made about the suggestion given to...
11:21
Every high-school physics student is familiar with Einstein's famous equation linking energy and mass with a mathematical constant, the speed of light: E=mc2. Einstein used the equation to prove that even inert objects carry mass-equivalent energy and that no particle can exceed the velocity of...
11:17
A massive fire completely gutted two buildings at Woodbridge, New Jersey apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze started just after 3 pm, and quickly spread through buildings 36 and 37 at 305 Village Drive, authorities say. It's not clear how it started, but it appears it began in one...
11:06
After Union law minister Salman Khursheed's controversial comments on UPA2 and AICC internal issues, another salvo has apparently been fired at 24 Akbar Road, the headquarters of the AICC. A six-page confidential communication from Pratap Singh Bajwa, a Congress MP from Punjab has been delivered...
11:01
Uttarakhand CM Vijay Bahaguna wins the Sitarganj by-election by a margin of 39,954 votes over his nearest BJP rival Prakash Pant.
10:50
Our sources in New Delhi tell us that matters have further soured between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. We say further, because the crack in the relationship appeared after Mamata, a UPA ally, refused to support Pranab Mukherjee's candidature. What has happened...
09:56
Athlete Pinki Pramanik walks out of jail after 26 days. Arrested on rape charge the Aisad gold medalist was granted bail by a court in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday. I have been framed, Pramanik told the media after she was released from Dum Dum Central...
09:41
The Trinamool Congress is likely to abstain from voting in the presidential and vice-presidential poll, say sources. The party is not keep on Pranab Mukherjee or PA Sangma for President. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee is also against a second term for Hamid Ansari as the vice president. The...
08:48
United States President Barack Obama intends to nominate Richard Olsen to be the next US ambassador to Pakistan, reports The Cable. Olsen, a senior member of the foreign service, has been serving as the coordinating director for development and economic affairs at the US embassy in...
03:37
A man apparently brandishing a fake gun has freed the final hostage he had been holding at a French school outside Paris and has himself been captured.The last hostage was a parent who had come to drop off a child at the school in Vitry-sur-Seine, which is being used as a leisure centre during...
01:03
The highest court in Egypt has overturned a decree by President Mohammed Mursi to recall parliament.Mursi had issued the decree in defiance of a military council ruling that dissolved parliament.Members of parliament gathered for a brief session earlier in the day before the ruling of the Supreme...
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Human remains found near Laila's farm housePolitics behind him, Pranab set for a new inningsAdarsh land doesn't belong to army: Ex-army officerEC rejects Sangma camp's petition against PranabThe lotus in Karnataka is withering: ChidambaramShettar to be sworn in as new Karnataka CM on July 12I...
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