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Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan will meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday in connection with his plea for speedy trial of female foeticide cases, official sources said.Khan had said in his television programme Satyamev Jayate aired on Sunday that he would request the...
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The much-debated Lokpal Bill, which seeks to create an anti-corruption watchdog, is likely to come up for discussion and passage in the Rajya Sabha next week.Heeding demands from opposition parties and allies, the clause on setting up a Lokayukta in the states is likely to be removed, sources...
21:31
At least two security officials have been killed after ex-rebels attacked the office of the Libyan prime minister in the capital, Tripoli. Read the full story on BBC
20:45
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday froze bank accounts of publications owned by YSR President Jaganmohan Reddys publications. The SBI and OBC accounts of Sakshi, Jagathi publications and Indira TV were frozen. The CBI special court in Hyderabad issued summons to Jagan in connection...
20:31
Air India can be shut down very easily. However, there will be repurcurssions to the shut down, said Aviation Minister Ajit Singh in an interview to NDTV as he spoke about the ongoing pilots strike. The pilots job depends on Air Indias performance. They must realise that it is their airline....
19:04
In yet another twist in the 2G scam probe, the Centre has withdrawn the review petition it had filed in the Supreme Court in connection with the case.The petition had sought clarification in the apex court's verdict in the 2G case.
18:46
Under attack for delaying action for two years on the alleged bribe offer to Army Chief Gen V K Singh, Defence Minister A K Antony today said he had ordered a CBI probe as soon as the matter came into public domain without anybody demanding it. Antony said he had not taken any action when...
18:37
China today said it would further investigate reported claims of South Korean authorities that they have seized Chinese-made capsules containing powderedremains of dead babies. Medications made of human remains were not found in China, but further investigation into the matter would be...
18:20
With the deadline by Maoists to Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka, who had been held captive by them for over a month, to resign ending on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today that he should not quit under pressure from 'illegal' forces. Any elected people's representative,...
18:11
With her friends all paired up, internet dating seemed the perfect way to find love. But Pippa Wright soon learned ticking all the boxes is the worst possible way to choose a partner. A nice read on the Independent.
18:09
Wealth is concentrated with the 1 percent because America no longer makes things: Financiers just manipulate money. Read it on the Salon
18:04
Just in: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani faces the possibility of being disqualified for five years, says the Pakistan Supreme Court.The Supreme Court today issued the detailed verdict in the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, DawnNews reported. The...
17:53
Did you see the first episode of Aamir Khan's Satyameva Jayate on Sunday? Did you miss anything when the superstar with a conscience launched himself on the small screen with a multi-million publicity blitz? Was Aamir's debut performance fiery enough to rekindle the hearts of television...
17:44
Just so you know, Dunkin' Donuts, has officialy launched in India today. Read the report on the WSJ.
17:40
Following the Indian uprising against the British of 1857, in which the rebels made Bahadur Shah II their nominal leader, the emperor was convicted and dispatched to live out his years in sad exile in Rangoon. He would die there in November 1862, the last of the once mighty...
17:34
Drought-hit Maharashtra was today virtually left high and dry after it demanded a Rs 2,200-crore relief package from the Centre with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking it to exercise fiscal discipline, giving fodder to the opposition Shiv Sena to hit out at the ruling Congress. An...
17:21
Derek O'Brien @quizderek Defence Minister Antony is a soft-spoken man but delivering an earnest,solid one hour+ speech in Rajya Sabha.
17:16
Hilary Clinton has just had first-hand experience of the problems that the Indian government regularly faces with its unpredictably irascible -- and it now appears maybe untruthful -- coalition partner, Mamata Banerjee. Read John Elliott's blog
17:11
If you're in London, and so desire, watch Shakespearean plays in Gujarati. This is what the festival promo says: The Globe to Globe festival brings together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking these plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare...
16:58
Kalyan Banerjee asked the Finance Minister to reconsider the demand of the West Bengal government for a moratorium. You are smiling. We will smile if you reconsider our demand ... give us a chance to smile, he said looking at Mukherjee. Noting that governments should not run after...
16:56
Pressing its demand for three-year moratorium for West Bengal on repayment of loans, key UPA ally Trinamool Congress today slammed the government on various policy issues including land acquisition, Right to Education and taxation. Participating in the debate on Finance Bill in the Lok...
16:51
In Parliament, Pranab Mukherjee pushes for goods and services tax. He says we cannot check fiscal deficit without Opposition help and that the Opposition is essential to getting laws passed.
16:37
Back to Pranab Mukherjee's speech in Parliament. The finance minister says India is not insulated from the world and one cannot afford to ignore what is happening around the world. Addressing the oil subsidy, the government says oil companies are losing crores because of the subsidy. Rising oil...
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Baijayant Jay Panda @Panda_Jay Terrible news, cowardly act, not killed in shootout but aftr being abducted RT @otvnews: Maoists kill police ASI (Kruparam Majhi of Odisha) Panda is a BJD MP from Kendrapada, Orissa.
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Meanwhile, expenses on foreign and domestic tours of central ministers and VVIPs rose by more than ten times to Rs 678.52 crore in 2011-12, up from Rs 56.16 crore in the previous year. The tour expenses was increased from Rs 46.95 crore in the budget estimates of 2011-12 to Rs 499.89 crore...
16:27
While on Pranab Mukherjee, read this piece on the Hindu: So is Pranab unfit to be President?
16:23
Mukherjee says the global economy is changing and we have to build a consensus to ensure economic growth. For once, the opposition benches are silent.
16:17
Mukherjee says coalition consensus is needed for reforms and that the government has the capacity to respond to any challenge.
16:14
In the Lok Sabha, Pranab Mukherjee says the government and the opposition must work together to ensure economic liberalisation and growth.
16:13
Just in: The Supreme Court has quashed the proposal to bring in cheetahs from Namibia saying it will not help in conversation. The case for taking some lions from Gujarat - home to the last remaining wild population of the grassland big cat -- to Palpur-Kuno in Madhya Pradesh has been hanging...
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Updates on that very tragic story in a bit. Meanwhile, in the Lok Sabha, finance minsiter Pranab Mukherjee responds to the debate on the Finance Bill.
16:08
Professor Hargopal who was the Naxal mediator during the release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon says the killing is in retaliation to the combing operations in the area.
16:04
Krupa Ram Majhi was abducted when he was escorting a water tanker to a CRPF camp in the Nuapada area.
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ASI Kruparam Majhi, who was abducted around 11 am today, was shot dead near the Dharambandha police station at Nuapada. It is believed that the killing was in retaliation to the combing operations in the area. The ASI's body has been recovered by the police.
15:59
Just in: The abducted ASI has been shot dead. Police have just recovered the body.
15:28
Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar A 12 year old boy was killed by a militant grenade last night. Seems the manufactured outrage on my time line is purely one sided.
15:23
That's what Venky Vembu says on Firstpost.com. Read
15:22
The story that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee probably needs to have a look at to get a reality check and a better world view. As Hillary Clinton said yesterday, women in politics should have the hide of a rhino and criticism should not be taken personally. See
15:14
Cracking the whip, national carrier Air India has sacked 10 pilots from the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) who went on mass sick leave against the plan to provide Boeing-787 Dreamliner training to those from the erstwhile Indian Airlines. We have sacked 10 pilots who are first officers. IGP has been...
15:06
Wrapping up the last foreign tour before her tenure comes to an end on July 25, President Pratibha Patil returned here today after a nine-day visit to the South Africa and Seychelles. Patil's Seychelles trip, where she arrived on April 29,was marked by key developments that included India's...
14:58
Must read: Is Rabindranath Tagore relevant today?
14:51
The West Bengal government is planning to convert the Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore in north Kolkata, into a museum. While kicking off the bard's week-long 151st birth anniversary celebrations in Kolkata on May 1, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said they were...
14:46
On Rabindranath Tagore's 151st birth anniversary watch this documentary made in 1961 directed by Satyajit Ray. Watch
14:37
Details of that abduction in a bit. Meanwhile, the government has waived almost Rs. 2 crore, allegedly owed by Speaker Meira Kumar for use of her father Jagjivan's Ram residence in Delhi.An RTI query has revealed that Meira Kumar, on getting the bill, said she had vacated the house number 6 at...
14:27
The cop was on his way to a CRPF camp with a water tanker when the abduction happened in the Naxal dominated Nuapada district of Orissa. NDTV reports, however, say the cop is missing and not abducted. Maoists have called for a bandh in seven states including Andhra Pradesh, Orissa. This abduction...
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Just in: Another cop has been abducted by Naxals in Orissa. ASI Krupa Ram Majhi was abducted two hours ago. The constable accompanying him was let off. Early reports on CNN IBN says there were 10 Naxals who abducted the officer.
14:08
Responding to the termination of services of the 10 striking Air India pilots, the Pilots' Guild says that the sacking is undemocratic.
14:05
For those of you waiting with baited breath to see Rahul Bhatt (Mahesh Bhatt's son and a housemate on Bigg Boss) on the big screen, the wait will get longer. When Mahesh Bhatt was asked whether it was a deliberate decision not to launch his own son and daughter, he said, No, it is not like...
14:01
Here are the details of what Army Chief Gen V K Singh said today on defence preparedness. The General said the force was operationally prepared to meet any contingency, days after he highlighted major shortcomings in the country's defence preparedness. On corruption in defence deals, he said...
13:55
India has launched an antitrust probe of Google Inc's online advertising business to investigate potential anticompetitive practices, government officials familiar with the matter say, marking the latest setback for the Internet company in an emerging market where it has lofty ambitions....
13:49
In other news, Indian national Surjeet Singh, who has been languishing in Kot Lakhpat Jail in this eastern Pakistani city for over 30 years, is expected to be freed within three months, his lawyer has said. The Punjab government yesterday told the Lahore High Court that Surjeet had completed...
13:42
Four Air India international flights were cancelled today after about 100 pilots called in sick. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh termed the strike as illegal and said the management of the national carrier would take appropriate action against those involved in the stir.
13:38
The Air India management has derecognised the Indian Pilots Guild and terminated the services of 10 pilots who went on strike today. Earlier in the day, the management had warned that the striking pilots must return to work by 6 pm today or face action.
13:38
If you're big on nostalgia, read this. A tennis party pose among tea trolleys: full-length dresses and sun hats for the ladies; shirt-sleeve order, neat moustaches and optional pipe for the men. This is just one of many photographs showing life in India at least a century ago - and they were all...
13:34
As France's veers left with Franois Hollande's win, a report of how Nicolas Sarkozy lost the elections because of his personality and not economics. Read the report on CNN.
13:24
The Crime Branch officials say that Syed Abdul Rehman was in touch with his handlers in Pakistan. Details awaited.
13:07
The two men are believed to be Kafil Akhtar and Syed Abdul Rehman are now being interrogated by Crime Branch officials and belong to the IM and LeT respectively.
13:05
Just in: Two people have been held for their alleged involvement in the 2010 Chinnaswamy blast in Bangalore. The men are being interrogated by crime branch officials and are believed to belong to the Indian Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Toiba. Two low-intensity explosions near a packed Chinnaswamy...
13:01
One of the issues that came up during the Clinton visit was the Teesta water dispute. Today, former Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shamsher M. Chowdhury said the recent statement issued by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his visit to Dhaka on the bilateral water disputes, is encouraging....
12:56
India will curtail its imports of Iranian oil by 20 percent, officials said, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in New Delhi to enlist India's help with sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran over its nuclear program. More on this story on Bloomberg
12:53
Welcoming the Supreme Court order to strike down the Centre's policy of giving Haj subsidies, Muslim Members of Parliament today sought an arrangement which will directly benefit the pilgrims and improve standards ofthe minority community. The Haj subsidy of Rs 600 crore is given to...
12:44
Mdecins Sans Frontires shut down its operations in the Kupwara district of Kashmir last month and will significantly reduce its activities in the valley as a whole, cutting a staff of 100 by more than half. Read the blog on the New York Times.
12:41
On the New York Times' India blogs: The Avengers may have left comic-book fans salivating and Hollywood studio executives happily counting their box-office receipts,' but the hit superhero movie has taken some criticism in India where audience members have objected to scenes set in a...
12:33
Arjun Kapoor, who came under the scanner when heavyweight Salman Khan allegedly refused to promote the actor for his upcoming flick Ishaqzaade on Twitter, has slammed reports of a cold war between them. According to rumour mills, the snub was a consequence of Kapoor's fall-out with Khan''s sister...
12:27
Indian boy loves having coconuts smashed on his forehead with a baseball bat. Read more on the Daily Mail.
12:21
In other news, the US has foiled an attempt by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up a passenger plane and seized a sophisticated explosive device bearing the hallmarks of the 2009 underwear bomb, officials said. The plot was foiled before it threatened any Americans, and no airliners...
12:12
No sniggers on Twitter as Krishna, Clinton pump hands, unlike the Hina Rabbani Khar visit.
12:05
The US secretary of state will now meet leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, before heading back home. Clinton, who is on a three-day visit, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday. In the morning yesterday, she also...
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The Iranian issue is not a source of discord between India and the US, affirms Krishna, even as Clinton says she hopes India will reduce Iran oil imports. Krisha says the Iran issue should be seen beyond the issue of energytrade.Krishna says India will provide level playing fields to...
11:53
US has reasons to believe that Hafiz Sayeed is one of the principal architects in the Mumbai attack.We want to make it visible to the world that Saeed is resposible for the deaths of 166 people, including six Americans. And that he masterminded the 26/11 terror attacks.
11:49
Hillary says Pakistan needs to ensure that its territory is not used to further terror attacks. She is now taking questions from the media, most of which are about terrorism and Hafiz Saeed (the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks).Clinton says the US is committed to acting against terror...
11:42
Hillary says the US believes there needs to be greater trade transit between Indian the rest of South-east Asia. (This is what she had also brought up during the interactive session at La Martiniere school in Kolkata yesterday). And that Indian must build trade and transit to Bangladesh and...
11:38
Krishna says both India and the US believe that Pak needs to act on terror. He says India is optimistic about the future relations with the US and conveyed India's concerns about the mobility of IT professionals. Secretary Hillary Clinton now speaks. We discussed civil-nuclear agreement. We...
11:34
SM Krishna-Hillary Clinton address the press after their meeting this morning. Key issues discussed were: Krishna says:-- Visa problems of Indian students were discussed. -- Bilateral relations are on track and we are satisfied with our relationship with the US.-- Need to eliminate terror...
11:29
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the cancellation of flights by Air India due to pilots' stir will not help the carrier in dealingwith its troubles. Here's what his tweet says: Excellent, well done, Air India. This is just the way you drag yourself out of the hole...
11:23
Incidentally, the US says that Mamata Banerjee and Hillary Clinton did discuss FDI on retail and the Teesta water issue. Yesterday, at the press conference immediately after the two met, the West Bengal CM categorically denied the issues were brought up.
11:20
Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon, and the Rajya Sabha for 10 minutes after uproar over the alleged role of Home Minister Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal.
11:18
Right now, Hillary Clinton is still in a meeting with External Affairs minister SM Krishna after a sleep-inducing South Indian breakfast of Rawa Upma, Medu Wada and Podi with ghee.
11:12
The SC says it will examine the functioning of the Haj Committee of India and its selection process for sending pilgrims for the Haj.
11:11
This is what the SC said in its judgment today: We hold that this policy (giving subsidies to Haj pilgrims) is best done away with. The Centre has to eliminate the policy of Haj subsidies over a period of 10 years. The Centre has to reduce the number of its representatives to be sent along with...
11:04
Just in: The Supreme Court strikes down the Centre's policy of giving subsidies to Haj pilgrims. The SC asks the Centre to do away with the policy in 10 years or in effect, phase it out in 10 years. The Centre had informed the Supreme Court that it had decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at...
10:57
Echoing Defence minister AK Antony's statement in Parliament yesterday, that India was battle ready, Army chief General VK Singh says today that defence forces are operationally prepared to meet any contingency. Read what Antony said in Parliament yesterday.
10:51
Ajit Singh said the pilots are not helping by reporting sick. It has disrupted flights, people are stranded and being put up in hotels. The management will look at the rules of Air India and decide what action is to be taken. There are many methods to deal with their demands but going on...
10:45
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today called the strike by Air India pilots as illegal, and said the management of the national carrier would take appropriate action against those involved in the stir. Singh said the pilots went on sick leave in the midst of their talks with the...
10:42
Apart from that bomb threat, it will be a taxing day for flyers with four Air India international flights cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai today after about 100pilots refused to join work. The airlines domestic operations, however, wereunaffected. Four flights - Delhi-Toronto,...
10:36
Indian airports have been put on high alert after reports of a sabotage attempt by a human bomb. While the CISF, NSG teams have been alerted, the threat is not specific, but general in nature. Which means the airport supposedly targetted by the human bomb has not been mentioned.
10:30
Last evening, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed key strategic issues, including civil-nuclear cooperation, terrorism, the situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Read the rediff story here
10:25
Yesterday in West Bengal, Hillary Clinton came, Hillary Clinton saw (mostly NGOs) and now it's up to Mamata Banerjee to decide if the chief minister can conquer the urge for distractions and use the opportunity to turn the tide. US investment was not possible because of the political situation...
10:16
Al-Jazeera English has closed its Beijing bureau after the Chinese authorities refused to renew the press credentials of its correspondent or grant a visa for a replacement, the TV station said on Tuesday.Journalist groups said the expulsion of Melissa Chan - who has been reporting from Beijing...
09:59
It will be an all-South Indian fare comprising Rawa Upma with cashew nuts and fresh coriander, Medu Wada and Podi with ghee for Tuesday's breakfast for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. Apart from this, there will be Kesari Bhaat, Oothappam...
09:15
The United States has foiled a plot by Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen to blow up an airliner and recovered an explosive device, officials have said, stressing the public was never in danger.The device was for use by a suicide bomber on an airliner, a US counter-terrorism official told AFP on...
08:20
A section of Air India pilots have refused to turn up to work citing health concerns. Nearly 100 pilots in Delhi and Mumbai, who are associated with the Indian Pilots Guild, failed to report to work on Monday night and the number is expected to go up to 250 on Tuesday.The pilots had threatened to...
08:15
The United States has said that it wants to see Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Tayiba, brought to justice and this is the reason why it recently announced a reward of $10 million to anyone for information leading to his trial in a court of law. We have been very clear why this...
08:12
The US and China have agreed to work together on countering cyber threat.Because the US and China have developed technological capabilities in this arena, it's extremely important that we work together to develop ways to avoid any miscalculation or misperception that could lead to crisis in this...
03:40
French president-elect Francois Hollande said today that he would reveal his choice for prime minister on May 15 when he is due to be inaugurated. You will have the name of the prime minister on May 15, Hollande told reporters as he left his election headquarters. The 57-year-old Socialist...
02:33
Five men described by the government as self-proclaimed anarchists entered not guilty pleas today to charges that accuse them of plotting to bomb a highway bridge near Cleveland. The five will remain in jail until their next hearing, a federal magistrate said. A detention hearing scheduled for...
02:32
Al-Qaeda gunmen today launched spectacular attacks on two army posts in south Yemen, killing at least 22 soldiers, to avenge the death of a top militant in an air raid, a military official said. Jihadists attacked the military posts outside the city of Zinjibar, which they have controlled...
01:08
Asserting that United States' alliance with France was as strong as it had been before the election of a new socialist president Francois Hollande, the White House today said US President Barack Obama has proposed to meet him before the G-8 and NATO summits. Obama and President-elect...
00:37
An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan today indicted hardline cleric Sufi Mohammad and 19 others accused of kidnapping policemen and challenging the government's writ in 1995. Sufi Mohammad, the chief of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariah Mohammedi, and his aides Maulana Khalid and...
00:10
The Taliban killed 14 security personnel and beheaded all but one of them before displaying the heads of two soldiers on wooden poles in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, security officials said today. Nine soldiers were beheaded yesterday when militants overran a security...
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Yesterday's live commentary
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