23:55
Yemeni forces pressed an offensive against Al Qaeda loyalists in the south on Wednesday, leaving sixsoldiers and 22 militants dead, as clashes elsewhere killed three people, officials and tribal sources said.Troops backed by local militiamen renewed their assault onthe town of Jaar, a jihadist...
23:34
Telegraph reports that a British aid worker abducted by gunmen in Sudan's western Darfur region has been released after 86 days in captivity. Read the story here.
23:12
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Mitt Romney after his foe locked down the Republican nomination to take him on in November's election and called for a healthy debate on America's future. Read the full story here.
22:53
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Mitt Romney after his foe locked down the Republican nomination to take him on in November's election and called for a healthy debate on America's future. Read the full story here.
22:43
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first foreign trip in nearly aquarter-century, offered encouragement on Wednesday to impoverishedmigrants whose flight from their homeland is emblematic of thedevastation wrought there by decades of misrule.Read the story here
21:37
Pakistan's supreme court on Wednesday gave Interior Minister Rehman Malik a day to submit documents to back his claim that he had renounced his British nationality. A three-Judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry issued the order while hearing a petition challenging the dual...
21:06
Striking Air India pilots on Wednesday suffered another blow with the Delhi high Court holdingthat the protesters' view on the issue of training on Boeing 777 to be used in international flights will be heard only after they call off their over three-week agitation.Let them call off the strike,...
21:01
Faced with criticism for hiscomment that there was true 'poribortan' (change) in WestBengal during the felicitation of the Kolkata Knight Riders,West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today said he did not makeany reference to political change in the state.It (KKR team's victory) happened after they...
20:56
Faced with criticism for hiscomment that there was true 'poribortan' (change) in WestBengal during the felicitation of the Kolkata Knight Riders,West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today said he did not makeany reference to political change in the state.It (KKR team's victory) happened after they...
20:39
Faced with criticism for hiscomment that there was true 'poribortan' (change) in WestBengal during the felicitation of the Kolkata Knight Riders,West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today said he did not makeany reference to political change in the state.It (KKR team's victory) happened after they...
20:18
AFP has reported that Australia has said that it would closely monitor the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after a British court ruled he can be extradited to Sweden, but that it would not interfere.Read the full story here.
20:01
Daily Mail reports that former Liberian President Charles Taylor was today jailed for 50 years for his part in 'some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history'.
19:52
Daily Mail reports that former Liberian President Charles Taylor was today jailed for 50 years for his part in 'some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history'.
19:51
The CBI today filed a charge sheet against former Karnataka Minister and mining baron GJanardhana Reddy and six others in an illegal mining scam, involving a firm owned by him that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 480 crore to the state exchequer.The seven accused have been charged with...
19:08
The CBI today filed a charge sheet against former Karnataka Minister and mining baron GJanardhana Reddy and six others in an illegal mining scam, involving a firm owned by him that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 480 crore to the state exchequer.The seven accused have been charged with...
18:37
Viswanath Anand's parents say this is the proudest moment of their life. 42-year-old Anand won the World Championships title and fourth crown in a row today. The Indian chess wizard bagged his first world title in 2000 before winning three in a row in 2007, 2008 and...
18:33
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports that the special CBI court today rejected the bail plea filed by mining baron Janardhan Reddy. Reddy, who is facing charges of illegal mining, had moved the court seeking bail for two separate cases in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. He is considering moving the...
18:30
Anand says the match was so even that he didn't know what shape it would take. At this moment, all I feel is relief, says Anand.
18:24
Viswanathan Anand wins World Chess Championship in Russia after beating Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in the Rapid tie-breaker.
18:20
The fall in the rupee is not a morality play but a welcome adjustment in an economy living beyond its means. Read more
18:18
If you're planning to holiday in Rajasthan, think again. Mercury soared in the desert state with Sriganganagar recording 47.4 degree celsius followed by Churu at 47.2 degrees. Bikaner, Kota, Jaisalmer and Barmer recorded maximum of 46.3, 45.7, 45.4 and 45 degrees respectively while Jaipur...
18:08
It's not easy being green - as one Brazilian man proved when he painted himself to look like the Incredible Hulk - and found the colour wouldn't wash off.Read more
18:05
Taking a dig at Salman Khan, actor Vivek Oberoi today said that 'Sher' is bigger than 'Tiger', referring to the titles of their upcoming movies. Salman and Vivek are gearing up for their forthcoming projects 'Ek Tha Tiger' and 'Sher' respectively. Vivek said, We are all wild...
18:02
Viswanathan Anand, who has been the World Chess Champion since 2008, is now leading the four match tie breaker at 2-1 and nears his fifth title.
17:50
Though the city's systems are willing to go to work as usual, participating political parties will try their best to ensure a '100 per cent successful' closure on Thursday. Rediff.com's Vrushali Lad reports.
17:46
While SRK takes a break, heres' news.A minor fire broke out in the operation theatre of Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi, this evening but no one was injured in the incident, fire brigade officials said. The incident was reported at 4:10 pm.
17:44
SRK waits for a mike and leaves the room for a cigarette break. Asks: cigarette break le loon? Will that statement get him into trouble?
17:41
Shah Rukh Khan to address a press meet in Mumbai any time now, on the KKR IPL win.
17:38
With fluorescent yellow eyes and tufts of hair sticking straight up behind their ears, Bonner and Etienne look like slightly crazed old men,' Leslie Kaufman writes in The New York Times.Read
17:36
For an Internet start-up, Arjuni faces more challenges than usual,' Ron Gluckmanwrites in the Deal Book blog of The New York Times. The e-commerce site that sells hair extensions operates out of a five-story building here that lacks elevators and, sometimes, power.' Read
17:20
Vishwanath Anand leads 2-1 in World Chess Championship in Russia. He is one step away from winning the title. The third game was a draw, but Anand needs a draw in game 4 to win the title. There will be four games under rapid chess rules with 25 minutes to each player and a ten seconds...
17:09
Terming the corruption charges levelled by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as reckless, Minister for Planning Ashwini Kumar today said the insinuations deserved to be treated with contempt. I would only like to say that even to rebut these disgusting insinuations is in...
17:03
It's amusing that Aung San Suu Kyi's first foreign trip in 24 years will feature an audience with Bono. God knows why. No, literally, God knows why. Read the blistering comment on the Independent.
16:59
Australian women are suffering from an eating disorder in middle age, dubbed as 'Desperate Housewives Syndrome', which is driven by the desire to look as thin as celebrities in TV shows. All the TV shows and Hollywood celebrities seem to convey the message that thin is beautiful. Experts...
16:57
A total of 361 cadets participated in the Passing Out Parade (POP) after successfully completing their stint at the National Defence Academy in Khadakvasla today. Chief of Army Staff General V.K. Singh was the guest of honour and took the salute at the POP. Among those present were the parents...
16:45
India finds itself on the right side of history in Myanmar. Now it must build on PM's visit. The Indian Express editorial
16:43
From 'sab chor hain' to 'PM is Shikhandi', Team Anna's desperation is showing. Read
16:35
On the New York Times: India's Economy slows and its global implications. Read
16:32
Mahindra & Mahindra today said its Chairman Keshub Mahindra will retire in August and his nephew Anand Mahindra will take over as Chairman and Managing Director of the USD 15.4 billion conglomerate. Keshub, who informed the M&M Board about his intention to retire at the...
16:28
A Delhi court has allowed 2G accused Karim Morani, Vinod Goenka Shahid and Asif Balwa, Sanjay Chandra and Sidharth Behura to travel abroad. Delivering the order, Judge OP Saini said today that six applications have been received from the 2G accused facing trial. He said while their presence...
16:08
Behind her generally glum expression, Victoria Beckham insists she is in fact very happy - she just doesn't feel the need to scream and shout about it.Read
16:03
Sachin Tendulkar will take oath as member of Rajya Sabha on June 4. Tendulkar, who turned 39 recently and was nominated to the Upper House in April, is scheduled to take oath as member in the chamber of Chairman Hamid Ansari, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla...
15:52
President Obama used the term Polish death camp' in a speech Tuesday honoring Polish resistance hero Jan Karski at a ceremony awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, setting off a firestorm of angry retort from Polish dignitaries abroard. A White House spokesman said the president...
15:47
Just in: A Delhi court dismisses Facebook India's plea for dropping its name from a civil suit against websites for hosting alleged objectionable content.
15:40
I struggled not to cry about mum as I married Kate. Didn't want any wobbly lips going on... Read
15:34
After stripping for a photoshoot for her first film, actress Veena Malik is brushing up her salsa skills with choreographer Longines Fernandes. Dressed in a sexy red dress, the actress strikes several poses for the camera. Take a look! On Rediff.com
15:30
The case of Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi took a new twist on Wednesday when a detailed order about his arrest and conviction stated that he has been punished for his links with a militant outfit, not for working with the Central Intelligence Agency and helping it locate Al Qaeda chief Osama...
15:24
A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labelled the 'new AIDS of the Americas' by experts. The parasitic illness called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to a new study.Read more
15:15
What the armed forces think of the controversial army chief Gen VK Singh, who is retiring tomorrow. Retired Lt Gen Shankar Prasad: History has not spared Jawaharlal Nehru, it did not spare Winston Churchill either. History will not spare even Gen V K Singh either. I think it will take 26 years to...
15:05
The Bombay High Court today directed the Centre, the Petroleum Ministry and the Finance Ministry to file an affidavit by June 20 in response to a petition which claimed that the recent petrol price hike was illegal as it lacked Parliament's approval and violated the Constitution. Apart...
14:56
Meet Aaliya Sultana Babi, the Dinosaur Princess. This 30-something princess of the former princely state of Balasinor (about 80 km from Ahmedabad in Gujarat) is the woman behind the preservation of the rare dinosaur fossil site in Raioli village of Balasinor. Read more on the Daily Mail.
14:49
India says it is serious about helping Myanmar democratize. During his three-day trip to Myanmar, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met pro-democracy activist and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and offered his government's assistance to speed up political reform in the country. Here...
14:46
Sun reporters trick way into secretive state where lights go out at 11pm, gum is given as change and no one knows Jacko's dead... among other things. Read Also see: Defectors describe horror, heartbreak in North Korea's labor camps. That's on cnn.com
14:35
Two persons -- a policeman and a militant -- were killed in a fierce encounter between Meghalaya Police and militants belonging to Garo National Liberation Army at Ghasuapara in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. Four policemen and two militants were injured in the encounter, reports...
14:22
Just in: The two Italian marines get bail in fishermen killing case. The Kerala High Court granted bail tot he marines on a surety of Rs 1 crore each. The Kerala government had opposed the bail pleas of two Italian marines, accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast...
14:19
Right now in New Delhi, Team Anna is holding a press meet on the charges they have levied against the PM. Arvind Kejriwal said the PMO caused losses in coal block allotments and wants to know why the PM is refusing a probe. Kejriwal says Team Anna has no axe to grind with the...
14:11
Lawyers for Julian Assange say they will appeal the UK Supreme Court decision to allow extradition to Sweden. Read: The Wikileaks Files Cables
14:01
The Wikileaks founder will now be extradited to Sweden. He had denied the claims and has said his European arrest warrant was invalid and unenforceable. In February, his lawyers told the Supreme Court judges that the Swedish prosecutor who had issued the warrant did not have the authority...
13:58
The UK Supreme Court has rejected Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex offences.
13:55
Update on the 23-day Air India strike. The Delhi High Court today said the striking pilots of Air India have no right to get training on advanced Boeing 777 to be used in international flights. Refusing to hear an Air India appeal against the single judge's May 11 order which had stayed...
13:48
Ajay Maken @ajaymaken RT @IndiaSportNews: @ajaymaken Best wishes to Vishy Anand as he tries to retain World Championship in Moscow today. Maken is the union sports minister. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand is set to fight it out in a Rapid chess tie-breaker against...
13:46
Before Karunanidhi made his U-turn, DMK leader TR Baalu met PM Dr Manmohan Singh this morning and expressed the party's concern over the petrol price rise. He requested a rollback as it affected all sections of people. Baalu said the matter needed urgent consideration given the...
13:37
With Team Anna under attack for levelling allegations against the Prime Minister, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today asked Anna Hazare to leave the group which is in the grip of Naxalite minded crazies and join him and Ramdev in the fight against graft. Team Anna has always...
13:29
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi received a rapturous reception in Thailand today from crowds of cheering compatriots who flocked to celebrate her first trip outside Myanmar in nearly a quarter of a century.Read the report on Reuters.
13:20
DMK chief Karunanidhi does a quick U-turn hours after he threatened to pullout of the UPA if there was no rollback on fuel prices. He now says: I never said we will come out of the UPA. We don't wish to weaken the government. We will not leae the UPA. If we pullout the Centre will become weak and...
13:06
Listen to the PM's reponse to Team Anna's charges against him in coal scam. Watch the video on rediff.com
13:03
Whether it's George Clooney on the crisis in Sudan or Angelina Jolie on the Millennium Development Goals, international celebrities aren't shy about weighing in on pressing social issues close to their heart. That phenomenon now seems to have come to India too, in a big way. On the Wall...
12:51
Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day. And here's something that should make you sit up and listen or stub the butt. Smoking is THE most important cause of premature heart attacks, with India having about 4.5 crore patients with ischemic heart disease, doctors warned today. According to the...
12:44
This is what Karunanidhi said on Jayalalithaa during the fuel hike protest rally this morning. The Centre had at least explained the reason for the fuelprice hike but Jayalalithaa had not come out with the genuine reason, he said.Jayalalithaa had justified the hike, saying government was...
12:35
A day after triggering speculation of cracks in ruling BJD in Odisha by holding ameeting of a group of MLAs, party MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra today ruled out any threat to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and said he had no plan to topple the government. There is absolutely no threat to...
12:28
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on board Air India One, declared he will quit public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved. Rejecting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, the PM who is on his way back from a two-day visit to Myanamar said,...
12:23
Our Delhi sources tell us that V Kishore Chandra Deo, the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, is also in the race for the first citizen of India. A long time Charan Singh confidante, Deo was minister in 1982 in his cabinet. He missed the position as Speaker of Lok Sabha as he was...
12:16
Our sources in Delhi tell us that a senior DMK MP today said that if he revealed details of the recent scams the UPA2 regime would be in trouble. Given that DMK boss Karunanidhi has threatened to quit the UPA over the petrol price hike, these two threats cannot be seen in isolation and are not...
12:06
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state's brand ambassador, said there was nothing wrong in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-5 winning team. As chief minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K Narayanan...
11:54
Shares of Tata Motors got battered today because of lower Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) margins even as the company posted over two-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 6,234 crore for the quarter ending March 31. The standalone numbers for Tata Motors India were disappointing with net...
11:42
Karunanidhi at the protest rally in Chennai said the DMK has been a part of a coalition earlier as well, but the party has never hesitated in opposing anti-people policies. He said the DMK would sail with the UPA as far much as we can.
11:31
DMK boss M Karunanidhi says the party may pull out of the UPA on the petrol price hike. At a protest meeting in Chennai, Karunanidhi, whose party is a key ally of the UPA, said he would never shy away from speaking on the people's welfare and his duty to the people of Tamil Nadu. He said he will...
11:21
Some might say it's a dangerous fashion to follow, but dresses that reveal flashes of breast are the latest trend. Read
11:17
The defence ministry and the Centre are watching the angry army chief who is capping his eventful tenure with decisions that threaten to upset plans that may impact the institution he headed for months after he demits office. On the Telegraph, Calcutta. Read
11:14
Facebook shares have dropped below the 30 dollar mark, in what has been dubbed as the worst-performing Initial Public Offering of any major floatation in the last decade. After placing at 38 dollars, Facebook's shares briefly peaked at 45 dollars before sinking back to 38.25 dollars on...
11:11
The Army chief says, Whatever we say it is heard. The procedures are there. Sometimes you probably think that things are getting delayed because nobody is listening. That it not true.
11:07
Army Chief Gen V K Singh retires tomorrow and today is his last day in office. At the Army passing out parade in Khadakvasla where he is the chief guest, VK Singh says that he has good relations with the Defence Ministry. Modernisation of the Army is taking place. It can face any challenge. There...
11:04
Telegraph, Calcutta, reports the Shah Rukh Khan spectacle in the city yesterday. Read
10:50
May 31 should be the day that India's Defence Minister observes mauna-vrata -- the profound vow of silence. A day of deep introspection through which he could take stock of past life and realise where he may have gone wrong. But the incumbent Defence Minister A K Antony can't oblige, as...
10:45
Rediff.com's Onkar Singh reporting from New Delhi says the BJP, left parties and the Samajvadi party have decided to protest against the steep hike in the price of petrol with countrywide demonstrations, dharnas and will also court arrest to register their anger against the the Rs 7.50 hike in...
10:38
Clementi's parents had become tearful as they read statements during his sentencing on May 21, saying Ravi had never shown a lack of remorse for spying on Clementi, who had jumped off the George Washington bridge after he found out that Ravi had seen him kissing another man. After a three...
10:33
Indian student Dharun Ravi, convicted of spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide, has publicly apologised for the first time for his insensitive and immature actions, saying he will surrender this week to begin his month long jail term. Ravi said he regretted his stupid and...
10:01
Addressing the media at the National Defence Academy's passing out parade in Pune army chief Genral V K Singh said, There is no misunderstanding between army and the ministry of defence.' The army is apolitical, secular and impartial. I have always wanted to uphold want army stands for. I want...
09:51
There is no dissidence in the party. Naveen Patnaik will be the leader of the BJD, said MP Pyari Mohan. His remarks came after there was speculation of cracks within the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha. Two groups held separate meetings on Tuesday night at the houses of party member of...
09:14
Seven CRPF troopers were injured in a militant attack in Rainawari in Srinagar this morning. A senior police officer said, Militants fired indiscriminately at the CRPF vehicle in Rainawari chowk. Seven CRPF jawans have been injured in the firing of which two are critical. The injured...
03:40
AFP has reported that Belgium declared the Syrian ambassador and two diplomats persona non grata on Wednesday to protest the Houla massacre while raising the prospect of a military presence that was short of intervention.Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said however that Syria'sambassador --...
03:10
AP reports that French President Francois Hollande has said that the use of armed force could be possible in Syria following the Houla massacre, but that it had to be carried out under United Nations auspices.An armed intervention is not excluded on the conditionthat it is carried out with...
01:51
AP reports that French President Francois Hollande has said that the use of armed force could be possible in Syria following the Houla massacre, but that it had to be carried out under United Nations auspices.An armed intervention is not excluded on the conditionthat it is carried out with...
01:40
AP reports that French President Francois Hollande has said that the use of armed force could be possible in Syria following the Houla massacre, but that it had to be carried out under United Nations auspices.An armed intervention is not excluded on the conditionthat it is carried out with...
00:39
9News has reported that rescue workers combing through the rubble of Italy's latest deadly quake say they have found the bodies of two workers in a collapsed factory, raising the death toll to at least 17.Read the full story here
00:28
9News has reported that rescue workers combing through the rubble of Italy's latest deadly quake say they have found the bodies of two workers in a collapsed factory, raising the death toll to at least 17.Read the full story here
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday extended till May 31 the judicial custody of former UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, Bahujan Samaj Party Member of legislative Assembly Ram Prasad Jaiswal, and seven others in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission...
00:15
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday extended till May 31 the judicial custody of former UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, Bahujan Samaj Party Member of legislative Assembly Ram Prasad Jaiswal, and seven others in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission...
00:06
'The Indian media has been a spectacular failure'Army chief was BIASED, vindictive: Sukna scam convictWhy India NEEDS to build on its naval advantageBofors scam: Classic case of chor machaye shor!'Made in China' syndrome plagues US, India militariesJagan, Qaidi Number 6093, skips dinner and...
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