23:55
In a piece titled Indian Media, Wake Up Hanuman, Justice Markandaya Katju, Chairman, Press Council, bemoans the media's obsession with trivial stories that do not concern the Real India: http://justicekatju.blogspot.in/2012/11/wake-up-hanuman.html
23:51
The United States has advised American citizens visiting Greek cities to beware of the possibility of unprovoked harassment and violent attacks against people who could be mistaken for foreign migrants. Greece has seen an increase in racist violence over the past year, with dark-skinned...
23:50
The United States was expected today to lift its ban on most imports from Myanmar days before President Barack Obama pays a landmark visit to the fast-changing nation, officials said.However, the Treasury Department was likely to maintain its ban on the import of gems, which are seen as a major...
22:30
In order to take stock of the rush of passengers during the festive season, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today visited New Delhi station and saw the arrangements made to tackle the demand for trains. I went around the station and am satisfied with the arrangement. Though...
22:25
The grounded Kingfisher Airlines today started paying salaries for the month of May to its lower level staff and some cabin crew. There was no word about salary dues of pilots and engineers. Only cabin crew and...
21:44
Pakistan government today shut down the mobile phone network in the nation's biggest city Karachi and troubled Quetta city to thwart any terror attack on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Muharram. Interior Minister Rehman Malik yesterday...
21:43
Freedom of speech and expression are non-negotiable entities and there is a need to find a golden mean between this freedom and reasonable restrictions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said. I think at that at the end of the...
21:39
Nobel Peace Laureate and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Bangalore tonight on a two-day visit to the country's IT hub. She proceeded straight to a seven-star hotel, where she will halt for the night, Deputy Commissioner of Police (VIP Security) A...
21:19
Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao today warned against casino banking that has over-financialised the real economy, and called for inclusive growth to quell the growing disenchantment of the public. A growth process that increases inequity lacks...
21:06
Yet another textbook in a CBSE school has sparked a controversy by allegedly insinuating that non-vegetarians lie, cheat and commit crimes, with the government terming it as unfortunate and asking state bodies to remain alert about such content and monitor...
21:00
The AICC will be reconstituted in the next few days, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said today. Asked whether Rahul Gandhi, who has been made head of the Election Coordination Committee, will be appointed No. 2 in the party, Singh said that was the wish of...
20:58
Amid outrage over the death of an Indian dentist in Ireland after refusal by doctors to terminate her pregnancy, a BJP delegation today met Irish Ambassador Feilim McLaughlin to lodge its protest and demanded speedy justice for the...
19:09
Shah Rukh, who had a fallout with Bal Thackeray after his party attacked King Khan's film 'My Name Is Khan', also spoke about his personal relationship with the Shiv Sena supremo. He was one of the many celebrities who visited Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree' in Mumbai yesterday to inquire about...
19:07
More on Shah Rukh Khan at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit today. SRK may have tweeted about dancing with fellow Bollywood star Salman Khan at the premiere of Jab Tak Hai Jaan but he does not believe they will reconcile anytime soon. The two actors, who have remained on unfriendly terms...
19:01
Ram was a bad husband. So? Indrajit Hazra's take on Ram Jethmalani's now-famous comment. Read
18:50
An update on Bal Thackeray's health at this hour.Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said, From our face you can make out that Bal Thackeray's health is improving. His pulse rate, heart rate and blood pressure is also improving. Divine power and everybody's prayers is with him. Shiv Sainiks are...
18:43
As the government readies for the winter session of Parliament on the 22nd of this month, read the findings of an RTI application. The application asked for the amount of time which was spent in the Monsoon Session actually conducting the business of discussing and passing laws that affect us....
18:32
A new book, Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender contains photographs from the private collections of his parents, and portraits by famous photographers including Lord Snowdon and Mick Rock. Read
18:23
The incredible Incredible India 2013 ad. Take a bow, India! Watch
18:13
Update on the now-forgotten US Presidential elections: If you took a moment during the heat of the presidential race to drop by the Mitt Romney campaign office, you would have been shocked by the number of white people working to get him elected. About the only color you would have seen...
17:49
Here's the detail on the two MoUs signed between governments of India and Japan today. (Check our post at 15:24 for the first brief by the MEA). The first agreement was for cooperation on social security, and it was signed by Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Ambassador of India to Japan, and...
17:37
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invites the BJP top brass for dinner tomorrow in an apparent bid to reach out to the Opposition before the winter session of Parliament on November 22.
17:35
After an NDTV story which showed a Class 6 textbook that says meat-eaters cheat, lie and commit sex crimes, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that school books used across the country are not monitored for content. Read more
17:31
On the New York Times blogs on India...Late in June, I moved back to my hometown, Kolkata, after eight years in Delhi and one in New York. As I looked to kick off my freelance career, Kolkata was the obvious choice for a base there, I did not have to pay for rent or food (thanks, mom) and I...
17:26
The army staged flag marches in Assam's curfew-bound Kokrajhar today where indefinite curfew is in force, with the district remaining incident free in the last 24 hours. The army and police are working around the clock to bring the situation under control and no untoward incident has been...
17:19
Moving on from Mr Khan and Ms Kaif, read Madhu Kishwar's column for the Indian Express: Who's anti-women, Modi or the media? Read
17:14
The session with Shah Rukh and Katrina is being moderated by columnist Vir Sanghvi. Another comment he will be plagued with is: I'd rather kiss a horse and ride my heroine. That's in response to Sanghvi's question on why he has always shied away from kissing on screen, but made an exception for...
17:05
Shah Rukh Khan at the HT Leadership Summit says he has no regrets about dropping Ganguly from KKR. He also addresses that other important question -- No, he will not make up with Salman on a public platform. Nevermind, the disaster that is Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the man sure has charm and is far...
16:54
Government has information that terror groups have been investing money in Indian stock markets, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said today. Asked by reporters about intelligence information that Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa is investing money in Indian stock exchanges, the minister said he...
16:49
Spanish terror suspect Raul Angel Fuentes Villota arrested in Britain after being on run for 17 year, reports BBC. Details in a bit.
16:42
Irish ambassador to India Feilim McLaughlin, who was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs today over the death of 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar, says he will ensure full cooperation in the probe India has asked for. India is awaiting the results of two probes ordered by Irish...
16:29
Gearing up for opposition attack on FDI during the upcoming Parliament session, government today asserted that it was ready to face any situation, including a No-Confidence Motion, even as it was reaching out to political parties to ensure passage of key bills. It ruled out any possibility of...
16:24
Why does the planet's No.1 spy never go to the really dangerous places? Read
16:19
The issue of FDI in retail is expected to generate a storm in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week, with the Left parties today announcing their decision to move motions entailing voting to oppose the government's decision. At a time when BJP and several other parties have also...
16:13
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy released a study on a cost-benefit analysis of the Aadhaar programme, showing that Aadhaar can plug problems ofleakages and yield very high returns to the government. This study is significant in the light of the current debates on how to...
15:59
Just in case you bump into Chinese leaders Xi Jinping or Li Keqiang -- here's how you pronounce their names. Read
15:54
In other news: Alfred Hitchcock sabotaged Tippi Hedren's movie career after she rejected his advances. But the heroine of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' says she has no regrets. Read
15:47
The Samajwadi Partys decision to declare its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, 18 months before they are scheduled to be held in 2014, has set political circles in Delhi abuzz.The SPs political googly, combined with Finance Minister P Chidambarams comment about the growth rate...
15:43
The National Commission for Women today said it would take up with the External Affairs Ministry the death of the Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar in Ireland after doctors allegedly refused to terminate her 17-week pregnancy on the ground that it was a 'Catholic country'. The Indian government...
15:33
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi recently hosted a lunch party for media based in the state. While showing off his confidence, Modi assured the journalists present, You may find this party lacklustre, but we will have a much bigger party on December 25 to celebrate the BJP's victory in the...
15:24
Syed Akbaruddin, the MEA spokesperson tweets that India and Japan have signed an MoU in Tokyo on cooperation in the Rare Earths Industry. This will strengthen strategic and global partnership.Remember, the PM cancelled his trip to Japan, scheduled this week.
15:16
The chairman of the world's largest coal producer, the state-run Coal India Ltd., has a solution in mind to solve the country's coal shortage: mine forest areas in a big way.Our future growth has to come from forest areas,' S. Narsing Rao told India Real Time in a recent interview. Read
15:09
Myanmar state media say ethnic rebels in the country's north have staged a deadly attack on a prison convoy. The attack highlights a violence-plagued corner of Myanmar just days before a historic visit by President Barack Obama. White House officials said yesterday that Obama would use his visit...
14:56
Samajwadi Party today declared its first list of candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with its president Mulayam Singh Yadav seeking another term from his Mainpuri seat. The party today releases its first list of 55 candidates for the coming elections, including 18 sitting MPs and MLAs,...
14:50
This is what Nobel Laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said during her visit to her alma mater Lady Sri Ram (LSR) College for Women in New Delhi today. The dignified and graceful Suu Kyi said she felt that she was partly a citizen of India, given that she had acquired her...
14:40
In other news, finance minister P Chidambaram who is addressing the GoM news conference says the UPA was reaching out to political parties to seek support for the passage of bills in the winter session of Parliament. The Indian economy growing at 5.5 per cent and the government is taking steps...
14:35
Sainiks tell Prasanna Zore that they did not spare NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal (a former Shiv Sainik) when he came calling last evening and (for good measure) they abused Manohar Joshi as well and Rane would get the same treatment.
14:22
Shiv Sainiks our correspondent Prasanna Zore spoke to about whether Narayan Rane would arrive at Matoshree said that even if he did he would have to be prepared to face their anger.
14:08
And so, Narayan Rane, one of the only former Shiv Sena politicians has still not made his way to Matoshree. Rane, who is now with the Congress climbed the political ladder via the Shiv Sena. In fact, he Bal Thackeray used to be his mentor. But Rane has not marked his attendance at Matoshree in...
14:00
In other news... Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was unlikely to visit Pakistan given India's sense of hurt caused by the Mumbai terror attacks, a highly placed government source said here today.Noting that there was enthusiasm on part of Pakistan leadership to see Singh visiting that...
13:47
Only Uddhav, his wife Rashmi and a team of doctors from the Lilavati Hospital are permitted inside the Sena boss' room on the second floor, sources close to the family said. Meanwhile, people from the tinsel town, politicians and common Shiv Sena workers continue to throng 'Matoshree'. Prominent...
13:42
Arvind Sachdev, a practitioner of what is apparently called 'Rohini Vidya' that uses positive energy to treat patients, says Bal Thackeray will have a speedy recovery.He says the waves of energy he felt yesterday outside Matoshree were not positive, but today there is a perceptible difference. He...
13:35
Though no medical bulletin has been issued ever since Thackeray's condition worsened suddenly on Wednesday night, a doctor attending on him said on the condition of anonymity that the situation remains largely unchanged. His condition is being constantly monitored. He refused to part with any...
13:31
At Matoshree: Actor Milind Gunaji, his wife and son mark their attendance. ACP Vasant Dhoble (the cop who struck terror in the heart's of Mumbai's partygoers) enters the Thackeray residence.
13:06
Prasanna Zore reports that Baba Ramdev and the Oberois have been inside Matoshree for at least an hour. Are still waiting for an audience with Uddhav? Meanwhile, Juhi Chawla and the legendary filmmaker V Shantaram's son, Kiran, have entered Matoshree. Sena supporters have begun an yagna outside...
13:01
The Savita Halappanavar story: A distraught husband has described how he held his wife's hand as she died from blood poisoning caused by a miscarriage after Irish doctors refused to perform an abortion. Praveen Halappanavar, 34, said that he begged doctors to carry out the procedure but...
12:58
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said censorship was no answer to irresponsible journalism and favoured self regulation by media. As a country, we believe in complete independence of the media from external control, Singh said in a message on National Press Day today. It is true that...
12:49
Among the steady stream of visitors to Matoshree today, is yoga guru Baba Ramdev. The Oberois -- actors Suresh and Vivek, also marked their presence. Bollywood turned out in large numbers yesterday -- Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek, Rishi Kapoor with brother Randhir, Salim Khan and sons...
12:43
Our Delhi sources tell us that senior BJP leader LK Advani may not attendthe Central Election Committee of his party, which is expected to finalise the candidates for the Gujarat Assembly. The CEC is to meet by Monday. And another snippet: The AICC and the PMO has apparently received a message...
12:25
In the world outside Matoshree... news comes in that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh recently constituted a high-power search committee to identify officers for the posts of Director of Intelligence Bureau and Secretary Research and Analysis Wing. These two posts are considered to be the 'eyes...
12:11
And the OB vans and journalists parked outside Matoshree remain as does Bollywood making its presence felt. Suresh Oberoi and Vivek Oberoi have just dropped in to visit the Thackerays, reports Prasanna Zore. A Sena leader we spoke to says Thackeray's blood pressure and pulse rate are normal. A...
12:04
There is no let-up in the security cordon outside Matoshree. At least 500 policemen, and personnel from the Rapid Action Force are maintaining vigil. Police trying to maintain peace as supporters raise slogans asking the Sena chief to come out and greet them. Here's the update on Bal Thackeray's...
11:56
Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore who is at Matoshree today gives us an update. The number of supporters outside Bal Thackeray's residence at Bandra (East) have almost halved. But there's a difference in the sentiments -- yesterday, the thousands who had squatted or stood on the road outside Matoshree...
11:45
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will host a dinner for United Progressive Alliance leaders today in an attempt to consolidate his government's strategy ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. Dr Singh's dinner with UPA leaders comes close on the heels of his similar interactions with...
11:34
Mumbai back to normal as Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's health improved last evening. Here's an update: Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said late last night that Thackeray's condition was ''stable''. Our feelings and wishes for him are the same. His condition has been stable...
11:30
MoS HRD was on the panel at Lady Shriram College felicitating Aung San Suu Kyi. Tharoor tweets: Privileged 2b part of the emotional return of Aung San Suu Kyi to her alma mater. Lady Shri Ram made it especially memorable w/a superb show.
11:24
The Bombay High Court has observed that a dying declaration cannot be the sole criteria for conviction and in case of two contrasting views, the one favourable to the accused should be adopted. A division bench of justices Pratap Hardas and Ashok Bhangale said, The criminal court has to bear in...
11:18
India's envoy to Ireland will today formally raise New Delhi's concerns over the death of Savita Halappanavar, an Indian dentist who died in a hospital there from blood poisoning after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy.I think saving the life of the mother is of prime importance, if...
11:16
Suu Kyi is at her alma mater the Lady Sriram College in New Delhi. Read the Times of India story: A teacher remembers pupil Suu Kyi. Read
10:57
There was a day thousands of years ago that a mastermind called Kautilya decided to leave the faculty of Taxila University, the most hallowed portal of learning of its time.He descended these hills and travelled far down the plains to arrive in Patliputra and become Chanakya, the philosopher who...
10:50
Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao on Ami Bera winning US the Congressional elections: Thrilled to know about Ami Bera's victory in election to US Congress! Here's a pic from White House Diwali function!
10:45
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday said he had given a free hand to police to take action against criminals, and accepted that his government was being targeted on the law and order front in spite of its work in health, education and other sectors.Speaking at the launch of Women Power Line,...
10:39
A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the US after reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to the energy shots. However, Lucknow-born CEO of '5-Hour Energy', Manoj Bhargava dismissed the allegations against his firm as...
10:31
On Day 4 of her visit to India, Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung Sang Suu Kyi is currently visited her college in New Delhi -- Lady Sri Ram College.I always knew I would come back to this hall where I had learned to sing one of Gandhi's favourite songs - Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. I feel I am...
10:09
With Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's health improving, offices and corporate houses are expected to work normally today. Many shops, who downed shutters yesterday, are also expected to get back to business. Most markets and offices, especially those in Bandra and Dadar, home to the Sena's...
09:39
Ami Bera today won the Congressional election from California, creating history by becoming only the third Indian-American ever to have been elected for the US House of Representatives. While the counting of votes is still going on, local daily Sacramento Bee said that Bera has...
09:21
Shiv Sainiks heaved a sigh of relief last night as Uddhav Thackeray stepped out of Matoashree and said that Bal Thackeray was fine and will get better. However, the city continues to be on high alert with 48,000 policemen patrolling the streets. Outside Matoshree, anti-riot squads and the Rapid...
09:04
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by a domestic help of the Samajwadi Party MLA from Sadar, and his associates at the legislator's house in Balrampur, police said. Rakesh and some of his associates allegedly abducted the girl while she had gone to attend to nature's call on Tuesday...
08:30
Bracing up for an Opposition onslaught in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host dinner for UPA leaders today to firm up a joint strategy on various issues like FDI that are expected to come up during the session beginning next week.Singh's dinner with UPA leaders comes close on...
04:28
While the Israeli army and Gaza militants were busy pounding each other with rockets in the past two days, representatives for both sides fired salvos across the Twittersphere.Accounts for the Israeli military and Hamas' military wing, the al-Qassam Brigade, have tweeted live updates from the...
04:25
BP has received the biggest criminal fine in US history as part of a $4.5bn settlement related to the fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.Two BP workers have been indicted on manslaughter charges and an ex-manager charged with misleading Congress.The Department of Justice (DoJ) said BP must...
04:17
The BBC will pay a former British politician 185,000 in damages over a news report that led to him being falsely accused of child sex abuse, it said on Thursday.The BBC has agreed terms with Lord McAlpine to settle his claim of libel against the Corporation, said a BBC statement. The...
02:15
Palestinian militants barraged Israel with more than 200 rockets today, killing three people as Israel pressed a punishing campaign of airstrikes on militant targets across the Gaza Strip. Three rockets targeted the densely populated Tel Aviv area, setting off air raid sirens in brazen attacks...
00:46
With his writing partner Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar wrote some of the most memorable Hindi films of all time. Movies like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay... But the son of the celebrated Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar had one man to thank for making him a lyricist, the avatar he is better known today. In this...
00:40
a. Sunidhi Chauhanb. Alka Yagnikc. Shakthisree Gopaland. Nayatara BhatkalGive up? Shakthisree sang the number and you can read more about her in this The Hindu profile: http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/singing-away-to-glory/article4098414.ece?homepage=true#.UKU54qCXvOc.mailto
00:35
A depressing report in The Hindu on the awful condition of the thousands who fled their homes after violence in Assam's Kokrajhar district: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/rehabilitation-faultlines-threaten-fragile-peace/article4098788.ece?homepage=true
00:31
From the Washington, DC think-tank, the Stimson Center, A New US Defence Strategy: http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/A_New_US_Defense_Strategy_for_a_New_Era.pdf
00:27
Talk of implementing the Shunglu report, argues former civil servant Ramaswamy R Iyer in the Hindu, is a veneer for the government's eagerness to clip the Comptroller and Auditor General's wings:...
00:17
The sex scandal that has brought down CIA chief David Petraeus may be causing heartache in the Washington security establishment but the affair has prompted laughter among the Taliban.Petraeus resigned last week to pre-empt revelations of an affair with his married biographer Paula Broadwell,...
00:15
A startling report in The Telegraph, Kolkata reveals that 21 tea estate managers have been murdered: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121115/jsp/frontpage/story_16196966.jsp#.UKU5NaNhiK1
00:13
Bal Thackeray stable, I haven't given up hope: UddhavWATCH: Stars, corporates and Aam Janta at MatoshreeRupee snaps 3-day downtrend, ends 18 paise upPetrol price reduced by 95 paise per litre Before turbulent session, PM to host dinner for UPA leaders
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