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Passport of Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, former chief of Uttarakhand Minorities Commission, was today impounded by the regional passport office in Jalandhar.After a complaint, the office sent a show cause notice on Namdhari's address, however, it was undelivered and returned back to us, said...
22:46
Altogether 72 fishermen, who were held in Bangladesh for violation of the international water boundary, were likely to return tomorrow, West Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said today.The matter has been settled through negotiation between the two countries and the intervention of...
22:32
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today underwent an angioplasty procedure at a private hospital here following blockage in one of her arteries.The angioplasty procedure was carried out on 74-year-old Dikshit at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute where she was admitted last night following...
22:18
Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat's uncovered corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium.Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but...
21:54
Two senior journalists of Zee news channel were arrested here today on charges of trying to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's group for not doing news reports on coal scam linking his firm. The arrests on charges of extortion came following the registration of a case about...
21:29
Shiv Sena has called for a bandh in Palghar, in the adjoining Thane district, tomorrow in protest against the suspension of police officers who had arrested two girls over a Facebook post, criticising shutdown during Bal Thackeray's funeral.Shiv Sena MLA from Thane Eknath Shinde said the call for...
21:10
Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi clashed with Egyptian police on Tuesday as thousands of protesters stepped up pressure on the Islamist to scrap a decree they say threatens the nation with a new era of autocracy.Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in streets off Cairo's Tahrir...
20:56
The Greek debt deal was a fudge ' they always are ' but Monday night's version came with added ingredients. The Eurogroup and International Monetary Fund have dug deep into the larder and thrown in everything they could find. There's a debt buyback at 35 cents in the euro; an...
20:53
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the Sexiest Man Alive not realising it is satire. The People's Daily today ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader,...
20:50
Pakistan's next general election will be held in May, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said today, offering for the first time a specific timeframe for the landmark polls. The general election will be held in May next year. In the presence of a vibrant media and independent judiciary,...
20:31
India and Israel are expected to discuss the progress in their joint military projects including air defence systems and specialised radars during Defence Secretary-level talks starting on December 3 in New Delhi. Israeli Defence Ministry's Director General Maj Gen Ehud Shani will be in...
19:46
The Delhi high court today sought the replies of various social networking sites, including Google and Facebook, to a plea for removal of defamatory and derogatory articles against a church and an NGO from their sites.Issuing notice to M/s Google India Pvt Ltd, its subsidiaries -- You Tube,...
19:43
The ambitious direct cash transfers scheme, to be launched from January 1 next year, will cover 29 welfare schemes initially, the government said today while describing it as a 'game-changer', but dismissing suggestions that the roll-out hinted at mid-term polls.A day after Prime Minister...
19:42
Maldives today said its cabinet has recommended termination of a contract given to the GMR Group for developing Male Airport, a project awarded to the Indian group during the previous regime of the island nation. The Maldives cabinet, in a meeting today, decided to...
18:51
Kolkata's Jadavpur university gets the thumbs up from Philip Hensher, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, and among Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003. Here's why
18:38
Accusing the Nitish Kumar-led government of institutionalising corruption in Bihar, the opposition RJD today said 'Loktantra' (democracy) had become 'Loot-tantra' (machinery to loot public money) in the state. Releasing a mock 'chargesheet' against the state government, the RJD alleged that...
18:30
Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a civilian government completed a full five-year term in the country and transferred power through the ballot box. Previous governments have either been...
18:09
Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist Minister says he wants to kick the world's biggest steel maker (Arcelor Mittal) out of the country, accusing it of lying to the Government. Read
18:03
Experts warn that China's apparent claims to other territories could have a long-term impact on relations with its neighbours. Read
17:57
The Centre today said it was seriously considering a Constitution amendment to deal with honour killings, as it sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the murder of a man featured in Aamir Khan's show on the problem. Minister of State for Home R P N Singh described as...
17:54
The audience magnet was neither the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, nor former Miss Universe Lara Dutta. The star of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 was an ordinary girl with extraordinary grit - acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee whose prolonged struggle for justice has put the law to shame. Read more...
17:45
Amid controversy over the death of an Indian dentist who was refused termination of her pregnancy despite miscarrying, the Irish Cabinet is set to discuss the report of an expert group which was appointed to examine how the State deals with the issue of lawful abortions. The report, which...
17:34
Multiplex chain operator Cinemax today said its promoters are in exclusive discussions with PVR for selling stake in the company. Cinemax India has been informed by its promoters that they are engaged in exclusive discussions with PVR for a potential sale of their shares in the company. However,...
17:32
Continuing his 13-year-old bitter battle, retired scientist Dr N K Kalia, father of Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia, who was made captive and subjected to brutal torture by Pakistan army in 1999, has now knocked the door of apex court seeking directions to Union government to take up...
17:26
BJP's Yashwant Sinha and Ananth Kumar were huddled in a corner of the Lok Sabha library discussing what presumably is seriously internal politics of the party (and there's plenty of that to talk about).
17:21
In Parliament today, MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi was busy in the Central Hall meeting a number of Congress leaders to assess the impact of his withdrawal of support to the UPA as well as Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh. Owaisi has been saying that Jagan Reddy's YSR Congress will...
17:18
A once-in-a-lifetime December. There will be five Saturdays, five Sundays and five Mondays next month, something that happens just once in 824 years.But that's not what this is about. For Central Government employees, it means holidays for one-third of the month (11 days since besides Saturdays...
17:12
Ten events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2013. Read
17:03
India and China are engaged in a fresh territorial row after Beijing recently started issuing passports showing two disputed regions as its own.The face-off began a few weeks back, after India discovered Beijing issuing new biometric passports depicting two areas along the countries'...
16:57
A Gujarat court rejects Zakia Jaffri's protest petition over the closure of the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) report which gave a clean chit to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2002 riot cases. Zakia, is the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Zafri, who was was killed by a mob...
16:52
Rediff.com's Ganesh Nadar reports that there is a huge traffic jam on Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari Road. Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's ashes are being taken by road to Kanyakumari. More than a 100 vehicles bearing the Sena flag are part of the rally. The ashes of Shiv Sena patriarch arrived...
16:36
Kim Jong Un, the baby-faced dictator of North Korea, has been named the Onion's Sexiest Man Alive. ReadIf your jaw has dropped, remember that's the Onion's poll. And it's all tongue in cheek.
15:58
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has dismissed the controversial maps printed on newly issued Chinese passports, saying that his state is indisputably a part of India.Tuki was in New Delhi to visit his state's pavilion at the 32nd India International Trade Fair. Arunachal Pradesh is...
15:55
Author Pico Iyer's piece for the New York Times. Read
15:49
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton tweets: Packing for my trip to India. So excited to go to Goa for my first time, heard it's the Ibiza of India. Can't wait to have the best time!
15:40
The UN reverberated with the soulful sound of Sufi music as India, the current President of Security Council, hosted a musical event that focussed on the message of tolerance, pluralism and peace. The theme of the concert, which coincided with the fourth anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks,...
15:30
Popular reality show Bigg Boss is all set to get a big screen treatment as a horror comedy film based on the TV programme is in the making. Endemol India, in association with Select Media Holdings Pvt Ltd's film production wing, Moving Pictures, is all set to jointly produce the film which will...
15:29
Efforts to rewrite the Oxford English dictionary in the 70s and 80s have resulted in the omission of entries with foreign origins described as 'really shocking'. Read
15:24
Rachida Dati, a former French justice minister's court case is just the latest in a series of stories about sex scandals and affairs that have dominated the press in a country where female polticians have a terrible public image. Read
15:17
Dr Joseph E Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel prize for his pioneering work, has died at 93. Read
15:10
Scientists have discovered abundant and diverse metabolically active bacteria in the brine of an Antarctic lake sealed under more than 65 feet of ice, shedding light on the limits of life in extreme environments. The finding is surprising because previous studies indicate that the brine has...
15:03
A crowd of Tibetan students has protested in Qinghai province, activists say, as four more self-immolations were reported.Reports said more than 1,000 students took part in the protest, which was reportedly provoked by the contents of a book. Read
14:57
The Comptroller and Auditor General audit of KG-DWN-98/3, popularly known as KG D6, has once again hit a roadblock. ReadAlso see: All about the Reliance-KG Basin controversyTake a bow, Jaipal Reddy!Did this letter to Reliance get Jaipal Reddy shunted out?
14:46
The proposed 'Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill', introduced in the Lok Sabha has been termed as an anti-men legislation by a NGO in Nagpur. The proposed inquiry proceedings in the 2010 Bill are designed to deny justice to men. The proposed Internal Complaints...
14:44
DMK Chief M Karunanidhi in a three-page statement on the FDI issue said today, One should not forget the situation of the UPA government falling if a discussion and voting takes place under rule 184 in Parliament accepting the demand of BJP and some other parties.DMK's decision comes two days...
14:40
Terming his suspension from the BJP as ultravires, Ram Jethmalani today mounted a fresh attack on the party leadership accusing Nitin Gadkari of treading on the path of suicide and dragging the party with him. In a strongly worded letter to Gadkari, Jethmalani also alluded to the alleged role...
14:35
Gujarat made news for riots a decade ago. Even by Indian standards, they were spectacular. Shooting and framing of innocent Muslims, killing of pregnant women, creation of hell on earth for people of just one religion -- such are the crimes for which a handful of men, women, politicians and...
14:25
Kamal Nath adds that the government is not averse to discussion under any rule.
14:19
The UPA's Coordination Committee meet with allies on FDI on retail ends on a positive note. Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamal Nath says the UPA is firmly behind FDI on retail and the Speaker will take a call on voting. Kamal Nath said there has been no insistence on voting and all parties were...
14:09
In other news: India's food regulatory agency has indicted several household brands, including Britannia biscuits, Horlicks health drinks and Kellogg's breakfast cereals, for what it says are misleading claims about some of their food products. Read
14:07
Just in: Twelve people have been convicted for arson in the 2008 Kandhamal riots case and have been sentenced to six years in jail. Last month, 13 people were sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment by a fast track court for their involvement in the riots. Thirty-eight people died in the...
13:50
China's military buildup poses no threat to the world, Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said on Tuesday, in an effort to allay fears among Asian neighbors amid long-running maritime disputes. Read more here
13:48
Senior IPS officer Alok Joshi has been appointed as Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing. Joshi, a 1976 batch officer of Haryana Cadre, is presently Special Secretary in RAW under the Cabinet Secretariat. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Joshi's appointment for a...
13:47
Despite the growing clamour for Nitin Gadkari's head, Mohanrao Bhagwat, the RSS sarsanghachalak, is still inclined to give Gadkari a second innings as BJP president, reports the Telegraph, India. There is a growing clamour in the BJP that even if Gadkari's tenure is extended by three years,...
13:43
Terming as unfortunate the suspected honour killing of a youth in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, the Centre today sought a report from the state government on the issue. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh also said that the Government is very seriously trying to amend the Constitution to...
13:17
Key Anna Hazare aide Kiran Bedi (who has had differences with Arvind Kejriwal) tweets: Anna's IAC Delhi office has a budget requirement. We have raised some. To sustain u can support. Pl tweet me for connecting u with d Bank!In contrast, Arvind Kejriwal who officially entered the political arena...
13:07
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed credit for the attack on senior Pakistani TV anchor Hamid Mir saying that despite repeated warning he did not stop speaking against the Taliban.In a message to rediff.com's Tahir Ali, TTP spokesperson Ihsanullah Ihsan said, We (Taliban) had fixed...
13:01
Pakistan's judicial system has won plaudits for taking on military dictatorships. But it's increasingly receiving flack for overstepping its powers. Read more here.
13:00
In fact, the DMK has been put in a tight spot on the 2G scam. After the party gave a notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss former CAG official RP Singh revelations on the loss figure, the party has just realised that the issue would probably boomerang on them. The DMK, apparently, was greatly...
12:52
DMK supremo M Karunanidhi says the party will support the UPA government on FDI issue in Parliament, but it took the decision with bitterness to prevent communal forces from coming to power.
12:50
India team for England is being announced. First up: Injured Umesh Yadav is out of the team, Ashok Dinda is in. Dinda will replace Umesh for the Test matches to be held beginning December 5 in Kolkata.
12:46
Saugata Roy of the All India Trinamool Congress made a resignation statement in the Lok Sabha. He is resigning over the FDI issue. Details awaited.
12:08
Political corruption was there even during the time of Pandit Nehru. But later a rapid erosion in the selfless dedication of leaders led to the growth of corruption in the entire body politic. National interest became nobody's business. Welfare schemes turned the biggest source for siphoning off...
12:06
Cleansing political parties and elections of illegal money is the first step towards tackling the evil of graft. Read
12:05
Not for nothing has Ram Jethmalani earned the sobriquet Battering Ram. The veteran lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party member loves a good fight, a behavioural trait that has caused him often to clash with his party leadership. So at one level his suspension from the BJP ' followed by a show-cause...
12:01
Forget the BRICs. Meet seven unheralded countries to watch. Read
11:59
In other news, embattled Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are willing to offer the Indian government unrestricted access to the software source codes of all their products as they attempt to ease concerns about a security threat. Read
11:58
BJP senior leader Arun Jaitley reacts to Ram Jethmalani's statement that he was indifferent to any action taken by the party. After the Parliament was disrupted today, Jaitley answering reporters who asked him to comment on the Supreme Court lawyer's statement said, I don't think Jethmalani...
11:47
BJP today said it will insist on discussion on FDI in retail issue under rules which entail voting and asked the government to give up its adamant attitude and allow the House to function by agreeing to the Opposition demand.The BJP Parliamentary Party met today for its weekly meeting to discuss...
11:42
Then there's news that Ajit Seth is being considered for the position of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) when Vinod Rai completes his term on May 25, 2013. Seth is now cabinet secretary - a non controversial babu -- and has also been Resident Commissioner for Uttar Pradesh Bhavanin New...
11:34
The fact that there is groupism in the Trinamool Congress is evident in Parliament especially in the Central Hall. TMC MPs can be seen putting their heads together in the Central Hall discussing the political developments and awaiting calls from West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata...
11:22
The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe.French magistrates opened a murder inquiry in August into Arafat's death in Paris after a Swiss institute said it had...
11:18
Our Delhi sources tell us that President Pranab Mukherjee was overwhelmed yesterday to see a huge garland and basket full of fruits when he received Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu O Pannerselvam with top officials. The TN finance minister had come to meet the President to invite him to the...
11:14
BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain has said that if the Parliament does not function, the responsibility lies with the government.
11:10
The Trinamool Congress is carrying out a protest outside Parliament House at the entrance gate over the FDI on retail and LPG subsidy. The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon, yet again over FDI on retail.
11:07
Much like a certain brand of noodles, it took just two minutes for Rajya Sabha to be adjourned till noon. In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar looks on with seemingly endless patience as members create a ruckus over FDI on retail. Baith jaiye, baith jaiye apni seat pe, she beseeches. The...
11:03
Superstar Aamir Khan visited Meerut on Monday to appeal to the police to ensure the security of the widow and daughter of murdered labourer Abdul Hakim, 29, who spoke about the terror unleashed on lovers by khap panchayats in western UP on his show Satyamev Jayate earlier this year. Read
10:54
Another big story yesterday was that the Supreme Court had sought the Centre's response to a radical plea for collection of 25% of the cost of a diesel car or SUV sold in the National Capital Region as green tax at the time of its purchase to deter people from buying more polluting personal...
10:48
After over a year of campaigning, dozens of protests and exposes against ministers,Arvind Kejriwal officially entered the political arena on Monday. Negating the perception that only big parties can draw hefty funds, the newly launched Aam Aadmi Party collected more than 1.10 crore...
10:45
Nearly a week after two Palghar girls were unnecessarily summoned to the police station and arrested for an innocuous Facebook post, the government is suspending the superintendent of police (Thane rural) Ravindra Sengaonkar. In a separate development, the Bombay high court on...
10:29
Suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani has lashed out against senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in a letter to the BJP Parliamentary Board saying he is totally indifferent to the action taken against him. Jethmalani was served a show cause notice asking why action should not be taken...
10:16
The Bharatiya Janata Party today gave a notice for suspension of question hour in the Rajya Sabha.
10:01
Former Congress MLC and Adarsh scam accused Kanhaiyalal Gidwani died of a heart attack at a Mumbai hospital. Gidwani, one of the chief promoters of the controversial Adarsh Society in south Mumbai, was arrested by the CBI along with others after it came to light that there were several...
09:36
United Progressive Alliance allies will meet this morning to discuss how the logjam in Parliament over the Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail issue can be broken, reports NDTV. The government has said that giving in to the Opposition demand for a vote in Parliament on an executive...
09:06
Six more infant deaths have been reported from the Medical College Hospital in Malda in West Bengal in the past 24 hours. This takes the toll to 19 deaths since Saturday, according to a report on CNN-IBN. Hospital authorities maintain that the infants were brought in a critical condition...
08:49
The father, brother and an uncle of a 13 year-old girl from nearby Dharmadom in north Kerala's Kannur district have been arrested for allegedly raping the minor for the past two years. The shocking incident came to light two days ago when the 8th standard student of a local school was seen...
01:47
The US has termed as a 'mistake' the Palestinian bid to become a non-member observer state at the UN -- a move supported by countries like India, Brazil and South Africa -- warning it would derail the Middle East peace process and vowing to oppose it.We have obviously been very clear that we do...
01:22
AFP reports: A bogus news release prompted several websites to run incorrect articles about Google making a $400 million acquisition of a wireless company today, the target company said. This was a hoax. We are investigating the source, said an emailed statement from George Strouthopoulos,...
00:25
'Perpetrators of 26/11 are not heroes in Pakistan'Exclusive: 'Headley said had contacts in the drug mafia'Pics: Show of strength at Aam Aadmi Party's first rally26/11: 2nd Pak judicial commission to visit IndiaThe man whose car Kasab stole, speaks
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