23:59
The 87 assembly seats, spread across Saurashtra, South Gujarat and four tehsils of western Ahmedabad, have a total of 846 candidates in the fray.Additional chief electoral officer Ashok Manek told PTI that 846 candidates were in the fray for the first phase after withdrawal of nomination...
23:39
AP reports: Former President George H W Bush has been hospitalised in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough.Bush's chief of staff, Jean Becker, says the 88-year-old former president is being treated for bronchitis at Houston's Methodist Hospital.She says he was admitted last Friday and is...
23:09
Putting the safety of around 160 passengers at risk, two SpiceJet pilots allegedly got into a verbal fight over who should land first, sources here said.The incident had occurred yesterday at around 7 pm when the Indore ATC cleared the Delhi-Indore flight of SpiceJet for landing. Around the same...
22:30
AP reports: Waving their national flag and expressing hope for a new voice on the international stage, Palestinians rallied today in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ahead of their new UN bid.Thousands gathered at celebratory demonstrations across the territories in the hours before Palestinian...
22:14
Women activists of an NGO today staged a protest in front of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, demanding action against an official against whom a complaint of harassment has been filed by a woman medical officer. The protesters slammed...
22:03
The benefits of the cash transfer scheme -- to be rolled-out from January 1 in 51 districts -- will reach the intended beneficiary only by February-March, said Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahlwualia. In an interview, Ahluwalia also dismissed the...
21:27
More than 30 people, including 10 security personnel, were injured when police and teachers of government aided schools, who were agitating over the mode of payment, clashed in front of the assembly today. Teachers of nearly 1,500 schools in the...
21:26
Many parts of Maharashtra would face severe water crisis by the months of May and June next year due to deficient rainfall, Water Supplies and Sanitation Minister Laxman Dhoble has said. Voicing concern over the availability of water in the state, he criticised the...
21:14
Alleged Naxals burnt down six vehicles on the under-construction Venkatapur-Dewalmar road in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra on Wednesday night, said the police.A group of ultras set fire to three tractors, a road roller, a tanker and a JCB machine after breaking open their diesel tanks and using...
21:13
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he will step down from the top post if the opposition proves the allegation that his National Conference is misusing money to buy the votes of Panches and Sarpanches for the forthcoming Legislative Council polls. ...
21:10
India's formal contacts with China's new leadership would begin when National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon arrives in Beijing to hold wide-ranging talks with Chinese officials over two days from December...
21:08
Pakistan one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq has vowed to play aggressive, positive and hard cricket in the upcoming series in India scheduled to be held at the end of December. Whenever we play India, the pressure and tension is different and the only way to overcome the...
20:38
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she was waiting to see what shape the Centre's controversial bill on land acquisition takes but remained firm on her stand against forcible acquisition of land. We are against forcible acquisition of land (for...
20:37
Pro-government Taliban commander Mullah Nazir was injured when a suicide bomber targeted his vehicle in South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing seven people and injuring 14 more, officials said. The bomber detonated his explosives...
20:09
Hyderabad police today said they had received no alert about any faction of Pakistani Taliban planning to carry out attacks in the city as well as in Amritsar to avenge 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's execution. I would like to clarify, we have not got any such...
20:04
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who underwent an angioplasty procedure following blockage in one of her arteries, was discharged from the hospital today. She has been advised rest for a few days by doctors. Dikshit, who was admitted to the...
20:02
Bangladesh, the world's second largest garment exporter, today launched nationwide checks at its garment factories as thousands of workers staged protests after 112 people were burnt to death last week. Fire officials in 15 groups began the...
20:01
The higher reaches of the mountains in Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand today received the season's first heavy snowfall even as icy winds swept the plains. Incessant rains made way for heavy snowfall in Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamnotri, Auli and Harsil...
19:06
A South African court today blamed the government for deliberately delaying a visa to the Dalai Lama last year, that led the Tibetan spiritual leader to call off his visit to the country and prompted allegations that Chinese influence prompted the...
19:03
Four more children died at the Malda College and Hospital in Malda, taking the total number of crib deaths to 31 since Saturday even as a Health Taskforce claimed the situation is not alarming. Hospital authorities said four children died since...
18:34
The crisis in Jammu and Kashmir cricket deepened today with senior state team skipper Samiullah Beigh blaming coach Bishan Singh Bedi for creating rifts among players. Amid much fanfare the former India captain was last year appointed as coach of the Jammu and Kashmir senior state team....
18:25
A Defence Ministry policy to promote military industry in the country has come in for criticism by the CAG, which also questioned the waivers given to foreign defence firms for fulfilling their offset requirements. Under the offsets policy, foreign vendors bagging deals worth over Rs 300 crore...
18:24
The BJP says it will complain to Election Commission tomorrow against the government's announcement on direct cash transfer as it violates the code of conduct for the Gujarat polls.
18:20
The Securities Appellate Tribunal dismisses the Sahara group's appeal against market regulator Sebi on refund of Rs 24,000 crore to investors. Sebi has moved a local court to initiate criminal proceedings against Sahara chief Subrata Roy and directors of two unlisted group firms for allegedly...
18:01
Asked to comment on Katju's letter, Mamata Banerjee said: I have not received any letter. This (state) government will not function at anyone's diktat. If someone thinks that he will make us work by force and threat, it will not be done.The 'government is for the people, by the people and of the...
17:51
Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today slammed Mamata Banerjee for being increasingly intolerant and whimsical and asked her to mend her ways but the West Bengal Chief Minister hit back by saying her government would not function at anyone's diktat. From what I could gather during...
17:47
India's telecom ministry plans to make it harder for police to register cases against people accused of online hate speech, a move that follows criticism the law was being misused to stifle freedom of expression.That's the Wall Street Journal's take on the modifications made to the IT Act. Read
17:37
A perspective of exactly how great a cricketer Ricky Ponting is. For most players, playing 100 Test matches is a huge achievement - only 50 have achieved it in the history of Test cricket. However, with this victory against Sri Lanka in Galle, Ricky Ponting became the first player to be a part...
17:34
Our prayers are with the very talented and gorgeous Manisha Koirala.
17:28
Manisha Koirala has been admitted to Mumbai's Jaslok hospital and has reportedly been diagnosed with cancer. Manisha Koirala was admitted to our hospital on November 28, Jaslok Hospital spokesperson Krishnakant Dasyam said. She is undergoing some medical tests and will be in the...
17:16
SS Namdhari has been sent to three days police custody and has been booked under Section 302 of the IPC (murder).
17:15
Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been booked for liqour baron Ponty Chadha's brother Hardeep's murder. The probe into the shootout that killed Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep has revealed that Sukhdev Singh Namdhari had fired the bullet lodged in the bonnet of the liquor baron's SUV.Sachin Tyagi,...
17:11
There is not a single Muslim name in all the three lists of candidates released by the BJP for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. The fourth list was released today. This is the first list, and the second list and the third list.
16:55
Lal Singh Choudhary, the Congress MP from Jammu created a flutter provoking Jyotiraditya Scindia. Choudhary said that his consitutency in Jammu is not in the list of new power projects under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojana.
16:53
Inside Parliament: The BJP today greeted and congratulated Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha during Question hour. BJP senior leader Yashwant Sinha and leader of the opposition in the LS Sushma Swaraj praised Scindia for getting independent charge of the power ministry though they...
16:37
Talks between Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery water row failed to break ice. Karnataka has flatly refused to release any water to Tamil Nadu, says TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa after meeting her counterpart Jagadish Shettar. We will go back to Supreme Court and inform...
16:34
Multiplex chain operator Cinemax today said its promoters will sell their entire stake of 69.27 per cent in the company to PVR Ltd for Rs 394.98 crore. PVR will also purchase additional up to 26 per cent stake from public shareholders through an open offer.
16:33
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today highlighted the need for specialised training to policemen for hostage-like situations and upgradation of police voice communication network. Addressing policemen from different states at the second National Seminar on Counter Terrorism 2012,...
16:08
Pramod Kumar is one of the few researchers in the world who has interacted with the Andamanese tribe, the Jarawas. He recently completed a PhD thesis on the grammar of their language. Read
15:57
Concerned over recent incidents of arrest of people allegedly for posting offencive messages on social networking sites, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea to amend the Information Technology Act and sought Attorney General G E Vahanvati's help in deciding it.A bench headed by Chief...
15:47
A 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan had her throat cut after her father refused a marriage proposal from relatives. Read
15:38
Bollywood's Shah Rukh Khan, Dilip Kumar and the Peshawar club. Read
15:36
After the Shiv Sena, its offshoot led by Raj Thackeray seeks the arrest of a citizen for criticizing the leader. Another take on the Union of Palghar arrests. Read
15:22
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir says, The arrest of children outraged sentiments in the country. We need consideration so that this does not happen again. Also read: FB arrests: Police decides to drop case against girls
15:12
BSP leader Mayawati today refused to spell her party's strategy on the issue of FDI, saying it will be disclosed on the floor of the House. It (debate on FDI) has been admitted in Lok Sabha. The Speaker has taken the decision. It is under Rule 184 in Lok Sabha. In Rajya Sabha, the presiding...
14:52
The Supreme Court asks Attorney General G E Vahanvati to help it in deciding a plea for the amendment in the IT Act. The SC will hear the PIL for changes in the IT Act to bar police from arresting a person without court order for offensive messages online.
14:47
Watch bestselling writer Rashmi Bansal discuss the Information Age and its many challenges with Rediff.com CEO Ajit Balakrishnan, author of the acclaimed new book, The Wave Rider. The event will be live streamed at 3 pm. Here's where you go
14:44
Two Pakistani girls shot by a Taliban hit squad trying to kill their classmate, Malala Yousufzai, returned to school on Thursday under tight security. Read
14:40
The Pakistan government has asked a court to dismiss LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed's petition against US drones attacks on the Pakistani soil for being not maintainable. The Foreign Ministry, in a reply submitted to the Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial yesterday, said Saeed had...
14:37
A noted cyber law expert feels that the government's proposal to set new guidelines under Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act won't help the cause a bit. Vicky Nanjappa reports on Rediff.com. Read
14:25
Letter-writing campaigns are officially a thing of the past. President Obama is calling on Americans to use Twitter as a device to pressure Congress into saving middle-class tax cuts. If there's one thing that I've learned, when the American people speak loudly enough, lo and behold, Congress...
14:21
Could US President Barack Obama be moving toward closing Guantanamo Bay after all? A new government report shows that the 166 prisoners currently held in the prison could be absorbed by facilities inside the United States. Read
14:18
ICC tweet on Ricky Ponting's retierement: Did you know Ricky Ponting is the only man to have participated in more than 100 Test Match victories for his side.
14:15
You could easily skip by it in an archive search: a project titled A Study of Lunar Research Flights. Its nickname is even more low-brow: Project A-119. But the reality was much more explosive.It was a top-secret plan, developed by the U.S. Air Force, to look at the possibility of detonating a...
14:11
Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from international cricket today. What prompted the Australian batting legend to call time on his career when he was arguably only an Indian series away from returning to form? The inside story, in pictures. SeeAlso read: In Pontings imperfections, lie...
14:08
Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh today said that Captain Saurabh Kalia was a very brave officer and the Army had written to the Defence Ministry and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conveying its concern over the brutal treatment accorded to him after capture by the...
13:59
We have all often denounced the Shiv Sena for its violence, and some of us have been its victims as well. But if we have never stinted on blaming the party for its controversial ways, there is no reason to stint on praising Shiv Sainiks for their exemplary conduct during Bal Thackeray's...
13:53
The perfect seat for passengers on a plane is 6A , as it combines maximum comfort with convenience, a new survey has found. The poll of over 1,000 airline passengers questioned respondents on their seat preferences, including which section and whether they chose window, middle or aisle seats. The...
13:51
Here's the takeaway from the modifications on the IT Act 66A The government has modified rules under the controversial Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act in the wake of its alleged misuse in recent few cases. This comes a day after a 19-year-old boy was questioned by the police in...
13:44
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised India as a super-power in the field of information technology as he unveiled the country's first indigenously created low-cost Aakash 2 tablet here. The tablet was showcased at the UN headquarters yesterday on the occasion of the India's current Presidency...
13:39
FDI discussion will be held on December 4 and 5 in the Lok Sabha.
13:26
That's that then. The government agrees to a debate and vote on FDI under rule 168, in the Rajya Sabha as well. The Samajwadi Party throws the spanner: Will oppose FDI vote in the Rajya Sabha.The government has agreed to a debate being held under Rule 184 which may now be held on any two days...
13:17
Barkha Dutt tweets: New guidelines states that an IG or DCP level police officer will now have to process any complaints under 66A. Better, but not enough
12:53
The first death anniversary of the senior Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwara Rao (Kishenji), killed in an encounter with security forces on 24 November in West Bengal last year, passed off peacefully. Intelligence agencies had sounded an alert that Maoists might launch big attacks around this...
12:47
Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari has called all party leaders for a meeting at 1 pm in his chambers to discuss the running of the House. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury created a ruckus today asking that if the Lok Sabha was functioning, why wasn't the Rajya Sabha functioning. Shortly after, the...
12:43
Leila Janah is trying to find a way to connect women and young people living in poverty to dignified work via the Internet. Her company Samasource,which she founded in 2008, provides free, specialized technology training via 16 centers in nine countries, including India, Pakistan,...
12:37
The battle games between India and China continue on the disputed boundary between the two neighbours, with the two sides flirting dangerously close to an accidental conflict on the 50th anniversary of the 1962 War. Read more.
12:33
The government has modified rules under the controversial section 66A of the IT Act in the wake of its alleged misuse in recent few cases. Section 66A treats sending information through a computer or communication device as having committed an offence if the material is grossly offensive, has...
12:29
The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day after uproar on the issue of SC/ST quota in promotions in government jobs.The RS chairperson has now called a meeting of all party leaders on the FDI logjam. The Lok Sabha has been adjourned as well. The government has said it is ready for a...
12:25
In other stories: A radical departure for nurses in Kerala. The century-old dress code for female nurses in government hospitals in Kerala has been amended. They can now wear a churidar and overcoat as their uniform instead of the sari. Considering the 'inconvenience' of the sari, the Health...
12:09
Maharashtra DGP hints at dropping charges against Shaheen Dhada and her friend Renu Srinivasan, both aged 21, from Palghar, who were arrested on Novmber 19 after Dadha posted a Facebook status protesting the Mumbai shutdown after Thackerays death and Renu 'liked' it. A national outrage prompted...
11:59
Rani Mukherjee is known for her versatile acting ability, starring in a range of Bollywood blockbusters from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Ghulam and Black. After appearing as the bubbly and loveable Meenaxi Deshpande in Aiyyaa, Mukherjee returns to the silver screen on Nov. 30 in director Reema...
11:54
Earlier this month, we witnessed the outcome of presidential elections in the United States of America, the preeminent global power and the world's oldest democracy, and the change of leadership in China, the foremost rising global power which is poised to emerge as the world's largest...
11:48
The arrest of two young women from Maharashtra for their Facebook posts has led to a national debate over Section 66(A) of the IT Act. The Supreme Court today will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenges this portion of the Act, which deals with punishment for sending offensive...
11:42
Our Delhi sources tell us that President Pranab Mukherjee will be in Chennai. on Friday. From Chennai airport he will head to the 60th year celebrations of the Tamil Nadu assembly and then head back to Delhi without any other stopover. The President has committed to two functions in Delhi,...
11:34
The Supreme Court will hear a PIL for changes in the IT Act which will bar the police from arresting a person without a court order for offensive messages online.
11:28
The Supreme Court has dismissed a wealthy American single woman's plea to adopt a girl found abandoned in Delhi, upholding a high court's apprehension that it would not be appropriate' for the pre-teen girl to live with the lady's two teenaged sons. Erin Jennifer Hawk, a 37-year-old...
11:22
And a read on America's privacy laws (or the lack of it). If you left a letter on your desk for 180 days, you wouldn't imagine that the police could then swoop in and read it without your permission, or a judge's. But that's just what law enforcement officers can do with your e-mail. Read
11:19
Unable to put behind the ordeal of her illegal detention and arrest thanks to the public attention the case has received, 21-year-old Shaheen Dhada has left Palghar for Gujarat with her family. We left for Gujarat on Sunday and have been here ever since. ReadRead our 10:35 am post for an update...
11:17
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday announced his retirement from Test cricket with this week's Perth Test against South Africa to be his last. Read
11:17
In other news, Israel has upstaged the US in the ongoing race to bag the huge deal to supply third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to the Indian Army, in a project which could well be worth $1 billion eventually. Read more
11:14
The government has agreed to a debate being held under Rule 184 which may now be held on any two days between Monday and Wednesday next week. This came as the UPA was confident of its numbers in case of a vote on FDI in multi-brand retail.The Rajya Sabha has however been adjourned till noon over...
11:08
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has said that she will allow voting on FDI in retail. This means that the government has agreed to a discussion on FDI on retail with voting. Sushma Swaraj says the Opposition will let the Parliament function.Before the Parliament convened, Parliamentary Affairs...
11:02
After a holiday yesterday, Parliament is set to convene now. In the LOK SABHA this is the agenda:1. Prevention of Money-Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2011 2. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2011 3. Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public...
10:58
The US and dominant global Internet companies fear regulation because it will adversely affect their control over the communication realm. Read more
10:54
For Samajwadi Party workers in Aligarh, politics is their religion and Mulayam Singh Yadav is God. And the latest example of sycophancy was a temple dedicated to the SP chief coming up in the city, until the party put a stop to it. Measuring 10X12 feet, the temple was to have a five feet...
10:46
Jagriti Pandya, the wife of slain BJP leader Haren Pandya, is likely to contest the Gujarat Assembly Elections on a Gujarat Parivartan Party ticket from the Ellis Bridge constituency in Ahmedabad, reports said today.. The Gujarat Parivartan Party was floated recently by former Gujarat...
10:35
A 19-year-old boy from neighbouring Thane district, detained on suspicion of posting an objectionable Facebook comment against MNS chief Raj Thackeray, was let off after police found that a fake account was used by some persons in the teenager's name. Sunil Vishwakarma is cooperating with us in...
10:16
Indian equities, the Sensex and the Nifty, were trading higher by about 0.8 per cent in the morning session on Thursday on fresh buying by funds and retail investors on firm Asian cues.The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 177.09 points (0.94 per cent) at 19,019.17 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty...
10:04
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent two Zee News journalists to two days' police remand even as Delhi Police asked Zee Group chairman Subhash Chandra to join the probe into the extortion claims made against the channel by Jindal Group. The channel said the arrests were illegal' and done under...
09:40
The discord between Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi and the country's judiciary seems to intensify as top courts' judges went on strike Wednesday, protesting against the decrees that grant the President sweeping powers, putting him above judiciary. As per a BBC report, the nation's Appeals...
09:25
Ponting is set to announce this afternoon that he will step aside following his 168th Test, at the WACA starting tomorrow.The former Test skipper has often spoken of his desire to return to England next year for the Ashes but is understood to have reconsidered after failing in both innings in...
09:22
Steps taken by central and state authorities to clean up the mining and export of iron ore have shut down output in two key producing states, slashing shipments and forcing steel mills to import a raw material the country has in abundance.Now the Shah Commission, whose report on top exporter Goa...
08:28
The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court will today hand down judgement for Kosovo's ex-prime minister and former freedom fighter Ramush Haradinaj and two comrades in arms who were retried because of witness intimidation.Haradinaj, 44 and Idriz Balaj, 41, face six war-crime charges at the International...
08:25
Amid the raging debate over freedom of expression in the social media and instances of arrests of people, officials are meeting in Delhi today to review a controversial section in the Information Technology Act.The Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee will be meeting to consider if section 66A of...
08:21
The sentencing of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been fixed for January 17 next year while that of his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled for January 15 from December four. According to Chicago court...
08:20
A lot of global attention right now is focussed on the World Conference on International Telecommunications of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which will get under way in Dubai next week. This meeting is taking up a review of International Telecommunication Regulations...
02:17
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has said it will rally nationwide next Friday in support of President Muhammad Mursi, who is facing opposition's ire over recent constitutional declaration expanding his power.Party spokesperson Mahmud Ghozlan said the Brotherhood will be joined by supporters in massive...
01:46
The News reports: Simultaneous car bombings in a mostly Christian and Druze town near Damascus killed over 50 people on Wednesday, as rebels downed a military aircraft for the second successive day.The blasts occurred when explosives-packed cars were detonated at daybreak in a pro-regime...
00:33
Palghar photos: Sena bandh over cops' suspensionI'm not here to replace Jagan: Y S Sharmila ReddyIs Lashkar commander Lakhvi enjoying prison stay?Rule of Law Index: India ranks poor 78th in 97 nationsBoy detained over Facebook comment against Raj Thackeray
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