23:58
AP reports: The US Senate unanimously approved new economic sanctions today aimed at further crippling Iran's energy, shipping and port sectors, a year after Congress passed tough restrictions against Tehran.The amendment, tacked on to a sweeping defense spending bill being debated by the...
23:21
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf today condoled the death of former Indian premier I K Gujral, saying he had played an 'admirable role' for bringing the two countries closer.In a message to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, Ashraf said Gujral would be remembered for the 'admirable...
22:27
London Olympic medallists SainaNehwal and M C Mary Kom have been designated as 'national icons' by the Election Commission to help promote voter participation in polls. The poll body already has former President A P J Abdul Kalam and Indian cricket...
22:26
Refuting charges that pilots of two flights had an argument in mid-air over landing, SpiceJet today said at no point was any rule or procedure violated or safety compromised by the two aircraft. The pilots in command of the two flights meticulously...
22:24
An Indian Consular officer in Norway has met Chandrashekar Vallabhaneni, who was arrested along with his wife for allegedly trying to discipline their 7-year-old son.
22:23
The National Human Rights Commission today registered a case on the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died in October in Ireland after doctors refused to terminate her miscarriage on the ground that Ireland was a Catholic country. Acting on a complaint filed by...
19:44
The government has declared seven-day national mourning as a mark of respect to former Prime Minister I K Gujral, who passed away on Friday.
19:40
Ruing that Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has been bureaucratised, activist Aruna Roy today sought to pick holes in the UPA government's decision on cash-for-subsidy scheme alleging it will not wipe out corruption. Roy alleged that the...
19:38
The Empowered Group of Ministers on Telecom, which was scheduled to meet today to work out the roadmap for spectrum that was unsold in the recent auction, has been deferred. The meeting was deferred following the death of former Prime Minister...
19:37
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is understood to have reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit with a housekeeper, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan hotel last year, a media report today...
19:11
Why are they not declaring that they have decided to make Ahmed Patel the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Why all these games behind the scenes. They should declare all these things, Modi said before filing his nominations from Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad, targeting the political secretary of...
19:00
The Election Commission of India makes sportswomen Saina Nehwal and MC Mary Kom as its national icons. The Olympic bronze medallists are first women to be selected as the National Icon of the ECI. Up till now, the ECI has appointed two national icons -- former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam...
18:52
It may seem straight out of a James Bond or Batman action thriller but, if the Andhra Pradesh police department has its way, the commandos of its elite anti-terrorist wing Octopus will soon be able to fly in the air during anti-insurgency operations. Read more.
18:50
River in India that is so polluted it's become a sea of foam (and pilgrims are STILL swimming in it). Read more
18:47
Opposition PDP today lashed out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his remarks that women Panchayat members were being lured with make-up kits to vote in upcoming elections, saying the NC was trying to discourage women from being empowered. Omar Abdullah's reference to women...
18:14
Anti-Modi IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt's wife Shweta Bhatt tells CNN IBN that she is not a proxy candidate for her husband. Bhatt says that even he could have contested the elections, but it was his wife's decision to contest against Modi. Shweta Bhatt, the wife of suspended Indian Police Service...
18:08
Israel's security can only be assured when its neighbors believe that it is no longer oppressing the Palestinian people but instead living in peace and harmony with them, says Rabbi Michael Lerner. Read
18:04
The GMR versus Maldives government saga threatens to blow up into a major fracas. The Waheed government has given GMR 30 days to wind up its $500 million operations for the upgradation, modernization and management of the airport in the capital, Male. The official reason given for the...
18:00
The Indian government's dream of achieving double-digit growth seems as distant as ever. In early 2011, New Delhi was confident the economy was on track to expand 9% that year. It didn't happen, and now we're getting used to five-point-something growth rates. Read
17:54
Nearly five months after a fire ravaged the state secretariat building here, the Maharashtra government today awarded a renovation contract for the building to Unity Infraprojects. The project, worth Rs 138 crore, was awarded by the public works department. It has time frame of eight months.
17:52
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that SAD will vote against the UPA government's decision to introduce FDI in retail as the move is aimed at benefiting the MNCs and ruining the petty traders and distressed farmers in a clandestine manner. The move of opening multi-brand retail...
17:37
It is not surprising then to find some 'modern' Pakistani Muslims coining contradictory catchwords like 'Muslim Feminists' or 'liberal Hijabi' to explain or perhaps justify their preferred social and religious behaviour. Read
17:36
China is at a turning point, and the next decade under the new leadership of Xi Jinping is likely to decisively shape the country's trajectory. Read Brahma Chellaney's column here.
17:24
Varun was harsh, but so is truth, the March 22, 2009 column by Kanchan Gupta published in the Pioneer. Read
17:14
The United Nations -- or perhaps more accurately, someone on the U.N.'s social media team -- briefly slighted the entire Palestinian people with a typo in a tweet sent Thursday. United Nations: On Day of Solidarity w/ Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 2-state...
17:07
Varu Gandhi had recently written to the Akhilesh Yadav government requesting them to withdraw the cases in public interest. This is the second hate speech case against him. Gandhi has two other cases against him. One for another alleged hate speech that he made in the Barkheda area and the...
17:03
Varun Gandhi (32) has been charged with promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, making statements or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes and deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings. These offences are carry a maximum punishment of...
17:02
Just in: Charges have been framed against BJP's Varun Gandhi for his hate speech during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. The charges were framed in the Pilbhit court. This is what Varun Gandhi said in 2009: Agar koi Hindu ke khilaf ungali uthaiga, ya sochega ki Hindu kamzor hai. to main Gita ki kasam...
16:42
Describing the direct cash transfer scheme of the Centre as good in principle but bad in form as it excludes food and fertiliser, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The cash transfer scheme brought by the Centre is good...
16:39
Another read on cricketing great Ricky Ponting: The last of Australia's dominant generation leaves the game. Read
16:32
Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned today after news came in about the demise of former Prime Minister I K Gujral. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde made the announcement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha that Gujral (92) passed away in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon at 3.31 pm after a...
16:05
Just in: Zee News head Sudhir Chaudhry and Zee Business head Samir Ahluwalia, have been sent to judicial custody (jail) till December 14. The were produced in a local court today after their two-day police remand ended. The two were arrested two days ago following investigations into a...
15:55
Lot of RIP messages for IK Gujral this morning when the former PM was in fact critical, but alive. Vir Sanghvi tweeted his aplogies: Have deleted the tweet about IK Gujral. Sorry, but when a news organisation flashes something, one tends to believe it.
15:53
He had rivals, but no enemies. He was a rare gentleman inpolitics.-- Kuldip Nayyar on IK Gujral.
15:50
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passes away. He as 92. Gujral had developed a lung infection that had been troubling him for some days. He was also on dialysis for over a year.A two-time Foreign Minister, first in the VP Singh government and then the United Front government, Gujral...
15:45
Tamil Nadu has got the dubious distinction of having the highest number of domestic violence cases in the country with the state recording 3,983 such cases last year, the government said today. According to the latest data of the National Crime Records Bureau, a total of 9,431 domestic violence...
15:37
The UN has cast a historic 'yes' vote on Palestine today, but its consequence may be a big 'no' for peace in the long-festering Arab-Israeli dispute. Read
15:34
That's because there is a fish named after the US president and it's called Obama. And much like its namesake, it's handsome. Read
15:27
The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit author was also a gifted illustrator, creating abstract and subtly beautiful works of art. Read
15:24
Read this if you've stashed away billions in Swiss banks: Swiss fear role as haven for secretive resource traders will cost the country.
15:19
Well-known journalist and political analyst Raju Parulekar uncorks the mystique of his friend, Raj Thackeray. Read
15:15
The21-year-old girl who filed a PIL against the IT Act calling it 'unconstitutional', in the wake of Facebook arrests row, has the makings of a winner. Read
15:11
The Ministry of External Affairs has stepped in offering consular assistance to the Indian couple in Norway who were arrested yesterday for scolding their child. A couple from Andhra Pradesh, Chandrasekhar and Anupama Vallabhaneni, were arrested for apparently scolding their seven-year-old...
15:03
Update on the Indian Air Force Jaguar crash. It's the now confirmed that the pilot has indeed ejected to safety, but has broken his hand. A IAF chopper is on its way to pick him up. The aircraft was on a routine sortie near Mangan in the border area of Sikkim, when the crash occurred. .
14:50
The road to China's success lies through the tiny house of a man named Liao Dan. Fascinating read on the Telegraph.
14:47
This one's for all you amateur internet archaeologists out there: The first recorded use of the ubiquitous texting abbreviation OMG wasn't uttered by a precocious tween in the 1990s, but by one Lord Fisher in a letter to none other than Winston Churchill. Read
14:37
Aamir Khan on his measure of success for films. If a film's done more than 100 crore but eight out of 10 people haven't liked it, is it a successful film? Not for me, says the actor, whose film Talaash releases today. Read his interview with Anupama Chopra. Read Sukanya Verma's review: Talaash...
14:28
An Indian Air Force Jaguar has crashed in Sikkim. Early reports indicate that the pilot has ejected to safety. The aircraft was on a routine sortie near Mangan in the border area of Sikkim.
14:27
Pakistan has granted some concessions to key Afghan Taliban leaders in its custody, including Mullah Omar's deputy Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, shifting them to roomier facilities and allowing them to make telephonic contact with their families. Baradar and about 10 other important Taliban...
14:20
The Prime Minister's Office has written to various ministries and departments to take up immediate tasks in operationalising on priority the Direct Cash Transfers for delivery of services to beneficiaries of social entitlements. This move follows the first meeting of the National Committee on...
14:08
Two disparate but interesting reads...The man across the net: Better to marry an inconvenient woman, than to have an inconvenient tennis partner, as your regular opponent. Read... and Despite setbacks, investor is bullish on clean technology. Read
14:05
Fifteen years after vultures disappeared from Mumbai's skies, the Parsi community here intends to build two aviaries at one of its most sacred sites so that the giant scavengers can once again devour human corpses. Read
14:04
The government of the Maldives' cancellation of a multi-million dollar airport management contract with a consortium led by India's GMR hasn't gone down well with India, its biggest ally. Read
13:50
Masterpiece of a column by Gro Harlem Brundtland and Jimmy Carter on the Hindu. Brundtland was Prime Minister of Norway when the Oslo Peace Accords were signed in 1993. Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States and negotiated the 1978 Camp David Accords and the 1979 Egypt-Israel...
13:44
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi files nomination papers from Maninagar constituency for Assembly polls.Also read: While Gujarats GDP growth in the last two decades has been notable, it is not reflected in employment, wages, health or education
13:29
Norwegian authorities have reportedly arrested a couple from Andhra Pradesh, Chandrasekhar and Anupama Vallabhaneni, for apparently scolding their seven-year-old son Sai Sriram for bed wetting and threatening to send him back to India in a bid to discipline him, the couple's family has...
13:16
For almost two years, National Security Guard (NSG) commandos lived in 225 square foot rooms in suburban Mumbai. It was no consolation that the 241 commandos were treated at par with slum dwellers - the 19 buildings in which they lived in were temporary dwellings used to house slum dwellers....
13:05
The BJP has meanwhile criticised Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for comparing Opposition Members of Parliament with animals. Spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, Mani Shankar Aiyar has made a comment in television interview calling members of parliament as animals. Well we absolutely agree on...
12:57
Back to Freedom Park, Bangalore, where BS Yeddyurappa is concluding his speech. Forty years ago when I was part of the Town Municipal Council, an opponent. assaulted me. I was taken to hospital and when I woke up, I told my wife that from now on, I would live for the people of Karnataka.But...
12:48
The BJP today slammed the Congress for fielding suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife against Narendra Modi, saying the party stood exposed by using Bhatt as a major pawn for sponsoring a hate campaign to defame Gujarat. Congress is exposed thoroughly today. In the last 10 years, they carried...
12:40
While Yeddyurappa continues with his emotional atyachar, other news...This could well be the right time to take a holiday abroad. The rupee continued to rule firm against the American currency in late morning trade today on persistent selling of dollars by banks and exporters in view of sustained...
12:31
Yeddyurappa continues to make an emotional appeal to join his party -- the Karnataka Janata Party. Please come to Haveri in December when I launch my party on the 9th. Spend your money and give me your time and come and join me at the launch of my party, he pleads. Yeddyurappa then begins a...
12:27
BS Yeddyurappa begins his speech at Freedom Park, Bangalore. A composed Yeddyurappa starts off by thanking all the people gathered there. This is the most unforgettable moment of his life. My 40-year association with the BJP comes to an end today, but I have 40 persons sitting here who will...
12:21
Having failed to receive their May salary as assured by the Kingfisher management, the airline pilots have now threatened to approach DGCA if they did not meet the commitment by today even as the regulator maintained that the issue is out of its purview.We have written to the airline's chief...
11:59
The dates for the debate on FDI on retail in the Rajya Sabha are in: December 6 and 7. The Lok Sabha has decided to debate FDI on December 4 and 5.
11:51
I am writing this letter amidst a lot of pain. I am saddened by the fact that I am resigning from a party of which I was part of for the past 40 years and the party which I built in the state of Karnataka with my very own hands. My resignation is not due to any other reason but due to my own...
11:44
More updates on the Facebook arrests/IT Act stories in a bit. The Sahara Group today moved the Supreme Court against the order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) dismissing its appeal against market regulator SEBI in a case involving refund of about Rs 24,000 crore with interest to about...
11:41
The Supreme Court has slapped notices on the Maharashtra government, the Centre and four other states over the Facebook arrests. The Supreme Court has also issued notices to Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Delhi and Puducherry on the basis of a PIL. The SC has issued the notices on the basis of a PIL...
11:29
The CBI has arrested a retired Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force for his alleged involvement in leaking confidential documents, which were later provided by estranged associate of arms dealer Abhishek Verma to the agency. CBI sources said the retired official of IAF was taken into custody...
11:25
Just in: Economic growth declines to 5.3 per cent in July- September this fiscal, from 6.7 per cent in the same period a year ago.
11:24
Ramachandra Guha, a prolific and eloquent chronicler of Indian history and the current state of the world's largest democracy, recently launched a new book: Patriots & Partisans. In this interview with the the Wall Street Journal he talks about Arvind Kejriwal, democracy and well, the state...
11:19
An update on the Arvind Kejriwal's brand new baby -- the Aam Admi Party. A party pamphlet distributed at the launch offered a glimpse of what stand it would take on matters other than tackling corruption. Here are some of them. Read
11:10
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Freedom Park, Bangalore: BS Yeddyurappa has reached Freedom Park. Standing on top of his vehicle, he flashed his trademark victory sign at the crowd... and smiled. That's worth a mention, because the former chief minister spent much of the morning weeping before the...
11:05
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Freedom Park, Bangalore: This is what is going to happen in a bit. BS Yeddyurappa will address his followers and then quit from the BJP. Yeddyurappa is accompanied by his son, Raghavendra, in a Toyota Fortuner. Over 10,000 supporters, who were outside his...
10:59
Big week ahead for the Congress next week. As party managers do their arithmetic -- counting UPA's vote in the Rajya Sabha -- they would dearly wish cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar sits out the Kolkata test beginning next week. Read
10:52
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Freedom Park, Bangalore: Yeddyurappa's supporters are increasing by the minute. The park has mammoth cutouts of Yeddyurappa, and his supporters are wearing masks of their leader, who is expected to arrive in less than 15 minutes.
10:37
Yeddyurappa said he resigned as Chief Minister following the direction of the party high-command last year as the disciplined soldier of the party. They mistook my goodness as a weakness. He said he would formally join the Karnataka Janatha Paksha at a public rally in Haveri on December nine....
10:35
The estranged Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yeddyurappa, who is set to resign from primary membership of the party, today became emotional as he recalled his long association with the party even as he trained his guns at BJP leaders for hatching a conspiracy against him.The party has given...
10:33
Ahead of his rally former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa seemed in a contemplative mood. He said, I made a mistake by quitting the post of Chief Minister. I kept the image of the party in mind, but the BJP leaders thought I was weak. They used my weakness against me. And I had no option...
10:20
Police have been diverting traffic ahead of the major rally to be held by B S Yeddyurappa today. The rally will be held at the Freedom Park and he will lead his supporters to Vidhan Soudha where he his expected to submit is resignation, reports Vicky Nanjappa.Major traffic jams are expected in...
09:52
The entire unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's constituency Shikaripur quit today. They will join Yeddyurappa new party. Yeddyurappa is all set to resign from the BJP today, severing his 40-year-old association with it.I will go in a march...
09:16
A fire broke out in an air-conditioned coach of the Chennai-Delhi GT Express near Gwalior today. One passenger travelling in another coach is believed to have suffered a heart attack on seeing the flames and died, reports NDTV. The passengers were evacuated at Sitholi station, some 20 km from...
08:51
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife Shweta will contest elections against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. She will contest on a Congress ticket from Maninagar, Ahmedabad. Shweta will file her nomination at noon today.
08:30
The Supreme Court will today take up a Public Interest Litigation filed by a Delhi law student against a controversial law that was used to arrest two young women recently in Maharashtra for their posts on Facebook, reports NDTV.Shreya Singhal's PIL describes Section 66(A) of the Information...
08:27
Don't miss Sheela Bhatt's analysis on Rediff.com: http://www.rediff.com/news/special/asif-ibrahim-as-ib-chief-reading-between-the-lines/20121126.htm and Mr B Raman's perceptive analysis on Rediff.com: http://www.rediff.com/news/column/challenges-before-india-s-new-intelligence-chiefs/20121128.htm
08:24
High praise for Asif Ibrahim's appointment as Director of the Intelligence Bureau from one of his distinguished predecessors. Speaking to The Telegraph, 'Former IB director Ajit Doval said Ibrahim was the best officer in the national interest and it was just a coincidence that he was a Muslim,...
08:19
The Telegraph newspaper notes: Bengal is one of the worst sufferers from a shortage of Indian Police Service officers, with only a couple of northeastern states, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab faring worse. Please read the story here:...
08:09
Any political benefit the Congress hopes to reap in 2014 will come at the cost of reducing the effectiveness of social welfare schemes, says Narendar Pani in The Hindu. Please read it here: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/cashing-in-on-schemes-for-poor/article4143870.ece?homepage=true
03:58
CTV News reports: The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state.The historic vote came after impassioned speeches from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who asked the UN to 'issue the birth certificate of Palestine',and Ron Prosor, the...
03:17
Mercury News reports: Jubilant Palestinians crowded around outdoor screens and television sets at home Thursday to watch the United Nations vote on granting them, at least formally, what they have long yearned for a state of their own.A general assembly vote to accept 'Palestine' as an observer...
02:23
US Secret Service officers arrested a man who became 'combative' today after approaching a motorcade carrying defeated Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney to the White House.The incident happened as Romney arrived at a security checkpoint before entering the White House complex for his...
02:22
The widow of Yasser Arafat says she sees a spiritual significance in the timing of her late husband's exhumation, which came just two days before a UN vote on whether to recognize a Palestinian state.Suha Arafat told The Associated Press today at her home in Malta that the exhumation to determine...
01:58
The greatest basketball player of our and any time (Sorry, LeBron) was hauled off a golf course. Because he was wearing cargo shorts! Michael Jordan refused to wear the suggested Bermudas and will no longer be welcome at the La Gorce Golf Club in Miami Beach, Florida.
01:53
The Daily Beast has a review of Vinod Mehta's 1978 biography The Sanjay Story, 34 years after it was published in India. Is some publisher bringing out the book again? Read David Frum on Sanjay Gandhi here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/29/hold-onto-your-penis.html
01:46
Meet Larry DePrimo, an officer in the New York Police Department, whose kindness to a homeless man has resonated around tne world. Please read this heartwarming story here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nypd-officers-kindness-sparks-online-sensation
01:42
President Barack Obama and his recently vanquished Republican party adversary Mitt Romney met this afternoon for 70 minutes.Dunno what they discussed over lunch. But could a cabinet post be coming Romney's way? Secretary of Commerce? Treasury seems unlikely. Will the man who saved the Salt Lake...
01:35
In a month from now, Ratan Tata will no longer be Chairman, Tata Sons. He retires from his job on December 28. A blog post hailing his work for the victims of 26/11:...
01:26
AP reports: The United States today threatened to take the rare step of referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council if the country does not cooperate with the UN atomic agency by March.If by March Iran has not begun substantive cooperation with the IAEA, the United States will work with...
01:21
Forbes lists its Ten Most Responsible Governments. You can read it here http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/11/29/the-worlds-10-most-responsible-governments/ and find out if India is on the list.
01:15
Ravi who? Apparently, the return of New York Times reporter Ravi Somaiya back to the newspaper's headquarters from His Lindon assignment was important enough for the New York Observer to take notice: http://observer.com/2012/11/times-reporter-ravi-somaiya-returns/
01:08
Genelia Deshmukh was the showstopper for Neeta Lulla's collection at the India Resort Fashion Week in Goa on Thursday. Doesn't she look pretty!!!
00:56
Actually, it is more than Apple, Coca-Cola, Dell, HP and Microsoft combined. What all these companies spend on marketing all their products is not equal to what Samsung spends every year to promote its mobile products, which is $12 billion. Check out the chart here:...
00:53
AFP reports: The old Syria ruled by President Bashar al-Assad's family is finished and the new Syria will never be the same, the UN special envoy said today, in a strong hint that Assad will have to step down before a civil war can end.Speaking to reporters after briefing the UN Security Council...
00:52
The documentary goes interactive with a feature on the Lashkar terrorist who surveyed targets for the 26/11 attacks. Please read the story here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/29/3705626/frontline-documentary-interactive-david-coleman-headleys-web-of-betrayal
00:44
Historian Ramachandra Guha in full flow in Tehelka magazine. Please read the interview here: http://www.tehelka.com/story_main54.asp?filename=hub01121Ramachandra.asp
00:39
'While Gujarats GDP growth in the last two decades has been notable, it is not reflected in employment, wages, health or education,' Atul Sood writes in The Hindu. You can read it here: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/poverty-amid-prosperity/article4147478.eceFor a different take on...
00:32
India needs more Ratan Tatas, not fewer Ponty Chadhas, Sadanand Dhume writes in The Wall Street Journal. Read his column here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578148703963257828.html
00:28
The United States Senate has just passed legislation that will require law enforcement agencies to secure a warrant to access e-mail as well as Facebook posts.Read more here:...
00:25
The five things in Narendra Modi's favour'Mamata intolerant, whimsical, won't be CM for long''Poll Tourism' set to make entry in GujaratPICS: Srinagar curfew to continue until FridayPonty's aide Namdhari booked on murder charges
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