23:42
Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban, has arrived in England and could be in the hospital 'for weeks, if not months', according to a report on CNN. The 14-year-old arrived in UK for treatment today. Malala was flown from Pakistan on board an air...
22:43
The Jammu and Kashmir government this evening decided to postpone the general elections of chairmen of block development councils by bringing forth an ordinance, reports rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmad.  The panchayat elections were held in 2011 which was a historic milestone in the democratic...
22:27
An office-bearer of the Chhattisgarh Youth Congress has alleged the local police had beaten him up for asking a question to Chief Minister Raman Singh at a farmers' meeting held in Raipur on October 7. Youth Congress general secretary for Raipur Lok Sabha constituency Anwar Hussain, 30, charged...
22:16
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti on Monday said it will protest in Hyderabad tomorrow against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the city. Â Â TRS MLAs and other party leaders will organise the protest at Indira Park in Hyderabad, the party said in a release. TRS will protest against the...
21:48
Days after Rahul Gandhi's controversial comments on drug abuse in Punjab, a senior Congress leader today came out in his support, claiming that the virility of men from Punjab has gone down drastically due to drug abuse and alcoholism.         CWC member Jagmeet Singh Brar claimed that...
20:45
The government today said it is not in favour of hiking diesel price in the immediate future even as the current retail rate is nearly Rs 12 per litre lower than its actual cost.         There is no proposal to increase diesel prices with us at present..., Petroleum Minister S Jaipal...
19:55
As many as 50,000 members of the Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association, who were to close their outlets for three days starting midnight to protest against alleged malpractices by the Food and Drug Administration in the state, have decided to call off their protestThe association...
19:02
Jet fuel prices were on Monday cut by 3 per cent on back of rising rupee, the second reduction in rates this month that will ease burden on cash-strapped airlines.Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price at T3 terminal in Delhi was cut by Rs 2,117 per kilolitre (kl), or 3 per cent, to Rs 68,399 per kl...
19:01
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, who broke the sound barrier during his jump from the edge of space, has smashed the YouTube live view record with more than eight million people tuning in to watch the daredevil's leap. It is the largest number of concurrent live streams in the website's...
18:26
The BBC is struggling to contain a crisis sparked by allegations of serial sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Savile, a longtime children's television host. Dozens of women have come forward to say that Savile, who died in October 2011 aged 84, sexually assaulted them when they were as young as...
18:18
For Bhalchandra Mungekar, ex-vice chancellor of Bombay University and ex-member of the Planning Commission, the exercise of looking into allegations of caste discrimination faced by scheduled caste students at Vardhman Medical College, Delhi, has been extremely disturbing. Read
18:17
Indian tiger reserves that opened their doors this month say a recent ban on tourism aimed at protecting the big cats has sharply hurt revenues and puts a cloud over their future. Read
18:11
And yes, as expected, union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma, is now singing a different tune. Verma had defended law minister Salman Khurshid in the Trust's scandal saying the alleged fraud of Rs 71 lakh was too small an amount for a minister. It would have been serious had the allegation...
17:55
Jha's 'murder' had led to vandalism and arson in Bihar's Madhubani district for the second consecutive day on Saturday even as a flustered state government transferred top officials and ordered a judicial probe into alleged police inaction on Friday's firing on protesters that killed two...
17:51
Just in: Prashant Kumar Jha (17), whose mysterious disappearance had sparked off violence in Madhubani in Bihar, has been found along with girlfriend in Delhi, DGP Abhayanand said. A headless body believed to be Jha's had been recovered on October 2. While Jha’s family identified the body as that...
17:39
For the first time in two decades, the elite National Security Guard (NSG) has pulled out its commandos -- numbering around 900--from guarding high risk VIPs, scaling down its security duties. The NSG, according to sources, is now guarding the least number of protectees -- 15...
17:31
One woman gets raped every 22 minutes in India. One child gets raped in every 76 minutes. Only one in every four accused in the crime gets convicted. Read
17:28
In pictures: The under construction light aircraft carrier Vikramaditya intended to replace aircraft carrier Vikrant.Â
17:23
 They were drunk' I pleaded with one of them. I said, 'You are from my village. That makes you my brother.' He said I was not his sister and that he had no sisters,' recalls 16-year-old Seema (name changed), the Class XI student raped by 12 men on a Saturday afternoon in early September. Four of...
17:18
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the FDI in retail sector, but said the government policy suffers from lack of legal sanction which could be cured by amending the regulations in the Foreign Exchange Management Act by the RBI.A bench of justices R M Lodha and A R Dave, said the policy...
17:07
If regulatory oversight is lacking in everything from realty to banking, it is preposterous to exhort aam admi to go the courts. Read Sucheta Dalal's piece.Â
17:01
I'd love to do a music video with Shah Rukh: In conversation with Chris Gayle, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Umar Akmal. On Open Magazine. ReadÂ
16:52
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was the last of the 2012 Nobel awards to be announced, reports AP. It's not technically a Nobel Prize, because unlike the five other awards it wasn't established in the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist also known for inventing...
16:47
Economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the 2012 economics Nobel prize today for research on how to match different economic agents such as students for schools or even organ donors with patients.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which made the award, said the 8 million crown ($1.2...
16:45
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to US duo Alvin E Roth of Harvard University and Lloyd S Shapley of UCLA.Â
16:29
This is what Congress senior leader Digvijaya Singh had to say on the IAC-Salman Khurshid battle. It seems Arvind Kejriwal wants that the investigation should be carried out the way he decides...that he should be given the charge of the investigation. Na khata na bahi, jo Kejriwal kahe wahi sahi...
16:20
More on IAC suspending their agitation. Arvind Kejriwal says that IAC will expose BJP president Nitin Gadkari in the next three or four days and another politician (unnamed) on Wednesday at 5 pm. Gadkari must be girding his loins for the big fight ahead and every other politician will be cleaning...
16:10
Few modern cities can owe as much to those who came from other places ' the so-called 'outsiders' ' as Bombay. In some sense, nearly everybody who lives in the city is an outsider, or belongs to a family that was once regarded as being outsiders. And yet, without these 'outsiders', Bombay would...
16:06
Now, a Khap leader blames fast food for rapes. Read
15:49
Just as India Against Corruption got the government scurrying for cover, it announced that it has suspended its 'andolan' but not ending it altogether. The body will go to villages and continue their fight from Farrukhabad, said a spokesperson to CNN IBN.Â
15:38
Is this the road to romance? Delhi's urban singles bond over stunning vintage cars.. Read more.
15:38
Salman Khurshid got involved in an unedifying and undignified slanging match with the IAC and India Today groups. His press conference on October 14, which was totally unnecessary, was a spectacle of outbursts of anger and intimidation unworthy of him. Read B Raman's column for rediff.com.
15:32
Another bizarre defence, this time from the Harayana government on the spate of rapes in the sate. The state government says that people in the state haven't shown any social or mental progress leading to a rise in rapes. The state has progressed economically, but Haryanvis not mentally developed.Â
15:17
Beni Prasad Verma, union minister for steel, defends law minister Salman Khurshid in the Trust's scandal saying the alleged fraud of Rs 71 lakh is too small an amount for a minister. It would have been serious had the allegation been of a larger amount.That's probably the most bizarre defence...
15:12
Really cute video of a little girl rebuking her brother (2) for spitting at another boy. Watch
15:07
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, which last week opened bookings for a new version of its Alto small car, expects to get a total of 10,000 orders by Tuesday, said Mayank Pareek, the company's managing executive officer for sales and marketing. Read
14:48
Apparent patronage being given to infamous former legislator and Taufir Diara carnage accused Ranvir Yadav, choice of hosts at places like Nawada and Aurangabad, and efforts being made to bring Gaya mayor Vibha Devi Yadav and Zila Parishad vice chairman Sheetal Yadav to the JD(U) fold, tend to...
14:45
... So then, Mr Khan, why are you sounding so stale the last few days? Yes, I'm talking about the horrifying attack on Malala Yousafzai and the equally horrifying reaction from your party rank and file. What is clear is that you are not clear on this issue. And your lack of clarity has led to...
14:40
Another read... The world held its breath as stuntman Felix Baumgartner ascended to the edge of space, then slowly emerged from his tiny capsule before plunging into the unknown. Read
14:37
Hours after Arvind Kejriwal's press conference today, the Congress has finally reacted. Ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni said there was No question of the government distancing itself from Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Â
14:33
India Against Corruption, led by activist Arvind Kejriwal, has posed five questions for Salman Khurshid over alleged fraud by a trust run by the Union law minister and his wife Louise. Khurshid is yet to answer any of them. Read
14:27
Has the Nobel become a parody of itself? Read
14:22
Cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh smashed 208 on his return to first-class cricket to stake a claim on Monday in India's team for next month's Test series against England. The left-hander hit 33 boundaries and three sixes for North Zone before being dismissed on the second day of the four-day...
14:18
Actor Rani Mukherjee's brother Raja was arrested after a television actress said he had molested her after calling her to a meeting in which she was to narrate a script for a project. Raja was arrested in suburban Versova on Sunday after the actress filed a complaint alleging that he had...
14:13
Rahul Gandhi swept into Chandigarh on Thursday and declared that the border state of Punjab has a drug crisis. He said that 7 out of every 10 youths in the state suffered from drug problems -- a remark that brought swift criticism from several political opponents in the state. Read
14:09
A replica of the Taj Mahal is set to be built in Dubai. Except that this version of the world-famous monument of love will be bigger, and come with a hotel and as well as a shopping area. Read
14:07
Two weeks ago, robbers held up an ATM cash van in South Delhi, shot a guard accompanying the money, and made off with the equivalent of a million dollars.The crime was unusually daring for Delhi, in that it took place in a well-off area full of security guards in broad daylight, leading some...
14:01
A Delhi court today ordered further probe into the 2008 cash-for-vote scam to unearth the hidden truth in the case in which Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh is also an accused. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed police to trace the source of money and conduct the probe from all possible...
13:59
The economy will turn the corner in the next six months as the deceleration of the past several quarters has been arrested, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. It is our hope that in the second half of the year, which has begun just now, many of the measures...
13:51
The Uttar Pradesh Police's Economic Offences Wing today started collecting documents in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in a trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid.EOW teams are collecting documents at various levels including state, divisional and district...
13:46
Charging the ruling Congress Party of running away from investigation on every scandal taking place in the country, the BJP today said Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is facing allegations of forging signature of officials to benefit the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, should tender his...
13:44
In a major breakthrough in the Naga peace process, the Centre has secured a written commitment from the separatist NSCN (IM) that it will accept the Indian Constitution. According to sources, the Naga group has also recognised the impracticality of redrawing state boundaries in the interest of...
13:32
When Team Anna disbanded last month, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his chief lieutenant, Arvind Kejriwal, took different paths: Mr. Kejriwal announced his foray into electoral politics while Mr. Hazare made it clear he'd stay out of them. Read
13:25
On the Guardian: AÂ beautiful wedding and honeymoon, then, a month later, a knock on the door and the news no woman wants to hear... Read
13:17
Social Welfare minister Mukul Wasnik says the government will not scrap the funds given to Salman Khurshid's Dr Zakir Hussain memorial Trust. Wasnik says the money was given on merit and while no fresh inflow would be made, all the grants received so far, would stay. .The trust is registered as...
13:00
Just in: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan have been detained in Patna. Detials awaited. The RJD, LJP and the Left have been protesting against the death of two people in police firing in Patna. Two people were killed and over a dozen others injured on...
12:52
Buzz in New Delhi is that IAC key aides Shanti and Prashant Bhushan have distanced themselves from the alleged scams of the Trust run by Salman Khurshid. Speculation is also rife that another expose by Kejriwal tomorrow may be delayed as India Against Corruption wants to focus on the Salman...
12:41
So far, the Economic Offences Wing has conducted raids t 16 places in UP of many NGOs including Salman Khurshid's Dr Zakir Hussain memorial Trust to probe the alleged irregularities. This raid is to crosscheck the details and to pick uppapers from the Trust premises.
12:36
Congress spokesperson Digvijaya Singh responds to the Arvind Kejriwal's allegations today that the beneficiaries in Salman Khurshid's trust were frauds. Digvijaya says, Kejriwal is crossing his limits and he is doing it just to occupy political space. There is no question of Salman Khurshid...
12:26
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav says his government is waiting for a report on the probe into the Salman Khurshid 'scam'. Meanwhile, raids are on 16 districts of UP in connection with the case.
12:10
India does foreign policy on a shoestring. That shoestring is called the ministry of external affairs. I hope that as the son of a foreign service officer, i can say that and get away with it. The Indian Foreign Service is so radically understaffed it is shocking. And nothing much is about to...
12:08
Moving on from Kejriwal's presser...With a good mix of experts and exciting home-grown talents, the Indian teams, playing in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa, were expected to start their campaigns with a bang. But after their opening matches, it will be fair to say that...
12:01
Kejriwal takes over. The UP government is in cahoots with the Salman Khurshid to cover up the scam. But who will probe the allegations now? Mulayam Singh is facing allegations in the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets. Who will be against Mulayam Singh in court? Yes, Salman Khurshid, he...
11:46
Kejriwal has now handed over the mic to a 'witness'. He identifies himself as Pankaj and says he never got any benefits from the Trust even though he has been listed as a recipient of a hearing aid.Kejriwal says he wants a SIT probe into the scam. Â
11:41
Kejriwal's allegations have broadened to include the Congress. He says the Congress is involved in Khurshid's scam. Is it a Salman Khurshid NGO or a Congress NGO, asks Kejriwal. The IAC activist says that a few names that are listed as beneficiaries in Salman Khurshid's trust remain untraceable...
11:33
Back to the Arvind Kejriwal press conference. Referring to Salman Khurshid's press conference yesterday, Kejriwal says the testimony of the disabled person who said he had received aid from the trust cannot be believed just because he was presented as such by Khurshid. But IAC would let the...
11:28
More world news: Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest...
11:25
Details of the chopper crash..A Chetak helicopter of the Navy, carrying two officers and a sailor, today crashed at Dabolim airport while landing and caught fire, officials said. The fate of the three men onboard the chopper was not immediately known. The rotor of the helicopter, which had flown...
11:24
An agitated Kejriwal still addressing the press conference at Jantar Mantar.Meanwhile, an update of world news. Norodom Sihanouk, the former Cambodian king who was a key figure through decades of upheaval, has died.The former king died at a hospital in the Chinese capital, Beijing, after having...
11:22
IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal is now holding a press conference at Jantar Mantar on the Salman Khurshid issue. Khurshid along with his wife, Louise, had held a press meet in the Capital on Sunday where he produced pictures and documents, saying 34 camps were held by the Zakir Hussain Memorial...
11:14
Just in: Three people were killed in a Navy chopper crash at Dabolim airport, Goa.Â
11:08
Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was seriously injured in an assassination attempt by the Taliban last week, was today sent to Britain as she needs prolonged medical care, including the repair of damaged bones of the skull. The 14-year-old was flown to Britain this morning in an air...
11:02
Kejriwal also questioned why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is silent on the episode.Why is prime minister silent over the issue? Does he think Khurshid need to resign? he asked.Law minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday admitted the need for probing forgery of signatures of an Uttar Pradesh...
10:57
Arvind Kejriwal is expected to produce fresh evidence against law minister Salman Khurshid today, whom he has accused of forgery and embezzlement of funds through an NGO with which he and his wife are associated. We will produce fresh evidence against Salman Khurshid at 11am on Monday, Kejriwal...
10:29
A correspondent from Delhi reports: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 11.30 am with documents to prove that allegations of fraud against the NGO run by them are inaccurate.The couple will address another press conference at their...
10:27
The BSE benchmark Sensex today fell by almost 75 points in opening trade due to increased selling by participants ahead of September WPI inflation data and second quarter earnings by Reliance Industries. The 30-share index, which had lost 129.57 points in the previous session, fell by 74.52...
09:13
The CBI has registered two new cases in the coal allocation scam against two companies -- Green Infra and Kamala Steel. CBI sleuths are also carrying out searches in 16 locations across six cities.
08:58
The India Today group, which is under attack from Law Minister Salman Khurshid, has said that it stands by the report carried by its TV network, alleging financial irregularities in a trust run by Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise.The group's response came after Khurshid came out with documents...
08:56
An anti-Obama documentary,directed by an Indian American filmmaker, which became one of the most successful documentaries of all time, has now been made available online and on DVDs.        The documentary -- 2016: Obama's America -- directed by Dinesh D'Souza, a former staffer of...
08:55
An under-construction gurdwara,which was set to serve Portland metro area's largest Sikh community in Washington state, was destroyed in a massive fire.The FBI has started a probe into the cause of the incident.    The former athletic-club-turned-Sikh-gurdwara was burned to the ground early...
08:53
Expressing concern over complaints of corruption in MGNREGA projects, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government has decided to conduct audit of ten per cent of villages on a random basis every year.      Speaking to reporters, Ramesh said, I am concerned about...
08:52
Naxals on Sunday torched four vehicles and attacked a police team, injuring two police personnel, in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.       The incident occurred in the forest area in Surokhi village, police said.The Naxals intercepted four trucks involved in road construction work near...
08:22
In related news, nearly 25 members of the India Against Corruption were detained in Patna on Monday, while they were demanding the resignation of Salman Khurshid.Â
08:21
The Congress on Monday ruled out the possibility of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid resigning from his post over charges of fraud by the Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, which is run by him and his wife Louise.Sources in the Congress said that Khurshid's resignation will only strengthen the...
