23:27
Excise Department has claimed that during the three-day Formula one event, the game enthusiast consumed 1.15 lakh bottles of beer, which was more than double the consumption during last year event.This year during the three days of Formula one, 1.15 lakh bottles of beer were consumed by the fans...
21:57
The Madras High Court today adjourned the anticipatory bail application filed by DMDK leader Vijayakant, in connection with an incident in which a journalist was allegedly pushed down and abused by him.Justice B Rajendran adjourned the matter for tomorrow.On October 27, Vijayakant and some of his...
21:41
A rally of farmers organised near RSS headquarters in Nagpur today vowed to stand firm behind beleaguered BJP president Nitin Gadkari who is facing heat over graft allegations.Thousands of farmers from across Maharashtra participated in the rally organised by little-known Vidarbha Shetkari...
21:14
Cyclone Nilam today swept across north Tamil Nadu coast near Mahabalipuram, about 55 km from here, leaving two persons dead, including a crew member of an oil tanker that ran aground off the city.The crew member drowned after a life boat carrying him and 21 colleagues capsized in choppy waters...
21:10
AP reports: China today defended its increasinglyassertive patrolling near disputed East China Sea islands controlled by Japan, as tensions in the area continue to run high. The actions constitute ''Routine patrols and law enforcement in China's territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands,...
21:05
US President Barack Obama would get back to his election campaign tomorrow after spending three days away from poll-related activities to focus on the devastating storm Sandy and its aftermath.Obama had suspended his election campaign on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in view of the megatorm that...
20:57
DMK MP Kanimozhi, met the prime minister at 7:30 pm today, and submitted a memo regarding human rights violations by Sri Lanka, and pressed for action by India at the UN rights review committee.
20:43
Underworld don Chhota Rajan's aide Rohit Thangappan, who was behind bars for the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, was today arrested in connection with a firing case involving a hotelier, two days after a local court sought his production, the police said.
20:24
With two major airports in the US reopening after being hit by superstorm Sandy, Air India and Jet Airways today announced resumption of their flights to New York and Newark from tomorrow. Air India would operate AI-101 Delhi-New York and AI-191 Mumbai-Newark (EWR) flights in the wee hours...
19:37
Cyclonic storm Nilam crossed Chennai and made landfall at Mahaballipuram, south of the Tamil Nadu capital at about 4.30 pm today. Even though no major damage has been reported so far, crew members of a ship that had run aground are feared missing. The private ship, Ahila, had run aground...
19:35
The five suspects in the murder of a Saudi embassy staffer were indicted by a Bangladeshi court today after Dhaka assured Riyadh of a speedy trial in the case. Court officials said Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Mohammad Motahar Hossain indicted the suspects and fixed tomorrow for a trial...
19:18
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today demanded repeal of AFSPA, the Public Safety Act and the Disturbed Areas Act in Jammu and Kashmir, saying these laws gave unbridled powers to security forces. The separatist leader told a delegation of the Centre for Policy...
19:11
In a decision which would lead to a `TV black-out' for those who haven't yet installed set top boxes (STBs), the Bombay High Court today refused to grant more time to cable network providers in the city to switch to digital addressable system (DAS). The division bench of Justices D Y...
19:09
An oil tanker with 37-member crew on board today ran aground off the city coast under the impact of high velocity winds before the landfall of cyclone 'Nilam'. Coast Guard and other agencies have launched operations to rescue some crew members as a life boat carrying them capsized in choppy...
18:44
So, how are cyclones and storms and hurricanes named? For many years hurricanes were named after the saint's day on which they fell - hence San Felipe (the first) and San Felipe (the second) which struck Puerto Rico on Sept 13 in 1876 and 1928.Today hurricane names alternate between male and...
18:41
All the 14 people on the lifeboat that capsized are reported to be safe. They were heading ashore from an oil tanker in the Bay of Bengal that had run aground.
18:33
A lifeboat with 14 people has capsized off Tamil Nadu coast. Details awaited.
18:28
Chennai remains windy, and as with earlier cyclones and storms, curious people are at Marina Beach watching nature have a blast. Rains have also begun in Chennai. Extremely windy in Puducherry as well. So far, there has been no loss of life but reports of 23 trees being uprooted in...
18:22
Before making landfall at Tamil Nadu, Cyclone Nilam had visited Sri Lanka, displacing at least 4,000 people But the worst of the storm failed to hit Sri Lankan territory directly.
18:07
Meanwhile, reports of a fire at the MIDC industrial estate in Tarapur, near Mumbai. The flames are believed to be many storeys high and the fire is particularly dangerous because all kinds of chemicals are stored in godowns here.
17:55
MeT says there is a distinct possibility that Cyclone Nilam will intensify. As of now, no rain, 100 kmph winds. Cuddalore has now been cleared of the landfall.
17:54
Our columnist Claude Arpi who is at Auroville near Pondicherry on Nilam: The answer my friend is blowing is wind, the answer is blowing in the wind. Not too hard as yet !
17:50
So far, 4000 people have been evacuated from Mahabalipuram. Schools, colleged in nine districts have remained shut. Rescue teams and shelters are in place. Landfall is expected to continue for at least another hour. A private ship has been grounded, but open season as yet on where Nilam is headed...
17:45
It has also been raining heavily in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore and Puducherry. No rains at Mahabalipuram, just strong winds. No damage has been reported as yet.
17:42
Wind speed is up to about 100 km per hour. Puducherry and south Chennai have been affected. Low-lying areas of Tamil Nadu like Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts face the threat of inundation.
17:37
Shobha Warrier reports that roads in Chennai look like war zones with branches of tress and leaves strewn all over. Chennai, in fact seems to be in the eye of the cyclonic storm as the wind and rain have stopped and everything is still.
17:34
Moving on to the other big news update on Cyclone Nilam. Our Chennai correspondent Shobha Warrier reports that Nilam has made landfall between Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry. The turbulence is expected to last for at least hours. Wind speeds of between 40-65 km/hr at Chennai. That's what the Nilam...
17:26
Three persons who created a ruckus at the Arvind Kejriwal presser were apprehended by the security personnel and handed over to the police. The miscreants reportedly told the security that they were send by Jagdish Verma, a Congress legislator, to create disturbances at the event. But no...
17:22
Reaction coming in from Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal: In a democracy a person is free to level any kind of allegation. He has done this before. BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: IAC is repackaging old stories. Petroleum minister Moily refused to dignify Kejriwal's comments: I won't react. I have...
17:13
Even as the IAC conference ends, RIL is expected to make a statement soon. Coal minister Veerappa Moily has chosen the PM's stance -- silence.
16:57
Prashant Bhushan mopping his face says that the Govt-RIL deal on the KG-D6 basin is an instance of crony capitalism and is exactly what happened in the deal between Robert Vadra-DLF and the Haryana government. The Vadra expose' was Kejriwal's first where he claimed a nexus between Sonia...
16:46
Big drama at the press conference. A man disrupts the conference. He says he does not represent any party, but even as the man tries to ask a question, prompted by Kejriwal's poochchiye poochchiye, the man is herded out of the room. A scuffle breaks out.
16:43
Kejriwal tries to establish that there is a nexus between corporates and the government. Prashant Bhushan takes over saying, I want to make it clear that what we are doing today, is not exposing an individual like Mukesh Ambani. We want to point out that crony capitalism has spread its tentacles...
16:38
Kejriwal asks what are the compulsions facing the PM that he is so sympathetic to Mukesh Ambani. It is Ambani who runs the country, not Manmohan Singh, he says. Kejriwal demands that KB6 be cancelled immediately. Earlier, when he played the Niira Radia tapes, he says in the clip, Mukesh...
16:28
Kejriwal, focussing solely on the RIL, says Mukesh Ambani signed the gas deal during the NDA regime, but it was implemented in the UPA regime. RIL has kept gas production low to benefit government. Why did the government favour Reliance? Reliance must have filled some ministers pocket',...
16:24
Kejriwal targets Mukesh Ambani. The IAC activist says that in 2006, the then petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was replaced and Murli Deora brought in to benefit RIL. Pranab Mukherjee gave undue benefit of Rs 8000 crore to RIL in 2007. Now, Jaipal Reddy has been ousted for objecting to...
16:17
Kejriwal says that the nexus between business houses and politicians is the root cause of the country's economic ills and has lead to a looting of its natural resources. Reliance's arm-twisting ways have caused a massive loss to the nation. Reliance has promised to deliver cheap gas for 17...
16:13
So, this time around, the target is not any particular politician, but corporates. Kejriwal with Prashant Bhushan seated next to him says that both the Congress and the BJP are in Reliance Industries pocket. He says the BJP favoured Mukesh Ambani's RIL in gas pricing. #LIVE-Kejriwal-PCIN the...
16:07
The clip of the Niira Radia tape being played is a conversation between Ranjan Bhattacharya (former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee's son-in-law) and Niira Radia during 2008-09.
16:02
IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal's press conference begins. He has promised to expose another important person today. The conference is being held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. Unlike the last time, when everyone knew that BJP President Nitin Gadkari would be the target, Kejriwal has not...
15:59
Meanwhile @milinddeora is Seeking a Delhi based English speech writer who's proficient with email & internet. If interested, please email your CV to moscit.mmd@nic.in. Milind Deora was annointed MoS Shipping when the Cabinet was reshuffled on Sunday.
15:56
@SAMI_hadyh Emergency numbers in Chennai for Cyclone Nilam: 26412646, 28170738, 24838968, 24867725, 22342355, 24425961, 22420600, 24500923, 26253331 @noshtradamus Katrina, Sandy, Cyclone Nilam... Perhaps if we didn't give them women's names, they'd be less furious...
15:46
With cyclone 'Nilam' intensifying into a severe storm, the Madras Atomic Power Station at coastal Kalpakkam on Wednesday said the situation was being closely watched and asserted the plant is designed to withstand a wind velocity of 160 kmph. Read
15:43
Bittersweet! Cyclone Nilam is best explained thus by IT professionals in Chennai, most of whom are in for a half-a-day off late Wednesday. As it is slowly moving towards the landfall, which it is expected to hit around 5.30 pm, many software company employees are scampering back home....
15:26
Wind speeds of 90 kmph, cyclone Nilam still 260 km awary from Tamil Nadu.
15:05
Three Kolkata footballers and their cook have been arrested for allegedly gang raping a 14-year-old girl in West Bengals North 24-Parganas district. Following a complaint of gang rape of a minor in which four people have been accused, we have arrested two people who play for two different...
14:53
Another tweet on cyclone Nilam says that a massive tree falls on Nungambakkam High Road in Chennai. Traffic blocked on the stretch towards Gemini.And another...@ImSandeshJain #Chennai. Dark Cloud cover increasing. Winds getting stronger. Rain just started. Cyclone Nilam is getting scary.
14:50
Cyclone Nilam is expected to hit Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu coasts at around 4 pm. @m_meenakshi86 Winds stronger now! Ob vans not working at Marina.. :(
14:47
Here's a slightly catty profile on Sunanda Pushkar on Outlook: Got A Girl, Named Sue... Sunanda's eye-popping life-story. Read
14:35
@ShivAroor Sunanda Pushkar says unfair to target private citizens like Robert Vadra.This is called 'Load weapon, take aim at foot, FIRE!
14:27
Pushkar adds that Narendra Modi cannot expect to be prime minister in the 21st century if he does not learn to respect women. In fact, I don't expect a mass murderer to apologise. Isn't the BJP leader of the opposition a woman? I know there are many people in the party who are squirming at Modi's...
14:14
Sunanda Pushkar speaking to Headlines Today, from a location we assume is her home given the massive painting and photograph with her husband Shashi Tharoor Asked to comment on Narendra Modi's Rs 50-crore girlfriend remark, Pushkar says she does not understand the response of the BJP and it was...
13:43
Gujarat will have a two-phase poll, voting on December 13 and 17. Himachal will have a single-phased one, starting November 4. The results will be announced on December 20.
13:40
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is campaigning in Gandhinagar today in the run up to the state polls. Exuding confidence, Modi says, Our Diwali is on counting day. I face the polls with confidence.In Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi is on a campaign trail as well. The speech lacks...
13:30
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has congratulated Salman Khurshid on his appointment as India's External Affairs Minister. In her message, Khar said: Please accept my heartiest felicitations on your assumption of the Office of the External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India....
13:22
After the euphoria generated in September that Lahore's Fawara Chowk in Shadman Colony will be named after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, a majority of the Lahore city government members now oppose the move. Read
12:59
A couple of reads on Hurricane Sandy... Why the Sandy crisis gives Obama a big edge over Romney. ReadAfter Storm, whos got the real power? Look for backup generators. Read
12:52
Kumar Mangalam Birla-led A V Birla group may increase its stake to 51 percent in Living Media, which in turn owns 57.46% stake in TV Today Network, a Business Standard report said today. Read
12:48
Sandy, the most devastating storm to hit the US in decades, killed nearly 50 people as it struck densely populated US East coast region leaving a trail of destruction and millions of water-logged homes in darkness. The storm hit the East coast region spanning the Eastern Seaboard from North...
12:44
And here's an all-that-you-wanted-to-know-about Sunanda Pushkar. Read
12:41
Taking a jibe at the newly-appointed Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor over his comment against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi that you need to be able to love someone to understand that, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said Tharoor should be made Minister of Love...
12:27
In the second part of Arvind Kejriwal's interview with Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, the IAC activist when asked about his current agenda says, The agenda is to expose the entire political establishment before the people of this country. We want to tell them that how these political parties are in...
12:09
And Shabana Azmi wants to know... @AzmiShabana Why do all hurricanes and cyclones have female names? Sandy in USA / Neelam in India! Kyun bhai?
12:07
As Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu brace for cyclone Nilam, rain and strong gales have already hit Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and other neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu.The cyclone is expected to make a landfall this evening between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Nellore, bringing in heavy rains in...
12:04
After Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister of State Lalchand Kataria, has been sulking long and hard. Miffed over work allocation in the Defence Ministry, he has now been moved to the Rural Development department. The re-appointment comes following a meeting between Kataria and Prime Minister Manmohan...
11:40
@bhupendrachaube Thank god for @ArvindKejriwal7 , if not for his expose today, channels would have struggled for headlines. Suspense is building up today
11:36
The High Court has granted bail to Janardhana Reddy in the cash-for-bail case.
11:23
Here's the curtain-raiser to Nitin Gadkari's speech this evening. This is what the BJP president said this morning after arriving in Mumbai. Addressing the allegations levelled against him by IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal, Gadkari said, I have no business links or partnership with Sharad Pawarand...
11:07
The business risk of operating in India spiked this summer after the arson and ensuing disruption to production at Maruti Suzuki's factory in Manesar, Haryana. Read
11:05
There is a backlash -- in the form of routine denigration -- against women's growing empowerment. Rupa Subramanya explains why. Read
11:01
Dear Mr XYZ, book your dream home this Diwali @ Sec 113, Noida, for Rs 20 lakh. Hurry, bookings are open only till October 31. SMS OMG to 12345. A message like this from a real estate agent at a time when you are actually keen to book a flat is enough to grab your attention. Read more
10:51
Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal's earlier target, BJP president Nitin Gadkari has arrived in Mumbai among much fanfare. On hand are at least 800 BJP supporters, a show of solidarity for the scam-tainted leader. Addressing an impromptu meet, Gadkari says wrong allegations have been made against him....
10:45
India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to expose 'something big' on Wednesday at 4 pm in New Delhi. The IAC has also confirmed this and Kejriwal has also tweeted about the plan to come out with another revelation on Wednesday evening.Read Arvind Kejriwal's interview to...
10:40
Back in the US, three nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems. Amid worries that waters could overwhelm the reactors as happened in Japan's Fukushima nuclear emergency...
10:39
And in India, Cyclone Nilam is expected to make a landfall this evening between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, bringing in heavy rains in the region, with tide levels reaching 1.5 meters. The cyclonic storm, which lay about 320 km south-south east of Chennai at 0530 hrs...
10:36
Rescue workers began evacuating stranded residents from flooded neighbourhoods after Sandy, the most devastating megastorm in decades, hit densely populated US East coast region, even as President Barack Obama warned that the storm was not yet over. The storm hit the East coast with fierce force,...
09:41
US financial markets will reopen Wednesday, after being shuttered for two days to deal with the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy, reports CNN. Major exchange operators NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX said they expect to resume normal operations, starting with the 9:30 am ringing of the...
08:32
While Superstorm Sandy's punch has weakened, its wrath is still being felt.16,000 flights have been cancelled since Sunday as a result of the storm, including 7,791 canceled on Monday, 6,047 on Tuesday and 635 so far for Wednesday, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.com. New...
02:55
The New York mayor's office tweets: Limited bus service coming back now RT @NYGovCuomo: MTA buses have left the depot and are on their way to start picking up passengers #sandy
02:54
Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn (2.5bn).Lucas said: It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of film-makers.In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release a...
01:21
Describing the crisis triggered by superstorm Sandy as heartbreaking for the entire nation, US President Barack Obama has warned the storm was not yet over.This storm is not yet over, Obama said during his trip to the headquarters of the American Red Cross in Washington.Describing as...
00:25
Led by China, Indonesia and India, Asian countries use social media more than their Western counterparts according to a new report by GlobalWebIndex, measuring social media usage. India is the third most socially engaged countries of the world. Read the report here
00:23
Probing the mysteries of Alzheimer s disease (AD), known as a silent killer, has been made easier by Indian scientists here who have developed a non-biological platform for assessing the efficacy of potential drugs and the way they work.Read about it here
00:21
CNN reports: About 8 million customers are without power in 15 states and the District of Columbia.Restoration of power to all customers in areas served by overhead power lines could take at least a week; restoring underground lines will take four days, according to Con Edison, which provides...
00:20
CNN reports: Though the remnants of Sandy are now centered over western Pennsylvania, the large storm still will affect the East Coast this afternoon, and during high tide some more coastal flooding 'in the range of 2 to 4 feet' is possible, said the National Hurricane Centre Director...
00:17
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday directed the re-allocation of portfolios of three ministers as advised by Prime Minister Manmohan SinghMilind Deora has been re-assigned to communications & information technology and shippingLalchand Kataria has been re-assigned to rural...
00:16
Cash reserve ratio is a waste for economy: SBI Chief Subbarao defends policy stance, warns of 8% inflationCongress poll compulsions defined Cabinet rejig: AdvaniCoastal TN, AP brace for storm 'Nilam' todayTiwary, Yuvraj send England XI on leather hunt
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