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Iranian military leaders gave details of a new long-range drone and test fired four anti-ship missiles today in a prelude to upcoming naval war games planned in an apparent response to US-led warship drills in the Persian Gulf.The show of Iranian military readiness and its latest tool a...
22:44
BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today batted for Narendra Modi saying he wants the Gujarat chief minister to lead the country after the 2014 general elections.The country needs leader like Narendra Modi who is clear in his vision and I follow his principles. I wish that Modi unfurled the national flag...
22:37
The bail applications of former minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and two others,arrested in an illegal mining case, were today rejected by aCBI court here.Judge B M Angadi rejected the bail pleas of Reddy, his aide Mehfuz Ali Khan and then Range Forest Officer of Sandur Taluk, Mahesh...
21:56
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said he will speak to leaders of his party Congress and those from ally NCP before taking a decision on the resignation of his deputy Ajit Pawar. I have received a letter from Ajit Pawar tendering resignation from the Council of Ministers and...
21:38
President Barack Obama today invoked the words of Mahatma Gandhi in his address to the UN General Assembly here as he remembered US envoy to Libya who was killed in violent protests that erupted in the aftermath of an anti-Islam film, saying the crude and disgusting video was no excuse for an...
21:20
BJP President Nitin Gadkari today alleged that besides the CBI, the government is now using and pressurising the judiciary as well to blackmail Opposition parties and have its way, a charge rejected by the government.Speaking to reporters here, Gadkari said, The CBI is being misused. The CBI and...
21:00
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today hoped that the Centre would soon take an appropriate decision on the Telangana issue in the best interests of the state and country. There is separate state demand from Telangana region, while there is united Andhra Pradesh demand from...
20:20
Ex-servicemen are unhappy with the pension hike announced by government saying it amounted to wrong and deceitful treatment of their long-pending 'One Rank One Pension' demand and vowed to continue struggle for their rights. It is deceiving. Government has wrongly interpreted the term 'One Rank...
20:00
Close on the heels of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar quitting his post, all NCP ministersin the Maharashtra Government have submitted theirresignations to party's state unit chief Madhukar Pichad.All ministers have submitted their resignations tome. Sharad Pawar is not in Delhi now. I will...
19:47
BJP's National Council meeting in Surajkund on September 27 and 28 will clear the decks for a second consecutive term to Nitin Gadkari as party president after it gives a nod to the amendment in the party Constitution. The party's National Executive had passed a resolution in in its last...
19:20
Nupur Talwar walked out of prison and said that 'their fight for justice will continue'. Talwar, facing trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, was today ordered by a CBI court in Ghaziabad to be released from prison on bail. Special...
19:11
No threat to Maharashtra government after Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's resignation, NCP Vice President Praful Patel has said.
18:48
NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said he had given permission to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is facing allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects, to resign from his post. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told PTI over phone that Ajit, who is his nephew, had...
18:20
Meanwhile, the NCP may quit Maharashtra government and extend outside support, Ajit Pawar's close aide and NCP MLC Vinayak Mete told PTI.
17:56
One of the Western intelligence agencies has revealed the hidden fact about romantic relations between youngest foreign minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar and Bilawal Bhutto, the son of President Asif Ali Zardari and slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Read about Pakistan's alleged...
17:53
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Tuesday ended over 21 points higher on some buying in fundamentally strong stocks as investors remained hopeful of more reform measures by the government to boost the economy.The Sensex, which had lost 79 points in the previous session, recovered by 21.07 points, or...
17:13
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has resigned from his post over irregularities in awarding contracts for irrigation projects.Reports published in a section of media had claimed that Pawar granted clearance to the projects worth Rs20,000 crore in a matter of three months in 2009.The...
16:59
Dentist Nupur Talwar, facing trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, was on Tuesday ordered to be released from prison on bail by a CBI court in Ghaziabad.Special Judge A K Lal ordered Nupur Talwar's release in pursuance of a Supreme Court's order, which...
16:44
Now, the brain of great physicist Albert Einstein will be available for download on an Apple iPad application for just 9.99 dollars. The exclusive iPad app, which will be launched on Tuesday, will make detailed images of Einstein's brain tissue more accessible to scientists than ever...
16:43
Twenty people were killed and 14 others injured when two carriages packed with workers of a coal mine in northwest China's Gansu province crashed today. This is the latest mishap to hit the country's accident-prone sector. A steel cable pulling the locomotive, carrying 34 miners in two...
16:42
A local court today remanded the woman -- who was arrested for trespassing into ISRO premises -- to four days police custody, said the police. Buela N Sam was produced before the 10th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court and remanded to police custody. The 41-year-old...
16:40
President Pranab Mukherjee will travel to Jammu and Kashmir on a three-day visit beginning September 26, 2012. During the trip, the President will attend a banquet hosted by state Governor Narinder Nath Vohra, attend the 18th annual convocation of University of Kashmir, review the Dal Lake...
16:31
Oil and gas behemoth ONGC on Tuesday said it is studying the CAG report which had questioned the state-owned company for hiring a deep sea drilling rig from Reliance Industries without calling for competitive bids, and termed the deal as untenable.ONGC chairman and managing director Sudhir...
16:22
The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday said all Indians who had been detained in Kuwait are safe. According to sources, over 380 of them were released today. The sources further said that the Kuwaiti authorities have assured that all Indians will be released, except those whose...
16:04
Launching the commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Motilal Nehru, President Pranab Mukherjee today said institutions evolved by leaders like him should be strengthened instead of being destroyed. Paying a rich tribute to Motilal, he listed his various achievements including his role...
16:01
Being a boss could actually protect you against a heart attack rather than cause one! People in most powerful positions are likely to suffer less stress as being in charge offers them a heightened sense of control, a new Harvard study has found. The study upheld the earlier research that showed...
15:48
Fed up with Naxal activities and driven by a desire to lead a normal life, two Maoist cadre have surrendered before the police in Odisha's Koraput district, the police said today. The rebels, who surrendered on Monday, were identified as Rout Wadeda and Braja Sirika of Podapadar village in...
15:48
The Gujarat high court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe in the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. Jethwa had been shot dead from a close range by two unknown motorcycle-borne assailants near the Gujarat HC on July 20, 2010.
15:45
With five more deaths reported from the remote Anjaw district bordering China, the toll in the current floods in Arunachal Pradesh rose to nine today, while four persons went missing in worst-affected Lohit district. All seven administrative centres -- Hayuliang, Hawai, Manchal, Goliang, Walong,...
14:52
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is scheduled to meet his Pakistani counterpart -- Interior Minister Rehman Malik -- on the sidelines of the SAARC Home Ministers Meet, which is going on in Maldives, later today.
14:48
A correspondent reports from Kolkata: Ministry of Railways does not belong to Trinamool Congress any more. Yet some celebrities from Bengal like painter Suvaprasanna and thespian Saoli Mitra still adorn the membership of a railway committee. They apparently refused to step down, even after...
14:36
A correspondent from Delhi reports: BK Chaturvedi, a member of the Planning Commission and a 1966 batch IAS officer, has been named as the leader of the Indian delegation to an investment meet in the US, as his boss Montek Ahuluwalia has to be in India to tackle the controversy over FDI in...
14:35
A correspondent from Delhi reports: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna may face the axe in the major Cabinet reshuffle that is going to take place soon, according to political grapevine. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath are...
14:34
A correspondent from Delhi reports: The resignations of Union ministers from Trinamool Congress -- after the party's withdrawal from the ruling coalition -- has stalled work at South Block, North Block, Udyog Bhavan, Nirman Bhavan, Shastri Bhavan and Krishi Bhavan. A senior secretary...
14:17
A correspondent from Delhi reports: This is another startling piece of information from bureaucratic circles. Recently, a visitor to a constitutional authority urged the former not to act/forward/probe a controversial communication, and just fell short of suggesting that he report that...
14:15
A correspondent from Delhi reports: A whopping figure of Rs 5 crore has been reportedly offered to a recently retired top official at North Block, to take up the post of a retainer.The job profile involves focussing on political issues, identifying towns and villages for land acquisition,...
14:12
Under immense pressure to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan government today submitted before the Supreme Court the draft of a letter to be sent to Swiss authorities in this regard. Law Minister Farooq H Naek submitted the draft before a five-member apex court...
14:11
The International Monetary Fund has lowered its outlook for global growth over the next two years. It has warned that Europe's financial crisis and slower expansion in China and India have weakened the world economy. According to a quarterly update to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF said it...
14:10
A correspondent from Delhi reports: India's intelligence agency RAW recently celebrated its Raising Day. But the timing of raising the toast coincided with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's national address. The PM's address delayed several senior ministers, who arrived late for the event....
13:41
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Relentless protests, fear of radiation expressed by locals and violent repression by the authorities resulting in a number of casualties.How did it all go so wrong?Read the full article here
13:38
R K Narayan, one of the greatest writers India has ever known, certainly deserves a memorial, in spite of the protests by a group of Kannada writers.Read the full article here
13:34
The world's most famous painting, the Monalisa, may soon be replaced by a prettier version. Leonardo da Vinci's first attempt at painting his masterpiece, with a younger and happier looking Monalisa, will soon be unveiled to the world.Read the full piece here
13:29
Four women cricketers have made India proud by finding a place in the Reliance ICC Women's Twenty20 international cricket rankings. The women who have found a mention in the top ten are Mithali Raj, Harpreet Kaur, Jhulan Goswami and Amita Sharma.Read the full article here
13:26
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and wife Twinkle Khanna today became proud parents of a baby girl.Twinkle gave birth to their second child this morning at the Breach Candy hospital in South Mumbai. It was a normal delivery. Both the mother and new-born are doing fine, sources close to the...
13:22
A correspondent in Delhi reports: Union Finance minister P Chidambaram's family has finally bowed down to public pressure. They have agreed to demolish a wall which had allegedly encroached on land belonging to fishermen, in an area on the outskirts of Chennai. The fishermen had lodged a...
13:19
Nupur Talwar, who is an accused along with her husband Rajesh Talwar in the murder of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, is expected to leave Ghaziabad's Dasna Jail today after nearly five months of imprisonment. Nupur was granted bail earlier this month by the Supreme...
13:18
A correspondent in Delhi reports: Union Environment Minister Jayanti Natarajan has re-constituted an environment clearance committee of mega projects with M Raman, a former IAS officer and retired secretary, as its chairman. The first meeting of this 21-member committee has 350 items on...
12:53
Shumsher K Sheriff has been appointed as the Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha. Sheriff is currently serving as the secretary to Vice President Hamid Ansari. Sheriff will take over the post on October 1 and hold it till August 31, 2013.
12:41
The number of Syrians needing food aid has increased from 2,50,000 in April to 1.5 million in September, the United Nations has said.The UN's World Food Programme warned that it is running short of funds to cover operations in Syria because of sharply growing needs.World Food Programme chief...
12:40
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Roads and Buildings Dharmana Prasada Rao, an accused in the case pertaining to alleged quid-pro-quo deals involving YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, today appeared before a special CBI court.The minister and two senior IAS officers, also accused in...
12:37
Bees decrease food intake and live longer when given resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, according to a new study. In a series of experiments, a team of scientists from Arizona State University, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Harvard Medical School tested the effects...
12:25
A powerful bomb exploded in an army office in Imphal this morning. The bomb was so powerful that the sound of the explosion could be heard from a distance of three km, official sources said, adding that security personnel have cordoned off the complex before checking some passers-by. The bomb...
12:14
Last week witnessed some intense wrangling between economic and politics in the corridors of power in Delhi. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at what exactly went down when the government decided to finally unleash a slew of reforms.Read the full article here
11:55
Once a politician by accident, Ahmed Patel is today one of the most powerful men in India. He is also the glue that holds the Congress party together.Read more about Congress president Sonia Gandhi's most trusted lieutenant right here
11:51
From a correspondent in Kolkata: The grapevine has it that a split in Trinamool Congress is likely soon. Disgruntled party MPs who may leave the party are: Saugata Roy, Somen Mitra, Ambikesh Banerjee, Kabir Suman and Ratna De Nag. But it is not known for sure if these members of Parliament...
11:49
Want to know all about the proposed Land Acquisition Bill, and the changes in it suggested by the Group of Ministers and the Parliament's Standing Committee? All the information is available right hereYou can also find out why the new Bill makes sense.Read this article
11:45
At the foundation laying ceremony of the Sanchi University of Buddhist and Indic Studies in Sanchi, a declaration resolved to promote exchanges in various fields such as art, literature, physical and applied sciences.Also check out this map which illustrates the spread of Buddhism all over...
11:29
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the youth at the Vivekananda Youth Convention in Vadodara at 5.30 pm today. The event will be telecast live at www.narendramodi.in Modi considers Swami Vivekananda as one of his heroes and has often mentioned him in his...
11:20
Iran has called for a boycott of the Oscars unless the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences condemns the anti-Islamic film that has sparked outraged in the Middle East. The state-run media quoted Javad Shamaghdari, who leads Iran's government-controlled film agency, as saying...
11:20
The Taliban have released a video that shows militants preparing for an attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan earlier in September, which resulted in the death of two Marines and destroyed equipment worth more than 100 million pounds. Fifteen Taliban militants armed with rocket-propelled...
11:19
Apple loses patent case against Samsung, Motorola A German court has dismissed tech giant Apple's claims that Google-owned Motorola and Korean firm Samsung infringed some of its multi-touch patents. The Mannheim court rejected Apple's allegations that the two firms had copied how its...
11:12
At the CWC meeting, party president Sonia Gandhi welcomed the recent reforms, stating that the economic situation of the nation needed to be improved. She also alleged that the Opposition, which has held strong protests against the reforms, is not being constructive.
11:08
The CWC meet was attended by the PM, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, among others.Chidambaram explained the need for the recent reforms to the members of the CWC.Telangana issue was not discussed at the CWC meeting, said party...
11:00
According to sources, the Congress Working Committee on Tuesday passed a resolution endorsing the recent economic reforms undertaken by the party-led UPA government.The CWC has passed a resolution endorsing FDI in retail, for which PM Manmohan Singh has received much flak from Opposition and...
10:58
The Madurai bench of the Madras HC on Tuesday denied the bail plea of Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi.Dayanidhi, his partner in a granite firm Nagaraj and T R Palanichamy, owner of a leading granite firm, have been charged in connection with illegal granite quarrying in Tamil...
10:54
In a gruesome incident, a young boy was kidnapped and killed over ransom demand in Pune on Tuesday.Further details are awaited.
10:13
The United Progressive Alliance government will hold its first press conference on Twitter. Sam Pitroda, adviser to the PM, will reply to queries by journalists between 3.30 and 4.15 pm.
10:02
One person was killed and several injured in a stampede at Panki Temple in Kanpur.Further details are awaited.
09:30
The Indian Space Research Organisation has ordered a probe, a day after a woman, posing as a scientist, tried to enter the ISRO campus in Bangalore. At the time of her arrest, fake identity cards were recovered from her. She has been sent to judicial custody till October 6.
09:26
The Congress Working Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the evolving political situation in the wake of the Trinamool Congress severing ties with the UPA and the government's determination to push ahead with reforms. The CWC will formally endorse the decision of the...
02:50
'We were not prepared for 1962 war mentally, physically'Assam: 1 killed, 6 hurt in blastSecurity breach at ISRO, woman posing as scientist heldMamata has some secret agenda behind pullout: WB Cong chief'In a volte-face, Jayalalithaa started supporting Tamil Eelam''I feel Anna will support us if...
02:01
Protesters targeted the Manhattan hotel where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was staying today while attending the UN General Assembly.About 50 people yelled slogans and waved placards near the upscale Warwick Hotel where the Iranian leader had booked in for the second year running during...
01:05
AFP: UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi today said he sees no quick end to the Syrian war where president Bashar al-Assad is clinging to the 'old' regime. Brahimi gave the divided UN Security Council a grim picture of the worsening conflict with a government using medieval torture on people in...
