23:39
US authorities here have arrested anindividual in connection with the twin bombings at the BostonMarathon that killed three persons and left over 180 wounded,a media report said today. An arrest has been made in the Boston bombingsinvestigation based...
23:14
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today condemned the deadly twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon but also chided what he described as a contradictory US approach to terrorism. The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a follower of the Islamic rationale, is against any blast and...
23:13
The Syrian president today accused the West of backing al-Qaeda in Syria, warning it will pay the price in the heart of Europe and the United States as the terror network becomes emboldened. Bashar Assad spoke in an interview set to be aired later today on the government-run Al-Ikhbariya...
22:52
Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, a source tells CNN.Officials say they have a clear image of the suspect from a video from a departmental store. CNN says new video clearly ID's suspect (incl face) placing package similiar to one...
22:27
Aspiring for a permanent seat at the powerful UN Security Council, India has renewed its call for reforming and expanding the 15-membered highest decision making body of the United Nations, to make it more reflective of the 21st century realities. Now that we have renovated the Chamber, it...
21:51
A suspicious substance was found in a letter sent to US President Barack Obama, the US Secret Service said today.On 4-16-13, a letter addressed to the (US) president containing a suspicious substance was received at the remote White House mail screening facility. This facility routinely...
21:13
Rape is the highest reported crime in Meghalaya where matrilineal system exists among the dominant tribes and victims of over 65 per cent of those cases were minors, the assembly was informed today. The total number of rape cases registered between April 2012 and March 31, 2013 was 179, out of...
20:50
Indian-American orthopaedic surgeon Vivek Shah had a narrow escape in the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon but that did not stop him from rushing to the aid of several others wounded in the tragic incident that left three dead and injured over 170 people.Recalling the horror of the blasts, Shah...
20:10
The Supreme Court today turned down the plea of a December 16 gang rape accused to shift the trial outside Delhi but it agreed to hear his plea for moving him out of Tihar jail for allegedly being tortured there.We are issuing notice on the limited prayer of shifting him to another jail, a bench...
19:56
SFI General Secretary Ritabrata Bhattacharjee today apologized for the manhandling of West Bengal Finance minister Amit Mitra in Delhi on April nine, but said that his organisation was not involved in it.I have earlier said that if there is footage of Amit Mitra being heckled by me during the...
19:28
A senior Lashkar-e-Taiba commander has been captured along with other militants in an operation by US-led security forces in Afghanistan, the latest in a string of arrests of the members of the Pakistan-based terror group in the neighbouring country.The LeT commander was arrested with a number of...
19:28
Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji has taken charge as India's new Permanent Representative to the UN and presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who lauded India's role as a long trusted partner of the multilateral system.Ban welcomed Mukerji's appointment and lauded India's key...
19:17
President Barack Obama has endorsed a proposed legislation to overhaul the US immigration system which will allow 11 million undocumented immigrants, including 240,000 Indians, to become American citizens.Obama requested the Senate to quickly move forward the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill...
18:50
Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah attended the ceremonial funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Wednesday on behalf of the Government of India. Dr. Abdullah described Baroness Thatcher as a transformative figure of global standing...
18:48
A day after twin bombings rocked Boston, a senior Republican Senator received a letter tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, prompting the FBI to launch a probe. The envelope addressed to Roger Wicker was tested positive for ricin, a highly poisonous substance, Senate Majority Leader Harry...
18:47
After JD(U), BJP's oldest ally Shiv Sena today sought to put pressure on the party seeking a meeting of the NDA to decide on the name of a prime ministerial candidate, days after Nitish Kumar fired his salvos against Narendra Modi. Comparing NDA constituents to horses of Arjun's chariot,...
18:42
Eleven convicts of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, who were out on bail, today surrendered before the designated TADA court in Mumbai following the dismissal of their appeals by the Supreme Court. Special TADA Judge G A Sanap directed that they be taken to the Central Prison at Arthur...
18:35
The CBI today faced embarrassment in the Supreme Court which said the agency that opted not to challenge Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's acquittal under anti- terror law TADA in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case was opposing his plea seeking more time for surrender. We are saying it in a lighter vein,...
18:16
Congress today distanced itself from party leader Shakeel Ahmed's remarks that the blast near BJP office in Bangalore will help the Opposition party politically and said it does not view the problem of terrorism in terms of political benefit or loss. We all know terrorism is a national issue or...
17:29
Taking strong note of allegations of sexual harassment of women presenters in All India Radio, the Prasar Bharati has discontinued services of two employees, suspended another and given a show cause notice to the head of its Delhi Kendra. Prasar Bharati's action came after senior officials had...
17:28
Former Union Minister and DMK leader M K Alagiri today sought to downplay the meeting between him and his sister Kanimozhi, MP, here last week, which came days after showcause notices were issued to some of his loyalists for not attending party functions. Talking to reporters in Madurai, he...
17:17
Senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son has been arrested a day after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the younger girl on the spot, police said today. The incident happened in Aurangabad.NCP leader Jitendra Awhad says nobody is above the...
17:09
Update on the Bangalore blast: For two friends Rakshita and Leesha, who were returning from tuitions, it was an unforgettable experience. We heard a very loud sound and the next moment we were on the ground lying injured, one of them said. The two were immediately rushed to the K C General...
17:04
Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today said the Lok Sabha elections could be held earlier as the country is heading towards political instability due to corruption, inflation and unemployment.The BSP chief today asked the party workers in Lucknow to make all preparations required for giving...
16:58
The funeral of Baroness Thatcher, Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, has taken place at St Paul's Cathedral in central London.
16:39
Surgeons have spoken of their horror as they were forced to amputate several limbs following many lower extremity wounds caused by flying shrapnel from the Boston bombs. Read
16:36
An alert has been sounded across Gujarat in the wake of the blast near BJP office in Bangalore today, a top police officer said. We have sounded alert to police commissioners and district police heads in the state following the bomb blast in Bangalore, state police chief Amitabh Pathak said.When...
16:30
Bill Richard expected to get home on Monday night exhausted after a family day out watching the Boston Marathon.Instead he returned to his house in Dorchester, Massachusetts looking like 'the walking dead' as he struggled to come to terms with the loss of his eight-year-old son, Martin, and the...
16:24
They fought wars, thrived in a male-dominated political world, and faced controversy at home. The kinship between Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi explored. Read
16:22
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was a symbol of young enthusiasm. So, why is he dead today? Read
16:19
Update on the Boston Marathon bomb blasts: The devices used in the Boston Marathon attack Monday are typical of the lone wolf: the solo terrorist who builds a bomb on his own by following a widely available formula. Read
16:13
The Timberland boot is one of fashion's most recognisable fashion classics -- favoured by everyone from working men to fashion designers and pop royalty, so what's the secret of its success? Read
15:41
Margaret Thatcher's funeral ceremony: The great west doors of St Paul's cathedral are closed and the guests stand. The coffin is borne through the nave as the choir sings the sentences, set to music by the English composer William Croft.
15:40
Senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son was detained after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the younger girl on the spot, police said today. The incident took place on Tuesday morning and the minor victim was identified as Navya Prakash...
15:32
India's first big amusement park will open its door to visitors Thursday. Called Adlabs Imagica, the park has a uniquely Indian flavor to it: its rides are mostly inspired by Indian folk tales and culture.It's as close as India gets to a Disneyland equivalent, and bills itself as such. Read
15:23
Update on Margaret Thatcher's funeral ceremony: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have arrived at St Paul's to the sound of the national athem and cheers from the crowd, who are singing along. They are greeted by the Lord Mayor of London, who carries a mourning sword, and escorted into the...
15:08
We are all Thatcherites now, David Cameron said on Radio 4's Today Programme this morning, adding: One of the things about her legacy is some of those big arguments we had everyone now accepts.The Prime Minister also said it is absolutely fitting and right to give Lady Thatcher a ceremonial...
15:04
Stuart MacKenzie, 52, from London, was a corporal in the Parachute Regiment during the Falklands conflict. He describes the late former PM as a great war-time leader who had more balls than half of the people in her cabinet.I wanted to nod my head and show respect, he says.There's about 100 other...
15:02
The WWI gun carriage which will carry the Margaret Thatcher's coffin to St Paul's Cathedral has never been used in a funeral procession before, and will be named after Baroness Thatcher after today, says the BBC.
15:01
Some 2,300 people are expected to attend the funeral. Around 4,000 police officers are on duty in central London. Also watch: Another great Briton and UK's wartime PM, Winston Churchill's funeral.
14:57
The funeral ceremony of former UK PM Baroness Margaret Thatcher due to begin shortly. The BBC writes that before heading into St Paul's to take his seat, and read a lesson during the service, Prime Minister David Cameron says he learned a huge amount from watching Baroness Thatcher at work.He...
14:35
First statement by home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde after the Bangalore bomb blast. Shinde said almost nothing except that a high-level committee has been put in place to conduct the probe.
14:22
Bangalore blast update: Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad put his reaction on micro-blogging site Twitter, saying the blast would benefit the ruling BJP in the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly polls.If the blast near BJP's office in Banglore is a terror attack, it will certainly help the BJP...
14:12
Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt reports: Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had never sought to be projected as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's prime ministerial candidate.Singh made the remark at a press conference...
14:10
The Indian economy is stuck in the woods. The International Monetary Fund Tuesday lowered its forecast on India's economic growth to 5.7% for 2013, down from its January estimate of 5.9%. It also revised its 2014 growth forecast to 6.2% to 6.3%. Read
14:06
This week, India's finance minister, P.Chidambaram is headed to stump for foreign direct investment in the United State and Canada. This comes after a recent similar run through Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Britain. His messages are familiar: the India growth story, reducing fiscal...
13:52
When a banker comes to your home, exploits your trust and dupes you, he is called a bankster. Why doesn't such systematic criminal exploitation of hapless depositors move the government and the banking regulator? This 79-year old has resorted to Gandhigiri to get justice. Read
13:49
In other news: Anshu Kumari, a BA Part III student of Patna College of Commerce, led her two friends to a daring midnight heist at a Domino's Pizza outlet on Monday. They succeeded in looting Rs. 2.70 lakh. But, luck soon ran out on them as some employees at the fast food joint recognised them...
13:46
Former UK PM Margaret Thatcher will be laid to rest this afternoon. Read: Margaret Thatcher: The Entrepreneurs' Prime Minister.Also read: Margaret Thatcher and the Queen: The two most powerful women in the world
13:37
Update on the Bangalore blast:Karnataka home minister says it was election time and there was a huge crowd at the BJP office. TV reports says that the bomb was placed on a stolen Yamaha bike. Hospital sources say all the 16 injured are out of danger, including the two who were said to be...
13:21
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports that preliminary investigations into the Bangalore blasts points towards the use of a timer device. The police have not ruled out the use of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which could have been used in the bomb blast. Although a lot of the investigation...
13:02
In other news: How the support of the neo-middle class has been crucial to Narendra Modi's rise. Read
12:54
Hospital sources reveal that of the 15 injured, none of them have any head injuries. There are no deaths and most of the injured have sustained fractures. DGP Pachau says nobody is critically injured. The police have confirmed that it was a low-intensity blast, but there are at least six...
12:36
LR Pachau, DGP Karnataka says 13 people have been injured in the bomb blast, but confirms it was a blast. Eight cops and five civilians have been injured. The precise nature of the explosives used in the blast is being probed. There were a large number of people at the party office filing their...
12:18
Sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal squad are at the site in Malleshwaram, just 100 m away from the BJP's office in Bangalore. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports gives us these startling updates. The Karnataka State Intelligence unit had issued an alert four days ago telling the police to step up...
12:18
The number of injured in the explosion outside the BJP office in Bangalore has gone up to 13, of which 8 are policemen and two teen girls. Two people are seriously injured. More importantly, the explosion which was believed to be a CNG blast in a car, now may be a bomb blast. Rediff.com's Vicky...
12:05
Still no definite conclusions on the Bangalore blast, but police now believe that it was in fact a bomb blast. Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa says that two persons on a motorbike hurled the bomb in between cars outside the BJP office at Malleshwaram in Bangalore this morning. Police sources say that...
11:48
The daughter of Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi, one of three 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts' whose petitions for extension of time to surrender was dismissed by the Supreme Court, said that it pays to be a celebrity in this country. Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi (70), Issaq Mohd Hajwane (76) and Shariff Abdul...
11:18
Gaurav C Sawant: They say how so ever high you may be, the law is above you. Clearly not when you compare mercy for Zaibunisa Qazi with mercy for Sanjay Dutt.Abhijit Majumder: 70-year-old Zaibunissa Kazi doesn't qualify for humanitarian grounds. Rich, influential actor Sanjay Dutt does....
11:09
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reporting from Bangalore says an explosion has occurred outside the BJP office in Mallesaram, Bangalore, sending panic waves across the city. Several cars have been gutted in the blast. Six people have been injured. The police say the explosion is due to a gas cylinder...
11:04
The Supreme Court therefore rejected the CBI's contention that Dutt cannot be given an extension. The SC said that the extension had been granted on purely humanitarian grounds. The CBI had argued that giving an extension meant modifying the verdict.Reactions to the SC verdict. Gaurav C Sawant:...
10:56
Supreme Court Harish Salve who is representing Sanjay Dutt had said the actor be granted relief purely on humanitarian grounds. The judge said four weeks extension should be given so that the actor can complete his films. Harish The apex court had on March 21 granted Dutt, who has already been...
10:50
The Supreme Court has given Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender. Dutt, 53, who was directed to surrender by April 18, urged the apex court to allow him to finish shooting his films, which will take at least 196 days. He submitted that he should be allowed to surrender after the completion...
10:48
A day after the Boston Marathon blasts, a time to collect our thoughts. Nothing broken but my heart,' was the subject line on an e-mail from one of the Boston Marathon runners to his friends Monday night after the bombs had detonated near the finish line. And every American shared some of that...
10:43
A security operation involving more than 4,000 police officers is getting under way for the funeral of former UK Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher. Lady Thatcher's coffin will travel from Westminster and be taken in procession through central London for the funeral at St Paul's Cathedral at 11:00...
10:27
Ahead of us today, is the Supreme Court verdict on Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's plea seeking more time to surrender to a jail term of three-and-a-half years. Dutt, 53, who was directed to surrender by April 18, urged the apex court to allow him to finish shooting his films, which will...
10:21
Gujarat Government has decided to seek the death penalty for Maya Kodnani, a former minister in the Narendra Modi government, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and eight others in connection with the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case. The state government will soon file an appeal in the High Court...
10:01
The BSE benchmark Sensex today rose by 80 points in early trade, extending an upward streak for the third straight session, after Reliance Industries and HCL Technologies posted encouraging fourth quarter earnings. Besides, a firming...
09:59
Noted music composer of yesteryear, T K Ramamurthy, 91, died in Chennai today following brief illness. The veteran composer, also a violinist, breathed his last this morning at a hospital, sources close to his family said. The M S...
09:47
Software services major HCL Technologies today reported a 72.59 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,039.9 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, driven by growth in infrastructure and enterprise application services. The...
09:14
PTI: The proposed changes in the issuing of H-1B visas, the highly sought after US work permits, will badly affect the Indian IT firms which depend heavily on these work visas. The changes under the Comprehensive Immigration Reform put a curb on use of H-1B visa for those companies which have a...
09:02
On their own, they're simple household items. Pressure cookers. Nails. Nylon bags. But combine them with explosives, and you can get the kind of bombs that investigators now suspect were used to turn the finish line of the Boston Marathon into a bloody nightmare. Scraps of them found at the...
08:30
PTI: Condoling the earthquake victims in Iran and Pakistan, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States stands ready to offer assistance in this difficult time. The United States sends our deepest condolences for those lost in the...
04:05
A top American commander today said that the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network have sanctuaries inside Pakistan and there are intelligence reports about their link with the spy agency ISI. There have been intelligence reports that link the ISI particularly to the Haqqani network, Joseph...
04:04
Law enforcement sources said the Saudi Arabian man who was initially questioned by investigators is not being considered a suspect at this time. It appears that he was a spectator who was injured in the attack, reports CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.Investigators are tracking...
02:57
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday that The world must lead the battle against Iran, but Israel must take into account the possibility that it may be forced to defend itself, by itself. Speaking on the Israeli Independence Day, Ya'alon said that Iran's nuclear power posed The most...
02:55
The top coalition commander in Afghanistan said U.S. troops should remain in Afghanistan after 2014 when the major combat mission ends, but he said he has not made a recommendation on the size of that force.Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said he would take into account a number of variables,...
02:10
Nigeria today charged three journalists and the parent company of their newspaper over a story claiming the president had ordered a sabotage campaign of an opposition coalition. President Goodluck Jonathan's office has dismissed the story, and an alleged presidential document detailing the...
01:22
A Muslim cleric convicted of terrorism support charges for sending thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban is seeking a new trial, according to documents filed in federal court. The attorney for 77-year-old Hafiz Khan said in the motion filed yesterday that the informant provided...
01:21
A 29-year-old restaurant manager has been identified as one of three people killed in the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Her father says Krystle Campbell, of Medford, Massachusetts, had gone with her best friend to take a picture of the friend's boyfriend crossing the finish line yesterday...
01:05
The explosives that killed three and wounded more than 170 at the Boston Marathon were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation said today. President Barack Obama said it was unclear whether the bombings were carried out by an...
00:56
American Airlines said Tuesday that it had grounded all of its flights after a nationwide problem with its computer reservation systems.The airline said it had imposed a ground delay on planes scheduled to take off until 5 p.m. Eastern time as it works to resolve the issue.
00:25
At least thirty-four people were killed and about 150 more injured when hundreds of buildings collapsed in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today during a massive earthquake that was felt across the region. Most of the deaths were recorded in remote Panjgur and Kharan districts of...
00:24
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the uranium-rich West African nation of Niger today, although officials discounted that the mineral was the reason for his visit. Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou denied international speculation that Iran had come in search of uranium for its...
00:23
Will find the Boston perpetrators, hold them accountable: ObamaBoston blasts: 'Horrific, inexcusable, cowardly'Twin blasts at Boston Marathon; 3 dead, over 140 hurtInside Nitish Kumar's Janata DarbarDilli Gupshup: Has Modi underestimated Dr Singh?Boston blasts: 'It felt like a huge cannon'7.8...
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