23:39
In his address to the state on the eve of country's 67th Independence Day celebration scheduled at Kutch, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi extended hearty greetings to citizens of the state.Modi called on each citizen to walk the path of hard-work and make Mother India take the place of...
22:49
A farmer attempted to commit suicide here on Wednesday by jumping from a two-storyed building opposing creation of Telangana out of the state of Andhra Pradesh.Byreddy Byyapu Reddy, a farmer from J Kottalapalli in Jammulamadugu constituency, jumped from a building at 6.45 pm shouting Jai...
22:12
Israel is looking to hire university students to post pro-Israel messages on social media networks ' without needing to identify themselves as government-linked, officials said Wednesday.The Israeli prime minister's office said in a statement that students on Israeli university campuses would...
21:58
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful typhoon thundered into southern China on Wednesday after shutting down the bustling Asian financial center of Hong Kong and sinking a cargo ship.Packing high winds and torrential rain, Typhoon Utor forced the closure of schools, offices,...
21:56
Ten people, including four children, were killed in flash floods and house collapses in Jammu region as incessant rains continued to wreck havoc in the area. Roads and residential areas in several parts of the region were flooded. While 15 people were rescued, 7 are still trapped in Jammu...
21:02
Nearly 100 people were killed today when Egyptian security forces, backed by bulldozers and armoured vehicles, stormed two huge protest camps occupied by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, prompting the government to impose emergency to quell the raging violence. The nationwide...
21:00
A private helicopter carrying self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai and three others crash-landed, apparently due to a technical snag, in a cemetery at Gomatipur area here today, police said. However, the occupants of the four-seater VTHPC-make chopper of TEJ Airways escaped with...
20:55
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa summoned All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Parliamentary party Leader Munisamy Thambidurai on Monday night to Chennai from Delhi. According to sources, he had sent a 'classified' message through him to an unknown party leader in Delhi....
20:54
Union Minister of State for Commerce D Purandeswari was seen having a heated discussion with Telugu Desam Rajya Sabha MP Y S Choudhary in Parliament about the Seemandhra. Interestingly, Purandeswari's husband Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, a Congress MP, also joined the discussion, but...
20:54
Congress MPs from Telangana are keeping to themselves nowadays inside and outside the Parliament House. They do not join any political discussion on Telangana. The sad part is that the Congress MPs from Andhra are divided and are not on speaking terms with each other. There is a great...
20:54
According to our Delhi correspondent, Biju Janata Dal members of Parliament are the happiest lot in Parliament and also in the Central Hall. They do not have any political grouches such as Andhra MPs fighting for Telangana.
20:52
Sitting Lok Sabha MP Dilip Singh Judeo died today evening. The House will adjourn on Monday after an obituary reference.
20:45
On the recommendation of a son of an influential Union minister, an IAS officer was brought to the Centre waiving the rules of the cooling off period to join the Union Ministry at the highest position. Many senior secretaries to the government wonder how the PM approved this particular...
20:41
Many senior Congress leaders wonder on whose suggestion did Sonia Gandhi write to the prime minister being supportive of IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal. Congress Working Committee Members privately say it was a bad strategy, which came just before the Monsoon session....
20:25
A cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News and a Dubai-based newspaper reporter were killed during violence in Egypt Wednesday, their employers said.Sky said Mick Deane, 61, was shot and wounded while covering the violent breakup of protest camps in the capital, Cairo. It said he was treated...
20:23
A powerful bomb exploded near City Convention Centre, close to Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's official residence, said police. More details awaited
19:07
Moderate Hurriyat Conference today asked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to prevail upon India and Pakistan to take steps for peaceful and permanent resolution of the Kashmir issue. Mr Secretary General, it is our ardent hope that during your visit to Pakistan, you...
19:05
Normal life remained paralysed in Darjeeling hills today a day before Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, agitating for a separate Gorkhaland state, relaxes the indefinite bandh for four days from tomorrow. As a 'janata curfew' (mobilising people on the...
18:30
Pam Crain, the diva of Indian jazz, has passed away. Crain had teamed up with Louis Banks and saxophonist Braz Gonsalves and formed the The Louis Banks Brotherhood in Kolkata. Haven't heard of Crain? Here's a quick read from the Telegraph.
18:00
Just in: A review petition seeking stay on the execution of Devinder Singh Bhullar, convicted in the Delhi blasts case, has been rejected by the Supreme Court today. Bhullar's wife Navneet Kaur had filed the review petition on the ground that his conviction was based solely on his confession...
17:30
A reporter asks Navy chief DK Joshi: Kis pranth key rehne vaale they sailors? (Where were the sailors from?)Admiral Joshi answers: Us-se kya farak padta hai, Bharat varsh key they. (That does not make any difference. They were from India.)
17:22
Fine knocks by Dinesh Karthin (73) and Shikhar Dhawan (62) enabled India 'A' post 243 against Australia 'A' in the A teams Tri-series final in Pretoria, on Wednesday. Josh Jazelwood was the Australians' most successful bowler, picking three wickets for 31 runs in his ten overs, after India...
17:19
Heading to Delhi? Here's what you should know about the capital. There are 78,123 police personnel in Delhi as against the sanctioned strength of 83,452, which means that for every 222 citizens there is one policeman, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
17:13
The families of the 18 sailors, including three officers, have to hold on to hope and Admiral DK Joshi's statement: One cannot lose hope till you have sighted them. He categorically said survivors may be unlikely since the submarine had submerged for 12 hours now. But did not confirm deaths. We...
16:58
Admiral DK Joshi: On the explosions: The ordinance on board the INS Sindhurakshak may have exploded. How much of it has exploded will only be ascertained once the salvage operations are over. The ordinance on board has been underwater for 12 hours. The submarine had explosives, fuel, oxygen,...
16:36
Navy chief Admiral DK Joshi on the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Just short of midnight there were two near simultaneous explosions, which resulted in the rapid spread of the fire, which took two hours to control. Navy divers have entered the main hatch. But we still know what caused the...
16:28
Tweets on the INS Sindhurakshak: Nitin Gokhale: Navy divers, working tirelessly since this morning, have managed to enter the sunk INS Sindhurakshak. Shiv Aroor: It's over. No survivors on board INS Sindhurakshak. Details shortly. Bipindra NC: The second submarine that suffered minor damage is...
16:25
Defence minister AK Antony and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan address the media after reviewing the rescue operations at the Western Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. Both Antony and Chavan expressed sorrow at the shocking tragedy. The chief of naval staff and the state chief secretary had...
16:08
The salvage operation of the INS Sindhurakshak may take up to a week. Defence minister AK Antony and Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan were at the naval dockyard in Mumbai where they were briefed about the accident that is likely to have claimed 18 lives -- 15 sailors and three officers. The navy...
16:06
A multi-tier security cover has been put in place in the national capital with thousands of security personnel guarding vital installations and specialised units like NSG deployed ahead of Independence Day to pre-empt any terror strike.Security personnel from Delhi Police and paramilitary forces...
16:00
The eve of India's 66th Independence Day is a time as good as any to read this poem by Rabindranath Tagore, even as India gets ready to sing to martial tune another Tagore poem, Jana Gana Mana. This English translation was published at the end of Tagore's 1918 book, Nationalism. Read
15:46
Defence minister AK Antony and Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan are at the naval dockyard, now.
15:34
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi challenges PM Manmohan Singh ahead of Independence Day. He says people will compare his Independence day speech with PM's address. Modi is set to unfurl the national flag at Lalan College in Bhuj, Gujarat. The PM will address the nation from the Red Fort tomorrow.
15:17
Defence minister AK Antony visits the naval dockyard in Mumbai where INS Sindhurakshak sank.
15:15
Parliament has passed a resolution against Pakistan after Islamabad passed an anti-India resolution, yesterday. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has prepared a resolution. The resolution said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and India's restraint should not be taken...
15:03
War-scarred Sri Lanka is experiencing an alarming scourge of child abuse, and the apparatus for dealing with the problem, UNICEF says, is grossly inadequate. Read
14:54
Green Tribunal bans beach sand mining without environmental clearance in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Lawyer for UP govt admits before green tribunal that illegal sand mining is taking place in the state.
14:37
The Navy is desperately trying to get access to the INS Sindhurakshak now lying nose down in the dock, tweets Nitin Gokhale. All escape hatches are twisted so rescue is difficult. Out of a maximum crew of 110, 18 personnel, including 3 officers were on board when fire broke out. Injured were from...
14:30
The BJP wants Defence Minister AK Antony to make a statement in Parliament today. Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 3 pm after the opposition uproar and continued disruptions over the Telangana issue.
14:28
Curfew continued today in Kishtwar for the sixth day running even as restrictions were partially lifted in Samba district and other areas of Jammu region which were witness to recent incidents of communal clashes. No relaxation in the curfew was given in Kishtwar. The decision to relax the...
14:19
Prasanna D Zore reports that two sweepers who reported for their shift this morning at the INS Ashwini said not a single dead body has been brought in. Casualties will be brought in only after doctors at the Naval dockyard declare them dead.
13:57
Former chief of naval staff Vishnu Bhagwat told Neeta Kolhatkar, It is a very sad accident and I do not wish to comment more on this. Unfortunately the kind of speculation that is going on shows certain lobbies are working overtime, which is being linked to the proposals to make more indigenous...
13:40
An errant quote attributed to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - later retracted - prompted India to embarrassingly roll out the welcome mat for its nuclear neighbour only a week after five soldiers were killed on the Line of Control (LoC). Read more
13:32
So, what caused the explosion on the INS Sindhurakshak? Vice Admiral (retd) A K Singh said an internal explosion in a submarine could be caused by either material failure or by not following standard operating procedure. He said he suspected that hydrogen gas generated during charging of the...
13:31
Navy sources say no damage to INS Sindhuratna after explosion on INS Sindhurakshak. There were two other submarines docked by the gutted submarine which were immediately moved to safety.
13:22
The Russian firm that refitted the submarine INS Sindhurakshak which exploded and sank in a Mumbai dock with 18 sailors on board said on Wednesday the craft had been fully operational when returned to India in January. Read
13:20
Prasanna D Zore reporting from the naval dockyard in Mumbai speaks to eyewitness H Redkar, a security guard at the old Vidhan Bhavan. The entire skyline was a bright red from the fire on the submarine for at least five minutes. Within minutes ambulances and fire engines had reached the spot, said...
13:13
INS Sindhurakshak was not on active duty at the time of the accident, Navy sources said. The incident has come at a time when the Navy is faced with a depleting submarine fleet. Commodore (retd) Uday Bhaskar, a former IDSA director, said since the rate of induction of new platforms has not kept...
12:58
The loss of the INS Sindhurakshak, considered India's most advanced diesel-electric submarine, will hit the Indian Navy hard. It had just spent Rs. 480 crore to upgrade the 16-year-old submarine with an improved weapons system and expected the boat to serve another 10 years. More
12:48
Back at the Naval dockyard, navy divers are conducting rescue and salvage operations, but have not been able to enter the submarine yet. A Navy statement said the submarine, refurbished three months ago in Russia at a cost of Rs. 480 crore, is submerged at her berth with only a portion...
12:46
No discussion on the Food Security Bill in Parliament today. Our Delhi sources tell us DMK MP Adishankar fell down in the Lok Sabha today when he was rushing to Well of the House to protest against quota reservation against Dalits. The MP has arthritis and his gait is unsteady. It is...
12:36
Defence minister AK Antony is likely to make a statement after he returns from Mumbai, either today or tomorrow. He has condoled the death of the sailors aboard the INS Sindhurakshak, but no figures as yet. Remember, 18 submariners are trapped on the submarine. Rescue work has been hampered after...
12:24
Neeta Kolhatkar reports that the three submarines (including Sindhurakshak) were supposed to move out on Tuesday night for operations, which was why they were fully armed and staffed, sources said. Of the injured, 14 sailors have been moved to naval hospital INS Ashwini for treatment. Because the...
12:22
Shiv Aroor of Headlines Today tweets: Submariners a small, specialised service. Among the bravest of all military personnel. Even a routine day is always inches from death.
12:21
Ten years ago to the day, August 12, 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 crewmembers on board. Read
12:03
Neeta Kolhatkar quoting fire brigade sources reports that apart from INS Sindhurakshak, there were two other submarines at the naval dockyard at the time of fire last night. After the explosion, one has been moved to deep sea, while the other has been moved away. Both the submarines had...
11:51
Defence minister AK Antony says, I feel sad about the sailors who lost their lives aboard the INS Sindhurakshak. In effect, this means, some or all of the 18 submariners aboard Sindhurakshak have lost their lives.
11:31
Interestingly, former President APJ Abdul Kalam became the first Indian President to get underway on a submarine in 2006. That submarine was the INS Sindhurakshak! Read the blog
11:15
In Parliament, the Lok Sabha will pass a resolution condemning the Pakistan National Assembly's resolution blaming India for the LoC firing. Yesterday, Pakistan's National Assembly passed a resolution accusing Indian troops of unprovoked aggression on the LoC and extending support to the...
11:08
Unconfirmed reports by TV channels say some of the 18 submariners may have died. So far, no other ship in the vicinity has been affected.
11:01
This is the full statement by the Indian Navy: An explosion resulting in a major fire took place on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo class submarine of the Indian Navy, shortly after midnight on 14 August 2013. Fire tenders from the Naval Dockyard as well as the Mumbai Fire Brigade were...
10:55
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has directed the J&K government to pay compensation of up to Rs 2 lakh to people injured in the Kishtwar communal clashes.Over 60 people were injured in clashes that broke out on Friday.
10:50
Congress MP Milind Deora tweets: Unfortunate tragedy on naval submarine INS Sindhurakshak at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard. I have directed nearby Mumbai Port Trust to help.
10:48
Many of the sailors who were on board the submarine had jumped to safety, but 18 sailors remain trapped. Naval drivers have already begun rescue operations. The injured have been taken to the naval hospital. Right now, the naval fire brigade is trying to douse the flames. The nose of the...
10:43
Former Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash tells CNN IBN that sabotage is the last possibility on a submarine, but it needs to be explored. Procedures are pretty much watertight and sabotage is remote, he said.
10:34
Several former naval officers are hinting that the fire may been caused by sabotage. A torpedo and missile with warheads on board may have exploded. The blast was first heard ashore by deputy chief fire office PS Rahandale who was on leave and attending a private engagement near the Gateway...
10:29
In 2010, a fire mishap took place on the INS Sindhurakshak leaving a sailor dead and two others injured. That mishap was caused by an explosion in its battery compartment. India had bought the 2300-tonne submarine from Russia as part of an early 1980s deal and commissioned it in 1997. It is the...
10:27
The submarine INS Sindhurakshak had returned after a major upgrade programme in Russia 3-4 months ago and is armed with a potent weapons package including the anti-ship Club missiles. INS Sindhurakshak was not on active duty at the time of the accident, Navy sources said. The incident has come at...
10:13
Sources tell CNN-IBN that the fire that gutted INS Sindurakshak may have been caused by a torpedo explosion.
10:05
The explosion took place inside the forward section of the INS Sindhurakshak. However, the case of the blast is not yet know.
10:03
Defence Minister A K Antony is expected to make a statement in the Parliament on the explosion of INS Sindhurakshak.
09:49
Navy Chief Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi has left for Mumbai to take stock of the situation, reports NDTV.
09:23
The cause of explosion of INS Sindhurakshak is not know, but according to sources there could have been a battery problem.
09:04
16 fire tenders have been trying to douse the blaze at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard apart for navy's internal firefighting team. They are trying to stop the fire from spreading to other vessels around.
08:42
Submarine INS Sindhurakshak submerged at the dock this morning after a fire followed by an explosion. The fate of 18 crew on board is being ascertained, a navy official said. The navy has ordered a board of inquiry into the fire in Mumbai.Image: TV grab of the INS Sindhurakshak on fire
02:56
Ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations this week, internet giant Google announced launching of 'Google Impact Challenge in India', inviting Indian nonprofits to explain how they would use technology to improve people's lives.At the end of the challenge, four nonprofits will each receive a...
02:32
Israel today began to free a group of Palestinian prisoners, whose release was agreed as part of the deal that allowed peace talks to resume.A group of 26 prisoners, all convicted of attacks that happened before 1993, were driven out of a jail in minibuses with tinted windows.Some are being taken...
01:37
Fire broke out aboard two naval ships in Mumbai late tonight, fire brigade sources said.We received a call shortly after midnight that fire broke out aboard two naval ships at the Naval dockyard in South Mumbai, the sources told PTI.Sixteen fire engines and nine fire tankers were rushed to the...
00:16
The BJP tonight termed as anti-India the resolution passed by Pakistan National Assembly accusing Indian troops of unprovoked agressision on the LoC and extending support to the struggle of Kashmiri people and asked the Centre to disapprove of it immediately.Pakistan's resolution in the National...
00:12
'Telangana must not become a prisoner of provincialism, xenophobia, strife'Why the Poonch attack must not go unpunished8th attack in 3 days on Indian border posts; Pak calls for UN probeSATIRE: So what's Advani up to these days?
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