22:57
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight terrorists until their complete annihilation, in his first comment on two suicide attacks in the southern city of Volgograd. The attacks, on Sunday and Monday, claimed a total of 34 lives. Thousands of police are patrolling public...
21:55
Criticising Arvind Kejriwal for taking support from Congress to form government in Delhi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev today alleged that the AAP convener became the Chief Minister of Delhi by hijacking Anna Hazare's movement.Kejriwal has got his desired (CM's) post. He has achieved this position by...
21:14
The much-awaited anti-corruption measure Lokpal was tonight one step short of becoming a law with the government sending the bill to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent.Highly placed sources in the government said the Lok Sabha secretariat sent to the Law Ministry late this evening a...
21:10
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, BJP will hold more rallies of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and party president Rajnath Singh in Uttar Pradesh. During a meeting here today it was decided that first meeting of the two leaders would be held in Bareilly on January 13 and another one in...
20:59
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has asked state DGP Omendra Bharadwaj to scale down her security cover so that people do not face trouble when visiting her. Raje has urged the police chief that the number of her security personnel be cut to half.Z-plus security cover is provided to the...
20:43
Hounded by biting cold and urgings by senior district officials, as many as 483 riot-hit families camping in Loi village today left for safer places.There are no more relief camps left in Muzaffarnagar district, while neighbouring Shamli has four camps. According to District Magistrate Koshal Raj...
20:35
Aam Aadmi Party will not enter into alliance with any major political party while contesting the Assembly polls in Haryana.There is no question of taking support of any big party. Our fight is against corruption, price-rise and other essentials, and all big parties are responsible for this,...
20:01
An exchange of 18 fishermen detained by Sri Lanka and India will take place soon, the Sri Lankan navy said today. Six Indian fishermen and two trawlers will be handed over to authorities off the coast of Kankesanturai in the north, naval spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said.Twelve Sri...
19:46
Over 18 months after receiving a complaint, CBI may close a preliminary enquiry into former Army Chief Gen V K Singh's complaint that he was allegedly offered a bribe of Rs.14 crore by a retired Lt Gen to clear a tranche of sub-standard vehicles for use of the force.Gen (retd) Singh has not been...
18:58
First reactions from Tata Power CEO, one of the three discoms in Delhi: He says the decision doesn't affect the company, since the government will absorb the balance after the subsidies. Ultimately, the customer will benefit.
18:55
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps his promise of power subsidy. Holding a press meet after a cabinet meeting, Kejriwal says there will be a 50 per cent cut in electricity prices up to a consumption of 400 units. Rates will be reduced further when the CAG audit is complete. One of Kejriwal's major...
18:28
An eccentric Chinese recycling magnate said on Tuesday he was preparing to open negotiations to buy the New York Times Co. Chen Guangbiao, a well-known philanthropist, is something of a celebrity in China. During a particularly murky bout of pollution in January, the ebullient and tireless...
18:18
Accused by BJP of taking bribes, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh arrived in Delhi today to present his version to the Congress high command while slamming the opposition party of indulging in malicious propaganda against him and his family. Singh is understood to have been called...
17:44
Russia beefed up security and mourned its dead today as the toll from jarring successive-day suicide strikes in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games rose to 34. The southern city of Volgograd began to bury the first victims of Sunday's bombing of the heartland hub's main railway station...
17:24
Mulayam Singh Yadav was expected to react with anger to Lalu Prasad Yadav's recent visit to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, where he blamed the BJP and the ruling Samajwadi Party for the riots that lacerated the region in September. Unexpectedly though, Mr Singh, who heads the Samajwadi...
17:20
Meanwhile, here's the PM's New Year message: The New Year is a time for each one of us to reflect upon the year gone by, the successes and achievements as well as the lapses and shortcomings. It provides an opportunity to reassess ourselves and to plan for the year ahead, taking...
17:07
Arvind Kejriwal who has been unwell has been advised not to attend office for a couple of days, but against the advice of this doctor, the Delhi CM is expected to chair a cabinet meeting this evening which will focus on power prices.The three power companies have given time till tomorrow to say...
16:57
Here's the status from Kerjiwal-AAP meet. CAG has agreed to audit discoms over the last 11 years, but cannot give a specific timeline for completion of the job.
16:22
Arun Jaitley blogs: Can't Congress Party see the proof against Virbhadra Singh? Read
16:06
AAP's candidate for Delhi Assembly Speaker's post will be M S Dhir, says Arvind Kejriwal. Both the BJP and the Congress have failed to come up with a name for the post of the Speaker, leaving the onus on the AAP to choose a Speaker from amongst its MLAs. The Delhi Assembly session begins...
15:59
Doctors in France say it's impossible to give a prognosis for Michael Schumacher for tomorrow, 6 months or 1 year's time.
15:55
German motor-racing champion Michael Schumacher's condition has improved slightly after an operation to relieve pressure on his brain, his doctors have said.A new scan taken overnight showed signs that his condition was better than yesterday, but he is still not out of danger, doctors said.The...
15:50
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on freebie #2: Reduce power tariff by 50 per centKejriwal says there is a meeting with CAG at 4 pm today on auditing power companies. All three companies supplying power to Delhi will be audited and will be given a chance to respond by tomorrow. The promise to reduce...
15:34
AAP has, in another first, launched a web page for those wishing to join the fray. People, who wish to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, can download a form from the web page and fill it to apply for an AAP ticket.Apart from personal information, ticket seekers are supposed to...
15:21
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is learnt to have cleared the name of S K Srivastava as the new chief secretary of Delhi. The 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre is at present posted as additional secretary and financial adviser in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Srivastava will...
15:03
The Indian Express: BREAKING: Ministry of Home Affairs is learnt to have cleared the name of S K Srivastava as the new chief secretary of Delhi.
15:01
Here are the names in the ODI Squad for the NZ series: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey, Stuart Binny and Varun Aaron.
15:00
In other news: Amid reports that Rahul Gandhi may be anointed the Congress Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP today said the recent Assembly polls results have shown the party has failed under his leadership and has no possibility of doing well in the Lok Sabha polls. Senior BJP leader Yashwant...
14:55
Pacer Varun Aaron replaces Mohit Sharma in Indian ODI squad; rookie seamer Ishwar Pandey finds a place in both Test and ODI squads for India's tour of New Zealand.
14:49
Just in: Yuvraj Singh has been dropped from the Indian ODI team for the series against New Zealand. The tour commences with the first ODI at Napier on January 19, 2014 and ends on February 18 with the second Test at Wellington, starting February 14. After a glorious run in ODIs this year,...
14:27
Early reports say that a small Cessna aircraft made an emergency landing on four-lane highway near Betul in Madhya Pradesh today. The four-seater plane could not land on a nearby airstrip because of severe windy conditions, and used the highway to land. The pilot and the passenger are...
14:16
The death toll from two suicide bombings in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has risen to 33 after two victims succumbed to their injuries, the emergency situations ministry said today. A victim of the explosion at the train station on December 29 died last night in the Volgograd hospital...
14:13
After a BJP leader refused to be pro-tem Speaker in Delhi Assembly, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has decided to appoint its own legislator to the position. Now Speaker will be from AAP; we will announce by today evening, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said today. The pro-tem Speaker...
14:08
Vijay Mallya tweets: All of us at Sahara Force India pray for Michael Schumacher's speedy recovery.
14:07
British former F1 driver David Coulthard for the Telegraph: I only hope Michael Schumacher pulls through so that he can see all the nice things people are saying about him. Read
14:02
Mango and many other brands have refused to contribute for a $40 million fund for Bangladeshis killed in factory accident. Read
13:47
Reach for the barf bag: While eating her lunch-time salad, a Wall Street Journal employee found an unexpected ingredient -- a frog.After opening a Pret A Manger nicoise salad at her desk, and eating about half of it, she discovered an approximately two inch long green and brown dead...
13:38
Lalasa Devi says that before her attacker grabbed her by the throat, he snarled Chamar,' the name of the so-called untouchable caste into which she was born. What can you do to me?'Then he threw her to the ground and raped her, she says. Read more
13:34
Veteran actor Farooque Sheikh, who passed away on December 28 while holidaying in Dubai with his family, was given a tearful send-off by his many friends and admirers from the film industry. After the late actor was laid to rest beside his mother's grave in Andheri, a western Mumbai suburb,...
13:26
The family of Formulas One legend Michael Schumacher, who is fighting for his life following a serious ski injury, has released an official statement thanking his doctors and requesting privacy as they maintain a bedside vigil with the seven-time world champion. ''Adrenaline junkie''...
13:16
I&B minister Manish Tewari says the speculations on the PM resigning ahead of the Lok Sabha polls is baseless. He says on January 3, the PM will hold a press conference where he will take questions from the media. The PM's presser assumes so much importance because it will be his first in...
12:57
If you're in Mumbai, and you've just joined us, here's the good news. All restaurants, pubs, bars, have been allowed to stay open till 5 am to bring in the new year.Let down your hair and have a blast, but be safe. Alcohol, drugs, large crowds, hecklers -- New Year's Eve has all the elements of a...
12:38
Alright then, Mumbai can party till 5 am. The tussle between the Mumbai Police and city hotels and restaurants over the New Year deadline has been resolved with the Bombay high court ruling in favour of hotels and restaurants. All establishments can stay open till 5am tonight.The Indian Hotels...
12:29
Pessimism is the opiate of activism. Optimism the aphrodisiac of the will. Most Indians committed to democracy and liberty will perhaps agree that many of the hallmark events of 2013 have saturated the year with pessimism. The will to oppose this has been noticeable by its absence. Read more
12:24
The Reserve Bank of India has said that risks to the banking sector have increased during the past six months due to rising bad loans and has proposed tightening banks' exposure limit for single borrower and single groups. The central bank also said that persistently high retail inflation...
12:16
Top Uttar Pradesh bureaucrats are visiting relief camps in Muzaffarnagar this morning to try and convince people to go back home so that the camps, set up to shelter those made homeless by the communal riots in September, can now be dismantled. Officials made similar visits in the...
12:14
Air Marshal Arup Raha, an ace fighter pilot, today took over as the Air Force chief succeeding Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne. Raha takes over the command of the force at a time when it is engaged in a tussle with its largest supplier Hindustan Aeronautics Limited over the issue of indigenous and...
12:11
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah may have to put his new year plans in cold storage. He tweets: Was looking forward to being in the valley to see in the new year but man proposes & God disposes, looks like the snow will ground me :-(The mercury plummeted by eight degrees in Leh in the...
12:01
Sydney's iconic opera house and harbour bridge will sparkle with tons of exploding fireworks, while smog concerns have dampened such pyrotechnic displays in at least one polluted Chinese city and Japanese temples will ring 108 times as Asia-Pacific countries become the first to usher in the New...
11:58
A Delhi Police constable's over enthusiasm landed him in soup as he was suspended for climbing a barricade and shouting slogans during the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers.The constable, identified as Rajesh Kumar, was posted with the...
11:54
Update on the PM's impending presser on January 3. Reports say that Dr Manmohan Singh will set the stage for Rahul Gandhi's anointment as the Congress party's PM candidate for the 2014 polls. Remember, on several occasions, Dr Singh has maintained that Rahul was the ideal candidate for the job...
11:37
Few today would talk of Muzaffarnagar -- the well of silence surrounding it is not just the silence of Hindu majoritarianism gloating in anticipation of the rise of Narendra Modi. It is not merely the silencing of the media owned by corporate interests. Indifference is no one's particular patent....
11:33
Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today paid tribute to just-retired South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis, calling him a true champion who always played the game in the right spirit. @jacqueskallis75 Congratulations on a fabulous career. You have played the game in the right...
11:29
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had skipped office yesterday due to ill health, is recovering well but has been advised strict two-day bed rest, a doctor treating him said today. Kejriwal wanted to attend office for two hours today, but I advised him not to do this....
11:27
From January 1, 2014, a Delhi household using up to 20 kl of water a month -- or 667 litres a day -- will pay nothing. That is 33 average-sized (20-litre) bathroom bucketfuls for free.However, these consumers will have to ensure that they will not exceed the the 20 kl per month limit. That is...
11:22
This is what the doctors say: Traumatic brain injury causes the brain to swell, just like the inflammation that happens when you injure an elbow or knee. But because the brain is trapped inside your skull, pressure on the brain increases and restricts a lot of critical functions, such as...
11:17
Michael Schumacher's treatment for severe head injuries has entered a decisive 48-hour period that will determine whether he survives, his doctors have said. The seven-times Formula One world champion, who fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing off-piste, would have died if he had not been...
11:03
This is what the Telegraph says on speculations that the PM will step aside before the Lok Sabha polls to make way for Rahul Gandhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to be weighing the several pros and as many cons of stepping aside months before the Lok Sabha polls to facilitate Rahul...
10:59
Basically, the PM's address to the nation on January 3, his first speech in the new year is expected to set the tone for the polls in May.
10:52
A TV channel has got ahead of itself by saying Dr Manmohan Singh is resigning as PM on January 3 and that Rahul Gandhi will be taking over as PM. The PMO is now crying itself hoarse saying it's a rumour.
10:48
As rain exacerbated the bitter December chill in Delhi on Monday night, new Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia stepped out to make a surprise check on night shelters in the city and rounded up the tour with some hot paranthas. Read more
10:08
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not quit before the Lok Sabha polls. The Prime Minister's Office has dismissed speculation that Dr Singh has offered to quit on January 3 to make way for Congress No 2 Rahul Gandhi.He is expected to address a press conference to January 3 about the Congress's...
09:05
More trouble seems to be brewing for Supreme Court judge (retired) A K Ganguly, accused of sexually assaulting a law intern. Home ministry sources say that the cabinet has cleared a note to remove Ganguly as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, according to a CNN-IBN report.The...
08:51
Indian cricket squad for the New Zealand tour will be announced today. The tour commences with the first ODI at Napier on January 19, 2014 and ends on February 18 with the second Test at Wellington starting February 14.
08:47
The United States does not want the arrest of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade to negatively impact its important bilateral relationship with the country, a top US administration official has said. We don't want this to negatively impact our relationship,that we work on...
08:35
A vacation court will today decide whether Mumbai can party beyond 1.30 am on New Year's Eve. The Indian Hotels and Restaurant Association approached the Bombay high court yesterday challenging the city polices 1.30 am deadline for eateries and restaurants on December 31.After Mumbai Police...
02:53
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has ruled out any power sharing with rebel leader Riek Machar to halt violence that has killed at least 1,000 people. Mr Kiir told the BBC that Mr Machar - his deputy until sacked in July - should not be rewarded with power for rebelling. The fighting broke...
02:51
The Federal Aviation Administration will authorize test sites for drone aircraft in upstate New York, New Jersey and seven other states, the agency said on Monday, but integrating the aircraft into the nation's airspace, set by Congress for 2015, will be phased in gradually. The agency...
02:50
Doctors treating Michael Schumacher said on Monday they were fighting hour by hour to save the former Formula One driver's life after he cracked his head on a rock during an off-piste skiing accident in the French Alps. Dr Jean-Francois Payen, the chief anaesthesiologist at the Grenoble hospital...
01:21
Al Jazeera has condemned the arrest of four of its journalists held by Egyptian authorities since Sunday night and demanded their immediate release. Award-winning Nairobi-based correspondent Peter Greste, Al Jazeera English bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy, Cairo-based producer Baher Mohamed and...
01:01
JUST IN: The case against senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade is not being withdrawn', US sources tell PTI. The US government intends to proceed with the prosecution of Khobragade, sources add. The deadline for indictment of Khobragade is January 13, the sources say....
00:41
The International Olympic Committee president says he has confidence that Russian authorities will deliver a safe and secure Games in Sochi. Thomas Bach wrote to President Vladimir Putin to express condolences for the despicable attacks that struck Volgograd within 24 hours. Investigators...
00:40
AAP fulfills free water promise within 48 hoursIndians in US missions are GROSSLY underpaidThanks to AAP, Congress may field new faces in LS pollsAFSPA's withdrawal would hit counter-terrorist ops in J-K: Army chief Mumbai: Gun on Coast Guard ship goes off, building damagedKumar Vishwas dares...
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