23:18
Iran has long claimed it managed to reverse-engineer the RQ-170 Sentinel, seized in December 2011 after it entered Iranian airspace from its eastern border with Afghanistan, and that it's capable of launching its own production line for the unmanned aircraft.After initially saying only that...
23:16
Western sanctions on Iran contributed to a drop in Iran's access to global sources of capital last year, the U.S. Treasury department said in a report to Congress.Foreign banks cut their lending exposure to Iran by the equivalent of $9.1 billion in 2012, down 53...
23:12
Arguing that the Pentagon was prepared for a wide range of contingencies, the US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta today blamed the lack of specific intelligence for the inability to quickly respond to the terrorist attack at US Consulate in Libya last year. The September 11 terrorist attack on the...
22:38
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and discussed broad contours of the Rail Budget for 2013-14. Bansal, accompanied by senior Railway Ministry officials, spent about half-an-hour with the Prime Minister and discussed modalities of the Budget besides...
22:37
Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have contested their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The complaint filed yesterday alleges the group's conviction violates four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing...
21:47
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said he has requested the Centre to take a quick decision on the contentious Telangana statehood issue. Replying to questions about his recent trip to New Delhi, he said he had provided...
21:18
One more person died of swine flu in Ludhiana, taking the number of total victims who died of the disease to seven in the city. Sunita Dogra died of the flu in the CMC Hospital here today. Dr Subhash...
19:43
The Election Commission today removed Meghalaya police chief Kulbir Krishan following complaints against him in order to ensure free and fair state assembly polls on February 23. Krishan has been replaced by Prem Singh, a 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya...
19:08
In yet another incident of crime against women, a 24-year-old young girl was allegedly gang raped by four persons, including one known to her, in a west Delhi locality. Police has arrested all the accused.The victim was sexually assaulted on Wednesday night by the four persons after the girl had...
18:47
How a standard 9th failed, retired railway employee took on Reliance Life Insurance -- and won. Read
18:32
Nilanjana Roy's blog on naked art. Read
18:23
Police have sealed the borders of a district in Chhattisgarh as they hunt for armed men who hijacked a train to set free an accomplice. Read
18:21
The president of the Maldives said the islands' honeymoon with democracy was coming to an end as the tourist paradise marked its first anniversary today of the toppling of his predecessor. Mohamed Waheed, 60, who came to power after Mohamed Nasheed, the nation's first democratically-elected...
18:04
As Vishwaroopam releases in Tamil Nadu today, Indian Express columnist Muzamil Jaleel, writes that while Kamal Haasan's freedom to tell a story the way he wants must be respected, there is a need to debate the responsibilities of the artist. More
17:47
A South African fisherman has become the first person in the world to be convicted of killing a great white shark. Leon Bekker, of George, Western Cape, pleaded guilty to contravention of the Marine Living Resources Act which includes attempting to kill, disturb or be in possession of a white...
17:43
The shoe attack on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Egypt, the latest on a politician in the Middle East, causes many in West to ask: Why is throwing a shoe such a big deal? Read
17:31
The FIR was filed under 153 A of the IPC which deals with 'promoting hated between groups'.
17:30
Just in: An FIR has been registered against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for his alleged hate speech in Nanded, Maharashtra. The FIR was filed by the Maharashtra police following direction from the Centre.
17:25
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, was entitled to the entire Special Investigation Team (SIT) report barring comments of its chief into the Gulberg Society riots case of 2002 post-Godhra violence.The apex court set aside two orders of...
17:19
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) minority MPA Saleem Khurshid Khokhar has moved an adjournment motion in the Sindh Assembly against Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who reportedly said that non-Muslims are terrorists.Khokhar said that Malik had told the National Assembly that terrorists have been...
17:16
Reuters: Russia denied its fighter jets had entered Japanese air space on Thursday after Japan said it had scrambled combat fighters and lodged a protest over what it said was an intrusion near the northern island of Hokkaido.
17:05
BJP looks to Ayodhya to energize its base. Read
16:58
Kirandeep IBN7 tweets: RSS Chief MohanBhagwat- Deciding the PM candidate is not our job, its the BJP's prerogative.
16:54
Actress and DMK leader Khushboo today escaped unhurt when some unidentified persons threw stones and footwear at her while she was coming out of a hotel here, police said. The miscreants shouted slogans, 'Khushboo is anti-DMK, anti-Stalin (party chief M Karunanidhi's son)' before fleeing the...
16:39
An FIR is likely to be filed against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for his alleged hate speech in Nanded, Maharashtra, this evening. Maharashtra Minorities Affairs Minister Naseem Khan today demanded that the state government file a case against Togadia. I have spoken to the state Home...
16:36
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara has caused a media storm by wearing a see-through lacy black dress at the swearing-in ceremony of the new lawmakers with critics rebuking her taste as cheap and immodest. Sara (54) turned up at the 19th Knesset (parliament) opening ceremony in...
16:15
Police fear international match-fixing syndicates are grooming Australian sports stars as part of long-term plans to infiltrate local competitions. Read more
16:11
A court in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh today extended till February 12 the judicial remand of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in a hate speech case. Multiple cases have been registered against Akbaruddin for his alleged hate speeches delivered in Nizamabad on December 8 and at Nirmal town of...
16:09
Seventy years ago, on 5 February 1943, the Nobel prizewinning quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger gave the first of three public lectures at Trinity College, Dublin. His topic was an unusual one for a physicist: What is Life? The following year the lectures were turned into a book of the same...
16:03
Are the Taliban using sex to fight America? Read what the Foreignpolicy.com says.
15:53
The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a PIL filed by actor Imran Khan and refused to grant a stay on a notification increasing legal age limit to consume liquor from 21 to 25 years. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A V Mohta...
15:45
CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu says West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's conduct, threatening her security guards at the Kolkata Book Fair yesterday, was nothing short of 'despicable'. The language she has used befits a feudal empress, not the chief minister of a state, said Basu. Mamata...
15:38
Prime-time hyperbole would have you believe that a threatening, passionate crowd of women have gathered outside the Delhi Art Gallery to protest against the exhibition, The Naked and the Nude. But talk to most of the protesters from Durga Vahini or Matri Shakti -- women's wing of Vishwa Hindu...
15:32
The Railways has plan to increase AC 3-tier, chair car and sleeper class fares to generate more revenues the paper stated. The final decision will reportedly be taken by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal following the annual general managers' meet on February 15.Breaking away from the...
15:28
CNN IBN: The Union Railway ministry may hike rail fares once again; the second round of hike could be part of the budget document on February 26.
15:23
Only known poem written by the adult Winston Churchill, now dismissed as 'heavy-footed', expected to fetch up to 15,000 at auction. Read
15:17
Tamil actor-politician Khusbhu's house was attacked this afternoon by a group of about 20 men who hurled stones at her windows. The police say the vandals belong to Khushbu's party, the DMK, and that the attack was in retaliation for a recent interview she gave; but the party has denied the...
15:03
Bollywood singer Mika Singh, who was arrested last night at the international airport here for allegedly carrying Indian and foreign currency beyond permissible limit, was today granted bail for Rs one lakh, Customs officials said.
14:59
Jeet Thayil last month at the Jaipur Literature Festival became the first Indian to win the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his debut novel Narcopolis.' The book, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is primarily set in 1970s Bombay, where it delves into the world of...
14:53
The Delhi health ministry has called an emergency meeting to tackle swine flu at 4 pm today. The deadly H1N1 influenza virus has returned to the capital city with 57 cases of swine flu registered and three deaths recorded so far, reports said. Health ministry...
14:51
Jemima Khan has warned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange that he risks falling from a hero to the Australian L Ron Hubbard, expecting his supporters to follow him unquestioningly, in blinkered, cultish devotion. Also on the Independent. Read
14:48
A solar superstorm is coming, we'll only get 30-minute warning. They cause devastation and occur every 150 years and the last one was in 1859. Read the report on the Independent.
14:44
While external affairs minister Salman Khurshid was enjoying the view in Antarctica after his Latin America trip, his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar was trying to checkmate India diplomatically as she called for a probe into the recent incidents near the LoC by the Organisation of...
14:39
India expressed concern on Wednesday over Pakistan handing over its strategic Gwadar port to a Chinese company, which it views as part of Beijing's string of pearls policy to get a foothold in the Indian Ocean region.Defence minister AK Antony conveyed his apprehension about China's...
14:29
Defence minister A.K. Antony yesterday objected to the public spat between the Union home ministry and the Indian Air Force over the January 18 shooting of a helicopter by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, calling it an internal family matter of the government. Antony's indignation had...
14:23
Investors Inc., languishing for years in Jharkhand's volatile political climate, has now begun making a beeline to the state's new power centre and hoping for a positive rub-off from President's Rule. Read
14:19
Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh is not prepared to accept any peace deal between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M) if it harms Manipur's interest and disturbs its territorial integrity. Read more
14:11
French President Hollande is due to visit India on February 14. The Hindu opinion piece on how Hollande is very different from the ebullient Sarkozy, who was much admired in India, but as Mali has shown, he can take firm decisions in his own quiet way. Read
14:08
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi police to consider withdrawing security for VIPs and using the personnel and the funds then available to bolster the security of women. Amicus Curae Harish Salve tells the court that crores are being spent on VIP security which can be better used for the...
13:59
The iconic tradition of blowing out candles on birthday cakes may soon be passe - at least for Aussie kids! Australian children are to be banned from blowing out candles together on birthday cakes - because they could be puffing germs onto one another. In what is seen as an attempt to bubble wrap...
13:55
India's economic growth rate this fiscal is estimated to be sharply lower at 5 per cent, lowest in a decade, on account of poor performance of manufacturing, agriculture and services sector. This estimate by CSO is drastically lower than what has been projected thus far by the government...
13:46
The Indian government should improve protections for children from sexual abuse as part of broader reform efforts following the gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Read the report.
13:41
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today backed VHP's resolution for building a Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying its construction is like establishing the Indian identity.I have said that construction of the temple is like a movement to establish the country's self identity. It is an identity of our country...
13:38
Rahul Gandhi, who made his first public appearance in his parliamentary constituency Amethi today after becoming the vice-president of the Congress Party, said that the youth of the country need to be employed properly. Gandhi said he was aware of the fact that the youth in Amethi have a...
13:34
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today described Narendra Modi as his friend but side-stepped queries on the possible projection of the Gujarat Chief Minister as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate.He is my friend, said Bhagwat when asked by reporters what he thought of Modi. However, when asked whether he...
13:12
The two-phase Karnataka polls are likely to take place on May 20 and 23, while counting is likely on May 27. The term of present Assembly is till June 3.The dates are still tentative because the Election Commission has only informally discussed the poll schedule for Karnataka, but officially the...
13:02
Indian banks' non-performing assets are on the rise. What this means is that the sector is feeling the effects of slowing economic growth, a tight monetary policy regime, and the stalling of big-ticket investments. Read
12:58
In a shocking case, at least 100 women who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district, West Bengal, were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility. The Manikchak Rural Health Centre in Malda district, where the surgical procedure was...
12:51
Ten million dollars does not seem to buy much in this bustling Pakistani city. That is the sum the United States is offering for help in convicting Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, perhaps the country's best-known jihadi leader. Yet Mr. Saeed lives an open, and apparently fearless, life in a...
12:43
Indias government has failed to curb the rampant sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state-run child care facilities, a rights group said Thursday.Human Rights Watch cited in its report the recent fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus in December, an attack the shook...
12:36
A sprawling private residence for President Asif Ali Zardari, complete with a runway for small jets and bulletproof building, is nearing completion in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The compound in Bahria Town, spreading over some 200 kanals, is named Bilawal House after Zardari's son...
12:20
Globally celebrated author Reginald Massey, Monday, questioned writer Shobhaa De's credentials as a literary person, saying she should not be taken seriously as she wrote soft pornography which titillates. Massey, speaking as a guest at the Taj Literature Festival at the St John's College, Agra,...
12:14
Even as Mamata Banerjee threatened to whip her security guards, a panchayat in east Bihars Kishanganj district is in the eye of storm for allegedly ordering the socio-economic boycott of mahadalits a special category created by the Nitish Kumar government comprising the poorest among dalits....
12:11
Sheer nostalgia, this. Fans of the iconic game Monopoly have retired iron as a token and have replaced it with a cat, toy maker Hasbro Inc. announced on Wednesday. The results were announced after the shoe, wheelbarrow and iron were neck and neck for elimination in the final hours of voting,...
12:08
The Supreme Court questions the CBI for its delay in filing an appeal against the Allahabad High Court verdict on the dropping of conspiracy charges against senior BJP leader LK Advani and others in the Babri Masjid case. The SC also turns down the CBI's plea to file a fresh affidavit in the...
11:54
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday stressed the need for making the controversial Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) a more humanitarian' law, but said the Union government could not move forward as there was no consensus' between it and the Army on the issue. ReadAlso see:...
11:47
The truth behind Zeenat Aman's secret boyfriend. Subhash K Jha reports:Zeenat has found A-man. But it's not the one that a section of the media has dug up.Ever since glamour diva Zeenat Aman made it known that there was a man in her life curiosity about the lucky gentleman's identity has touched...
11:38
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will expand his cabinet today. Ten new ministers are likely to be added to the 47-member council of ministers. The swearing-in is at noon.
11:33
The Supreme Court directs Karnataka to release 2.44 TMC Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu immediately. The court was hearing Tamil Nadus petition seeking immediate release of 12 TMC of water. Tamil Nadu claims that failure by its neighbour state to release water has resulted in damage to its...
11:30
Thanks to manufactured debates on TV, there is no time for irony and nuance nor are we able to distinguish between a charlatan and an academician. Read.That's Harish Khare's piece on the Hindu. Khare was the former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Read
11:26
From the Telegraph: The good intentions and lofty ideals that dominated the Jaipur conclave and Rahul Gandhi's subsequent meetings with Congress office-bearers might have lifted the morale in the party but it will take more than rhetoric for the change to reflect on the ground.For all the stress...
11:19
Must read: A new report, which provides unprecedented detail about the reach of the CIA's rendition program and the collaboration of 54 foreign governments. The secret detention program and the extraordinary rendition program were highly classified, conducted outside the United States, and...
11:10
And the rapes continue unabated... A 23-year-old foreign national was allegedly raped by her Indian friend at Hauz Khas in south Delhi on Monday night, after the two had attended a party. The accused, Tariq Sheikh, 28, a management graduate who works as a party organizer,...
11:03
The case of the juvenile offender in the Delhi gang rape is a wake-up call for investing more in a protection scheme that will stop children from turning to crime. Read the opinion piece on the Hindu.
11:02
Also on the Hindu: All those associated with the sub-prime loans scandal that led to the global financial crisis of 2008 have paid the price one way or another. Banks and financial institutions have taken large write-offs on their balance-sheets, causing valuations to fall. Investment banks...
10:59
French President Francois Hollande, accompanied by his journalist-partner Valerie Trierweiler, several senior ministers and an impressive business delegation arrives in New Delhi on February 14, Valentine's Day, for a two-day state visit that will take him to the Capital and Mumbai.Read the...
10:57
Just in: The LDF stalls proceedings in Kerala Assembly over police action against women MLAs demanding re-investigation of charges against P J Kurien in Suryanelli gang-rape case.
10:51
Also on the Telegraph: Behind Israel's Iron Dome for India is a Stunner in the works.Israel, India's furtive defence supplier that both countries keep shrouded behind layers of confidentiality, has outed itself in the Aero India 9th edition in Bangalore. More
10:47
This is what the Telegraph, Calcutta, has on the Mamata Banerjee story: Mamata Banerjee told her security guards they should be whipped' as she walked a few paces and waited for her car at the Calcutta Book Fair gates this evening.Chabkano uchit apnader (you should be whipped),' she was...
10:42
Yet another instance that Mamata Banerjee needs immediate enrollment in an anger management workshop. There was a security scare during the West Bengal chief minister's visit to the Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday evening when she exited via the wrong gate, putting her guards on the...
10:35
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will undertake a two-day tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi beginning today. It will be his first visit to his constituency after taking over as the Congress Vice President. Gandhi (42) is scheduled to meet senior party functionaries and leaders in...
10:33
Another youth has been arrested in connection with the online abuses and threats to the all-girl rock band of Kashmir, which forced them to quit singing. Irshad Ahmad Chara was arrested late last night by the police, who was raiding different places to apprehend him. Tariq Khan and Rameez Shah...
10:17
Shares of NTPC slid as much as two per cent on the BSE in the early trade on Thursday as the government's 9.5 per cent stake sale of country's largest power producer commenced on the bourses. The floor or the minimum offer price for state-run power utility NTPC's share sale has been set at...
10:15
Egypt Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has caused an outrage after blaming a diarrhoea epidemic sweeping through rural areas on women not keeping their breasts clean.Qandil said that he had witnessed children suffering from diarrhoea immediately after they had been breastfed because their mothers...
10:10
National capital New Delhi is all set to host its very own literature festival later this week featuring book launches, interaction with authors as well as a music show.Coming close on the heels of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the two-day literary event beginning February 9 will host 10...
09:40
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday declined by 65 points in early trade on sustained selling by funds amid a weakening trend on other Asian bourses. The 30-share barometer fell by 64.99 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 19,574.73 in first five minutes of trading. The index had lost almost 366...
09:33
For all his apparent ease, Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed has to walk a tightrope of sorts within the jihadi firmament.His support of the state puts him at odds with the Pakistani Taliban, which, he claims, are secretly supported by America and India -- a familiar refrain in the right-wing...
09:20
Kamal Haasan's spy-thriller Vishwaroopam will finally release in theatres across Tamil Nadu today.Last week, the state government brokered a compromise with leaders of several Muslim groups who were offended by the portrayal of their community in the Rs 95-crore film. The truce was reached after...
09:19
Government has fixed the base price at Rs 145 per share for 9.5 percent stake sale in NTPC, a discount of 4.79 percent, to garner over Rs 11,300 crore for the exchequer.The government proposes to sell 78.32 crore shares or 9.5 percent stake in the country's largest power producer through offer...
09:03
Bollywood singer Mika Singh was arrested at the international airport in Mumbai for allegedly carrying Indian and foreign currency beyond permissible limit, customs officials said on Wednesday night. He was later released on bail, according to the latest reports.Singh, who arrived here from...
08:57
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will visit Nagaland today to campaign for the February 23 assembly elections in the state.She will address two public meetings at Mokokchung and Dimapur districts, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) General Secretary (Admn) Medokul Sophie said.As part of...
08:56
In a sign of deepening bilateral ties, Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday on a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with the top leadership on hydro-electric projects among other issues.The Prime Minister is being accompanied by Lyonpo Khandu...
08:54
The government may discuss today steps to dispose wheat from FCI godowns to make room for new stock which is expected to arrive from April.The stock position is very good. In fact, there is too much stock. I think Cabinet is going to consider tomorrow ways to dispose certain wheat and make...
08:51
More than two dozen cars, pickup trucks and tractor-trailers collided in a fiery pileup on a foggy highway in the US state of Georgia, killing at least four people and sending nine others to a hospital, officials said.Work crews on Interstate 16 were still clearing charred and twisted wreckage...
04:27
Scores of Egyptians and Syrians have protested outside the Iranian Embassy in the capital city over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's historic visit to the country to participate in the summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The protesters held demonstrations outside the embassy yesterday...
03:47
Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia's prime minister announced Wednesday that he would form a new government of technocrats to guide the country to elections as soon as possible.The decision by Prime Minister Hamadi...
02:27
Attacks targeting security forces across Iraq today left three policemen and an army officer dead, officials said. The violence took the death toll since Sunday to 72, indicating a spike in attacks amid a political crisis pitting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against his government partners as...
02:23
Three persons were killed tonight while several others injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed near the international airport here, officials said. The injured were admitted to Cooper Hospital and Desai Hospital, they said. Eight fire tenders and four ambulances...
01:44
The new US Secretary of State, John Kerry has reaffirmed his commitment to continuing and strengthening the India-US Strategic Dialogue, his spokesperson said today. Kerry, who was sworn in as the Secretary of State last Friday replacing Hillary Clinton as the top American diplomat...
01:13
French forces were deployed nearly a month ago to combat al-Qaeda-linked militants who had taken over Mali's desert northern regions.But Paris says it wants to begin pulling out its 4,000 troops in March.It wants planning for a transition to begin now so a handover can be completed in April.From...
01:12
The CIA used a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia to launch the September 2011 strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-profile American member of al Qaeda, according to reports.The purported existence of the drone base in the Middle Eastern nation was revealed in a pair of reports by The New...
01:11
Syrian rebels and regime forces fought their most intense clashes in weeks inside the heavily guarded capital of Damascus on Wednesday, activists said, with the sounds of shell blasts echoing through the downtown area and keeping many children home from school while residents hid in their...
00:19
Lebanon's Shi'ite militant Hezbollah group has dismissed Bulgaria's claim that is was behind last year's bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists.Hezbollah Deputy Leader Naim Qassem said the accusations were part of a smear campaign waged by Israel after it failed to defeat the group...
00:17
Drone strikes are legal, ethical and wise: White HouseKejriwal, Bhushan to start 'non-profit, public service' TV channelRains, snowfall wreak havoc in north Pak; 40 killedSuryanelli rape case: Karat demands Kurien's resignationJail is not new for me: Asaduddin OwaisiANALYSIS: In Delhi, the first...
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