23:00
Gujarat Congress today alleged that the ruling BJP was misusing the state machinery by tinkering with the Electronic Voting Machines in the recently-held municipalities polls. The allegations that the BJP indulged in EVM tinkering have been proved by an incident in...
21:54
North Korea said Tuesday that it had conducted a new, more powerful underground nuclear test using more sophisticated technology, jolting the already fragile security situation in Northeast Asia.The test probably took place near P'unggye and yielded several kilotons, according to assessments...
21:33
Activists say rebels have stormed a base that is in charge of protecting the international airport in the contested northern city of Aleppo, leaving dozens dead.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights and the Aleppo Media Center say opposition fighters captured large...
21:01
Iran denied today that Iranians facing international arrest warrants for their alleged roles in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre will be questioned by an Argentinian judge, as announced by Argentine's foreign minister. The matter of questioning of some of the Iranian...
20:43
China today reacted angrily to close ally North Korea's third nuclear test by summoning its ambassador here and conveyed its protest to Pyongyang for acting against the opinion of the international community. In a rare display of displeasure against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
20:33
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India wanted peaceful existence with its neighbours but the recent incident of beheading by Pakistani troops was against the norms of civilized international behavior and unacceptable. Addressing a conference of Governors here, Singh said there is a...
20:32
Northern Army Command chief Lt General K T Parnaik today reviewed the security situation in Kashmir and visited forward posts along the Line of Control in the Valley. Lt General Parnaik visited forward posts in Gurez, Uri and Gulmarg sectors of the Valley, a defence spokesperson said. He...
20:14
A moderate 5.1-magnitude quake today jolted parts of northwest China's Qinghai Province close to Tibet but no casualities were reported. The epicentre of the quake, with a depth of 10 km, was felt in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China Earthquake Networks Centre said. Li...
19:56
A day after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, the Vatican has acknowledged that the pontiff has had a pacemaker for years.But Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi reiterated that he was not stepping down because of any specific illness.His last public appearance will be his final mass...
19:42
Against the backdrop of alleged collusion between CBI prosecutor and an accused in 2G scam, CBI chief Ranjit Sinha today insisted that it has not polluted the probe into the case but admitted that the agency's reputation suffers by such incidents. Sinha was grilled by the Joint Parliamentary...
19:23
JKLF chief Yasin Malik's passport is likely to be revoked by the government after he shared the stage with Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan while protesting against Afzal Guru's execution. Security agencies will interrogate the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front...
19:22
Pakistani clerics threatened today to boycott a peace conference in Afghanistan after a dispute over whether to invite the Taliban, another sign of how hard it will be for the two states to cooperate on a deal to end the 11-year-old Afghan war. The dispute followed talks between Pakistani...
18:49
Ahead of French President Francois Hollande's visit here, India today said it was fully committed to the French-assisted Jaitapur nuclear plant but admitted there were issues of pricing and liability.Hollande, who will be on a two-day state visit to India from Thursday, his first stop in Asia...
18:37
The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit stating what action it proposes to take against the police officials who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook. The girls had posted comment on social networking site...
18:24
The male friend and the sole eyewitness to the December 16 brutal assault and gang rape of the 23-year-old girl in a moving bus will be cross examined by the defence in the fast-track court this weekend. The youth has earlier testified as a prosecution witness before the court of Additional...
18:18
The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged last week for his role in 2001 Parliament attack, welcomed the Centre's decision to hand over his belongings, but said they would come to Tihar only if the government agrees to hand over his body. They are mixing the two things, we don't understand what...
18:07
Delivery of remaining 9 of 12 Augusta Westland choppers to be put on hold in wake of arrest of head of Italian firm: Sources.
18:02
Ramesh Srivats tweets: So, Valentine's Day anagrams to Sena's violent day. Not for nothing.
18:00
The economic slowdown has taken a toll on love birds this Valentine's Day with 44 per cent young men and 34 per cent young women telling a survey that they will curtail their expenditure. According to a survey by matrimonial site Jeevansathi.com, those surveyed said that the ongoing slowdown...
17:41
Meanwhile, in Gujarat: It was a straight fight and the BJP created history by winning all 27 seats of town municipality in Salaya, a Muslim-majority town in Dwarka district. Salaya is know for its mega power project and now it will be known for giving Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi...
17:35
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today directed the centre and state governments to file within a week their replies on a PIL seeking a judicial inquiry into the stampede at the Allahabad railway station on February 10. The Court also issued a notice to the Centre through the...
17:29
Five things you must know about the Finmeccanica chopper scam. Read
17:23
The Finmeccanica bribery issue comes at a time when India is on the cusp of finalizing a contract with Dassault Aviation of France to purchase 126 Rafale fighter jets in a deal estimated at more than $10 billion. Read
17:20
In a quandary over how to deal with its staunch ally's third nuclear test, China today said it firmly opposed the latest test conducted by North Korea but remained silent on whether it would back calls for more sanctions against Pyongyang. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)...
17:02
Shiv Aroor of Headlines Today tweets: An IAF MiG-27 crashes in Uttarlai in Rajasthan's Barmer District. Engine flame-out. Pilot ejects safely. Two years after it grounded the MiG-27 fleet following a fatal crash, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to phase out the accident-prone...
16:53
The Defence Ministry has ordered a CBI probe into VVIP chopper deal after arrest of head of Italian firm Finmeccanica on charges of bribery. Italian police arrested the head of Italian state-controlled defence group Finmeccanica SpA (SIFI.MI) on Tuesday in a corruption probe centred on the...
16:48
An epitaph marking the hanging of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru has come up next to the grave marked for JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, in the Eidgah area of the city. The black marble epitaph marking the date of Afzal's hanging, was seen this morning in the graveyard, where...
16:43
Members of the International Olympic Committee removed wrestling from the schedule to make way for a new sport.But the event could enjoy a reprieve as it now joins a shortlist of sports hoping to be included in 2020.Wrestling joins baseball and softball, squash, karate, sport climbing,...
16:38
NDTV: Wrestling has been dropped from the 2020 Olympics. The IOC executive board has decided to retain modern pentathlon, but dropped wrestling. An official familiar with the decision says International Olympic Committee leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics. In a...
16:22
On Twitter: Shiv Sena workers thrash a couple in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, as a warning ahead of Valentine's Day.
16:19
Heavy rains accompanied by a hailstorm lashed Nashik and its adjoining areas last evening, causing damage to standing grape and onion crops. Prices to rise?
16:10
Most people know the heart-sinking feeling of losing someone in a crowded place. Imagine the feeling of being lost at the largest gathering of humanity in the world, the Kumbh Mela. Read
16:07
Hurriyat Conference's moderate faction today accused mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir of running with the hare and hunting with the hound on the issue of Afzal Guru's execution.The State Legislative Assembly stands exposed as an accomplice in the political decision of hanging of...
15:51
Intimate read, but not in the way you think: 500 suitcases and their contents are all that remain of the inmates of an abandoned asylum for the chronically insane. But a determined photographer is slowly piecing their lives back together. Read
15:37
Pope Benedict prepares for monk's life in Vatican. Read
15:34
Pope Benedict XVI's surprise announcement on Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28 sets the stage for a succession battle that is likely to determine the future course of a church troubled by scandal and declining faith in its traditional strongholds around the world. MoreAlso read: Why the Pope...
15:23
Just in: The Supreme Court has sought a response from Naveen Jindal's Jindal Group and the police on the quashing of the FIR against Zee News and two journalists -- News editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia. They had been arrested and charged with trying to extort Rs. 100 crore from...
15:10
The voice of jailed MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing charges of sedition and waging war against the nation for his alleged hate speech, was today recorded in Nizamabad town of Andhra Pradesh even as a court extended his judicial remand till February 26. On February 5, Nirmal town police...
15:05
Eight persons were killed in police firing in trouble-torn Goalpara district of Assam and indefinite curfew was imposed in Krishnai police station area after violence erupted during panchayat polls today. Arson was also reported from Kamrup (Rural) district during the final phase of...
15:02
Snowstorm Nemo that hit several areas of the United States on Saturday claimed the life of a Telugu pharmacist in New York, relatives staying at Nandigama village in Warangal district said on Monday. Read more
14:33
If your constant As many as a half a million American lives could be saved if they all ate a fraction of a teaspoon of salt less every day, according to a new study. The study found that a gradual decrease in salt consumption over a decade ' ending in a 40 percent reduction -- would...
14:27
Pakistan's Supreme Court last month ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf within 24 hours on allegations of his involvement in corruption involving power-generation equipment. Read more
14:17
Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs tweets: India on reports of nuclear test by DPRK: Matter of deep concern that DPRK has acted in violation of its international commitments.
14:16
Facing the heat after fresh twists in the Suryanelli gangrape case, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien has written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Chairman of the Upper House Hamid Ansari explaining his position. Sources said he has explained his position to the party President and...
14:11
Violence broke out in Harimohan Ghosh College in Kolkata on Tuesday in which one policeman, a sub-inspector, was killed. Reports say bullets were fired at the policeman outside the college campus as the violence escalated in a clash between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress. The...
14:06
Russia's Defence Ministry said the power of North Korea's nuclear test blast on Tuesday surpassed seven kilotons, a ministry source told the Interfax-AVN military news agency. South Korea said earlier on Tuesday that the size of the seismic activity indicated a nuclear explosion slightly...
13:54
Home Secretary RK Singh has said that Afzal Guru's family can come and offer prayers at his grave and his belongings will be given to them. The jail authorities will decide the date of his visit. Guru was executed on Saturday morning for the attack on the Parliament 11 years ago. Please see...
13:45
Italy has not shared details of a corruption probe into the sale of helicopters to the Indian government, the Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the arrest of Finmeccanica's head Giuseppe Orsi in Italy.We had asked the government of Italy through our mission in Rome for details...
13:42
The External Affairs ministry has said that there is no direction from the home ministry on revoking JKLF leader Yasin Malik's passport. The MEA said the decision to revoke Malik's passport is a quasi-judicial process and has to therefore stand up for scrutiny. Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin...
13:27
An Australian group representing the victims of sexual abuse has welcomed Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, saying he had done little to stop the reign of terror of child rapist priests, a report said. Read
13:21
Pritish Nandy tells it like it is: Rahul vs Modi... Like much of India, the media is also certain that 2014 will be a battle between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, and currently Modi appears to have a distinct edge. The battle is often stupidly oversimplified into a confrontation between two...
13:13
A Delhi-based Kashmiri journalist, Iftikar Gilani, says he was picked up by police on his way to work on Saturday and questioned for hours. Gilani says he was heading to work early to plan reporting of the day's news -- Guru's surprise hanging -- when police approached him in the parking lot.In...
13:05
Indicating persistent sluggishness in the economy, industrial output contracted to 0.6 per cent in December due to poor performance of manufacturing and mining sectors and decline in production of capital as well as consumer goods. The industrial output, as measured by the Index of Industrial...
12:55
Anxiety and concerns about your close relationships can make you fall ill by reducing your immunity, a new study claims. Such concerns appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, researchers said. They asked married couples to complete questionnaires about their...
12:53
The Kerala Police has set up a special team to trace and arrest the absconding convict in the Suryanelli gangrape case, who appeared on a Malayalam TV channel alleging that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in the case, as claimed by the victim. The four-member team has left for...
12:42
In order to soothe the rising tempers in Valley, the union government is likely to airlift the family of Mohammad Afzal Guru to Delhi to allow them to perform his last rites. His body has been interred inside Tihar jail after he was hanged on Saturday morning. Sources said that the possibility...
12:36
Incredible! Japan's shrinking building. Watch
12:30
Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan, who resigned as incharge-Kumbh mela, has blamed the news channels for creating panic in the aftermath of the stampede. The death of two persons after falling in drain was run as breaking news by channels saying that deaths took place due to stampede...
12:12
Strictly for those blessed with patience... The man who killed Osama. Read
12:06
North Korea says it has successfully carried out its third underground nuclear test, in a widely-anticipated move set to draw international condemnation.Pyongyang said the test involved a miniaturised device and was carried out in a perfect manner. The confirmation came three hours after seismic...
12:03
One of the two Australian DJs who made a prank call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated is back on air.Michael Christian was suspended two months ago by 2Day-FM in Sydney after the nurse who answered the phone - and believed the callers to be the Queen and...
11:53
By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state of Bhutan will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability. ReadIf you're headed to Bhutan, pick up a bottle of their orange marmalade under the label Druk. Easily one of the best in the world at that price. It's also...
11:49
Pope Benedict may have acted with the best will in world but his papacy neither inspired, nor revived the mass of cradle Catholics. Read
11:42
It happened again on Sunday, with at least 36 people dying at the railway station in Allahabad, where this year's Kumbh Mela is being hosted. But the stampede should not surprise us. Here's why.
11:34
More than a day after a stampede that killed three dozen pilgrims and injured nearly 40 at the Allahabad railway station, government officials have not provided any concrete answers about the cause of the accident. Read
11:29
Finance minister P Chidambaram has sought to blame the Army for the failure to repeal the draconian Act but the government is equally guilty as it has abdicated responsibility in the matter. Read
11:28
The demand that ideas should not cause offence to any 'community' serves to protect vested interests and prevents social and cultural progress. Read
11:23
In the name of preserving law and order in the hours following the hanging of Afzal Guru, the Delhi police detained a senior and well-respected Delhi journalist, Iftikhar Gilani, for no reason other than that he was the son-in-law of the Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. More
11:22
Retail inflation rises to 10.79 per cent in January, 2013 from 10.56 per cent in December, 2012.
11:19
More on the Afzal Guru hanging...Between Afzal Guru's hanging at Tihar and the executions of Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh at the same jail lies a gap of 24 years. In this time, India has risen tremendously in economic and strategic terms but the decline in our collective morality is evident in...
11:13
The South Korean Defense Ministry believed that the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday, a local TV station reported. The report from local TV Channel One came shortly after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected in the DPRK, a...
11:11
Curfew continued in Kashmir Valley for the fourth consecutive day today even as authorities blocked all roads leading to the hometown of 2001 Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to foil any attempts by people to assemble there on the fourth day ceremony of the deceased.Curfew is in...
11:08
Several cardinals from India are expected to be in the papal college that will pick the next pontiff of 1.2 billion Catholics, half of whom live in the global south at a time bookmakers are speculating on the first 'Black Pope'. The process of electing a new Pope rests with the Sacred College of...
10:53
When 'saviour' cops themselves become victims, you need to worry about safety of women in Delhi. A head constable was brutally beaten up and his pistol snatched away by a group of 78 men in northeast Delhi, after the cop confronted them over a molestation of a college student. ReadAlso...
10:50
Pakistan's collusion with violent Islamist groups has been to the detriment of its security and regional stability. Between 1990 and 2001, while the United States was engaged elsewhere, Pakistan condoned a malignant symbiosis between the Taliban and al Qaeda. Unless those ties are finally cut,...
10:44
The morning that Afzal Guru was to be executed, he wrote a letter to his wife, Tabassum. Written in Urdu, he handed it over to jail officials before he was marched out for his execution.He pressed the letter into the jail superintendent's hand just before he was asked to step out of his...
10:42
Embarrassed and angered byKashmiri separatist leader YasinMalik's decision to share the stage with 26/11 mastermind HafizSaeed in Islamabad to mourn the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the government is weighing the option of...
10:37
The US has slapped non-proliferation sanctions against 12 foreign companies, including four from China, under an act that prohibits transferring of equipment and technology to Iran, North Korea and Syria. The sanctions has also been imposed on four Chinese companies which include BST Technology...
10:08
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will visit Allahabad on Tuesday to meet those injured in the stampede at Allahabad railway station.He is also expected to take stock of relief operations for the Kumbh pilgrims.Expressing grief over the tragedy, Yadav had earlier on Monday said that the...
10:04
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Tuesday recovered by over 50 points in early trade, snapping its eight-session losing streak, on fresh buying by funds and retailers ahead of industrial output data, amid a firming trend in other Asian bourses.The 30-share barometer rose by 50.20 points, or 0.26 per...
09:51
Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar will face the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday over the latest twist in the ongoing 2G spectrum scam investigation. The twist in the tale happened when a leading TV news channel aired visuals...
09:25
Just in: North Korea appears to have exploded a nuclear device, media reports said.Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea, the US and South Korea say, in what could be a sign of a widely anticipated nuclear test.The US Geological Survey said it had detected a tremor with a 4.9...
08:57
Three of the magistrates, who had recorded the statement of the five men accused in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here on December 16, will testify before the fast track court on Tuesday. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna, who is recording the statement...
03:09
Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the like button and other features of the social network. It is being sued by a patent-holding company acting on behalf of a dead Dutch programmer called Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer. Rembrandt Social Media said Facebook's success was...
02:11
AFP: The US Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden broke his silence today, recounting in an interview the three bullets he pumped into the Al Qaeda leader and the financial anxiety he now faces as an unemployed civilian. The commando kept his identity secret in the Esquire magazine profile but...
02:08
AFP: The United States launched its latest Earth observation satellite Monday atop an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA said. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission was the latest in a line of satellites used...
02:07
Apprehending tension on Basant Panchami at Dhar district headquarters, the police Monday detained two persons including a former RSS pracharak Nawal Kishore Sharma as part of preventive measure. A country-made pistol along with one cartridge have...
01:11
US President Barack Obama today offered appreciation and prayers to Pope Benedict XVI, who announced that he would resign on February 28, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. Americans everywhere, Michelle and I wish to extend our...
00:12
Kenya is holding its first presidential debate - between all eight candidates in next month's tightly contested poll.Millions of Kenyans are expected to watch and listen to Monday's debate, broadcast live on national television, as well as YouTube. Raila Odinga, the Kenyan prime...
00:10
Spectrum case: CBI removes 2G prosecutorPope Benedict to quit on February 28Yasin sharing dais with Saeed in Pak creates flutterStampede: Bansal orders high-level probeMufti calls India a 'banana republic' on Afzal issueTit-fot-tat: TMC questions Buddhadeb's honestyWill not quit UPA alliance over...
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