21:59
Al Jazeera: Nepal's major political parties have agreed to form an interim government led by a supreme court chief justice, and to hold elections in June, in an attempt to end the deadlock that has left the nation without a fully functioning government since last year.The parties want chief...
21:28
Angry over his Facebook page status updates, VHP leader Praveen Togadia today alleged it was the work of hackers and their politically-motivated masterminds. I was informed by my friends yesterday that there had been strange posts, unlike...
20:59
Two women died due to swine flu today in the capital, while 53 more people have been detected with the deadly H1N1 virus, taking the total number of cases this season to 510. The women, aged 36 and 45 years, were admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital...
20:45
Authorities today imposed restrictions in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, apprehending law and order problems in view of the three-day strike called by the separatists in the Valley. According to Srinagar District Magistrate Baseer...
20:43
A Sukhoi 30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force has crashed in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, a spokesperson of the defence ministry said on Tuesday evening.Both pilots have bailed out of the crashed aircraft, he said.
20:36
Terming the recommendations of a the Standing Committee on the Food Security Bill as 'eyewash', a number of rights groups today said the proposed law should not be tabled in the Budget Session of Parliament without incorporating their key demands. At a...
20:35
The BJP today exuded confidence about forming the next government in Meghalaya by defeating the Congress, after the party forged an internal alliance with the P A Sangma-led National People's Party and United Democratic Party. We have an...
20:32
Finmeccanica, the Italian firm which is being investigated for bribing Indian officials to nab a lucrative defence deal, on Tuesday said it is ready to cooperate with Indian authorities to clarify the matter.
19:59
Blaming the Uttar Pradesh government, senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon today said lack of coordination between the Kumbh mela administration and the railways led to the February 10 stampede at Allahabad railway station, which claimed 38 lives. I have...
19:57
The CPI today demanded scrapping of the AgustaWestland chopper deal and setting up of a special investigation team to probe in a time-bound manner the allegation of kickbacks in the contract, saying inquiries by CBI or the armed forces would not instill confidence among the...
19:56
The CPI-M led LDF Opposition in Kerala today demanded the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson P J Kurien for his alleged involvement in the Suryanelli gang-rape case. The LDF state liaison committee meeting also asked the Congress leadership to remove him...
19:53
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa had been universally hailed for ending the decades long and bloody civil war in his country.Rajapaksa could have seized this opportunity to resolve the ethnic tension that had almost torn the island nation apart. Instead, the steps taken by the government...
18:45
A 25-year-old man arrested for attempting to rape a class XI girl and shoving an iron rod into her mouth, was today remanded back to 14 days of judicial custody by a Delhi court.
18:44
The Budget Session, 2013 of Parliament (13th Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha and the 228th Session of the Rajya Sabha) will commence on Thursday, the 21st of February, 2013 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session will conclude on Friday, the 10th of...
18:35
The court adjourns until tomorrow at 9am (SA time). Pistorius will be held again at the Brooklyn police station, Pretoria.
18:23
BJP today said it will strongly raise in Parliament the allegation of payment of bribes in the VVIP chopper deal and ask for a reply from the government on whether the contract stood scrapped and who were the ultimate beneficiaries.The Executive Committee meeting of BJP's Parliamentary Party,...
18:20
The investigation into a unit of Italian defense firm Finmeccanica SpA has sparked mixed reactions in Italy, with some -- including former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- saying bribe-giving is a necessary process when doing business in India. Read
18:15
As the Pistorius trial continues, read this: The British Empire is neither dead nor gone; in fact, it is more powerful today than ever. Read
18:12
Orebotse Lepono on Twitter: How big is Oscar Pistorius's bed?? When he wakes up he does not even realize his woman is missing. Come-on.
18:04
An award-winning author has whipped up controversy by describing Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, as a machine-made doll with a plastic smile who lacks the personality and human frailty shown by Princess Diana.Hilary Mantel, who has twice won the Man Booker prize for her historical novels set...
17:58
Pistorius' attorney is now reading out a statement from Justin Divaris, who has been named in the media as Pistorius's best friend. Oscar would often tell me how much he loved Reeva and she was a fantastic person who understood him. She could be 'the one'. Pistorius breaks down yet...
17:54
I tried to save Reeva. But she died in my arms. I can't stand how much hurt I've caused. -- Oscar Pistorius in his statement in court.
17:50
Oscar Pistorius' attorney reading out his statement in court: I sleep with my 9mm under my bed. I woke up to close the sliding door and heard a noise in the bathroom.
17:37
Update on the Finmeccanica chopper deal: We are open to JPC on the chopper deal. We are not ruling out anything. Divisions in parties on Lokpal bill, Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, Food Security bill and Land Acquisition bill will be discussed, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Kamal Nath.
17:33
Reeva had bought me a present for Valentines Day. We were deeply in love. Oscar sobs. -- Guardian
17:33
Oscar Pistorius in court, begins his statement: I have been informed I have been accused of murder - I deny the accusation. Talking about the night of February 13, Pistorius says, We agreed to spend evening at home. By 10pm we were in bedroom, she was doing yoga. I was watching TV with prosthetic...
17:28
Mumbaikars need not worry about buses, trains, autorickshaws and cabs not being available during the proposed two-day nationwide shutdown. Trade unions led by Hind Mazdoor Sabha president Sharad Rao will not be participating in the Bharat bandh proposed on February 20 and 21. All modes...
17:18
Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav today stumped a woman reporter with his beautiful remark. The reporter sought to know from Yadav which was the better state- Madhya Pradesh or Bihar- ruled by BJP and Janata Dal (U)-BJP coalition respectively. The former Union Minister has political...
17:15
Few prime ministers have been as tireless in promoting Britain's arms industry as David Cameron. He calls it a key part of the UK's economy, but do the figures really add up? Read
17:12
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha met T Vaiko for 15 minutes for a one-on-one today. The meeting is significant as it seems to suggest early Lok Sabha polls. ADMK is ready to give two LS seats to Vaiko. Such an initiative by Jayalalithaa also sends a strong message to the PMK. Many pointed...
16:50
In a landmark verdict, the Delhi High Court today held that the Right to Education (RTE) Act and subsequent government notifications are not applicable for nursery admissions in unaided private schools. The verdict, which does not affect the ongoing nursery admission process in the national...
16:39
Muslim clerics and scholars have expressed their shock and dismay over the statement of Maulana Mahmood Madani, general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, that there is a perceptible change in Muslims' attitude towards Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Read more
16:32
Brigi: still, my prayers are also with OscarPistorius & family. besides jail, he will have to face his demons till the end of his days.Mode: Oscar Pistorius, i am sorry i don't believe you pal, you would have heard a womans scream after the first shot. But to then shoot another?Rowena...
16:25
Oscar Pistorius now faces a charge of premeditated murder (schedule six) in the death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, a judge ruled Tuesday.But the judge said he will consider downgrading the charge later.The ruling came after an emotionally draining bail hearing, with prosecutors...
16:10
Gavin Venter, a former jockey who worked for Steenkamp's father, said of Pistorius: He's a danger to the public. He'll be a danger to witnesses. He must stay in jail. He's already shown how dangerous he can be for what he did to Reeva.-- Guardian.
16:09
Oscar Pistorius cries as he hears that Magistrate Desmond Nair rules that the case is 'schedule six', which makes it extremely unlikely the defendant will be granted bail. Magistrate Nair says that the defendant (Pistorius) will face a possible life sentence if convicted of premeditated murder.
16:04
Bracing to face opposition heat over chopper scam in Parliament, Defence Minister A K Antony today said government has nothing to hide and is prepared for a discussion even as he played down reports of his resignation. I will do my duty. I am now getting ready for the Parliament session. We will...
15:57
David Cameron seeks to recast 'special relationship' with India. Read
15:46
Armed robbers have pulled off a spectacular heist at Brussels airport, making off with diamonds worth 350 million euros (USD 465 million), Belgian public television reported today. The raid saw the gang of thieves hit a Brinks transport truck as its contents were being loaded onto a Swiss...
15:35
Reeva Steenkamp, who had been going out with Pistorius since late last year, will be laid to rest in a private ceremony at a Port Elizabeth crematorium with an on-site chapel that holds less than 100 mourners. Reeva's cloth-draped coffin bearing white flowers was carried into the chapel by...
15:16
The paramedics were not for Oscar, but for switchboard worker on the 1st floor of the court, says the Guardian.
15:13
Paramedics arrived at the Pretoria court where the bail hearing for Oscar Pistorius is on. Reason unknown, as yet. -- Guardian.
15:11
Eleven Central trade unions tonight stuck to their call for a two-day nation-wide strike from Wednesday after talks with senior ministers convened at the instance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed.Rejecting the prime minister's appeal yesterday to the unions to call of the stir, the trade...
14:58
Pre-planning doesn't mean months, weeks or hours, prosecutor says. It means: I ready myself, I get a gun, I make it ready to fire, and I walk there to shoot. Nel says premeditation does not preclude Pistorius's feeling regret after the fact, said the prosecutor.
14:49
Oscar Pistorius in court: The court breaks for 20 minutes.
14:47
MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, who was earlier granted bail in alleged hate speech cases, today appeared before a court at Nirmal town in Adilabad district. The magistrate posted the next hearing in the case for March 5. While granting him bail...
14:39
Oscar Pistorius in court: On Tuesday, the prosecution asked why a burglar would lock oneself in a bathroom. Items found in Pistorius' home suggest Steenkamp intended to stay the night. She had an overnight bag and her iPad, a South African official familiar with a case said Monday.The 29-year-old...
14:26
A potential barring of Finmeccanica SpA from future contracts in India would not only hurt the Italian aerospace and defense contractor, but it would also delay efforts to modernize the Cold War-era equipment of the Indian armed forces, some analysts and politicians say. Read
14:25
In other news: Twenty fishermen from Tamil Nadu were allegedly assaulted by Sri Lankan navalmen while they were fishing near Katchathivu islet early this morning, officials said. The navy personnel surrounded the fishermen's boats, allegedly beat them up and then took away the GPS equipment. They...
14:09
Oscar Pistorius in court: Prosecutors told a court today that there was nothing to support Oscar Pistorius' claim that he thought his girlfriend was an intruder when he fatally shot her through the locked bathroom door of his home in South Africa.A bail hearing, described as a little trial' by...
14:06
Meanwhile, three accused have been charged with gang rape in the Park Street case. Sumit Bajaj, Nishad Khan and Naser Khan were arrested on February 18, 2012, exactly a year and a day before charges were be framed against them. Charges will not be framed against prime accused Kadir Khan...
13:56
In other news: In a relief to Mark Samuel, the assistant director of Salman Khan-starrer 'Dabaang-2', and his friend Vidushi Sood, held in a case of rash and drunk driving, the Bombay High Court has granted them bail while quashing an order of a magistrate who had ordered their custody. Both...
13:50
South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend three times as she was in the bathroom at his home, prosecutors have said.Details of the murder case against Mr Pretorius are emerging at a bail hearing in Pretoria.The defendant - who is expected to deny murder - wept as he heard...
13:47
Oscar Pistorius in court. Prosecutor Garrie Nel says: Oscar Pistorius armed himself, put on his prostheses, walked 7m and shot dead the deceased.
13:40
Shares of Kingfisher Airlines today surged as much as five per cent on the bourses in afternoon trade after its group holding firm United Breweries (Holdings) hiked its loan limit for the ailing carrier to Rs 750 crore from Rs 300 crore. UB Holdings has sought approval from its shareholders to...
13:39
Oscar Pistorius in court: South African police are believed to be checking SMS and text messages from the slain model's iPad and mobile phone to try to establish a motive for her death. Reeva Steenkamp was believed to be in a 'close friendship' with South African rugby star Francois Hougaard when...
13:30
Prosecutor Garrie Nel begins speaking, laying out the prosecution case that Oscar Pistorius shot an innocent woman, who was unarmed and inside a toilet. Pistorius slumps forward, sobbing. -- The Guardian
13:20
The Guardian reports that Oscar Pistorius who has arrived for his bail hearing at the Pretoria court looks exhausted and emotional. Sky News's Alex Crawford describes him as looking very contemplative and calm, sitting staring at this hands. The prosecution say they are ready to argue for a...
12:37
Murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius' application for a firearm licence was initially rejected, according to a report today. The Beeld newspaper reported that the licence, for a 9mm firearm, was not approved when he applied for it in 2008. This is the firearm with which Pistorius allegedly...
12:30
Back to the Pistorius story, girlfriend and victim, Reeva Steenkamp's father says: We don't hate Oscar. Read more
12:28
Meanwhile, Defence minister AK Antony says he will not resign over the chopper deal. Why should I resign? I will do my duty, we have nothing to hide, says Antony. We are trying to get details of investigation from the Italian government.
12:24
Athlete and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius arrives at court in Pretoria for the bail hearing. Also read: Police 'believe message on iPad of model shot dead by Blade Runner may have sparked fatal row
12:19
Defence Ministry will recommend what it thinks appropriate on the issue of the Rs 3,600 crore contract to procure VVIP choppers from an Italian firm, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today while making it clear that he has not expressed reservations on scrapping the deal. We should...
12:13
Defence ministry AK Antony addressing a meet in New Delhi on the chopper deal. Antony says the government has followed all procedures in the deal, but despite precautions something went wrong, but said no mercy would be shown to those guilty.
12:03
When Napoleon met Einstein... Read
12:00
Write a book, Arundhati tells Suryanelli victim. ReadWell known writer and social commentator, Paul Zacharia speaks to Rediff.coms Shobha Warrier, and opines on the Suryanelli case that is being talked about in Kerala once again, after 17 years. Read
11:55
The expected has finally occurred. Banks that were pretending for long that Kingfisher airlines would wriggle out of its problems and take to the sky again have decided the end has come. ReadAlso read: This gag order is no faking news
11:52
Governments and official agencies try very hard to control the Internet, but the design of this global network with no physical centre makes it difficult to achieve. What is blocked in one territory is accessible in the rest of the world. More importantly, scrubbing is counterproductive. Read
11:51
In carrying out Afzal Guru's death sentence, the government deliberately ignored the view of the Supreme Court and courts across the world that hanging a person after holding him in custody for years is inhuman. That's also on the Hindu. Read
11:45
New photographs of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran's son just before he was shot dead, obtained by Channel 4 TV, leave more questions for Sri Lanka to answer about war crimes. Read the full story on the Hindu.
11:43
The city crime branch probing the death of Sandhya Singh, sister of Bollywood composers Jatin- Lalit, has added charges of abduction, robbery and murder in the case. Abduction, murder and robbery charges, which were not in the FIR, have now been added as she was murdered and robbed by...
11:41
British PM David Cameron meets PM Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
11:37
Defence Minister A K Antony is not part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation that will hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during which defence deals are expected to come up for discussion. However, no reasons were given for Antony not being part of the delegation....
11:24
With Italian authorities refusing to share details of their probe into the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, the CBI-Defence Ministry team in Italy will explore legal ways to become a party in the Finmeccanica trial before the Italian court, which would then ensure access to all documents and...
11:21
During his tenure as the finance minister, President Pranab Mukherjee had, in 2009, raised some objections to the VVIP chopper deal, questioning the need to include new parameters after the Request For Proposal stage, which resulted in a cost escalation of over Rs 600 crore for the AgustaWestland...
11:14
The BJP Parliamentary Party is set to discuss the helicopter scam, the Hindu terror angle (Sushil Kumar Shinde's remark), the Coalgate scam, etc and then work out a strategy to make the UPA accountable in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament. The BJP Executive meeting today is to be held...
11:02
Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was admitted to a Dubai hospital on Monday after he fainted at the airport there. 57-year-old Singh was on his way to Singapore for regular health check-up when he fainted at the Dubai airport, an aide at his Delhi residence said. His condition is...
11:00
Up ahead in the day... A contempt of court petition filed by Tamil Nadu against Karnataka is likely to be taken up by the Supreme Court. The Tamil Nadu chief secretary is likely to appear in the Supreme Court to provide details of missing children from the state. Then, Parliamentary affairs...
10:45
A fire broke out on the second floor of Ansal Tower in Nehru Place, a popular commercial centre in South Delhi, at around 9 am, reports NDTV.At least six fire engines were rushed to the spot.More details are awaited.
09:58
The meeting between central trade union leaders and senior ministers failed in New Delhi on Monday night with the unions refusing to accept the government's appeal to postpone their two-day call for strike from Wednesday.However, in Mumbai most union will not strike work on Thursday keeping in...
09:21
British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi today. Cameron spoke to Indian Express editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta in an exclusive interview about the VVIP chopper scam, easing business rules with India,...
08:57
Stepping up pressure on India, Maldives on Monday pressed for facilitation of the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed against whom a fresh court warrant was issued on the sixth day of his stay at the Indian High Commission in Male. However, India is unlikely to ask Nasheed to leave...
08:51
CNN-IBN reports: Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen has resigned from the Council of Ministers, sources said. Imchen was detained earlier on Monday after he was caught carrying carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle. A case under the Arms Act has...
08:30
The International Court of Arbitration at the Hague has upheld India's right to divert water from the Rs. 3600-crore Kishenganga Hydro-electric Project (KHEP) in north Kashmir today, reports PTI.The arbitration court took the decision after Pakistan sought a stay on the project claiming that...
02:12
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to the country after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba.In three messages posted on Twitter, Mr Chavez, 58, thanked Cuban President and ex-leader Raul and Fidel Castro.He also thanked Venezuelans for their support and said he would continue...
01:30
Calling for collective action to eliminate terrorism, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today pledged that his government would go to any extent to punish those responsible for the bomb attack that killed scores of Shia Hazaras in Quetta.It is not time for a political divide. It is not time to...
00:34
Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry today took suo moto notice of a series of attacks that killed hundreds of Shia Hazaras in Quetta and sought a response from the government regarding steps taken to address the issue.The Chief Justice acted after receiving a note from the Supreme...
00:10
Eleven Central trade unions tonight stuck to their call for a two-day nation-wide strike from Wednesday after talks with senior ministers convened at the instance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed.Rejecting the prime minister's appeal yesterday to the unions to call of the stir, the trade...
00:07
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