22:59
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry says that a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Pacific off the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has caused no casualties or damage. The ministry said in a statement that the epicenter of today's quake was located about 65 kilometers east of the Kamchatka...
22:38
Benedict, who will be known as pope emeritus, is expected to stay at the Castel Gandolfo papal retreat for the next two months. The cardinals' conclave to elect the next pope is expected to begin sometime in March.
22:20
In his last public appearance as pope, Benedict said: Dear friends, I am happy to enjoy your sympathy. I give thanks for your friendship and for your affection. You know that this is a different day for me than earlier days. I am no longer the pope, but I'm still in the church. I'm just a...
22:10
Benedict XVI makes appearance at the balcony of the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, where is he expected to give his final speech as pope.
22:08
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived at the papal retreat in the town of Castel Gandolfo. Thousands of people waiting in the village square -- many waving Vatican flags -- for him to appear on the residence's balcony. reports CNN.
22:00
Pope Benedict XVI has landed in the town of Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome. He is off the helicopter. Standing just outside the helicopter, he's greeting a delegation at the heliport in the Castel Gandolfo area, CNN reports.
21:54
Benedict XVI final tweet as pope: Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.
21:43
Bells ring in Vatican City as the helicopter carrying Benedict takes off.About 10,000 people await him in the town of Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict should land in 10-15 minues from now, reports CNN.
21:39
Benedict's helicopter has taken off and he will be now flown Castel Gandolfo, where he will spend two months before he moves to his final retirement home.
21:35
A motorcade, which was running 15 minutes behind schedule, took Benedict away from the area of his papal apartments. He has alighted a helicopter, which will take him to Castel Gandolfo, reports CNN.
21:30
CNN reports: Benedict's journey out of the Vatican has begun. He has departed the courtyard of San Damaso at the Vatican, and is driven to a heliportHe shook hands with and said goodbye to some staff members before he left. The crowds applaud as he stepped outside.
21:23
In a grisly online plot, a New York police officer planned to torture and roast alive his fiancee with a butcher in India with whom he chatted on the internet, an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent has testified in court. Gilberto Valle, 28, told Aly Khan, that he longed to butcher and cook...
21:20
Pope Benedict XVI has vowed unconditional obedience and reverence to his eventual successor. He was speaking on his final day in office at the Vatican to his cardinals, one of whom will be elected next month to replace him. In around 20 minutes, Benedict will start leaving the Vatican...
21:04
The suicide of a British Asian teenager has sparked calls for tighter controls over the sale of lethal drugs online.16-year-old Isobel Narayan found a drug used on death row prisoners in the United States while scouting online forums about suicide.The college student was found dead at her family...
19:54
A week after the twin bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy today said sketches of suspects were being prepared, and he was hoping for a breakthrough. There are a lot of eye-witnesses and with inputs...
19:35
The Special Court in Bangalore trying the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today adjourned the matter to March 4 for further recording of evidence of defence witnesses. Special Court judge M S Balakrishna...
19:00
Uttarakhand BJP today asked the Bahuguna government in the state to step down on moral grounds, accusing it of wasting too much of the tax payers' hard earned money on travel by air. Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Ajay Bhatt accused...
18:18
Heads up if you're heading to Dadar tomorrow morning. Rahul Gandhi is headed to Tilak Bhavan, Dadar, at 9:45 am, where he will be meeting with office bearers of the District Congress Committees & Block Congress Presidents of Mumbai. Then at 1.30 pm he will be meeting with the elected Congress...
18:11
Taking on Mulayam Singh Yadav over his demand to scrap UPA's job scheme MNREGA, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the SP leader's son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appears not to share his views.Did his son (Akhilesh) agree with that view. His son writes to me...
18:06
Terror witch hunt of Muslim youths after Dilsuknagar bomb blasts continues in Hyderabad as two Muslim youths from old city detained by the police. Read
18:05
A builder's murder captured on camera serves as a reminder of what happens when encounter specialists run amok. Read
17:56
How a math genius's life was transformed into an interactive experience. The genius of Ramanujan. Read
17:51
Union Budget 2013 as an infographic. Awesome.
17:50
In the worst Budget day show since 2009, the BSE benchmark Sensex today tanked 291 points to end below 19,000-level, as the government slapped more taxes on companies as well as super-rich and offered little concessions for large investors.The 30-share gauge resumed higher and touched a high of...
17:39
Why average novels are fodder for good movies but great books fail on screen. Why Life of Pi on screen does not work. Read
17:13
While Chidambaram was presenting his budget, the minister's wife Nalini, son Karti, daughter-in-law Srinidhi sat in the visitor's gallery. Several Rajya Sabha members including M S Swaminathan, Ramgopal Yadav, Naresh Agarwal, Murli Deora, V Maitreyan, Satyabrat Chaturvedi, Derek O'Brien and...
17:06
A dying woman had her diamond ring stolen from her finger in the final moments of her life at a hospice, her son said.A thief took the gold band - a gift to Wendy Dolton from her late husband - while she lay in Pilgrim's Hospice in London Road, Canterbury, Kent. Read
17:01
Just in: Two suspected operatives of the Indian Mujahideen have been remanded to a five-day custody in the NIA by a Delhi court in connection with the Hyderabad blasts case.A Delhi court yesterday issued fresh production warrants for today against the two suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives...
16:47
Pope Benedict XVI doesn't use Prada shoes, as was speculated at some point about the red pair that have been his trademark throughout his pontificate period, which ends this February 28 after he made his resignation public.The man behind those iconic red shoes is, in fact,...
16:44
The two women candidates among the 185 aspirants in the fray for the Nagaland elections have lost out to their male counterparts once again. Rakhila Lakiumong, the BJP candidate from Tuensang Sadar-II and Independent nominee from Mokokchung Town Dr Yangerla were placed third. Rakhila polled 4,193...
16:42
Communist Party of India-Marxist Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has led the Left Front to a successive fifth term in power in Tripura. What is best known about Sarkar is that he is one of the poorest candidates in Tripura -- he lives on a salary of Rs 5,000 a month, which is paid to him from...
16:29
The Ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF) wins absolute majority in the 60-member Nagaland Assembly securing 31 seats.
16:27
An 18-year-old woman apparently 'obsessed with necrophilia' has been accused of having three-way sex on top of the corpses of two men she and her sexual partners allegedly murdered. More of that horror story here.
16:18
Pakistan to free 11 Indian prisoners, including seven fishermen, at the Wagah border tomorrow. Details awaited.
16:14
As Pope Benedict XVI says his final farewells, how will Germans remember one of their own? Read
16:05
On his final day in office, Pope Benedict XVI is meeting cardinals and staff at the Vatican before leaving for the papal retreat near Rome.He will hand temporary charge of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone before flying by helicopter to Castel Gandolfo. Read
16:03
Amitabh Bachchan tweets: They ask me comment on Budget ..'ama yaar, jise apne ghar ke budget ke bare mein pata nahin, woh desh ke Budget pe kya bolega !'
16:01
Journalist and author Rahul Pandita laments the lack of wisdom in the proposed J&K Police Bill. Read
15:58
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin says Rajeev Shahare appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Maldives.
15:47
The return of the CPI(M)-led Left Front in Tripura and Forward Bloc wresting the Nalhati seat from Congress in West Bengal reflects re-emergence of the Left parties, senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said today. We congratulate the people of Tripura to have given us two-thirds majority for the...
15:42
Mexican model and actress Barbara Mori is making another attempt to be part of the Indian showbiz whirl. This time, she will be hosting the second season of the travel show, Life Mein Ek Baar 2, on FOX Traveller, which will air in March. Read moreMori who? She was the heroine of the film,...
15:35
British politician says disabled children should be put down. Read
15:26
Dan Husain: Wow! Stephen Fry in Mumbai! What luck! @stephenfry: Morning, Britain. Hot afternoon here in Mumbai/Bombay ' such a glorious city.Fry is a man who wears many hats: English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet.
15:16
Astronomers have calculated the speed of rotation of a massive black hole at the centre of a galaxy 60 million light years away. Read
15:04
The Delhi Police have explored options to ensure that the youngest and the most brutal of the six accused - declared a minor in January - gets maximum punishment for his role in the Delhi gang rape and murder case. Last month, a juvenile justice board accepted his school certificate as a proof of...
14:59
Just in: The Juvenile Justice Board frames rape and murder charges against the minor accused in December 16 Delhi gang-rape case.
14:56
What Dennis Tito's Mars mission also means is a second honeymoon on Mars A married couple is being sought to represent humanity on the first manned mission to Mars to be launched in 2018. US millionaire tycoon Dennis Tito, who in 2001 became the first space tourist, has launched an ambitious...
14:51
The first humans on Mars could be a married couple, after organisers of an ambitious manned mission to the Red Planet said that only a tried and tested' male-female partnership could cope with the close confinement of a return trip. Read
14:45
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has more or less spared items used by the common man from a price hike but the affluent will have to pay more following the tax proposals in the Budget 2013-14. Following is a list of what will be costlier and cheaper: Costlier - Mobile phone handsets priced...
14:29
Not one pupil at this school in the UK speaks English as a first language. But, despite the challenges, it has just received a glowing report. Read
14:22
In a marked shift from quoting words of ancient Indian economist Kautilya and Shakespeare by earlier Finance Ministers, P Chidambaram chose to quote from the contemporary economist Joseph Stiglitz in his Union Budget proposals today. Presenting the Union Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament, Finance...
14:17
And another piece on the Pope on the Guardian. Pope Benedict bemoans 'great burden' and loss of privacy as head of church. Read
14:16
Part funeral, part jubilee, the Vatican had never witnessed an event like this before. People flocked from all over the globe to acknowledge the retiring Pope Benedict. Read
14:15
Why old leaders are dangerous. Explained on Foreignpolicy.com. Read
14:07
Left Front in Tripura gets absolute majority, CPI(M) bags 30 seats and CPI one in the 60-member Assembly
14:01
Lee Miller was on the cover of American Vogue at 20, became part of the surrealist art movement in the 1930s and would go on to be the only female combat correspondent for the allies during the Second World War. Yet the photographer described as one of the most remarkable female icons of the 20th...
13:58
Traumatised 15-year-old girl 'raped by her stepfather who then murdered baby' is sentenced to 100 lashes in the Maldives - for having pre-marital sex. Read
13:54
Some of America's largest and most storied metropolitan newspapers are up for sale, in a sign of the turmoil facing an industry struggling to find a business model in the digital age. The Boston Globe recently went on the market as its parent company, The New York Times Co., said it was exploring...
13:44
Highlights of the budget, just presented by finance minister P Chidambaram. Read
13:42
Senior Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh.Arrested in June 2010, he is accused of murder, rape and arson during the country's 1971 war of independence. The verdict will be the third issued by the controversial tribunal, which is trying...
13:33
In other news: China's de facto first lady, famed military singer Peng Liyuan, seems to have gone out of her way to keep a low profile since her husband Xi Jinping was anointed as the Communist Party's top leader at its 18th National Congress last November. But as Xi pushes forward a...
13:27
If you are reading this sitting down then the chances are you are also increasing your risk of developing heart disease, blood clots on the brain and even certain types of cancer. The latest evidence suggests that being seated for much of the day can also increase your risk of developing...
13:25
Nagaland Congress PCC President S I Jamir won from Dimapur II seat defeating his nearest Independent rival Savi Liegise by 1,615 votes.
13:15
At the north-east polls: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio wins from Northern Angami II seat defeating nearest Congress rival Kevise Sogotsu of Congress by 12,671 votes.
13:10
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today presented his eighth annual budget in Parliament, the second highest by anyone in the country after a record ten by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Overall, it was 82nd Union Budget in the Indian history, including interim and special-situation budgetary...
12:54
On the Independent: The British government has secretly ramped up a controversial programme that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds ' with two of the men subsequently killed by American drone attacks. Read
12:48
Details on India's first women's bank: The country is all set to get an all-women bank by this year with the government announcing an initial capital of Rs 1,000 crore for the purpose. Announcing the Budget proposals for 2013-14, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the bank is likely to be set...
12:42
The Al Jazeera infographic on picking the new pope. See
12:38
The Economic Survey (tabled yesterday) is integral to the budget process, bringing out the economic trends in the country on the eve of the budget presentation. This facilitates a better appreciation of resource mobilisation and allocation in the budget. Read
12:32
When night falls Thursday over Vatican City, there will be no pope in residence.After nearly eight tumultuous years at the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Benedict XVI has made the almost unprecedented decision to stand down.That resignation, which takes effect at 8 p.m. local time,...
12:21
Juhi Nondi, a 20-year-old college student, takes the train every day to and from school here, toting a satchel of textbooks and looking stylish in her skinny jeans and T-shirts -- and long, sharp fingernails. They're not just for fashion, she says of her pink nails, but also for...
12:13
The government will set up India's first women's bank as a public sector bank by October, says FM. Reactions...Sucheta Dalal: Women's bank in a country that has Chanda Kochchar, Shikha Sharma, Naina Lal, Meera Sanyal, Usha anantsubramanima & many many CMD women?Pritish Nandy: Wonderful. We...
12:04
Nine civil servants have been suspended after doing a homework assignment for their boss' 12-year-old daughter in China. The employees in an undisclosed provincial government department spent three days on the assignment in the girl's hometown, and claimed expenses. One of the employees, known...
11:58
In Nagaland: The NPF won four seats and is leading in 22 others, Congress won 1 seat and is leading in 5, JD(U) in 1, NCP in 4 and others in 6 seats.
11:40
The Union budget provides an occasion for the UPA government to end its cosy ties with business houses and recognise the political economy of pain and deprivation. Read Harish Khare's opinion piece for the Hindu.
11:36
Finance minister P Chidambaram allocates Rs 1000 crore for the development of the north-eastern states. Too little, too late?
11:32
Sugata Mitra, an Indian education innovator, was awarded the first $1 million TED Prize for what the global organization called his innovative and bold efforts towards advancing learning for children. Read
11:23
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio (NPF) is leading by a huge margin of over 11000 votes over his nearest Congress rival Kevise Sogotsu of Congress in Northern Angami II seat. Rio has so far polled 13201 votes and Sogotsu 2191 votes.
11:18
Also on the Wall Street Journal: The Perils of Unfulfilled Indian Youth. Read
11:16
Also read: India moves slowly on sexual offense laws
11:16
A five-year-old girl is battling for life in GTB Hospital, where she was admitted after she was abducted and gangraped by two men in New Seemapuri, Northeast Delhi.Her condition, according to police, is critical and she is under observation.Police said the girl was playing outside her house when...
11:13
The accomplished British cartoonist, Martin Rowson, is ' as befitting his profession ' naturally attracted by the absurdities of public life. Last week, he directed his fire at the Think Tanks. Let's form a Think Tank', he suggested to his Twitter followers, Call it' 'Policy Carousel''Front...
11:11
Sharad Pawar today hinted he could reveal Congress secrets explosive enough to put the Manmohan Singh government in peril.I won't talk about the Congress as the UPA government has to run successfully. I don't want a situation that would create doubts and conflicts,' the NCP leader said. He...
11:09
The ruling Congress is surging ahead to retain power in Meghalaya as it was leading in 21 constituencies in the 60-member House while the United Democratic Party is leading in seven constituencies. Congress chief and former chief minister D D Lapang is leading over UDP candidate Roma Khymdeit by...
10:47
The Ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was way ahead of opposition Congress in Nagaland where counting of votes is underway. NPF is leading in 16 and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is forging ahead of his closest Congress candidate in North Angami seat by about 4,500 votes. Congress is leading in 4 and...
10:43
A little more than two years after Barack Obama made a headline-grabbing visit to India, another, lesser-known Obama has made a quiet trip to the country and reached out to it in the name of the US president.Malik Obama, the Kenyan older half-brother of Barack Obama, was in India last week as the...
10:39
British Prime Minister David Cameron is among some of the famous Britons distantly related to people involved in the slave trade, according to a new database. A research conducted by University College London (UCL) documents all British slave-owners who were compensated after being forced to free...
10:36
Leads in Tripura show that the CPI(M) is coming back to power in Tripura for a record fifth time.Congress leads by a healthy margin over UDF in Meghalaya whereas NPF in Nagaland looks set to retain power.Counting of votes for the 60 Assembly seats in Tripura began at 8 am this morning amid tight...
10:32
Asha Singh, wife of senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, on Wednesday breathed her last at a hospital in New Delhi after battling cancer for several years.She was 58 and died around 7pm at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Vasant Kunj, where she was admitted a few days ago.Doctors...
10:29
In other news: All the cramming and revision had not prepared them for this. An insensitive question in the Urdu paper on the first day of theHSC board examination left students traumatized and their parents and teachers fuming. The 80-mark paper's nine mandatory questions included...
10:23
Will the Reds retain their last remaining bastion in the country? Can Neiphiu Rio perform the hat-trick? Can the new kid on the block, the National People's Party, dislodge the Congress in Meghalaya?The answers to these and many others, now etched in the memory of the electronic voting machines...
10:18
Jova Marak of the United Democratic Party is leading from Rambrai constituency in Meghalaya over Kingford Kharsyntiew of Indian National Congress from Jyrngam constituency. Probin K. Raswai of United Democratic Party is leading from Ranikor over Martin M. Dango of the Indian National...
10:07
Update on the counting in Nagaland: Leads so fare...Y Vikheho Swu of Naga Peoples Front leading over Joshua Sumi of Congress in Pughoboto. N Thongwang of Naga Peoples Front leading over Y Mankhao of Congress in Mon Town. K Yimso Yimchunger of JD(U) leading over R Tohanba of Naga Peoples Front in...
09:29
Counting of votes has begun in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland amid extremely tight security.The international borders of the north-eastern states have been sealed for the day to prevent any untoward incidents.
09:18
A Congressional resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to recognise a Pakistani doctor, who helped the CIA trace Osama bin Laden, as an American hero. Dr Shakil Afridi was arrested by the Pakistan government three weeks after Laden was killed in the US raid for...
03:34
Indian, Nigerian armies to co-operate on counter-terrorism Abuja, Feb 27 (PTI) Armies of India and Nigeria would co-operate with each other in the areas of training of cadets and counter-terrorism, as the oil-rich African nation is struggling to overcome insurgency in its northern...
03:33
An alliance of Egyptian opposition parties decided on Tuesday to boycott parliamentary elections in protest at an election law they say favors the Muslim Brotherhood, increasing the chance that Islamists will sweep the vote.The boycott by liberal and leftist parties opposed to President Mohamed...
02:17
An employee of a Swiss factory killed three people, while injuring seven others during a shooting spree. This marks another story of a former employee shooting and killing his coworkers happened, this time in Switzerland. The workers were eating a snack in the cafeteria during...
00:50
An award-winning short-film director was killed Wednesday by a huge shark off New Zealand in a bloody attack being blamed on a great white.Police Inspector Shawn Rutene said in a statement that the swimmer, identified by his family as Adam Strange, was about 220 yards offshore when the shark...
00:29
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today told the visiting Pakistani president that a much-delayed USD 7.5 billion gas pipeline project must go ahead despite US opposition. The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is an important example of Tehran-Islamabad cooperation, and despite...
00:18
Taliban insurgents poisoned, then shot and killed 17 people as they slept at a local police post in eastern Afghanistan, one of two attacks in as many days targeting Afghan security forces, an official said Wednesday.It's unclear how the militants were able to drug people inside the post before...
00:16
Cauvery dispute: 'Moral and legal victory for Tamil Nadu'Did Dubai hawala money fund Hyderabad blasts?Mumbai, Thane tense over MNS-NCP tiffPope Benedict's final addressVarun Gandhi acquitted in a hate speech caseVIDEO: 20 killed in Kolkata fire; Mamata orders probeMeghalaya Governor: Lack of...
00:08
Article by Manu Joseph:It appears that the Sri Lankan government had somehow forgotten about the existence of the mobile phone.That was the blunder it made in 2009, when it launched the final onslaught deep into the territory of Tamil insurgents to end a 26-year-old civil war. It kept the news...
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