23:28
Read an open letter to end tensions at the Line of Control from citizens on both sides of the LoC. Read more on KafilaÂ
22:48
Coming out in support of Shiv Sena's protest against Pakistani players in the upcoming Hockey India League, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today said the beheading of a soldier by Pakistani troops was an insult to 125 crore Indians.          Pawar was talking to reporters at the...
21:56
In the eye of a storm over her remarks that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reaction on the gang rape incident came a week too late, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit today denied making such a statement.      The chief minister has talked to the AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi and has...
21:56
The minor girl -- who was allegedly gang-raped in Rayagada and later attempted self-immolation -- was today put on ventilator after her condition worsened.       The condition of the girl, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Visakhapatanam, is very critical, Rayagada District...
21:13
The Delhi high court today refused to hear film-maker Mahesh Bhatt's petition against a health ministry notification making it mandatory to show anti-tobacco messages in the beginning and middle of a film, saying the apex court has already been seized with a similar plea.        When the matter...
21:10
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has spoken to BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj on the situation on the Line of Control, said sources. The PM told Jaitley and Swaraj that the Opposition will be taken into confidence on any decision on the issue and NSA Shivshankar Menon will brief them on...
21:08
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today approached the Juvenile Justice Board dealing with the Delhi gang rape case, seeking prosecution of the juvenile involved in it in the fast-track court that will try the other five accused.        The bench of Board asked Swamy to approach the...
20:05
The Mumbai police were put in a spot over a poem published in its in-house journal terming last year's Azad Maidan protesters as snakes and traitors whose hands should have been chopped off, following which it has assured to issue an unconditional apology. A complaint in this regard has been...
19:12
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today said that if India cannot recover the head of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, they should at least bring back ten Pakistani heads, reports NDTV. The incident that has happened, we should take revenge. Today, the country is demanding that we should not be proved a...
18:45
Days after Union minister Jairam Ramesh complained about Delhi's most dubious reputation from women's safety point of view, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said policing in her state is the responsibility of the Centre. In her reply to Ramesh, who last week gave suggestions to improve women's...
18:41
Mayawati is also believed to be very upset with the Congress and has threatened to withdraw support to the UPA during the Budget session of Parliament and feels cheated over the passage of the SC/ST Promotions Bill. She is also planning to meet two chief ministers -- who are leaders of regional...
18:38
The news from the former Gandhi bastion of Amethi is disturbing for the party. Reliable sources have told Priyanka Gandhi that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi's chances of winning at the 2014 Lok Sabha polls will be difficult. She has been told that Mayawati is likely to field a candidate from Amethi. The...
18:21
Jharkhand Congress leaders speculate that BJP senior leader Yashwant Sinha is waiting for an opportunity to leave the party and may join forces with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav with an eye to contesting the polls from Hazaribagh with RJD support. Sinha won the seat in 1998 and went on to become...
18:17
Our Delhi sources tell us that senior BJP MP Ram Jethmalani's suspension from the party has not yet been revoked. None of the members of the BJP Central Parliamentary Board have accepted LK Advani's suggestion to revoke the suspension of Jethmalani. On Friday, at least three members of the...
18:10
Army Chief Bikram Singh today said that he would go there (Lance Naik Hemraj's village at Kosi) after the Army Day is over (tomorrow). There is no problem in it. I did not know about it (the demand by his family). He said he owed this to the 91 other officers, JCOs and other ranks who have...
18:07
England would have lost their Test series in India 4-0 before Christmas if it had not been for the reintegration of Kevin Pietersen, according to Matt Prior, and many would credit the England wicketkeeper for his role in helping the volatile batsman to make peace with his employers.Dismayed at...
18:04
While celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the rebel monk Swami Vivekananda on January 12, 2013, shouldn't those who claim to be his followers and those who say they admire him, think what that 'cyclonic Hindoo monk' would have done to Pakistan if he were alive today?Read BJP MP Tarun...
18:02
The wife of a serial offender, who allegedly raped and murdered a minor girl following release from jail after serving sentence in similar offences, says her husband should be hanged for the heinous crime. My husband has committed a heinous crime and he should be punished as soon as possible. He...
18:00
Author William Dalrymple on why, despite the horrific gang rape, he still loves Delhi. ReadIf you haven't, do read his City of Djinns -- a love story on India's capital.Â
17:52
Jodie Foster used her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes to come out'. The Panic Room star moved audience members to tears as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 70th annual prize-giving in Los Angeles, by openly discussing her sexuality for the first time. Read moreÂ
17:45
The much-awaited reshuffle of the four-year-old Omar Abdullah ministry in Jammu and Kashmir will be carried out tomorrow in the first such exercise after the Chief Minister assumed office and less than two years ahead of the next Assembly elections. The ruling coalition partners--National...
17:30
Union Minister Jitendra Singh today met the family of martyred soldier Hemraj and announced that the government will provide Rs 46 lakh compensation to the slain jawan's kin. Singh reached the house of Lance Naik Hemraj at the village, 160 km from Delhi and 50 km from Mathura, in the afternoon...
17:11
The widow of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, who is on fast demanding that his severed head by returned by Pakistan, has broken her fast.Â
17:05
Update on Britain royals. The baby expected by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is due in July, St James's Palace has announced. A spokesman added that the duchess's condition continued to improve since she spent time in hospital last month suffering from severe morning sickness. Her treatment...
17:02
As expected, Pakistan has rejected India's claim that it's troops killed the two jawans. Pakistan has also lodged a strong protest against Indian troops killing its soldiers during the flag meet at Poonch today. It also denies mutilating the jawans bodies.Â
16:33
BBC Breaking News: The baby of Duke & Duchess of Cambridge expected in July, St James's Palace confirms. That's Kate and William's baby...
16:27
Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud. I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly, Armstrong told APÂ referring to his interview...
16:18
UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met the family and promised to fulfill their demands. We have already given Rs 25 lakh... Money is not a big thing but to support and respect the family is the duty of the government. He said the jawan's mother and wife were weak and in grief. So this is the time...
16:09
The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the bandh observed in Mumbai during Bal Thackeray's funeral in November last year. A bench...
15:58
After Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya drew flak for 'laxman rekha' remark, his senior colleague Babulal Gaur on Sunday said 'foreign culture' of women wearing jeans and T-shirts, drinking liquor and dancing with other men is not good for India. Read more
15:43
One more terror suspect was arrested for his alleged role in the Pune serial blasts, taking the total number of arrests in the case to eight, police said today. The accused, identified as Bunty Jahangirdhar (40), a resident of Ahmednagar district of the state, was picked from his residence by the...
15:36
The Supreme Court said on Monday that any order by Khap panchayats asking women not to carry mobiles or dress in a particular way is violative of law and is an offence. Appearing before a SC bench, top police officers from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana said that Khaps issue socially retrograde...
15:32
Earlier, BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh visit Lance Naik Hemraj's house near Mathura and meet the bereaved family. Hemraj's widow, mother and cousin are on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the government enable the return of the remains of the jawan's body. The...
15:27
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav visits martyr Hemraj Singh's village in Kosi Kalan near Mathura. Army chief Bikram Singh is expected to reach the village shortly.Â
15:23
A new offer made by a Chinese bank to automatically transfer most of a husband''s income to his wife''s account has provoked fury, with some calling it the most atrocious banking service against men in history. China Merchants Bank, a major financial institution, has described its capital...
15:15
Vice President Hamid Ansari today left on a four-day state visit to Vietnam to give further impetus to ties between the two countries and is expected to sign some strategic, trade and other bilateral agreements. During the visit, Ansari will attend the closing ceremony of the celebrations to mark...
15:12
The dream of El Dorado, a lost city of gold, led many a conquistador on a fruitless trek into the rainforests and mountains of South America. But it was all wishful thinking. The golden one was actually not a place but a person - as recent archaeological research confirms. Read
15:00
Daily Mail: Union Minister busts Air India ticketing scam. Read
14:59
The post-mortem report of a woman, who was found hanging from a tree in Bihar yesterday, has revealed she was not raped. The police say the woman may have committed suicide.The police had yesterday said the 32-year-old victim, who was a passenger of the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail, was dragged...
14:47
Also on the Daily Mail: The rising of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the BJP and his emergence as a challenger to Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi in 2014 has forced the party to factor NaMo in its political strategy ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls. Read more
14:45
Mother of gang rape victim calls for accused to be hanged as she reveals daughter's death-bed wish for them to be 'burnt alive'. That's the story on the Daily Mail. Read more.
14:33
Lieutenant general Om Prakash, who is the general officer commanding (GOC) of the Army's strategic Srinagar-based 15 Corps said today that the Lashkar-e-Toiba 's involvement in the January 8 incident, where the two Indian army jawans were killed, is evident. He said the LeT is hand-in-glove with...
14:29
In other news: An Indian-origin politician Halimah Yacob scripted history today by becoming the first woman Speaker of Singapore's Parliament, replacing Michael Palmer who was forced to quit over his extra-marital affair. She assumed charge at the start of the sitting of the House this afternoon,...
14:26
BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh visit Lance Naik Hemraj's house near Mathura and meet the bereaved family. Addressing the media following the meeting, Gadkari says, not just the family, the whole country is disturbed. India should act tough with Pakistan and raise the...
14:19
BJP president Nitin Gadkari meets the family of martyred Lance Naik Hemraj. The family of Lance Naik Hemraj who was butchered by Pakistan Army regulars says they are willing to break their fast when the Army chief reaches Kosi. Gen Bikram Singh has expressed a desire to meet Hemraj's family, a...
14:06
In other news: Will Chidambaram become Rahul’s Manmohan Singh? Read
13:53
Founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai massacre, had said on Friday that India was trying to destabilise Pakistan and predicted that the situation in Kashmir could get ugly.We do not want any force to be used or any military operation for this. But the...
13:49
Just in: The family of Lance Naik Hemraj who was butchered by Pakistan Army regulars says they are willing to break their fast when the Army chief reaches Kosi. Gen Bikram Singh has expressed a desire to meet Hemraj's family, a pre-condition for the kin to break their fast.Â
13:41
The brigadier-level flag meet at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch between India and Pakistan has just ended. Details awaited.Â
13:39
Just in: Army chief Bikram Singh says he will meet martyr Hemraj's family. Hemraj's wife Dharamvati, mother Meena and cousin Narendra have taken nothing but intravenous fluid as their condition deteriorated while doctors kept a close watch and examined them at regular intervals. They are on a...
13:37
Into the sixth day of their fast, the family of martyred soldier Hemraj today refused to taken even liquid saying they will not end their protest till Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh visits their house and assure them that his severed head will be brought back. Hemraj's wife Dharamvati, mother Meena...
13:30
More on that flag meet in a bit. In a first, the Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the driving license of a man convicted of raping a school girl in his car in April 2012. The driving license of Vishwambhar Gurjar was revoked after he was convicted on January 10 for abducting and raping a...
13:20
At the flat meeting, India will register a strong protest against the killing of two Indian soldiers on January 8 by Pakistani troops and warn against repetition of such an incident. India will also demand the severed head of Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, who was reportedly killed by Pakistani...
13:11
Pakistan on Sunday finally agreed to the flag meeting being demanded by India between rival formation commanders in the Poonch district of J&K, a day after IAF chief NAK Browne warned that other options for compliance would have to be examined if Islamabad continued to blatantly flout the line of...
13:05
The Indo-Pak brigade commander level flag meeting begins at the Poonch at Chakan da Bagh.Â
13:04
India and Pakistan will hold a meeting at 1 pm at Chakan da Bagh on the Line of Control in Kashmir's Poonch district today. The meeting will be led by the brigadiers of both sides. So, what is a flag meeting? Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa explains. Air Marshal B K Pandey explains: A flag meeting...
13:01
Air India's chairman and managing director takes home a lighter pay packet than some of the clerical staff, an anomaly that underscores the skewed salary structure at the struggling state-owned airline. The CMD's total pay packet of Rs 1.30 lakh a month amounts to a take-home salary of about Rs...
12:58
A village bids a daughter farewell. The Wall Street Journal on the Delhi gang-rape victim's 13th day rituals. Read
12:37
On Twitter: M K Venu, managing editor, Financial Express: The forthcoming budget will not be a taxation budget. It will be an innovative expenditure minimising budget! The finance minister is slashing over 10 pc of most central plan schemes. Will save him about Rs.25000 cr. Will hit fiscal target...
12:31
Also on the Sunday Guardian:Â Rogue Pak colonels behind LOC killings. Read
12:30
In other stories: Historian Irfan Habib talks about how the Marxist approach to history has evolved over the years and whether it still holds value in contemporary historical research. On the Sunday Guardian.
12:28
On Saturday, the Indian Air Force chief NAK Browne, said that New Delhi may have to look at some other options' to stop Pakistan's violations of the Line of Control even as a seething army was looking within to plug defences.Browne, who is also the most senior military commander in the country...
12:13
Gen Bikram Singh: It is possible that Pakistan Army used terrorists in this operation, they have in the past, but this was done by Pakistan regulars.
12:09
The Pakistan army committed as many as 117 ceasefire violations in 2012, a major jump over the 2011 tally of 61, with the aim being to push in as many terrorists as possible into J&K to stoke militancy.After the spike in ceasefire violations last year, the Indian Army in November had also sought...
12:06
The army chief says that the government is trying to bring back diplomatically Lance Naik Hemraj's head, which was taken away by Pakistani army personnel as a trophy after he was brutally killed and beheaded. Gen Bikram Singh says that the army top brass is happy and can be happy only when jawans...
12:00
Gen Bikram Singh says Pakistan's action was gruesome and unpardonable, but India will uphold the ceasefire treaty till such time Pakistan does. He said India expects all its commanders on the LoC to be aggressive. Calling the statements by the Pakistani government and army as lies, the army chief...
11:50
Ahead of the Indo-Pak flag meeting Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh says India's response to Pakistani firing at its posts in LoC in Jammu and Kashmir is measured and perfect: India reserves its right to retaliate against Pakistan at time and place of its choice, won't remain passive when attacked.
11:44
Some British media coverage of the Delhi outrage tended towards notions of western cultural superiority, enough to provoke a group of academics to make a strong protest. Read
11:41
Also read: India's new focus on rape shows only the surface of women's perilsIs Delhi so different from Steubenville? Read
11:39
Defense lawyers say the cases of five men charged in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus are expected to be shifted to a fast track court.A hearing on whether to move the cases was to be held Monday. It had been set for last week but was rescheduled when it turned out...
11:36
The large sums of money spent in the eradication of the disease is an investment in the economic development of the country. Read the editorial on the Hindu. And a similar story on the Wall Street Journal. Read
11:26
On a day Pakistan finally agreed to a flag meeting to defuse tension along the volatile LoC, the Indian Army chief is believed to have told his top general in the border state that the force reserved the right to retaliate at a place and time of its choosing. Read
11:17
A woman, who was allegedly teased by some Trinamool Congress workers in Barasat on Friday night that led to the arrest of one person, has now told the police that local Trinamool supporters are threatening her to withdraw the complaint. Read
11:15
In a grim reminder of the horrific Delhi rape case, a woman who got down from a Delhi-bound train in Bhagalpur district, was gang-raped, killed and her body hanged from a tree in a mango orchard. Read more
11:14
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition of murder convictSaibanna Ningappa Natikar, making it the second mercy petition that he was rejected so far. Natikar was convicted of killing his wife and daughter. Mukherjee took the decision on January 4. The rejection comes at a time...
11:13
A day after TOI reported about a highly objectionable poem in Mumbai police's bulletin, some social activists said they are going to file a writ petition in the Bombay high court against the publisher and the poet. Inspector Sujata Patil of the traffic police in her poem had called the Azad...
10:58
Asserting that there will be charges and counter charges between the two Asian neighbours during the Brigade Commander-level flag meeting, Indian defence analyst Bharat Verma on Monday said nothing much is going to happen in today''s meeting because infiltration and export of terrorism from...
09:57
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday gained nearly 67 points in early trade on selective buying by funds ahead of inflation data, amid a firming Asian trend. The 30-share barometer rose by 66.70 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 19,730.34 led by IT, technology and consumer durables sector stocks. The...
09:10
In an attempt to de-escalate the recent tension along the Line of Control following the beheading of an Indian Army soldier by Pakistani Army regulars and the brutal killing of another, a Brigadier level flag meeting is scheduled to be held at the Chakkan Da Bagh border crossing point in Poonch...
09:08
The six-day-old strike by pro-Left employees and teachers in Kerala against government's decision to introduce Contributory Pension Scheme has been called off with the unions accepting some proposals made by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.The Congress-led UDF government stood firm by its decision...
08:25
The Pakistan government has imposed Governor's rule in the troubled province of Baluchistan after dissolving the ruling provincial government. Prime Minister, Raja Pervaz Ashraf made the announcement late Sunday night after prolonged talks with Hazara Shia leaders who were staging a sit-in to...
08:25
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, is fighting for his life after cancer surgery in Cuba, former vice president Elias Jaua said.Chavez's extended absence has fueled growing political uncertainty in Venezuela. But Jaua said the usually...
08:24
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pledged to move ahead with construction of a new Jewish settlement in a strategic part of the West Bank, speaking just hours after Israeli forces dragged dozens of Palestinian activists from the area.The activists pitched more than two dozen...
08:24
Iraq's finance minister, who has been locked in dispute with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, escaped an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday when his convoy was struck by a roadside bomb. Rafa al-Essawi's convoy had been travelling between the towns of Fallujah and Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad,...
08:20
India, Pak commanders to hold flag meet todaysTamil Nadu geared up for Jallikattu todayBihar: Train passenger gang-raped, hung from a treeAirbus eyes Rs 12,000 cr IAF deal for 56 transport jetsNo harassment if you help accident victim, promises Delhi Police
