23:54
Delhites will have to shell out more money for electricity from tomorrow with power regulator DERC effecting upto three per cent hike in tariff to adjust the power purchase cost of distribution companies.The hike will be three per cent for consumers of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna...
23:52
The Bombay high court today asked the city police commissioner to file an affidavit explaining the rationale behind the order prohibiting MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi from addressing public meetings in Aurangabad.The division bench here of justices P V Hardas and S B Deshmukh adjourned the hearing for...
23:44
Terming Pakistan as a 'real nuclear power and quite unpredictable', Chuck Hagel, picked to lead the Pentagon, today said that the nation is a very complicated reality in terms of atomic weapons and American assistance to Islamabad should not be 'unconditional'.His remarks on Pakistan came while...
22:04
Another case related to his alleged hate speech has been filed against jailed MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, this time in Kurnool district of AndhraPradesh, following a court directive. Atmakur police in Kurnool district on Wednesday registered a case against the...
21:24
The Andhra Pradesh Legal Services Authority today served notices on TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and Telangana Political JAC chairman Kodandaram, asking them to appear before it on February 15, on a plea accusing them of making derogatory comments against Congress...
21:21
DMK Chief M Karunanidhi today dared Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to initiate legal proceedings against him for his remarks.Karunanidhi had claimed that she had written a letter to AIADMK founder M G R criticising Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan. I have enough evidence. I am ready to...
21:19
BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Thursday appeared before I-T authorities in connection with charges of dubious transactions in the Purti Group.
20:29
Sheela Bhatt reports: The Union Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011. The original provisions of the Bill have been diluted to such an extent that in a candid admission, a minister the ruling UPA confessed smilingly to rediff.com, It is nimbu-paani...
20:13
A correspondent from Delhi reports: Congress's Cuddalore MP KS Azhagiri met Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat today to press for the early notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final award. The water resources ministry is awaiting a response from the law...
20:12
A correspondent from Delhi reports: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal and National Executive Member Prashant Bhushan are all set to 'expose' the connivance between Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and electricity companies. The press conference by Kejriwal and Bhushan will...
20:05
India has pledged $1 million to the African-led International Support Missions to Mali, which is witnessing violence by militants. Unequivocally condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, official spokesperson in the Ministry of...
20:04
A court in New Delhi today issued summons against activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on a criminal defamation case filed against him by the political advisor of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly making baseless allegations against her....
19:04
Ram Parmar reports: The Palghar judicial magistrate on Thursday accepted the closure report filed by the Palghar police in the sensational Facebook controversy where two Palghar women commented on the bandh after the death of the Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray in November...
18:38
Amid a raging row over Kamal Haasan's film Vishwaroopam, the Centre today decided to have a relook at the Cinematograph Act and set up a committee to make the law more robust to ensure movies do not get stuck after clearances by the film certification board....
18:31
Head of Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog was today served with a contempt of court notice by the supreme court for writing a letter to the president in which he had complained about the apex court's alleged interference in ongoing investigations into several...
17:46
The Pakistan cabinet has approved the multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, as well as a deal transferring the management of the Gwadar port from Singapore to China was also given the go-ahead. Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the cabinet gave approval to transfer...
17:33
Sheela Bhatt reports: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has reiterated that he will not be contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to media persons in New Delhi, he said: I am not going to contest the next election. Naye logon ko lena achcha hoga (it will be good to...
17:25
Update from Traffline.com: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is holding a rally against the RTO to protest vehicles carrying more than the authorised capacity. All major corridors: Western Express Highway going south, BKC both directions, LBS marg going south, Eastern...
17:03
What is a superachiever like? According to journalist Camille Sweeney, who, along with co-author Josh Gosfield, interviewed dozens of highly accomplished men and women for a new book, The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do and How They Do It So Well, here's a...
16:55
A Tibetan monk was given a suspended death sentence and his nephew sent to 10 years in prison for inciting self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, that have shaken the Himalayan region in recent months. Monk Lorang Konchok, 40, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve and has...
16:54
The New York Times today said Chinese hackers have carried out sustained attacks on its computer systems, breaking in and stealing the passwords of reporters, including in India, after the paper's expose of vast wealth amassed by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's family. Security experts hired by...
16:52
Just In: The government fixes floor price of OIL stake sale at Rs 510 a share; auction tomorrow.
16:51
Pakistan's main opposition, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz today demanded a judicial inquiry into the 1999 Kargil conflict with India. The demand came in the wake of a retired general's revelation that the operation to send regular troops across the Line of Control was masterminded by...
16:21
Congress MPs from Telangana have threatened to send their resignations to Speaker Meira Kumar if urgent steps were not taken for formation of a separate state. It was our collective decision to resign. Seven of us, including Madhu Goud Yakshi, who later said there was no need to resign, had...
16:20
Hailing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for his able governance, senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu today termed him as the rising star of Indian politics and a man of competence. Chouhan is the rising star of Indian politics. He is the man of character, capacity,...
16:18
Just In: Need patience on Telangana issue: Union Minister ManishTewari.
15:58
Abhishek Bachchan tweets: Offended by a film or its contents? simple solution'don't buy the ticket to see the film? Let the audience decide for themselves. And yes, we agree.
15:39
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today questioned Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate in the next general elections, saying the Gujarat chief minister was not sincere about rooting out corruption as he has not taken steps for setting up a Lokayukta, a post lying vacant since 2003...
15:36
Two members of a polio vaccination team were killed when their motorcycle hit a bomb in the restive Kurram tribal region of Pakistan today, the latest in a string of attacks targeting volunteers engaged in a drive against the crippling disease. The two volunteers were on their way to...
15:36
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan sang the song Rang De Basanti 'live' at a concert last night in Mumbai aimed at promoting peace. Bachchan sang the song along with music director Aadesh Srivastava at the concert, 'Global Sounds of Peace', organised at the Andheri Sports Complex last...
15:34
'In the run-up to the 2014 polls, Rahul Gandhi could test the waters by supporting privatising a loss-making state firm such as Air India. Or he could call for relaxing India's onerous labor laws that impede growth in manufacturing,' suggests Sadanand Dhume in the Wall Street...
15:31
Writing in IndiaRealTime, the Wall Street Journal's India blog, Aditi Malhotra, Saptarishi Dutta and Tripti Lahiri have pored over the Justice AS Verma report so that you don't have to, and have shortlisted 10 key crimes with regards to which the Verma report 'differs from or resembles...
15:01
Our Correspondent reports from Delhi: Before the possible arrival of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to New Delhi ahead of the 2014 general election, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have decided to rake up the Ayodhya Ram Mandir issue again.They have...
14:56
The amended Lokpal Bill, which delinks the central government from creation of state Lokayuktas, was today approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament. The revised bill incorporates a number of changes recommended by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee,...
14:50
China is building and strengthening its armed forces to fight and win high-intensity regional military operations of short duration, US Defence Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has told lawmakers. China is pursuing a long-term, comprehensive military modernisation programme designed to improve...
14:26
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the AIADMK government's decision to shift the legislative assembly-cum-secretariat complex back to its old building at Fort St George in Chennai. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir refused to set aside the state government's...
14:22
Condemning the West Bengal government for failing to provide security to writer Salman Rushdie, octogenarian Magsaysay award-winning author Mahasweta Devi today said the fiasco had demeaned the prestige of the city. I have heard about the incident. I condemn it. The state government should...
14:16
The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against a coaching class owner for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student, police sources said today. Machindra Chate (48), owner of Chate Coaching Classes in Dadar, was booked for offences under sections 354 (assault or criminal force with intent...
14:02
'Indian Air Force investigators probing the January 18 incident in Chhattisgarh in which an Mi 17 was riddled with bullets by suspected Naxalites are studying if the rebels used a Viet Cong-style false-flag' tactic to lure the helicopter within the range of their firearms,' reports The Telegraph,...
13:57
It is a no-brainer that the largest spoken language in England would be English, but which would be the second largest spoken language in queen's country?French? Italian? German? Spanish?How about none of the above? How about -- Polish?After a decade of huge East European migration, reports The...
13:42
When journalist, P K Trivedi aka Akela wrote a report on June 28, 2010, exposing the poor storage of sophisticated weapons in an armoury at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus -- one of the targets of the 26/11 terror attacks -- he perhaps expected plaudits for his investigative reporting...
13:33
In an ongoing press conference in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has defended the ban on Kamal Haasan's Viswaroopam. As chief minister, I have to maintain law and order, she said.Twentyfour Muslim groups had petitioned my government against Viswaroopam, she disclosed, and we...
13:31
Just In: Economic growth rate for 2011-12 revised downward to 6.2 per cent from 6.5 per cent estimated earlier.
13:06
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be on a two-day state visit to India from February 8 to discuss bilateral and international issues. During his stay, Rajapakse will meet Pranab Mukherjee and join the meeting of the Indo-Sri Lanka joint commission. External Affairs Minister...
12:51
Salman Khan has joined in the list of celebrities who have come out in support of superstar Kamal Haasan, who is currently facing a ban on his big-budget film Vishwaroopam.It is just a movie and there are only two kinds of movies good or bad, hit and flop and only people who decide are ones who...
12:33
'Vishwaroop is my child. Politics is my nemesis. They want to abort my child. I am supposed to talk to Christians, Muslims and politicians to save my child. Why would I address my creativity to fascism?'Actor Kamal Haasan, in the midst of his court battle over his pet project Viswaroopam, talks...
12:30
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said that he is confident of forming the government after the next elections. The Karnataka Janatha Party will get a majority and will form the government, Yeddyurappa said at a press...
12:28
'India is a paradise for those who take offense because the first reaction of the state is to appease those who claim to have been offended. The law itself favors those who claim to be offended. And the police, who are so often reluctant to press charges against politicians accused of murder or...
12:18
Top Etihad Airways and Jet Airways executives today met Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh amid the possibility of the Abu Dhabi-based carrier picking up 24 per cent stake in the premier Indian airline. The Etihad delegation was led by its CEO James Hogan at the meeting, which was also...
12:16
Seventy-five government servants, nearly half of them policemen, had to face suspension on various counts after the Manohar Parrikar-led BJP government took over reins in Goa last year. According to details tabled by the chief minister in the ongoing assembly session, the police department...
11:41
At least 21 people, including eight children and eight women, were killed in a road accident in Patan district of Gujarat when a minibus lost control and collided with a stationary state road transport bus on Wednesday night. All the victims were from Gilasan village of Mehsana district and...
11:40
Just In: The Delhi high court has asked the city government to issue a direction to all hospitals in the capital that they should not deny treatment to rape and road accident victims.
11:39
NDTV reports: I am still hurt. But I am calm, said Kamal Haasan on Thursday morning in Chennai before flying to Mumbai for the release of the Hindi version of his 95-crore thriller, Vishwaroopam.On Wednesday, in a surprise development, Haasan agreed to edit out words and scenes that were...
11:05
The Border Security Force has recovered a huge cache of explosives dating back to the 1965 India-Pakistan war buried safely under the ground from Barmer district of Rajasthan.Officials of the BSF successfully conducted Operation Alert in Barmer during which bombs dating back to 1965 were...
11:04
Just In: Defence Minister A K Antony says that Pakistan's claim that its soldiers were beheaded by the Indian Army in the past is 'totally baseless'.
10:39
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has expressed his views on the ban being re-imposed on Kamal Haasan's spy-thriller Vishwaroopam by the Madras High Court.The minister indicated that the government might consider amending the Cinematograph Law. Emphasising on the need to revisit...
10:27
NASA today launched a new communication satellite to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. An unmanned Atlas V rocket blasted into the starry night sky carrying the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. This is the 11th TDRS satellite to be...
10:25
The BSE benchmark Sensex fell nearly 23 points in early trade today ahead of current month expiry in the derivatives segment amid a weak Asian trend. The 30-share index shed 22.72 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 19,982.28 with stocks of oil and gas, capital goods and auto leading the fall. The...
09:50
In an interview with the Financial Times, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has spoken of his determination to control pre-election public spending, support for foreign investment and plans for further financial liberalisation.He also told Lionel Barber, the editor of the Financial Times, and James...
09:25
The much-talked about Lokpal Bill is expected to return to the centrestage with the Union Cabinet set to discuss key amendments to the anti-graft legislation on Thursday. According to reports, the Union Cabinet will discuss the key amendments proposed to the bill by the Select Committee of...
09:23
The body of Indian student Souvik Pal, who died under mysterious circumstances in Manchester would be arriving in Bengaluru on Thursday.The boy's father Santanu Pal would be bringing the body, they said. Santanu Pal will arrive with Souvik's body at the Bengaluru International Airport...
09:21
Rahul Gandhi will hold a meeting with AICC office-bearers on Thursday, his first formal interaction after taking over as party vice president more than a week ago. The closed-door meeting will be attended by over 50 office-bearers of the party including AICC general secretaries, AICC...
09:10
Kamal Haasan, who upset exhibitors with his plans to release Vishwaroopam first on DTH, had to back off in the face of threats from cinema theatres not to screen his film. But the ban and the charge that the 'unity of the country could be affected' by Vishwaroopam has been the last...
03:44
AFP reports: A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Chile today, US monitors said, knocking out electricity and local telecom services but no immediate tsunami warning was issued.The earthquake occurred at 13.45 IST, at the relatively shallow depth of 47.5 kilometres and the epicenter...
01:50
AFP reports: A 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration last week was shot dead in Chicago by a gunman who opened fire on a group of kids hanging out in a park, police said today.It is believed that the offender mistook the group for gang members and fired at them,...
01:26
AP reports: Royalty means rarely having to mind the gap. Britain's Prince Charles took a ride on the London subway today for the first time in a quarter century.Charles and his wife Camilla joined transit officials and commuters to mark the 150th anniversary of the Underground, the world's first...
01:04
USA Today reports:At least five people are injured after a shooting occurred at a north central Phoenix office complex Wednesday morning, officials said.Around 10:30 a.m., officials reported that three people had suffered gunshot wounds in a building on the 7300 block of 16th Street, near...
00:56
Jaideep A Prabhu writes: The day after its Republic Day, India conducted the 12th test of its sea launched ballistic missile that has alternatively been called the K-15, Sagarika, and B-05 in its latest incarnation.The missile was tested for its full range of 700 kilometres,...
00:47
Sumit Ganguly writes in ForeignAffairs: In late January, Rahul Gandhi, the grandson of famed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was named vice president of India's Congress Party.No such position had previously existed. The role's creation -- and Gandhi's elevation to it -- was an effort to...
00:45
Bill Gates in his annual letter: Today I am launching my Annual Letter. This year, I concentrate on the power of clear goals and accurate measurement 'simple concepts really' to improve the lives of the poorest people around the globe. It may not be the sexiest of themes, but the proof of...
00:42
AFP reports: Pakistan on Wednesday approved a deal transferring from Singapore to China the management of the strategically located deep-sea Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea.China provided about 75 percent of the initial $250 million in funding for the construction of the port in Pakistan's...
00:32
Delhi gang-rape: Are our juvenile laws robust enough?Open to alliance with Raj, says UddhavA most unusual swayamvaram'India should be sensible. Pakistan is very dysfunctional'Rahul's plans to revamp Congress make many leaders jitteryGang-rape case: Chargesheet filed against 5 Jamia students
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