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A Bahujan Samaj Party leader and his two accomplices were arrested today for allegedly abducting and raping a school girl in a moving SUV in Shastrinagar area of the district.The Class XII girl was abducted and raped on Saturday night, police said, adding that the fourth accused in the case is...
21:07
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha was caught dozing on camera at the Ramnath Goenka Awards ceremony in New Delhi, while Chief Justice P Sathasivam was at the podium. The visuals of the CBI chief dozing were projected on the big screens.Heard from among the audience: That's contempt of court!
20:38
Consent of a girl is not possible in case of gang rape and the accused cannot defend himself on the ground of victim's complicity, the Supreme Court held today.The apex court said the girl cannot be a consenting party in case of gang rape and it will be presumed that the prosecutrix did...
20:05
Reliance ADA Group Chairman Anil Ambani, who has been summoned to depose as a witness in the 2G case, has told the CBI that questions on shell firms allegedly related to his company can be best answered by his colleagues as he has full faith on...
20:03
The CBI is likely to seek more time from a special court in Gujarat in filing the second chargesheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, saying the conspiracy role needs to be further established. Sources in the agency said the conspiracy angle behind the fake...
19:38
A red-faced CBI today ordered a probe into the leakage of its internal documents on the disproportionate assets case against Mulayam Singh Yadav, even as it refuted reports that the case is being closed, saying no decision has been taken on it. As...
19:37
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking shifting of the probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal from Delhi and Mumbai police to the CBI to unearth the larger conspiracy. A bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan asked petitioner...
19:33
It was a memorable day for the slum-dwellers of Kachchpura near the Taj Mahal in Agra as they had a VIP visitor -- US second lady Jill Biden -- who spent nearly an hour with them. Known for her interest in education and healthcare issues, Jill braved...
18:40
The Longlist for the 2013 Man Booker Prize has been released, and Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland is among the 13 novels shortlisted for the prestigious prize.Get the entire list here
18:36
Moderate to heavy rains in most places in Uttarakhand today triggered fresh incidents of landslides, cloudbursts and house collapses across the state. A road that led to a school building was damaged due to a cloudburst in Gadoli village at Pauri district, where intermittent rains continued...
18:24
In Mumbai, the flood-prone Harbour Line has come to a halt between Kurla and Chembur due to water logging. The Central and Western line are both running between 20 to 40 minutes late.
18:08
Weeks after his group firm applied for a bank licence from RBI, Kumar Mangalam Birla today said he has resigned from the Board of the central bank to avoid any conflict of interest. I have resined from RBI Board 4-5 days ago. So, there is no conflict of interest now, Birla said here....
18:03
The Delhi Police today opposed before a court here the plea of Israeli diplomat attack case accused, journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, that he should be discharged as the probe agency allegedly did not follow the provisions of the anti-terror laws. Submitting that the issue of alleged...
17:12
Update on rain-lashed Mumbai: Harbour line passengers allowed to travel on main line and Thane-Vashi trans-harbour line. Shuttle services to be run between CST and Panvel. And @chin80 says: But crazy crazy rains! Please leave offices if you haven't. The scene outside is totally different and mad.
16:48
Just in: The Supreme Court has rejected Sanjay Dutt's curative plea or a pardon petition in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case. The concept of curative petition was evolved in 2002 by a SC judgment to cure any defect that may lead to gross miscarriage of justice in a final judgment/order of...
16:36
While Mumbai battles the rains, MNS workers are waging war with the BMC. Party functionaries have been holding two BMC engineers captive over the bad roads in Dadar. They say the engineers will not be freed till the potholes are repaired. Complaints about potholes have gone unheeded, says the...
16:12
What the tweets say on the Mumbai rains. @ShekharShenoy6m: Heavy rains started again at Goregaon. Skies darkening with heavy clouds. Tweeple take care. Leave early. Reach home safe!'@swapsd Took 3hrs for me to reach Mulund from Bandra :-( ... Water logging in many places ......
15:47
SMS doing the rounds says: Red alert by weather forecast. Mumbai is about to face the highest rainfall ever in next 48 hours. Please avoid long-distance journeys. Try not to send your children to school if it's raining heavily for more than three hours. Regards, Maharashtra police and BMC. It's...
15:23
Visiting US Vice President Joe Biden met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi today. Biden, who arrived in India on Monday on a four-day visit to India, earlier in the day, met his Indian counterpart Hamid Ansari.The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest...
15:14
Just in: A Delhi court takes cognisance of charge sheet filed in the 2000 cricket match fixing scandal involving former South African captain Hansie Cronje. Thirteen years after the match fixing scandal involving Cronje rocked the cricket world, Delhi Police, on Monday, filed a charge sheet...
15:10
The trial in a robbery case involving the December 16 gang-rape accused today commenced before a Delhi court which recorded statements of two police officials who were part of the probe into the case. The court, which had on July 15 framed charges of kidnapping and dacoity against the four...
14:59
Inevitable breakdown of the public transport system in Mumbai after heavy rains this morning. Harbour line services between Chunabhatti and Kurla suspended due to water logging. Central line trains are betweeen 30 and 40 minutes late. Follow @TrafflineMUM for more updates.
14:55
In Mumbai, restaurant in Parel, Aditi, has been shut down by goons believed to be from the Youth Congress. Why? The owner found a unique way of protesting the government slapping a service tax for air-conditioned restaurants. Read The restaurant has reopened since that report was published,...
14:47
Just the other day over tea and cakes, Prince Charles was jovially asking a ladies' circle in Wales for 'any hints' on becoming a grandfather. 'Spoil them and enjoy them -- but give them back at the end of the day,' he was told amid much laughter. Read more
14:39
Satyajit Ray was a giant in India, but he also dominated world cinema. Here's a fitting tribute. Read
14:30
Absolutely awesome headline on a paper called the Private Eye on the royal baby. See
14:21
Following President Pranab Mukherjee's footsteps, Meghalaya's newly-appointed Governor K K Paul has ordered dropping of the colonial-era honorific 'His Excellency' preceding his name for all official purposes in the state.
14:20
The much-awaited royal baby born in the U.K. on Monday has some, admittedly tenuous, connections to India. But the response remains muted. Read
14:06
And former Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri continues to accuse CM Vijay Khanduri of negligence. He said hundreds of precious lives could have been saved if the authorities had responded to the situation in time. That's something he has been saying for over a month.
13:55
The security around Joe Biden's visit to India may be among the tightest in the world, but it faced an unanticipated threat during the U.S. vice president's first engagement -- a pack of monkeys. Read
13:45
Prince William and The Duchess of Cambridge's new born baby is distantly related to Count Dracula, the 15th century prince who was the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's famous vampire, according to genealogists.Experts also traced the family tree back to an Islamic sultan, who is believed to have...
13:42
The Unicef has reportedly found that there are more than 30 million girls who are 'at risk' of being subject to Female Genital Mutilation over the next decade. FGM, a ritual cutting of girls' genitals is practised by some African, Middle Eastern and Asian communities in the belief it protects...
13:18
India has long been viewed as a value investor's dream: rapid growth, 1.2 billion people pining for a taste of globalization, and underdeveloped industries ripe for turnarounds. So it surprised few when the genre's guru, Warren Buffett, placed a bet on the world's ninth-biggest economy. Read
12:57
A Special Investigating Team (SIT) constituted to probe the death of 23 children poisoned after consuming their mid-day meal in Bihar's Saran district began today. The team visited the village where it took place, police officials said.An eight-member SIT headed by Saran Superintendent of Police...
12:43
The BJP, if voted to power, will create an atmosphere of mutual goodwill and trust with the US, party president Rajnath Singh said in Washington, asking America to look at India as a long-term strategic partner and not merely as a transactional relationship. Besides strongly raising India's...
12:36
THE royal baby means THREE direct-descendant heirs are alive during a monarch's reign -- for the first time since 1894.The newborn boy will be third in line after grandfather Prince Charles and dad Prince William.And if he lives to the Queen's current age of 87 he could well be on the...
12:24
PM Manmohan Singh is due to hold talks with US Vice-President Joe Biden. Biden who is on a four-day visit to India to boost diplomatic and economic ties, will also meet the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj. Biden is the first US vice-president to visit India in...
12:17
The recent Supreme Court ruling should serve as an occasion for sober reflection on the vexed question of award of compensation to victims of road accidents. To be sure, the pecuniary and non-pecuniary nature and extent of loss sustained by victims and their families are factored into the...
12:12
At least seven people have died as a bus carrying 50 passengers, most of them school and college students, fell into a lake near Mangalore in Karnataka today. The accident happened around 10 am when the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus was going from Sakleshpor near Mangalore to...
12:00
After many, many hours of televised twaddle, Britain has a new prince. 8lbs, 6 ounces, who came into this world at 4:24 pm. The time, now, is for the world to leave the new parents along. Read
11:54
Six persons, including two children, were today killed when the wall of a building collapsed on two adjacent huts in MJ Colony here. The incident took place between 1.45 am and 2 am when the retaining wall of the building came down crashing.
11:45
If the Sangh Parivar is honest it can co-exist with Muslims on the basis of the values that Islam and Hinduism share. Read
11:39
Historian, author, columnist Ramchandra Guha on what Hindus can and should be proud of. Read
11:25
Kate Middleton and Prince William are believed to have delayed making the announcement immediately so that they could enjoy some private time with their newborn, the Guardian tells us. William telephoned his family to tell them the good news, speaking to the Queen, his father Charles and younger...
11:15
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has not made a single visit to any of the hospitals where the 40 children who fell ill after consuming pesticide laced food were admitted. When he has deigned to finally make a statement, it's to propagate a conspiracy theory. Nitish Kumar has alleged that BJP...
11:04
The level of the Bihar government's lethargy and callousness is far more serious than what is known in public. The TOI has tracked details of at least Rs 700 crore allocated for the mid-day meal scheme and around Rs 1,000 crore earmarked for upgrading government hospitals. Most of the money is...
10:58
Outside Britain, the world carries on. Here's an update on the Chhapra mid-day meal tragedy. Serum tests conducted on blood samples of four children, who are in critical condition after consuming the fatal free lunch at their school last week in Bihar's Chhapra, indicate that the victims were...
10:50
Heartening to see that Congress is trending above Royalbaby on Twitter, with HappybirthdayHimesh just after.
10:48
The British tabloid, The Sun, as always, had the best headline. A simple, The Son. See
10:07
US President Barack Obama and lawmakers today congratulated Britain's royal family on the birth of a new prince, who is now the third in line to the British throne. Michelle and I are so pleased to congratulate The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on...
09:43
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged over 173 points in early trade today extending gains for the fourth straight session on sustained buying by funds amid a firm trend on other Asian bourses. The 30-share index, which had gained nearly 308 points in...
09:30
A top self-styled commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Kashmir, police said Tuesday. Qari Yasir, top most Jaish commander, was gunned down by police with the assistance of army at village Garewad in...
09:05
Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader and key LK Advani aide has hit out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his 'Hindu nationalist' and 'burqa' remarks. Talking to CNN-IBN, he has warned that the BJP and the RSS are making a mistake by not reaching out to Muslims. Speaking on Modi's...
09:01
BBC: Click here to read the key moments of the royal episode
02:50
Pope Francis returned today to the warm embrace of Latin America, landing in Brazil to begin his first international trip as pontiff.Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff waited on the tarmac for the pontiff to step down the stairs from the no frills commercial airliner that was specially booked for...
02:32
It's a boy! Prince William's wife Kate Middleton has given birth to a baby boy at a hospital in London, as Britain raised a toast to the much-awaited arrival of its future King.The 31-year-old Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy Monday evening at 16:24 (local time), Kensington Palace...
02:22
US President Barack Obama and his family are waiting with anticipation for the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child, the White House said today.Like so many Americans, the president and first lady and the entire first family, you know, are -- wait with anticipation for the...
01:35
Britain's royal baby spawned a social media frenzy today, but one newspaper's website installed a republican button to let readers escape the wall-to-wall coverage.The announcement that Prince William's wife Kate had gone into labour sent #RoyalBaby and similar tags trending on the microblogging...
01:33
The Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy has seen her endure illness, media frenzies, bikini shot scandals and a prank that ultimately ended in tragedy. Though she is giving birth in a plush private hospital wing with top royal gynaecologists on hand and her every whim catered for, Catherine's...
01:32
As Egypt continues to explain the recent events in the country to the world community, its newly-appointed Foreign Minister has said that portraying the nation's correct and proper image is his priority.Nabil Fahmy, in his first press conference outlined the objectives for the ministry in the...
01:28
Chinese incursions on; PLA once came 2kms close to Indian posts Bengal's shame: Trinamool MLA threatens to behead Congress leaderUS Vice President Joe Biden arrives in India Chargesheet in Cronje match-fixing case finally filedSaina gets easy draw in World Championships
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