23:08
Brazilians struggled today to comprehend the protests shaking their nation after 1 million anti-government demonstrators took to the streets the previous night in scores of cities, with clusters battling police and destroying swaths of store fronts and government buildings. President Dilma...
23:07
Swiss prosecutors today announced that they had refused to reopen a probe into alleged corruption in the 1990s by current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his late wife Benazir Bhutto. Prosecutors in Geneva said that the decision was taken on February 4 this year, and that they had...
22:56
Over 200 stranded persons, including twelve patients and 16 foreigners, were airlifted from Sangla, Reckong Peo, Kaza and Pooh in Himachal Pradesh's rain ravaged Kinnaur tribal district by state and IAF choppers. The sick persons from Reckong Peo and Sanglawere flown to Shimla and admitted...
22:35
A MQM legislator and his son were today shot dead by Taliban militants in a drive-by shooting outside a mosque here, triggering violence in many parts of Pakistan's financial hub that claimed at least 13 lives. Sajid Qureshi, a Muttahida Quami Movement legislator (MQM) in Sindh Assembly, and...
22:11
Iran's president-elect believes it's possible to strike a deal that would allow the country to keep enriching uranium while assuring the West it will not produce a nuclear weapon.That's according to remarks by Hasan Rowhani from an interview recorded four months ago and rerun on Iranian state TV...
22:10
A suicide bombing at a Pakistani religious center killed 13 worshippers on Friday, the third major attack to test the new government since the Taliban vowed revenge for a US drone strike that killed its deputy commander.The spate of violence has shattered a period of relative calm after the May...
22:09
Brazil awoke Friday to city centers still smoldering after a night that shocked the nation: 1 million anti-government protesters took to the streets in scores of cities, with clusters battling police and destroying swaths of storefronts and government buildings.Police and protesters fought in the...
19:58
NDTV reports: The Indian Railways will allow people rescued from Uttarakhand to travel free of cost, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said today. Extra rakes will also be added in Haridwar to accommodate the rush of people.Read the full story here
19:44
The Uttarakhand government today said that over 550 people have been found dead and warned that the death toll could rise dramatically as flood waters recede and rescue workers reach isolated areas. 50,000 people are still stranded, government officials said,
19:40
The government today said there was no shortage of tuberculosis drugs in the country and more stocks will arrive by July end. The World Health Organisation also supported the government's claim saying there was no shortage and steps have already been initiated to ensure replenishment of stocks...
19:13
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is leaving today to visit rain-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Narendra Modi is leaving for Dehradun this evening to visit the affected areas of Uttarakhand, state spokesperson and Finance Minister Nitin Patel told PTI. During his stay, Modi will...
19:07
NDTV reports: A private helicopter that was being used for rescue operations in Uttarakhand crashed this evening. The pilot was flying alone and was rescued.Read the full report here
18:21
Winning or losing public support is an issue that concerns the survival of the ruling Communist Party, President Xi Jinping has said, seeking to eliminate'bad elements' such as formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance from China's powerful...
18:20
Brushing aside the possibility of the 'Modi' factor playing any role in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party today said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's charisma is limited to his state only. Modi is not a problem for anyone out of Gujarat. The Modi factor...
18:03
A hotel waiter was arrested for filming a Russian girl when she was sleeping in her room in Kausambi area of Ghaziabad. The 23-year-old Russian girl, along with her guide Pradeep Kumar, checked in at the hotel situated in front of Pacific Mall in Kausambi area late on...
18:02
The Rajasthan government has set up four relief camps in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand and is coordinating with the local administration for the rescue of over 2,000 people from the state who are still trapped there. We have set up four camps in...
18:01
Just In: Mumbai Congress will hand over Rs 1 crore in aid of the Himalayan tsunami victims, Krishna Hegde, MLA from Vile Parle in Mumbai, has posted on his Facebook page
17:07
Stepping up relief efforts, government today deployed more aircraft to evacuate thousands stranded in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, even as railways pitched in with free travel to enable those rescued to reach their hometowns. As many as 33,152 persons have been moved to safer...
16:55
In view of heavy rains and floods in various parts of north India, President Pranab Mukherjee today cancelled his annual retreat to Himachal Pradesh beginning June 28. The decision was taken by the President so that the state administration could focus on...
16:54
The hard-line Hurriyat Conference, headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, today opposed suggestion of holding talks between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir on the vexed Kashmir-issue, as proposed by moderate faction chairman Mirwaiz Umar...
16:18
Over 200 people have lost their lives while 50,000 people were still stranded in different inaccessible parts of Uttarakhand hit by flash floods and landslides, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Friday.So far, 207 people lost their lives. But the toll may go up as debris in many areas is...
16:14
When it comes to money in Swiss banks, Pakistan has a slight edge over India with total funds amounting to 1,441 million Swiss francs (about Rs 9,200 crore) held there by Pakistani individuals and entities. However, this was the lowest level for such funds ever since Switzerland's central...
16:12
In a rare apology, a former member of the dreaded Red Guards, found by Mao Zedong in China, has sought public forgiveness for his 'evil deeds' during the decade-long Cultural Revolution. 'The chaos of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) was not an excuse for my own evil deeds; this is the...
16:10
Here's more on the Congress-DMK jugalbandi over Kanimozhi's Rajya Sabha election. Sources say the DMK experienced Sonia Gandhi's wrath when its leader T R Baalu sought the Congress's five votes of Tamil Nadu MLAs for Kanimozhi to win her Rajya Sabha seat. Apparently Sonia let fly,...
16:05
Rapper Lil Snupe has been found dead with two gunshot wounds in the torso. Lil Snupe, whose real name is Addarren Ross, was only 18. According to a statement from Louisiana's Winnfield city police department, the police responded to reports of a shooting at the Maplewood Apartments at...
16:04
Physicists have built a super-powerful tabletop particle accelerator that can generate energies and speeds previously reached only by major facilities, shrinking the size from the length of two football fields to just one inch. We have accelerated about half a billion electrons to 2...
15:47
Well known cricket writer Dicky Rutnagur passed away in London on Thursday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 82. Rutnagur, who migrated to the United Kingdom in the 1960s, covered cricket for various Indian publications like The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and the Daily...
15:45
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today directed all party MPs and MLAs to donate their one month salary for relief work in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as the magnitude of the flash flood tragedy continued to unfold taking the death toll in the rain fury to 190.Gandhi also directed all party MPs...
15:37
Scientists have developed the world's first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain. The reconstruction of the human brain shows it's anatomy in microscopic detail, enabling researchers to see features smaller than a strand of hair. The Big Brain will be made freely...
14:55
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shia madrassa on the outskirts of Peshawar in Pakistan's restive northwest today, killing at least six persons and injuring over 25, officials and witnesses said. The seminary targeted by the blast is located at Gulshan Colony in Peshawar, the...
14:55
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has entrusted AICC secretary S Thirunavukkarasar with the responsibility of handling Andhra Pradesh, a state that is considered crucial to the party's chances of doing well in the next Lok Sabha elections. Who is S Thirunavukkarasar, you ask?He was a...
14:52
Dismissing charges of being an opportunist and of betraying the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said JD-U quit NDA as the saffron party did not keep its word about putting on hold contentious issues and not projecting leaders who cannot expand the coalition.We did not betray the BJP....
14:10
Police and protesters fought in the streets into the early hours today as an estimated 1 million Brazilians swarmed through more than 80 Brazilian cities in the biggest demonstrations yet against a government viewed as corrupt at all levels and unresponsive to its people.President Dilma Rousseff...
13:22
In a bid to ensure quality and affordable drinking water to the poor and middle class people, the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu is set to launch nine 'Amma Mineral Water' production units across the state that would offer one litre bottle priced at Rs 10.These units, to be established by...
13:15
With three more bodies being recovered from the debris of a building that collapsed in Thane disctrict of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Friday, the death toll has gone up to 10 while 14 people have been injured in the mishap, officials said.The 35-year-old three-storey 'Shakuntala' building,...
13:10
An interesting to and fro is happening between the Congress and the DMK, former allies in the UPA government. The Congress would like the DMK to support it in the Lok Sabha while the DMK would like the Congress to transfer its five votes in the Tamil Nadu assembly to it in next week's Rajya...
13:06
US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel has apologised after he was caught on cameras asking an Indian member of an audience if he was a member of the Taliban. The Pentagon chief made the inappropriate joke after finishing speaking at the University of Nebraska, his alma mater, and began taking...
12:53
Reversing an early downward trend, the BSE benchmark today recovered over 67 points in late morning trade largely on the back of fresh buying mainly in IT, tech, power and auto sector stocks.Besides, recovery in the rupee from record lows also helped trading sentiments to improve, brokers...
12:51
Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property in the natural calamity. The bill, prepared by the Central Water Commission in 1975, will empower authorities to remove...
12:47
Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Friday played safe on reports that Uttarakhand has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite the region being highly disaster prone due to fragile mountains, tectonic activity and climatic events, saying the priority at the moment is to...
12:02
Amid growing concerns over huge gold imports hurting the country's economic strength, financial services major Reliance Capital today became the first company to suspend gold sales across all its businesses. The decision includes suspension of sale of gold coins and other physical forms of...
11:57
Just in: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves sale of 10.5 million tonnes of FCI foodgrain in open market to control prices: Food MinisterOut of 10 million tonnes of wheat, 8.5 million tonnes is proposed to be sold from Punjab and Haryana to bulk consumers at Rs 1,500 per...
11:45
Just In: Financial services major Reliance Capital suspends gold sales to help the government curb imports of yellow metal
11:34
Top diplomats from Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in verbal sparring during a discussion on cross-border terrorism and presence of terrorist safe havens, at the United Nations Security Council.The fact remains: so long as terrorist sanctuaries continue to exist in Pakistan's soil and some...
11:25
The rupee trimmed its early losses, but was still quoted lower by 8 paise to 59.65 per dollar on demand of the US currency from banks and importers triggered by its higher value overseas.Persistent capital outflows from foreign funds also affected the rupee value against the dollar, a forex...
11:02
Aspiring actor Sooraj Pancholi, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, who was arrested by the Mumbai police after the suicide of actress Jiah Khan, will present his bail plea in a Mumbai court on Friday. Sooraj was arrested on charges of abetment to suicide (under Section 306 of...
11:00
The S&P BSE benchmark Sensex trimmed its initial losses, but was still quoted lower by 11 points to 18,708.30 in late morning trade today on selling in select counters in view of persistent capital outflows amid weak global cues.Shares of banking, consumer durable, healthcare, FMCG and metal...
10:54
At least seven persons, including an infant, were killed and 14 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Thane, Maharashtra in the wee hours of Friday. The 35-year-old 'Shakuntala' building, situated at Bazarpeth in Mumbra area of Thane district, collapsed after midnight when...
10:38
Two BSF jawans were today killed in a suspected fratricide incident in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan. The jawans, who were part of the Border Security Force (BSF) deployment guarding the Indo-Pak border, were killed after a shootout broke out between them, official sources said.The...
10:03
Continuing its slide, the rupee weakened further by 13 paise to trade at Rs 59.70 against the US dollar in early trade today on sustained capital outflows and strong demand of the American currency from importers. However, the Euro's gain against the US dollar overseas, capped rupee's...
10:00
The US has not ruled out discussions with the Taliban on a prisoner swap as it tries to bring home its soldier held captive by the militants. We have not made a decision to transfer any Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay, though we anticipate, that the Taliban will raise this issue,...
10:00
The BSE benchmark Sensex today lost over 79 points in early trade as stocks of FMCG, metal, auto, healthcare and banking sectors fell on sustained capital outflows, tracking a weak trend in the global market. Extending losses for the second session, the 30-share index fell by 79.13 points,...
09:31
Hindu reports: Project documents relating to the new Centralized Monitoring System reveal the government's lethal and all-encompassing surveillance capabilities, which, without the assurance of a matching legal and procedural framework to protect privacy, threaten to be as intrusive as the US...
09:29
A great gap between India and China is in the provision of essential public services -- a failing that depresses living standards and is a persistent drag on growth.Read this piece by Amartya Sen HERE
09:27
Google has launched its 'Person Finder' application in India to help offer information on missing people in flood-affected areas in the country, including Uttarakhand.Google Person Finder is a web application that allows individuals to post and search for the status of relatives or friends...
09:17
Some 300,000 Brazilians rallied in Rio de Janeiro on a nationwide day of protests over the huge cost of hosting the 2014 World Cup, according to a security expert. Police in a tweet cited Rio de Janeiro Federal University expert Moacyr Duarte as estimating the crowd at 300,000, but did not...
09:16
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved unrestricted sales of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill, lifting all age limits on the emergency contraceptive. The move came a week after the Obama administration ended months of back-and-forth legal battles by promising a federal...
09:15
A police jawan was killed and 3 others were injured when naxals attacked a police patrolling party in maoist-hit Konda Goan district of Chattisgarh in the wee hours of Friday, police said.The face off between policemen and ultras took place in Borgoan area of Keshkal town of the district at...
09:12
Under attack from opposition and a section of intellectuals over the recent incident of rape and murder of a college student, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that panelists of some local tv news channels critical of her were involved in pornography. Two or three incidents (of...
09:10
The FBI has reportedly foiled a plot to kill US president Barack Obama with a deadly X-ray weapon. The X-ray system was designed to emit deadly amounts of radiation and could be detonated remotely, ABC News reports. According to the report, Glendon Scott Crawford and Eric J. Feight...
09:07
A proposal for across-the-board hike in natural gas prices will go before the Cabinet today after key ministries of finance and fertiliser have endorsed the plan to raise the rates by 60 per cent.While the Oil Ministry on Wednesday moved a note for raising gas prices to $6.775 per million British...
09:05
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is today likely to consider the Food Ministry's proposal to offload 10.5 million tonnes of FCI foodgrains in the open market to control retail prices. The proposal to allocate 10 million tonnes of wheat and 0.5 million tonnes of rice under the Open...
03:41
Researchers have created the first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain, which they have called Big Brain. The reconstruction shows the brain's anatomy in microscopic detail, enabling researchers to see features smaller than a strand of hair. It will be made freely available to...
03:40
BBC: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has cancelled a planned trip to Japan over continuing mass anti-government protests across her country. The move is an indication of the seriousness of the situation confronting her, correspondents say. In the north-eastern city of Salvador, police...
01:45
US Secretary of State John Kerry would not meet representatives of the Afghan Taliban during his visit to Qatar later this week, his spokesperson said today. Secretary Kerry would not be meeting Taliban representatives, State Department...
00:40
Assuring all possible help to the Uttarakhand government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today directed officials to rush a team of doctors for extending medical aid to the people in the rain-ravaged state. A team of 14 doctors of Ram...
00:39
Official figures of actual damage in UttarakhandLATEST PIX: Army bravehearts rescue thousands in U'khandUttarakhand floods: PM appeals to public for donationsIn Uttaranchal, the disaster has been in the making301 stranded people airlifted in Himachal Pradesh45 Army, IAF choppers; 10,000 troops...
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