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JUST IN: It's white smoke and the bells in St Peter's Basilica are ringing. The new Pope has been elected. The name of the next pontiff will soon be announced to the crowd in St Peter's Square with the words habemus papam' -- we have a pope -- followed by the pope's name (with his first name in...
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Seventeen Indian fishermen have been apprehended and as many fishing trawlers seized by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency off Jakhau coast, Gujarat, near the international maritime boundary, a fishermen's association claimed today. PMSA...
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New York Post: Police in upstate New York are searching for a suspect after shootings at two different businesses left four people dead and at least two wounded. State police tell local media outlets two unidentified people were shot and killed Wednesday morning at a car wash in the village of...
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China's parliament today finalized the names of the country's new President, Premier and other ministers, who will succeed the administration headed by Hu Jintao. A name list of candidates for China's top leaders, including top lawmaker and state...
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Sonia Gandhi today completed an unprecedented 15 years as Congress president, a feat unparallelled in the annals of the 127-year-old organisation. The highpoint of 66-year-old Gandhi's political career came in May 2004 when she successfully led...
20:56
A police inquiry into an alleged threat made by Bollywood star Salman Khan and his father, to a fisherman's family in suburban Bandra gained momentum, after statements of six members of the latter's family were recorded on Wednesday. The...
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Reaching a consensus, the Group of Ministers has recommended lowering of age of consent for sex from 18 years to 16 years: sources tell PTI. Moreover, stalking and voyerism have been recommended to be made non-bailable offences. The draft anti-rape bill will be taken up by the...
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The special court trying the disproportionate asset case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today recorded the evidence of nine defence witnesses. With today's proceedings, the evidence of 42 witnesses had been recorded so far. After the prosecution cross-examined...
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Kerala-based PDP leader and 2008 Bangalore blasts accused Abdul Nasser Madani, who was in Kerala on a five-day parole to attend his daughter's wedding and meet his parents, was taken back to Bangalore by Karnataka police this evening. Madani...
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Former Supreme Court Judge B Sudharsan Reddy will be sworn in as Lokayukta of Goa on March 16,Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. The state Cabinet today approved the appointment of Reddy as Lokayukta for Goa, the first one to hold the charge after Goa Lokayukta Bill 2013 was passed...
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A fast-track court hearing the December 16 gang-rape-cum-murder case today abated proceedings against main accused Ram Singh in view of his death in Tihar prison on March 11. Since the accused (Singh) is dead and the court has also been informed about his death, the proceedings against him are...
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The BJP today said there is a history behind the special indulgence to the two Italian marines and hoped that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will walk the talk after taking a tough stand on the issue. The main Opposition charged that the marines while undergoing trial for killing two Indian...
18:27
Indian cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal is the youngest cardinal taking part in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Read the full report on NDTV.
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Condemning the killing of five CRPF jawans by the militants in Srinagar, BJP President Rajnath Singh today asked the Central government to formulate a proper action plan to tackle terrorism. The militants are threatening and killing the panches and sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir while the...
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The Lok Sabha passed the Railway Budget for fiscal 2013-14 on Wednesday. The budget, which was passed amidst an opposition boycott, provides for the withdrawal of 63 thousand and 363 crore rupees from the Consolidated Fund of India to achieve the targets announced in the budget. Railway...
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The one item Syrian refugees made sure to grab before leaving home. See the amazing slideshow here.
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Here's the final take on the FIR filed by the CBI on the AgustaWestland deal. Former Air Force chief SP Tyagi helped in swinging the VVIP chopper deal in favour of Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland by lowering the service height of helicopters from 6000 metres to 4,500 metres, the CBI's...
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The CBI FIR however states that Tyagi's cousins Julie, Docsa and Sandeep had received payouts. Sources said suspected European middlemen Carlo Garosa, Christian Michel and Guido Haschkhe, advocate Gautam Khaitan formerly associated with Aeromatric and its CEO Praveen Bakshi, former Finmeccanica...
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The CBI today had filed an FIR against 12 people including former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi and his cousins Julie and Docsa in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case. The FIR names four firms and 12 people. The CBI has registered a regular case in the VVIP chopper deal under Sections 120 and...
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Just in: The CBI FIR on the AgustaWestland chopper deal says that former Air Chief SP Tyagi lowered the service height to favour Finmeccanica. By lowering the height, it allowed AgustaWestland to enter the fray. However, the FIR does not mention Tyagi receiving any kickbacks.
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The Maharashtra government today assured the Assembly that it will crack down on illegal migrants from Bangladesh and said care will be taken to ensure that Indian citizens from West Bengal are not harmed. Home Minister R R Patil told the members that between 2009 and February 2013, 7,698...
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Private airlines, including those who have closed down, have a due of Rs 526 crore towards the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) till December last year.The total traffic and non-traffic dues of private airlines as on December 31, 2012 amounts to Rs 526.75 crores to the AAI, K C...
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Popes are chosen by the College of Cardinals, the Church's most senior officials, who are appointed by the Pope and usually ordained bishops.They are summoned to a meeting at the Vatican which is followed by the Papal election - or Conclave.There are currently 203 cardinals from 69 countries. The...
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Black smoke signalling an inconclusive second vote drew cheers from the crowd at St Peter's Square this evening. Cardinals are holding their second day of deliberations in the Vatican conclave to elect a new pope, after reaching no decision on Tuesday. The 115 cardinal-electors are shut off...
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On day 2 of papal conclave: Black smoke again
16:14
The high number of wild elephants killed in railway accidents in recent months, have pushed Sanjeeb Panigrahi, a 37-year-old lawyer, to take up this cause on their behalf. Read
16:11
Professor at the Centre for Study of Law and Governance, JNU, tells how rape laws and the trial system further the humiliation of rape victims in India. Read
15:54
A Delhi court remands suspected IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman to seven days in NIA custody in connection with Hyderabad twin blasts case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is conducting a probe in the blast, had been seeking the custody of Rehman, an alleged terrorist lodged in...
15:48
Bitti Mohanty may well be regretting the moment he told his lover about his hidden past. The woman, who was his colleague in the State Bank of Travancore, first thought he was joking. But her search on the internet revealed that behind the faade of Raghav Rajan- as he was known by his...
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A young woman who was thrashed and abused by Punjab Police officials in full public view in Punjab's Tarn Taran district recently, tried to barge into the Punjab Assembly complex during the ongoing budget session, today. The woman was stopped at the entry gate of the assembly building by...
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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama regrets not being able to attend the Mahakumbh held in Allahabad. I regret not being able to attend the Kumbh. But sitting beside the bank of river Yamuna gives me an almost similar experience as Mahakumbh, he told reporters yesterday. The Mahakumbh festival...
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With a year to go, the general election is being painted and promoted as a Rahul-versus-Modi contest. It's a tidy, appealing binary, given that Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi appear to have profoundly different political instincts and personality types. Read the opinion piece on the Indian Express.
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And in which Farhan Akhtar insists he is NOT pricey. Read his tweet.
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Speaking to US NRIs on March 10, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi claimed that the growth rate in India had lost momentum in the last 6-7 years. Well, Modi is used to dishing out mis-truths and blatant lies; so this was just one more in a series. India's growth in the last 6-7 years has been exemplary by...
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A coalition of community members and activists have come together under the name of Americans for Free Speech to protest the removal of Narendra Modi from the Wharton India Economic Forum on March 23. Read
14:43
More WWII stories: They met as enemies over the war-torn skies of Europe during but reunited years later as brothers. Read
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In other reads: How war photographer Lee Miller was raped as a child by a relative and forced to pose naked by her father. Read more
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The Shiv Sena today felicitated Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, the spiritual head of the shrine of revered Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer for opposing Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf''s recent visit. Raja Ashraf and his family paid homage at the shrine last Saturday....
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A local newspaper project in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu empowers villagers to tell their own stories and report on news that matters to them.'Gramam Pudiya Udiyam' (Village New Dawn) was inspired by Venus Upadhyaya, a journalist who grew up far away in Jammu and Kashmir. More
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In a relief to Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, an Australian court today found him not guilty of manslaughter of an elderly patient nearly a decade ago. Patel, 62, the former director of surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital, had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Mervyn John Morris, 75,...
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Italy's decision not to return marines is a diplomatic tragedy and it is the Centre's responsibility to bring them back to India, says Kerala CM Oommen Chandy.
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On a February night in 1998, Mohammad Aamir Khan, a resident of the Old Delhi area of India's capital made his way to a chemist to buy medicine for a kidney stone problem. The story of how he spent 14 years in jail for crimes including murder, terrorism and waging war against the nation. He was...
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Home Secretary RP Singh prima facie the terrorists came from across the border, from Pakistan. They are not locals. The attack has left five CRPF men in Bemina, Srinagar dead, and seven injured. Of the seven, two are believed to be civilians. Please scroll down for updates on the attack, which...
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District Judge (DJ) I S Mehta framed the additional charges under section 121 (waging war against the country) of the IPC against Wasim Akram Malik, court sources said. Besides charges under section 121 of the IPC, the court is also likely to frame charges under sections 121A(conspiring to...
13:31
Just in: Special NIA court frames charges of waging war against the country on Wasim Akram Malik, arrested in the Sept 2011 Delhi High Court blast case.
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Stone-pelting is being reported from the site of the terror attack at Bemina in Srinagar. The terrorists who were dressed in track pants were carrying grenades in their sports kits, say early reports. They approached some boys playing cricket at a school ground next to the CRPF camp, which...
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Update from Mauritius. Mauritian prime minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, in an informal discussion with the media men after the conferment of the doctorate on President Pranab Mukherjee said his country was being maligned in the DTAC issue.We are being called a tax haven, which we are not. We are...
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Update on the militant attack on a CRPF camp in Srinagar. TV reports say that the DIG CRPF says that the terrorists were dressed as sportsmen in track pants and carried weapons in sports kits. Some civilians have also been injured. The toll so far: Five CRPF men dead, seven injured. Two militants...
12:41
A soft-spoken man who let his works do the talking. That is how artist Ganesh Pyne, who passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday following a heart attack will be remembered. He leaves behind a trail of memories and indelible works that stand out as milestones in Indian modern art. He left an imprint on...
12:33
If Italy does not keep its word, there will be consequences, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh tells the Lok Sabha over Italy's refusal to send back the marines.Faced with severe criticism after Italy refused to send back two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen, the Congress-led United...
12:24
Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy reporting from Port Louis, Mauritius, says that President Pranab Mukherjee was today conferred the honorary degree of Doctorate of Civil law by the university of Mauritius in a ceremony attended by President Rajkeswur Puryag and Prime Minister Navinchandra...
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Normal life was affected in Srinagar today due to a strike called by a group of separatists to press for their demand for return of mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat.Shops, banks, petrol pumps and other business establishments...
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CNN IBN reports that firing has started again at Bemina at the CRPF camp in Srinagar. The earlier round of firing had lasted for around 25 minutes and left heavy casualties, with five CRPF men dead, seven injured of whom two are believed to be seriously injured. Two militants were killed
12:04
Italy today expressed confidence that the diplomatic row with India over its refusal to send back two Italian marines will be overcome. Describing the current standoff as difficult moments for the two countries, Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini said he will not shy away from finding a...
11:55
An amazing story we want to share with you... After his 6-year-old son taught himself to use a computer, 2013 TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra wanted to test the idea that kids can learn on their own, by discovery rather than formal training. So Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in the...
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Back in Srinagar, TV reports indicate that the firing has ended. It lasted for at least 30 minutes and left heavy casualties, with five CRPF men dead, seven injured or whom two are believed to be seriously injured. Two militants were killed. No details on the name of the terrorist group behind...
11:44
Meanwhile, Italian envoy to India, Daniele Mancini says his government is confident that India and Italy will overcome difficulties following Italian refusal to send back two marines. The issue came up in Parliament as well today.
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CNN IBN reports that five CRPF personnel have been killed, while two militants have been shot dead. The attack occurred outside a CRPF camp, near a police school were children were playing cricket. Luckily no children were injured, but at least seven jawans have been injured.
11:32
A PTI report says that the number of injured have gone up to four -- two CRPF jawans injured and two militants, who are holed up near the paramilitary's camp in Bemina. There is also a school in the vicinity.
11:28
Rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmed says militants have attacked a CRPF camp in the Bemina area of Srinagar. So far, one trooper has been injured, even as heavy firing continues between the military and the paramilitary forces. Police and CRPF have surrounded the camp. This is a high-security area. More...
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh gave his assurance to Parliament that the house was ready to discuss the Italian marines issue in the house. The PM said, The house is agitated on the conduct of the Italian government over the refusal to return the marines. The government is concerned about...
11:13
The CBI has registered FIRs against former IAF chief S P Tyagi and others in VVIP chopper scam. Satish Bagrodia, brother of former Union Minister Santosh Bagrodia, has also named in the FIR. Raids in 12 places in Delhi, Gurgaon and Chandigarh, including the Tyagi's home, in connection with the...
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An argument between a couple that turned ugly, a peacemaker who lost his cool and entered into a fistfight with the husband, and passersby who stopped to resolve the issue, but instead added fuel to it by taking sides -- this was the chain of events on Ferozeshah Road in Delhi that led to a...
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And this is Arundhati Roy's piece on the execution of Afzal Guru, written right after the incident on February 10. Read
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There was uproar in Jammu and Kashmir assembly yesterday after opposition parties demanded that Afzal Guru's body be returned to family members. Guru was hanged on February 9, 2013 in Delhi's Tihar jail and his body is buried there. Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde ruled out returning...
10:43
Italy stands guilty not only of causing the death of innocent people, but also of violating a solemn promise given in the name of a sovereign state. Read
10:42
Nations that want to be taken seriously must match their actions with that aspiration. The refusal to send back Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone ' the Marines aboard the merchant ship Enrica Lexie accused of shooting and killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast after...
10:36
The Venezuelan government has announced that they will work with 'the world''s best scientists' to investigate whether former president Hugo Chavez had been poisoned. Venezuelan government officials said that there is a possibility that someone may have deliberately infected him with cancer....
10:32
The Punjab police will move court to get Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh's blood and hair samples over his alleged links to a massive drug haul in Punjab, reports NDTV.Vijender, who was interrogated by a team of the Punjab police officials in Panchkula near Chandigarh, had on Monday...
10:16
The Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, had approves a Rs 1,207-crore drought relief package to Maharashtra, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. The drought has worsened in the state due to failure of monsoon for the second consecutive year. A...
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Senior advocate Harish Salve, who had convinced the Supreme Court to transfer the marines' trial to the Union government's jurisdiction from Kerala, said today that it was no longer possible for him to appear for Italy. Consider Italian action a breach of faith, he said.Salve was the lead...
09:25
The Kerala police have revealed that it was an anonymous note sent to the State Bank of Travencore -- where Bitti Mohanty was working under a alias -- that helped them nab the rape convict, CNN-IBN reports. Reports say that the note might have been sent by a jilted girlfriend and bank...
08:56
With two more swine flu deaths reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 103 this year.Since January, Gujarat hospitals have reported 510 confirmed cases of swine flu.In Ahmedabad alone, 58 cases have been reported, out of which about a dozen are still in the isolation...
08:35
Airports of Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad are among the top five airports in the world providing international standard services.Airports Council International, a global body of airports, has adjudged Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport as second best after Seoul's Incheon airport in the...
08:29
Two days after Italy refused to send its marines back to stand trial in Indian fishermen murder case, India is taking steps to regain lost ground. CNN-IBN has learned that India may expel Italian envoy Daniele Mancinithe. The final decision will be taken and formalised within a week.Sources...
04:13
Aviation major Boeing has received federal approval to its plan to test the battery system of its 'Dreamliner' planes, which were grounded early this year after a fire in one of the aircraft due to fault in the battery system.A successful completion of the test will pave the way for commercial...
02:59
Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning Argo because of the movie's allegedly 'unrealistic portrayal' of the country, Iranian media reported today.Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with...
02:57
A United States Senate panel today approved a Democratic bill requiring background checks for virtually all firearm sales, seen as a key element of President Barack Obama's push to reduce gun violence. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 along strict party lines to approve the bill,...
02:56
Analysis of Mars rocks by the Curiosity rover uncovered the building blocks of life -- hydrogen, carbon and oxygen -- and evidence the planet could once have supported organisms, NASA said. A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment,...
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Over a period of two centuries (between 1801 and 2002), India experienced 42 severe droughts, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation. One of these, in 1979, cut food grain production by 20 percent; another, in 1987, damaged 58.6 million hectares of cultivated land, affecting 285...
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Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju's announcement about the setting up of a committee to lay down minimum academic qualifications for journalists and get them legally institutionalised has evoked strong resentment from journalists.The Delhi Union of Journalists criticised the...
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Just In: A puff of black smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel signalled that the 115 cardinals had not yet come to a decision. They will now retire to the isolation of St Martha's House, within the Vatican walls, and reconvene on Wednesday morning at 8.30am GMT for more...
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Pranab joins Mauritians' I-Day celebrationIndia's shame: Khairlanji victim yet to get land Builder, friend shot at near Mumbai, two arrested I was wrong, but hard to accept suspension: Watson
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