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Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education in her country, today defied her attackers by returning to a school in Britain where she underwent several surgeries. I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going...
22:53
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leaders, led by T R Baalu, met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and handed over a letter withdrawing support from the UPA government. Baalu said the DMK will decide further course of action after seeing the draft resolution on Sri Lanka.DMK ministers...
22:52
The task of choosing a caretaker premier to oversee Pakistan's general election was today entrusted to a parliamentary committee after the Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition failed to agree on a consensus candidate. The secretariat of the National Assembly or lower house of parliament issued...
22:16
Afghanistan's presidential spokesman today described the NATO-led military operation in the country as aimless and unwise, in the latest government broadside against the coalition. Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, hit out after NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen rejected Karzai's...
21:12
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today termed as new and progressive the Criminal Law Amendment Bill which was passed in the Lok Sabha despite several amendments being moved by members and emphasised that it will empower women.The whole country was watching this Bill. I am happy that this Bill-...
20:58
Hours after a British woman jumped out of a hotel room in Agra over fears of a sex attack, UK today updated its travel advice for women tourists to India. The fresh advisory from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asked women travellers to 'exercise caution when travelling in India even if they...
20:31
Condemning the beating up of a police officer by some MLAs within the Assembly premises, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said that based on the investigations into the incident strict action will be taken against those guilty.Talking to reporters, the CM said that it was a...
20:21
Egyptian police in a joint operation with Interpol today arrested a cousin of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, wanted for his alleged role in his country's 2011 civil war.The police, in coordination with Interpol, surrounded the residence of Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam early this morning, Ahram...
19:56
The Lok Sabha has passed the anti-rape Bill. They voted against life imprisonment for child trafficking. These are some highlights:Lady police officers to be appointed in every police stationLife term for acid attack: 62 for, 105 against According to Zeenews: The bill provides for stringent...
19:27
The country may have been blessed with remarkable women leaders but the society is still 'schizophrenic' towards women, often displaying endemic brutality in its word and deed, Vice President Hamid Ansari said today.The society still has a long way to go in ensuring full gender parity as it often...
18:52
An explosion at a military ammunition storage facility in Nevada during a Marine Corps training exercise has killed seven marines and injured as many. Read more
18:39
Sun group stocks -- Sun TV and SpiceJet -- today tumbled as much as 6 per cent as sentiment turned bearish after the government's key ally DMK withdrew its support. Shares of Sun TV Network plunged 5.98 per cent to Rs 410.95 on the BSE. Intra-day, the scrip lost 7.36 per cent to Rs 404.90....
18:30
A Delhi court today summoned as accused Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Bharti Cellular Ltd Sunil Bharti Mittal, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia and five others in a case relating to alleged irregularities in allocation of 2G additional spectrum to Airtel and Vodafone during the NDA...
18:16
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of the accused in the twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad on February 21, claiming lives of 17 persons and injuring over 100. On the direction of Ministry of Home...
18:08
The way Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is holding marathon meetings Lok Sabha polls in the country are not far, Opposition INLD in Haryana said today. The way Rahul Gandhi, after becoming Vice President of Congress, is holding marathon meetings, it is for sure that the Lok Sabha polls will be held...
18:05
Congress Core Group meeting on DMK pullout begins.
17:55
Gender inequality may have reduced India's economic growth by almost 4 per cent annually over the past 10 years. Read
17:51
Born to mill-workers living in a single room in Blantyre near Glasgow 200 years ago, David Livingstone's life and legacy as an explorer and humanitarian is being celebrated across the UK and Africa. Read
17:43
The Bombay High Court has ruled that women convicts serving life sentence in Maharashtra jails are required to spend only 14 years unlike the male convicts, who have to be behind bars for a period ranging from 14 to 28 years depending on the nature of offence committed by them.
17:40
The government has cleared the Food Security Bill without any changes. The National Food Security Bill, a cenerpiece of the ruling government's campaign in 2009, says 75% of the rural population and 50% of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of...
17:15
The Maharashtra Government is ready to hand over the probe into the deaths of the three minor sisters at Murmadi village in Bhandara district to the CBI if the family wishes so, the Legislative Council was informed today. This was announced by Home Minister R R Patil, while replying to a...
17:08
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma, who was ticked off by Congress after his comments against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav created a controversy, today said he will continue to remain in the party and is not resigning from the Cabinet. Log jhooth bool rahe hein. Hum jeevan bhar Congress...
16:48
One of the many fascinating figures in MIT professor Vivek Bald's book on the history of the first Bengali migrants to the US has jumped out of its pages to guide his African American granddaughter to his roots in Hooghly.The journey of discovery for the very Bengali-looking Fatima Shaik, 60,...
16:35
Kapil Bhagat, a Mumbai-based graphic designer, has created a typography series that piques the interest of both arts lovers and science nerds alike.The project, a clever homage for National Science Day in India, celebrates the discoveries of renowned figures like Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac...
16:30
The scariest statistic about the newspaper business today. In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads. Read
16:28
The family of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl welcomed the arrest in Pakistan of a former leader of a banned militant outfit allegedly involved in his 2002 murder. Qari Abdul Hayee, popularly known as Asadullah and from Karachi's eastern Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood, was detained in a raid on...
16:15
A conversation with former Tihar inmate Niranjan Kumar Mandal, accused and then acquitted of rape. Read
16:04
Since when do rapists get all the sympathy? After a CNN reporter seemed to side with the defendants in the Steubenville, the critics called for blood. But CNN isn't alone. Read
15:56
Congress today described as unexpected, DMK's announcement to break ties with it as it said the Centre was holding consultations on party chief M Karunanidhi's new demand on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. TNCC president and MP B S Gnanadesikan said three Central Ministers A K Antony, P...
15:46
Police today claimed to have cracked the suicide attack case on a CRPF camp in Srinagar with the arrest of four persons, including an LeT militant from Pakistan, and recovered huge cache of arms, but said investigations did not prove that the attack was linked to execution of Parliament attack...
15:32
The inauguration Mass for Pope Francis is being held in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the start of his papacy.Francis earlier toured the square in an open-topped vehicle, descending to bless pilgrims behind the barriers.His homily called on global leaders and all people of the world to...
15:24
A British tourist jumped from her hotel room in Agra today, allegedly to avoid being assaulted by a man who forced his way into her room.She jumped from the balcony of her room on the first floor and is in hospital with head injuries; both her legs are fractured.The man who allegedly tried to...
15:15
Meanwhile, the PM has called an urgent meeting with top ministers and Sonia Gandhi. At the meeting are AK Antony, P Chidambaram, Sushilkumar Shinde, Ahmed Patel and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The DMK pullout is being discussed.
14:49
Congress today held out hope that the DMK would reconsider its decision to withdraw support to the UPA government at the Centre. The discussions are still on. So, it is premature for us to comment on it, party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said. She was asked to comment on the announcement of...
14:28
The government today said it proposes to bring a Bill to monitor the services of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinics and banks to regulate surrogacy in the country. A draft Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill has been formulated and sent to Ministry of Law and Justice...
14:27
'If you're an Indian reading this book in English, it's probably because of Macaulay,' says the blurb on the book cover of Macaulay, Pioneer of India's Modernisation by Zareer Masani. Thomas Babington Macaulay, the British politician who introduced the English language as a medium for...
14:18
Rajya Sabha MPs can go home early and have momos at Dilli Haat. The house has been adjourned for the day after uproar over Sri Lankan Tamil issue.
14:08
In the backdrop of the protests in Chennai against Sri Lanka, the IPL matches could be in crisis. Of the nine IPL teams, eight have Sri Lankan players and the BCCI says it is worried about the upcoming matches to be held in Chennai. The BCCI says it may ask Sri Lankan players to stay away from...
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The BJP today lashed out at the UPA Government after the M. Karunanidhi-led DMK withdrew its support over the Lankan Tamils issue, saying the ruling Congress Party at the Centre has almost been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is taking its last breath. BJP spokesperson Rajiv...
13:52
If only our roads were less congested, metros less crowded, markets a little more cleaner and air and water purer; our happiness would be greater... feels B S Prakash, India's former ambassador to Brazil. Read
13:52
Free wireless internet services are expected to commence in the commercial heart of India's technology capital starting next month. Mahatma Gandhi Road and Brigade Road, two of the best-known shopping destinations, will have free Wi-Fi access as part of a plan to make Bangalore the first city...
13:50
WhatsApp, the popular mobile messaging app that eschews advertising in favor of a paid model, is getting ready to bring its iOS app in line with the apps it makes for other platforms by turning it into an annual subscription service. Read
13:47
A pioneer in outsourcing but a laggard in the internet era, can India become a leader in mobile technology? Read
13:45
PMO responds to The Hindu reports on 2G issue. Read
13:44
Moving on from DMK and its kind...When 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot point-blank on her school bus in October for her vocal support of girls' education in Pakistan, it provoked an outcry in Pakistan and around the globe, but it also changed the lives of the two girls sitting next to her...
13:37
The Human Development Report 2013 showed broad improvements in human development worldwide, as a large number of developing countries transformed into dynamic major economies with growing political influence. Where did India fit in? Read
13:35
This is what the US has to say on Sri Lanka. Read
13:33
The police sought to arrest more than 200 university students in Tamil Nadu's capital, Chennai as protests raged on college campuses over allegations of the Sri Lankan army's brutal treatment of Tamil rebels. Read
13:22
Update on what Sonia Gandhi said at the Congress Parliamentary Party meet. Speaking on gender issues, the Congress President referred to the Delhi gang rape cum murder case and said that after the consensus reached on the anti-rape Bill, we should make every effort to see that these amendments...
13:18
The DMK says that it has no intention of destabilising the government. It plans to call for a high-level meeting on Monday. The DMK wants the words 'genocide' and 'Eelam' in the UN resolution. The Centre is opposed to the idea of 'Eelam' and will not accept the term 'genocide'. India is also...
12:54
The Cabinet Committee on Security is likely to meet at 4.20 pm. The resolution against Sri Lanka is likely to be discussed. DMK MP Vasanthi tells CNN IBN that there is no divorce from UPA, yet. The door is still open.
12:48
BJP says it is not favour of a country-specific resolution. And terms like 'genocide' must be avoided. This is exactly what the DMK demands of the resolution. So, who will blink first?
12:44
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has said there is no claimant for the post of the Pirme Minister in her party.There is no claimant for the Prime Minister's post in the BJP, where anyone who is capable can be chosen by the party's parliamentary board, Bharti told reporters last evening. Bharti's...
12:42
In the rest of the world, here's what's been happening... Vast crowds gathered outside the Buenos Aires cathedral overnight to dance and sing as they prepared to watch the inauguration of Francis I, an Argentine like them, as the new pope on a giant television screen today. The new pope -- until...
12:38
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath says the government is open for discussion in the Lok Sabha on Sri Lankan Tamil issue, but amid uproar, the house is adjourned till 2 pm.
12:36
Even as the government has been stirred into action over the DMK pullout (Chidambaram insists the government is not shaken' it's stable), home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has introduced the revised anti-rape ordinance in the Lok Sabha.
12:33
CPI leader D Raja says the resolution against the Sri Lanka government should use the word genocide over its treatment of Lankan Tamils. The DMK may have a loss of credibility, but the UPA is a party in crisis and it is desperate to survive. He says the government has to first put up the...
12:06
In the backdrop of the DMK pullout, the BJP pipes up to say, We are always ready for elections. The UPA certainly is not having a good time. Karuna says that all the DMK ministers (a total of five) will resign either today or tomorrow.
12:03
Indian markets have already plunged into red. The Sensex has plunged 312 points, the Nifty was down 97 points at 5790.
11:57
P Chidambaram reacting to the pullout says the DMK demands are under consideration and the government will consult other political parties. Displaying his usual calm (before the upcoming storm?) Chidambaram says there is no threat to the government and it will stay in power. The government is...
11:53
With immediate effect (though Karunanidhi has said he is yet to inform President Pranab Mukherjee) 18 DMK MPs in the Lok Sabha have resigned. This means the strength of the UPA government falls from 295 to 277 in the Lok Sabha.So, total strength of House: 540Halfway mark: 270UPA with 18 DMK...
11:44
Sonia reacts to DMK quitting the government. I have nothing to say now. I am most pained by reports of continued atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils. Tamils have always been denied their rights in Sri Lanka. Anguished over reports of unspeakable atrocities on Tamils there.
11:38
The Sensex loses 200 points as DMK pulls out of the government.
11:37
The US is likely to table the draft resolution on Tuesday and voting may take place on Thursday or Friday. Karunanidhi said India should indict Sri Lanka for the genocide against the Tamil people there. The changes should include the citing that the Sri Lankan Army had committed genocide and...
11:30
Karunanidhi said the party salutes all those who have lost their lives and all those who have supported the issue. The DMK condemns the serious crimes that the Sri Lanka government has committed against Lankan Tamils and supports a revolution in Lanka for the rights Sri Lankan Tamils, said...
11:23
DMK chief M Karunanidhi says that in spite of repeated requests by the DMK to the Centre over the human rights violations against Sri Lankan Tamils, the Centre did not not pay any heed. So, there is no point in continuing with the alliance. We may not even give outside support to the UPA. We are...
11:14
DMK chief M Karunanidhi announces that party is pulling out of the UPA. Addressing a press conference at Chennai, Karunanidhi says the DMK has always worked for the Tamils and has been demanding a tough stance against the Sri Lankan government over war crimes against Tamils. Five ministers will...
11:09
A fanatic fringe seems intent on hijacking the protest movement in Tamil Nadu against Sri Lanka's treatment of its Tamil citizens. With the terrorist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam no longer in the picture, large sections of the people in Tamil Nadu have begun to openly sympathise with the...
11:07
The DMK is set to hold a press conference in Chennai over the issue shortly.
11:05
TV reports suggest that DMK ministers are likely to resign over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Mounting pressure on the Centre on its demand to punish 'war criminals' in Sri Lanka, UPA key ally DMK has threatened to pull out its ministers from the Union Cabinet if its demand to bring in amendments...
11:02
The anti-rape bill or Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 which provides for stringent punishment for crimes against women, including rape will be tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Barely three days after the Centre decided to fix the age of consent for sex at 16 years, main opposition parties and...
10:56
Update on that bus accident in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. At least 37 people were killed and seven injured when a speeding Mumbai-bound luxury bus plunged into the Jagbudi River in Ratnagiri district in the early hours today. The accident occurred around 3.30 am near Khed when the driver was...
10:53
China's new President Xi Jinping unveils five proposals for improving ties with India. He said that the boundary question is a complex issue and solving it will take time. China and India can find a mutually acceptable solution to the boundary issue, and pending final settlement (to the boundary...
10:49
The Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Delhi comes at a time when key UPA ally DMK has hardened its stand on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue by slamming the Centre for its lukewarm response on the matter and threatened to walk out of the ruling alliance if it failed to move amendments to a...
10:43
Incidentally, Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma, under attack for his remarks against Mulayam Singh Yadav, has skipped the CPP meeting.
10:41
Sonia Gandhi's first reactions on the absconding Italian marines issue. Addressing the general body meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party -- the first such interaction with her MPs after the start of the Budget session of Parliament last month, Sonia said that no country should take India for...
10:13
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon expects India and Italy to resolve their standoff over the marine issue constructively and in compliance with their international obligations. The Secretary-General hopes and expects Italy and India to resolve this matter constructively, and in compliance...
08:51
At least twenty people were feared killed when a Mumbai-bound private luxury bus plunged into a river in Ratnagiri district of coastal Konkan area early on Tuesday. The bus fell into the Jagbudi river near Khed in Ratnagiri district at around 3.30 am, said the police.
08:50
History Channel's new series The Bible has created a furore after the actor portraying Satan's role in a recent episode reportedly resembled US President Barack Obama. The devil was played by actor Medhi Ouzaani, and the similarity could be a casting coincidence.
08:49
A Rwandan born Congolese general, wanted for war crimes in Congo, has surrendered at the US embassy in Kigali, a State Department spokesperson confirmed. I can confirm that this morning Bosco Ntaganda, an ICC indictee and leader of one of the M23 factions, walked into the US embassy in Kigali....
08:43
Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi, who is on a three-day visit to India, will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi later in the day.He will later attend a dinner hosted in his honour by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rahstrapati Bhavan.
08:42
United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory against India for its citizens.It has cautioned female tourists about visiting India in the wake of the gang-rape of a Swiss citizen in Madhya Pradesh.
08:39
The much-awaited anti-rape bill will be tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.An all-party meeting to sort out the differences among major political parties over the bill was held on Monday. The meeting reportedly ended inconclusively.Many parties had raised objections to lowering the age of consent...
08:34
DMK may pull out of the ruling UPA coalition over its stand on the Sri Lankan civil war, media reports claimed on Tuesday morning.The party may continue providing outside support to the UPA.Senior Union ministers AK Antony, P Chidamabram and Ghulam Nabi Azad had met DMK chief M Karunanidhi on...
03:45
Pakistani lawmakers today repeated their call for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to be arrested and tried for treason on his return home from self-imposed exile in Dubai. Musharraf has said he will return next Sunday to contest elections that are expected in May. I am arriving in Pakistan...
02:54
The new Israeli coalition packed with hardliners received parliament's seal of approval today just two days ahead of a landmark visit by US President Barack Obama, with faint hopes of any revival of the stalled peace talks with the Palestinians. Knesset - the Israeli parliament - approved the new...
02:06
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq ' a war that lasted far longer and was more costly than Americans were told to expect by their military and political leaders, a war that has led to much public questioning as well as private soul-searching. It's clear that a...
01:31
Italy today said India was violating a convention on diplomatic immunity by preventing the Italian ambassador from leaving the country in an escalating row over the case of two Italian marines on trial for killing two Indian fishermen. The Supreme Court's decision to prevent our ambassador from...
01:05
At least 25 people were killed in a series of explosions targeting a bus station in northern Nigeria, witnesses said. They said the blast occurred at a bus station in Kano city where commuters making intra-city and intercity travels come to board vehicles for their journey. Soldiers and police...
00:38
The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Rajapaksha government has failed to fulfill its international obligations, which it promised after the fall of the LTTE, the Obama Administration said today. Without naming any one, State...
00:23
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says she has asked Pope Francis to help defuse the long-running dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands. Fernandez told journalists after she met with the new, Argentine-born pope today at the Vatican that she has asked for his...
00:21
The US today termed as truly historic Pakistan parliament's completion a full term of five years in the country's history. The US congratulates the Pakistani parliament on the completion of its term. This is truly historic, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily...
00:19
All party meet on anti-rape bill ends inconclusivelyPHOTOS: The traumatised children of war-torn SyriaIn photos: IRAQ WAR, 10 years onSpecial status to Bihar: Nitish meets PC, MontekSwiss rape victim to stay in India to help probeRather difficult time be a woman in India: Shobhaa DeAnti-Lanka...
