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Notwithstanding security threat, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today delivered his speech in the state capital from an open podium instead of a bullet-proof one.Though security officials had put up a bullet-proof enclosure for Modi, he addressed the...
22:40
The UPA government has allowed Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo Mayawati, whose party gives crucial support to them, to retain five sprawling bungalows in the Lutyen's zone in the capital.Earlier, she got approval of the urban development ministry for merging three bungalows on the Gurudwara...
22:34
According to reports, former Army Chief V K Singh has apologised to the Supreme Court for his contemptuous remarks.More details are awaited.
21:22
Two separate roadside bombs killed nine children in Afghanistan today, while six bodies found the day before in a restive southern province were identified as policemen and not contractors as was initially reported, officials said. A roadside bomb killed seven children from the same family in...
21:13
The passenger jet went down in a steep dive and exploded in a giant fireball on the tarmac in a chilling video broadcast today by Russian television stations. The Boeing 737 plane belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed yesterday night at its home port of Kazan, 720 kilometers (520 miles) east of...
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today began the process of forming a special court to try former dictator Pervez Musharraf on charges of treason for imposing emergency in 2007, the first time civilian authorities have sought to criminally prosecute a military ruler. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry...
20:25
The Tu-142M maritime snooping aircraft, which on several occasions picked up Chinese and Pakistani submarines operating close to Indian waters, today celebrated 25 years of service with the Indian Navy. Set to be replaced by the American-origin P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the Russian...
20:22
At least 27 people were killed and 34 others injured when a goods train crashed into a pickup truck and a minibus carrying family members returning from a wedding party at a 'faulty' level crossing early today. The accident took place in Giza, around 20 kilometres southwest from here, as railway...
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Admitted to a hospital in Delhi after a fall at his home, former president APJ Abdul Kalam is stable and recuperating well, hospital sources said today. Kalam, 82, was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital on Friday after he fell down at his Rajaji Marg residence in Delhi. He...
19:59
Banned India cricketer S Sreesanth will tie the nuptial knot on December 12 with a girl from a royal family in Rajasthan at the famous Sri Krishna temple at Guruvayoor. The disgraced paceman will be marrying Nayan at the Guruvayoor Sri Krishna temple, Sreesanth's mother Savithri Devi said....
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Curfew was imposed in two cities of northwest Pakistan today after three persons died in an exchange of fire, as sectarian tensions spread to the region, days after clashes rocked the garrison city of Rawalpindi. The army took control of Kohat and Hangu cities of the restive...
19:56
A special CBI court in Hyderabad today convicted extradited gangster Abu Salem in a 2001 fake passport case. The third special court for CBI cases Judge M V Ramana Naidu held the underworld don guilty under different sections of the Indian Penal Code for obtaining a passport under a...
19:55
A notice for property attachment was put up today at the home of fugitive Indian Mujahideen operative Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, who is considered the mastermind of the serial blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya. The notice asked the accused to surrender within 30 days or else security forces...
19:39
Residents of a four-storey building in the market area of Kalwa locality in Thane had a lucky escape when the structure, which had developed cracks, collapsed minutes after it was evacuated early today. According to Thane Municipal Corporation officials, the building crashed in the wee...
19:37
The India-Nepal border has been sealed ahead of the second Constituent Assembly polls on Tuesday, with extensive security put in place to thwart threats and violence unleashed by a CPN-Maoist-led alliance trying to disrupt the polls, aimed at ending the country's political uncertainty. The...
19:04
Alright now. BJP leader Vinod Tawde confirms that the man who threw ink at Arvind Kejriwal, belongs to the BJP. Says, he was part of IT cell and action will be taken against him. The jury is out on that.
18:50
This is the letter Anna Hazare wrote Arvind Kejriwal yesterday. Read
18:49
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today claimed that neither the BJP nor the Congress would get a majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while also dismissing the possibility of emergence of a Third Front.In such a condition parties opposed to Congress and BJP holds importance, Kumar said....
18:41
BJP senior leader Sushma Swaraj says the man who threw ink at Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia is not a BJP member.
18:35
Brilliant story on the Indian Express. The one who dropped the ball: When Sachin started out, Anil was Mumbai's brightest star. Read
18:26
Police in Paris are on high alert after gun attacks at the newspaper Liberation and the bank Societe Generale. A photographer, 27, was seriously hurt and a motorist was briefly taken hostage not far from Societe Generale and forced to drive to the Champs Elysees before he was allowed to go. Read
18:09
The black ink was thrown at Kejriwal aide, Manish Sisodia as well. Yesterday, Anna Hazare had written a letter to Kejriwal accusing him of using Jan Lokpal Andolan funds for his political campaign. Kejriwal has denied the charge and says he will not contest the polls if the charges are proved....
18:03
The man who identified himself as a BJP activist says Arvind Kejriwal betrayed over the Jan Lokpal Bill and over the use of the Jan Lokpal funds. The conference is being held at the Constitution Club in Delhi.
18:01
Chaos at the AAP conference. A BJP supporter throws ink at Arvind Kejriwal for 'betraying Anna Hazare'. That's a new one. Most other hits were with slippers.
17:26
The Narendra Modi factor will hardly help BJP's fortunes in Delhi, believes Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal who said that even God can't save the saffron party as it seeks to wrest power.BJP ko Delhi mein Bhagwan bhi nahi bacha sakte, toh Modi kya bachapayenge (God can't save BJP in...
17:12
Ten entertainment television channels in Pakistan have been slapped with Rs 10 million fine for airing excessive Indian and foreign content, a media report said on Monday. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority imposed the fine on the channels and issued warning letters to them to...
16:47
The British journalist Martin Bashir, who is currently working as a political commentator for US network MSNBC, has sparked outrage by calling former Republican Party nominee for Vice President, Sarah Palin, a 'world class idiot', and suggesting someone should defecate in her mouth. Read more
16:39
They're doing a job nobody wants to do in a place few want to be.But their deeply unenviable task is a vital step toward getting Tacloban, the Philippines city decimated by the fury of Super Typhoon Haiyan, back on its feet.They are the body collectors -- the men who go from one debris-laden...
16:15
When does criticism of Islam become Islamophobia? Read
16:13
Early next year, inside Parliament, may hang a portrait of Meira Kumar. There are now 16 portraits for former speakers, which include, GV Mavlankar, MA Ayyangar, Hukum Singh, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, GS Dhillon, KS Hegde, Balram Jakhar, Rabi Ray, Shivraj Patil, PA Sangma, GMC Balayogi, Manohar Joshi...
15:57
A young lawyer who blogged that she was sexually harassed by a Supreme Court judge will testify this evening for three judges from the top court who are investigating her allegations. Ahead of her appearance, a group of women lawyers protested near the court, demanding that a...
15:54
The central government was aware of illegal immigration in Mizoram and would take measures to check it, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said today. Addressing an election rally in Lunglei town, the UPA chairperson said that appropriate action would be taken to address the problem of illegal...
15:51
Over one lakh security personnel will keep a hawk eye vigil during the second and final phase of polling tomorrow for Chhattishgarh Assembly elections in 72 constituencies of the state, where Chief Minister Raman Singh- led BJP is eyeing a hat-trick. Tomorrow's voting would seal the fate of...
15:43
The Best Parliamentarian Award is likely to be conferred on three MPs -- Arun Jaitley, Sharad Yadav and Karan Singh -- during the upcoming Winter Session.President Pranab Mukherjee will hand out the award. Insiders say this award was to have been given in the Monsoon session, but the JD-U and...
15:36
Four Congress MPs from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are in constant touch with BJP leader Rajnath Singh and it can now be revealed that in the last one month, there were secret meetings between them. Our source in Delhi reveals that these MPs are disappointed with the Congress's performance and...
15:29
As a 17-year-old Freda Kelly was the envy of thousands of teenage girls: she was secretary to the Fab Four and ran their fan club. Now, in a new documentary about her role, she has finally decided to open up. Read
15:21
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the 94-year old developer of the AK-47 assault rifle, the world's most widely used firearm, has been admitted to intensive care, officials said today. Kalashnikov was rushed to a hospital in the Siberian city of Izhevsk yesterday. He is now being treated at the state...
15:20
Dismissing the possibility of any gain to BJP due to Narendra Modi's campaign in Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress face in Assembly polls here feels the Gujarat Chief Minister's arrival is a good omen for his party and shows that the BJP is not confident. Union Minister and Guna...
15:01
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mom-in-law can't stop singing his praises. She said that former West Indies batsman Brian Lara has invited Tendulkar to visit Trinidad.Lara told me that he has invited him to visit Trinidad, so I told him to invite his mother-in-law too! I have always wanted to...
14:54
Hemant Morparia's cartoon in the Mumbai Mirror today.
14:54
The Winter Session of Parliament will be held from December 5 to December 20. An official announcement said the President has summoned the two Houses of Parliament to meet on December 5. Subject to exigencies of business, the Winter Session is scheduled to conclude on Friday, the 20th December,...
14:52
Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao today said he never called politicians 'idiots', clarifying an angry outburst that caused a sensation just a day after the government named him for India's highest civilian award, along with Sachin Tendulkar....
14:48
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has made it clear that he is in no mood for a patch up with his cousin and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.On Sunday, all eyes were on the road to Raj's house, which is just a five-minute walk to the Bal Thackeray memorial. Read
14:36
Veteran conservationist, D.V. Girish has been conferred the 'Protect the Tiger' award by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), a subsidiary of the RBS Group, for his life-long commitment towards protecting Karnataka's Bhadra Tiger Reserve and its surrounding landscape in the Western Ghats. Read
14:21
And while on prizes, here's George Bernard Shaw on the Nobel prize: I can forgive Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
14:19
More on what Farooq Abdullah said on his request that Atal Bihari Vajpayee be given the Bharat Ratna. The New and Renewable Energy minister said he would make a personal request for bestowing the honour on Vajpayee. I am not a BJP man but I am an Indian and I think no one can forget that he is a...
14:05
Update on Nelson Mandela's health. The former South African president is still unable to speak but uses facial expressions to communicate, his ex-wife has told a local newspaper. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old remained quite ill but she dismissed speculation that he was on a life...
14:01
Opinion: In one of India's 'most sexist professions', harassment by powerful men is rife, writes Mihira Sood, who is pursuing her LLM at Columbia Law School. Read
13:49
The Congress is struggling to explain the less-than-enthusiastic response to Rahul Gandhi's rally in Delhi on Sunday ahead of the December 4 assembly polls.The party today blamed factors ranging from security to lack of water for the poor show at the rally in south Delhi. This is the second...
13:46
Stung by Narendra Modi's description of Sonia Gandhi as ill and other controversial comments, Congress today again moved the EC against remarks made by the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate during the Chhattisgarh poll campaign. The Congress has demanded withdrawal of recognition to BJP in view of...
13:43
The latest drama to hit India's television screens, Firangi Bahu, is a tale of culture clash and changing social norms. Read
13:40
Chetan Bhagat tweets: Ppl screaming Modi Modi in Wankhede in front of Rahul Gandhi is true. However, the part about Rahul Gandhi joining them is not. C'mon guys!
13:32
The Army today successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which penetrated and destroyed a hardened target in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan.
13:32
Gujarat High Court today dismissed as withdrawn the petitions moved by controversial self-styled godman Asaram and his son Narayan Sai, who had sought quashing of FIRs of sexual assault lodged against them by two Surat-based sisters. The court had completed hearing arguments of counsels of Asaram...
13:25
Next month will provide the best chance to see the northern lights in more than a decade. Adrian Bridge rounds up the best tours. Read
13:18
I think Atal Behari Vajpayee should get the Bharat Ratna - he is a clear omission on that list. Why the debate? Vikram Chandra tweets.
13:14
Aakar Patel on why Sachin shouldn't get the Bharat Ratna. Read
13:12
India needs an early agreement, and also adequate atmospheric 'space' in terms of allowed carbon emissions to pursue its development goals. It needs to take a proactive stance on this. Read
13:10
The acquisition of common property gratis, which is one element of what Marx had called primitive accumulation of capital', can take the oddest of forms. In Kerala, the land of backwaters, it has taken the form of corporate entities taking possession gratis of stretches of water. Read
13:05
When he was a budding cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar's family had moved him to his aunt's place near Shivaji Park to cut down on the travelling time and focus more on playing cricket at Ramakant Achrekar's clinic.For those four years, Sachin's mother, Rajni, who was employed with LIC, would...
12:59
The Congress will get exposed more and more. My case will not stand a judicial trial. I am confident that in any case against me, the charges will not be framed. All cases against me are baseless, BJP leader Amit Shah, in an exclusive interview with Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt. Read
12:49
At the rally in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi says the PM is being loyal to a family that has publicly humiliated him.
12:46
In his first campaign stop in southern India, Narendra Modi, the opposition candidate for prime minister, appealed to voters in this outsourcing hub on Sunday by characterizing his BJP as the champion of information technology and the governing Congress Party as the enemy of social media. Read
12:45
The moment arrived shortly on the stroke of noon on Saturday, as the last West Indian batsman was dismissed at Wankhede Stadium -- a moment that had gripped, and been dreaded, by a nation.On Nov. 15, 1989, Sachin Tendulkar had made his international cricket debut as a curly-haired 16-year-old...
12:28
India's former Ambassador to the USNirupama Rao tweets this picture. Leaving Washington DC for India in a few hours. Last photo at the Embassy Residence with autumn leaves and my son. Rao was felicitated by the Barack Obama administration at the State Department on November 4 with US Secretary of...
12:23
Narendra Modi is addressing a rally at Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh. Praising Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he says a former MP chief minister (referring to Digvijaya Singh) has now got a new job manufacturing lies for the Congress. He says Chouhan has worked hard for the people of the state, but the...
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Now that Sachin Tendulkar has been given the Bharat Ratna, the first sportsperson to get it, the floodgates seemed to have opened for other suitables to get the Ratna as well. The JD-U has demanded that or hockey legend, the late Dhyan Chand Read more...
11:41
With Sachin Tendulkar's body clock still in Test match-mode, cricket's most prolific batsman woke up at the accustomed time, 6.50 am. It then struck him that he was now a former India player and, so, didn't have to quickly complete the essentials. Had the West Indies not capitulated in just...
11:38
When Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi campaign on the same day, comparisons are inevitable.Which is why, the Congress is concerned about the less than enthusiastic response to Mr Gandhi's rally in Delhi on Sunday, ahead of the December 4 assembly polls.Given the poor crowd and the steady trickle...
11:35
Just in: The Supreme Court agrees to hear a PIL challenging commutation of death sentence of five condemned prisoners by the then President Pratibha Patil.
11:20
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has served a Rs 10 crore defamation notice to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and State Congress President Kanti Lal Bhuria. The defamation notice has been served on a Congress advertisement on corruption in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan family. The...
11:03
Now, a dedicated website on the tussle between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. Check the website here
10:41
Ever since BJP veteran L K Advani triggered a controversy over differences between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, the autobiography of a bureaucrat of the post-Independence era has returned to the limelight, a quarter century after his death. Meppally Keshava Pillai Krishnan Nayar, author of...
10:13
Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will attend pre-poll campaign rallies in four places in Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Modi will travel to Chattarpur, Sagar, Guna and Bhopal. Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched a...
09:57
The rupee rose 30 paise to 62.81 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on continued selling of the US currency by exporters amid a higher opening in the equity market. Forex dealers said persistent capital inflows from foreign funds after RBI...
09:43
A teenager and her friend were attacked with acid in the Begumpur area of West Delhi, allegedly by a man whose marriage proposal the girl had turned down. The accused, Manoj, allegedly threw acid on a girl and her friend while they were on their way to a market on Sunday evening, police said. He...
09:12
At least 22 people were killed in Egypt when a train crashed into a mini-bus and other vehicles south of Cairo early Monday, a health ministry official said. State television said the train crashed into three vehicles, including a mini-bus, at a crossing. Twenty two people have been killed, the...
09:02
As a severe weather system slammed the Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes, flash floods and hail, this town of 10,000 people was among the hardest hit. A neighborhood was flattened, at least one person died and dozens in the area were injured. Across the state, officials said five people were...
08:37
Doris Lessing, one of Britain's most-influential authors and a Nobel Literature laureate, has died at 94, her family said Sunday. From a lifetime of writing came more than 80 books, including poetry, two operas, short stories, plays and non-fiction. In 2007, the 88-year-old Lessing became the...
08:27
A passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board. A passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board. The Boeing 737 had taken off from Moscow and was trying to land but exploded on...
