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Terming the Union Cabinet's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh as high-handed, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu today accused Congress of resorting to worst politics and said Sonia Gandhi would remain as the first culprit in the issue.Addressing a press conference at his...
22:17
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the headquarters of a pro-government militant commander in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 15 people. The bomber targeted the office of warlord Mullah Nabi Hanafi in Orakzai tribal region. Hanafi was not in the...
22:16
A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized today off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 114 people as hundreds were dumped into the sea, officials said. Over 150 people were rescued but about the same number were still unaccounted for.
21:59
The Gun Park or Telangana Martyrs Memorial opposite the State Assembly in the heart of Hyderabad has turned into a massive celebration centre. Telangana supporters and leaders of the separate state movement came out in large numbers to remember the people who laid down their lives...
21:50
The association president Ashok Babu, who is leading the 52-day strike by government employees, appealed to the people to make the strike successful. Don't allow even central government offices to work from tomorrow. He demanded that all the ministers from Seema-andhra regions should...
21:29
Authorities in Pakistan's southern Sindh province today banned Skype, Whatsapp and Viber to facilitate security operations, triggering angry reactions from numerous users of the instant messaging applications. The decision to enforce the ban for three months was made at a meeting chaired by...
21:24
Mohammed Siddique reports: An angry YSR Congress President Jaganmohan Reddy has also joined the call for a 72-hour strike in Seema-andhra regions to protest against the decision of the Union Cabinet to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. How dare they take this decision? he asked....
20:40
Union Ministers of State Kavuri Sambasiva Rao and Pallam Raju, both from Andhra Pradesh have reportedly decided to resign from their posts in protest against the Cabinet decision to divide Andhra Pradesh. The two ministers had come out of the Cabinet meeting mid way in the evening. They...
20:37
Mohammed Siddique reports: Thousands of supporters of Telangana have gathered at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi office at Banjara Hills to celebrate the decision of the Union Cabinet. They were shouting slogans of 'Jai Telangana', bursting crackers, distributing sweets and...
19:43
News is just coming in that the Union Cabinet has approved the formation of GoM for creation of Telangana. Hyderabad is set to be the joint capital for the two states. More details are awaited.
19:27
VHP leader Pravin Togadia today slammed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his reported statement that constructing toilets should take precedence over building temples. We are stunned and shocked to hear about the unnecessary...
18:46
A Delhi court today reserved its order on the plea for extension of interim bail by former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of a former airhostess. Additional Sessions Judge MC Gupta reserved till tommorow his orders on the application moved by Kanda, who was granted...
18:38
Yet another attempt by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to be disarmingly honest, it seems. Speaking about the convicted MPs ordinance, Rahul, who is in Ahmedabad said, My mother told me the words I used was perhanps too strong. In hindsight, the language was strong, but the sentiment...
18:24
The Election Commission is likely to announce dates for the Delhi Assembly elections, including four other states, on October 5.Sources in the Delhi electoral office say the expected date for polling in the national capital may fall on November 25 or 26 as the last poll was held on November...
18:12
Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who sparked a political storm by claiming that certain Jammu and Kashmir ministers received funds from the Army, today said the money was used only to bring harmony and stability in the state and not misused. Let me clarify categorically. No Army funds have...
17:59
The West Bengal government today launched a scheme under which a monthly dole of Rs 1,500 will be provided to the unemployed youth in the state. Inaugurating the 'Yuvashree' scheme, Banerjee said 1 lakh youth enrolled in employment exchanges would receive the amount every month in the first...
17:49
Swarms of aggressive hornets, in their fall mating season, are inflicting a deadly toll in a central Chinese province.Hornets have killed 42 people and injured 1,675 people in three cities in Shaanxi province since July, according to the local government. Thirty-seven patients remain in critical...
17:48
10 things you must know about Telangana. Read
17:44
United Andhra protestors break barricades outside 7 Racecourse Road where the Cabinet meeting is on.
17:42
In a move bound to create a major political storm in Andhra Pradesh, the Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has reportedly signed the cabinet note okaying the formation of the Telangana state, reports Rediff.com's Mohammed Siddique from Hyderabad. Shinde signed the papers just before the...
17:11
Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife, Rabri Devi says they haven't received justice from the lower court and would appeal in the high court. The RJD chief was today sentenced to five years in jail after he was convicted in the fodder scam on Monday.
17:02
At least 94 people, including a pregnant woman and two children, died when a boat capsized and caught fire off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard told CNN on Thursday. The coast guard has been able to save at least 151 people, and the rescue operation is ongoing. Read
16:52
RBI still addresses Dr Subramanian Swamy a minister though he has ceased being one 22 years ago! See
16:45
A look at how Beijing and New Delhi are spinning events across their border. Read
16:34
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been playing his cards close to his chest as he ponders over whom to appoint as successor to Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne retiring this week as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Read
16:22
Aditya Thackeray, the 23-year-old president of the Shiv Sena's youth wing or Yuva Sena, has a plan for Mumbai. He wants the city to have 24-hour cafes, restaurants and convenience stores for some chilling time post work.The young college graduate's proposal has been cleared by the...
16:16
Luscious read: A murdered president. A fleeing assassin. A dead man's vertebrae. A deathbed confession and a ghastly suicide. A family's disgrace. Conspiracy theories and courtroom battles. Secret burials and an unmarked grave. An aborted exhumation and a hopeful DNA analysis. Oh, and then...
16:08
Why RJD and Lalu's prospects will be very, very, weak after his five-year jail term. Read
16:02
The still stunning Padma Lakshmi teaches her daughter to ride a tricycle. See
15:55
Kiran Bedi tweets: Lalu's gets 5 yrs in jail with fine of 25 Lakhs. This is not enough. We must recover proceeds of crime too! Only then crime will stop paying.
15:51
Rubbishing reports that Sachin Tendulkar has been asked by the BCCI to retire after his 200th Test, the Board's Secretary Sanjay Patel today said it was the senior batsman's prerogative to decide on his future.That is is absolutely absurd and rubbish. Let me tell you, it will be the prerogative...
15:50
In other news: Ahead of the RBI's central board meet, the central bank chief Raghuram Rajan today met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and is understood to have discussed economic issues. Our meeting was part of regular interaction that takes place between RBI and Finance Ministry, Rajan said...
15:38
Reactions coming in:Congress: We are not in alliance since 2009. Of course his four MPs support the UPA govt but everyone is equal before the law.BJP's Ravishankar Prasad: This judgment is a lesson - Those who commit corruption with impunity, the law will catch up with them.
15:31
Six other politicians and four IAS officers, among the convicted, were also sentenced to prison terms for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa treasury when Prasad was heading the RJD government in the early 1990s. Of the 45 convicts, the judge had delivered the sentence against...
15:21
We have always known this: the kitsch was a facade. Lalu in power, the jesting monarch of Pataliputra, played it out to maximum effect. Read more.Incidentally, Lalu Yadav has instructed his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi not to make public statements on behalf of the party. On Monday, when...
15:09
RJD chief Lalu Prasad's private secretary during 1990-96 and his partner in crime in the fodder scam has continued to dodge the CBI for 17 years, even though he was seen reportedly enjoying life in Dehradun in Uttarakhand state.Lalu Prasad is among the 45 people convicted Sep 30 in a fodder scam...
15:06
Although Lalu has been convicted and sentenced, the fodder scam cases are by no means over. In all there were 54 cases, and nine more are yet to be decided. In all more than there were more than 600 accused, of whom more than 500 have been convicted so far. When Bihar was bifurcated to...
14:59
Desperate reality check needed: Raghuvansh Prasad of RJD tells CNN IBN that he has given Lalu a copy of the Gita to read in jail. All he has to do is read a few paras and he will get bail.The RJD has reiterated (first reactions on the Monday, when Lalu was convicted) that there is no...
14:54
Lalu Yadav's RJD says the party will appeal in the higher court. Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra has been sentenced to four years in the case. The prosecution had pushed for a maximum sentence of seven years in the case. Also read: Arun Jaitley on why Lalu's conviction is a defining moment...
14:46
Lalu Prasad Yadav gets five years in the fodder scam along with a fine of Rs 25 lakh. He was convicted for criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption in the case. The immediate fallout is that Lalu stands disqualified as a member of Parliament. Lalu was convicted on Monday in the multi-crore...
14:40
The CBI Court will announce the quantum of punishment for RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, any time now.
14:35
Want to be an Asian superpower? Then an aircraft carrier, it seems, is the minimum requirement for joining this elite club. Remember, the Vikrant? Read
14:23
Lalu Prasad's lawyers today argued that he was too old and suffered from many diseases, to counter the CBI's plea for maximum punishment of seven years in jail for the Bihar politician in the fodder scam case. Read more
14:11
Holi parties are springing up from England to South Africa, luring big-hearted partygoers touting an intoxicating blend of Woodstock and Bollywood, the gatherings can draw more than 10,000 people. Read
14:09
Sushil Kumar Shinde would help the cause of Muslims a lot more if he spoke a little less. In February this year, the Union Home Minister declaimed on 'Hindu terror,' when the correct expression should have been Hindutva-linked terror. Read
13:58
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Sikkim today, Regional Seismological Centre said. The quake struck at 11:43 am. A report from Gangtok in Sikkim said some buildings had developed cracks and people were out on the streets. Some schools announced holiday and a...
13:56
A 36-year-old Indian woman has died in a freak accident in Thailand's popular beach town of Pattaya, where she was celebrating her wedding anniversary, after her parasail failed to launch.Police said Shilpi Agarwal, 36, and her husband had hired a speedboat to parasail yesterday, but it failed to...
13:52
Lady Gaga's Paparazzi' fades away and a male voice says Q Radio ' out and proud' before the sexually evocative lyrics of Bollywood number 'Choli Ke Peeche' (Under the Blouse) begin to blare out of the speakers. Q Radio is India's first radio station tailored to the lesbian, gay,...
13:50
President Pranab Mukherjee on being received by King Philippe of Belgium upon his arrival in Brussels. This is the first visit by an Indian head of state to Belgium, says the MEA.
13:42
The BCCI today awarded the title sponsorship for all international series and the domestic tournaments in India for the year 2013-14 to Star Private Ltd. and ESPN at the base price of Rs 2 crore per fixture, considerably low compared to their previous deal with Airtel. The Marketing...
13:10
Just in: The Pakistan Army denies as baseless, reports of infiltration attempts from across the LoC into Jammu and Kashmir. The army has launched a major anti-infiltration operation against militants and suspected Pakistan special troops holed up in an area in Keran sector along Line of...
12:54
In this country of 1.2 billion, there may be a few Indians who might dislike Muslims and wish them ill. But the vast majority of Indians remain secular, no matter how grave Hindu-Muslim tensions,' says Amberish Kathewad Diwanji. ReadAlso read: The last surviving stretch of German autobahn...
12:47
A Bhubaneshwar court has sentenced all eight convicts to a life sentence in the murder of Hindu seer Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others in Kandhamal district in 2008.Unidentified gunmen shot dead Saraswati and four others, including a woman, at his ashram at Jalespeta in Tumudibandh...
12:38
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today began his two-day Gujarat tour as part of the Lok Sabha election preparations, by visiting Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.Rahul spent almost half-an-hour in the ashram, from where the Mahatma had spearheaded the non-violent freedom...
12:29
Winston Churchill wanted chemical weapons to be used against troublesome tribes in north India during British colonial rule to suppress them, a noted historian has claimed citing an official memo.Giles Milton, who has written a number of non-fiction historical books, has illustrated Churchill's...
12:18
If you can't go to Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal will come to you, virtually. The Archaeological Survey of India is signing a memorandum of understanding with Google tomorrow that will allow the Internet services company to host panoramic images of 100 Indian monuments, including the Taj and the Red...
12:12
A Delhi court today reserved its order on framing of charges in the 2008 cash-for-vote-scam involving former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and two BJP MPs. Special Judge Narottam Kaushal reserved for October 19 order on framing of charges.
12:08
The government, engulfed in controversy over a botched attempt to protect convicted MPs, claims that both the BJP and the Left, supported its move till as recently as August, and offers the minutes of two different meetings of political parties as proof of its allegations. Read
11:56
Besharam is so unbelievably sloppy and senseless, not even the best actors in the business can redeem it no matter how hard they try. Sukanya Verma pronounces her judgement on the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer. Read before you go
11:47
A suspected Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba, who engaged the Police and Central Reserve Police in a fierce gun battle after getting trapped in Ahmednagar, in the periphery of Srinagar city, has escaped from the cordoned area. Read more
11:43
Some good news: The Goa government has towed away the casino ship of a firm belonging to former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, accused of abetting suicide of an ex-airhostess, for failing to pay Rs 12 crore fees to authorities.
11:35
Senior IPS officer Ranjit Sahay, who was hospitalised with severe burns after he allegedly attempted suicide at his residence, on Thursday succumbed to his injuries in Mumbai. Read
11:33
China has come out with a code of conduct for Chinese travellers which includes advice about not picking their noses in public. The government has issued a 64-page handbook to stop Chinese tourists from damaging the country's image abroad. Read
11:32
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) turned one on Wednesday. But the question everyone seems to be asking is, will the party provide an alternative to the two national parties in Delhi and will the support it has been getting translate into votes? Political...
11:24
In a startling disclosure, the Juvenile Justice Board in it's order on the Nirbhaya case has made it clear that in their testimonies, neither Nirbhaya nor her male friend singled out the juvenile as the person who had brutally assaulted her with a rod, resulting in an injury that led to her...
11:08
The shutdown of the American federal government has not spared Mahatma Gandhi. But the shutdown has been ideologically undiscriminating and the late Deendayal Upadhyaya's memory also suffered in the Republican crusade against President Barack Obama's healthcare law. Read
11:02
The political impasse in the US Congress over budget showed no signs of easing as the first meeting between President Barack Obama and lawmakers since a budget deadlock shut wide swaths of the federal government failed to yield any result. Obama told lawmakers that he is not going to negotiate...
10:57
A VP storms a roadshow, rolls up his sleeves, calls his bosses' blueprint complete nonsense' and declares it should be torn up and thrown away. If the VP works for a company, chances are the pink slip will hit him before he returns to his cubicle. Read
10:51
There was heavy exchange of fire through the night between terrorists and security forces in the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday, hours after the army revealed that its troops had been engaged in an encounter with Pakistani forces since a massive infiltration attempt by at least 30...
10:44
From the uncrowned king of Bihar to qaidi no 3312 at Birsa Munda Central Jail, it has been a steep descent for RJD chief Lalu Prasad. More worrying for him is the sentencing on Thursday as the CBI is seeking a minimum of three to a maximum of seven years imprisonment for the former CM held...
10:29
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday urged the world to be inspired by the courage shown by Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of non-violence who was born on this day in 1869.Today we celebrate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and his resonant legacy of non-violence, Ban said in a...
10:24
Just In: Suicide bomber kills 12 people in northwestern Pakistan.
10:10
CNN-IBN reports: Singer-turned-actor Sonu Niigaam has approached the police alleging he has got threat calls from underworld don Chhota Shakeel. He has told police that Shakeel, a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, made several threat calls asking him to change the event management company...
10:04
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will begin his two-day visit to Gujarat from Thursday. Rahul will visit Mahatma Gandhi's historic Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad today and later hold a meeting of office-bearers of district and block Congress committees. This will be followed by a...
09:58
The rupee rose by 31 paise to 62.15 in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange as the dollar weakened against other major overseas currencies. Besides, increased dollar selling by exporters and a higher opening in the domestic equity market also supported the rupee, forex dealers...
09:52
A special CBI court on Thursday will pronounce the quantum of punishment on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, held guilty for illegal withdrawal of millions of rupees from the then undivided Bihar's animal husbandry department in the early 1990s, in what is popularly known as the...
09:52
28 people, including 13 children and five women, have been killed and another 20 people injured when the truck they were travelling in rammed into two minivans carrying brick kiln workers in Barpeta district, 150 kilometres from Assam's capitalPolice said the 10-wheeler truck slammed into the...
09:08
Speaking at a function organised in New Delhi for the youth on Tuesday, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi gave a new slogan: Build toilets first and temples later. Modi said he dared to say so even though his image as a Hindutva leader did not allow him.I am known to be a...
09:05
A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator -- Tokyo Electric Power -- has said. TEPCO said the highly radioactive water had leaked at the Fukushima No 1 plant from a different storage tank to the one where a similar leak was...
09:04
Charging Congress with spreading complete falsehood about her party's stand on the controversial legislation on convicted lawmakers, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has said that her party has consistently opposed both the Bill and the ordinance.In a series of posts on the social networking site...
08:58
President Barack Obama has sent Wall Street a blunt warning that it should be very worried about a political crisis that has shut down the government and could trigger a US debt default. Obama said he was exasperated by the budget impasse in Congress, in an interview with CNBC apparently...
08:53
CNN IBN reports: A Cabinet note on Telangana was prepared on Wednesday night, according to sources. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the note says Hyderabad will be Telangana's capital. The note leaves the option open for Andhra Pradesh. The government has called for a Cabinet meeting on...
08:42
Rahul power: Cabinet withdraws ordinance, bill on lawmakersKeran: 5 troops injured as anti-infiltration op reaches 9th dayADB lowers India's growth projection for 2013-14 to 4.7%Trinidad thrash Chennai, to face Mumbai in semis
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