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Hyderabad Police has forcibly arrested fasting YSR Congress Party chief Jaganmohan Reddy. Jagan Reddy has been on a fast for five days in Hyderabad against government's move to carve out Telangana state. There were reports that Jagan's health started deteriorating on...
22:19
The White House reaction to reports that the USA is preparing to suspend some aid to Egypt because of the Egyptian military's suppression of political opponents shows the difficulties of using such aid to influence a regime in the midst of a power struggle, an analyst says.You're basically...
21:52
Britain's senior-most intelligence official has warned that UK-based Islamist extremists pose a serious threat to the country. MI5 director-general Andrew Parker highlighted that Al Qaeda and its affiliates in South Asia present the most direct and immediate threats to the UK in his first...
21:27
India today conveyed its concern to Pakistan over continuing terror emanating from its soil and areas under its control, and asked Islamabad to uphold the sanctity of the LoC, a key confidence building measure. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who met her Pakistani counterpart Ayaz Sadiq, said...
20:38
A cyclonic storm today hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands and is expected to reach the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over the next 48-72 hours, the MET department said. According to the Meteorological Department there was a deep depression area over the North Andaman Sea this morning....
20:30
President Barack Obama is inviting all Republican and Democratic lawmakers to the White House for discussions on defusing a dual showdown over the shuttered government and raising the debt ceiling. Obama will begin the process by meeting minority Democrats in the House of Representatives...
20:29
Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's national carrier, intends to buy five wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft from Air India. The two airlines signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) in Mumbai earlier this week but the deal amount has not been disclosed.According to official sources, the sale is subject to...
20:23
India could offer the world a signal electoral drama next spring, with geopolitical repercussions for the whole Eurasian rimland. Narendra Modi, the charismatic chief minister of Gujarat in northwestern India, will likely run for prime minister against Rahul Gandhi, the great-grandson of the...
20:12
Social activist Anna Hazare today alleged a nexus among some Maharashtra politicians in selling sugar factories to private players by deliberately declaring them sick. Hazare, who led a farmers rally here, along with activist Medha Patkar and Lok Sabha member Raju Shetty, sought a judicial...
20:10
Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani today said the Aadhar number dramatically improves the convenience and makes the life simpler. People often think that why do they need the Aadhar number. Fundamentally, our view is that the possession of an Aadhar number...
19:02
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was questioned by the Special Investigation Team probing the solar panel scam, the high court was today told by the Advocate General.The disclosure was made by Advocate General K P Dandapani after much persuasion by Justice Harun-Al Rashid hearing a petition...
17:28
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today refused to get into the ongoing tussle between Andhra Pradesh government and Chandrababu Naidu over the TDP chief's indefinite fast in the Andhra Bhavan premises here.We have nothing to do with it. Ye unka mamla hai. Hume kya karna hai? (It's their matter....
17:18
A cyclonic storm today hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands and is expected to reach the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over the next 48-72 hours, the MET department said.According to the Meteorological Department there was a deep depression area over the North Andaman Sea this morning. The...
17:07
Pakistani army's role is obvious in the latest incident of intrusion by terrorists in Keran sector of Kashmir valley, official sources said today but rejected any comparison with the Kargil episode.The incident has been exaggerated a lot by calling them another 'Kargil', official sources...
16:45
Notwithstanding ongoing protests in Seemandhra, Centre has expedited the process of creation of a separate Telangana state with the announcement that the first meeting of the GoM set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh will be held on Friday.The first meeting of the GoM on...
16:08
The Ahmedabad police have procured a transfer warrant from a court in Gandhinagar to question self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, currently lodged in a jail in Jodhpur, in connection with a sexual assault case lodged by two sisters from Surat against him and his...
16:03
The sentencing to five years rigorous imprisonment of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case was made a point by West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee to urge politicians to draw a lesson. Lalu Prasad was convicted in a fodder scam case....
16:02
A Chinese court today accepted an appeal by disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai,who was sentenced to life for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, giving him the last chance to clear his name. Bo, 64, shouted unfair when the Jinan...
16:00
A Naxalite was today killed in an encounter with security personnel in Maoist-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh. The face-off between the ultras and the security forces took place in the forests of Malingwar village, Narayanpur Additional...
15:59
India's GDP will see a turnaround in the coming quarters on account of various steps taken by the government to spur growth as well as good agricultural production, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. Taking all...
15:41
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year has been awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for the development of multi-scale models for complex chemical systems. According to a press release by the Nobel Committee, the trio laid the foundation for the...
15:32
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived in Brunei for the ASEAN summit and will hold discussions on crucial bilateral and regional issues. Dr Singh is accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and other...
15:32
Seeking to play down its maritime dispute over South China Sea with East Asian countries, China will propose a treaty of friendship and cooperation with the 10-member ASEAN bloc. China is ready to actively discuss with ASEAN countries the signing of...
15:30
Emerging economies including India may not be able to return to growth rates of 8 per cent and more under present circumstances and neither would it be advisable for them, an IMF official has said. The 8 per cent growth in large part was because of the...
14:37
India has said the fight against the scourge of terrorism has to be unrelenting and nations cannot adopt selective approaches in dealing with terrorist groups. Talking tough on terror, visiting Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said...
14:31
A day after Rahul Gandhi attacked her, BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed the Congress for adopting a casteist attitude towards party founder Kanshi Ram by not declaring national mourning on his death. The Congress vice-president had accused Mayawati...
13:55
The CBI has taken over the probe in the rape case against former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar.
13:33
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers on Telangana, headed by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, will be held on Friday.Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will hold talks with senior state government officials in an attempt to end the ongoing agitation in the state...
13:31
With the Met department forecasting a cyclone in Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast by Sunday, the state government today cancelled puja holidays of its employees in 14 districts and ordered the deployment of the Disaster Rapid Force in all vulnerable points. The...
13:11
District authorities have initiated attachment proceedings against some party leaders after they failed to surrender in a local court in connection to charges of instigating communal violence in the district. Attachment proceedings have been...
12:49
Oil and Petroleum Veerappa Moily on Wednesday took the Delhi Metro to travel to his ministry to kick-start an initiative to save fuel.Moily, who has been on a mission to slash the Indian government's eye-popping oil import bill, described his journey as pleasant.His ministry has already...
12:39
Curfew in violence-hit Vizianagaram town in Andhra Pradesh was relaxed for two hours today morning to facilitate people to purchase essential commodities, as the situation is fast returning to normal. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Vizag, P Umapathi said that curfew was eased for two hours...
12:34
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said it was impossible for India to normalise its relationship with Pakistan till the neighbouring country does not stop infiltrations and ceasefire violations. He also said that calling the operation against holed up militants in Keran...
12:32
Warring political parties of Jammu and Kashmir, NC and PDP, on Wednesday demanded that former army chief V K Singh should be summoned to explain his statement on the Indian Army paying off some politicians in the Valley. The BJP, however, supported the Speakers' decision to seek an...
12:30
Trade deficit has dipped to US$ 6.76 billion in September from US$ 17.15 billion a year ago. Further details are awaited.
10:58
A well-known Tibetan monk, who founded the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe, has been killed in southwest China's Chengdu city. According to local police, 73-year-old Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche was stabbed to death along with his nephew and their driver in the city's Wuhou...
10:45
Two-time army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, one of the, if not the most powerful person in Pakistan, is set to retire from his post this weekend.Read more here
10:42
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has questioned the findings of a survey conducted by the Aam Aadmi Party and also clarified that she has no prime ministerial ambitions.Read the full report here
10:38
A Google India survey of urban Indian voters has revealed some interesting factoids -- like 42 per cent of them are yet to make up their minds about whom to vote for -- Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi.The survey also shows that most voters are more concerned about the local leaders than about the...
10:29
Nearly 4,000 children have died in hospitals across Andhra Pradesh due to the acute power shortage in the wake of the strike by employees of power plants in Seemandhra.Authorities have implored these employees, who have gone on strike to protest the bifurcation of the state, to resume work as...
10:22
One person was killed and several feared trapped when a three-storey building collapsed in Bara Hindu Rao area in Delhi on Wednesday morning.Fire Brigade trucks have rushed to the spot and rescue operations have started, according to media reports.Photograph...
09:43
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has decided to boycott the forthcoming Commonwealth summit in Colombo to protest the lack of accountability of the Sri Lankan government over its dodgy rights record.Harper's decision comes in the wake of speculations that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may...
09:39
Many security experts have described the 15-day anti-infiltration operation in Kashmir's Keran sector as 'Kargil Part 2', but there is no reason to panic just yet.Click here to read more
09:35
The UPA-led government is in no mood to listen to any reservations about its flagship Aadhar scheme. While the Union Cabinet has cleared the National Identification Authority of India Bill despite the concerns expressed by the Standing Committee, the Centre has decided to take on both...
09:31
Francois Englert and Peter W Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 on Tuesday for the theory of how particles acquire mass.Want to know exactly what that means? Click here to find out
09:19
Days after America flexed its military muscles in two African countries -- Libya and Somalia -- against terrorists, US President Barack Obama has said that the risk of terrorism is going to continue for some time, even as top Al Qaeda leadership has been decimated in Afghanistan and...
09:16
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left on a four-day visit to Brunei and Indonesia, during which he will attend the ASEAN summit and hold talks on crucial bilateral and regional issues, including ways to enhance economic cooperation. Ahead of his departure, Dr Singh said his visits will...
03:32
In a stand of scruffy palms a few yards from a dirt track, two brothers are building their third house in under a decade. They hope it will last longer than the others. They do not want to be identified ' for fear of security agencies ' but their story is a common one in Kilinochchi, a small town...
03:30
US President Obama has said he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to lift threats against the economy. Mr Obama said they were committing extortion by demanding policy concessions in return for raising the US debt limit and reopening government. The...
03:29
The media spotlight has often been too harsh for Peter Higgs, the Edinburgh physicist, who disappeared off on holiday without a mobile phone this week to escape the inevitable rush of journalists that bears down on every winner of a Nobel prize. The move was carefully calculated and...
03:24
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has undergone surgery to treat bleeding on her brain, at a hospital in Buenos Aires. The operation, which has lasted about two hours, went very well said her spokesman, Alfredo Scoccimarro. Ms Fernandez, 60, is expected to remain in...
01:19
A fire Tuesday at a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 10 people, an official said. Fire official Zafar Ahmed said 10 bodies were found inside the four-storey building housing the Aswad garment factory in Gazipur outside Dhaka. He said several other...
01:18
US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is willing to negotiate with Republicans on fiscal issues and his signature health care law, but warned that we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy. In a press conference at the White House, he urged John Boehner, the House speaker,...
01:15
The Maldives must hold a fresh round of presidential polls before October 20, the Supreme Court has ruled while annulling the first phase as the government today appealed to all parties to support new elections. The verdict is a major blow to former...
00:20
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its forecast for global economic growth at the same time as lifting its UK growth projection. It now expects global growth of 2.9% this year, a cut of 0.3% from July's estimate. In 2014 it expects global growth of 3.6%, down 0.2%. It cited...
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Exclusive Amit Shah Interview: People are waiting to vote for ModiPoll awakening: Sonia, Rahul inject development in Rae Bareli, AmethiPak on Keran infiltration: Blame game not a solutionChargesheet filed in July 31 Shakti Mills gang-rape caseEven Congress leaders unsure of what Rahul Gandhi...
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