23:09
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro compared Israel's offensive in Gaza today to a disgusting form of fascism that its ally, the United States, is unable to control. I think that a new and disgusting form of fascism is emerging with considerable force at this moment in human history, Castro...
22:20
Two persons, one of them an elderly man, were buried alive in a landslide near here in Ratnagiri district, police said today. The bodies of Parshuram Shivram Sutar, 63, and Bhagoji Ramji Sutar, 55, were recovered today from the debris, they said.The duo, who worked as carpenters, was on their way...
22:17
Andhra Pradesh Police today arrested two persons, including an MBA student, for allegedly creating and posting on a social networking site political cartoons with vulgar comments against YSRCP MP from Araku, K Geetha, the police said.Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police...
21:56
In what appears to be the last phase of the massive rescue operation, NDRF jawans today recovered 17 more bodies from under the debris of landslide in Malin village in Pune district, which takes the death toll in the July 30 disaster to 147.Working ceaselessly for the seventh day today,...
21:39
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed sadness over the capsizing of a boat in Varanasi. He prayed for those missing in the incident. Around 18 of the 40 people today went missing after a boat carrying them capsized on the Ganga river at Betawar ghat near Shooltankeshwar area under Rohania...
21:39
A top US diplomat in charge of policymaking in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations and defence will join Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel during his India visit later this week, the State Department said today.Assistant Secretary of State for...
20:21
Maharashtra Government today announced to give Rs 50 lakh each to gold medal winners from the state, for their excellent performance at the recently concluded Glasgow Commonwealth Games.Earlier, Commonwealth gold medalists used to receive Rs 10 lakh as prize money, an official spokesperson said....
20:09
CBI files three fresh FIRs in coal blocks allocation scam.
20:07
Yuvraj Singh was not included in the Indian squad for the ODI against England.Gautam Gambir was also not picked.Young wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson and leg spinner Karn Shama were the two new names in the team.Stuart Binny was also named.Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli...
19:57
Around 18 of the 40 people went missing today after a boat carrying them capsized on the Ganga river at Betawar ghat near Shooltankeshwar area under Rohania police station here, police said.The boat, carrying 40 people who were going to Mirzapur from Varanasi, capsized on the Ganga river...
19:09
A British military jet was scrambled today to escort a Qatar Airways plane to Manchester Airport after reports of a possible device on board. The plane was escorted in to land by the Royal Air Force (RAF) following information received by the pilot. Greater Manchester Police said officers were...
18:44
In a first for any Indian author, Chetan Bhagat, finds himself on cover of the Times of India today, with the announcement of his new book, Half Girlfriend. Bhagat, who is considered a bestseller, took to twitter to announce the upcoming book along with a short video teaser. Hi all! Happy to...
18:36
And some bytes about Modi's mantris and otherwise. Nirmala Sitaraman, Commerce Minister, read out the government's stance on WTO in English in Parliament today. Soon enough, there were murmurs of dissatisfaction from many BJP MPs who did not understand the language. On realising this, Finance...
18:13
Rane's decision to stay with the Congress comes with this rider: I am not saying Congress will win, but am saying I will work towards Congress's win in upcoming Assembly polls.
18:06
So, Congress leader Narayan Rane will remain in the party. Rane announced today that after discussions with Rahul Gandhi, MPCC president Manikrao Thakre and Maharashtra CM Prithiviraj Chavan, he would not quit the Congress. He also said he will continue as Maharashtra Heavy Industries Minister...
17:59
During the BJP Parliamentary Party meet today, the back benches were occupied by senior MPs. They say that they were present for the sake of attendance and complained that the sound system was so poor that only those seated in the first few rows can hear what is being said. Fact is that the meet...
17:20
Parliamentary Affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu today approached YSR Congress leader Megapati Rajmohan Reddy to enquire whether the YSRC would like to be seated next to the Congess in the first row of the Lok Sabha. Reddy at once rejected the suggestion. No Party, whether it is, ADMK, BJD, TMC or...
17:01
And the horror never ends...A 70-year-old man who was a part-time teacher at a private school in Bangalore has been arrested after an eight-year-old student said she had been sexually abused by him. Details awaited. Bangalore is still reeling over the rape of a six-year-old at Vibgyor High...
16:57
Lashker-e-Taiba founder and mastermind of Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed has been holding rallies which were highly critical of India in proximity to Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.In the recent past Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Amir Jammat-ud-Dawa (JUD), has visited a...
16:52
And another blood bath in the media. Entertainment and lifestyle magazine TimeOut, run by Time Out Group Ltd, has decided to shut its print editions in India because of recurring losses. The fortnightly magazine, which is published by Essar Group company Paprika Media Pvt. Ltd in India, said it...
16:48
There's a seemingly new trend that is being observed during question hour in Parliament. While replying to questions, most ministers, like Fertiliser Minister Anand Kumar today for instance, invoke the name of 'Narendra Modi, our Prime Minister' and say it is his vision is to achieve targets...
16:38
Congress president Sonia Gandhi stopped to talk to Biju Janata Dal MPs in the Central Hall today, while fascinated TMC and BJP MPs looked on. The father and son combination of BJD MPs AU Singh Deo and his son Kalikesh Singh Deo looked visibly elated to talk to Mrs Gandhi.
16:35
Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura, attended the Lok Sabha today after a brief illness. She also participated in the BJP Parliamentary Party meet today.
16:30
UK chancellor George Osborne has condemned Baroness Warsi's disappointing and frankly unnecessary decision to resign over the situation in Gaza. Read
16:17
On social media, a brilliant ad on eco conservation, titled: Look what happens when we cut down too many trees.
16:13
Israel has withdrawn its troops from the Gaza Strip to defensive positions outside the Palestinian territory.It says the main aim of its offensive - to destroy militants' tunnels - has been achieved.A 72-hour truce - brokered by Egyptian mediators late on Monday - came into force at 08:00 local...
16:11
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli will take additional responsibilities of Rajasthan and Goa as Margaret Alva completed her tenure today. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that Naik, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, will discharge the functions of the Governor of...
15:56
British minister Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her position as a senior foreign office minister on Tuesday, saying she could no longer support the government's policy on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister (and) tendered my...
15:16
More Indians are on their way back from Libya. The ministry of external affairs tweets that a second Air India flight will bring back Indians from Libya. The flight will take off from Djerba (Tunisia) and land in Delhi late tomorrow night.Over 44 more nurses have already been brought back to...
14:57
Equated monthly installments (EMIs) paid on home, automobile and other loans would remain unchanged, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left key interest rates unchanged in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review on Tuesday. The status quo in key policy rates would mean that the sectors...
14:46
The Supreme Court has asked appropriate authority to take stock of the situation and take decision on dissolving Delhi Assembly within a reasonable time.
14:29
Several Odisha rivers have been flowing above the danger mark due to incessant downpour. The state government has stepped up rescue operations evacuating 17,000 people even as 23 people have died so far in rain and flood-related incidents.
14:09
The Pakistan army has yet again violated the bilateral ceaseifre on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector of Jammu today, reports Mukhtar Ahmad from Srinagar. A defence spokesperson said in a statement today, The Pakistan army gas carried out unprovoked firing using small arms and...
13:45
If his early months are an indication, such allusions already seem fanciful. Mr Modi's debut budget was cautious, verging on the underwhelming. He has demurred on potentially radical reforms, from bank privatisation to corporate tax reform. Last week, he single-handedly blocked a...
13:40
Supreme Court directs centre to end Delhi Government deadlock.
13:37
The model has now hit back at the lawyer saying DIG Paraskar is leaking evidence in the case and counters the lawyer's claims that she wanted publicity, saying, What kind of publicity will I get from a rape case?.
13:33
The former lawyer of the Mumbai model, who filed a case of rape against DIG Sunil Paraskar, has made startling claims, saying she admitted to him about the plot to create a controversy to participate in a television show. Model's former lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui said he quit the case as he got the...
12:56
The stock markets were volatile today following the Reserve Bank policy that kept the key rate unchanged but reduced SLR to infuse liquidity in the financial system, with BSE benchmark Sensex down over 130 points in the afternoon trade. The Sensex moved into the negative zone following the...
12:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to address a joint session of the US Congress when he travels here to meet President Barack Obama at the White House in late September mainly because of the general elections in November. More than 80 members of the House of Representatives and several top...
12:25
In a new twist in the ongoing Campa Cola housing society case, the Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Maharashtra government and the BMC as to what prevented the civic body from regularising some of the flats under the existing bylaws.Hearing a fresh plea filed by the residents of...
12:11
A positive agrarian outlook for the next decade cannot allow any quarter for complacency in a nation that is home to the world's largest number of farmers, as also the largest number of people who face food insecurity. This would be a fairer reading of Agricultural Outlook 2014-2023, a joint...
12:07
Did an LTTE mole find its way to 10 Janpath and pass on crucial information before Rajiv Gandhi's assassination? In a book, a former aide of the Gandhis points in that direction. He also claims that even Sonia Gandhi feels the same way. Read
11:58
Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the Narendra Modi government over its move to scrap English section in CSAT. Opposition parties question if the English language is scrapped then what about the other languages. Opposition also demanded suspension of question hour for UPSC debate...
11:43
The just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow featured a few 'highs' for India, but unfortunately it also marked some new 'lows' for the country. While the gold medal-winning feats of discus thrower Vikas Gowda and badminton player Parupalli Kashyap signalled breakthroughs in these events...
11:21
At a time when Manmohan Singh's prime ministership has come under the scanner from the books of Sanjaya Baru and Natawar Singh, the former PM's daughter Daman Singh has sprung to her father's defence with her own book, Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan. She says her father is not a...
11:15
History has been wiped clean. In Manmohan Singh's time, his web site had a window for previous prime ministers; all his predecessors from Nehru onwards made a brief appearance. It has now been removed. Anyone who visits the new prime minister's web site will never know that he had any...
11:11
The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks will remain unchanged at 4.0% of net demand and time liabilities, says the RBI. The policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) will remain unchanged at 8.0%.
11:10
DMDK leader Vijaykant in a confidential letter to Prime Minister Modi has opposed the BJP government's decision of accommodating M Thambidurai as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and on the issue of bailing out TN CM J Jayalalitha on income tax matters. Vijaykant, a former Tamil cinema hero, has...
11:06
An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective Ebola treatment after doctors reported a miraculous improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the haemorrhagic disease. Read
10:56
The World Bank has pledged USD 200 million in emergency funding to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to help the West African countries contain spread of deadly Ebola infections and improve public health systems. World Bank President Dr Jim Yong Kim, who is experienced in treatment of infectious...
10:04
Spelling more trouble for the Congress party, Narayan Rane has issued a new ultimatum to the party's high command. Rane has demanded for state Congress chief's post and at least the revenue portfolio in the Maharashtra government if the high command wants him to stay in the party. Sources...
09:48
A plane carrying 43 nurses, who were trapped in strife-torn Libya, returned to Kochi this morning. This is the second batch of nurses returning from the troubled country. Earlier, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asking for the...
09:34
The model, who has accused Mumbai's DIG Sunil Paraskar of rape, today hit back at her former lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui. On Monday, in his statement to the cops, he said that the model had filed the complaint only to gain publicity, as she wanted to be part of a reality show. Hitting back at these...
08:25
Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza starting today. On Monday Israel held its own seven-hour humanitarian window in Gaza but then resumed its military operations. Health officials in Gaza say more than 1,800 Palestinians have been killed in the four-week conflict, which...
07:56
The case against Mumbai DIG Sunil Paraskar, who allegedly raped a model, took an unexpected turn when the complainant's former lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui said that the case was just an attempt to gain publicity. In his statement to the police on Monday, Siddiqui said said that the...
03:38
Hamas is able to fire missiles into Israel because Tehran provided weapons technology to the militant group to defend itself against Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official said today. The Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, Mohsen Rezaei, was quoted by Al-Alam, the Arabic...
00:54
Bomb Gaza is a game for Android that was uploaded to the Google Play store on July 29.The game involves piloting an Israeli air-force jet over a densely built area of Gaza and attempting to bomb terrorists.It quickly becomes apparent that it is almost impossible to avoid bombing civilians, who...
00:52
Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.The drug appears to have worked,...
00:46
Human Rights Watch today accused Israel of killing civilians as they attempted to flee a stricken neighbourhood of Gaza, in what it said would amount to a war crime.In a report that cited Palestinians who managed to get out of Khuza'a, HRW said the attacks on the town near the southern city of...
00:39
UPSC row: Unhappy with government's move, aspirants vow to continue fight Mission accomplished: Modi ends Nepal visit on a highTension grips Meerut after woman gang-raped, forced to convert Woman judge quits after sexual harassment by MP HC judge Charges against Indian CWG...
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