22:53
Dense fog claimed five lives in accidents in different parts of the state, even as light to moderate rains occurred at some places. Two motorcycle-borne youths were killed after they were knocked down by an unidentified vehicle due to fog early this morning in Atraulia police station area of...
22:45
Russia today launched a counter-terrorism operation after six bodies riddled with bullets were found in a region bordering that of Winter Olympic host city of Sochi, just weeks before the start of the Games.
22:06
Union Minister Vayalar Ravi today ruled out any move to make provisions for Indians living abroad to vote in elections from outside the country. As it is today even I can not vote by postal ballot.That is not the system today. If I am in Delhi, I can't vote in Kerala elections from here. I will...
21:38
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla had a close shave when his helicopter made an emergency landing after it began to yaw or lurch to one side.The heir to the British throne was travelling with Camillaand four others to the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival in Walesin May last year when his...
20:45
The Centre does not have any plan to rehabilitate expatriates returning to India, Minister for Overseas Indians Vayalar Ravi today said.He was replying to a specific question from a participant in Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here who sought to know whether the union government had programmes for...
20:30
BJP today welcomed the Election Commission's decision to abort its proposed tie-up with internet giant Google, saying it was not in nation's interest to go ahead with the proposal due to security concerns.In a memorandum submitted to Chief Election Commission V S Sampath in the presence of...
20:19
As Aam Aadmi Party's popularity surges ahead of Lok Sabha elections, some senior party leaders tipped to contest elections have decided to concentrate on the party's strategies rather than plunging into electoral battle.Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Anjali Damania said they would prefer to...
20:01
According to sources, veteran Bengali actress Suchitra Sen's health has turned critical. Sen is suffering from a respiratory tract infection and is admitted in Kolkata's Bellview Hospital for the part few weeks. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamkata Banerjee, who visited the ailing...
18:43
The Election Commission has decided not to pursue its proposed tie-up with internet giant Google after concerns over national security were raised from several quarters, including major parties. US-based Google had earlier this week made a formal presentation to the Election Commission proposing...
18:38
Stepping up pressure, the BJP today demanded the Prime Minister's resignation after the Centre admitted before the Supreme Court that something went wrong with coal blocks allocations. The Attorney General has accepted that something major was wrong in the coal block allocations. He has...
18:27
Just in: Election Commission decides against tie-up with Google for poll information services.
18:24
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's helpline in Delhi for complaints against corrupt officers received over 4,000 calls in its first seven hours.The deluge led to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking for staff manning the helpline to be tripled by tomorrow. Citizens have been asked to dial...
18:18
The Akhilesh Yadav government gives a Rs 1 crore tax subsidy to Bollywood films shot in UP.
18:13
The non-charitable foundation 'Being Human', being run by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, on Thursday donated Rs 25 lakh to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College on behalf of the stars who performed in Uttar Pradesh's annual fair 'Saifai Mahotsav'. Notably, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and...
17:57
Just in: The Tehrik-e-Taliban (Pakistan) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Karachi police chief Chaudhry Aslam.
17:51
And in a first, Delhi CM announces that he and his ministers will sit on the road outside the secretariat every Saturday between 9:30 am and 11 am to hear public grievances.
17:50
In what will come as a mandate to the BJP, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says the party must take the AAP challenge very seriously. He said the BJP should make its politics more inclusive and participatory.Yesterday, Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party leader Prashant Bhushan hit out...
17:45
Senior IAS officer Sanjoy Kumar Srivastava today assumed charge as Chief Secretary of Delhi Government. 56-year-old Srivastava succeeded Deepak Mohan Spolia who had been made Chief Secretary in December 2012. Srivastava, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Union Territory cadre, was working as Special...
17:41
In 1911, one man - without a plan, an escape route, or a buyer - managed to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Here's how he did it. Read
17:11
The Congress today dismissed an opinion poll predicting Rahul Gandhi as the third choice for prime ministerial prospect, terming it inaccurate. Survey reports always favour those who appoint them. Surveys predicted 19 seats for Congress in Chhattisgarh, but we got 39. Similarly...
17:08
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was today booked for allegedly raping one of two Surat-based sisters who stayed at his ashram in Gujarat between 1997 and 2006.In a charge-sheet filed against him in a Gandhinagar court, the spiritual guru has also been accused of illegal confinement and criminal...
17:05
Another one joining AAP? Arun Govil, who had played Ram in Ramayana decades ago, says Arvind Kejriwal has shaken traditional politics, and this change was needed. We are all with him.
16:51
How the Gandhis kept a party but lost the country. Read more
16:39
Our sources in Delhi tell us there was a huge buzz when Priyanka Gandhi made a guest appearance at an AICC sub-committee meeting. After the meeting, an insider sent a text messge to a journalist about Priyanka's presence which spread like wildfire.So, when the meeting was in progress, Congress...
16:15
The Supreme Court today directed the Sahara Group to reveal the source of Rs 22,000 crore which it claimed to have paid its investors.The apex court said that its order barring Sahara Chief Subrata Roy from leaving the country will continue.We will direct probe by CBI and registrar of companies,...
16:01
The privilege committee of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council on Thursday issued summons through Director General of Haryana Police to the former Army Chief Gen (retired) VK Singh seeking his presence for his clarification to a television interview, on January 22.The Hindu reports that...
15:53
BS Yeddyurappa today made a grand comeback to the BJP, the party he quit a year ago alleging betrayal, with a vow to 'forget the past' and score an impressive victory in Karnataka in the national election, due by May. Read more
15:44
See: How people in seven Muslim countries believe women should dress
15:36
There are chapatis and there were these chapatis: The secret that preceded the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Read
15:32
Veteran Bengali actress Suchitra Sen continues to be critical, says our correspondent in Kolkata. Sen was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on December 29 following a respiratory tract infection. The 82-year-old actress, who lives a secluded life and stays locked up inside her...
15:16
The draft political resolution for the upcoming AICC session is ready. There are three sets of suggestions from ministers who are familiar with the political approaches of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Similarity in all the three draft resolutions is to attack the BJP and its failure to form the...
15:14
Barely a day after an air-conditioned rake developed a snag throwing services out of gear for nearly 45 minutes, a Dum Dum-bound train started from Shyambazar station with two of its doors open. This happened around noon on Wednesday. The rake was a conventional one and when the...
15:11
DMK chief M Karunanidhi has suspended five Madurai supporters of hi son MK Alagiri today. Karunanidhi on Tuesday had said he would not hesitate to sack his Madurai-based son from the party and had strongly condemned Alagiri's remarks that he was against the DMK aligning with the DMDK. ...
15:02
Two eminent lawyers, four senior editors, two retired bureaucrats have offered their services to draft the AICC resolution in English. The eight apparently competed to show off their mastery over English, but insiders say that this task was till recently carried out by Pranab Mukherjee with ease.
14:54
It is believed that Narendra Modi called Nitin Gadkari recently and spoke to him for 10 minutes about claims that if the BJP comes to power income tax would be abolished. This was part of the BJP's Vision document 2025 prepared by a Gadkari headed committee.
14:43
Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed today stuck to his guns justifying his controversial comments that whenever there are riots in this country, ISI in Pakistan and BJP rejoice. Even after the felicitation of arrested MLAs on (Narendra) Modi's dais for fanning Muzaffarnagar riots, how can one deny that...
14:36
US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has cancelled his crucial trip to India this month in view of the strained relations between the two countries over the arrest of an Indian diplomat on alleged visa fraud charges. The India-US Energy Dialogue to be led by Moniz was expected to make significant...
14:28
In comments that could stoke a fresh controversy, Congress leader Digvijay Singh has likened RSS to mythological demon king Ravana while slamming BJP and the Sangh over yesterday's attack on AAP office in Ghaziabad. Strongly condemn attack on AAP office by BJP/Sangh activists. BJP as usual is...
14:05
The Aam Aadmi Party's anti-corruption helpline, which became operational from this morning, has already received more than 300 calls in the first three hours. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday announced the helpline number, (011) 27357169, which he said will help the common man combat...
13:56
At least five people have been killed in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan, police say. A further 17 people are reported to have been injured in the blast at a plant run by Mitsubishi Materials in Yokkaichi city, in Mie prefecture. Maintenance crews were working on a heat...
13:42
The Centre today admitted before the Supreme Court that something went wrong with the coal blocks allocation and that it could have been done in a more refined manner. We took decision in good faith but something turned out to be wrong, Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati told a three-judge bench...
13:19
America is currently shivering through a record cold spell -- icy storms and wind chill that has brought temperatures tumbling down to -57C. What effects does such extreme cold have on the human body? Read
13:03
Indians living abroad are unlikely to vote in a general election, but they can help a political party in many other ways. Although they are stereotypically seen as moneybags with an ultra-nationalistic spirit who hope to make a difference from a distance, in the age of the social media they...
13:01
The cartoon on the Hindu today on Priyanka Gandhi's presence at a Congress meet and the hope that she would be able to revive the falling fortunes of the party. Also see: A Rediff.com poll on whether Priyanka can save the Cong
12:43
The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal government to inform it within seven days about its position on a plea for CBI investigation into the Madhyamgram gang rape and alleged murder of a 16-year-old girl in October. Justice Dipankar Dutta, hearing a plea for handing over the...
12:39
News updates at this hour:Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has formally rejoined BJP today. MNS chief Raj Thackeray hits out at Narendra Modi for praising Sardar Patel and the Gujarati community in his rally in Mumbai. He said Modi came to Mumbai and spoke of Sardar Patel's statue,...
12:24
The minimum temperatures rose in Punjab and Haryana today even as cold conditions continued to prevail at many places in the region. Barring Amritsar, which continued to reel under biting cold recording a minimum of 1 deg C, the temperatures at other places have shown some increase since...
12:11
The arctic blast that brought record low temperatures to many parts of the United States this week appeared to be loosening its grip on Wednesday, with meteorologists promising a far-reaching thaw by the weekend, reports the Guardian. But experts warned that many areas would remain below...
12:08
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged that criminal collusion between politicians, bureaucrats and builders was one of the major causes behind the collapse last week of the under-construction building in Canacona, which claimed 24 lives. Demanding an audit by state government of ongoing projects...
11:58
Without being a full-fledged State empowered with federal sovereignty and constitutional powers both under the State and Concurrent lists, it might be almost impossible for any government in Delhi to govern and thereby lies a problem for Arvind Kejriwal. Read
11:49
In a major setback to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a federal judge has rejected her plea to extend the January 13 deadline for a preliminary hearing on the visa fraud issue, the date by when she has to be charged. Shortly after the issuance of the order in which the judge said good...
11:49
And here's Mukul Kesavan on the Devyani case: The good thing about the Khobragade Affair, of course, is that no one died. This might seem obvious but its worth pointing out because editorial boards in American newspapers have managed to write scolding leaders about Devyani Khobragade without...
11:40
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah promises an enquiry into why a journalism graduate from Kupwara missed his dream internship at the Guardian newspaper in London because he was denied a passport. His visa was denied on the grounds that his father was a supporter of the JKLF. Omar Abdullah tweets...
11:28
By winning without money power and muscle power, the AAP has become both a fascinating case study and an important benchmark in the movement toward clean elections. Read more
11:26
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday was briefed on the operational readiness along the line of actual control (LAC) with China, in the backdrop of the Army kicking off the raising of a new mountain strike corps to get some offensive punch against the much larger People's Liberation...
11:06
Just in: Mananging Editor of IBN7 Ashutosh resigns, likely to join AAP, says ANI. Details awaited. If this is indeed true, he won't be the first journalist in AAP. Ministers Manish Sisodia and Rakhi Birla were also journalists.
11:00
Just in: The Aam Admi Party says it's against a ban on opinion polls. AAP minister for urban development, Manish Sisodia, says the results of polls should be made public. Not surprising, since India's biggest metropolises are eagerly looking forward to the Aam Aadmi Party going national and...
10:51
Unfazed by the all-round criticism for its sheer scale and extravagance at a time when his government was being pilloried for being insensitive to Muzaffarnagar riot victims, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav made it a point to watch performances by Bollywood top draws Salman Khan,...
10:40
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi @ Pravasi Bhratiya Diwas: Yesterday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke and said that good days are going to come. But I think, we may have to wait 4-6 months.In Gujarat, there is one initiative that should be highlighted in the country and...
10:01
More than 20 days after it was submitted by the UN, the US continues to review the visa application of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade which would give her full diplomatic immunity. The unusual delay in granting Khobragade G-visa, which would prevent her from any further arrest, has...
09:45
Former Army chief General VK Singh will have to appear before the privileges committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council on Thursday for his disputed remarks on state ministers being paid by the Army. In December 2012, the privileges committee of the upper house of Jammu and Kashmir's...
09:15
A week after the merger of Karnataka Janata Paksha chief BS Yeddyurappa with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the former CM is all set to rejoin the party on Thursday. After getting nod from BJP last week in the national capital, state party leaders had met Yeddyurappa in Delhi and had asked them...
09:07
A team of Central Bureau if Investigation officials on Thursday are likely to grill European middleman Guido Haschke in connection with alleged bribery scandal to clinch Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal in favour of AgustaWestland. Earlier, CBI sources had said a team led by an SP-level...
03:59
More than 30,000 people have signed an online petition calling on The Washington Post to tell readers that Amazon, founded by its owner Jeff Bezos, does business with the CIA, activists behind the campaign have said. RootsAction.org said yesterday it would deliver the petition at the...
03:59
Vice President Joe Biden has spoken for a second time this week to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, voicing support for the Baghdad government's effort to regain control of the city of Fallujah from al-Qaida-linked fighters. The White House said Biden encouraged al-Maliki to continue...
03:59
Canadian health authorities have announced the first avian flu death in North America, in the western plains province of Alberta, of a patient who had just returned from China. I am here to confirm North America's first human case of H5N1, also known as avian flu, Canada Health Minister Rona...
03:58
Authorities in England cordoned off flooded marshes to investigate the crash of a military helicopter that killed four US Air Force crew members. The Pave Hawk helicopter slammed into the eastern coast during a low-level training mission Tuesday evening. Teams combing the marshes have...
03:57
Some years ago in India, I found myself in a casual conversation with the US ambassador at the time on the grounds of the American Embassy School in Delhi. He remarked that maintaining the quality of the school had become a concern after executives impressed on him the...
03:27
The man whose death at the hands of a police officer in 2011 sparked riots that shocked Britain was killed lawfully, a jury found on Wednesday, issuing a decision that was sharply criticized by the dead man's family.Mark Duggan, who was 29, was shot dead by the officer in August 2011 in the...
02:16
The International Space Station will operate for an additional four years, or until 2024, the US space agency said today. This is a tremendous announcement for us here in the space station world, said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations...
01:35
United States President Barack Obama today invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington in an effort to mend fences after a diplomatic crisis provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her mobile phone. Obama called Merkel to wish her a speedy recovery after her recent skiing...
01:34
The four US crew members who died in a helicopter crash in Cley-next-the-Sea, north Norfolk, have been named.The US Air Force said the crew of the helicopter were Captain Christopher S. Stover, Captain Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.The HH-60G...
01:33
Friends and family of the former Miss Venezuela and her British ex-husband killed in a hijacking have said they hoped their deaths might finally force real government action against violent crime, amid nationwide fury that the country's worsening insecurity had claimed one of its most loved...
01:03
Smoke emanating from underneath a coach of a train bound for Dadar in Mumbai from here caused anxious moments before it was put out by the railway crew at Chincholi station in Belgaum District of Karnataka, a senior police officer said. A possible mishap was averted on the Yeshwantpur-Dadar...
00:37
Gunmen attacked a military site north of the Iraqi capital today, killing 12 soldiers and wounding four, police and a doctor said. The militants stormed a building at the site in the Al-Adhim area, then bombed it. Militants opposed to the Iraqi government frequently target members of the...
00:34
European Union officials proposed on Wednesday that the EU move quickly send troops to Central African Republic, either to the capital Bangui or the west of the country, diplomatic sources said.The proposals for an EU force of at least battalion-strength, roughly 700 to 1,000 soldiers, will...
00:32
At least 10 militants and three security personnel were killed tonight after a check post was attacked in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal region, the military here said. At about 8:00 PM, a group of militants attacked Green Ridge Post in Ladha in South Waziristan Agency, an...
00:29
Cong may finalise 150-200 LS poll candidates by month-endCold intensifies in HP; Avalanche alert in high altitude areasPriyanka will decide future role herself, says CongressNYPD cops, fire fighters among 106 accused over 9/11 fraudSrinagar-Jammu highway closed following fresh snowfallEx-Miss...
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