23:49
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64', sang the Beatles when they burst into the international music scene. I was in my late teens when I first heard this beautiful refrain. To me, like for all teen agers, asking your girlfriend whether she will care for you at sixty...
23:47
Maharashtra police today denied entry to the controversial Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi to Thane, a day ahead of his scheduled visit there, by serving him a notice in which they cited alleged hate speeches delivered by him in the past.However, Owaisi, who represents...
22:10
The Palestinian death toll in an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip jumped to more than 500 on Monday, as the United States, alarmed by escalating civilian bloodshed, took a direct role in efforts to secure a ceasefire.Despite growing calls for a halt to two weeks of fighting, violence raged on,...
21:52
Dutch forensic experts today began examining bodies from the MH17 plane disaster that have been held up at an east Ukraine train station as Kiev and insurgents wrangle over the fate of the remains. As world leaders deplored the shambolic state of the crash site left in the hands of the...
20:54
The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday to discuss Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Today's announcement followed the deadliest day of fighting between Israel and Hamas in six years, with more than 150 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers...
20:53
AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal is likely to move back to Kaushambi, his place of residence prior to him moving to official accomodation as Delhi Chief Minister at Tilak Lane, sources said. The former Delhi Chief Minister is also expected to retain the Hanuman Road office in Central...
19:46
About 16 students fell sick after having a mid-day meal in a government basic school, in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand on Monday, official sources said. Some of the students started vomiting and complained of stomach ache after eating the mid-day meal, which was being served from...
19:42
Kingfisher Airlines today withdrew in Supreme Court its appeal against Karnataka High Court's verdict allowing consortium of banks led by SBI to take possession of its prestigious property Kingfisher House in Mumbai.As soon as the matter came for hearing before a bench headed by Justice J S...
18:48
Bangalore police commissioner Auradkar has been transferred with immediate effect and posted as Additional Director General of Police of Karnataka State Reserve Police, a government notification said.
18:44
The BJP has submitted four names from the Anglo-Indian community to the PMO for nomination as Lok Sabha members. There is a reservation for two Anglo-Indian MPs, who are nominated by the President. This list is likely to be submitted to the Rashtrapati Bhavan by the PMO by this weekend.
18:36
Hina Bhat, daughter of former National Conference legislator Muhammad Bhat joins BJP.
18:33
Dr Dinesh Trivedi, a former rail minister in the UPA government has a special guest at his New Delhi bungalow -- Sam Pitroda.Pitroda, the man who ushered in the telecom revolution in India, arrived from Chicago to Delhi on the summons of the Delhi High Court to despose in the National Herald case...
18:22
Dr Dinesh Trivedi has a special guest at his New Delhi bungalow.
18:04
And a head rolls. Bangalore police commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar who was appointed in April last year, has been transferred over the breakdown in law and order in the city, specially the rape of six-year-old in a school.
17:58
Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, arrested for his alleged involvement in various terror strikes across India, today claimed before a court in New Delhi that he is being treated worse than an animal in Tihar Jail and not provided proper food in the holy month of Ramzan....
17:51
The sizeable Indian contingent at the Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow, Scotland, has taken a liking to the residential facility in the East End area of the city -- the exception being having to put up with common bathrooms.The concerns arising over the outbreak of norovirus (stomach bug)...
17:26
The roller skating instructor arrested for the alleged rape of a six-year-old in an elite school in Bangalore had been sacked from his previous school, the police today said.Mustafa or Munna, 30, was arrested on Sunday. The police found videos of children being raped on his laptop...
17:11
AIADMK MPs on Monday silenced the Congress in both houses of Parliament over Justice Markandey Katju's remarks against the DMK. Dr Maitreyan raised the pitch asking why the Congress or the UPA had refrained from condemning the Tamil genocides in Sri Lanka. He said when Gulam Nabi Azad moved a...
16:33
ISI has been effective in fighting terror, says China's new Afghan envoy. Read
16:29
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikkar is upset with the Centre for appointing Margaret Alva as the governor of Goa. Reason is that as leader of Opposition Parrikar had made various corruption allegations against Alva in the State Assembly. But now he has been compelled to be present at...
16:22
45 yrs ago today: That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind: Neil Armstrong on the moon landing.
16:03
A senior journalist, two BJP leaders, one Akali leader and one RSS leader are in the PMO's list for probable postings as Indian ambassadors in Canada, UK, Norway, Australia and Singapore. The postings are likely to take place by the end of the year, as there are accreditation protocols involved....
15:36
Congress leader and former Maharashtra Industries minister on his resignation from the post: I am unhappy with the party, the Congress told me they would make me chief minister. I am tired of waiting for nine years.
15:18
There were mixed reactions from parties to Markandey Katju's charge that three ex-Chief Justices of India had compromised in giving extension and elevation to an additional judge of Madras High Court at UPA government's instance, with some including AIADMK demanding a probe while others...
14:44
Justice Markandey Katju has always been a colourful character, never one to mince his words, often raising valid issues for debate but at other times making highly controversial statements. Which is why his sensational allegation today that three former Chief Justices of India had made 'improper...
14:38
In the backdrop of NCP leader Narayan Rane quitting the Maharashtra cabinet, as well as Assam State's Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quitting the Congress, party MPs in Central Hall faced difficulties in answering questions about the sudden exodus.The humiliation was written...
14:30
Anurag Kashyap, our special correspondent in Guwahati tells us that Assam State's Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is the only one to quit from the Congress party. Earlier reports had indicated that 31 MLAs had quit along with him.
14:14
Reactions to Narayan Rane resigning from the Cabinet: Nawab Malik from the NCP says, For the last few days Narayan Rane was hinting at quitting from the cabinet, reasons as to why he quit can only be stated by him.
13:45
Sarma says he will not return in the ministry under CM Tarun Gogoi.
13:44
The political crisis in Assam further deepened when 32 Congress MLAs led by State's Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quit on Monday demanding the immediate ouster of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. According to reports, the rebel Congress MLAs tendered their resignation letter...
13:21
Rane had announced last week that he would quit as minister today but will remain in the Congress party. However, CM Prithviraj Chavan is yet to accept his resignation. Rane will hold a press conference at 3 pm.Rane, who had joined the Congress after he quit the Shiv Sena in 2005, had been at...
13:08
Narayan Rane to resign as Maharashtra's Industry minister.
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Just in: Assam's health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quits along with 31 other MLAs. ... and Narayan Rane to resign as Maharashtra's Industry minister.
12:56
Whatever he has said is true but I hope he would have spoken at the right time, says Ram Jethmalani on Markandey Katju.
12:53
The honeymoon has ended, what's there to comment? Gurudas Dasgupta on Congress-NC split.
12:52
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, currently Chairman of Press Council of India, today stirred a controversy by alleging that three ex-Chief Justices of India had compromised in giving extension to an additional judge of Madras High court at the instance of UPA government in the wake of...
12:23
The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Monday as AIADMK members raised the issue of corruption in judiciary. As soon as the upper house met, the AIADMK members were on their feet raising the issue.Chairman M Hamid Ansari first adjourned the house for 10 minutes and then till noon.An angry chairman said...
12:03
A Queensland man who died in the Malaysia Airlines tragedy joked about not returning from his European holiday.Before leaving Brisbane, retiree Howard Horder, 63, quipped that he was flying with Malaysia Airlines and only needed a one-way ticket, his brother says. It was a reference to the...
12:01
A 'train of the dead' sits in a dilapidated eastern Ukraine station, which is said to contain more than 150 bodies from the MH17 crash site. A delegation from the International monitoring body the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe arrived around midday local time to...
11:49
A paedophile skating instructor arrested on Sunday for the rape of a six-year-old girl in an east Bangalore school allegedly tried to abuse at least four other children in the past three years. There are also doubts if he was using photos of his victims for pornography. We have reliable...
11:37
A transparent and objective investigation must take place into shooting down of MH17. Russia is hitting back against allegations that it was involved in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday. Read more
11:33
The western media has been dismissive of the BRICS move to set up a bank, but such cynicism misses the larger picture ' the end of western hegemony and the rise of the multiplex world. Read
11:32
Amit Shah will start working for a big breakthrough' in Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Tamil Nadu once the next lot of Assembly elections ends, a source close to the new BJP president has told The Telegraph.Shah, architect of the BJP sweep in Uttar Pradesh in this year's general election, will be...
11:27
The media were agog when a secret' report of the Intelligence Bureau was leaked a few days after the swearing-in of the Narendra Modi-led government. It, particularly, pointed to Greenpeace, to the agitation against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (picture) and coal-based thermal power...
11:16
Since the last couple of days there has been some amount of panic among the team handling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit to New York and Washington, DC, reports an India Abroad correspondent. Some urgent messages and SOS were exchanged last weekend between the teams in New...
11:10
Even though independent media has not reported from Brazil on the first meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Rediff.com has been informed by a high level source that Modi found Xi a very sharp leader across the table....
11:09
The Congress is witnessing its first open rebellion since a debacle in the Lok Sabha polls. While the party central leadership has ruled out any change of guard in Assam under pressure, as many as 30 dissident party MLAs will meet the state's Governor to express no confidence in the Tarun Gogoi...
10:29
The home ministry will initiate a probe into the death of 30-year-old Manipuri man. The attack seems pre-planned, says MoS Home Kiren Rijiju. Shaloni picked up an argument with four men who allegedly assaulted him. He was rushed to AIIMS Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
10:23
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal reaches Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's residence to meet him. The former Delhi CM will once again try to convince Jung to dissolve the assembly immediately and order fresh elections. Senior party member and Patparganj MLA Manish Sisodia told the...
10:15
The Bangalore police yesterday arrested a school's skating instructor in connection with a six-year-old girl's rape case. Police said that a laptop seized from the accused also contained child pornography and videos of school children being raped. Mustafa or Munna, 30, had been training...
10:08
United States President Barack Obama has dispatched his Secretary of State John Kerry to Cairo to meet with Egyptian and other officials on the volatile situation in the Gaza Strip and seek an immediate cessation of hostilities. The announcement was made by Obama when he spoke...
09:43
An expenditure of at least Rs. 17.60 lakh was incurred on the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan, an Right To Information reply has found.The reply provided by the President's secretariat said approximate cost incurred on the...
09:21
Hamas claimed it captured an Israeli soldier yesterday on the deadliest day yet in the battle between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, reports CNN. Ron Prosor, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, denied the report. There's no kidnapped Israeli soldier, and those rumors are untrue, he...
08:58
Northeast students allege that Manipuri youth, identified as Shaloni, was returning from work when he picked up an argument with four men who allegedly assaulted him, reports CNN-IBN. The incident occurred in the Kotla Mubarakpur area. He was taken to AIIMS where he succumbed to injuries. The...
08:53
Four Indian tailors working in Gaza for the last two years have been evacuated unharmed with the help of the Representative Office of India in Ramallah, a top UN official said. The four, Abdur Rehman from Lucknow, Anwar Hussein belonging to Mumbai, Kamil hailing from Badam Ganj...
08:39
A 30-year-old man from Manipur was allegedly beaten to death in Delhi last night.The incident took place in South Delhi's Kotla area.More details are awaited.Image: A protest by students from the northeast
08:28
219 bodies retrieved from MH17 crash site'Russia gave rebels missile to shoot down plane'Bangalore rape: School's skating instructor arrestedPHOTOS: Inside the sunken Costa ConcordiaConfusion prevails as Congress-NC alliance endsBadaun rape: Exhumation not likely, as river submerges gravesI only...
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