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Doku Umarov, the Chechin terrorist dubbed Russia's Osama Bin Laden, has reportedly been killed in the North Caucasus, according to the Kavkaz Center, a website for Islamists fighting in the North Caucasus. There have been several reports of Umarov's demise, but not from a pro-Chechin site...
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The Russian action to annex the Ukrainian region of Crimea is a threat to global peace, the US said today, warning Moscow that there would be consequences to such a move in violation of the international norms. We condemn Russia's moves to formally annex the Crimean region of Ukraine. Such...
22:52
Gujarat unit of Congress today lodged a complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner against BJP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Narendra Modi aide Amit Shah for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct, a party leader said. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee legal convener Nikunj...
22:51
India's Ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar today welcomed the move by over 100 members of Congress asking Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel to allow Sikhs to serve in the American armed forces. The Congressional initiative is an important step towards upholding the cultural rights of the Sikh...
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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal's Varanasi rally has been postponed by two days to March 25 after the district administration denied permission for it in view of the Legislative Council polls.The rally scheduled for March 23 has been cancelled due to the Legislative Council elections on the...
21:28
Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi was tonight denied ticket by Congress which fielded young leader Vishwajeet Kadam in his place as it released the third list of 58 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls naming several Union ministers and senior leaders.Former Team India captain Mohd Azharuddin, who is a...
21:04
United Democratic Party working president Paul Lyngdoh today filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after having secured the support of one regional party and despite the reluctance of two other outfits to back his electoral bid.Lyngdoh has the support of National People's Party in...
20:18
Sandeep Dikshit gets the East Delhi ticket.
20:14
Sachin Pilot will contest from Ajmer in Rajasthan.
20:14
Cong fields Vishwajeet Kadam from Pune. The seat was represented by Suresh Kalmadi, accused in Commonwealth Games scam.
20:08
Ajit Jogi to contest from Mahasamund in Chhattisgar.Cricketer-turned-politician Mohd Azharuddin fielded from Tonk Sawa Madhopur in Rajasthan. He was MP from Moradabad in UP.
20:06
The Congress has announced its third list of candidates fopr the Lok sabha polls.Here is a list of candidates according to media reports:V narayanswamy: Bangalore NorthKapil Sibal: Chandani Chowk, DelhiRao Dharampal from GurgaonNo ticket has been given to Suresh KalmadiMore details are awaited
19:58
The BJP has named former army chief V K Singh as its candidate from the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat.
19:56
The Election Commission today warned internet companies against misuse of the popular platform by political parties during election campaign.In a letter to Internet and Mobile Association of India and Chief Grievance Officers of all major social networking sites, the poll body has also asked the...
19:05
The March 16 referendum on whether the southeastern Ukrainian province of Crimea should unite with Russia or have greater autonomy within Ukraine has presented the United States and the European Union with their most severe political test in decades. Read more
19:03
Union minister Shashi Tharoor today filed his nomination as a Congress candidate from the Lok Sabha seat in Thiruvananthapuram. The seat is likely to witness a three-cornered fight among sitting MP Tharoor, CPI's Bennet Abraham and O Rajagopal of BJP. Abraham, the LDF candidate, is yet to file...
18:44
US Vice-President Biden says Russia action on Crimea nothing more than a land grab and blatant violation of law. Putin, speaking to a joint session of Parliament in Moscow, also stressed the historical and cultural ties between Russia and Crimea, and said Crimea is an inalienable part of...
18:33
And here's what's happening in the netherworld:Supermodel Tyra Banks tweets: Running late to a meeting. Why? Because I couldn't get my damn winged eyeliner straight!
18:15
A section of the confidential Henderson Brooks report that critically reviewed India's defence preparedness and strategies during the 1962 war with China has been released online by Australian journalist Neville Maxwell.While the report may not contain significantly new revelations about the...
17:52
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty on Tuesday on bringing the Crimea region into Russia, shortly after delivering a speech before the parliament in which he said that Crimea was and is an integral part of Russia. Putin and leaders of Crimea and Sevastopol signed an agreement making...
17:51
Russia and Crimea sign treaty on the region joining Russia after President Putin staunchly defends Moscow's actions. President Putin has told a special session of Russia's parliament that in people's heart of hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia.
17:41
Residents of the remote Maldives island of Kuda Huvadhoo in Dhaal Atoll have reported seeing a low flying jumbo jet on the morning of the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Read
17:23
President Putin has told a special session of Russia's parliament that in people's heart of hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia. Putin is speaking at the Kremlin, where he is urging MPs to back Crimea's attempt to split from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation.Crimean officials say...
17:04
Anti-corruption activist-turned-politician, Arvind Kejriwal, made his most audacious political move yet Sunday by suggesting he would contest national elections against the man who has consistently emerged in opinion polls as the most popular candidate to become India's next prime minister....
17:00
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to contest from two places in UP -- Azamgarh and Mainpuri. The issue was discussed at a recent meeting of senior leaders in Lucknow. That Azamgarh was an important district for SP can be gauged from the fact that the party had launched its...
16:58
Union Minister Dr Sudharshan Nachiappan has written to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi expressing his desire to contest from the Sivagana parliamentary constituency. In his letter, he has assured the Congress President that he will win the seat. In fact, it was Nachiappan who defeated P Chidambaram in...
16:43
Kirron Kher tweets: Time I get on Twitter & make direct connection with all of U! I'm the BJP candidate from Chandigarh! Need all ur support & best wishes! :-)
16:41
And Zakia Jafri battles on... The 75-year-old widow of Ehsan Jafri moves the Gujarat HC against a lower court order accepting the SIT's clean chit given to Narendra Modi, others in 2002 Gulbarg Society riot case. On February 28, 2002, Ehsan Jafri, a former Congress MP, was attacked by a mob at...
16:16
Former SP leader Jaya Prada, who recently joined Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal will be contesting from Bijnore. An RLD says that Jaya Prada is closer to Ajit Singh than Amar Singh. In Bijnore, we are told, many of Jaya Prada's old Hindi films are now being screened in theatres and also on the...
16:06
Long-term girlfriend of Rolling Stones frontman, 'found hanged' by her assistant in a Manhattan apartment, was millions of pounds in debt. Read
16:02
The Aam Admi party today announced its choice for Rajasthan's Chittorgarh Lok Sabha seat while declaring 7th list of its candidates for the upcoming polls. Dr Narendra Guptal, who runs an NGO and works for tribal welfare, will represent the party from the Chittorgarh seat. His name figured in the...
16:00
Rahul Gandhi today alleged that BJP's divisive policy was responsible for spoiling the country's secular fabric and incidents of hate crime, while stressing that Congress' ideology was to unite the people irrespective of caste, creed and religion.The opposition wants to divide the people on...
15:50
AAP candidate from northwest Delhi Mahendra Kumar returns his LS ticket to party, say reports.
15:49
Kirron tried to downplay the protest against her by a section of BJP workers. Seeking to reach out to those who were protesting her candidature on the grounds that she was an 'outsider', Kirron told reporters that she had her roots in Chandigarh and also had connection with neighbouring Himachal...
15:47
As actor Kirron Kher arrived in Chandigarh today to begin campaigning as the BJP's candidate, protesters waved black flags and shouted slogans to signal their disapproval. Her husband, actor, Anupam Kher had to dodge eggs.The protests were not sponsored by her rivals, model and actor Gul Panag...
14:55
A BJP state parliamentary board meeting being held now wants LK Advani to contest from Gandhinagar, Narendra Modi from Surat or Ahmedabad (East). A five-time MP from Gandhinagar, Advani was earlier offered a Rajya Sabha seat by his party but declined to enter the house of elders, choosing to...
14:28
The Congress is expected to announce its third list of candidates today.
14:28
The BJP on Saturday announced that its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Way back in May 2012, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was likely to contest the next...
14:19
The March 16 referendum on whether the southeastern Ukrainian province of Crimea should unite with Russia or have greater autonomy within Ukraine has presented the United States and the European Union with their most severe political test in decades. Read
14:05
Narendra Modi has a once in a lifetime chance to change and take the RSS-BJP-VHP to a new level. Varanasi is the right place to turn the page on saffron history. By surrendering to the spirit of mystical Varanasi, Modi and his party can change the trajectory of their political journey....
14:03
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved the Madras high court seeking Rs 100 crore as damages from the private television network Zee.On Tuesday, Dhoni also won an interim order from the court, restraining the Zee group from telecasting interviews or news pertaining to certain match-fixing...
14:00
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Wardha city on March 20 and hold a 'Chai Pe Charcha' with villagers in Yavatmal where the recent untimely rains and hailstorm have damaged crops. Modi will be arriving in Wardha on March 20 to address his first...
13:34
A blue bungalow in Bandra that retains its old glory as others lose theirs. Read
13:26
There's been a minor accident during Arun Jaitley's roadshow in Amritsar, when balloons caught fire when crackers were being burst. In this picture, tweeted by ANI, party workers apply a cold compress to Jaitley. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the party's 50-year-old MP from here, who has evicted to make...
13:19
Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and four-time MP today filed his nomination papers for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, polling for which will be held on April 10. Bansal is pitted against three prominent women candidates in Chandigarh-- former Miss India and AAP candidate Gul Panag,...
13:18
The Aam Aadmi Party's US chapter has launched a unique online platform that it expects to be a game changer in the upcoming general elections by tapping into popular support from inside and outside India. Today we are using technology to tap into support base and further extend it to leverage...
12:48
The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry into audio tapes between Gujarat ministers and officials purportedly trying to derail the Ishrat Jahan case. The meeting was attended by Narendra Modi's personal secreteray GC Murmu who is now being questioned and was held a day before the SIT was to...
12:42
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addresses a rally in Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. He has credited north-east women for the work progress in the state. He said India should get inspired by the way the north-east treats its women.
12:39
A suicide bomber detonates explosives-packed rickshaw at a market in northern Afghanistan, killing 15 people. Details awaited.
12:33
Arvind Kejriwal's hurried resignation as chief minister of Delhi confused the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) grassroots workers in Uttar Pradesh. It created an impression that he and his colleagues ran away from governance. The reasons cited by them might have been insufficient numbers, inability to...
12:20
Former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's son Pervez Ahmed will contest as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency in Assam. Ahmed's name figured in the fourth list of nine TMC nominees released today, including seven from Assam, one each.
12:14
Here's the 7th list AAP candidates. Read
12:13
The Aam Admi Party releases its seventh list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Prominent among the list, which features 26 candidates, is anti-Kudankulam activist SP Udayakumar, who will battle it out in Kanyakumari. Read: 'If they arrest me, they will make me a martyr and a winner'
12:04
The Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, has drawn support and admiration from many prominent individuals: intellectuals like Lord Meghnad Desai and Amartya Sen, bureaucrats and diplomats, military generals, people from media and Bollywood celebrities. They publicly endorsed the AAP and a few joined...
12:01
An Italian court has barred India from encashing bank guarantees worth over Rs 2,360 crore of AgustaWestland as part of the penalties imposed on it after scrapping of the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.India has decided to file an appeal against the decision of the Italian court, a Defence...
11:57
Is the blind implementation of social welfare schemes the only approach of governance in rural India, especially in Maoist-affected areas? A small village in Chhattisgarh provides a viable alternative. Read
11:53
For Tintin fans mystery of missing Malyasian jet is eerily familiar. Read
11:50
At the beginning of the year 2001, no one could predict or imagine what was coming with the 9/11 attacks and everything that followed. American intelligence got some information, but no one really trusted that information. We could be in the same situation right now. Who can say what will...
11:43
MH370: Free conspiracies are for sale, with cautious restraint that propels the absence of truth. But you're still obsessed, aren't you? Read
11:36
Union Minister of State for IT and Communications Milind Deora will be taking on Shiv Sena, MNS and AAP candidates as he tries to win the South Mumbai seat for the third time in next month's Lok Sabha elections. Deora had won the seat for the second time in 2009, in a three-cornered fight with...
11:31
India has changed since my youth. There were three classes then: the rich, the poor and the middle class. The rich were generally maharajahs, zemindars and industrialists. They had palaces in Bundernagore and bungalows in Bulleypore. They could be identified by their cars. The poor, who cooked...
11:27
I must confess, Pakistan, that when I first set eyes on you, I blamed you for the destruction. As much as Rushdie could not forgive Karachi for not being Bombay, I could not forgive you, Pakistan, for not being India. My biases were legion: I grew up in India, with an Indian mother. My father was...
11:23
Going by the increasing number of companies queuing up at the doors of the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) cell, the strain on banks' balance sheets doesn't seem to be easing. Read
11:18
In other news: Varanasi has become the centrepiece of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi being challenged by Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal. A parliamentary constituency with a chequered past, Varanasi has become increasingly safronised over the...
11:11
Possible plot investigated after Al-Qaeda supergrass told court that four or five Malaysian men planned a passenger airliner hijack. Read
11:00
In other news: With just two months to sign off from power, the UPA government led by prime minister Manmohan Singh is set to unveil a draft of national security doctrine for public debate. Read
10:55
Sherlock Swamy solves MH370 case: Subramanian Swamy: Based on my world wide sources,it appears that MSA 340 was hijacked,went over India to some remote Al-Qaeda type area, and then waiting for?
10:55
When hijackers took control of four airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001, and sent them hurtling low across the countryside toward New York and Washington, frantic passengers and flight attendants turned on their cellphones and began making calls to loved ones, airline managers and the...
10:19
Indian stock markets hit fresh record high tracking positive global cues and continued strong buying by foreign investors. The BSE Sensex rose as much as 1.1 per cent to an all-time high of 22,040.72 points, surpassing its previous record of 22,023.98 hit on March 10. The broader Nifty gained as...
10:16
Fashion desinger L'Wren Scott, who was dating Mick Jagger, was found dead in her Manhattan apartment from an apparent suicide. The 49-year-old designer was found hanging from a balcony door handle by her assistant, Brittany Penebre around 10 am yesterday. Penebre called 911 and Scott was...
09:19
NDTV reports: Goldman Sachs has upgraded India to overweight ahead of make-or-break elections in which business friendly BJP-led NDA is expected to win more seats than other combinations.Goldman, which expects domestic fundamentals to improve, said elections may be an important domestic catalyst...
09:00
The Independent reports: The missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 may have been deliberately flown under the radar to Taliban-controlled bases on the border of Afghanistan, it has emerged. Authorities said that the final message sent from the cockpit came after one of the jet's...
08:49
India and China held their third round of the strategic economic dialogue in Beijing today focusing on collaboration in a number of areas, including railways and Information Technology. The Indian side at the talks is headed by deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh...
08:44
The Mumbai police arrested four men yesterday for allegedly molesting a woman journalist working with a news channel and assaulting a cameraman who was accompanying her. We have arrested four persons, while about 30 to 40 others are wanted, a police officer said. The incident happened in suburban...
08:40
Crimea votes to split from UkraineI welcome Modi becoming prime minister: AlagiriWill Pawan Kalyan alter political equations in Andhra?MH370 and three worrying 'ifs'Karunanidhi under grip of betrayers, alleges AlagiriYesterday's live commentary link
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