23:03
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was an al Qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attack, was convicted today on charges of conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists.Abu Ghaith, 48, was found guilty by a federal jury here after a three week trial...
22:44
Himayat Baig, convicted in Pune's German Bakery blast case, is going to contest from Aurangabad Loksabha constituency, a local political outfit said here. Advocate Rahul Makre of the Bahujan Mukti Party made the announcement here today.Makre alleged that Baig had been given a clean chit by the...
22:06
In a bid to put up a strong fight in Rae Bareli, BJP is considering pitting its firebrand Hindutva leader Uma Bharti against Sonia Gandhi. Top party sources confirmed that the party is seriously considering a proposal to shift Uma Bharti from Jhansi to Rae Bareli in Uttar...
20:36
Union Minister Kamal Nath owns assets worth over Rs 187 crore and has declared four social media accounts in his affidavit filed before the Returning Officer in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. Nath, who has been a Member of Parliament since...
19:31
DMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi has said that his party is ready to forgive the Congress and enter into a post-poll alliance with the latter in case they approach them, for the sake of a secular government at the Centre. The DMK was an active part of both UPA I...
19:10
Finally, the BJP is reaching out to patriarch Jaswant Singh. Party president Rajnath Singh says Jaswant is a senior leader and those who did not get a ticket can be accommodated when the party comes to power. I hope Jaswant withdraws his candidature, he says. @MumbaiElections
19:09
Don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari announces that he will battle Narendra Modi in Varanasi. Ansari is presently in jail. He will contest on a Kaumi Ekta Dal ticket.
19:00
Maharashtra unit Samajwadi Party president Abu Asim Azmi's son Farhan will take on Congress MP Priya Dutt from Mumbai North Central seat while Bollywood actor Kamal Khan will lock horns with Congress veteran Gurudas Kamat in Mumbai North West in upcoming polls. The SP today announced a list of 22...
18:50
Whether you like Rakhi Sawant (we'll skip the intro) or otherwise, this picture at a press meet to announce her candidature from Mumbai (North West) scores high on the cute stakes for us. The Mumbai North West seat is already witnessing a high-profile contest with Congress veteran Gurudas Kamat...
18:44
Where the Congress did score on, at an otherwise lackluster presser was the lunch -- a huge variety and very tasty -- our sources tell us. Sonia and Rahul left barely 10 minutes after the meet, but other senior leaders collared the press for feedback on BJP prospects and the number of seats they...
18:23
@sgurumurthy How is Mallya free subrata is in jail? Becos Mallya did not write to Abdul Kalam not to allow Sonia to be PM, Subrata did in 2004.
18:21
As for defence minister AK Antony and Rahul Gandhi, they did not have to work hard to disappoint. Antony did not have the Hindi version of the Congress Election Manifesto, which was obvious for all to see when the other leaders -- Sonia, Rahul, the PM, posed for a group photograph holding both...
18:04
You may know that the Congress party released its 2014 poll manifesto today, what you don't know is the gossip. Ajay Maken, chairman of the AICC media bungled his way through the press conference and did not give an opportunity to Hindi TV channels to quiz the Congress leaders. Only six...
17:29
Amul's tribute to the courage of the two women gang-raped at Shakti Mills, Mumbai
17:28
Omar Abdullah '@abdullah_omar The ease with which NaMo lied today about me flying over his rally in Jammu makes me wonder what else the man lies about in his speeches. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hit-out at Narendra Modi, saying the BJP Prime Ministerial...
17:24
'People respect Sharad Pawar and his contribution, but now it is Ajit Pawar who is associated with Baramati. And he has done nothing for it,' retired IPS officer and AAP candidate Suresh Khopade tells Rediff.com's Jyoti Punwani. Read#KejriwalinVaranasi @ArvindKejriwal@RediffElections
17:22
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today condemned the ink attack on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi and said it could be the handiwork of fascist BJP. At the same time, he hit out at Kejriwal, calling him a nautankiwala who can only speak nonsense without backing it with any evidence.I...
17:15
Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar calls for IPL 2014 to be suspended till it is cleaned up. Lashing out at his successor N Srinivasan, Manohar said he must step down to ensure a free and fair probe in the spot-fixing allegations. He said all IPL games must be investigated since the public...
16:59
Item girl Rakhi Sawant has said she will either get a BJP ticket or contest independently in the Lok Sabha election. She may also launch a party with a green chilly as its symbol. Down boys!
16:54
In April and May, nearly 814 million voters will make their way to polling booths across the country to cast their votes in the largest democratic elections in the world.These are the key states to watch. Read
16:31
Election Commission to decide on issue of new bank licences on Monday: Election Commissioner H S Brahma.
16:27
Place your bets, people, will Modi take up the challenge? Arvind Kejriwal '@ArvindKejriwal: Modi ji muddon ki baat kyon nahi karte? Muddon ki rajniti kyon nahi karte? Why does he consistently avoid all invites for open debates?Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar: I dare NaMo to make...
16:23
NCP chief Sharad Pawar has apologised to the Election Commission for his ink remark. He said he deeply regretted the confusion and misunderstanding caused by the ink remark and requests the issue to be treated as closed.The EC had said that Pawar had prima facie violated the Model Code of Conduct...
16:17
Alright, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who married in 2003, issue an announcement that they would be parting ways, following months of rumours about their marriage. Read
16:05
How Salman Khurshid is beating the election heat. Read
15:40
Update on the missing MH370 plane. Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency has received new satellite images from France that were taken on March 23. The images showed 122 potential objects in one area of the ocean. Some of the objects were as much as 23 meters in length. Some appeared bright, possibly...
15:35
Meanwhile, AAP tweets on a Nobel Prize nominee who is the party's candidate from Jhanjharpur, Bihar. Read#KejriwalinVaranasi @ArvindKejriwal@RediffElections
15:32
It might have taken several years, but the intelligence and security agencies in several states recently tracked down and arrested dreaded terrorists involved in creating havoc in the country.It began with the arrest of Zabbiuddin Ansari, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, then came...
15:23
RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav and wife reacted bitterly to Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav's announcement to challenge Rabri Devi as an Independent in Saran even as the BJP today rubbished propping him up for political gains. We do not bother who is fighting from where, Lalu told reporters...
15:19
By all accounts, India's poor mostly in rural areas, can look back to a 10-year period when their lot clearly improved, says Subir Roy on Rediff.com. Read
15:08
@AamAadmiParty Narendra Modi fields Yedyurappa. Rahul Gandhi fields Ashok Chavan. The similarities are endless.
14:55
Away from the all-consuming polls, this is what happened at a Danish zoo.The zoo that put down a healthy giraffe before skinning it in public has now killed two lions and their two cubs. Copenhagen zoo sparked international outrage last month when it shot 18-month-old Marius and fed him to lions...
14:52
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hit-out at Narendra Modi, saying the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate plays fast and loose with the truth and his rally in the state is being blissfully ignored by him. NaMo certainly plays fast & loose with the truth. He quotes me &...
14:45
An overwhelming number of people who have responded to an online poll in a popular cricket website want embattled BCCI president N Srinivasan to resign from his post after the Supreme Court asked him to quit yesterday. According to the online response in 'Cricinfo' to a question whether...
14:35
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw '@kiranshaw Unconvincing Congress manifesto- UPA2 had every opportunity to do all it has expounded in manifesto but failed -questionable credibility!Siddharth '@svaradarajan Congress pledge to have envoy on black money is silly. Most black money is recycled into...
14:30
Yesterday, the Sahara Group, submitted a fresh proposal in the Supreme Court to repay its bond investors, while pleading for the release of Subrata Roy, the group chief who has been held in Delhi's Tihar jail since March 4. Sahara has promised to pay Rs 20,000 crore in tranches by March...
14:19
The Supreme Court grants Sahara chief Subrata Roy bail for Rs 10,000 crore.
14:18
ashish khetan '@AshishKhetanAAP: Today at 2 pm, Ashish Khetan will expose Congress-Builder nexus -- Is there a connection between Ajay Maken and Raheja Developers Pvt. Ltd??Khetan, filed his nomination as an AAP candidate last week, from the New Delhi constituency.
14:15
The full text of the Congress party's 2014 poll manifesto. Read
14:14
Ashok Chavan has not been barred from contesting polls and the decision was taken by a poll panel, Sonia says in support of the Adarsh scam-tainted former Maharashtra CM's candidature.
14:05
Rahul's chorus: 'India Shining' was a brilliant campaign but the BJP did not win. Just like the balloon of India Shining, this BJP campaign will also burst. We will repeat the 2009 performance.#MyCongressManifesto Latest election updates on Twitter: @RediffElections
14:01
@AamAadmiParty: Jab bhi election kareeb aate hein congress ko 'garib' yaad aate hein aur BJP ko 'kashmir'
13:58
Takeaway quotes:Sonia Gandhi: I don't trust opinion polls and I'm sure that the party will do well and win. We will definitely put up a strong candidate in Varanasi against Modi. PM: In a developing economy graft cannot be wished away Rahul: Modi's ideology is to make people fight amongst...
13:45
Sonia, Rahul, the PM and co release rise in unison and open the manifesto. Except the PM, everyone, including Ajay Maken, Janardan Dwivedi and AK Antony have broad smiles on their faces. The Congress slogan is called Your Voice, Our pledge.
13:41
Sonia says the Congress runs an AAM admi government. The UPA has ensured development for the poor and the backward classes. The 2014 elections are about good policies and governance. #MyCongressManifesto Latest election updates on Twitter: @RediffElections
13:39
The PM says the discussion about who is good at guaranteeing development. Development has many models, one is the Gujarat model. But the Congress model recognises there is a need for expanding economy to provide lasting solution to poverty. That growth by itself is not sufficient for inclusive...
13:26
PM Manmohan Singh speaking now as the party releases its poll manifesto.
13:25
Janardhan Dwivedi and Ajay Maken are also at the press meet. Rahul Gandhi speaking now. He says the manifesto has been a result of five months of preparations. We decided to go to the people for the first time, says Rahul. Read: Rahul Gandhi's 'fishy' business in MumbaiLatest election...
13:18
The Congress is expected to fall back upon left-of-centre politics focusing on welfare measures after pursuing a policy of economic liberalisation under Manmohan Singh for 10 years. Widening the ambit of rights-based legislations to include healthcare and employment will be the crux of...
13:15
The Congress set to release its poll manifesto. PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, AK Antony at the meet. Latest election updates on Twitter: @RediffElections @Arvind
12:54
Poll updates: Narendra Modi targets Arvind Kejriwal for the first time in a rally. Calling him AK 49 (Arvind Kejriwal, 49 for the number of days as Delhi CM), Modi says, In Pakistan there are three AKs who are admired... AK 47, AK Antony & AK49... AK 49 has launched a poll campaign. On...
12:39
Back in Hiranagar, in J-K, Modi says, I was in Vidharba (Maharashtra) a few days ago and every single village is hit by cases of farmer suicides. Lal Bahadur Shastri had said 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' but the Congress preaches 'Mar Jawan Mar Kisan' these days.Latest election updates on Twitter:...
12:32
The Supreme Court has strongly suggested that N Srinivasan should step down as BCCI president to ensure a fair investigation of the IPL betting and fixing scam, but the man simply refuses to step down. Read
12:28
Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Hiranagar, Jammu. He says the party will bring development to the state. There is only one party left for the people of this country who want to see development, is the BJP. I want India to triumph over poor governance. Change is in the air in J&K. If Omar...
12:24
Even as the Indian stock markets have been setting new records, the conviction among investors, analysts and the people at large that the rally is driven almost entirely by political factors is growing by the day. Pre-election rallies have not been uncommon in India. Before every previous...
11:59
The SC expresses displeasure over real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted in Uphaar fire case, leaving the country without its permission. More on that in a bit.
11:56
One city in India figures in a list of 10 of the world's riskiest cities when it comes to natural disasters. For the insurance industry it seems an ever-more urgent question, so last year one reinsurance company set out to assess 616 cities around the world for their risk of earthquake,...
11:49
Less than a five-minute drive from the Ashoka Road headquarters of BJP, where the old guard is losing ground to the new, Atal Bihari Vajpayee sits quietly in a wheelchair in his SPG-guarded Krishna Menon Marg bungalow watching snatches of television and reading newspaper headlines. Read
11:45
The question in this general election is whether Hindutva will triumph over caste. There are at least three factors clearly nudging politics towards Hindu consolidation. Read the opinion piece on the Hindu. That's the cartoon on the Hindu today...
11:36
The Supreme Court has turned down the plea for an CBI or SIT investigation into the Muzaffarnagar communal violence. We prima facie hold the state government responsible for negligence in preventing communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas, the court said. The SC directed the UP...
11:29
'AAP's real value must be measured not by the number of Lok Sabha seats it wins in the election -- which may not exceed 10 or 15 -- and not even by the number of votes it takes from the BJP, but by its ability to deflate Modi's superhuman '56-inch chest' image and the charisma so assiduously...
11:17
DMK chief M Karunanidhi's son, M K Alagiri is now humming a very different tune. Alagiri, who was expelled from the DMK yesterday for indiscipline, says he won't contest the polls. He also said he does not care whether brother Stalin becomes DMK president and added that he did not invite MDMK...
11:15
Meanwhile, Lata Mangeshkar, who we presume needs no introduction, tweeted yesterday to quell rumours that she had suffered a heart attack.Namaskar. Meri tabiyat ke baare mein afwaayein phail rahi hai. Par aap sab ka pyar aur duaaien hain ke meri tabiyat bilkul thik hai (There are rumours...
10:58
After deciding to take on Narendra Modi in Varanasi, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal will today go on a road show in the constituency especially villages to woo rural voters. Varanasi has five constituencies of which three - Varanasi North, South and Cantonment Assembly segments are largely urban and...
10:47
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has defended his state government's land acquisition policy after it came under sharp attack from Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal.Kejriwal had alleged that the Gujarat government forcibly took land from farmers without awarding them adequate...
10:38
Top Indian Mujahideen operative Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu has been remanded in police custody till April 2 by a Delhi court. Read more about his arrest here
10:09
The Congress is expected to fall back on left-of-centre policies focusing on welfare measures and widening the ambit of rights-based legislations to include healthcare and employment in the party's manifesto, which will be released today.The crux of the document, to be released by party President...
10:08
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh is reportedly being questioned by the CBI over corruption charges. Singh and his family members have been plagued with several corruption allegations. BJP leader Arun Jaitley had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,...
10:03
The rupee strengthened by 24 paise to touch a seven-month high of 60.24 against the US dollar in early trade today on continued selling of the American currency by exporters amid sustained foreign capital inflows. Early gains in domestic equity markets, which climbed to a new record high...
09:49
Sensex hit a lifetime high on Wednesday morning, reaching 22.162.52 in opening trade.Nifty, meanwhile, breached the 6,600 mark.
09:18
The fresh trial in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan will begin today.Although the prosecution has given a list of 64 witnesses, it would not examine all of them, said Public Prosecutor Jagannath Kenjalkar.Salman has been accused of running over his Toyota Land Cruiser on a...
09:12
Openly defying all warnings by the West, North Korea has test-fired two ballistic missiles today, after launching a host of short-range missiles and rockets in the last few days.The missile tests coincide with a summit being hosted by US President Barack Obama, between Japan and South Korea, to...
09:08
A key Congressional committee passed a legislation of new financial assistance to Ukraine, by reducing a small portion of US aid given to Pakistan under the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill. The $10 million taken from the annual $1.5 billion to Pakistan would...
09:07
Aspirants for the much coveted H-1B visa could start submitting their applications from April 1, a federal US agency has announced. As in the previous years, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services can issue a maximum of 65,000 H-1B visas, which...
09:06
Australian authorities today resumed the search operation for the wreckage of the crashed Malaysian jetliner from the West Australian coast. The search led by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority was suspended on Tuesday due to heavy rain, rough...
01:50
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today accused NPP candidate and former chief minister P A Sangma of being an agent of BJP and contesting Lok Sabha elections to propagate the message of RSS.Launching a frontal attack against the National People's Party chief during his three district...
00:28
Noted Marathi film critic, writer and journalist Sanjay Kulkarni passed away in Pune today following a brief illness.He was 64 and is survived by a son. Known for his lucid style, Kulkarni endeared himself to the readers with his analytical articles on Marathi and Hindi films and artistes.He had...
00:23
Soon after Congress replaced its candidate from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat Narendra Rawat with party's general secretary Madhusudan Mistry against Narendra Modi, BJP today accused the ruling party of dishonouring Dalits and killing intra-party democracy.BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said, It...
00:03
'Our aim is to give a devastating blow to both Modi and Rahul'When Varanasi transformed 'atheist' KejriwalRelatives accuse Malaysia of deception over missing jetKejriwal announces decision to take on Modi in VaranasiEC slaps notice against Ramdev for model code violationWhy did Karunanidhi sack...
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