22:54
Was the sound of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 striking the water captured by ocean devices used to listen for signs of nuclear blasts?It's a long shot, but an Australian university is studying records from underwater listening devices in an effort to help find the missing plane.One signal has...
22:21
Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North...
22:19
Tired of dragging your luggage through busy airports? Take a ride on your suitcase and honk your way through!A Chinese inventor has developed a battery-powered scooter with a suitcase which not only helps in transporting his belongings but also himself.Amateur inventor He Liangcai from Hunan...
21:30
Primary school students of Gujarat will learn leadership lessons from the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, since the state government has decided to include it in the syllabus from next year.We have decided to include all important chapters of Modi's life into the syllabus of primary...
21:15
An Indian engineer in the US has admitted to stealing trade secrets from two medical technology companies, media reported Thursday. Ketankumar Maniar, 37, an Indian national, was arrested during a search operation by the FBI agents in June 20, 2013. A hard drive containing trade secrets of...
20:54
Rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter today amid heavy fighting around Slovyansk, killing at least 12 soldiers including a general, officials said. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told the parliament in Kiev that rebels used a portable air defence missile...
20:28
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday left for a week-long visit to New Delhi during which he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other central ministers. I have sought an appointment to meet the PM. I will also meet some other central ministers and discuss matters about...
19:12
Reliance India Ltd approves funding of up to Rs 4,000 crore to Independent Media Trust for the acquisition of Network 18 Media & TV18. Read more
19:06
In a move that could cause problems, the Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathiraju has decided to rename the Rajiv Gandhi International airport after N T Rama Rao. This demand was first made by Chandrababu Naidu and his party leader Gajapathiraju who is the civil aviation minister has said that...
18:39
The first meeting of the Special Investigation Team on black money will be held on June 4.
18:38
Update on the Imphal blast: Number of persons killed in the blast has gone up to two. Six people were also injured in the bomb blast near a market area in Imphal this evening, police said. The bomb planted by militants near Shingjamei, a market place, went off at around 5.30 pm.
18:34
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Thursday conveyed his government's desire to establish robust partnership with the new government during a call to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, who expressed keenness to work closely to deal with any outstanding issues. The call by Li, the first...
18:27
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan met the Prime Minister in South Block today. Dhowan took over as chief of the Indian Navy on April 17, nearly two months after D K Joshi quit the post in the wake of a series of mishaps.
18:18
Bomb blast near Assam Rifles office in Imphal; one killed, eight injured, say early reports. The blast is believed to have taken place at a market around 5:10 pm.
18:04
Immigration has become a prison of cliche in Europe. Read Hanif Kureshi's piece for the Guardian.
17:50
The Cabinet expansion is likely to take place after June 15, before the Budget session of Parliament. That is when the new defence minister will be appointed. NDA allies will also get berths. The size of the council of ministers will therefore go up from the existing 46. The budget session of...
17:50
Piece de resistance from Fox News.
17:25
Syed Akbaruddin @MEAIndia: Day long Telephone diplomacy' - @SushmaSwaraj receives congratulatory calls from Australia, Canada, Israel, UAE, UK, USA, S.Africa.
17:23
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha on Wednesday. It's the first high-level contact from the centre, from a ministerial level, no less. This is a marked difference from the UPA regime, where no Union Minister spoke to Jayalalithaa, and especially not former finance...
17:16
I will represent Varanasi in the Lok Sabha and I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Ma and work for Varanasi's development: PM
17:05
Resigned from Vadodara LS seat. Due to people's affection got elected by historic margin. Will always remain grateful to people of Vadodara.I assure people of Vadodara I will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that Vadodara's development scales newer heights in the years to come.-- Modi on...
16:59
150 Indian fishermen released from jails in Pakistan today arrived at Ahmedabad's Kalupur railway station. The state government had made arrangements for the fishermen to travel from the Wagah border to the coastal town of Veralal. The family of each fisherman is paid Rs 150 per day from the date...
16:30
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India on June 8th, will meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and PM Narendra Modi.
16:26
Update on the incident where a ticket checker pushed a woman from a moving train. The ticket checker, identified as Sampat Salunkhe, has been arrested, they said. According to a complaint filed with Jalgaon GRP by the nephew of the deceased, Ujjwala Pandey (38), tried to board an AC coach of...
16:03
16 ways Maya Angelou taught us how to love. Read
15:51
Love it or hate it, LOL has just turned 25 years old. From David Cameron's text messages to funny pictures of cats, we look back on a quarter-century of the internet's favourite acronym. Read
15:46
Mani Shankar Aiyar, the man whose verbal attack ultimately contributed to the thumping victory of the BJP, on Thursday said he never used the word 'chaiwala' (tea vendor) for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress leader said it was Modi who himself told the world about his...
15:32
The maiden flight of AirAsia's India venture will take off on June 12 and the ticket sales start from this Friday. AirAsia India is a joint venture between Malaysia-based AirAsia, Tata Group and Delhi-based Arun Bhatia of Telstra Tradeplace. Tony Fernandes, the group chief executive officer...
15:24
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday called his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and conveyed his government's desire to establish robust partnership with the new government of India for further development of ties.Li, who is the first foreign Head of Government to call up Modi...
15:21
The Congress today attacked the BJP over the urgency of bringing in an ordinance for the appointment of former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Misra as the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary, saying the move smacks of impropriety. Senior party leader Manish Tewari questioned the urgency of bringing in...
15:12
There was a reason why the leaders of all the South Asian countries and one leader from further afield accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to his inauguration. As within the country, there is a sense in the wider world that a significant political transformation has taken place...
15:01
Maya Angelou: a titan who lived as though there were no tomorrow. Read
15:00
Read: Seven inspiring quotes from Maya Angelou.
14:58
The poet and memoirist Maya Angelou died yesterday, at the age of 86. A civil-rights activist and a professor at Wake Forest University, Angelou -- born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri -- was the author of works including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' and received awards including...
14:46
From the track record of recent HRD ministers, it is clear that academic qualifications have nothing to do with performance. Read
14:40
Sources in the PMO tell us that while Ajit Doval's appointment as the National Security Advisor, is likely to be announced soon, there is another proposal to have a separate advisor on foreign policy matters.What this means, is that issues of international affairs will be bifurcated from...
14:26
Power cuts in Uttar Pradesh after May 16 have been making life tough for people. The BJP has alleged that the SP is extracting the price of its defeat from the people. Post elections, Lucknow has been hit by severe power cuts many businesses have taken a major hit. Severe power cuts have also...
14:21
The Supreme Court reserves its order on a fresh plea of Sahara chief Subrata Roy seeking modification of its detention order. The Sahara Group gives a fresh proposal to the SC for release of Roy on bail.
14:13
Good show! Arvind Kejriwal's daughter scores 96% in 12th boards.
14:07
The ticket checker is believed to be the Arjuna awardee for wrestling, Bharat Salunkhe. He was arrested by the Jalgaon GRP. The train was on its way to Madhya Pradesh. The woman died on the spot. According to her relatives, the train had begun moving when the woman was trying to get into the AC...
13:58
A woman died after a ticket checker pushed her off a moving train near Jalgaon in Maharashtra. The woman, who was on board the Janta Express, was allegedly trying to get into the AC coach with a general class ticket. The ticket checker has been held. Details awaited.
13:40
Veteran BJP leader and sitting MP from Indore Sumitra Mahajan today said that she was not aware of any move afoot to make her the Speaker of new Lok Sabha. No one has spoken to me about making me the next Lok Sabha Speaker, Mahajan said. The MP, who is representing Indore for the eighth term,...
13:30
Update on the fire in Surat.A major fire broke out today in a commercial multi-storey building housing a market of sarees on Puna Kumbharia road in Surat and 80 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The fire erupted at Orchit tower in Vipul House, a market of sarees, located in front of Sardar...
13:21
Education, health, water. energy and roads will be priority for the Govt. PM has listed priorities, overall governance, efficiency and delivery system implementation.PM has given guidelines to all ministers to have their own timetable on the priorities in each ministry for the first 100 days.To a...
13:15
PM Narendra Modi has asked ministers to focus on governance, delivery and implementation and resolve all pending issues urgently.PM has told all Cabinet Ministers that all Ministers of State should be taken into confidence and given proper work.PM has said that all states should be taken along by...
13:00
Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu shares the agenda for the 16th Lok Sabha. The agenda for the session to be held from June 4 to 12 is as follows:June 4-5: Swearing-in of new members of Parliament.June 6: Election of speaker of the Lok Sabha. June 7,8: Weekend break June 9: President...
12:43
Senior Congress leader and former union minister Kamal Nath will be the pro-tem speaker of the new Lok Sabha.As the pro-tem speaker, Kamal Nath will be expected to formally kick-off the proceedings to the new Lok Sabha. Among his responsibilities will be to swear-in the newly-elected MPs and...
12:38
What will Narendra Modi do with his mandate? The Bharatiya Janata Party and its supporters ask, not unreasonably, that critics wait upon events. Spokespersons for the party reiterate that Narendra Modi has promised development for all. They rather ruin the effect of this by tacking on 'and...
12:34
Fire breaks out in a textile market in Surat in the Sahara Darwaza area. The fire broke out in the upper floors in the 17-storey building at around 10:30 am today. There are 30 fire tenders at the spot. Thankfully, no casualties so far. Smoke bellows out of the building as we write this.
12:27
Here's why there will be two sessions of Parliament. It was suggested Parliament be convened for seven sittings lasting over nine days, so that newly inducted ministers could familiarise with their portfolios and duties. This is to ensure Parliament functions smoothly and the Budget session is...
12:13
Gen VK Singh assumes office as the minister for Development of North Eastern Region. The former Army chief has the experience of serving in the Northeast in different capacities as an Army officer. He was also the GoC-in-C of the Eastern Command looking after the Easter and entire Northeaster...
12:04
Only those who perform well as parliamentarians will be eligible for induction into the Narendra Modi-led council of ministers, likely to be expanded after the new government's first full Parliament session in July. The National Democratic Alliance government will present its first Budget...
11:59
Parliament session to be held from June 4 to June 12.
11:42
As expected, PM Narendra Modi will retain the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat and will give up the Vadodara seat. Modi had won both the seats with a thumping majority. He had contested against Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Ajai Rai in Varanasi. He had won the Vadodara seat...
11:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet meet begins. This is the second time the cabinet is meeting in the last 48 hours. Modi is expected to unveil his top 10 policy priorities, seeking to unblock an investment logjam and setting deadlines for action in order to revive the economy. The cabinet...
11:29
Narendra Modi resigns as Vadodara MP.
11:27
Two teenage Dalit sisters were allegedly gang-raped and murdered with their bodies found hanging from a tree in Katra village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district. The two girls, who were cousins and aged 14 and 15 years, went missing from their house on Tuesday night and their bodies were found...
11:19
Narendra Modi must plan for the looming battles of the future -- not prepare to fight yesterday's wars again. To do that, he will have to give India new tools of political, economic and military persuasion, writes Praveen Swami. Read
11:16
Narendra Modi met the Lt. Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, yesterday.
11:12
If the Congress is to challenge the NDA government, Rahul Gandhi will have to shed his indifference to Parliament, become more visible and vocal and, essentially, lead from the front,' says Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal. Read
11:06
PM Narendra Modi takes a round of the PMO on reaching South Block this morning. The cabinet is meeting for the second time since he took over, this morning. Modi met PMO officials telling them to prioritize issues raised by states.
11:03
And the demand for Priyanka Gandhi to join active politics and 'rescue' the party continues. Congress ally NCP, says it's high time Congress leaders give up sycophancy. This comes in the wake of remarks by AICC member and senior leader T H Musthafa's demand that AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi...
10:53
Yesterday, Smriti Irani's senior Cabinet colleague Uma Bharti targeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi over comments from Ajay Maken. Uma said: I want to ask Madam Sonia Gandhi, what is her qualification? Because she was heading the UPA government, she was giving directions to the government....
10:50
HRD minister Smriti Irani responds to the huge row over the discrepancies in her affidavits. She says, I have been judged by my organisation with regard to my capacity to deliver on assignments. Judge me be my work. Extraneous circumstances have been created to deviate my attention from the...
09:49
The BJP has begun its search for a new president, with Rajnath Singh being inducted into the Narendra Modi cabinet as home minister. Sources said one of the names being discussed is that of Amit Shah, Prime Minister Modi's close aide who the BJP says scripted a spectacular victory for the...
08:43
NDTV reports: US secretary of state John Kerry has celled newly-appointed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and the two leaders have discussed ways to re-energise the US-India ties.
08:34
Power cuts in Uttar Pradesh after May 16 have been making life tough for people. While the BJP has alleged that the SP is extracting the price of its defeat from the people, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has clarified that power cuts have not been driven by any ulterior motive and that the...
08:20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top 10 priorities for the country are likely to be revealed on Thursday, said Nripendra Misra, in an interview to The Hindu Businessline after taking over as Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). These, in Mr. Modi's characteristic style, will...
04:07
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called for fugitive former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to man up and return to the U.S. to face the legal consequences for his leaks about sweeping U.S. surveillance efforts.The bottom line is this is a man who has betrayed his...
03:33
Three soldiers were wounded in an attack carried out by Boko Haram Islamists in northern Cameroon, police has said.
02:33
A Russian rocket carrying a three-man crew to the International Space Station has blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled and soared into the darkness over the Central Asian steppe.
02:33
Attacks across Iraq, including a spate of car bombs in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, killed 63 people today in the bloodiest violence to hit Iraq since April elections. The worst of the blasts went off during the evening and left dozens of people wounded, fuelling fears a...
02:32
Qatar could firm up its interest in buying French Rafale fighter planes when its new Emir, Sheikh Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani visits Paris on June 23, the La Tribune financial website reported today. The contract is of vital importance to the Dassault Aviation group which builds the plane and to...
02:16
The owner of Manchester United football club, Malcolm Glazer, has died aged 85.The news was announced by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the American football club he owned since 1995.The club said it was saddened after he passed away on Wednesday morning and described him as a pioneering thinker and...
01:22
Edward Snowden says he's a spy. True?Not really.If a spy is anyone who has worked at a spy agency then, sure, he's a spy, having worked at both theNational Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before legging it to Hong Kong and on...
01:21
Tens of thousands of supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad voted Wednesday at embassies abroad, clogging entrances to the Lebanese capital for hours and clashing with soldiers overwhelmed by their sheer numbers a week before national elections widely expected to give him a third seven-year...
00:41
Families of passengers aboard missing flight MH370 today accused Malaysia of withholding crucial satellite data, saying a long-awaited report is incomplete and does not prove the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean. Authorities yesterday released a 47-page summary of communication logs from...
00:39
Attacks across Iraq, including a spate of car bombs in Baghdad, killed 38 people today, the latest in a months-long surge in violence that has left more than 4,000 dead this year. Shootings and bombings, which left dozens more wounded nationwide, also struck in restive areas of the north and...
00:39
A Guantanamo detainee accused of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole today asked a US military judge to order the release of a Senate report on the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques. Lawyers for Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent, made the...
00:38
Is Rahul fit to be LoP?Brief Parliament session soonChandrababu Naidu to take oath as Andhra CM on June 8DRDO tests Akash air defence missilesGujarat govt reinstates cop accused in Ishrat caseTRS calls for shutdown in Telangana on ThursdayThe strange case of Smriti Irani: BA pass in 2004,...
00:37
US President Barack Obama today made it clear that he will continue to authorise CIA-operated drone strikes and covert operations abroad to capture terrorists based on actionable intelligence, moves that are controversial in countries like Pakistan. In a major speech outlining his foreign...
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