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Neha Gupta, an 18-year-old Indian-American, today won the presigious International Children's Peace Prize for her work to help orphans in India and other vulnerable children.Gupta won the award whose last year's winner was Malala Yousufzai, who went on to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Gupta...
23:25
From the CNN: After seven months of investigation and undercover work, federal officials have arrested a Virginia woman and accused her of lying to federal agents about involvement with the terrorist group ISIS.Read the full story here
23:17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just landed in the Fijian capital of Suva on the third and final leg of his 10-day foreign tour.He is the first prime minister in 33 years to do so.The last Indian leader to visit Fiji Islands was former prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1981.Please also read this...
23:14
Modi arrived in Suva from Melbourne on board on a special Indian Air Force plane on the last leg of his three-nation 10-day tour after a hectic four-city Australia visit.Earlier last week he had visited Myanmar to attend the East Asia and the ASEAN summits.
22:58
A case was today registered against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh for his tweet in which he allegedly compared Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with Hitler, police said.A complaint was lodged two days back with L B Nagar Police by V Ramanarasimha...
22:53
The Delhi police today dubbed as' work of fiction' speculation about their probing any foreign angle in the mysterious death of former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda.There have been media reports in the last couple of days that the police are probing a foreign angle in this...
22:52
An eight-member central team today undertook field visits to assess the damage caused in southern districts of Odisha that were hit by cyclone last month. The team, which reached here this morning, got divided into two groups which visited Koraput and Gajapati districts.The objective of...
22:34
A Roman Catholic priest from India facing charges of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the Crookston Diocese 10 years ago has been extradited to Minnesota.Jeyapaul arrived on Monday in Minneapolis -- a rare instance of a foreign priest returning to face charges of child sex abuse in the...
22:22
A pickpocket, who impersonated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, has been arrested from Anand Vihar bus depot today. The accused identified as Arvind Sharma, a resident of northeast Delhi's Harsh Vihar, was caught as he was picking pocket, and handed over to police.When the passengers handed over the...
22:18
From the CNN: It all started with some boxes that had not been opened for 80 years.There was a rumor that there were archives in the Cond Nast offices in New York that nobody had known about, says Todd Brandow, a photography curator.See the photo gallery here
22:17
With an eye on capturing power in the capital, BJP president Amit Shah today directed the Delhi unit of the party to start a 'massive' campaign focusing on over 11,000 booths to ensure a 'historic victory' in the upcoming assembly polls. Chairing a meeting to take stock of BJP's preparation for...
21:40
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the Burdwan blast and other issues concerning the state. Official sources said that during the 30-minute meeting, Banerjee briefed the Home Minister regarding the prevailing law and order...
21:03
In the first case of Ebola in the country, an Indian national returning from Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus and has been quarantined at a special facility at Delhi airport. The Health Ministry said the 26-year-old man, who reached here on November 10, was already treated...
20:33
A senior official of one of the city's municipal corporations was today suspended and another shunted out for alleged dereliction of duty after Home Minister Rajnath Singh paid a surprise visit to the civic body's office today to see its work. North Delhi Municipal Corporation today...
20:20
Indian grandmaster and five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand failed to take advantage of having white pieces today against Magnus Carlsen during the eighth match of the World Chess Championships and drew the game. Carlsen leads 4.5 points to Anand's 3.5, with four games left to play.
20:04
The Modi sarkar has reduced the upper age limit of those who wish to appear for Indian Administrative Services examinations. From the initial age of 30, the age limit has been dropped to 26 for the general category and for the SC/ST aspirants, the age limit has been dropped to 29 from 35.
20:00
Bob Marley, legendary Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, musician, and guitarist, will soon be the face of what's being called the first global brand of marijuana. In an announcement, the Marley family and a Seattle-based private equity firm announced the creation of Marley Natural, a...
19:39
Tuscany is demanding 30 million euros (Rs 232 crore) in compensation for the Costa Concordia disaster, saying that its image as a tourist heaven of sandy beaches, hilltop towns and cultural heritage has been badly damaged by the disaster. The region, popular with generations of British...
19:10
BSP chief Mayawati has said that the narrow and casteist mentality of the ruling Samajwadi government led to Uttar Pradesh's bad state of affairs, an official release said today. Though they claim to be socialists, their work is against society and socialism. Their thinking is narrow and...
19:04
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advised the supporters of self-styled godman Rampal to follow rule of law and cooperate with authorities which is trying to arrest the controversial man in the wake of an order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.Read what happened at the ashram
19:00
In what appears to be an acute case of selfie love, a Jet Airways pilot allowed his friends and colleagues to access the highly sensitive cockpit area and pose for pictures displaying utter disregard for civil aviation safety guidelines. He turned the cockpit of the Boeing jet he was flying...
18:47
Former Bihar chief minister and senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar on Tuesday denied a merger of his party with the RJD ahead of the next state assembly polls. Nitish Kumar said, Hum sirf milkar chunav ladenge. Vijay ki koi sambhavna nahin hain. (There is no possibility of a merger, we will only...
18:19
BCCI'S Sanjay Patel on Mudgal Report mentioning Sunder Raman in touch with bookies: Please read the report, there is no such thing. Scroll down to read what the Mudgal report says on Sundar Raman.
18:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Fiji after concluding his 5-day visit to Australia during which he attended the G-20 Summit and held talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott. Modi left for Fiji's capital Suva on a special Indian Air Force plane. He will hold talks with his...
18:12
IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman was found guilty of being in touch with a bookie. This is what the Mudgal report said: Individual 12 (Sunder Raman): This individual knew a contact of a bookie and had contacted him eight times in one season. This individual admitted knowing the contact of...
18:09
A day after the Mukul Mudgal report on the IPL fixing scandal became public, the all powerful working committee of the BCCI met today in Chennai, to discuss the Mudgal report and seek an explanation from IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman.BCCI says that it will not sack Raman and says...
17:33
MEA spokes Syed Akbaruddin tweets this picture: 33 years ago. PM Indira Gandhi was last Indian leader traditionally welcomed in Fiji in 1981. Same honour tomorrow.PM Modi arrives in Fiji on Wednesday. The countries expected to be represented at the talks along with Fiji include Samoa, Tonga, the...
17:26
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Karan Singh was probably one of the most sought-after people at the Nehru Memorial Conference organised by the AICC. And it certainly wasn't the kind of attention he was seeking. Almost every single Congress neta wanted to know why his son, Ajatshatru,...
17:09
Would you marry a mass murderer? Afton Elaine Burton will. The woman, who has been described as a brunette by the US media will marry American mass murderer Charles Manson, 80.Manson has been granted permission to wed the 26-year-old woman who has been visiting him in prison. He is serving a life...
17:04
On the weekend, during a break at the G20 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other world leaders got a taste of Australia's koala diplomacy'. Demonstrating that real men aren't afraid to display their softer side, Modi beamed in avuncular fashion as he picked up the cuddly...
16:56
Haryana Police say that the last leg of operations is on at Rampal's ashram. We have asked Rampal to surrender in the next hour, otherwise we will use all means to arrest him, the police said.
16:53
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan's contribution to the Swachh Bharat campaign.
16:53
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for snap parliamentary elections for next month, following news that the country had slipped into a recession. CNN reports that Abe said he will dissolve the parliament's lower house on Friday.
16:43
In case you missed it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Australian lawyer John Lang's 1854 petition on behalf of Rani Lakshmibai against the East India Company to his Australian PM Tony Abbott. Modi gave the gift to Abbott just ahead of bilateral talks yesterday.
16:28
The electricity inside the ashram has been cut off. Police say 100 hostages have been freed from the ashram. This morning police, supporters and media men clashed at the ashram. Cops said the godman's army fired at them injuring two policemen. Rampal's army were also armed with stones, petrol...
16:23
Update on the siege outside godman Rampal's ashram at Hisar. Haryana police have entered the ashram, but Rampal is missing. The police have given his supporters 30 minutes to leave the ashram. In 2006, Rampal allegedly made derogatory remarks against Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati....
16:23
Haryana cops have broken the gate and wall of the ashram.
16:11
Terry Walsh will return to Australia after talks fell apart with Hockey India. Walsh, who resigned 15 days ago, decided not to renew his contract with Hockey India.
16:09
Walsh had guided India to win the men's hockey gold at the Incheon Asian Games. The 60-year-old, who represented Australia in two Olympics, was appointed India's chief coach last year, and under his guidance the team beat Pakistan in the Asian Games gold medal match and qualified for the 2016...
16:07
Terry Walsh has quit as India hockey coach. The decision comes after his second term remained unresolved despite a marathon six-hour meeting by the special Sports Authority of India committee yesterday. Hockey India president Narinder Batra had alleged financial irregularities during...
16:04
Once again we have the spectacle of a dedicated army of supporters guarding a wanted godman and a state administration unable to execute a non-bailable warrant against him. Rampal is believed to be hiding in his 12 acre ashram cum fortress. So who is Sant Rampal? Read this and find out.
15:49
Police investigating the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, have learned that three people with fake passports were staying in the Leela Palace Hotel where she died from January 13 to January 18. Read more
15:42
Despite its widespread use, researchers at the University of California have identified potentially serious consequences of exposure to the chemical triclosan. Read
15:34
After 12 years since its appointment and 25 extensions later, the Nanavati-Mehta Commission today submitted its final report on the 2002 Godhra train carnage case and the subsequent communal riots in parts of Gujarat. The two member commission comprising retired Supreme Court judge, G T Nanavati,...
15:27
President Pranab Mukherjee will get a 10-day respite the severe December chill of Delhi. The president will be heading to Hyderabad and will be staying at the Rashtrapati Nilayam from December 15 to December 24. Massive arrangements are being made not not only in Hyderabad but also in New Delhi...
15:01
The PM with Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and VVS Laxman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
14:47
Modi is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground now and will attend two events hosted by Australia PM Tony Abbott. A reception of over 700 guests and later a dinner with 500 attendees have been organised at the MCG. This is the last day of Modi's Australia tour; he flies out to Fiji tonight. Modi has...
14:41
PM Narendra Modi reaches the Melbourne Cricket Ground with Australian PM Tony Abbott. Modi is in Melbourne, the last of the four cities he is visiting in Australia. He will also attend a reception and dinner hosted by Abbott at the famous 161-year-old Melbourne Cricket Ground. Many legendary...
14:32
SN Vashist (DGP, Haryana) holds a press meet on the clashes outside Baba Rampal's ashram in Hisar. He says there was resistance from the ashram and Rampal's supporters and two cops were shot and are in hospital. We think that the Baba is inside the ashram, he says. Supporters of Rampal have acid...
14:00
Rampal, who faces arrest in a murder case, has been hiding in his Satlok ashram for nearly two weeks. Rampal's supporters targeted the police with gunfire and stones as a 10-day standoff boiled over on Tuesday. Thick smoke rose from the ashram's roof amid gunshots, turning the complex in...
13:56
Vishnu Som '@VishnuNDTV tweets: From what we are hearing ... reporters and crew were sticking to police guidelines. Some `authority' just gave an order to attack them.
13:45
In the clash between 'godman' Rampal's supporters and the police, police baton-charge media persons. A India News reporter has been injured (pictured) while the NDTV crew was beaten and a camera snatched away. Clashes erupted at the ashram of controversial 'godman' in Haryana today with...
13:39
President Pranab Mukherjee has convened a conference of governors between February 10-12 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.This is the first governors conference after the BJP government assumed office. Since the conference will be held just before the 2015 Union Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is...
13:19
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - at least, the image through which it is expressed, of celebrities descending from limousines in sundry locations to sweep away the clean garbage (mainly leaves and such like) which have been carefully deposited there by official workers prior to their arrival - is...
13:16
PM Modi heads towards MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground). Gavaskar, Kapil also to be around.
13:14
In conflict-ridden areas of India, governance has increasingly come to be seen through the lens of the counterinsurgency paradigm. These are abnormal conditions of governance. Read
13:06
The supporters of self-styled godman Rampal clashed with police outside his ashram in Hisar even as police tried to get inside the premises. Several people have been injured as police fired tear gas shells and Rampal's supporters hurled stones at each other. Eyewitnesses say gunshots were fired...
13:02
PM Modi regurgitating Madison Square Garden speech in Melbourne to heads of business: India has 3 Ds to its credit: democracy, demography and demand.
12:46
Barwala, Hisar (Haryana): Clash between Sant Rampal's supporters and police outside the Satlok Ashram.
12:45
In the wake of surge in gold imports, the government would soon impose some curbs on its inward shipment to prevent current account deficit (CAD) from going out of hand.
12:36
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi speaking at the International Conference to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. The two-day conference ends today. Quick takeaways from the speech...Rahul says, Most people think freedom is the ability of action, but freedom...
12:24
Update on the synagogue terror attack in Israel. Four Israeli civilians were killed today when two knife- and axe-wielding men broke into a synagogue in Jerusalem, CNN reports. Earlier reports had said the number of victims were five. The attackers, identified as Palestinians, were shot and...
12:19
Seeking to enhance defence ties, India and Australia today established a framework for security cooperation, as they decided to conclude a long pending Free Trade pact by the end of next year and an early closure of the civilian nuclear deal that will facilitate uranium trade. Prime Minister...
12:06
Right now, the PM is at the CEOs Roundtable in Melbourne discussing education, services, energy, banking & IT.
11:58
Lovely picture we wanted to share with you. Yup, we are here to say hello to the Prime Minister too! @glennmcgrath11 Steve Waugh #ModiInAustralia. And the other Oz cricketer, a seeming Modi fan, is Brett Lee, who met the PM in Sydney yesterday and welcomed him at the Allphones Arena in Olympic...
11:50
Tony Abbott tweets @TonyAbbottMHR @narendramodi it was real honour to host your visit. I Iook forward to seeing you at the @MCG tonight!
11:49
An attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem has killed at least five Israelis and two Palestinian attackers, reports Al Jazeera.Two other Israelis were injured in the attack on Tuesday morning. Police sources said that the attackers, armed with knives and axes, entered Har Nof...
11:42
A Delhi-bound Air India flight via Mumbai with 164 passengers on board had to abort take-off at the last minute today after it suffered a tyre burst as well as a bird hit at Dabolim airport in Goa. According to airport sources, the incident took place around 7.20 am when the flight (AI866) was...
11:39
Less than a month after coming to power in Haryana, the BJP government on Monday suspended an assistant consolidation officer (ACO), Dalbir Singh, who had executed the mutation of the controversial land deal between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and real estate giant...
11:28
In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Myanmar national from Hyderabad in connection with the Burdwan blast case. The arrested suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Khalid Mohammed. He was living in Telangana on the basis of fake identity documents...
11:17
CEOs gather at Melbourne Government House to listen to PM Modi.
11:09
Representatives from Muslim NGOs met a BJP spokesperson to push their demands, but got no commitments in return. However, Maharashtra's Muslims have placed great expectations on the Modi govt -- may be a little cautiously though. Read
11:06
While on Modi, read this column on the Dawn, Pakistan, on how mythology has been tweaked to suit what is perceived to be Indian history.
10:58
When the top political leaders of India and Australia meet can cricket be far behind? With Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his side, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott set the ball rolling and fired the first shot, saying people in his country come to associate India with cricket. Abbott made...
10:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi injected some humour into his address to Australia's parliament on Tuesday, using the term shirtfront to make fun of his host while also talking cricket, reports AFP. Modi's official visit, the first by an Indian leader in 28 years, follows on from Prime Minister...
10:03
The Nehru International Conference, organised by the Indian National Congress to commemorate Jawaharlal Nehrus 125th Birth Anniversary, continues Tuesday.On the second and last day of Nehru International Conference, a Conference Declaration will be adopted which will capture the essence of the...
09:33
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Canberra on Tuesday on the fourth and final leg of his four-city tour of Australia.He arrived in Melbourne after a hectic morning in Canberra, where he held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott and then addressed the Australian...
09:30
In view of popular demand, the government will on Tuesday relaunch saving instrument Kisan Vikas Patra, wherein the invested money will get doubled in 8 years and 4 months.The KVP, which will be relaunched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, will be available in the denomination of Rs 1,000; 5,000;...
09:29
The stage is set for Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan's marriage with businessman Aayush Sharma on Tuesday as the actor's entire family landed in Hyderabad.Arpita and other women members of the family landed at the Hyderabad airport Monday evening and drove straight to Taj Falaknuma, the venue of...
09:26
A day after Mukul Mudgal report on the IPL fixing scandal became public, the all powerful working committee of the BCCI will meet on Tuesday in Chennai, to discuss the Mudgal Committe report and decide on a new date for its upcoming Annual General Meeting.With earlier scheduled AGM on November 20...
08:33
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a comprehensive global strategy and a resolve to isolate those who harbour terrorists was needed to fight terrorism that is changing in character and expanding its reach. Terrorism has become a major threat for us all. In India, we have seen its...
08:27
India and Australia on Tuesday established a framework for bilateral security cooperation as they stepped up their defence collaboration for advancing regional peace and combating terrorism among other challenges. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott held...
08:27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Australia will not be at the periphery of India's vision but at the centre of its thought, as he called for closer bilateral security cooperation and a comprehensive global strategy to tackle the menace of terrorism.Modi, while addressing the...
05:10
From Xinhua: he Council of the European Union on Monday discussed additional sanctions targeting militants in eastern Ukraine. No further sanctions were announced against Russia. The EU said in a statement that they will continue to closely follow the situation in Ukraine and act accordingly.Read...
05:07
From the BBC: The parents of a US medic beheaded by Islamic State militants have paid tribute to their son, saying they will learn in time to forgive his captors.Our hearts are battered, but they will mend. The world is broken, but it will be healed, said Ed and Paula Kassig, parents of...
03:44
From The Hindu: Afghanistan has agreed to target militants attacking Pakistan from alleged sanctuaries on its soil, in a significant move which suggests a thaw in their frayed ties and anti-terror cooperation between them.Read the full story here
03:01
From the Telegraph: The Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John has threatened to bring slaughter to the streets of Britain and the West in a new video announcing the murder of an American aid worker.Read the full story here
03:00
From NDTV: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited the war memorial at Canberra. He was accompanied by his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott. The two leaders will later hold summit-level talks.
02:07
From the Independent: Church of England leaders have swept away centuries of inequality by voting by an overwhelming majority to allow women to become bishops.Read the full article here
01:59
From CNN: Two Americans stole adult and infant body parts from a museum inside a Bangkok hospital and tried to ship them to Las Vegas, the Thai police have said.The two men, identified as Ryan Edward McPherson and Daniel Jamon Tanner, told police they wanted to surprise their friends back home,...
01:47
From the Financial Express: Nearly 14.3 million people, including children, are 'trapped' in modern-day slavery in India, which tops a global index of people under bondage across the world with an estimated 35.8 million people enslaved, a new research said today.Read the full story...
01:41
Apple's just rolled out iOS 8.1.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Aside from the usual promise of bug fixes and security updates, Apple says the latest release should speed things up on iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, two of the company's aging devices. We've seen it several times: installing major new...
01:27
We've just landed a washing machine-sized robot on a comet and NASA's chief scientist has no idea.Dr Ellen Stofan is deep in conversation with a journalist when, unable to contain himself any longer, an adviser with phone triumphantly held aloft blurts out: 'Rosetta -- It's landed!'Read the full...
00:47
From the CNN: France's interior minister said Monday that based on intelligence analysis, 'a strong presumption exists' that a French citizen named Maxime Hauchard participated in the 'despicable crimes' shown on the latest video from ISIS.The video released over the weekend depicts the slayings...
00:40
Rajya Sabha MP and Odisha Janmorcha leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra was today questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the multi-crore chitfund scam in the state.I appeared before ED office here. They had called me over telephone last night. I stayed there for about two hours and...
00:32
Tubectomy deaths: IMA seeks surgeon's release, threatens stirEbola alert: Second death in US as Sierra Leone doctor succumbsGodman's supporters form human chain around ashramCongress crisis: Looking for icons from decades agoNDA govt has no understanding of Nehru's values: Mani Shankar AiyarModi...
00:23
US Secretary of State John Kerry today described the feared Islamic State group as neither a state nor truly Islamic, adding that America takes seriously the unacceptable threat posed by the terrorist organisation.The group calling itself the Islamic State is, in fact, neither a state nor truly...
00:13
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand and world champion Magnus Carlsen drew the seventh game at the World Championships in Sochi.The Indian, having suffered a stunning loss in the sixth game played on Saturday, was on the defensive again but held on.Having done well for the first five games, Anand...
00:00
A central team will be on a three-day visit to the coastal areas in Andhra Pradesh from November 25 to assess the damage caused by last month's cyclone.The state government will submit a detailed report to the team for necessary action. While the state government has received Rs 400 crore out of...
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