23:56
The BJP has withdrawn a series of advertisements rhetorically asking Kuthe neun thevlay Maharashtra maajha? (Where have you taken my Maharashtra?)that attracted severe criticism from various quarters. The ads have been dropped, but that is a scheduled...
23:30
UN chief Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern over the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan along the LoC and asked the two nations to resolve all differences through dialogue and engage constructively for a long-term solution for peace and stability in Kashmir.The secretary-general is...
23:04
Shrien Dewani's admission that he was bisexual is a ploy by the Indian-origin British businessman, accused of plotting the murder of his Indo-Swedish wife, to knock the wind out of the prosecutions' sails, according to criminal law experts.Dewani is facing charges in the Western Cape high court...
23:02
Responding to Congress' demand to give account of the work done by the Narendra Modi government so far, the BJP today said it will do so in the next elections.Soniaji, people have given us power for 60 months. When we go to the people in the next elections, we will come prepared with account of...
22:02
With the arrest of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa coming as a shock to her supporters, the party today claimed that 154 sympathisers have died unable to bear the anguish. According to data compiled by AIADMK on the basis of inputs it received from various districts, the toll included 113...
20:59
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reiterated his government's tough stand on the confrontation with Pakistan at the Kashmir border. Today, when bullets are being fired on the border, it is the enemy that is screaming, the PM said, adding the enemy has realised that times have changed and their...
20:39
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the effort being made by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to push the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, saying it is a very strong source of support and encouragement for the mission. Great work @sachin_rt! Your dedicated efforts are a very strong source...
20:13
German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced cautious optimism today that the EU will broker an end to the Russian-Ukrainian gas standoff despite the fragile situation in the conflict-torn country. She pointed to ongoing violations of a ceasefire agreed early last month in Minsk between the...
19:51
Crunch talks between Hong Kong democracy protesters and the government were called off today just hours after demonstrators vowed to ratchet up their occupation of key parts of the city if their demands were not met. The collapse of the talks, which were due to take place tomorrow, plunges...
19:51
A senior Iranian diplomat said Iran denied entry into the country to a member of an International Atomic Energy Agency delegation this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported today. The refusal came ahead of talks Tuesday and Wednesday in Iran between the UN nuclear watchdog and...
19:04
Google Street View has evolved into Camel Cam.The trial in the United Arab Emirates' Liwa Desert has made it possible for each and every one of us to carry out a virtual tour of those sandy dunes from the comfort of our own homes.The company says using using camels meant they could take authentic...
18:45
Former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and ex-AgustaWestland head Bruno Spagnolini were today acquitted of corruption charges by an Italian court in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with India but were sentenced to two-year jail term on lesser charges of falsification of invoices.
18:29
Preity Zinta claws her way back in news... just about. On Tuesday (October 7) Zinta trended on Twitter for a bit after her self-appreciatory tweet on how she threw a young man out of the theatre because he didn't stand up for the National Anthem.Instead of a pat on the back she probably...
18:15
The mystery surrounding North Korea's erratic young leader, Kim Jong Un, only deepens by the day.He has not been seen publicly in more than a month. Rumors are flying that Kim is ill with gout, diabetes, even possible problems with his ankles. Now, a group of defectors say they believe...
17:53
Jayalalithaa moves the Supreme Court for bail. Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala and two others were convicted in the Rs 66.65 crore corruption case by a special court in Bangalore on September 27. While the AIADMK chief was asked to pay Rs 100 crore, the other three were fined Rs 10 crore each....
17:42
VVIP chopper scam: Italian court sentences former CEOs to two years prison for fiscal fraud, drops corruption charges.
17:41
And the Indian who missed the Nobel: Upendra Nath Brahmachari, the person who discovered the treatment for the deadly parasitic disease, kala-azar, was nominated twice for the Nobel in Medicine.The acclaimed scientist and medical practitioner was nominated in 1929 and 1942.He lost to ...
17:28
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif reacts to Indian defence minister Arun Jaitley's statement on the ceasefire violations: We don't want to convert border tension between two nuclear neighbors into confrontation. Pakistan is fully capable to respond to any Indian aggression. We want...
16:51
The announcement of the Nobel Prize is the one literary occasion each year when the big American beasts of the written word are, blessedly, made to look on from the sidelines like a gaggle of romantic novelists -- when even Philip Roth, that titan of 50 years' standing, becomes the most gleefully...
16:43
If you haven't read/heard of Modiano, it's probably because he writes in French. A poll on the Nobel website shows 97 percent of people who polled have not read him.
16:37
Modiano wins for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation, says the Nobel committee.
16:36
This is what the Guardian has on Modiano... French author Modiano, who was introduced to the literary world by writer Raymond Queneau at school, currently has Ladbrokes odds of 10/1. Modiano published his first novel, La Place de l'toile, in 1968, after reading the manuscript to...
16:36
So, favourites Philip Roth, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Svetlana Alexievich and Haruki Murakami lose out.
16:33
And the Nobel Prize for Literature goes to Patrick Mondiano.
16:27
The Nobel Prize for literature to be announced any time now. Philip Roth, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Haruki Murakami are the bookies' favourites to take the prestigious prize.
16:23
Just in: The government is looking at the possibility of tie-up with Facebook on social sector issues like the Ganga Clean-up mission. The government will also ask FB co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is in India for two days, to extend the FB experience in Indian languages.
16:17
Facing flak from Congress for accepting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invite to join Swachhta Abhiyan, former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today got support from party general secretary Digvijay Singh, who saw nothing wrong in the Kerala MP's actions. I see nothing wrong in Shashi Tharoor...
16:11
Well, you can put it down to altitude sickness or may be just alternate tastes. A Youtube video doing the rounds on social network sites, shows images of a man believed to be an ISIS militant, in a compromising position with a donkey. The image was captured by a coalition drone in...
15:55
India is among the top five contributers to the UN Ebola response with a contribution of USD 12.5 million, according to a fact sheet released by US Secretary of State John Kerry today. The US with USD 113.8 million tops the list to the UN Ebola response. It is followed by the European Union (USD...
15:51
In the wake of stone pelting incidents and alleged presence of Islamic State (IS) flag during a rally in Srinagar, the Army today said it is closely monitoring the situation and the issue was getting the highest concern of all security agencies. Certainly, we are watching and closely monitoring...
15:26
How can a cyclonic storm that could make landfall at India's eastern coastline with winds blowing in the range of 120 to 140 km per hour be named Hudhud? A Google search of Hudhud throws up this definition of the Omani word: 'Hoopoe, the bird which carried the letter from Nabi Sulayman...
15:24
As the Nobel laureates for peace, literature, economics, medicine, physics and chemistry are named for 2014, The Telegraph investigates the history of the awards' gender and geographical bias. Read
14:39
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is in India on a two-day visit. He will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. Addressing a meet, Zukerberg says PM Modi is conmitted to connecting villages online and he is excited to see how Facebook can help. Today more than 85% of the people...
14:26
The BBC One hit starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will begin shooting the special in January 2015, with new episodes shooting later next year. Read
13:54
We are proud to share this with you... Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented with a copy of 'India Abroad' -- a special issue commemorating his visit to the United States -- by Rajeev Bhambri, Head, US Media, Rediff.com in New York.Rediff.com owns and publishes India Abroad,...
13:34
The trial in the hit-and-run case had hit a roadblock in July when the court was informed that the original statements of the witnesses had disappeared. The court was again informed in August that case diaries relating to the case too were not traceable.
13:33
Just in: Setback for Salman Khan in the hit and run case.A former parking assistant working at the JW Marriott hotel identifies Salman Khan and says the actor was in fact driving the car which mowed down people. He tells the court that Salman got behind the white Landcruiser. One person was...
13:21
Alright, so Rahul is more careful this time. At the Haryana rally, he says, Phir ek neta aata hai aur kehta hai ki 60yrs mei kuch nai hua,yeh aap par sawal utha rahe hai.Yesterday at the rally in Mahad, Maharashtra, he had said precisely the same thing but referred to PM Modi as opposition...
13:18
Bushfire to bullets: Face-off threatens to spin out of control. Read
13:03
Rahul Gandhi addressing a rally in Ferozpur Jhirka (Haryana). Quips, Haryana ke liye naya naara banna chahiye 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan Jai Pehelwan'. On his first day on the campaign trail in Maharashtra yesterday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi committed a faux pas when he apparently referred...
12:52
Adani Group chief Gautam Adani promises investments worth Rs 20,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh over next five years.
12:45
Nicolas Henin, a former cellmate of Peter Kassig and John Cantlie, reveals intimate details of their lives as hostages of the Islamic State. Read
12:34
Senior journalist, columnist, author, Vinod Mehta's blog for the Times of India today, that has set the English press snapping at his heels. Read
12:26
Do serious work but don't take yourself seriously. The man who told me this is no more... Nitin Gokhale pays tribute to veteran journalist MV Kamath, who passed away today. Read
12:05
PM Narendra Modi will be in Mumbai today. Expect traffic near Somaya College ground, Vidyavihar after 6 pm.
12:02
Collectors of all districts along the Bay of Bengal coast in Andhra Pradesh have been put on high alert in view of the threat of cyclone 'Hudhud'. The cyclonic storm is expected to cross the Bay of Bengal coast on October 12 between Visakhapatnam in AP and Gopalpur in Odisha. AP Chief Secretary I...
11:51
The race is very tight - at least according to betting companies. Two days ago Japanese star Haruki Murakami shared 4/1 odds with Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but the Kenyan has now pulled ahead with 7/2 odds, according to the latest data released by Ladbrokes, whose bidders have made some lucky...
11:46
US Senator T Kaine suggests the UN needs to engage between India and Pakistan and bring about ceasefire violations.
11:44
The Indian government's centralized attendance monitoring website to monitor and track the work of all central government employees, attendance.gov.in, which was launched as 'work in progress' in early September, is now live. Read
11:38
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who drew flak from party's Kerala unit for repeatedly praising Narendra Modi has now been told by party that he will be forgiven for his actions and uncalled for adulation of PM on only one condition.The condition put forward by Congress high command is...
11:33
Arun Jaitley: There is a connection between firing and infiltration. Firing covers infiltration. Pakistan has to stop this unprovoked firing and shelling, if this continues how will there be peace?
11:28
Ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers continued on Thursday with 60 Indian border outposts and over 90 villages coming under mortar shelling and firing overnight in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts along the International Border. Senior officials said that eight persons, including three...
11:27
Defence minister Arun Jaitley's presser over the continued ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Jaitley says India is never an aggressor but it has a paramount duty to defend its people. There have been a series of unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan, mostly on the international border and...
11:15
The government is looking into Flipkart's 'Big Billion Sale' campaign following several complaints from traders, reports Livemint. Read
11:11
Rajdeep Sardesai pays tribute to veteran journalist MV Kamath, who passed away today. In February this year, I met MV Kamath for the last time. Kamath, a veteran journalist, was dean of the Manipal Institute of Communication and had invited me to talk on the political situation in the country. We...
11:07
The Narendra Modi government has completed more than the proverbial hundred days in office. It rode on to power largely on the back of the reputation built up by Modi of being a remarkably able administrator -- one who would change the way in which the country was governed. Of course, the...
11:02
Thousands of Muslims posing in front of holy sites for a selfie during the Haj, has angered some conservative clerics and sparking a debate over legitimacy of such actions during the annual pilgrimage. Read
11:00
You want to stay the night because the sun has not yet set, says inspector Sharam Singh, Bravo company commander with the 94th battalion of the Border Security Force at Octroi, an Indian post hemmed by Pakistani positions on three sides amid fields of basmati rice. They are bombing the...
10:56
J Jayalalithaa's arch rival, the 92 year-old DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has predicted that her comeback to power can only be a dream. It would never be fulfilled.Karunanidhi took 12 days to react to Jayalalithaa being arrested and jailed. He ended his silence at a party meeting...
10:46
An 11-year-old boy who was set on fire allegedly within a military garrison in Hyderabad on Wednesday has died of 90 per cent burns. NDTV reports that before dying, he had alleged that some military men burnt him, the police say.
10:15
M V Kamath, veteran journalist and former chairman of Prasar Bharati, died on Thursday morning in his native place Manipal in Karnataka.He was 94. Kamath had been in hospital for the past few days. He breathed his last at around 6.30 am.A close relative was quoted in media reports as...
10:01
Snapping its three-session losing streak, the benchmark BSE Sensex staged a strong comeback by rising over 312 points in early trade today on fresh spells of buying by foreign funds and investors amid positive global cues.Besides, appreciating rupee which strengthened to two-week high of 61.09...
09:59
The New York Times has suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational reform could be used to promote an ideology that sees India's history through the prism of the Hindu right wing.Modi has promised India's youth a bright future, the NYT wrote in an editorial published on Thursday,...
09:19
A high-level meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth will be held on Thursday to take stock of preparedness for cyclonic storm Hud Hud, which is expected to hit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast by October 12.The National Crisis Management Committee meeting will be attended among others by...
09:11
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will begin his two-day visit to India today, is also expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.His visit comes three months (July, 2014) after the visit of Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of the social networking giant, to the country, which...
08:58
The deep depression over the north Andaman Sea on Wednesday intensified into cyclonic storm Hud Hud. The latter is likely to make landfall between Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Gopalpur (Odisha) on the eastern coast on Sunday (October 12) noon.It has moved closer to the coast, 1,150...
01:14
The chief minister of Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province today admitted that Islamic State militants could be active in the province. Abdul Malik Baloch told Dawn News that the biggest problem facing the province was religious extremism and fanaticism which had increased in the province...
00:44
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Kerala Government on a petition filed by 16 of the 24 convicts challenging their conviction and varying quantum of sentence in the Suryanelli gangrape case.A bench comprising Justices S J Mukhopadhaya and P C Pant issued notice to the state...
00:43
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh at the Air House reception on Wednesday evening.Singh is the only officer of the IAF to be promoted to five-star rank, equal to a Field Marshal, to which he was promoted in 2002. With the death of Field Marshal Sam...
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Dummy grenade in AI plane: NSG submits report to MHARahul commits blooper, calls Modi 'opposition leader'I will take back Kashmir, all of it: Bilawal BhuttoWrite to me or the CM to have your issues resolved: MulayamGoing, going, gone. 2014's last Blood MoonJDU's Sharad Yadav attends SP...
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