23:32
A county sheriff is confirming that seven people have died in a small plane crash in central Illinois while returning home from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis.McClean County Sheriff Jon Sandage says the county coroner pronounced all seven occupants dead. Their identities were...
23:03
German aviation industry doctors said today that pilots should undergo more extensive medical checks in the wake of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps that killed 150 people. In response to prosecutors' allegations that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Duesseldorf-bound...
22:06
The US State Department has approved sale of USD 952 million worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other defence equipment to Pakistan to help Islamabad with its counter-terrorism operations in South Asia. Notification for the proposed sale of the AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters and...
21:38
The Dutch justice ministry says about 190 people have traveled from the Netherlands to fight in overseas jihadi conflicts, some 35 have returned home and 30 have been killed.The ministry published the latest figures Tuesday without a specific breakdown of what countries the 190 had traveled to....
21:23
Hundreds of students marched through Kenya's capital demanding better security following last week's massacre by al-Shabab militants at a Garissa university. Kenyan authorities presented several attack suspects in court.Singing, chanting and with some dressed in black to symbolize mourning, about...
21:05
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has criticised the governement for forcing film theaters to play Marathi movies. Govt promoting Marathi producers & helping them would be a good call, forcing theaters to play Marathi movies isnt ok, Prithviraj Chavan said...
20:59
A single number '112' should be used for all emergency phone calls across the country including for police, fire and ambulance, telecom regulator Trai proposed on Tuesday.Similar to the '911' all-in-one emergency service in the US, the government can integrate all existing emergency numbers such...
20:31
Authorities detained a 15-year-old girl from Cape Town, South Africa, at the city's airport after receiving information she was leaving the country to join ISIS, State Security Minister David Mahlobo said.We are still conducting further investigation. The girl over the past period has been using...
20:18
Heavy rain has delayed the opening ceremony of the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, leaving fans at the decked-up Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata disappointed.Even as rain continues unabated spectators are glued to their seats hoping the downpour will subside and the evening's...
20:13
In a bid to prove that 2002 mishap involving Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was a hit-and-run case, the prosecution today told the trial court that the deposition of witnesses indicated the actor had run away after the incident and did not take the injured to hospital. Khan is accused of...
19:46
The Cabinet has cleared the bill to regulate the real estate sector. It is aimed at curbing malpractices and harassment. The bill will ensure that ever real estate promoter is registered.
19:34
India has accepted Pakistan's offer to fly back from Karachi by special plane the 11 Indians evacuated by Pakistani naval ship from Yemen. In gesture of goodwill, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, has offered to fly out the Indians. The 11 Indian citizens were among 35 foreign nationals who were...
19:22
Just in: After the State Bank of India, HDFC has cut loan rates by 0.15 per cent to 9.85 per cent. This will be effective from April 13. Reserve Bank of India chief Raghuram Rajan today pushed banks to lower their lending rates. Earlier in the day, the RBI in its first bi-monthly monetary...
19:17
French President Francois Hollande said there will be no news on the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for a state visit to France, Reuters reported. There will be no announcement on the Rafale sales before the visit of Prime...
19:11
The National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to Andhra Pradesh government seeking a report on the killing of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers by police in the state, observing that the incident involved a serious violation of human rights of individuals. NHRC Member Justice D...
19:07
The total number of Indian evacuees from war-ravaged Yemen today touched the 4,000 mark with nearly 700 more nationals, including 600 from Sanaa, rescued in three air sorties as the government decided to end the air evacuation operation tomorrow. While 600 were rescued by Air India, over 100...
18:39
Just in: RBI chief Raghuram Rajan's message to banks for not passing on the previous rate cuts to customers seems to have been heard. The State Bank of India has just reduced the lending rate by 15 bps to 9.85 per cent effective April 10.Rajan said the RBI wanted to facilitate the transmission...
18:28
Jailed opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has unveiled an international legal team including heavyweight human rights lawyers such as Amal Clooney.Clooney, who has advised the UN and is the wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, is accompanied by the founder of Freedom Now, Jared Genser, and...
18:22
Hrithik tweets this picture during a practice session: Rain threatens 2stop d event tom nite.I told them 2 keep d cameras on,cause come rain or storm, I gonna dance.
18:18
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had a fangirl moment when she met Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan earlier today. Roshan is in Kolkata to perform at the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League 8 in Kolkata this evening. Mamata tweeted: @iHrithik called on me at Nabanna on a courtesy visit. He...
18:05
The Congress party has slammed Minister of State (External Affairs) VK Singh for his statement that overseeing the evacuation of Indians from war-torn Yemen was less exciting than going to the Pakistani embassy.The Congress said Singh should focus on his duty and not make...
17:39
Milind Deora tweets: If @Dev_Fadnavis is serious about promoting Marathi cinema, he should announce a grant for filmmakers who develop & produce Marathi movies.Shobhaa De tweets: Devendra 'Diktatwala' Fadnavis is at it again!!! From beef to movies. This is not the Maharashtra we...
17:37
In gesture of goodwill, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, has offered to fly out 11 Indians rescued by Pakistan from Yemen. The 11 Indian citizens were among 35 foreign nationals who were rescued with 148 Pakistani citizens from the Ash Shihr port in Yemen on April 4. India has evacuated over 3,000 of...
17:27
Seeking to know whether the Andhra Pradesh Task Force personnel acted with adequate restraint on red sander smugglers, 20 of whom were killed, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today shot off a letter to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu seeking a credible and speedy...
17:20
Omar Abdullah on aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju carrying a matchbox while flying. The absence of frisking is a courtesy extended, it isn't a relaxation of the rules. Bragging about carrying match boxes on flights is silly.
17:13
As the original manuscript for Don Mclean's 1971 classic goes up for auction, fans may finally discover what the Song of the Century is really about. So what are the popular theories? Read
17:01
A busy day in the Maharashtra assembly today. After CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the beef ban will NOT extend to other animals, his cabinet colleague Maharashtra cultural minister Vinod Tawde told the assembly that he will ensure that Marathi films are mandatory in multiplexes between 6 pm and...
16:46
In the agitated Kashmir Valley, cricketers need to tread the fine line between loyalty and ambition, writes one India's most respected sports journalists. Read
16:43
Former and one of India's most respected president's APJ Kalam, tweets his congratulations: Meanwhile. . India has managed to rescue thousands of its and 26 othr nations citizens frm Yemen.. well done navy and air men !! Respect.And Amul's response to the India's terrific evacuation efforts.
16:32
The PMO is said to have designed a six-minute CD with the major achievements of the BJP government and the Modi leadership, which will be released on May 26, 2015, when it completes one year in government. The text is in Hindi and the slides have been selected and approved. A dummy copy has...
16:14
BJP senior leader LK Advani is believed to be in a funk after he was not 'officially' invited for the party's foundation day celebrations on April 6. While Advani was invited through an SMS, it was a general one sent to all party workers. It's a message that has been sent out to Advani -- retire...
16:04
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the union minister for communications and IT, has fractured his left arm in Bengaluru at the BJP national executive meet. Prasad returned to Delhi for treatment after taking permission from BJP president Amit Shah and other senior leaders, but not before he jokingly...
15:57
That's a relief! Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis clarifies in the Assembly that no meat other than beef will be banned. This assurance comes in the wake of the Maharashtra government telling the high court that it has the power and may extend the ban on possession and consumption of cow, bull...
15:45
Syed Akbaruddin @MEAIndia tweets: We will end r air evacuation efforts from Sana'a tomorrow, 8th April. All who want to avail should leave tomorrow. Spread the word around.
15:38
A toast to Ola cabs for this reply to an incredibly partisan request. A person who goes by the name of Seelam Veerapa Naidu tweeted @Olacabs saying, Being a Hindu i usually prefer Driver of Hindu Faith Only , Particularly in Hyderabad.. pls Give us a chance to Choose a Driver.Ola responded...
15:22
Indian-origin term 'Guru' has retained its place among the top-50 business buzzwords globally, while the term 'content' topped the list for the second consecutive year, according to a latest survey. Guru, a Sanskrit-origin term which means teacher or master, has moved down to 15th position in...
15:16
Senior CPI-M leader M A Baby has apologised on behalf of Kerala to American artist Waswo X Waswo, who destroyed some of his artifacts showcased at the recent Kochi-Muziris Biennala show, after unions allegedly demanded exorbitant rates to load some of his works onto a truck.We cannot console...
15:10
External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted on Monday evening that there was a surge in evacuation efforts from Yemen and 26 countries had asked India to help. This is the list of countries which require help from India. Click on the picture for a larger image.
15:08
India has evacuated over 3,000 of 4000 of its nationals from Yemen so far by air and sea and has now received requests for assistance in evacuation from 26 countries, including the US, Bangladesh, France, Germany, and Sri Lanka.Yemen is witnessing continuing fighting between the Shia Houthi...
14:51
And here's a must read: Former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising writes, To suggest that activists -- and that too 'five star activists' -- are driving the courts is to betray an ignorance of the functioning of the legal system of the most gross kind. Read
14:47
Rebel AAP leader Prashant Bhushan responds to colleague Atishi Marlena's letter saying, she was not present during discussions and negotiations, and therefore is not aware of the full facts. Yadav-ji and I had responded to her on email. These were private conversations, did not want to make them...
14:37
A driver who ignored an injured elderly woman by the roadside later found out that the victim was his own mother, the Anhui Business Daily reported. The man from Nanling county in Wuhu city was on his way to visit his mother early one morning last week when he spotted the badly hurt old woman...
14:18
In the last one year the Bharatiya Janata Party has experienced both exciting highs and depressing lows. From being seen as a party that was pro-growth and pro-reforms, the BJP is now struggling to fight off the perception that it is anti-poor and anti-farmer. Read more
14:17
Sending out a strong message to insurgent groups active in the North East, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said the Centre will not tolerate any violation of ceasefire agreement. If any group violates ceasefire agreement, action will be taken against them. No group can...
14:16
In a drought-stricken village near Mumbai, men marry a second -- sometimes even a third -- woman whose only role is to fetch water for the family. Read the amazing story here.
14:12
Aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju sparks a row with an explosive statement while speaking on airport security. Addressing the meet, Raju said he is a heavy smoker and his matchboxes always got confiscated. But ever since he became minister he has stopped being frisked. Once I became minister...
13:59
A 24-year-old former University of Nairobi law student was the leader of the Al-Shabaab killer squad that slaughtered 148 people at Garissa University College. Read
13:52
Renju CK, an anaesthesia technician at the Al-Naqib Hospital in Aden, Yemen, was part of the first batch of 362 Indians rescued from the war-torn country. On his return to Alleppey, Kerala, he recounts the eventful journey and the dire conditions in Yemen to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com. Read
13:36
News updates at this hour:1. Delhi's most wanted gangster Bawana held. 2. The Juvenile Justice Bill will be reviewed today.
13:29
Just in: Rajya Sabha will reconvene from April 23 to May 13, 2015. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs met today to take a call on reconvening the Rajya Sabha. The budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on March 28 as the House was prorogued to pave the way for...
13:25
Is Saudi Arabia trying to divide the Pakistan Army by asking for Sunni soldiers? Read the blog on The Nation.
13:21
Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was discharged from a hospital in Berhampur, Odisha, following an improvement in his health condition, prison officials said today. Panda had gone on a hunger strike in the Berhampur Circle Jail on March 31, protesting against solitary confinement, blocking of his...
13:19
All India Congress Committee General Secretary Digvijay Singh today came to the defence of Fabindia management saying the top officials should not be harassed if it is someone else's mischief. Singh, who is also the party's desk in-charge for Goa, today tweeted, If some outlet in Goa shifted CCTV...
13:02
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was on the Hindu extremists' hit-list. In June 2008, this information was made public. Prior to that, you should hear Bhagwat's speeches and listen to his 'liberal' statements. After he was informed that he was on their hit-list, he became a hardliner. He was not like...
13:00
Five persons, including the founder of local militant group Tehreek-Ghalba-e-Islam (TGI) Viqaruddin Ahmed, were today killed in an encounter with police in Telangana's Warangal district. The encounter took place near Janagaon in Warangal, around 80 kms from here, when Ahmed and four of his...
12:38
BFF: J-K CM Mufti Mohd Sayeed with union home minister Rajnath Singh. Rajnath Singh tweeted: Had a good meeting with Shri Mufti Mohd. Sayeed. We discussed a range of issues related to development of the state.
12:36
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Rajnath Singh to brief them about the situation in the state. This is the first official meeting of Sayeed with the Prime Minister since he became Chief Minister on...
12:36
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday rebuked banks for not passing on the previous rate cuts to customers. Rajan said the RBI wanted to facilitate the transmission of rate cuts to customers. When banks have to raise rates, they quote higher policy rates... Why don't they cut when...
12:22
Fabindia's CEO and Managing Director, who were summoned by the Goa police in connection with the voyeurism case, today failed to appear before the investigating officer, even as police summoned 11 employees of the outlet for questioning. The voyeurism case was filed against the outlet's staff...
12:16
As VK Singh, MoS External Affairs, oversees evacuation of Indians from Yemen, extremely successfully at that, an interesting read from the Telegraph on Singh's presence at Pakistan's National Day celebrations in New Delhi. Mercifully, the hurricane that swept through the electronic media on...
12:07
Italian Marine Massimiliano Latorre, who along with a colleague is accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012, today moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of his stay in Italy on medical grounds. A bench comprising justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph fixed the plea of Latorre for hearing on...
12:04
Who is this? Three clues to help you along...The man is in disguise. The picture was taken during India's Emergency -- the 21-month period from 197577.The man is a well-known politician.
11:59
Coming out in support of his wife who stoked a controversy by stating that rapes are on the rise as women are aping western culture, Goa Factories Minister Deepak Dhavalikar on Tuesday said the way people dress today, fuels incidents of rape.When girls used to follow Hindu culture, there were no...
11:46
You can count on the Saamna to write tart copy. Slamming the BJP's silence over its MP Dilip Gandhi's controversial comment supporting tobacco, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has taken a broom to clean dirt from roads, but who will clean the garbage...
11:42
The opinion of an 'all-weather friend' should always count. Will Pakistan take Chinas estimation of the Yemen situation seriously before crossing the Rubicon to meet Saudi Arabias expectations from it? Pakistans Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who returned from a visit to Riyadh leading a military...
11:28
The smooth efficiency of Operation Rahat, once it got under way, is the latest example of how India's response systems are at their best when they are put to the test. In a matter of days, the Navy, the Air Force, and Air India were able to rescue thousands of Indians from the heart of...
11:24
Just in: Five undertrials, including 3 SIMI suspects, killed as they try to escape while being taken to Hyderabad court from Warangal prison.
11:23
Rupa Subramanya retweeted @ggiittiikkaa Pak Ambassador flees Yemen, leaving behind 1000s of stranded Pakis. Where is @ndtv, who was gloating over rescue of 11 Indians by Pakis?
11:21
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets: Early morning in Djibouti - planning afoot for day's evacuation.India on Monday evacuated 1,052 of its nationals from Yemen, taking the total number of Indians rescued from the strife-torn country to nearly 3,300 as the government was looking at wrapping...
11:15
RBI: Next rate cut will depend on effective transmission of policy stance by banks. We expect a growth rate in 2015-16 at 7.8 per cent, up from 7.5 per cent in 2014-15.
11:12
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader, Asaduddin Owaisi, known for his controversial comments, targeted Bollywood star Salman Khan on Sunday, saying he ran over people sleeping on the footpath in an inebriated condition and made his driver a scapegoat. He was speaking at a public...
11:12
RBI also keeps CRR rates unchanged. This means that your EMIs will NOT come down. Speculation that the RBI may slash CRR (cash reserve ratio), in a bid to push banks to lower lending rates seems unfounded. SBI and ICICI Bank have not lowered lending rates despite back-to-back repo cuts this...
11:08
Just in: The Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rates unchanged at 7.50 per cent. RBI governor Raghuram Rajan in his monetary policy announcement at 11 am today announced a status quo on interest rates as well. Dr Rajan has already cut repo rates twice this year, both times outside the...
10:43
The opinion of an 'all-weather friend' should always count. Will Pakistan take China's estimation of the Yemen situation seriously before crossing the Rubicon to meet Saudi Arabia's expectations from it? Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who returned from a visit to Riyadh leading a...
10:25
The Paralympic Committee of India has acted by suspending president Rajesh Tomar over lack of facilities at the National Para-Athletics championship where the athletes were put up.The three-day National Para Athletic Championship has been labelled a national shame. The participants were forced to...
10:21
The Andhra Pradesh police on Tuesday shot dead at least 20 red sandalwood smugglers in a major encounter in Chittoor district of the state, television reports said.According to reports, the encounter is still on and many others have sustained serious injuries due to heavy exchange of gunfire from...
10:04
Zee News reports: Minister of State (External Affairs) VK Singh has again stirred up a controversy by saying that overseeing the evacuation of Indians from war-torn Yemen is less exciting than going to the Pakistani embassy.Singh, former Army chief, who is camping in Djibouti to oversee...
09:54
Son and nephew of Bihar's Jehanabad MP Arun Kumar were allegedly thrashed in south Delhi's Hauz Khas area by their neighbour and his friends over a parking dispute, police said on Monday.Kumar's son Rituraj suffered a shoulder dislocation, while nephew Rishabh was also injured in the incident...
09:28
Goa Police has summoned top officials of FabIndia for questioning in connection with the voyeurism case filed against the outlet's staff after Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani alleged last week that the store had a CCTV camera suspiciously placed near the trial room.Reports, Tuesday, said that Goa...
09:06
The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested 'most wanted criminal' Neeraj Bawana. Bawana is an extortionist, who targets rich businessmen and realtors in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).Bawana, wanted in several cases of murder and extortion, last year figured in in the list of...
08:40
Reserve Bank is expected to leave the repo rate unchanged during its annual monetary policy on Tuesday due to increased food prices after unseasonable rains in various parts of the country.However, RBI may indicate a rate cut in future after some improvement on the price front.RBI had lowered its...
08:35
After upsetting the practice session, rain and thunderstorm could play spoilsport at the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League tournament, slated to be held at the Salt Lake stadium here on Tuesday, according to the Met Office forecast.Wednesday's IPL opener between Kolkata Knight Riders...
08:19
A fourth man has been charged in a terrorism case accusing him of raising money for a plot to have US residents travel overseas to fight for the Islamic State group.Dilkhayot Kasimov was named with three other previously charged defendants in a revised indictment unsealed in federal court in...
03:50
The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus.One UN official described the situation for the 18,000 refugees there as beyond inhumane.The situation has deteriorated since 1 April, when Islamic State launched an offensive.
03:48
Turkey today blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of images of a Turkish prosecutor killed by leftist militants during a hostage standoff last week. The online sites were inaccessible for many users in Turkey, with the Hurriyet newspaper saying that service...
03:46
The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned the siege of a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants and fighters from the Nusra Front. In an emergency session Monday, the Council called for the protection and safe evacuation of civilians...
02:03
A group of artists today installed a bust of fugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden on a war memorial in a New York park, though authorities quickly removed the illicit statue. The trio of artists placed the bronze-looking bust atop a column on a memorial to Revolutionary War...
02:02
Islamist fighters today kidnapped some 300 Kurdish civilians at a checkpoint in northwestern Syria, holding them several hours before setting them free, Kurdish officials and a monitor said. Newaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said the group had been...
01:18
Fierce clashes raged today between rebels and loyalists in southern Yemen, leaving more than 140 dead in 24 hours, as the Red Cross faced delays to urgently needed aid deliveries. Relief workers have warned of a dire situation in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, where a Saudi-led...
00:36
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk have freed 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war.The release happened on April 6 and the separatists said that it was a unilateral gesture.Darya Morozova, the so-called ombudsman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), said...
00:27
A Turkish court Monday banned access to Twitter Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube for failing to remove content related to a deadly hostage crisis last week, marking the second time in a year that the social-media platforms have been blocked after getting...
00:25
US President Barack Obama strongly defended last week's framework nuclear deal with Iran as a once in a lifetime opportunity to curb the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, The New York Times reported Monday.This is our best bet by far to make sure Iran doesn't get a...
00:23
A pastor who played a key role in the American civil rights movement has died. The Progressive National Baptist Convention says the Rev. Gardner Taylor died yesterday. He was 96 and lived in North Carolina. Taylor was the grandson of former slaves who gained national prominence as pastor of...
00:23
Rahul's return: Cong gears up to ensure good show at farmers' rallyYemen: 3,300 Indians out so far; operation Rahat to wrap up soonIAS officer's death: K'taka govt removes deadline after CBI refuses probe'There is nothing unconstitutional or illegal about ordinances'In Meerut, no cry of justice...
00:20
Jordan has evacuated almost 300 nationals from conflict-hit Yemen, where it has joined a Saudi-led coalition waging air raids on Shiite rebels, a foreign ministry spokesman said today. Spokesman Sabah al-Rafei said 130 Jordanians returned home from Yemen today, travelling overland from...
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