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A Japan Airlines domestic flight returned safely to Tokyo today after the pilot shut down an engine due to unspecified trouble while en route to Hokkaido in northern Japan. The airline said that JAL Flight 521, carrying 228 passengers and 11 crew members, landed at Haneda airport, and that...
23:03
A federal jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, two days after both prosecutors and defense lawyers said Tsarnaev must be held accountable for participating in the terror attack. Deliberations in the guilt phase began Tuesday morning, almost...
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Republican Party of India (Athawale), an ally of ruling BJP, today asked the Maharashtra Government to have a rethink on the expanded beef ban law and announced a state-wide protest against the legislation, which it said ignores economic welfare of farmers. RPI chief Ramdas Athawale will...
21:59
US President Barack Obama has reaffirmed support for India's candidature for permanent membership of a reformed UN Security Council and considers continued strengthening of the relationship with New Delhi as a foreign policy priority.I think what the President said was in the context of a...
21:55
Nearly half of European militants known to have travelled to territory held by the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group are French, a report by the country's upper house Senate revealed Wednesday.Just over 1,430 French people have made their way to Iraq and Syria, representing...
21:50
Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.While the White House has said the breach only affected an...
21:21
It will be a unique 'Naav Pe Charcha' (chat on boat) when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande have a cruise on Friday on the La Seine river that flows through Paris....
20:54
Jammu and Kashmir government this evening clarified that the Kashmiri Pandits are a part and parcel of the traditional Kashmiri ethos and they would be reintegrated into their native place as a part of the society and not as an isolated community.Discounting as misconstrued, misconceived and...
20:49
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif today arrived in Pakistan to exchange views on the situation in Yemen, a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Iran to get involved in a debate on security in the war-torn country.The visit is taking place when Pakistan's parliament is mulling a...
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The 11 Indians evacuated from Yemen by Pakistan arrive at the Delhi airport.
19:47
An explosion in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta injured four people on Wednesday, one of them seriously, police said.They declined to say whether a bomb caused the explosion but said dozens of packages containing nails and suspicious black powder were found nearby.The blast occurred...
19:34
ISIS on Wednesday released 216 Yazidi captives in Iraq's Kirkuk province, according to an official with northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.It wasn't immediately clear what motivated the release, said the KRG official, Nuri Osman.Kurdish Peshmerga forces received the...
19:12
Congress today demanded immediate sacking of Union Minister V K Singh for his controversial presstitutes remarks against newsmen and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking any action against him.We are not going to rest till the demand is met. He should be sacked immediately. This...
19:06
The Andhra Pradesh government today justified police firing at red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district, in which 20 people, mostly from Tamil Nadu, were killed, saying it was done in self-defence.It was an incident where the police had to open fire in self-defence because they were terribly...
18:59
PM Narendra Modi tweets his thanks to Pakistan. @narendramodi I welcome our 11 citizens who've returned from Yemen with assistance from Pakistan. Thank you PM Nawaz Sharif for your humanitarian gesture.The 11 people rescued by the Pakistan Navy returned to India by special plane at 5pm today....
18:24
Cultural affairs minister Vinod Tawde on the Marathi film mandate for multiplexes: I have taken a decision in favor of Marathi cinema and viewers. Everyone has a right to criticize, so I don't feel bad if anybody tweets against me or my decision. If someone doesn't agree then there are ways to...
17:49
Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi takes over from HS Brahma as the chief election commissioner. Brahma retires on April 19.Zaidi was appointed as an Election Commissioner in 2102. President Pranab Mukherjee made the appointment filling a vacancy caused by the elevation of V S Sampath as Chief Election...
17:39
Just in: Nasim Zaidi takes over from HS Brahma as the chief election commissioner. Brahma retires on April 19.
17:28
Just in: India extends air evacuations from Yemen by a day. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets: Responding to needs of 140 nurses India extends air evacuation from Yemen by a day. Fights planned for tomorrow also, subject to clearances.
17:26
Former J-K CM Omar Abdullah on the Modi government's proposal for 'composite townships' for Kashmiri Pandits. Abdullah says, No right-minded Kashmiri will oppose the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homes in the valley. No right-minded Kashmiri will support the ghettoisation of Kashmiri...
17:17
Syed Akbaruddin , MEA spokesperson tweets: 232 persons from 26 countries evacuated by India from Yemen. Efforts continuing. Click on the picture for a larger image.
16:55
The 11 people rescued by the Pakistan Navy to return to India by special plane at 5pm today. The Indians arrived at Karachi port on Tuesday after sailing from Mokallah in Yemen, where they were rescued by Pakistani naval personnel onto the PNS Aslat. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
16:51
It's difficult to say who suffered more these 28 years: The men who survived the PAC shooting and the assaults in jail; or the women who lost their men in these custodial killings. Jyoti Punwani and photographer Uttam Ghosh report from Hashimpura, Meerut, on how the families have coped with...
16:47
In the newsroom, the thought process is about understanding the story, it's about complicating the story, constantly guarding against the black and white, trying to look beyond the obvious. As for the fiction-writing process, it's similar in many ways, but more internal. The people and the...
16:43
Family members of the Turkman gate road rage victim met local MLA Asim Khan and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (not in pic). Kejriwal said the Delhi government will provide legal help to the family.All five accused in the case have been arrested. Three of the accused have been sent to 14 days judicial...
16:41
Afghan soldier opens fire, wounds 3 US troops before being shot dead.
16:39
As PM Modi readies to go to France, Germany and Canada, a pertinent peice on the Guardian: Europe carpets the Greeks but rolls out the red carpet for Narendra Modi. How's that right? Read
16:08
PM would be travelling to France,Germany and Canada in that order. The common theme of the countries is that all are G-7 countries, says the MEA. The Canada visit of the PM is important because it's the first standalone prime ministerial visit in 42 years to Canada, says S Jaishankar. In Germany,...
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Question: Your junior minister (MoS external affairs VK Singh) has called media presstitutes.Do you have anything to say?Foreign secretary S Jaishankar: No
16:04
The ministry of external affairs holds a presser ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tri-nation visit to France, Germany and Canada tomorrow. The PM arrives tomorrow evening in Paris.In France, Modi will pay homage to the thousands of Indian soldiers killed in World War I at a memorial in the...
15:35
The bizarre gunning down of 20 men in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation supposedly against suspected red sandalwood smugglers on April 7 has elicited strong reactions in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Red sandalwood, an endangered species indigenous to South India, has a huge...
15:29
First they came for the car, then they came for the logo. An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter has claimed ownership of the party's logo and wants it back.Volunteer Sunil Lal, who says he has designed the AAP logo, has asked the party to stop using it in any form of branding including on...
15:11
More reactions to the Maharashtra government's maha mandate on screening Marathi films during prime time in multiplexes. Director-producer Karan Johar today said that though he believes in promoting regional cinema, putting restrictions on multiplexes may not be the best way. I do believe in...
14:52
In a country like India, it is clear that respecting religions -- in politics or in the kitchen -- is disastrous, says Amberish K Diwanji/Rediff.com.
14:47
Nikhil Wagle tweets his support for Shobhaa De: Privilege motion against @DeShobhaa is a joke. She has every right to criticize govt decision to block prime slot for Marathi films.
14:45
Changing times, changing needs...If there's one major issue plaguing smartphones, smartwatches and other gadgets we use every day, it's battery life. Now, a team of researchers at Stanford University has built an aluminum-ion battery prototype which offers several improvements over today's...
14:39
In fact, Shobhaa De tweeted these as well yesterday, which are as innocuous as the earlier tweet: Devendra 'Diktatwala' Fadnavis is at it again!!! From beef to movies. This is not the Maharashtra we all love! ... and Nako! Nako! Yeh sab roko! I love Marathi movies. Let me decide when...
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Just in: In the theatre of the ridiculous, a privilege motion has now been filed against writer Shobhaa De in the Maharashtra assembly. This, because, De, tweeted yesterday: No more pop corn at multiplexes in Mumbai? Dahi misal and vada pav only. To go better with the Marathi movies at prime...
14:14
Food for thought: @brownbrumby tweets: V K Singh can simply admit that @rahulroushan runs his account & that will explain the filth he spewed. Dont even know how to use minions :D
14:11
Senior journalist and vice-chairman of the India Today group tweets on VK Singh's presstitute remark.Shekhar Gupta: We journos are used to individual gaalis & can deflect them off our thick skins. But this new institutional calumny is incendiary & fascist.
14:03
The Enforcement Directorate has attached the bank balance worth Rs 101 crore in connection with the money laundering probe in SpeakAsia online scam case.
14:02
The main accused in the Delhi road rage case has been arrested. Ameen Pehelwan was arrested this afternoon, while another four people have also been held. The incident took place around 11.30 pm on Sunday when the victim, identified as Shahnawaz (38), was returning home from a wedding on his...
13:49
A senior Congress leader is in regular touch with a Union minister and passes on 'palace rumblings', it is said. And the minister, who is well versed in ruling party language, faithfully conveys all this to the BJP leadership.
13:49
There's strong buzz in Delhi that a Union minister recently sold his four-room apartment to another Union minister.The reason, you ask? To meet the expenses of his daughter's wedding.
13:48
Recently a Union minister, with family in full attendance, was at 7 Race Course Road following which the BJP leadership advised the minister to devote more time for the family, especially the eight-year-old daughter. But the minister, it is learnt, has sought two more years to...
13:47
Home Minister Rajnath Singh phones Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to seek facts on the shooting of the 20 suspected sandalwood smugglers.Twenty people were gunned down in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation said to be against red sandalwood smugglers...
13:39
Barkha Dutt tweets: Don't agree with @Gen_VKSingh choice of words, but equally true that channel under attack vilifies others, including media, without a pause.Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh was caught in a fresh controversy over his remarks comparing the Yemen evacuation...
13:37
For five days now, top officials of Delhi's education department have been absent from work. Reason: They have been busy marking their presence at a workshop in Chhattisgarh to learn about a new way of value-based teaching'. Among the at least 40 officials' attending the seven-day 'Madhyasth...
13:31
The visitors' register kept at the Prime Minister's Office's main reception had been sought for analysis by a senior PMO functionary, sending jitters among the political class but the maximum impact from this move was felt by corporate lobbyists. A new pattern of strict vigil has...
13:30
The NDA govt needs to summon political will to resume India-Pakistan dialogue immediately and make Pakistan pay, militarily and diplomatically, for fostering terror. Read
13:25
JUST IN: The High Court directs all civic agencies and the Delhi govt to remove large hoardings, posters and billboards from buildings immediately.Mumbai awaits.
13:22
President Pranab Mukherjee plans to avoid the Delhi heat and dust and spend one fortnight in Rashtrapathi Nilayam in Hyderabad in the middle of June and early July.Omita Paul, secretary to the President, along with a high level official team recently inspected the Hyderabad unit...
12:53
Even as the 2002 hit-and-run case is , fresh trouble seems to be brewing for Bollywood actor Salman Khan.A complaint has been filed against the Dabangg star alleging that the actor abused and assaulted Ravindra Dwivedi when he was trying to board a flight on November 4, 2014.Read this...
12:11
The Goa police will quiz two topexecutives of Fabindia on Friday in connection with the trial room camera episode involving its outlet at Candolim near here.The Goa crime branch had earlier summoned Fabindia's Chief Executive Officer Subrata Dutta and Managing Director William Bissel to appear...
11:42
President Pranab Mujherjee conferred the Padma Vibhushan to actor Amitabh Bachchan at the Rashtrapati Bhawan today.The 72-year-old actor has previously been honoured with the title of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.Among those from the fields of trade and industry who were awarded the countrys...
11:28
Wait, isn't Prince Harry supposed to be the party-all-the-time, anything-goes royal?Well, it seems that he's turned over a new leaf since cameras caught him scolding a young Australian fan over her fondness of selfies. Britain's Prince Harry reacts with members of the public...
11:14
At least three terror groups plotting attacks against Britain have changed their communication methods since the leaks by Edward Snowden, it was claimed last night.The Al Qaeda-linked networks have altered their tactics since the fugitive stole intelligence files from GCHQ and the US National...
10:48
A special court here trying the multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd will pronounce its judgement in the CBI- probed case tomorrow.During the last hearing on March 9, Special Judge BVLN Chakravarthi said, On April 9, the judgement will be pronounced. I am...
10:28
Secret Service agents have one of the toughest jobs in Washington: They are expected, if necessary, to put their lives on the line in the protection of the President and his family.They've also had to teach a teen to drive.First Lady Michelle Obama revealed this week that her older daughter,...
09:53
A judge has given the go ahead for a woman to serve her husband with divorce papers via Facebook.According to the New York Daily News, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper recently delivered the landmark ruling allowing Ellanora Baidoo, 26, to serve her husband the legal documents...
09:50
Actress Mindy Kaling's brother says that he posed as a black man years ago to get into medical school and that the experience opened his eyes to what he calls the hypocrisy of affirmative action.The revelation comes as Vijay Chokal-Ingam, who is of Indian descent, is pitching a book about his...
09:27
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 on Wednesday.While 600 were rescued by Air India, over 100...
09:18
A South Carolina officer has been charged with murder after a video surfaced that appears to show him shooting an unarmed man who was running away.Michael Slager, an officer with the North Charleston police department, was arrested Tuesday, according to a statement from the South Carolina law...
09:13
Business Insider quotes an explanation made by Gates about the difference between him and Jobs. Gates considered Jobs as one with a design mind-set, while he had a coder's mind, focusing more on the architectural built. read this interesting article HERE
09:00
More than 100,000 people have left their homes in search of safety in Yemen since the escalation in fighting last month and 74 children have lost their lives, according to UNICEF, the UN agency for child welfare.Hospitals are struggling to treat large numbers of wounded with insufficient supplies...
08:53
Several Mexican state police have been killed in an ambush by suspected gang members in the west of the country, authorities said on Tuesday, the second major attack on security forces in less than a month in the region. Read this story HERE
08:41
The Afghan Taliban have published a surprise biography of the reclusive Mullah Mohammed Omar, to mark his 19th year as their supreme leader.The 5,000-word biography on their main website clarifies disputed facts about his birth and upbringing.It lists his favourite weapon --the RPG 7 -- and says...
08:36
The US state department has approved Pakistan's request for a billion dollars worth of military hardware and equipment, identifying Pakistan as a country of vital importance for US foreign policy and national interests. Read the full story HERE
08:23
Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh was today caught in a fresh controversy over his remarks comparing the Yemen evacuation operation with his visit to the Pakistani mission recently and later making snide remarks against a TV channel.Actually speaking, the operation (evacuation) in...
07:55
Prince Karim Aga Khan will be accorded with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award by President Pranab Mukherjee later today.On Tuesday, Prince Karim Aga Khanhad called on the President, assuring that the Aga Khan Development Network would continue to work in India and establish...
03:50
Fifteen militants were killed and one other injured during the army raids in the restive north Sinai province in Egypt. The army targeted areas in Sheikh Zowayed and Rafah with aerial and ground forces, security sources said. Twenty-five shelters, headquarter and two houses belonging to...
03:36
A car bomb blew up at a rebel base north of the Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least seven people, two activist groups said. The attack targeted a compound of Islamist armed opposition fighters in the town of Marea, some 30 kilometres north of Aleppo yesterday. The town, long a stronghold...
02:47
The Greek government says Germany owes Greece nearly 279bn (204bn; $303bn) in war reparations for the Nazi occupation during World War II.It is the first time Greece has officially calculated what Germany allegedly owes it for Nazi atrocities and looting during the 1940s.However, the German...
02:46
Iraqi forensics teams have begun exhuming the bodies of soldiers killed in last summer's massacre by Islamic State militants.A mass grave in Tikrit near the former U.S. Army base Camp Speicher is believed to contain as many as 1,700 bodies of Iraqi soldiers.
01:29
Afghanistan today vowed action against Taliban-allied Uzbek insurgents after they posted a video purportedly showing the beheading of a former Afghan soldier, highlighting their apparent tilt towards Islamic State group. A local commander of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), which...
01:28
The Red Cross warned today of a catastrophic situation in Yemen's main southern city Aden, as loyalist forces battled rebels in the streets backed by shelling by Saudi-led warships. The Iran-backed Huthi Shiite rebels and their allies made a new push on a port in the central Mualla district...
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A Kolkata-New Delhi Spicejet flight was delayed by about 90 minutes this evening after an MP3 player found inside the handbag of a woman passenger caused a bombscare just before takeoff, airport officials said. When the plane was taxiing to the runway for takeoff, a woman passenger started...
00:32
Emboldened as they mop up the last Islamic State forces in the city of Tikrit, Iraqi military leaders are already vowing to follow up that operation with a much more ambitious one: marching into the vast Sunni heartland in western Iraq to root out some of the most significant militant...
00:31
The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with Iran in neighboring Yemen, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday.U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S., a key ally of...
00:30
World boxing champion Mary Kom's coach, Hemlata Gupta, was allegedly assaulted by employees of a restaurant in Udaipur on Monday evening. The altercation happened over Gupta's mobile phone, worth Rs. 40,000, allegedly went missing in the hotel where she had gone for dinner with her...
00:26
Cop injured in Nalgonda encounter succumbs to injuriesRiding through Indo-Pak tensions, cross-LoC bus completes 10 yrsSlaughter ban only on cows and bulls, clarifies Fadnavis20 'smugglers' shot dead in Andhra forests, Tamil Nadu seeks probeOver 540 killed in Yemen conflict; 4,000 Indians...
00:22
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...
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