23:39
Amnesty International is accusing UN peacekeepers of indiscriminately killing a 16-year-old boy and his father and raping a 12-year-old girl in separate incidents in Central African Republic.A statement today said the two incidents on August 2 and 3 occurred as the peacekeepers were carrying out...
23:21
Authorities investigating last year's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine are examining what could be surface-to-air missile parts that were found in the area, a Dutch-led prosecution team said Tuesday.The parts possibly come from a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air-missile...
22:10
The death toll from Super Typhoon Soudelor, which lashed China rose to 26 today after eight more deaths were reported.In Fujian Province, where the typhoon made landfall on Saturday, seven people have died and three remained missing, the provincial flood control authority said. Soudelor is the...
20:30
A Vijayawada-bound Air India flight carrying 81 passengers, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao and other senior officials, landed again at the city airport 10 minutes after its take-off from here, following a technical snag midair.According to a senior official who was on...
20:09
A Special Investigation Team, set up by the government for conducting a fresh probe into 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, got an extension of one year. The SIT, which was set up on February 12 for six months, has been given an extension of one year, a home ministry official said. As mandated...
20:02
Islamic State bombers are in Britain and are ready to carry out lone-wolf attacks with World War II victory commemorations involving the Queen and the royal family being among the target, Sky News reported. By posing on Twitter and in chatrooms as two individuals committed to jihad -- one...
19:26
Technology geeks in China hoping to understand Google's newly unveiled corporate structure are fresh out of luck as the website of the new parent company, dubbed Alphabet, was blocked less than 24 hours after going live. Google unveiled a surprise corporate overhaul on Tuesday by...
19:16
It lasted for just about 30 seconds. When Congress president Sonia Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met they greeted each other with a warm hug and exchanged pleasantries. It ended in just 30 seconds but turned heads in the Central Hall of Parliament. The incident happened in...
19:03
The Jammu and Kashmir police today recommended the names of two civilians, who had overpowered and turned over Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naved to security men, for the 'Shaurya Chakra' gallantry medal. The police also issued appointment orders to the duo who were taken hostage by the terrorist...
18:51
Delhi Government today announced the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to be headed by a retired Delhi High Court judge to probe the multi-crore CNG fitness scam in which a number of officials of previous Sheila Dikshit government were under scanner. A meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided...
17:58
In the letter to PM Narendra Modi, the woman who accused former TERI boss RK Pachauri of sexual harrassment, which eventually led to his dismissal on July 23, this year, says his sacking was a sham and that TERI has actually welcomed him back. Citing the circumstances and specifications of her...
17:34
As reported by the National Crime Records Bureau a total of 11,797 and 125 inmates were awarded capital punishment during the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively.As per available records, there are five cases of mercy petitions, involving nine convicts, pending under Article 72 of the...
17:24
Just hours after he was praised by the Prime Minister for saying, Enough is Enough, about Parliament disruptions, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has had a change of heart. Yadav has warned of new disruptions to block Parliament unless the government releases the findings of a vast...
16:37
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Sundar Pichai on being appointed the CEO of Google Inc. Congratulations Sundar Pichai. My best wishes for the new role at Google, the Prime Minister said.
16:34
Hours after P Sundararajan aka Sundar Pichai was announced as the CEO of the newly-structured Google under the parent company Alphabet, his Wikipedia page turned battleground, a testimony to two facts - Indians love taking credit for accomplishments by one of ours anywhere in the world, and the...
16:31
Two militants were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Pulwama district today, Mukhtar Ahmad/Rediff.com reports.A senior police officer said militants fired at the security forces in the Ratnipora village yesterday evening triggering an encounter. Heavy army and police reinforcements...
16:07
Deputy Speaker M Thambi Durai abruptly adjourns the Lok Sabha following the tearing of papers by agitating Congress members. The government may call a special session on the GST bill.
15:50
Just in: Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the funds embezzlement case for a museum at Gulbarg society, devastated in the 2002 riots. The court said they were not any threat to the sovereignty of the state and there was no possibility of them...
15:38
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval briefed President Pranab Mukherjee today over national security issues. Though the meeting was termed 'routine', sources say the meeting assumes importance in the backdrop of Prime Minister Modi's foreign visits in the next two months and the capture of...
15:20
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Centre to link the Aadhaar card with the public distribution system (PDS) and LPG. But the court made it clear that Aadhaar will not be mandatory for availing any social benefit scheme. The court said that the government was at liberty to use Aadhaar for...
14:33
Tennis ace Sania Mirza wins the Khel Ratna award. Last week, the Sports Ministry confirmed that Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza had been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna but made it clear that the final decision rests with only the Awards Committee. Sania won her...
14:24
Massive protests by the Congress as the GST Bill is introduced. The Rajya Sabha is adjourned for the day.
14:18
The government introduced the much-awaited bill on GST for passage in the Rajya Sabha even as doubts persists if the opposition Congress will allow passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill.The Revised List of Business of Rajya Sabha said finance minister Arun Jaitley will move the Constitution...
14:04
Just in: Government likely to introduce GST Bill in the Rajya Sabha after 2 pm.
13:55
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13:53
When Google, the world's second most valuable company, changes its name to Alphabet overnight, the ripples are felt the world over - not least by Chris Andrikanich, who owns the @alphabet Twitter handle. Read more
13:45
Lalit Modi, former commissioner of the controversial Indian Premier League (IPL), is likely to be slapped with a red-corner notice by the Enforcement Directorate.The probe agency initiated the process with the special Interpol wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), soon after the...
13:40
A close aide of Sonia Gandhi has been gong around showing a three-minute video on his mobile phone in the Central Hall of Parliament. The video shows Narendra Modi with rape-accused godman Asaram Bapu. BJP MPs say this had been going on for the last two days. The video was taken in 2003 when Modi...
13:32
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD Chief Lalu Yadav to hold a joint press conference tomorrow at 2 pm in Patna.
13:22
As the new CEO of a re-organised Google, India-born Sundar Pichai has joined an elite league of over a dozen Indian origin persons holding top posts at global corporations with collective turnover of about USD 400 billion. In a significant restructuring at Google, Pichai has been named the new...
13:10
Just in: Bodies of three people on board the helicopter that disappeared in Arunachal Pradesh last week, have been found. The bodies will be airlifted from the crash site. The wreckage of Pawan Hans helicopter, which went missing last week, was found in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district...
12:49
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to make an appearance in the Central Hall of Parliament today much to the delight of her party MPs. Congress MPs in Central Hall seemed isolated from other political parties. None of the Samajwadi Party MPs went near the Congress MPs after Mulayam Singh Yadav...
12:35
No, that isn't US President Barack Obama and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un hugging. That's a photo-shopped tea advertisement in China, and the ad when translated to English, says, After drinking, the people of the world will become united.
12:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at Congress for misusing Parliament to stop the country's growth and hailed SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for understanding this conspiracy and working to end the logjam in the House.Addressing the last scheduled BJP parliamentary party meet in the...
11:49
An NIA court in Jammu on Tuesday granted the police 14 days remand of terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, the Pakistani militant who was caught alive last week after the Udhampur terror strike in which two BSF personnel were killed. The Indian Express reports that based on information provided by...
11:43
More trouble for Radhe Maa as businessman Ramesh Joshi complains to Mumbai police that seven family members were instigated to committed suicide.
11:42
Independence Day rehearsal at the Red Fort this morning.
11:41
Activist Yogendra Yadav, who spent the night in police custody after being detained late last night from a farmer protest, has now been arrested along with 90 others. He was dragged by policemen this morning as he tried to speak to the media. Yadav had barely started speaking when he and his...
11:35
Sushma Swaraj's isolation in the BJP was established yesterday when the Prime Minister left her out of his Gaya poll speech while endorsing Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje despite the duo being scandal-singed like the foreign minister. Narendra Modi had showered praise on chief...
11:23
The show cause notices issued to three television channels by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday for their coverage of the Yakub Memon issue and events in the run-up to his execution, are unwarranted and have little basis in law. The notices were issued to NDTV 24X7, ABP...
11:17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first mistake on May 26, 2014, when he took oath along with 45 ministers. He erred by inducting only politicians, including many for whom he had little respect and time when he was on the ascendant. But the PM chose his ministers not because of their...
11:11
The Supreme Court wants an authoritative pronouncement as to whetherright to privacy is a fundamental right. The SC has now referred to a larger constitutional bench a batch of petitions challenging the govt's ambitious Aadhaar project.This comes after the Centre on Wednesday reiterated its stand...
11:07
The BJP has issued a whip to its MPs in both Houses of Parliament to ensure their presence over the next three days during the passage of two constitutional amendment Bills pertaining to the GST and land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, for which it has also sought the support of all...
11:03
Fresh tremors felt in Nepal's Kathmandu valley where a devastating earthquake struck in April.
11:02
Congress MPs enter Lok Sabha wearing black arm bands.
10:58
The Supreme Court refers to a larger constitutional bench, a batch of petitions challenging government's ambitious Aadhaar project.
10:57
PM Modi praises Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his 'effort to break the logjam.' The PM said some people were misusing Parliament to hamper growth.
10:30
Indian Express reports: As recently as 2013, a Delhi-based lawyer, who is also a Congress leader, communicated to his party leadership that underworld fugitive Dawood Ibrahim was ready to return to India. Confirming this, top officials of the former UPA government said the offer to return...
10:29
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani met with an accident in the wee hours of Tuesday morning after falling off a bike. He was admitted to the ICU of the Lilawati Hospital in Mumbai at 3am.Hirani, who has suffered severe injures, is being treated by Dr Jalil Parkar and his staff.Hirani is one of...
09:41
Activist Yogendra Yadav, who spent the night in police custody after being detained late last night from a farmer protest, was dragged by policemen on Tuesday morning as he tried to speak to the media.Yadav had barely started speaking when he had his supporters were pushed away by personnel at...
09:41
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has blasted his long-time friend, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, over his tweets, that were perceived as being in favour of Yakub Memon (some of which were withdrawn later), ahead of the execution.Salman is a man without brains, while his father is...
09:27
India-born Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO of Google under a major restructuring at the technology giant, as co-founder Larry Page lauded the IIT alumnus' progress and dedication and said it is time for him to take over the company's reins.In a surprise and significant re-organisation, Page...
08:57
The government will today bring the much-awaited bill on GST for passage in the Rajya Sabha even as doubts persists if the opposition Congress will allow passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill. The Revised List of Business of Rajya Sabha said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will move the...
08:41
The Supreme Court is likely to begin hearing today the plea of convicts in the Uphaar fire tragedy where 59 cinegoers had died of asphyxia in a massive blaze that engulfed the theatre nearly 18 years ago. A three-judge bench comprising Justices A R Dave, Kurian Joseph and Amitava Roy would...
08:40
Biotechnology major Biocon's research arm Syngene International, which recently concluded its initial public offer, will make its debut on the stock market today.The company's IPO was subscribed 32.03 times last month, helping it raise an estimated Rs 550 crore. The company had raised Rs 150...
08:40
The third leg of coal mines auction will kick-off today with firms like JSPL, Hindalco, Vedanta and JSW Steel in the fray for five blocks that the government has put up for bidding.Two mines on offer tomorrow are Marki Mangli-I mine in Maharashtra and Bhaskarpara mine in Chhattisgarh. The...
03:21
The Iranian-American reporter for the Washington Post detained in Tehran for more than a year on charges including espionage spoke in his own defense Monday during a final closed-door hearing in a trial that has been criticized by the paper and press freedom advocates.A verdict in journalist...
02:39
At least 42 people have been killed and many more injured in two bomb attacks in eastern Iraq, local officials say.A car bomb exploded in a marketplace near the city of Baquba, 35 miles (60km) north-east of Baghdad, killing at least 35 and injuring more than 70.A second car bomb at a checkpoint...
01:24
Two women shot at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least nine people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert...
01:23
Authorities declared a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, after gunfire erupted on the anniversary of a high-profile police shooting and prosecutors on Monday charged an 18-year-old man with assault on officers.The man, Tyrone Harris, was critically wounded in an exchange of gunfire with...
01:22
Social activist Anna Hazare has received a threat letter which states that he would be bumped off if he does not dissociate himself from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A case has been registered under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation) at Parner police station in Ahmednagar...
01:21
Two bombs striking neighbourhoods in Iraq's eastern Diyala province killed at least 42 people today, officials said, less than a month after it was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks to hit the country in recent years. The deadlier of the two attacks happened near the provincial...
00:19
A pregnant 15-year-old Swedish girl is being held by the Islamic State group in Syria after running away from her foster home with her boyfriend to join Al-Qaeda, Swedish media reported today.The Swedish foreign ministry remained tight-lipped about the case, confirming only minimal details.We...
00:18
Two base jumpers who skydived off the World Trade Center sullied the memories of victims of the 9/11 attacks, a New York judge said today, slapping them with hefty sentences of community service.Steel worker James Brady, 33 and carpenter Andrew Rossig, 34, were ordered to carry out 250 and 200...
00:08
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accused Pakistan today of sending messages of war and harbouring bomb-making camps, after a wave of devastating blasts in Kabul killed at least 56 people.The complete statement can be read HERE.A Taliban suicide car bomber claimed lives of five people today near...
00:05
'I am pure, pious', proclaims 'godwoman' Radhe MaaJharkhand: 10 killed, 30 injured in stampede in Deogarh temple'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' keen to meet Indian girl stranded in Pakistan
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