23:39
Italy has urged swift action at the UN to tackle the Libyan conflict, highlighting the risk that the country's warring militias may side with Islamic State militants.The UN Security Council is due to meet to discuss a response to the conflict.Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said his...
22:53
A senior leader of the BJP`s Assam unit and national executive member has quit the party, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and several other reasons for his disillusionment.My departure from the BJP is not a knee-jerk reaction to any specific event, but a gradual...
22:16
Four more days of imprisonment wouldbe added to actor Sanjay Dutt's prison term, as he spent extradays out jail when his furlough period ended and a decision on extension of his furlough was pending, Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ram Shinde said here today. A departmental...
21:52
The AAP on Wednesday ridiculed the auctioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monogramed suit, saying the event is nothing but a marketing plan to promote him.Senior party leader Ashutosh said Modi and BJP have learnt the art of marketing itself well and the event was also conducted to promote...
21:21
As many as 30 mourners at a funeral ceremony were killed when an unidentified plane bombarded a village in Niger near the Nigerian border, local officials said Wednesday.The strike on Tuesday came with Niger involved in a regional offensive in the area against Nigeria-based Boko Haram fighters,...
21:00
Swine flu claimed 12 more lives in Gujarat today, taking the toll to 167 since January this year. Apart from these deaths, 255 new cases of swine flu have been recorded across the state today, taking the total number of cases to 2191 so far, an...
20:42
Explosives, including gelatine sticks, were seized from a Coimbatore-bound passenger bus at Masinagudi near the on Tamil Nadu-Kerala border and one person was detained for interrogation, police said. The seizure was made during a vehicle check following a tip off that explosives were...
20:21
The Israeli State Comptroller released a report condemning the Netanyahus for excessive spending at both the prime minister's official residence at 2 Balfour Street in Jerusalem and the couple's private beachfront villa in Caesarea.Want to know how much the Netanyahus billed the Israeli taxpayer...
19:59
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the probe in the attack on veteran communist leader Govind Pansare was on the right track and sketches of the attackers were being prepared. Pansare and his wife were shot at by unidentified persons in Kolhapur and are currently undergoing...
19:47
Two people have died and another six have been injured after an explosion ripped through a mosque in Pakistan's Rawalpindi area. According to initial reports, the attack was a suicide blast. The guard of the imambargah is said to have sacrificed his life while attempting to stop the...
19:09
One of Britain's most prolific columnists has resigned as the chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph, alleging that the newspaper buckled under management pressure to block coverage of the HSBC tax scandal. Peter Oborne accused the leading daily of fraud on the readers by...
18:39
Just in: A show cause notice has been served to Deputy Inspector General of the Coast Guard BK Loshali. According to an Indian Express report, Loshali said Monday that it was the Coast Guard which blew up the Pakistani boat on the night of December 31, 2014. And that he was the one who...
18:16
The fear for visitors to the US such as Sureshbhai Patel is that even where legal remedies for damages exist, there is far less to protect them from the actual acts of violence. Read
18:11
In what is a huge indictment of the Modi government, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said that impatience has begun creeping in among businessmen as nothing has changed on ground in first nine months of the Narendra Modi government. He said the industry is still optimistic about the changes...
17:40
AAP's Fateh Singh to be the speaker of Delhi Assembly. Singh, a former BJP MLA, was the deputy speaker of the Delhi Assembly and joined the Aam Aadmi Party in December 2014.
17:35
Saradha case: CBI files supplementary charge sheet against Srinjoy Bose, Kunal Ghosh, Madan Mitra, Naresh Balodia for alleged cheating, forgery.
17:30
Delhi Health Minister SK Jain meets the chemists and distributors federation, drug controller of Delhi and medicine suppliers to take stock of Tamiflu medicines and expand the supply of medicines across hospitals in Delhi. This year, swine flu deaths have more than doubled compared to the...
17:26
Tavleen Singh tweets: The DIG of the coast guard should resign for speaking out of turn and shaming the government. He cannot deny what he said.
16:46
Swiss police today searched HSBC offices here as part of its probe into suspected money laundering by the global banking giant, which has been in news for a leaked list of its account holders that included 1,195 Indian names. The banking major has come under the scanner after a global expose...
16:16
The government today informed the Delhi High Court that nothing has been found against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in its probe regarding allegations that it had received offshore funds in violation of FCRA provisions. The court, however, directed the government to file a fresh status report in a...
16:00
Ramanaidu was the founder of Suresh Productions and holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an individual, having produced more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages. Ramanaidu served as Member of Parliament from Telugu Desam Party from 1999 to 2004. In...
15:55
Multilingual Indian film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu (D Rama Naidu) passed away today in Hyderabad after a long battle with cancer. Soon after the news of his sudden demise broke out, many of his fans took to their Twitter pages and offered prayers to his departed soul and expressed condolences...
15:38
If you are headed to the hill station of Lonaval near Mumbai, heads up. Reports coming in of a bandh at Lonavala to protest the murder of a 7-year-old girl at a popular resort. Incidents of stone throwing have also been reported.
15:36
BJP accepts Leader of Opposition role in Delhi Assembly. We accept the challenge, will play a role of a constructive Opposition, Vijendra Gupta, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly.Gupta, one of the three successful BJP candidates in Delhi Assembly, was on Wednesday named by the party as the...
15:28
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the customs to release the stock of the 30th anniversary issue of India's 'Frontline' magazine that was seized for alleged breach of national security. The magazine's anniversary edition dated February 6 had been held by the customs as it...
14:56
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar says the ministry stands by its statement on the Pakistani vessel issue. It is a case of indiscipline. We willinquire and take action, Parrikar said on alleged remarks of Coast Guard DIG B K Loshali.The defence ministry was put in a tight spot over claims made by...
14:23
Defence Ministry stands by its statement on Pakistani vessel issue, says Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. It is a case of indiscipline. We willinquire and take action: Parrikar on alleged remarks of Coast Guard DIG B K Loshali.Will investigate why DIG comment was made
14:09
DG Vanzara, one of Gujarat's most controversial police officers, was given a hero's welcome as he left the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, by crowds of supporters who raised slogans in his praise and jostled to get a photograph of him on their mobile phones. Vanzara travelled the short...
13:48
BJP national executive member and former IT cell national convenor Prodyut Bora on Wednesday quit the party after complaining against the style of functioning of its leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and president Amit Shah. Modi, he alleged, had damaged the democratic tradition of...
13:35
Statesmen and politicians around the world tend to make fashion statements through their attire knowingly or unknowingly. Some win approbation for their originality and appropriateness, while others attract criticism for extravagance or for lack of taste or imagination. Read more
13:24
Rajesh Juneja from Surat makes a bid for Rs1.21 crore.
13:22
A whopping Rs 1.11 crore has been bid by a Gujrati NRI in an auction today for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial pinstripe monogrammed bandhgala suit that he wore during US President Barack Obama's visit to India last month. Viral Chowksi, the NRI made the offer at the three-day...
12:56
DG Vanzara, accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh's and Ishrat Jahan's encounter case leaves Ahmedabad Central Jail.After being granted bail by the court in Ishrat Jahan case, Vanzara steps out of the jail after eight long years.His supporters are planning a big celebration once he is out of the jail....
12:48
Just in: Delhi HC reserves order on plea seeking CBI probe into AAP's offshore funds.
12:48
Suresh Agarwal from Surat who made a bid for Rs 1 crore.
12:44
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala early today. Sirisena, accompanied by his wife Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari, arrived at the hills on a 12-hour pilgrimage last night. After an overnight halt in a TTD Guest House,...
12:42
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of leaders of political parties on February 22 to ensure smooth run of the Budget Session during which the government will also seek to convert six recent ordinances into legislations. Parliament sources said Mahajan has convened a meeting of...
12:26
The police officer in Alabama accused of slamming a 59-year-old visitor from India to the ground, causing partial paralysis to the man, entered a not guilty plea in court Tuesday.Eric Parker, 26, has been charged with third degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor. Sureshbhai Patel needed spinal...
11:51
Former police officer DG Vanzara to step out of jail. Supporters lined up, beating drums, bursting crackers outside the jail.
11:39
Large federations have considerable variance among their component states. The southern states of the United States of America were largely poor, many people were deprived of the essentials of life; there were extremely poor white people but they could look down on black people; racial...
11:28
Rajubhai Agarwal from Surat, man who bid Rs 51 Lakh for the Modi suit. The auction proceeds will go to the Namaami Gange Trust Fund.
11:27
Derek O'Brien tweets: We hear the famous suit will now be auctioned for a good cause... DCPR... Damage Control PR :)
11:19
Update on the PM's suit auction: Suresh Agarwal from Surat makes a bid for Rs 1 Crore, proceeds from this auction will go to Namaami Gange Trust Fund.
11:18
Former J-K CM Omar Abdullah tweets on the suit auction: If you have so much money why not just quietly donate it to charity without buying a suit you know you can't wear????
11:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name-striped suit is the star attraction at an auction in Gujarat today. The opening bid for it is Rs 51 lakh, put in by one Rajubhai Agarwal. The suit is being auctioned in Surat along with other articles the prime minister has received as gifts. Interested...
10:41
US-headquartered news portal, Mashable today announced its foray into the Indian market in partnership with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd's JV firm India.com. The company, which termed India as one of its top five global markets, said Mashable India will have an editorial team based in...
10:39
Patients undergoing treatment for swine flu in New Delhi have complained of inadequate medical facilities in government hospitals.The country has seen a steep rise in the number of swine flu cases this year, prompting officials to investigate the cause and step up efforts to combat the virus.
09:48
Defence output will double if domestic procurement goes up from 40 pc to 70 pc in next five years, says PM Narendra Modi inaugurating Aero India. He says India needs to improve its defence preparedness and that developing defence system is at the heart of our Make in India programme: We...
09:43
Top American diplomats including US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma are participating in the Aero India show beginning today in Bengaluru, as part of their efforts to promote bilateral defense ties. We are increasingly integrating technology & systems, these opportunities make...
09:14
CBS News has obtained a photo of the man who would become the leader of theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) while he served time at a U.S. military prison in Iraq in 2004. In the photo, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is pictured while being in-processed at Camp Bucca in early 2004. He...
09:13
The trade in antiquities is one of Islamic State's main sources of funding, along with oil and kidnapping. For this reason the UN Security Council last week banned all trade in artefacts from Syria, accusing IS militants of looting cultural heritage to strengthen its ability to organise and carry...
08:25
Directly contradicting the government's position, a Deputy Inspector General of the Coast Guard said Monday that it was the Coast Guard which blew up the Pakistani boat on the night of December 31, 2014. And that he was the one who ordered: Blow the boat off'We don't want to serve...
08:25
The head of a UN inquiry into rights violations in North Korea said today that Pyongyang's actions, while constituting a crime against humanity, fell short of genocide. Michael Kirby, the Australian former judge who headed the UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korea's human rights...
07:58
The Maharashtra government will spend Rs 100 crore, obtained as assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies, a non-profit founded by top American magnate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to augment road safety in Mumbai. 'We're partnering w/ Chief Minister of the Maharashtra...
03:58
One of the brothers who committed January's massacre at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo texted the man who would later kill hostages at a Paris kosher supermarket a little more than an hour before the first attack, French newspaper Le Monde reported.Le Monde also reported that the...
02:50
Iran's supreme leader has criticized the film American Sniper, saying the movie about a US soldier fighting in Iraq encourages violence against Muslims, a state-run newspaper reported.The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, published in the daily IRAN Farsi newspaper, come amid renewed criticism...
02:07
France is tracking hundreds of people believed to belong to possible sleeper cells for terror organisations like Al Qaeda or the Islamic State group, the country's top security official said.Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve laid out what has become an increasingly urgent question for...
01:20
Five more Ukrainian service members have been killed in the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Tuesday -- another sign that the truce between the government and pro-Russian separatists is falling apart.The news comes three days into a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and the...
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JUST IN: The Central Reserve Police Force recovered 132 crude bombs,23 grenades, 90Kg explosive material, 9Kg Ammonium Nitrate, 5 detonators,, and a 20Kg IED in Gaya in a raid late on Tuesday night.More details are awaited
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As BJP-PDP try to seal the deal, RSS raises questions over Art 370Mumbai all-night plan accepted by CM: Aaditya ThackerayNikam seeks death for Abu Salem, defence cites extradition terms
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