21:47
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will visit India on his maiden foreign trip next month even as he ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in custody here as a goodwill gesture on the first day in office.Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi asked the President to visit India and wanted the...
20:57
A top NDFB(S) leader identified as Jwblang -- self-styled platoon commander of the outfit's Kokrajhar platoon -- was killed in an encounter with security forces close to the Indo-Bhutan border on Saturday afternoon, with the police saying he had personally led one of the five simultaneous attacks...
19:59
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 19 people, police said on Saturday.Borno State police spokesman Gideon Jubrin told reporters: Casualty figure: 20 dead and 18 injured, including the female suicide bomber that...
19:55
Updated reports suggest that at least three people have been injured in the minor intensity blast at the railway crossing near Dum Dum Railway Station in Kolkata. The condition of one of the victims is said to be critical.The area has been cordoned off immediately and a team of Government...
19:36
Just in: Two rag pickers got injured on Saturday after a crude bomb went off in Dum Dum Cantonment railway station in Kolkata. The blast took place near platform number 2, where a tiffin box with a circuit has been found. More details awaited
19:20
Over 7,500 deaths were recorded in Pakistan last year due to terrorism, militant attacks, drone strikes, sectarian violence, targeted killings and security operations, according to a report. The largest contributor for the total 7,655 deaths last year, compared to 5,687 similar fatalities in...
19:01
Justifying the decision to install a Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament Square in London, Prime Minister David Cameron has said the initiative would lead to Britain cementing its historical connection with India. Cameron said there were lots of reasons for the Gandhi statue to be...
18:37
Malaysia today said the Islamist militant involved in the fatal hostage crisis in Paris and his partner never entered the country, amid assertions that they once visited the Muslim-majority nation for a vacation.Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar's comments denied reports that claimed...
18:29
Five new cases of swine flu were reported today in the national capital taking the total figure to 40 so far this year. Swine flu has claimed three lives till now. Yesterday a 38-year-old woman from Uttam Nagar succumbed to the H1N1 virus at Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) hospital. Till...
18:05
Indian cartoonist Vishwajyoti Ghosh, who was friends with some of the Charlie Hebdo staff killed in Wednesday's attack, remembers a memorable day with courageous artists at the offices of the French satirical magazine.Read full story here.
17:58
One jawan was martyred, while three were injured in an encounter between members of the Central Reserve Police Force and Maoists in the Narayanpur district in Chhatisgarh,
17:42
US Secretary of State John Kerry today headed for India to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit during which he will address investors to boost economic ties and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss a broad range of bilateral and global issues, including climate change. The Secretary...
17:03
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying that those who wanted to be anarchists should go join the Naxals in the jungles and not talk about anarchy in Delhi, Kejriwal has responded to Modi. He said, It doesn't make a difference what I am. At...
16:58
Mitt Romney told an audience of Republican donors in New York that he is seriously considering a third presidential bid. Mitt told the group of 30 or so guys that were there that he is considering a run for the White House and that they could go tell their friends, a source in the room told CNN....
16:24
A Saudi blogger underwent the first round of 50 lashes in public while shackled in chains for 'ridiculing Islamic religious figures'. Raif Badawi, who co-founded the Free Saudi Liberals website, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 1,000 lashes and a decade in prison for insulting Islam on...
15:51
Ban Ki-moon the General Secretary of the United Nations touched down in Delhi ahead of his address to leaders and policymakers at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Ban is also scheduled to meet President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma...
15:27
Money put into a fund by Google will be used to pay for next week's edition of Charlie Hebdo. Following an attack by gunmen on the magazine's offices in Paris on Wednesday in which 12 people were killed the media world has come together to support the French satirical...
15:25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the poll pitch at Ramlila Maidan during his address, saying he dreamt of a Delhi which did not have any homeless people. I have a dream, I need your support to fulfill it. I have a dream where every slum dweller in Delhi should have a house of his own by...
15:00
Rupert Murdoch, the 21st Century Fox Chairman and CEO, came under fire today for a tweet that he posted hours after the hostage crises in Paris. In his tweet, he wrote, Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held...
14:42
We are not all Charlie.Yes, the signs are everywhere online and in public protests: 'Je Suis Charlie' and 'Nous Sommes Tous Charlie.' But we are not all Charlie. Some of us are actually the well-intentioned, highly responsible enemies of Charlie Hebdo. Charlie's enemies include the Financial...
14:36
For the past 22 years I have been a law abiding citizen. I have been ordered to surrender and I am going for it, says Sanjay Dutt as he leaves his residence in Bandra to Yerawada prison after his plea for a furlough extension was denied
13:38
Kickstarting Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing thousands at Ramlila Maidan said, Mood of the nation is the mood of Delhi.The PM said that Delhi has been facing a policy paralysis since 2002. Delhi's needs have been ignored by the Congress...
13:30
Investigators searching for black boxes in the crashed AirAsia plane lifted the tail portion out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks ago after it went down, killing all 162 people on board. It was not immediately clear if the cockpit voice and flight data recorders were still inside the...
12:54
Bharatiya Janata Party's kickstarts its campaign for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls at a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the rally where thousands of supporters have arrived. The rally is also being attended by top leaders including the chief...
12:07
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's helicopter caught fire today. Fortunately, the CM was unhurt in the incident. More details are awaited.
11:52
Our government will neither favor anyone nor will do any kind of discrimination. Furlough will only be granted as per rules. If it's not as per law, it will not be granted at all.' That's Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sanjay Dutt's furlough
11:42
Sanjay Dutt has been asked to immediately surrender to Yerawada prison in Pune after his demand for a 14-day furlough was rejected. The 55-year-old star, convicted for illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle and its destruction has been lodged in Pune's Yerwada Jail. He was released on a 14-day...
11:21
Fictional detective Tintin today turned 86 and used the occasion to express his solidarity with the families of the Charlie Hebdo attack victims. The rallying cry for the birthday is I am Charlie - Je suis Charlie and Tintin expresses solidarity with the families of the victims!, according to his...
10:33
After India, Uber ran into trouble in China too as the country banned drivers of private cars from offering services through taxi-hailing apps, citing passenger safety concerns. The nationwide ban came as local authorities cracked down on unlicensed drivers using apps as camouflage and taking...
10:30
Following the series of terror strikes in France, the Mumbai police has blocked hundreds of posts on social media which replicate the controversial cartoons of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Since it became clear that the attacks which began on Wednesday in Paris seemed to be in...
10:02
The Pakistan Supreme Court ordered Mumbai 26/11 master-plotter, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's further detention on January 6, referring back the case for hearing both the sides by the Islamabad high court. It is by no means certain that the judiciary may cater to pressure in this regard for too...
10:00
The Islamist attacks in Paris show that France may need to rethink its intelligence operations, says Camille Grand, defence expert and director of the Foundation of Strategic Research in Paris. Read the entire report HERE
09:20
Sources have revealed that former Union minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor may be questioned by the special investigation team on Sunday in connection with his wife, Sunanda Pushkar's, murder. He may be asked about the needle mark on Pushkar's left finger and other injury marks on...
03:12
A member of Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen said the group directed the massacre at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris as revenge for the honour of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.The announcement came hours after near simultaneous raids by French police on Friday killed the two Islamist...
01:32
US President Barack Obama tells France: The United States stands with you. Speaking on a trip to Tennessee, he says he has been in contact with the French authorities over the Paris shootings and that he is hopeful the immediate threat is now resolved.
00:44
Anonymous declared war on Islamic extremists Friday and promised to take revenge for the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo.In a video posted on YouTube, the group of hackers said they would track down websites and social media networks linked to terrorists, and take them down.We,...
00:43
A massive manhunt was launched Friday for the only surviving suspect from the two hostage situations in France, who may have escaped, police union spokesman Pascal Disant said.That suspect is Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman who was the alleged accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, 32.Coulibaly...
00:31
Moments after French police brought to a dramatic end two related hostage situations in and near Paris, a new situation emerged involving captives held at a jewelry story in southern France.Local reports from Montpellier said a suspect held two shopkeepers for about an hour, threatening them with...
00:25
France president is addressing the nation.He says he's proud of his police force as they acted swiftly when the time came. Our soldiers to did a great job of fighting the terrorists.Leaders from across the world pledged their solidarity during our crisis. He said the country's unity is its...
00:08
The chief of the powerful Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah said today that Sunni jihadists have caused more offence to Muslims than any book, cartoon or film. Through their shameful, heinous, inhumane and cruel words and acts, (these groups) have offended the religion... the holy book and the...
00:08
French television network Canal Plus today cancelled the broadcast of an interview with one of the country's top novelists about his new book imagining a France under Islamic rule. The station said it had pulled the programme on author Michel Houellebecq because of the double hostage-takings...
00:07
Muslims in Europe are already feeling the backlash from the Paris attack. The United Nations Human Rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein said Friday a moment of calm' is needed after the Charlie Hebdo newspaper shootings in French capital this week. At a ceremony in Geneva on Friday,...
00:06
There are reports coming in of another hostage situation in southern France at a jewellery store. At this moment it is not known if the new development is related to the two sieges that ended a while ago. More details awaited.
00:04
French dual hostage crises OVER; 3 gunmen, 4 hostages killedDelhi Police may quiz Pak journo in Sunanda caseMelbourne airport evacuated due to security alert PHOTOS: Terror grips streets outside grocery shop in ParisSirisena sworn-in as Sri Lanka's new presidentTharoor breaks his silence, says...
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