23:26
A Maoist leader, wanted in at least 20 cases in Kerala, and four others, including a woman, were arrested today at Coimbatore in a big breakthrough, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said.  The arrest of Roopesh and the others were made by Andhra police following a joint operation...
23:15
Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure from her coalition partner to disclose a list of spying targets given to German intelligence (BND) by the US.Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was responding to claims that the BND had helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) spy on German...
22:57
The number of EU citizens missing in the massive Nepal earthquake has fallen dramatically to around 60 from about 1,000 last week, European sources said today. The number of EU citizens who are still unaccounted for has gone down to around 60. These are people who were reported to be in Nepal at...
22:20
The newest UK royal, a girl born on Saturday, has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.The middle names, of course, hark to her great-grandmother, the current queen, and her paternal grandmother, Princess Diana, who died in 1997.Charlotte, a feminine form of Charles, is likely a nod to her...
22:01
India's NDRF today began withdrawal of its men from quake-hit Nepal after the country asked foreign rescue teams to end their work.We have begun a phased withdrawal of our units after Nepal made a request for stopping the rescue efforts. The going back will be phased and in the first instance...
21:36
A 12th standard student of a cityschool today claimed to have developed a new smart phone app,which promises to guide aspirants for those seeking entry to Tamil Nadu Engineering courses to pursue further education without any hitches.The creator, Fiona Victoria of Vidya Niketan School, saidthat...
21:29
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today handed over relief materials for Nepal earthquake victims at the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district. Was present at Panitanki on the Indo-Nepal border to handover relief material to my friends in Nepal. West Bengal Govt has sent 30 trucks...
21:28
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced today he will run for the Republican presidential nomination, officially launching his widely expected campaign from a rally in Detroit.He's one of three GOP 2016 contenders to announce officially this week. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina...
21:14
NCP president Sharad Pawar today termed the performance of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Aurangabad municipal corporation election as just a fluke, and said that parties like AIMIM do not last long. Parties like AIMIM do not last long (electorally) and may be out of the (political)...
20:45
Who is 'Eeshwar' in whose name top constitutional functionaries and legislators take oath of office? This RTI query stumped the Law Ministry, which said there is no constitutional provision defining the term. RTI-applicant Shradhanand Yogacharya also raised another query, seeking to know the...
20:17
 Pakistan's Punjab government hassought an early hearing by the Supreme Court on its petitionchallenging the Lahore high court's decision to release LeToperations commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-urRehman Lakhvi.We have requested the apex court for early hearing on the Punjab...
20:14
As the net neutrality debate rages on, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today said it is not sustainable to offer the whole Internet for free but is possible for internet.org platform to give basic services without any cost. Facebook also said that internet.org is open to all content and application...
20:08
A protest in Tel Aviv over alleged police mistreatment of Ethiopian Jews turned violent Sunday, resulting in 57 officers being injured, according to Israeli police.Most of those injuries were minor, according to police, but one officer was described to be moderately injured. Police say 12...
19:46
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, according to a statement from Kensington Palace.The baby's name was announced this afternoon by Kensington Palace, two days after the newborn's birth. Â The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge decided on a name for...
19:31
Police rescued a 101-year-old man from under the rubble of his home on Saturday, one week after an earthquake hit his country, Nepal Police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam told CNN.The elderly man is in stable condition and police do not know how he survived or the extent of his injuries. He was...
19:21
US police are searching the home of suspected gunmen who attacked a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Dallas, local media say.An FBI official told CNN that agents were collecting evidence at an apartment in Phoenix.One suspect was identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man who...
19:10
One of the two gunmen in a Garland, Texas, attack on a cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed has been identified as Elton Simpson, a federal law enforcement source told CNN. The source said Simpson is thought to have sent a tweet before the attack with the hashtag...
18:56
Nepal's ambassador to India, Deep Upadhyay, on his government asking all foreign rescue workers to return home. Rescue work has been accomplished, that's why the government has requested countries to go back. We are saying thanks to the international community and asking them to prepare for...
18:34
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed all the government officials not to entertain the requests of MLAs or ministers seeking free passes of high profile events or concerts.According to a source, Kejriwal has told his Principal Secretary to communicate with all the departments to put a...
18:13
As a local court is set to pronounce verdict in the hit-and-run case involving the Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on May 6, the film industry is keeping its fingers crossed as an investment of about Rs 200 crore is riding on him.The film industry is hoping that nothing terrible happens. Either...
18:11
Nearly 350 AAP volunteers and leaders from Maharashtra quit on Monday in protest against the murder of democracy' in the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, showing their support to expelled leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav.As many as 350 volunteers and leaders resigned from AAP and this figure...
18:06
Bangladesh today said it has launched investigations into the involvement of Al-Qaeda's Indian Subcontinent unit in the killing of American atheist blogger Avijit Roy and other secular bloggers.Our intelligence agencies do not have any information that Al-Qaeda had killed the three bloggers,...
17:50
Kathmandu: We'll be sending our NDRF teams back, some by road and some others will be airlifted: OP Singh (DG, NDRF)
17:47
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for president today, becoming the first declared female candidate to seek the Republican Party's nomination for 2016.Yes, I am running, Fiorina told ABC's Good Morning America, and followed quickly with posts to her social media...
17:44
APJ Kalam tweets: Here comes our latest book #ReIgnited. I and my coauthor @srijanpalsingh having a look at the first copy
17:40
Texan council meeting interrupted after mayor fails to turn microphone off during toilet trip. Read/Listen in.
17:22
Also read: 5 Things You Should Know About Carly Fiorina
17:11
Just in: At least 33 dead and around 12 injured after bus catches fire in Chattarpur Panna (Madhya Pradesh).
17:09
The imbroglio over Baba Ramdev's 'Divya Putrajeevak Beej', the ayurvedic medicine that was allegedly branded to promise the birth of male offspring, has mostly been about its blatantly expressed son-preference. Raised in the Rajya Sabha, the issue hogged the limelight last week, with the...
17:02
India loses USD 9.8 billion every year due to multi-hazard disasters as its 58.6 per cent land is prone to earthquake and 8.5 per cent area is vulnerable to cyclone.As per the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction's (UNISDR) Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)...
16:56
Suspected militants today shot dead a person inside his house in Hazratbal area on the outskirts of Srinagar, police said. Abdul Ahad Dar, a resident of Astan Mohalla locality of Hazratbal, was shot by two unidentified gunmen inside his house, the police said. Dar, who was working in the...
16:39
Muslim actors like Dilip Kumar thought they had to give themselves Hindu names to be acceptable. Was their caution justified? 'My view is that Indians, of all faiths, are tolerant. Secular is a complicated word and I do not know if I can use it in this instance. Tolerance is something that is...
16:28
As the dust settles over Nepal, the landlocked country is saddled with questions related to disaster management and state structure, to be answered by its polity and those in charge of governance. As reports point out, Nepal's earthquake tragedy -- with the loss of 7,000 lives (and counting),...
16:22
Vikas Swarup, MEA spokesperson tweets: Rescue teams from all 34 nations have been asked to withdraw as it is now 9 days since quake. Search and rescue phase is over. Indian relief efforts will continue.
16:18
The Indian media has been facing flak for its coverage of the earthquake disaster in Nepal with complaints in the social media that it was treating the tragedy as a “public relations exercise” on behalf of the Indian government.Read more
16:16
Nepal has asked all rescue teams from 34 nations to withdraw operations. India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has also been asked by the Nepalese government to withdraw its rescue teams.Of the 17 countries which sent search-and-rescue teams to Nepal, the NDRF has the largest...
16:06
The queen of elegance, style, the inimitable Audrey Hepburn, would've been 86 today. If you haven't watched Wait Until Dark, Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's, do.
16:01
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured his ministry would look into rolling back of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Arunachal Pradesh, a major students union of the state said on Monday.The assurance was given by Singh when All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) delegation met...
15:42
For people living in Kathmandu, the destruction of the iconic Dharhara Tower, was not just a physical loss, but also loss of the nation's tangible cultural history, robbing it of its architectural jewels. Read more
15:40
India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been asked by the Nepalese government to withdraw its rescue teams, reports NDTV. Of the 17 countries which sent search-and-rescue teams to Nepal, the NDRF has the largest presence on the ground with 16 teams, comprising 704 personnel. NDRF...
15:29
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said he was surprised after a local court issued a warrant to search his official residence in Delhi to trace former Goa minister Francisco Miccky Pacheco, who is reported to be absconding after conviction in a 2006 assault case. It was a surprise to me. I...
15:27
Labour supporters have condemned Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party after claims that their candidate for Ealing Central and Acton was manhandled by a Tory activist. Read
14:56
A Budgam (J-K) resident, who managed to get hall ticket for his brown cow to write a professional entrance examination, said he is determined to take the animal to write the papers.You are invited. It is my legal right to take my cow for the exam. I have paid the fees, so it is my right to take...
14:41
We don't get Fox News in India, so people may want to flatter themselves thinking that this has evolved from some inspiration from America. But I think we have our own cultural editorial style, our syntax, our own grammar. And I've never watched much of these channels.I used to go to Lucknow,...
14:30
Ethical questions have been raised after a CNN crew covering the Nepalese earthquake filmed its chief medical correspondent perform emergency brain surgery on an eight-year-old girl using a saw and resuscitate a woman mid-air on a helicopter, using a cardiac thump. Read
14:23
While visits and personal meetings are useful, changes of strategic significance have occurred recently with Beijing trying to take the lead, which Modi must take note of.China watcher Srikanth Kondapalli warns of the pitfalls that await the prime minister as he prepares to visit China. Read his...
14:17
The woman complainant on reports of her alleged affair with AAP's Kumar Vishwas. I complained against people who had posted my picture on social network, don't know if they are from BJP or AAP. If you (Kumar Vishwas) are truthful, why can't you come forward and give a clarification? What has the...
13:46
Prannoy Roy on the tabloidization of Indian news. Read
13:44
Kumar Vishwas responds to reports that he is being summoned by the DCW on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman volunteer alleging that he had an illicit relationship with her. Speaking to NDTV, Vishwas denied that he had received summons from the DCW (Delhi Commission for Women). The BJP is...
13:34
Lucy Hawking, the author and daughter of acclaimed physicist Stephen, has written an emotional open letter to Katie Hopkins. The Sun columnist was urged to reconsider her attitude towards disabled people after Hopkins described Labour leader Ed Miliband as looking like someone on the spectrum....
13:28
Recent announcement that PM Modi is on social network site Sina Weibo,is a major development. Unlike previous PMs he has access to roughly 55 crore people who are part of Chinese social network sites, says Srikanth Kondapalli, an expert on Chinese Affairs.
13:22
AAP holds a presser in support of Kumar Vishwas: AAP's Sanjay Singh said the party would like to request its media friends to not run any baseless or false news against it. It affects our families, our wives. The woman filed a complaint against four people. Her complaint doesn't say anything...
13:11
An RTI query seeking details of expenses incurred by the Centre on hosting US President Barack Obama earlier this year has been rejected by the Ministry of External Affairs on the ground that such information is sensitive and may affect bilateral relations with the foreign country. Mumbai-based...
13:06
On this day in 1979: Margaret Thatcher, Oxford-educated chemist and lawyer, is sworn in as Britain's first female prime minister.
12:55
While on AAP, Kumar Vishwas, the party's senior leader and close aide of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, is in the middle of another controversy after the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) summoned him over a complaint by a female party member. A female member of the paryt filed a complaint against...
12:52
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the media yesterday saying it had accepted a supari (contract) to finish off the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Kejriwal made the remarks while defending AAP Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, who has been accused of faking his law degree. I am not...
12:28
At least 41 Indians were killed in Nepal in the powerful earthquake that left a trail of devastation and suffering. The number of Indian nationals killed in the quake has reached 41, according to a statement issued by Nepal Police. A total of 57 foreigners have been killed in the quake.
12:21
PM Narendra Modi speaks at the 'International Buddha Poornima Diwas Celebrations 2015' at the Talkatora Stadium, Delhi. Quick takes...-- If we want freedom from war, we have to follow the path of Buddha.-- Nepal, the country where Lord Buddha was born, is going through a crisis. I pray to God...
12:01
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that the negotiations with the French government to finalise the deal for supplying 36 Rafale aircraft will start anytime in this month. He also said that the finalistion of the defence procurement procedures will be completed in the next two to...
11:41
PM Narendra Modi known for being very active on both Facebook and Twitter, is now on the Chinese micro-blogging website Sina Weibo. @narendramodi tweets: Hello China! Looking forward to interacting with Chinese friends through Weibo. Â
11:15
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has directed all officials and ministers of the Aam Aadmi Party-led government to refer all the files to him.Jung, while referring to the Constitution, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and Transaction of Business Rules, said the...
10:19
It seems the fanfare with which the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched is now losing steam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his ambitious campaign last year on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. His mission was carried forward by various ministries and government officials...
09:22
A video released by Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent's media publicity wing As-Sahab productions has mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s name for the first time.In the May 2 video titled ?From France to Bangladesh: The Dust Will Never Settle Down?, AQIS chief Asim Umar mentioned the PM...
08:50
Another 5,800 migrants desperate to reach Europe were rescued this weekend as they tried to cross the Mediterranean on rickety boats, more than 2,150 of them today, the Italian coastguard said.The number rescued this weekend was one of the highest recorded in recent years, raising fears that the...
08:43
Police shot dead two unidentified men on Sunday night after they opened fire at an event in Garland, Texas where a contest was being held over art and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, reports said.The event named 'Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest' was underway at Curtis Culwell Centre in...
08:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday lead the nation in prayers and solidarity with the people of India and Nepal on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.According to a release, a special prayer to express solidarity with the people of India and Nepal to mark the International Buddha Purnima...
