23:12
Pope Francis made a poignant appeal on behalf of the world's refugees during his Wednesday general audience, reminding all listening that Jesus, too, encountered times of hardship and danger.We believe that Jesus was a refugee, had to flee to save his life, with Saint Joseph and Mary, had to...
22:54
The three-member Seventh Central Pay Commission was divided over the issue of financial and career-related edge given to IAS officers as against those belonging to IPS and other services.IAS officers presently get a two-year edge over other services for getting empanelled to come on deputation at...
22:49
Voicing India's concern over the recurring incidents of incursions by Chinese troops, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that there should be an effective border management until the two sides reach a settlement over the dispute. During his 40-minute-long...
20:35
Seventh pay commission headed by Justice AK Mathur has submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.Here are some of the recommendations made by the Pay Commission:* The minimum pay in government is recommended to be set at Rs 18,000 per month. * One Rank One Pension...
20:33
The Central Bureau of Investigation's Special Crime Branch has arrested former Star TV CEO Peter Mukherjea in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case, hours after the agency filed a chargesheet in the case.The CBI on Thursday filed a chargesheet in a magistrate's court in Mumbai in which...
19:48
An indigenously-developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle of the Indian Army today crashed near Pokhran in Rajasthan, the second such incident in 15 days.Army sources said the UAV, the last of the four inducted in 2011, crashed near Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.The last crash took place in...
19:18
The CBI today filed a charge-sheet in the Sheena Bora murder case in a magistrate's court here in which her mother and former media magnate Indrani Mukherjee and two others have been named as accused. 2Sheena, 24, was allegedly murdered by her mother, Indrani's former husband Sanjeev Khanna...
18:42
Abaaoud first travelled to Syria last year -- but seemingly not out of any great religious motivation. He did not even go to the mosque, his older sister Yasmina told the New York Times earlier this year.Like many who travel to the so-called “Islamic State”, his actions appear to have been...
18:30
Meanwhile, Underworld don Chhota Rajan has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court and will be lodged in Tihar jail, says the CBI. The CBI takes over all 71 cases against Chhota Rajan from the Maharashtra Police.
18:29
Sheena Bora murder case: CBI files chargesheet in special CBI court in Mumbai's Esplanade Court.
18:14
Abdelhamid Abaaoud was identified among the Saint Denis raid dead on the basis of his fingerprints, the French prosecutor says.
18:13
On Wednesday, intelligence led investigators to believe that Abaaoud was in an apartment in Saint-Denis to the north of Paris, triggering a ferocious seven-hour shootout in which over 5,000 rounds were fired. At least two bodies were found in the badly damaged building after the shootout....
18:11
CNN reports: France says that the Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in the raid at St Denis in the early hours yesterday. More than a 100 police officers and soldiers stormed an apartment building in Saint-Denis, a bustling suburb home to many immigrants, during a...
18:06
News coming in of a massive fire in a coach on the Prayagraj Express in Delhi . The train was between Adarsh Nagar and Azadpur. The train runs between Delhi and Allahabad. No reports of any casualties yet.
17:16
The heartbreaking picture of Col Santosh Mahadik's mother bidding farewell, while his wife waits her turn. Col Mahadik was cremated with full honours at his village in the Satara district of Maharashtra.
17:00
France's National Assembly approves extension of state of emergency for 3 months, reports France's Le Figaro newspaper.
16:57
Around 60 per cent of Indians do not have access to safe and private toilets, a new study has claimed. A report titled 'It's No Joke - State of the World's Toilets' by WaterAid states that If all 774 million people in India waiting for household toilets were made to stand in a line, the queue...
16:43
Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra on Thursday contacted Dr Subramanian Swamy and told him that as per the rules and regulations of the Ethics Committee of Parliament the complaint on Rahul Gandhi cannot be entertained as it has not been forwarded by a sitting Member of Lok Sabha. Dr Swamy...
16:37
Breaking his silence today on the continuing BJP allegations against him, this time by senior BJP leader Subaramanian Swamy, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that either the BJP proves its charge or keep its peace. The BJP and RSS...
16:21
Marriage between a Hindu woman and a Christian man is not legally valid if either of them does not convert, the Madras High Court today held. Dismissing a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the woman's parents, justices P R Shivakumar and V S Ravi said if the couple wanted to solemnise the marriage...
16:00
A French-Syrian couple have issued an beautiful statement following the horrific Paris attacks that claimed 129 lives.The Independent reports that Hamid Sulaiman and Aurlie Ruby posted a photograph together, taken in front of the Place de la Republique, each holding their respective...
15:29
That the Paris terrorist attacks had strong links to a suburb of Brussels didn't shock many of us who live in the Belgian capital. Radio stations here in both French and Dutch are full of discussions about Molenbeek that elicit indignation, sorrow, anger, guilt, despair, defiance. But...
15:24
France could face the risk of chemical or bacterial warfare in its fight against Islamist terrorists, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said today. We must not rule anything out. I say it with all the precautions needed. But we know and bear in mind that there is also a risk of chemical or...
15:12
Sins of the father visiting the son?Union minister (MoS finance) Jayant Sinha can hardly be blamed for thinking so. Jayant's father, former union minister Yashwant Sinha was among four senior leaders -- L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Shanta Prasad -- to issue a stinging statement in...
14:49
Calcutta High Court cancels bail of Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra and accused in the Saradha scam.
14:41
Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi is upset with colleagues Mani Shankar Aiyer, Salman Khursheed and Shakeel Ahmed for making statements which are considered to be anti-Hindu. Dwivedi feels such statements will not augur well for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh which goes to the polls next...
14:32
Noted British sculptor Anish Kapoor, who had made scathing remarks against Narendra Modi government in a UK daily during the Prime Minister's visit there, has been removed from Rajasthan's cultural panel, two days after he was nominated by the BJP-ruled state government. The Vasundhara Raje...
14:24
Belgian authorities launch 6 raids in Brussels region linked to Paris suicide bomber Bilal Hadfi, says the Associated Press. Hadfi had attacked the Stade de France and lived in Belgium.
14:21
What he did in Bihar, he will try in Uttar Pradesh -- an even bigger electoral prize. Prashant Kishor is in talks with Congress to be its election strategist in UP polls in 2017. And now, Kishor, the man who put together Nitish Kumar’s campaign strategy for the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan),...
13:59
US President Barack Obama today said Syria's civil war would not end unless Bashar al-Assad leaves power, discounting suggestions the Middle Eastern leader could take part in future elections. I do not foresee a situation in which we can end the civil war in Syria while Assad remains in power,...
13:56
With Tamil Nadu reeling from monsoon fury, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today apprised the Centre of the flood situation in the state and said her government would submit a detailed memorandum seeking central assistance by next week.In a telephonic talk with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,...
13:53
FIR filed against three passengers for allegedly misbehaving with a stewardess on Indigo's Coimbatore-Chennai flight. One of the three accused is believed to be a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.
13:46
India has frozen assets worth Euro 3 lakh (over Rs 2.12 core) of over three dozen entities on charges of terrorist financing and money laundering of illicit funds, a latest report by global anti-financial terror body FATF has said. The body has conducted a mid-session review of various countries...
13:39
The massacre of innocents in Paris has brought to the forefront a dramatic shift in ISIS's tactics and strategy. For some time it has been widely believed that ISIS's overriding aim is to capture and hold territory and create a single caliphate out of the present borders of the Middle East,...
13:16
Here's the truth about PM Narendra Modi's 2003 visit to the UK when he was Gujarat CM. This is the UK Home Office's statement during the visit. The Home Office issued a statement in which it said, with neither warmth nor respect:We are aware he's visiting the UK. He is not visiting at Her...
13:05
A plane flying from Warsaw, bound for the Egyptian resort of Hurghada, has been forced to make an emergency landing at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport after a bomb threat. The passenger jet was evacuated after landing, according to Bulgaria’s Nova TV. According to Polish media, there were a total...
13:01
A plane flying from Warsaw to the Egyptian resort of Hurghada has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat, according to officials. Details awaited. This comes just a day after two Air France flights from Los Angeles to Paris were diverted after a bomb threat was called in.It was...
13:00
Markandey Katju tweets: At this rate, PM vl soon break, Ibn Batuta's record of being d most travelled man in history!
12:59
Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has challenged the Pakistan government's decision to ban media coverage of his outlawed organisations Jammat-ud-Dawah and its front Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation in the Lahore High Court. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority which comes under the...
12:29
Col Mahadik's mortal remains are consigned to flames. All around the village are large posters of a smiling colonel superimposed on a map of India. The journey of the son of a milkman to a colonel in the army who always led from the front, ends. RIP, Sir.
12:18
Col Mahadik on a holiday with his family.
12:16
The bullet that killed him struck his neck, an area that was not protected by his bullet-proof jacket. He was critically injured in the counter-infiltration operation in the Manigah forest of Kupwara and died a few hours later. The son of a milkman, Mahadik stepped away from the family trade to...
12:13
The poignant strains of Last Post is played as the body is consigned to flames.
12:10
The Indian Army's formalities are over. Col Mahadik's mother is led to the pyre by two army personnel. Following her are the colonel's wife, his son and daughter. A 21-gun salute is on now, as the funeral pyre is lit by his son.
11:59
Cries of Bharat Mata ki Jai rent the air as family members walk up to the pyre. The army now paying their final tributes. The tricolour which was draped on the body is now being removed.
11:56
A woman from Pogarwadi village tells NDTV that not a single person has eaten a morsel or even sipped on tea this morning to pay respects to Col Mahadik. She says one in 10 houses in Pogarwadi has somebody in the armed forces. The colonel's mother breaks down as she is led to the funeral pyre...
11:44
Stocks continued to see buying interest from investors as the benchmark BSE Sensex rallied 275 points, led by short covering on strong global cues. What supported the upbeat mood was expectations that US Fed may take care in tightening rates after a likely December lift-off. Sustained buying...
11:33
Rangoli on the road and large posters of Col Mahadik line the road in Satara. Col. Mahadik will be laid to rest with full military honours today.
11:33
Colonel Santosh Mahadik, the 38-year-old Indian Army Officer who died in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, will be cremated in his village in Pogarwadi in the Satara district of Maharashtra today. Mahadik's entire village has come to pay their last respects, as have...
10:40
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai are among over 50 global leaders,business chiefs and pop icons named as contenders by Time magazine for its annual 'Person of the Year' honour. Time said Modi has encouraged...
10:18
JUST IN: Tremors of magnitude 5 felt in Nepal at 9:45 am today.
10:14
Cooks and chefs could soon receive Padma awards, with the Ministry of Culture sending a recommendation to the Home Ministry in this regard. The Ministry of Culture recently received a proposal to include the art of cooking in the list of Padma awards. Cooking is an art. If there can be Padma...
10:00
France and Europe should treat refugees and migrants with compassion, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said as he condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris during a phone call with French President Franois Hollande. In readout of the conversation with French President Franois Hollande, the UN...
09:44
In what could be dubbed a breakthrough for investigators, the forensic examination conducted at AIIMS has confirmed that the remains found in the forest area in Raigad belong to Sheena Bora. The AIIMS team carried out three tests to ascertain the results. In August, after an...
09:32
Even as water receded from many localities, rescue operations in a few low-lying areas continued to remain a challenge for government agencies. Most of the areas that continue to be flooded are those developed by the government under the 'sites and services' scheme with World Bank funding a few...
09:19
Paris is a city fraught with tension following the brutal Islamic State terror attacks on Friday night. One Muslim man has ventured into Republic Square in France's capital in a show of faith with fellow Parisian mourners. The guy blindfolded himself and stood with a placard which (roughly...
08:56
Fourteen Indian fishermen along with three boats have been detained by Sri Lankan navy this morning near the Palk Strait.
08:39
That's Sonia and Rahul Gandhi paying homage to Indira Gandhi on her 98th birth anniversary at Shakti Sthal. President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari were also present to pay homage to Indira -- the world's longest serving woman prime minister.
08:23
The drug history of Paris attacks suspects is fuelling speculation that the Islamic State jihadis were 'high on drugs' as they carried out the deadly attacks.Ibrahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up at a French cafe on Friday, owned a bar in Belgium that shut down two weeks ago after it became a...
01:51
The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was not among a number of people arrested in a huge police raid today, the city's prosecutor said.At least two bodies were found in the apartment in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, after a shootout with police, but they have not yet...
01:50
Law enforcement authorities in Paris said they had broken up a terror cell that was preparing to act imminently in a raid in the Saint-Denis suburb before dawn on Wednesday. Authorities said they are working to determine the identities of at least seven alleged terrorists arrested and at...
01:50
A new report says Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic insurgents have become the world's deadliest extremist group, edging out the Islamic State group to which it is affiliated.The Global Terrorism Index says deaths attributed to Boko Haram increased by 317 percent in 2014 to 6,644 compared to 6,073...
01:50
A French police dog named Diesel was killed during the huge security services' operation against jihadists holed up in an apartment to the north of Paris, police said.Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd, a female assault dog ... was killed by terrorists during the operation, according to...
01:49
CIA Director John Brennan today blasted former analyst Edward Snowden, saying his intelligence leaks had undermined US security. The comments from Brennan come at a time of growing debate following last week's attacks in Paris about whether intelligence services have enough tools at their...
01:48
2 dead after 7-hour St Denis raid targetting Paris attacks mastermindDelhi government clears Jan Lokpal BillCouple behind 'Kiss of Love' protest arrested for alleged online sex racketModi writes for Economist: I intend to redeem the faith of Indians Sensex sinks nearly 400 points as...
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