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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon today condemned the deadly shootings and suicide bombings carried out by Islamic State terrorist group in the Indonesian capital, saying that there is no justification for such acts.The Secretary-General condemns the bombings and gun attacks in Jakarta today, his...
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A total of 675 motorists were booked on the penultimate day of the odd-even car rationing experiment.Four wheelers, only with even-numbered registration plates were allowed to ply today, barring exempted CNG vehicles and that being driven by VIPs and women.The enforcement teams of the Delhi...
22:10
Shiv Sena today said that India should hold talks with Pakistan only after the arrest and handing over of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar by Islamabad to New Delhi for his terror acts.Party leader Sanjay Raut said that it has been the 'consistent' position of the Sena that Masood...
21:45
Pakistan today asked India to provide adequate security to the Pakistan International Airlines offices in the country and take action against 'miscreants' who allegedly vandalized the office of Pakistan's national carrier in New Delhi.The Pakistan High Commission immediately took up the matter...
21:28
Kerala today honoured Pakistani ghazal legend Ghulam Ali, as Shiv Sena activists staged a demonstration near the venue where the maestro is scheduled to perform tomorrow.In his acceptance speech, Ghulam Ali, whose concert in Mumbai had to be cancelled last year following protests by Shiv Sena,...
20:48
Terror group Islamic State on Thursday officially claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb assault in the centre of Jakarta earlier in the day that killed seven people, five of whom were attackers.'A group of soldiers of the caliphate in Indonesia targeted a gathering from the crusader...
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The Delhi high court today said the odd-even scheme of the Aam Aadmi Party government was a success to some extent as the idea had appealed to the people and not because of the Rs 2,000 fine imposed for violations.A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said that while the...
20:06
The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, Big Short, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, Room, and Spotlight.
19:58
A local court in Mumbai on Thursday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation to question afresh Indrani Mukerjea and two other arrested accused in the Sheena Bora murder case.We want to question Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai in jail, said a CBI...
19:03
Just in: Gunshot heard at Golden temple, Amritsar. Early reports say that a stray bullet injures a temple employee. Police are investigating the incident. Details awaited.
18:43
In memory of Alan Rickman: every Severus Snape scene in chronological order. Take a look.
18:40
Stating that the economy is losing momentum, brokerage firm Ambit Capital today said the benchmark Sensex is yet to bottom out and can fall to 22,000 level in the foreseeable future. Weak corporate earnings as well as low investments by foreign investors into India-focused funds could bring down...
18:17
Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London aged 69. His death was confirmed on Thursday by his family. Rickman had been suffering from cancer, reports the Guardian. A star whose arch features and languid diction were...
17:33
Watch major Titan is all set to enter the smartwatch segment to give its consumers a connected timepiece option. The company is coming up with its first ever smartwatch in January in collaboration with technology company HP.
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Members of a right-wing group allegedly vandalised the office of Pakistan International Airlines today near Barakhamba Road in New Delhi. The incident took place around noon following which police were informed and a team was rushed to the spot, said a police official. DCP (New Delhi) Jatin...
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While the MEA holds a briefing saying India is upbeat about Pakistan sending a SIT to probe the Pathankot attack, the Pakistani anti-terrorism court hearing the 2008 Mumbai attack case has rejected the prosecution’s plea to form a commission to examine the boat used by the 10 LeT terrorists to...
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The MEA briefing on the Pathankot attack and the Indo-Pak talks. MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup says India welcomes Pakistan's decision to send a SIT on the Pathankot attack. -- We look forward to the Pakistan SIT visit. -- We welcome the statement issued by the Pak Govt on investigations into the...
16:07
India may have a selfie-loving prime minister, Narendra Modi, but Indians in general seem to be bad at selfie safety. Of at least 27 selfie related' deaths around the world last year, about half occurred in India, reports show. Read
16:00
MEA briefing on the status of the Indo-Pak foreign secretary meeting any time now.
15:59
Just In: Hindu Sena activists vandalise Pak International Airlines Office in Delhi
15:57
A Charlie Hebdo cartoon has been causing some serious unrest on Twitter. A week after the satircial magizine marked a year since the horrific terrorist attack on its offices in Paris, it's back in the limelight after printing a drawing of Aylan Kurdi, theSyrian boy who was...
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The terrorists were armed with AK-47s, grenades, pistols, knives, many rounds of ammunition. Sepoy Jagdish Chand's weapons were his bare hands and enormous courage. He died, but not before he had felled one of India's enemies.Archana Masih/Rediff.com speaks to the family of Sepoy Jagdish...
15:31
Here's more reason to love Roger Federer. The 17-time Grand Slam winner donated NICU beds to Sydney Children Hospital.
15:12
Australia's iconic Sydney Opera House, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, was cordoned off today after information on social media sparked a security scare before police declared the area safe. Following information on social media, police conducted an...
15:03
Indian-origin tycoon Ketan Somaia was yesterday ordered to pay back a record £38.6 million (around Rs 375 crore) and called a formidable and serial fraudsman on a truly Olympian scale by an Old Bailey judge in London.But in his heyday, before he was rumbled as a con artist, Somaia built up his...
14:31
The external affairs ministry will hold a press briefing on the status of the foreign secretary level talks at 4 pm today. The Pakistan foreign office has announced that the Indo-Pak foreign secretary level talks will be rescheduled. The talks were supposed to have been held tomorrow. This comes...
14:26
Comedy Nights With Kapil actor Kiku Sharda aka 'Palak', who was arrested for mimicking Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on his show, has been released. He had been sent to 14 days judicial custody in Kaithal, Haryana, yesterday. Kiku was arrested for allegedly hurting the...
14:13
Tributes being paid to 1971 Bangladesh liberation war hero Lt Gen JFR Jacob.
14:07
Lt General JFR Jacob was a warm, affable, gentleman who could suddenly turn very candid. Royal, always anecdotal, his heart was rooted to see a secure and militarily strong India. Often we would discuss anything under the sun on mail. Tarun Vijay pays tribute to an ever ready soldier. Read
14:00
British music legend David Bowie has reportedly been secretly cremated in New York without any of his family or friends present. The musician, who died at the age of 69 after losing his 18 month battle with cancer, had apparently told his family that he wanted to go without any fuss and they...
13:56
Indonesia Chief Security Minister Luhut Panjaitan confirms that a Dutch citizen is among the dead.
13:54
Starbucks has issued this statement announcing all their stores across Jakarta will be closed out of an abundance of caution'. We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts that have taken place in Jakarta today; our hearts are with the people of Indonesia. Amidst reports of attacks...
13:38
Omar Abdullah @abdullah_omar tweets: No arrest of Masood Azhar; no FS talks tomorrow, no government in J&K. Too many noes.
13:36
PDP sets conditions to continue alliance with BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.
13:36
Jakarta Police say they've cleared the building of attackers.
13:23
Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha says the Union Budget for 2016-17 will be presented on February 29.
13:09
Just in: The Indo-Pak foreign secretary level talks will be rescheduled, says Pakistan. The talks were supposed to have been held tomorrow. This comes after the Pakistan office did not confirm JeM chief Masood Azhar's detention yesterday. Pakistan says it will need more information from...
12:52
Like many of my fellow citizens, I am alarmed at the proposal of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for building a new Parliament House. This is an idea that had been raised earlier. In 2008, the then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, had mooted a similar proposal but, thankfully, it did not find many takers...
12:49
Terror tourism: A policeman shoos away a man taking a picture of two people killed in the terror attack in Jakarta. So far, four civilians (no clarity yet whether they were innocent bystanders or terrorists) and three cops were killed in the attack.
12:42
-- Bomb blasts have rocked central Jakarta, Indonesia, as police say a suicide bomber was responsible for at least one.-- It has been reported at least seven people - three police officers and four civilians - were dead following explosions.-- Police say suspects were seen throwing grenades off...
12:35
Ruli Koestaman, 32, who had been in a meeting in a nearby building, said the attack started around 10:35am (local time). Then I heard a loud bang, boom. It felt like an earthquake. We all went downstairs, he said. We then saw that the Starbucks downstairs was destroyed too. I saw a foreigner,...
12:09
Meanwhile in Turkey, five people were killed and 39 wounded today in a car bomb attack by Kurdish militants on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in the southeastern part of the country, the provincial governorate said. Two people were killed in an initial car bomb attack by the...
11:57
Tanks have been deployed in Jakarta where a hunt is underway for gunmen after several blasts. At least six people, including a policeman, are dead after militants carried out a series of apparently coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the heart of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. There have so...
11:43
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, has said, We don't have to be afraid. We will not be defeated by acts of terror like this.According to the official Jakarta police Twitter account one explosion went off in front of a shopping centre called the Sarinah mall, on a main city...
11:34
A body of one the six people who were killed. Reports now say that police are not sure if the civilians killed in the attack were innocent bystanders or terrorists.
11:31
This is the first major attack on Jakarta since the 2009 Marriot and Ritz hotels bombings.
11:22
Police said they suspected a suicide bomber was responsible for at least one of the blasts and up to 14 terrorists were involved in the attack, Metro TV reported.The Starbucks cafe windows are blown out. I see three dead people on the road. There has been a lull in the shooting but someone is on...
11:13
What we have so far on the Jakarta terror attack:Three policemen and three civilians were killed as six bombs exploded between 10 and 11 am in an area close to the presidential palace and a UN office complex. Terrorists are allegedly hiding in a threatre complex which has restaurants, but...
11:02
The number of fatalities in Jakarta attack has now risen up to 6. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers came in on motorcycles throwing grenades. Explosions can still be heard across the city. The suspects are still on the loose.Offices in Jakarta have told their workers to stay inside their...
10:44
A police spokesman has said that they received an Islamic State warning in December that there'd be aconcert in Jakarta.Four people have died in the bomb blasts until now, with some police sources saying that it was grenade explosions, and not bombs. Earlier reports have claimed that there have...
10:29
Another explosion has been heard outside the Starbucks restaurant near the Sarinah Mall in Jakarta. A video clip showed a gun-toting man exiting the mall.Tactical teams have arrived at the spot, and gunfire can be heard on the streets.
10:22
Meanwhile, the iconic Opera House in Sydney has been evacuated following some information ion the social media. People were evacuated from the Opera House, but they didn't confirm the nature of the incident.The police also confirmed a second operation took place in the beachside suburb of Manly.
10:14
According to several reports and eyewitnesses, gunfire was heard following the explosions. Some people claim that the blast came from a suicide bomber. According to Jeremy Douglas, a UN representative hiding in a building near the blast site, 6 explosions have been heard until...
10:06
JUST IN: Multiple blasts have been heard outside a police station in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, according to ABC news. Three people have been reportedly killed in the blasts.According to unconfirmed reports, two shooters have been seen at the blast site.More details are awaited.Photograph...
10:02
According to several reports, the blast site is in a highly-secure area, which houses government offices, and several embassies.
09:08
Thousands of devotees thronged the 'Har ki Pauri' ghat in Haridwar to take first festive bath on the occasion of Makar Sankranti during the Ardh Kumbh mela on Thursday morning.The administration has made elaborate arrangements for holy bath on the occasion of Makar...
08:52
Press Council of India's chief Markandey Katju seems to have an opinion on almost everything. This is what he has to say about Masood Azhar's arrest:'The arrest of Masood Azhar, is being projected by out TRP driven media as a great victory for India. In fact it is nothing but a drama',...
08:35
The decision on India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks will be taken today, after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval returns from Paris, according to media reports.India deferred the decision on whether to go ahead with the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan on Friday after the...
08:27
Hardik Patel, a leader seeking quota for the Patel Community, was on Wednesday sent to in police custody till January 15 by Mehsana district courts in connection with rioting and assault.Hardik has been lodged in the Lajpore Jail for over past three months.He faces two sedition cases, one at...
08:18
Commenting on media reports on the arrest of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar in connection with the Pathankot terrorist attack, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put pressure on Pakistan to prosecute the JeM chief. We...
04:16
The suicide attacker who detonated a bomb that killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul's historic district had registered as a refugee justa week earlier, Turkish officials have said Wednesday, raising questions over whether extremists are posing as asylum-seekers to inflame...
03:58
For nearly two years, boats dragging high-tech detection devices across the Indian Ocean have failed to solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.But in December one boat raked up a different one -- a shipwreck some 200 years old at the bottom of the sea.An anomalous...
03:27
A French judge has handed preliminary charges of attempted assassination linked to a terrorist organisation to a machete-wielding teen who attacked a Jewish teacher.The anti-terrorism section of the prosecutor's office in the French capital announced the charges yesterday evening, two days after...
01:42
Three students were today taken into custody in Pakistan in connection with the Pathankot attack after India provided cell phone numbers of the suspects, bringing the total number of the arrests in the case to 31.The agencies have picked up Usman Sarwar, a Lahore University of Management Sciences...
01:38
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone today, discussing crises in Ukraine and Syria, the White House said.They spent a significant portion of their time discussing the need for the Russians to live up to the commitments that they made in Minsk -- to end...
00:29
A Sikh bus driver in Los Angeles was brutally assaulted and called a terrorist and a suicide bomber, the victim's representatives said today over two months after the incident was reported to the police. The Sikh Coalition group, is representing the victim Balwinder Jit Singh, who worked as...
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India defers decision on foreign secretary-level talks till ThursdayFour Indian youth planning to join ISIS held in SyriaPak detains JeM chief Masood Azhar, Jaish offices sealedSC extends home stay of Italian marine Latorre, seeks Centre reply
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