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A Maoist cult leader, convicted of raping and beating his brainwashed British female followers and keeping his own daughter a fearful prisoner for more than three decades, was jailed for 23 years on Friday.Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, known as Comrade Bala, used sexual degradation and physical and...
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Stepping up the offensive on Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide issue, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi left for Hyderabad this evening to participate in a candle march by students of the Hyderabad Central University.Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said Gandhi would participate...
22:38
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Goa on Friday disallowed use of its premises for the scheduled release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse on occasion of the former's death anniversary on Saturday amid protest by a local political outfit and to possibly avoid a...
21:59
In a dramatic rescue operation, four miners trapped inside a collapsed gypsum mine in east China for over a month were rescued today, state media reported.The gypsum mine in east China's Shandong province collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and leaving 17 miners missing, including the four...
21:33
The classes at the Hyderabad Central University, which were suspended following Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide, began today morning after a hiatus of over 10 days.The students have been protesting and boycotting classes demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile and action...
21:08
JUST IN: One abandoned baggage found at Bengaluru airport; security teams are verifying the contents of the bag.
20:54
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has received a threat letter purportedly from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria close on the heels of Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain receiving a similar communication.The matter has been reported to the Delhi Police's top brass,...
20:31
In a major headway more than a year after the Church Street blast in Bengaluru, the National Investigation Agency on Friday arrested the prime accused in the case in which a woman was killed and three others were injured.The NIA said he wanted to plant an Improvised Explosive Device inside the...
19:56
Datta Padsalgikar will be the new Commissioner of Police of Mumbai. He will replace the current Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed, who will retire on January 31.Padsalgikar, a 1982 IPS batch officer, has recently been relieved from the post of additional director of the Intelligence Bureau in New...
19:24
A possible tragedy was averted today by the timely detection of an Improvised Explosive Device on board the Mumbai-bound Mahanagri Express train in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.The bomb, wrapped in polythene, was recovered from the toilet of the coach S-3 when the train...
19:19
In a major twist to the case of a Congress member of Bihar legislative assembly allegedly kidnapping a 20-year-old woman, the latter on Friday turned up before the senior superintendent of police, Patna along with the MLA's driver Pankaj, whom she introduced as her boyfriend.The woman,...
18:53
A verbal spat between Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa and former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki show no signs of ending, with the latter on Friday revealing that the former has been repeatedly violating all constitutional and protocol norms since assuming office on June 1, 2015.Even as the...
18:51
The jury is still out on whether Pope Francis got starry eyed when he met Leonardo DiCaprio. The actor and environmental activist, who recently won an award for his efforts for environmental protection at the World Economic Forum, had a 15-minute meeting with the Pope.There was just enough time...
18:44
The Supreme Court will hear in open court on February 2 a curative petition of gay activists challenging its verdict criminalising homosexuality in the country.A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur agreed to hear the curative petition filed by gay rights activists and NGO Naz Foundation...
18:15
The crowd cheers as all the majestic buildings at Raisina Hill light up. The ceremony ends with the national anthem.
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The haunting melody, Last Post, plays signalling the end of the Beating Retreat ceremony. The tricolour is brought down as is norm, before sundown. The melody is followed by the timeless Sare Jahan se Achcha. Buglers sound the Retreat, everybody rises as the tricolour is brought down at Rajpath...
17:58
The ceremony traces its origins to the early 1950s when Major Roberts of the Indian Army indigenously developed the unique ceremony of display by the massed bands. Beating Retreat marks a centuries old military tradition, when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms and withdrew from...
17:39
PM Modi and Dr Manmohan Singh at the ceremony.
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The three chiefs of staff at the ceremony.
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President Mukherjee at the ceremony.
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The band playing the haunting Aye mere pyare watan... from the Balraj Sahani starrer, Kabuliwallah.
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The ceremony at the Vijay Chowk on January 29th every year marks the culmination of the four-day-long Republic Day celebrations. This year, 15 Military Bands, 18 Pipes and Drums Bands from Regimental Centres and Battalions are participating in Beating the Retreat ceremony. Besides one each of...
17:20
Another picture of the ceremony. The Tri-Services Military Band, Indian classical instruments Sinfonietta and Jazz Symphonic Orchestra playing the tune Agyat Youvana and the Indian Classical Instruments Sinfonietta playing the tune Bharat Humko Jaan Se Pyara Hai add flavour to the ceremony. As...
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For the first time in the history of the beating the retreat ceremony since it began in 1954, sitar, santoor and tabla players accompany the military bands.
17:14
A bird's eye view of the beating the retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk
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The bands of BSF, Indo-Tibet Border Police and Delhi Police will play the tunes 'Samvidhan', 'Abhinandan' & Carriappa.
17:08
India Gate lit up in the colours of the national flag.
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The majestic Beating the Retreat ceremony begins at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi marking the end of the four-day Republic Day ceremony. Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament complex, India Gate and other important government buildings have been completely decked up in lights and tricolors ahead of the...
16:59
Does Masood Azhar's 'protective custody' reflect a new policy at the top of the Pakistan army? Read
16:53
Are your investments bleeding? Finally, here's some reason to cheer. The benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 401 points today to log its first weekly gain this year and closed at 24,870.69 as investors built fresh long positions in the new derivatives series amid a firming global trend after Bank of...
16:38
Kerala judge who ordered FIR against Chief Minister Chandy offers to resign after high court overruled him
16:36
Tom Hanks is officially America's favourite movie star. Read more
16:35
Photographer Rohit Chawla for India Today depicts Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in Lesbos, Greece, in the manner of the little Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi whose body was washed ashore in Greece. He became a symbol of the hundreds of migrants who have died trying to reach Europe. Chinese dissident...
16:27
In a major relief to Congress-led UDF government, Kerala High Court today stayed a Vigilance Court order to register an FIR against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Power Minister Arayadan Mohammed in the solar scam case. Considering pleas filed by Chandy and Mohammed, Justice P Ubaid...
16:08
Sania Mirza and her mixed doubles partner Ivan Dodig fell to Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina in two sets -- 5-7, 6-7 (4) -- in the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
16:04
A T20 match between India and Sri Lanka scheduled for February 12 is unlikely to held at Ferozshah Kotla stadium in New Delhi with the Delhi high court today refusing to direct the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to issue a provisional occupancy certificate to DDCA for it. Delhi and...
16:02
The Madras high court on Friday directed the police to inquire into a complaint against DMDK leader Vijayakanth for allegedly spitting at journalists at a press meet in Chennai last month and proceed as per law. Justice R Subbaiah was hearing a petition filed by Devarajan, who claimed to be...
15:58
In a clear relief to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and minister Arayadan Mohammed in what's known as the solar scam, the Kerala high court on Friday suspended the vigilance court order to register an FIR against the duo. The high court said the vigilance court acted mechanically,...
15:55
NASA has released an image capturing the first look at Pluto's blue atmosphere in infrared wavelengths which was taken by its New Horizonsspacecraft. The photo captured in July last year was made with data from the New Horizons Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array instrument.In the...
15:29
A Saudi prince may have just beaten Donald Trump at a game of Twitter trolling.Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that he's bailed the billionaire out twice -- and suggested the GOP presidential frontrunner might need his help a third time.The exchange was initiated by Trump, who...
15:03
Just in: Kerala HC puts stay on FIR against Kerala CM Oomen Chandy for two months in the solar scam case.
15:02
In a matter of a few days, Tamil Nadu will begin in right earnest its preliminaries ahead of the assembly polls in May. Top leaders are headed to the state -- especially Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.Here's a tentative agenda of the state's political calendar for February. February 2: Prime...
15:01
Two BSF jawans of 161 Battalion killed and five injured due to mortar shell bursting during an exercise at a firing range in Kishangarh, near Jaisalmer
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A two-day governors' conference presided over by President Pranab Mukherjee will be held on February 9. On the agenda, primarily, will be a discussion on national security issues in the backdrop of the Pathankot terror attacks. The other topics to be discussed are Prime Minister Modi's flagship...
14:09
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has dismissed dating rumours, saying the possibility of him having an affair with Pope is more than the names that media was suggesting. The 42-year-old Bang Bang star took to Twitter to share his response. There are more chances of me having had an affair with the...
13:46
Fans of conniving Frank Underwood can delight as the hit political drama House of Cards has been renewed for a fifth season by Netflix. The renewal comes ahead of the season four debut of the show on March 4. The streaming service also announced that showrunner Beau Willimon will not return,...
13:45
In 1995, when T. P. Sreenivasan was Indian High Commissioner , an armed gang bored a hole through a solid masonry wall to gain access to his home. Then, despite 24-hour guards, the gangsters broke through locks and bars and entered the envoy's home, beating him and his wife senseless and...
13:43
Students Federation of India (SFI) activists on Friday manhandled vice- chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council T.P. Sreenivasan on the sidelines of an educational event in Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.In a video published by Asianet News, an SFI activist is clearly seen...
13:31
AAP MLA Mahinder Yadav arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly assaulting government official.
12:58
Mumbai metro fare hike issue: Stay extended till February 11 by Bombay HC.
12:55
Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg shunted out to Minority Affairs Ministry. J S Deepak to be the new Telecom Secretary.
12:42
@Iamtssudhir tweets to say that Rohith Vemula's mother along with others are likely to sit on a fast at Hyderabad University. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi likely to come and spend the night protesting with the family. A former Allahabad high court judge Ashok Kumar Roopanwal was appointed...
12:30
The sangh parivar has been a subject of probably greater distortion than any other group in the country. Read more
12:22
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy moves petition in HC seeking quashing of FIR ordered against him by Thrissur court.
12:15
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis take the first 7-6 (1) against the seventh seeded pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the finals of the women's doubles at the Australian Open. It's been a tight first set with an exchange of breaks, which finally led to a tiebreaker. The Indo-Swiss pair...
12:13
One November night in 2001, Salman reached Aishwarya's apartment in a fit of anger. Eyewitnesses say he kept banging the door of her 17th floor apartment for hours. Some say he even threatened to jump off the roof if Aishwarya did not let him in.Read excerpts from the book Being Salman.
12:10
The newly-formed Goa Forward party has opposed the release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse scheduled for Saturday on the death anniversary of the Father of the Nation.The book, titled 'Nathuram Godse -- The Story of an Assassin' and written by Anup Ashok Sardesai, is scheduled...
12:03
The head of a powerful religious body said on Thursday he is willing to review Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws that critics say are regularly misused and have led to the deaths of hundreds, to decide if they are Islamic.Pakistan's religious and political elites almost universally keep clear of...
11:51
American Airlines Flight 109, traveling to Los Angeles from London, was more than two hours into its journey and close to Keflavik, Iceland, when several passengers and crew members suddenly and mysteriously became ill. Those aboard were startled, news reports said, and...
11:39
When journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing, police told wife Sandhya 'getting abducted was fashionable' and he would soon return. More than 90 court appearances and a change in government later, she is still searching. Read
11:37
Residents living in parts of Chembur, Wadala and Ghatkopar woke up on Thursday morning to see thick smoke cover large parts of their locality. The smoke was later learned to be on account of a fire which broke out at the Deonar dumping ground at 3am.Almost 12 hours later, authorities managing it...
11:34
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11:16
The Supreme Court stays criminal proceedings against MS Dhoni in an AP court over his picture in a magazine as Lord Vishnu.A court in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh had issued a non-bailable warrant against Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly 'denigrating' a Hindu god by posing as Lord Vishnu on the...
11:12
Eyebrows were raised when actress and BJP MP Hema Malini was alloted land in Andheri for setting up a dance academy. Now in what could add fuel to the fire it transpires that the 2,000 square metre plot in Oshiwara in Andheri was given to her for a pittance, just Rs 70,000. The value of the plot...
11:07
The 9 Weeks star Kim Basinger will play Elena Lincoln, business partner and former lover of the Christian Grey, in Fifty Shades Darker. In the second book of EL James' best-selling series, Lincoln sets herself up to be an antagonist for Anastasia Steele, reported Entertainment Weekly. The...
10:52
The United States has seen increased activity around a North Korean missile site, suggesting preparations for a possible space launch in the near future, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.The finding was revealed as Washington shows growing concern that Pyongyang could use space technology...
10:48
After Delhi's deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia suffered the brunt of the protesting MCD workers, state transport and rural development Minister Gopal Rai will be facing the fury of the workers today who will to stage a protest outside his residence.As the strike enters day three, the outraged...
10:39
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command.Lanba, who is the top contender for the post of Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy, will take charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command.
10:26
The Agreement between India and Pakistan relating to rail communication has been extended by mutual consent through diplomatic channels for the period of three years from 19 January 2016 to 18 January 2019.The Agreement, signed on 28 June 1976, enables India-Pakistan rail communication both in...
10:01
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was a bit mellower than usual at the rally for veterans he held in direct competition with the GOP debate Thursday night. A jovial and relaxed Trump shared the stage with his friends and GOP presidential rivals, and at one point left the...
09:48
In an apparent criticism of controversial Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, President Barack Obama has said the US cannot build progress with a bunch of phony tough talk or strengthen itsglobal leadership by allowing politicians to insult Muslims.We're not going to strengthen our...
09:16
Around 140 prisoners of Nagpur Jail were allotted State Bank of India ATM cards for use inside the premises, with plans to extend the service to all 800 prisoners.The debit cards were distributed by the Additional DGP Dr Upadhyaya and the SBI Deputy General Manager, Nagpur Zone, B Shankar in the...
09:14
A number of schools in Australia were put under lockdown and students evacuated after numerous threats made to them as they opened today after the long Christmas holiday period, sparking multiple police operations.Several schools in Sydney and Melbourne were evacuated and went into lockdown after...
09:13
Taking a shot at Senator Bernie Sanders, of the Democratic Party, Sentor Marco Rubio quipped, I think Bernie Sanders is a good candidate for president... Of Sweden.Criticising Sanders' avowed socialist policies the junior senator from Florida said, We don't want to be Sweden. We want to be the...
08:51
A dead whale washed ashore on Juhu beach on Thursday night, spotted initially by joggers at around 9 pm. The dead mammal has been identified as Byrde's Whale, measuring around 25-30 feet, approximately weighing around three to four tonnes.This comes after over 100 whales beached in Tuticorin of...
08:45
A Kolkata court is likely to pronounce the quantum of punishment today for six of the accused guilty of gangraping and murdering a woman at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.The court had yesterday found six out of the eight accused guilty in the gang-rape case out of...
08:26
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has said the Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the USas she has continues to lie to the American people.Hillary Clinton will do anything to gain and hang on to power, anything. Listen, if my husband did...
08:21
Donald Trump, with just one day's notice on a weeknight, was able to fill to capacity a hall that holds 700.Donald Trump shunned Thursday night's debate of the Republican presidential candidates hosted by Fox News and instead filled an auditorium a few miles down the road, trying to prove his...
08:20
Police have raided two Melbourne homes in counter-terrorism operations, with reports today linking them to an Australian man who appeared in a slick Islamic State propaganda video last year.The properties in the northern Melbourne suburbs of Craigieburn and Meadow Heights were raided yesterday,...
08:02
The main Republican debate has begun in Iowa, but without front-runner Donald Trump who earlier Thursday evening reaffirmed that he would boycott the event, as part of his continuing feud with host network Fox News Channel.For the seven candidates on stage, this first Trump-less debate could...
07:30
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and Delhi minister Kapil Mishra sparred during a debate over the limits imposed on freedom of speech and were joined in by a politically divided audience at the Jaipur Literature Festival here today.Speaking against the motion at a session entitled 'Should Freedom of...
04:16
Times of India reports: The defence ministry has sought a CBI inquiry against two serving Major Generals for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income and for links to a 'bribe for-promotion' scandal in the 1.18-million strong Army.Defence minister Manohar...
04:11
Declaring that the Zika virus is spreading explosively, the World Health Organization announced it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts Monday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.At a special meeting Thursday in Geneva, WHO...
03:00
A Russian jet sped closely by a US Air Force spy plane in an unsafe and unprofessional manner over the Black Sea on Monday, a Defense Department spokeswoman told Fox News.The Pentagon is investigating the incident which took place in international airspace, Lt Col Michelle L Baldanza added. She...
02:59
The United States has marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, which killed seven astronauts 73 seconds after lift-off.At the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, where the shuttle blasted off on January 28, 1986, singers in red and blue belted out the Star...
02:08
Syrian opposition members meeting in Riyadh have postponed until Friday a decision on whether to attend peace talks due to start in Geneva the same day, delegates said. I believe on Friday we will take a decision on whether or not to attend the UN-brokered negotiations, said one delegate...
01:50
A US Navy commander accused of trading military secrets for cash bribes, plane tickets, flings with prostitutes and Lady Gaga concert tickets is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in federal court in San Diego, court records show.Cmdr Michael Misiewicz, a graduate of the Naval Academy in...
00:47
As the age of supersonic travel fast approaches, there is yet another concept aircraft that promises to go from New York to London in an unbelievable 11 minutes.Called the Antipode, it would be powered by rocket boosters on its wings for takeoff and climb to 40,000 feet at Mach 5.The acceleration...
00:46
North Korea appears to be preparing to launch some form of rocket, a US defence official has said, though it does not appear to be a ballistic missile.The official's comments came after Japanese media reported that satellite images apparently showed Pyongyang setting up a long-range ballistic...
00:44
Roger Federer blasted critics who say he's too old and insisted he was confident of beating Novak Djokovic again at a Grand Slam after his four-set defeat in the Australian Open semi-finals on Thursday. The 34-year-old Swiss great was flattened by Djokovic in the opening two sets before he...
00:41
Drugmaker Wockhardt hid the results of failed tests and deleted data from its systems at a plant in western India, according to a report by the US Food and Drug Administration sent to the company earlier this month and seen by Reuters.Issues around data integrity, maintaining accurate and...
00:39
Donald Trump will draw a ruptured U.S. Republican Party into a prime time TV ratings battle on Thursday night, as the billionaire presidential hopeful shuns a Fox News-sponsored debate to star in his own event at the same time.His decision to boycott the Republican debate in a spat with network...
00:37
Iran HAS agreed to buy 118 Airbus aircraft worth about $25 billion (22 billion euros), according to a memorandum of understanding signed during a visit to France by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The deal to purchase 73 long-haul and 45 medium-haul planes, to be finalised once...
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India's 20 cities to get a smart makeoverI'm ashamed, says Indian origin doctor for assaulting Uber cabbie while drunk India look for T20 series-clinching win in Melbourne BJP departs from practice, names Sonowal as Assam CM candidateNow, women seek entry into Mumbai's Hali Ali...
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