23:33
A series of photographs on hunger in India that show villagers posing next to tables full of food has sparked a backlash online and been branded as exploitative poverty porn by critics.The pictures by Italian photographer Alessio Mamo, which show children covering their eyes next to fake meals,...
23:08
Donald Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood has been destroyed.According to the Los Angeles Times, the LAPD received a call from the man who allegedly took a pickaxe to the president’s spot on the strip in Los Angeles. Reports claim the suspect arrived with a guitar case before taking...
22:42
US President Donald Trump today accused China of being vicious in its trade with the US, and said his administration has so far been nice but indicated harsher measures against Beijing amidst an intense trade war between the two economic giants.The US had earlier this month imposed 25 per cent...
22:04
The UK's Court of Appeal has refused Vijay Mallya the permission to appeal against a High Court order in favour of 13 Indian banks to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds, in another setback to the embattled liquor tycoon.The 62-year-old businessman, who is separately undergoing...
21:58
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP over his hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, saying now the party's MPs take two steps back on seeing him fearing he may embrace them too.  Gandhi, who was severely criticised by the BJP leaders for hugging Modi during...
21:13
Millions of Pakistanis voted today to elect a new government and prime minister in a tense election marred by allegations of military interference and a series of deadly attacks. Up to 8 lakh police and military forces were stationed at more than 85,000 polling stations across the country as the...
20:37
Billionaire Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi refuting allegations of his Reliance Group lacking experience to get the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the government had no role in French Group Dassault picking up his company as a local partner.  In a two-page letter...
19:52
As Ram Nath Kovind completed his first year as President of India, the Rashtrapati Bhavan today described him as 'Everybody's President' who has met 34 persons on an average per day and visited a record 27 of the country's 29 states since taking charge.Kovind, 72, also gave assent to 30 bills of...
19:44
As many as 447 persons were detained across the city today as protesters demanding reservation for the Maratha community took to the streets.Protesters attacked buses, stoned local trains and indulged in arson.We have taken 447 people in custody and the process of registration of offences against...
19:36
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today accused certain leaders of trying to create caste division in Maharashtra, even as he said that the Maratha community, that has been protesting for reservation, should come forward for talks with the government instead of resorting to agitation and...
19:35
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today accused certain leaders of trying to create caste division in Maharashtra, even as he said that the Maratha community, that has been protesting for reservation, should come forward for talks with the government instead of resorting to agitation and...
19:19
A foetus was recovered from a lavatory of an Air Asia plane after it landed in New Delhi from Guwahati this afternoon, Delhi Police said.  The crew of flight I5 784 informed about the foetus being found in the lavatory, they said. The flight had originated from Imphal.According to the police,...
18:36
A Shiv Sena MLA from Maharashtra's Aurangabad district today offered to resign in support of the Maratha quota demand.Harshavardhan Jadhav, who represents Kannad assembly constituency, had recently announced to step down if the demands of the agitating Maratha community are not met.He is the...
18:20
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said incidents of mob lynching are being given unnecessary importance.The CM said that humans are important but so are cows and both need to be protected.While accusing the Congress of fuelling the issue, Adityanath said, These incidents...
17:50
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018, passed in Rajya Sabha
17:48
The SIT probing journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh's killing has stumbled upon a diary with a 'hit-list' which has the name of film and theatre personality Girish Karnad's name on top, police said today.Karnad was among the most vocal critics of hardline Hindutva whose security was beefed up...
17:24
Mumbai bandh update: Train services between Thane and Vashi on Mumbai's trans-Harbour line that were stalled due to Maratha Kranti Morcha's protest over demand for reservation in government jobs and education, resumed after the organisation called off their protest.
17:23
BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha, known for his public critique of his party and the government, on Wednesday attacked Narendra Modi on Twitter again over mob lynchings and the controversy on Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France as he questioned the timing of the Prime Minister’s three-nation...
17:10
A girl who had posted on Facebook that she was going to commit suicide was saved by the police in the nick of time after the social media giant's US-based headquarters alerted them. Â Â Info was received from Facebook last night that a minor girl had updated her status as- 'I am gonna to commit...
17:08
Imran Khan’s vote may be cancelled for violating electoral rules, reports said on Wednesday, as his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party denied the charge and said the country’s poll body failed to prevent the spread of unverified reports.Pakistani television channel Express News reported Khan was...
16:38
DMK working president MK Stalin today said his father and party chief M Karunanidhi was suffering from fever and doctors were providing medication, assuring there was nothing to worry about the 94-year-old leader's health. Â Â Doctors are providing medication for the fever and there is nothing...
16:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked state governments to take strong action against cow vigilantes who indulge in violence, Rajya Sabha was informed today. The written reply of Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir came in response to Samajwadi Party MP Javed Ali Khan's...
15:56
TMC leader Derek O'Brien said today that 2018-19 is the year of think federal, suggesting regional parties will play a crucial role at the Centre and projected Mamata Banerjee as one of the most senior leaders in this matrix. He also said that Banerjee emerging as one of the front runners for...
15:06
In September 2007, Mohammad Hanif, soon to be the celebrated author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, accompanied Nawaz Sharif on his return from exile. Hanif filed this gripping first person account -- exclusive to Rediff.com -- of what happened after...
14:54
The Maratha Kranti Morcha calls off the Mumbai bandh, perhaps over the spiralling violence across Maharashtra. The Morcha is expected to call a press conference shortly. For now, the Sion-Panvel highway is still blocked, but with the apex body calling off the bandh, blockades there too should...
14:47
The CBI has written to Antiguan authorities seeking whereabouts of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, allegedly involved in over USD 2 billion scam in state-run Punjab National Bank, government sources said. The move comes after it emerged that Choksi had moved to the Caribbean country in July...
14:39
Shopkeepers in central Mumbai -- Dadar, Hindmata -- downed their shutters for fear of violence. Maratha Kranti Morcha workers also asked shopkeepers to shut shop, but there were no instances of violence from these areas. In Bandra, protestors requested shopkeepers with folded hands to close their...
14:22
A Special CBI court here today awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with the custodial death of a 26-year-old man in 2005. Assistant Sub-Inspector K Jithakumar and Civil Police Officer S V Sreekumar were the first and second accused in the case. CBI Special Court judge...
14:20
Hardik Patel, his aides granted bail by a court in 2015 Visnagar rioting case
14:05
ISIS claims responsibility for the suicide attack at a polling station in Quetta. At least 34 people were killed today, including 31 in a deadly suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country...
14:05
ISIS claims responsibility for the suicide attack at a polling station in Quetta. At least 34 people were killed today, including 31 in a deadly suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country...
14:00
Traffic backed up as protestors block the Mumbai-Pune highway.Â
13:56
Update on the Maratha reservation bandh in Mumbai. Police have used tear gas on protesters at Kalamboli in the outskirts of Mumbai after protestors vandalised cars and buses and blocked the Mumbai-Pune highway. Protestors set a bus on fire attacked buses and stopped local trains in Mumbai and the...
13:42
BilawalBhuttoZardari'Verified account @BBhuttoZardari Voted! Every vote counts. #DemocracyistheBestRevenge
13:34
For the first time in 150 years, one of Mumbai's iconic colleges, St Xavier's will have a non-Christian as its principal, Rajendra Shinde, currently head of the college's botany department, will assume charge as the instiution's 24th principal on September 1. Read the report here.
13:08
The Madras High Court today set aside a lower court order discharging all the accused, including the Maran brothers, in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case. Allowing the appeal filed by the CBI, Justice G Jaichandran directed a special CBI court to frame charges and conclude the trial...
12:42
Patidar leader Hardik Patel has been sent to jail for two years in connection with a case of vandalism at BJP legislator Rushikesh Patel's office in Visnagar during 2015 Patidar protests. Hardik, the convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti was found guilty by the Visnagar Court in...
12:26
TDP members in the Lok Sabha today once again raised the issue of special category status for Andhra Pradesh. They, however, did not troop into the Well and raised slogans from their benches. Wearing yellow stoles, they raised slogans like we want justice. One of them was dressed up like a royal,...
11:58
Mumbai-terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed cast his vote today in the Pakistan general elections. Many Pakistani extremist leaders, accused of spreading religious hatred and instigating sectarian violence, are among hundreds of candidates contesting the elections today. The Hafiz Saeed-led...
11:49
Patidar leader Hardik Patel has been found guilty in a 2015 case where he has been accused of ransacking the office of a BJP legislator in Mehsana during pro-quota agitations. Two others have also been found guilty. He faces a number of cases of loot, vandalism and conspiracy.Â
11:46
Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and Mumbai 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed casts his vote at a polling booth in Lahore. #PakistanElections2018
11:41
Protestors of the Maratha Kranti Morcha block the road at Jogeshwari. Pic: Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com
11:37
Pak polls: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has directed the private satellite TV channels to stop airing any content related to Pakistan's 11th general election.Election campaigns or propagation of political parties/candidates should be stopped forthwith, it stated.According...
11:22
The Madras high court has ordered the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the assets of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. The petitioners in the case - including a DMK lawmaker and the NGO Arappor Iyakkam -- may approach the court...
11:19
Two terrorists have been gunned down in the encounter which started in Anantnag this morning. The encounter has concluded, combing operation is underway.On Tuesday, an army man was killed and two others sustained bullet injuries after terrorists attacked the Central Reserve Police Force party...
11:10
Western Express Highway's south bound carriageway, into the city, was blocked by protesters. The police was trying to clear them. Pic: Maverick.
10:53
Workers of the Maratha Kranti Morcha block a local train in Thane. Yesterday, protestors had said they would not disrupt train services. Violence has been witnessed in parts of Maharashtra as Maratha groups tried to enforce their daylong strike today. The community has been...
10:30
In the world outside Mumbai, Pakistanis are voting today to choose a new prime minister.Nearly 106 million people are registered to vote for members of the lower house of parliament and four provincial assemblies. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, 3,459 candidates are contesting...
10:10
This is what people are tweeting on the Mumbai bandh called for reservations for Marathas. Â @bonga_pandit The govt should remove ALL RESERVATION QUOTAS..! Nobody is entitled to any seat just because of their caste.. The quotas have been unfair to OpenbCategory people for ages.. AND IT HAS TO END...
10:03
Maratha stir: A Thane Municipal Transport bus was vandalised in Wagle estate area of Thane.Â
10:02
Supriya Nair @sup_3 tweets this image two hours ago from Kandivali: She said cars and autos were being stopped from going ahead in Kandivali.
10:01
Mumbai bandh: Jagannath Sonavne, a protester who attempted suicide by consuming poison yesterday in Aurangabad's Deogaon Rangari, dies in a hospital. He was a protester in the agitation for reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education.Toll goes up to 3 -- two protestors and one cop.
09:59
Mumbai bandh: Protesters attacked public buses in Mumbai, and neighbouring Thane and Navi Mumbai as the bandh called by Maratha outfits over their demand for reservation began this morning. Two BEST buses were attacked by protestors in Kanjurmarg and Bhandup suburbs of Mumbai. In view of the...
09:36
The Maratha Kranti Morcha, which is spearheading the agitation seeking reservations in jobs and education has called for a Mumbai bandh today. Protests are expected to be seen at Thane and Navi Mumbai and this is what it looks this morning: Thane: Teen Haath Naka, the busy junction on the Eastern...
08:50
Voting opened today in Pakistan's general elections to choose a new prime minister in the second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year chequered history.According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, 3,459 candidates are contesting for 272 general seats of the National...
08:42
The 'peaceful' Mumbai bandh called by Maratha outfits to press their demands for reservations in government jobs and education has begun amid tight security. However, the bandh has virtually no effect on the city.Local trains were running on time without any issues as the BEST buses, auto...
08:00
The Maratha Kranti Morcha has announced a bandh in Mumbai and the adjoining areas of Navi Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad today to press for the community's demand for a 16% quota in government jobs and education.The Maratha Kranti Morcha, which is spearheading the agitation, said that...
00:05
US President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, has decided to close down her fashion brand.She split from the company a year ago to enter the White House as a senior adviser.Ivanka launched the brand in 2014, but after her father's election was faced with shopper boycotts.Ivanka had...
