17:55
A terrorist, police official and an army trooper belonging to the Rashtriya Rifles regiment have been killed in an ongoing encounter at Dadsara in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. A senior police official told rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar that a joint team of the Rashtriya Rifles and...
17:46
It can now be revealed that what may have appeared to be a spontaneous gesture -- Sachin Tendulkar being carried aloft by his teammates -- after India's World Cup win was not so. The decision to carry Tendulkar for a victory round was taken much earlier but was not known to the batting maestro,...
17:42
After the e Bombay High Court rejected former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi''s plea against the revocation of his passport, it also dismissed an appeal filed by Modi against an earlier order asking the BCCI to initiate an inquiry into alleged financial irregularities. The BCCI had in December 2010...
17:27
Here's why Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is still popular. Nurses and staff loyal to the Libyan leader revealed they were rewarded each year with gold watches with his picture on them. Oksana Balynskaya, one of five nurses on his personal medical team who left the oil-rich country when...
17:22
There's hope, guys! Poonam Pandey tweets: Once Steve Forbes said A promise made should be a promise kept. so guys soon will complete my promise just Wait n watch. Poonam Pandey, is the 19-year-old model, whopromised to do the full Monty in the men's dressing room should India win the Cup....
17:13
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has lost his final appeal in Bangladesh's Supreme Court against his sacking from the Grameen micro-finance bank he founded. The bbc.co.uk reports that the court upheld the decision by the central bank to remove him from office. The bank said Professor Yunus had...
17:03
The CBI has registered a case to probe the death of Sadiq Batcha, former Telecom Minister A Raja's aide. Yesterday, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to issue a notification within three days for transferring to the CBI the probe into the suicide of Sadiq Batcha.
16:54
The Bombay High Court has rejected former Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi''s plea against the revocation of his passport. The court also turned down Modi''s plea for a stay in the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by the BCCI. The court has asked the BCCI to avoid holding...
16:26
The special investigation team probing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, today submitted its progress report in the case in a sealed cover to the Gujarat High Court. The report was submitted in the High Court ahead of the hearing in the case, scheduled on April 8. In...
16:19
News flash: Following in the footsteps Australia's Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara will quit as the country's captain. In an interview to India Today earlier, Sangakkara said he had already met the Lankan board officials and communicated his decision and said he felt that following...
16:13
The Election Commission has dropped Sourav Ganguly as its brand ambassador following protests by the Trinamool Congress that he was associated with a particular political party and that he had worked as an ambassador of the West Bengal government, particularly the WBIDC. In fact, Ganguly wanted...
16:07
British PM David Cameron, who ison a day'svisit toPakistanoffered money and security expertise as he committed Britain to helping Pakistan to tackle terror as part of a new long-term partnership. The Times, London, reports that Cameron promised up to £650 million to get four million Pakistani...
15:32
Delayed buying your Maruti? Well, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India has increased the prices of its vehicles across all models by up to Rs 9,000 to offset rising input costs. The price hike across the models ranges between 0.2 per cent to 2.4 per cent which translates into a...
15:24
Britain Army's redundancy programme is poised to axe 150 Gurkha troops in the country. The Ministry of Defence said overall 1,000 soldiers and 1,600 Royal Navy personnel would lose their jobs in the first tranche of redundancies for the two services under the Strategic Defence and Security...
15:11
The Pakistan Cricket Board is negotiating with former skipper Javed Miandad to accept the post of the national team's batting coach. ODI skipper Shahid Afridi (who is still trending on Twitter in India!) said after a meeting with PCB chief Ijaz Butt that the board was in talks with Miandad. I...
15:07
In forgotten Libya, the government, such as it were,today said it was open to political reforms but rejected Western demands that country's strongman Muammar Gaddafi step down. The government said Gaddafi was a unifying force and must stay in power to avoid a Somalia or Iraq-style power vacuum.
15:04
Norway's prime minister has urged his Indian counterpart to ensure fair treatment for Telenor amid fears that the Norwegian mobile operator's Indian business could be in jeopardy from the telecoms licensing scandal now rocking India. The Financial Times reports that the letter from Jens...
14:54
Close on the heels of a spat over the Raymond Davis case, the CIA contractor who gunned down two men in Lahore, another diplomatic row is brewing between Pakistan and the US after Islamabad barred several American military personnel from leaving the country. The US personnel were barred from...
14:50
Poonam Pandey, the 19-year-old model, whopromised to do the full Monty in the men's dressing room should India win the Cup has finally surfaced. Hours before the India win on Saturday, the model's phone was switched off. And over the weekend, her phone has been 'out of coverage area'....
14:40
Rediff.com's Harish Kotian reports: Team Royal Challengers has announced New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori as the captain of the team for IPL 2011. Vettori led a spirited New Zealand team to the World Cup 2011 semi-finals, only to lose to Sri Lanka. He is one of the most respected captains in...
14:38
From Tamil Nadu: A haul of unaccounted cash in the poll-bound state --six bags full of currency worth Rs 5.11 crore -- have been recovered in Trichy today. Investigations on the owner of the cash is still on.
14:29
Alocal court in Jaipur has directed the police to lodge an FIR against actor Rakhi Sawant, Rahul Mahajan and six others for allegedly threatening a man, who had claimed to have written the script of TV serial 'Rakhi Ka Swayamvar'. The petitioner Gaurav Tiwari claimed that the script of the...
14:20
The US commander in Afghanistan, General David H. Petraeus, is reportedly being 'seriously considered' for the job of CIA director. Petraeus, who plans to leave that post later this year, 'would take the job if offered'. Current CIA director Leon Panetta is likely to replace Defence...
14:05
Random tweets... Rezhasan: I want to have 3 kids and name them Ctrl, Alt and Delete. Then if they screw up I will just hit them all at once. Kiran Bedi: Barkha I wish u had come 2 jan tar man tar today and spoken to Anna Hazare starting his fast for the Ginnnee bill He is sitting for u...
14:01
It's the begun: the shaming of Ricky Ponting. Australia's new skipper Michael Clarke has taken over the captain's suite in a Dhaka hotel, relegating his predecessor Ricky Ponting to a standard room. The official line from Clarke is that his new captaincy post will finally sink in when he leads...
13:56
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has termed as distorted and one-sided the WikiLeaks revelation that he had invited Dow Chemicals to a proposed chemical hub, saying the invitation was made on condition that the company owned responsibility of compensating Bhopal gas tradegy...
13:30
It seems like every babu in every state government has beenset the task of finding out what else can be doled out to Team India after their historic World Cup win. The Maharashtra government has now come up with the rather stale idea of recommending Sachin Tendulkar's name for the Bharat Ratna....
13:24
News flash: The government says it objects to the CBI's decision to appoint senior advocate U U Lalit as Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. This comes a few days after the CBI said it is willing to take over the investigation of Sadiq Batcha's death from the Chennai police after...
13:17
PMO on Anna Hazare's fast unto death.PMO believes that in the best democratic tradition there has to be give and take.
13:10
Alright, remember the Raj Rajaratnam trial? Read if you don't. And here's an update: After three weeks of presenting evidence against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused of making USD 45 million from insider trading, the prosecution is expected to rest its case tomorrow. The...
13:05
Meanwhile, Team India coach, the much-loved Gary Kirsten says MS Dhoni is the best captain ashe gives 100 per cent always. He said it was a massive privilege to be part of India and has been one of the hardest goodbyes he has had to make. Kirsten will quit as coach as he has other committments.
12:59
Spotted on Twitter: Dear Raj Thackery, a Chandigarh lad, a Jharkhand captain and a Delhi boy won the world cup for us and dedicated it to a Marathi legend. Your regional hatred has failed. Jai ho
12:46
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb was rushed to a hospital after complaining of abdominal pains, throwing his Brazil tour into jeopardy. The Stayin Alive hitmaker was taken ill yesterday morning and doctors have told him not to travel while they diagnose the problem. Last year he underwent surgery for...
12:44
From Puttapurthi comes news that the condition of Satya Sai Baba is critical but stable.
12:43
In a volte-face, (the second after Shahid Afridi's) the Obama Administration today said that the alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and his four co-conspirators would now be tried in a military court instead of a civilian. In November 2009 it was announced that Muhammad and four...
12:33
Superb! Ramesh Srivatstweets: I suppose Harbhajan will now want a ride in a Su-30 Teri MKI. Yesterday, the TOI reported that Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar will be given a ride on a Sukhoi.
12:30
Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance ADAG has reached Parliament to appear before PAC in the 2G scam. He is expected to anser the parliamentary panel investigatingthe 2G scam, thesecond corporate to be questioned after Ratan Tata, yesterday. Ambani's testimony comes days after police indicted...
12:23
The Commonwealth Games Federation has slammed the Shunglu Committee report on the alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of last year's Commonwealth Games, saying its statements on the CGF's role are inaccurate and unsubstantiated and lack context. The Shunglu Committee report, which...
12:20
News flash: The CBI carries out searches at 20 locations in Delhi and the NCR in connection with the Commonwealth Games probe. The searches were conducted at residential and official premises of DDA and CPWD officials. The CBI also registers its ninth case in connection with the probe into...
12:17
Anna Hazare says he respects the PM but had warned him well ahead of the fast. He said he will go in till the very end till the governmentenacts a comprehensive law such as the Jan Lokpal Bill to tackle the menace. He will not return to Maharasthra till the LokpalBill is passed.
12:10
Another accident, but not as traumatic. An accidental grenade blast at an army training camp in Rajouri has left seven jawans injured. During a training drill on handling of grenades, the device exploded in the hand of Army jawan Sepoy L Balaji. Balaji's hand was blown up and his right eye...
12:08
In a tragic incident,a toddler died Monday after being found unresponsive in the back seat of a sweltering car parked outside his gynecologist mother's workplace. The 21-month-old boy was left for hours in a car seat while his apparently distracted mother worked at the medical office in a town in...
12:04
An educational charity of Madonna's, Success for Kids, is being investigated by the FBI over claims of financial mismanagement. Madonna, 52, chairs the charity, but it is not clear to what extent she is involved in the investigation by the FBI for several irregularities and suspicious...
11:53
The Times of India reported yesterday that the chief ofthe Indian Air ForceP V Naikstated that he will seek special permission from the government so that India captainMahendra Singh Dhoniand legendary batsmanSachin Tendulkarcan experience a flight of Su-30MKI- the best fighter plane of IAF....
11:48
Cnn.com reports that India's aviation industry is taking off again. Between 2009 and 2010 domestic passenger traffic grew 19% -- an impressive figure considering the 2008 global financial meltdown that led airlines around the world, including those in India, to ask for government bailouts. I...
11:36
Update on Anna Hazare's fast. In his home state Maharashtra, there is growing support for social activist Anna Hazare who began his indefinite fast in Delhi today, demanding implementation of Jan Lokpal Bill. During Gudi Padwa celebrations in Hazare's village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar...
11:24
Here's a valid reason why you should be a clockwatcher at work and not stay back to impress the boss. Researchers have found that those who spend more than 11 hours at work increase their chance of having a heart attack by two thirds. The risk is so great that GPs should ask patients what hours...
11:19
Veteran social activist Anna Hazare began his indefinite fast unto death today to press for the demand to involve civil society in the formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. Hazare visited Rajghat this morning before going to Jantar Mantar via India Gate to start the protest....
11:16
With Mamata Banerjee's 'padayatras' drawing thousands, the ruling CPI-M not to be outdone has also planned a similar roadshow on coming Saturday by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in his Jadavpur constituency in the city's southern part. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will participate in a...
11:05
The 14-year-old suicide bomber, who was captured after his explosives failed to detonate during Sunday's terror attack on a shrine in Pakistan, remains unrepentant as he tells police that he wants to be a martyr and send them to hell. The teenager- identified as Fida Hussain -- was arrested at...
11:01
British Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Pakistan on a one-day visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Raza Rabbani received the British Prime Minister on his first trip to Pakistan, Dunya News reports. Cameron...
10:56
Sri Satya Sai baba, who was admitted to a hospital following lung and chest congestion, continues to be on ventilator support though his vital systems are in a stable condition, doctors attending on him said today Sai Baba, who was admitted in this hospital, continues to be in the same...
10:51
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has now done another volte-face. After creating a furore by stating that Indians are not large-hearted, Afridi did a volte-face, claiming that he was misunderstood and quoted out of context. Media makes a big deal of small issues. It is shameful. I have always...
10:45
Good morning and welcome to the week after. Sore loser Shahid Afridi has been ranting aboutthenegative reporting by the Indian media on the Pakistan cricket team and how Indian players don't have large, clean hearts. And this, just a day after thanking us for the hospitality he and his team...
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