18:21
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked the police to use tact to deal with situations instead of resorting to lathis and bullets. We have to learn to be tactful and do away with lathis and bullets, Banerjee said today.Coming just a few hours after some policemen beat up...
18:05
Questioning the motive of Team Anna, Congress today said any campaign by the anti-corruption group against the party in Uttar Pradesh would mean indirect support to BSP.Those who are saying to oppose Congress in UP, they would indirectly support the BSP. It is a clear message that they (Team...
17:56
On the Daily Mail: An argument over parking led to a 'completely good and blameless' businessman and his nephew being machine-gunned to death by a drug dealer. After his car was blocked in by a van, Ayub Khan went to fetch a MAC-10 pistol capable of firing 1,000 rounds a minute. Khan, then only...
17:48
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, who has so far not cross examined any witness in the 2G case trial, is likely to open his defence next week by questioning his former additional private secretary Aseervatham Achary, aprosecution witness, sources said. Raja's counsel, at the commencement of...
17:34
Iran has rejected US calls for the return of a spy drone captured by its military and instead demanded an apology from Washington. The Guardian has it.
17:31
A rush of reads from the Guardian: Mounted trophy in the Hartnoll Hotel near Devon, UK, is believed to be from the Emperor stag who went missing last year. Read
17:29
Pink vs blue: Are children born with gender preferences? Find out in the Guardian.
17:18
This is Shashi Tharoor's take on the Mullaperiyar issue: New dam needed at Mullaperiyar urgently. Read his interview on rediff.com. (Tharoor is the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram)
17:10
Also on the Mullaperiyar dam: The Prime Minister today told Congress leaders from Tamil Nadu that he was very worried over incidents of violence in border areas in the state and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam issue. He told a delegation of Congress MPs from the state that leaders and...
16:59
Parliament updates from our Delhi correspondent. Sivanand Tiwari JDU MP in Rajya Sabha created a flutter by stopping Telecom minister Kapil Sibal from introducing the Copyright Bill as Sibal's son is working for a private company. He cites conflct of interest. Uproar in Rajya Sabha for 10 minutes...
16:57
The Supreme Court on the Mullaperiyar dam issue says the empowered committee is looking into the issue and the situation is not grave. Both Kerala and Tamil Nadu are merely adding fuel to fire. However, safety is paramount and cannot be compromised.
16:47
The Supreme Court today dismissed Kerala's plea to lower the water level of the Mullaperiyar dam to 120 feet from the current 136 feet, reports NDTV. Both Kerala and Tamil Nadu are adding fuel to fire on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, the apex court said. The safety of people is paramount and it...
16:42
Just in: Mullaperiyar Dam: Supreme Court dismisses Kerala's plea to lower water level to 120 feet.
16:40
The Trinamul Party's answer on how to get bills passed quickly in the Assembly -- free food.From the Telegraph, Calcutta: The Trinamul Congress has served up a new recipe to get all its MLAs to attend the winter session of the House -- free food.The party will spend Rs 75,000 per day on...
16:29
Rafaya Sufi tweets: Dawn News reporting that Shahbaz Taseer and Warren Weinstein are being held hostage at the Pak-Afghan border. Shahbaz Taseer, the son of slain Punjab governor in Pakistan, Salman Taseer, was abducted in August.
16:24
Here's the Dec 1, 2008 report on what happened when RGV went on a tour of the Taj hotel immediately after the terror attacks. Read And this is what RGV said at the time: I happened to be at the Taj by chance. I have no intention of making a film on the Mumbai terror strikes.
16:14
So, here it is. Director Ram Gopal Varma will finally make a film about the 26/11 attacks, an announcement he made three years ago. Varma, 49, aims to capture behind-the-scenes aspects of the terror attack on the Taj Mahal hotel as well as the heroism of the police officials. I am...
16:08
Shabana Azmi wants to know whether this is the right look for a corrupt politician for her forthcoming film. See
16:04
On the Wall Street Journal: Until recently an emerging market darling, the Asian giant is now saddled with rapidly deteriorating macroeconomic fundamentals and a government unwilling or unable to make reforms critical to the long-term health of the economy. More
16:01
Here's some good news for millions of women worldwide. Coming in just three years: A vaccine for breast cancer, say scientists. In fact, an international team, led by the University of Georgia, has already developed the vaccine, but the scientists are now beginning tests on human cells...
15:36
Update on the Sukhoi crash: IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Gerard Galway said that both the pilots flying the aircraft ejected in time and landed safely. They have been evacuated and taken to the base for medical attention. The aircraft, which was on a routine mission, had taken off from...
15:31
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said that the foreign policy would be finalized after the Parliament would give mandate over it, Geo News reported.Khar was talking to media outside the Parliament building and told the foreign policy is being reviewed in the ongoing Envoys'...
15:26
MJ Akbar's piece on media censorship and Kapil Sibal on the Sunday Guardian. Read
15:21
Thank heavens for studies, for this one suggests that children prefer a traditional Christmas and would rather spend time with their family than receive presents. Researchers found that 40 per cent of children would rather want Santa brought them time with their parents and immediate...
15:18
The government had announced a Rs 1,618 crore package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to the Valley in 2008 but so far no familyhas returned. A comprehensive package of Rs 1,618.40 crore has been announced for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to the valley in...
15:13
The Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, today deliberated on the strategy on the Lokpal issue ahead of the meeting of the UPA leaders here.The meeting was held on a day Singh is holding consultations with UPA allies on the Lokpal issue, the...
15:03
Amul's beautiful tribute to cartoonist Mario Miranda who passed away on Sunday. See
14:59
On Sunday, Anna Hazare took on Rahul Gandhi saying, he aspires to be the Prime Minister but spending one day in a hut is just not enough. I don't have any fight with Rahul Gandhi. He is also young man. He dreams of becoming the Prime Minister. But spending one day in a hut is not enough.
14:57
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is back on the campaign trail in UP today. Attacking the BSP and the Samajwadi Party, Gandhi said he sought a chance for the Congress to rule Uttar Pradesh and promised to change the state in the next 20 years when people from outside will flock there for...
14:48
We told you earlier that the rupee reached its all-time low today at Rs 53.29 to a dollar. Read the blog on the Financial Times: When it comes to the rupee, perhaps we should dispense with the term all-time low. It may get a bit repetitive in coming days and weeks.More
14:25
Update on the Sukhoi crash: While both the pilots ejected to safety, they are yet to be traced. Efforts are on to find them. They were the only two on board. Also see this 2009 story on India Today: What's wrong with IAF's Sukhoi?
14:15
Here's the status on the Afzal Guru case: The mercy plea of of Mohd Afzal Guru is among 14 other such applications pending decision by President Pratibha Patil. Replying to an RTI query, the President Secretariat declined to disclose copies of correspondence and file notings related to...
14:10
Just in: A fighter plane has crashed at Vadebolai near Pune. Both pilots have ejected to safety. Details awaited.
14:08
Cricket legend Shane Warne tweeted a picture of his hand looking badly burned after scalding himself cooking breakfast. The Aussie star, engaged to Brit beauty Liz Hurley, put up the pic alongside a plea to followers for tips on how to help heal the wound and got a message of support from his...
14:01
On the Guardian: Actor in airbrushing row after appearing to wear only a tattoo spelling initials of Pakistani spy agency on Indian FHM cover. Read
13:57
Abhijit Majumder: Uncle Sam to freeze $700 million aid to Pakistan. Now Pakistan will run to Uncle Chang
13:56
After being questioned by many as to why Sushil Kumar, the first to win Rs 5 crore on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 5', hasn't received his prize money yet, theshow's host Amitabh Bachchan has said that Kumar's cheque is ready.Bachchan said that the 27-year-old wants the cheque at the an upcoming award...
13:51
The Parliament Standing committee recommends that the government reconsider and review the UID Bill and bring in a fresh Bill. Read the report
13:48
Kapil Sibal, minister of communications and information technology, appeared on the CNN-IBN program Devil's Advocate' with Karan Thapar over the weekend to discuss the government's recent request that Internet companies like Facebook and Google screen user content. India Ink, which...
13:44
Another on on the NYT blogs: The framers of the United States Constitution so highly valued free speech that they enshrined it in the document's very first amendment. India, the world's other mammoth democracy, has a first amendment too, but its intent and meaning are quite the opposite.Read
13:42
Just in: The US Congress has asked that $700 million in aid to Pakistan be frozen.
13:41
Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, an accused in the cash-for-votes scam has been allowed to travel abroad without depositing his passport with the trial court. The Delhi High Court today modified Amar Singhs's bail conditions. The SC said that Amar Singh only needs to inform the...
13:33
Also on the NYT's India blogs: Few cities of recent vintage have a history as complicated and contested as New Delhi, which turned 100 on Monday. More
13:28
From the New York Times' India blogs: A decade after a suicide attack on India's Parliament that killed nine, the grand sandstone building in New Delhi seems firmly under security agencies' control. It has been equipped with more and better-trained manpower carrying sophisticated arms, new...
13:15
The Congress core group has begun its meeting in Parliament.
13:14
December 13, 2011, marks 10 years of the dastardly attack on Parliament, when five terrorists barged into the premises of India's legislature and gunned down eight security personnel and one gardener before being gunned down themselves. Read the report on rediff.com.
13:12
Here you go: First look inside bombshell Lindsay Lohan's nude Playboy shoot.On the Daily Mail.
12:55
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced today that the government plans to screen the nation's entire population in next five years for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and strokes for early detection and treatment of the ailments.He said during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha...
12:50
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee took on the BJP's Arun Jaitley saying that the Indian economy has the capacity, resilience to overcome crisis and bounce badk. Hitting out Jaitley for his comments on Sunday from Jantar Mantar, Mukherjee says there is is no policy paralysis in the government and...
12:45
The full judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced yesterday. Here are the names
12:39
From our Delhi correspondent:In the Rajya Sabha today, Jairam Ramesh, the Union Minister for Rural Development, created history of sorts by giving the longest reply to a question by a Kerala Congress MP on the Prime Minister's Rural Development Programme. Jairam categorically said the...
12:33
Productive day in Parliament: Three Standing Committee reports tabled in LS: UID Bill, Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill and Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill
12:27
Mayawati adds that the BSP wants the PM, Group C bureaucrats and the CBI under the Lokpal purview.
12:26
UP CM Mayawati is addressing a press meet. She says the Congress has no willingness to act on graft as can be seen in the Lokpal draft. She says the BSP (her party), unlike the Cong has taken action on reports of grafted by the Lokayukta and have set up steps to curb both corruption...
12:21
A Saudi woman was beheaded yesterday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.Amina Nassar was executed for practising witchcraft and sorcery, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.Amnesty International...
12:16
The Supreme Court today allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it in on its production,sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the dilution, packaging...
12:09
The great jewellery collections of the world might belong to maharajas or heads of state -- but Elizabeth Taylor gave them a run for their money. Some of Taylor's most iconic pieces will hit the block this week at a four-day sale at Christie's in New York between Dec 13 and Dec 16. The...
12:03
Did an Islamic cleric really ban women from touching bananas and cucumbers? This past week, an email pinged around the world, claiming that a Muslim cleric residing in Europe issued a, well, interesting fatwa, or religious ruling, banning Muslim women from touching bananas or cucumbers: He said...
12:00
Updates on the AMRI hospital fire in Kolkata that killed 91. A Telegraph, Calcutta story reveals that the fire broke out at 2:15 am and not the official 3.30 pm. From the Telegraph: Chaitanya Singh Mehta, a 74-year-old patient at the Dhakuria AMRI last week, says he smelt fumes' in his room...
11:53
The European Organization for Nuclear Research today, at 8 am (EST), is to reveal a tantalizing secret. The word on the street is that scientists will unveil the first hints of the Higgs boson, also called the God particle in popular culture. This unimaginably small particle has never been...
11:47
This is what the AP has on that drone story. The Obama administration said yesterday, that it has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a US surveillance drone captured by Iranian armed forces, but is not hopeful that Iran will comply. More
11:44
A huge collection of papers belonging to pioneering scientist Sir Isaac Newton -- the father of gravity -- has been posted online by Cambridge University. The archive includes Newton's college notebooks and some of his most important writings from the 1660s on mathematics...
11:42
A quick read from MK Bhadrakumar's blog:I wrote yesterday that the ramifications of Iran's 'scoop' - downing the US drone ('Beast of Kandahar') - are bound to spread. President Barack Obama has now broken silence, revealing, We've asked for it back - we'll see how the Iranians...
11:40
The Supreme Court has directed states to ensure that adequate night shelters are provided to the homeless during the winter so that not a single person died from the cold. The capital, Delhi, along with Indian-administered Kashmir and the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are usually...
11:38
Fifteen children have died in a school bus crash in China - just one day after the government issued strict guidelines to prevent such accidents. The children were killed when their bus drove into a ditch as it tried to avoid a motorised rickshaw in Jiangsu province. Officials said some children...
11:35
The Congress party has slammed the opposition parties for exhibiting political opportunism during the one day fast of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare. Talking to mediapersons, Congress party's spokesperson Renuka Chaudhary said that the opposition parties had displayed a political...
11:31
In other news: Playboy Magazine has released the first shot of Lindsay Lohan from the inside spread after the cover of the highly anticipated issue was leaked on the internet earlier. The 25-year-old actress is seen channeling her inner bombshell as she reclines with her white blonde...
11:26
Sharma has been released on a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and three sureties.
11:25
Gujarat cadre IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who is in jail for alleged irregularity in land allotment to private firms, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today. The bail is however conditional -- a bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam said that it passed the order after Sharma, who is in jail for...
11:18
On Firstpost.com: Ten years ago on this day, five gunmen infiltrated Parliament House in a car bearing Home Ministry and Parliament labels and began firing their weapons inside the compound. The Vice President's guards and security personnel shot back at the terrorists and then started closing...
11:10
The PM says that the government is mulling the introduction of a local bodies finance list in the Constitution. He says the urban population is projected to increase from 377 million today to 600 million by 2031, which therefore means India's policies cannot have a one-size-fits-all approach...
11:06
The Supreme Court has granted bail to controversial Gujarat cadre IAS officer Pradeep Sharma in the land allotment case.
11:04
The PM and allies are expected to meet on Lokpal today and tomorrow is the all-party meet to discuss the formula.
11:02
Good morning. First up:The rupee tumbled by 35 paise to an all-time low of Rs 53.29 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today on continued demand forthe American currency from banks and importers, coupled with news of negative growth in industrial output in...
11:01
A couple of minutes to go before Parliament begins its session. The BJP will press for the inclusion of the Prime Minister, lower bureaucracy and Citizens' Charter in Lokpal Bill at all-party meeting tomorrow. BJP to move amendment in Lokpal Bill if government does not accept its demands, says S...
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