18:49
Alright, ta ta for today. Have a super weekend and begin Monday with the Oscars only on rediff.com. A live commentary on the awards function as it happens in LA.
18:41
Just in: Former CWG OC boss Suresh Kalmadi has apparently called his lawyers fearing an arrest over the weekend. The scam-tainted man fears he will be arrested after the National Games ceremony on February 26. He may be seeking anticipatory bail. Meanwhile, buzz is that Tihar jailbirds are...
18:36
Mumbai mayor Shraddha Jadhav under a cloud for asking the BCCI for free tickets to the World Cup finals at Wankhede,today justified herself saying she Wankhede was a big stadium andshehad just asked for only a few tickets. She said it was a world event, and civic officials were bound to get...
18:23
Meanwhile, the Pakistan government has announced that actors and artists will have to obtain a No-Objection Certificate before travelling to India. This comes close on the heels of the detention of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in Delhi on charges of illegal possession of foreign currency. The...
18:20
The Pakistan Cricket Board has heaved a sigh of relief after the Indian High Commission cleared visas for the national squad to play across the border if they qualify for the knockout stages of the 2011 World Cup. Pakistan could be required to play their quarterfinal in Ahmedabad or the...
18:15
What possible answer could Ajmal Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist convicted in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, have given to a Census query on 'reasons of migration'? Kasab, whose conviction and death sentence for his role in the November 2008 attacks were upheld by the Bombay High Court this...
18:12
Just in: A Delhi Court rejects bail pleas of former telecomminister A Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia and Swam telecom promotor Shahid Usman Balwa in the 2G spectrum case.
18:10
Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanabhan is back from Godhra with this story of hope, despair and anger.Here's a teaser. Full story on rediff.com shortly. Godhra's Signal Falia area is buzzing. The previous night, police buses carrying 63 people acquitted in the 2002 Sabarmati Express-burning...
17:59
A story that must be told if only to read about how brave people are in a crisis. This is from a quake victim's family in Christchurch. The first text message said: Mommy, I got buried. About 40 minutes later: Mommy, I can't move my right hand. Then, a brief call from New Zealand's earthquake...
17:49
Suhel Seth: Tiharis go on a fast..worried that if Kalmadi comes there, he may steal all their rations and give them toiletpaper rolls instead...
17:46
A Canadian court has dismissed a plea of a Sikh extremist to return to Canada, who was deported to India for leading a team of militants in the 1984 hijacking of an Indian plane to Pakistan with 225 passengers. Parminder Singh Saini, 48, application to return to Canada was dismissed by a federal...
17:33
Horror alert. Story that shows before and after pictures of people wasted by a narcotics habit. Read the storyand you will never be tempted.
17:25
Six Moroccan men have been arrested in northern Italy on suspicion of seeking to incite hatred of Pope Benedict among Muslims, reports the bbc.co.uk. Police in the city of Brescia said the suspects had allegedly banded together to stir up religious hatred. A note was found calling for the Pope...
17:21
Just in: Delhi police arrest an NSG commando, who battled terrorists during the Mumbai attacks of 26/11 for carrying narcotics.
16:54
One more prosecution witness turned hostile today during the trial in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Jayendra Saraswathi are the main accused.
16:50
Love the way Mamata Banerjee says peepol. Unlike Lalu Prasad Yadav who is entirely aware he is entertaining and therefore stales, Mamata is not, and that adds to her churm (as she would have said).
16:48
Mamata Banerjee speaks to a TV channel, post rail budget presentation. She's being told that railway finances are poor. She says it was earlier, not any more. And then suddenly jumps at the reporter's throat saying: I am not like others. I hate the word jugglery. Financial situation is very good...
16:42
It was an incendiary allegation and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouseJudith Reganwas fired by HarperCollins in 2006,she claimed that a senior executiveat its parent company, News Corporation, had encouraged her to lie two years earlier to federal...
16:28
Just in: The Supreme Court orders a probe by a committee appointed by it into the alleged illegal mining in Bellary and other forest areas of Karnataka.
15:40
The CBI is finally getting its act together in the 2G scam. Anil Sardana, former MD of Tata Teleservices at CBI office for questioning in the 2G scam.
15:35
Just in: The Air India plane for Tripoli, Libya leave tonight. Another tomorrow. If you've just joined us, here's what you missed on this update. TheLibyan government has given landing clearance for two Air India planes per day from tomorrow for evacuation of Indian nationals, External...
15:31
John Galliano has been arrested for an alleged assault,says BBC Breaking News, this morning. TheChristian Dior creative director was reportedly apprehended in Paris for assault as well as alleged anti-Semitic remarks. More on that when we get it.
15:27
Details of the quantum of punishment in the Godhra verdict, which, we told you over an hour ago, was postponed to March 1. The prosecution today sought death penalty for all the 31 convicts in the Godhra train carnage case in a special court here which reserved till March 1 the pronouncement...
15:23
A break from tabloid stories for our sports reporter Harish Kotian's exclusive from Bangalore... Where there is a will, there is a way! And this certainly holds true for Australian veteran Michael Hussey. After his controversial omission from the 15-member Australian World Cup squad, it seems...
15:17
Proof there are people sick in the head everywhere. The family of a TV presenter, Donna Manning, had their home burgled as they waited outside the flattened building where she worked, desperately waiting for news from rescue crews. Manning was among 100 staff trapped in the building when it...
15:08
When Oscar, the cat, curls up next to an elderly resident at Steere House nursing home in the US, it usually means one thing. Nicknamed the cat of death, this ordinary-looking tabby has extraordinary abilities and doctors believe he has predicted the passing of more than 50 patients, reports the...
15:05
NRI businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of hiring a hitman to murder his Indo-Swedish wife Anni on their honeymoon in South Africa, has been granted bail by a UK court after his father insisted his son would go on to prove his innocence. Dewani (31) appeared in Woolwich Crown Court, south London...
15:02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray was today granted bail by a local court in a rioting case dating back to October 2008. Raj's anti-north Indians agitation was at its peak during this period, and MNS activists had allegedly damaged a few buses in Koradi.
14:49
Uddhav Thackeray says his bit on the JPC. Expressing displeasure over the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee only for the 2G Spectrum allocation scam, Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray today said his party would stay away from it. Why was the JPC was formed only to inquire...
14:41
Pro-Taliban militants blew up a state run school in Pakistan's restive northwest today though there were no reports of any loss of life.
14:39
Nostalgia for a generation who has grown up with news of space shuttle Discovery. The USspaceshuttle blasted off for the last time on a mission that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era, reports guardian.co.uk. Around 40,000 guests gathered at Kennedy Space Centre to watch the...
14:34
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were yesterday said to be launching fierce counter-attacks as the Libyan uprising edged closer to the capital and the dictator chose to blame Osama bin Laden and teenagers on hallucinogenic drugs for the rebellion, reports the independent.co.uk. Troops were said...
14:25
A sigh of collective relief from India. Opener Virender Sehwag will play the World Cup.He survived an injury scare after being hit on his ribs by a local fast bowler during the Indian cricket team's practice session ahead of the much-anticipated World Cup clash against England on Sunday. He...
14:21
The Obama Administration today appeared to be moving ahead with proposals to impose sanctions on the authoritarian Gaddafi regime of Libya which has been using lethal force against its own people resulting in hundreds of casualties. A meeting in this regard was held at the White House which...
14:17
From our blogger MK Bhadrakumar... Over one month has passed since the uprising in the Middle East broke out. Yet, India is struggling to formulate a stance that is coherent, forward-looking and sustainable. No doubt, the uprising is taking different forms from country to country, but what is...
14:06
The CBI today questioned former telecom minister Arun Shourie for three hours at its New Delhi headquarters in connection with the 2G spectrum case. Shourie said he had presented to the CBI the facts of the case and even introduced to the agency to the person who had given all the details about...
14:03
Rediff.com's Bikash Mohapatra reporting from Nagpur says: Cricket Australia medical staff today confirmed fast bowler Doug Bollinger will return to Australia from the ICC World Cup with a left ankle injury. Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said, Doug Bollinger has been...
13:58
Just in: Verdict on Quantum of punishment in Godhra case reserved for 1st March. Prosecution demands death penality for all 31 accused.
13:50
TheLibyan government has given landing clearance for two Air India planes per day from tomorrow for evacuation of Indian nationals, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said today. He said two flights have been given clearance to operate by Libyan authorities for 10 days. He said the country...
13:45
Mamata's magic ends. Railway budget tabled. She ends with a quote in Hindi, or so it seems, which brings a broad smile to the Speaker's face.
13:28
The Ministry of External Affairs has sais that it not charge Indians who are being evacuated from Libya. The MEA said it has come to its notice that some unscrupulous elements were asking for payments/handling charges/facilitation fee etc., for arranging evacuation of Indian nationals, through...
13:25
On to world news. An Australian doctor described how he used a pocket knife and a hacksaw to amputate the legs of a man trapped under rubble after New Zealand's deadly earthquake. He told Australian broadcaster ABC that he was scared for his life as he and other medics decided that the only way...
13:16
Mamata is back:Yells at the opposition benches: enaapheez enapph. Bhoteez thees. The rant happens after somebody dares to interrupt her from the Opposition benches over 50 per cent concessions to media professionals and family once a year. (Sops ahead of Bengal polls?)
13:12
OK, on to other news since didi is back at the lectern. Opposition is allowing her to speak as she has moved on from the Bengal sops. Read what's happening in LS as it happens
13:07
Mamata Banerjee is miffed. And her expressions are beautifully petulant. She bangs her speech papers on the lectern and looks at the Opposition benches and asks Bhot izz teees. She says she is proud of her state and will continue to do projects for WB and other states. She says: Nobody...
12:56
Figure it out. Mamata Banerjee says railway earnings set to exceed Rs 1 lakh crore for 2011. The 2G spectrum scam put the figure at Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
12:51
Five persons have been arrested for allegedly attacking a Rajasthan minister by hurling chilly powder at him during a marriage function in the state's Jhunjhunu district.
12:49
The Huffinton Post reports: A shocking questionwas asked at a town hall event held by Rep. Paul Broun on Tuesday. An audience member asked the Congressman, Who is going to shoot Obama? Broun's press secretary, Jessica Morris, confirmed that the question was indeed, who is going to shoot Obama?...
12:39
Former Two And A Half Men star Charlie Sheen is living every full-blooded man's fantasy. His nanny girlfriend, ex-wife and a porn star - have all moved into his Hollywood mansion. The Sun.co.uk reports that the beauties had scarcely unpacked when the wildman actor, 45, whisked them off for an...
12:38
Mamata has asked for rail roko agitations to end. RT: @fakingnews: Railway Budget:MamataBanerjee announces special railway tracks for Gujjars and other protesters.
12:35
One of the sons of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is in hiding on an island off the coast of Venezuela, a politician in the South American country has claimed. Orlando Fernandez Medina said that sources within the Venezuelan government had told him that one of Gaddafi's sons arrived on the...
12:22
Mamata Banerjee presenting the rail budget. Please go on to this linkfor everything that's happening in Parliament right now Meanwhile, in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi (newspapers have spelt his name in six different ways, we've counted) blamed the uprising sweeping Libya on Osama bin Laden and al...
12:16
News Alert: Mamata Banerjee and Pranab Mukheree went to same teacher to learn diction.
12:11
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee begins presenting the railway budget. Read the special commentary
12:06
Pranab Mukherjee in LS: I phail to anderstand bhy 20 peepul hab to raise questions simultaneously. The finance minister was tabling the Economic Survey (2010-2011) in Lok Sabha. Theeconomy is expected togrow at 9 per cent in 2010-11 according to the ES.
11:58
Latest from Indian nets: Virender Sehwag felled by ball in training, which hit him on the left side of his ribs. Medical staff attend him for 20 minutes and he leaves training while his team mates practise on. No more details yet available, I'm afraid. Indian medical and team staff refused to...
11:55
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee drops a bomb in Parliament saying there has been an income tax raid on a CPM leader, but he cannot divulge names. Pranab was talking about black money and reiterated that names cannot be disclosed till the court hauls up black money hoarders. Pranab loses his...
11:48
If you're a Two and a Half Men fan, here's bad news. CBS announced yesterday that it has ended production of the hit comedyshow for the season. The move came after the show's star Charlie Sheen's took to the air waves to slam Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre in a rambling, erratic interview...
11:30
A20-year-old Saudi student has been arrested and charged by the FBI for plotting to build bombs and carry out terrorist attacks in the US, targetting nuclear power plants and the residence of former President George Bush. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a Saudi citizen and Texas resident, attempted to...
11:26
Calamity Kalmadi now says the CWG officials did not act alone. The CBI should therefore question Delhi CM Sheila Dixit and former union sports minister MS Gill as well. Here's the backgrounder. Yesterday, the sacked chairman of the CWG Organizing Committee Suresh Kalmadi accused investigating...
11:17
Still no joy for arrested American national Raymond Davis in Pakistan. Salute Pakistan for having the wherewithal (wanted to use a stronger word) to stand up to the US, especially since their relationship is so symbiotic. The US today asked Pakistan to once again release Davis in accordance...
11:12
Lok Sabha proceedings have begun amid the Speaker's Baith Jaiye pleas. Question hour is on. Question raised is on the tourism policy in Maharashtra to develop the Konkan region -- the Western Ghats tying in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to the belt. Proud to say proceedings are very civilised....
11:06
Ramesh Srivats If Mamata rambles on and on today, I hope someone will tell her - Shatabdidi.
11:05
The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement today removed radio tags of four more Indian students of the now closed Tri-Valley University in California. So far radio tags of 11 of the 18 Indian students have been removed. These students were radio tagged in California after Tri Valley University...
10:55
By the way, we have a special coverage on the rail budget orchestrated by our business desk. Updates, interpretations, explanations onevery single point...
10:47
As we await her speech, you can take a quick look at all of yesterday's news on our Live! bulletin right here.
10:44
Up ahead at 12 pm is the railway budget, which quite likely will have sops for Bengal ahead of the state election. Also expected to be a populistbudget. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has reached the Rail Bhawan, which is where therail budget is always presented.
10:41
A good morning to you, but apparently not for Arun Shourie. The former telecom minister in the NDA government had to make an early morning call at the CBI headquartes in New Delhi for questioning in connection with the agency's probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy. The...
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