19:06
Our Correspondent reports from New Delhi that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will interact with eight editors on Wednesday at 7 Race Course Road. Meet the editors, is the new drill devised by Harish Khare, media advisor to the prime minister, to project a proper image of Dr Manmohan Singh in...
18:16
After the Red Army, comes the Blue Army, and it is not what you dirty minds think it is.The Chinese military has set up 'Online Blue Army', a dedicated web network to beef up the internet security of its defence installations from cyber attacks. The 'Online Blue Army', or OBA, is based on the...
18:07
The Maharashtra Wildlife Board on Monday turned down the Bombay Natural History Society's proposal to declare the forest owlet as the new state bird. With this refusal, the yellow-footed green pigeon (Hariyal in Marathi) will continue to remain Maharashtra's state bird. The state wild life...
17:17
A delegation from the parliamentary standing committee on defence comprising 30 members with six officers of Lok Sabha secretariat will be on a visit to Mumbai from June 29 to 30. The delegation will be headed by Satpal Maharaj. During the visit the delegates will visit the headquarters of the...
17:09
Petrol pump dealers in Maharashtra have threatened to observe a two-day strike in Mumbai from July 2, to protest against the government policy of withdrawal of protection of petrol pump lands under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act. We are protesting against the withdrawal of protection of petrol...
17:07
A man, who allegedly sold his wife for Rs 15,000 in Kerala's Kasargod district to foot his liquor bills, has been arrested. The arrest, two days ago, was on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman that her husband Prasad (29), a rubber tapper, had allegedly sold her to his close friend Manoj,...
17:03
Under fire for its decision to restrict the 2015 World Cup to 10 teams, the ICC today decided to reinstate the associate nations by reverting to the 14-team format for the mega event. The ICC in April had decided to restrict the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to top 10 nations only,...
16:22
OK, here's something that we in India have always known, but it takes courage for a Pakistani to say it, especially a politician.Pakistan cannot afford to match the induction of modern weaponry by India, which possibly has a greater capacity to sustain a war, Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry...
16:20
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi today said India should do more to support the democratic movement in her country instead of putting its trade and strategic interests in the forefront. In a discussion after delivering the previously recorded Reith Lecture titled...
15:38
And to move on to the anguish of someone we deeply admire, here's Javed Akhtar on Twitter: Dignity has gone out of fashion. Yester years celebrities were like leather bound library editions. Today's are like paper backs .
15:13
Disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan has said he did Pakistan a favour by making the atomic bomb but was stabbed in the back by the very people who benefited most from his work -- the army. Khan, who now gets a special pension from the Pakistani army, also contended that India and Pakistan have...
14:37
An officer at Scotland Yard is said to be facing criminal charges in Britain after he allegedly left two police dogs bake to death in the back of his sweltering car, a media report said. The Scotland Yard said it has launched a probe into the deaths of the two deaths, and that the Independent...
13:41
And, for some levity, here's a tweet by @diogeneb: A bunch of south indians was secretly getting high on upma. Until cops busted their rava party.
13:39
In further embarrassment to the CPI-M in Kerala, another local party leader was arrested today by the crime branch probing the alleged rape of a minor girl by 100-odd persons, including her father, taking the total number of accused arrested so far to 42. The accused, Eldo K Mathew, a CPI-M local...
13:18
Myanmar's pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi may have been freed in November by the military junta after seven years, but that doesn't mean actress Michelle Yeoh, who is portraying the former in a Hollywood film, has it any easier.The former Bond girl, who arrived in plays pro-democracy...
13:08
The Indian mission in will not have to pay taxes worth USD 42.5 million on its property in New York City, with the US Supreme Court upholding a federal appeals court decision to exempt taxes on property owned by foreign governments, reports PTI.In 2010, 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in...
13:05
Ten Students Federation of India activists and five police personnel were injured when violence broke out during a march by the students to the collectorate in Kottayam to protest against the UDF government's policies on self-financing the education sector. The police said the SFI students pelted...
12:20
So has Aishwarya Rai been dropped from Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, produced by UTV owing to her pregnancy (which, if true, leaves the producers open to a lawsuit)? Or has the film been shelved for the time being, and resume once the Bachchan baby is due in November?Even as the media is full of...
11:48
The tussle between the new West Bengal government headed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Tatas over the Singur land allocation has deepened.Days after the state government notified the taking back of land allotted to Tata Motors for its still-born Tata Nano project (which was gleefully...
11:12
The rain gods may be playing hide and seek with Mumbai, where denizens hae been spending their waking hours hoping for rains, but Delhi, as in other departments, has stolen a march over the commercial capital here as well.Monsoon showers have been lashing the city today for the third consecutive...
11:04
After a gap of six years, the United States has taken India off the human trafficking 'Watch List' for making significant efforts in combating the menace. In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the US State Department has upgraded India to Tier 2 countries after keeping it on a 'Watch List'...
11:01
Los Alamos, home to the nuclear laboratory, is witnessing a wildfire that has seen thousands of residents of the town evacuate their homes, and which even led to a spotfire in the compound of the nuclear lab.The wildfire, which broke out on Sunday, has been sending up tall plumes of smoke and ash...
10:56
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex extended its gains for the fourth day on Tuesday by adding almost 96 points in opening trade today amid positive cues from other Asian bourses following overnight gains in the US market. The 30-share index, which has gained 862 points in the previous...
10:54
The Gorakhdham Express today rammed into a bus at the Bodaki railway crossing in Greater Noida, leading to the derailment of its engine. A gate man was injured in the mishap and rail traffic was briefly disrupted on the Delhi-Howrah rail line, the police said. The mishap took place this morning...
10:53
Good morning, and welcome to another day of Live News Updates. The first update of the day concerns economic reforms, which some say have been stalled as the government lacks the political will to push them forward.However, in Washington, DC, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday strongly...
