18:46
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is expecting a boy, a close friend of Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed, just days after the French president's father let slip his daughter-in-law is pregnant.
18:43
The Delhi High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Director Karim Morani, an accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam, and said coercive process would be applied if he fails to appear before it tommorrow. He (Morani) is directed to appear in the court tomorrow...
18:18
However hardnosed you may be, it is a sad moment for a father to meet her daughter in jail. That's exactly what former TN CM M Karunanidhi is doing right now at Tihar, where DMK MP accused in the 2G scam is lodged. Her mother Rajathiammal and husband also visited her in jail. No reports yet...
18:12
Meanwhile, Sania Mirza beat Germany's Kristina Barrois 6-3, 6-3 in her first round match at the French Open 2011. Sania was in control right from the start and cruised to victory in just 75 minutes.
18:09
At least 89 people have died after a massive tornado swept through the Missouri town of Joplin in US. The death toll is expected to rise. It's total devastation, Jay Nixon, Governor of Missouri said. A state of emergency has been declared in Kansas. We are responding aggressively, quickly. We...
17:50
Echoing her statement on Friday when she took oath as West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee today expressed annoyance at the lack of infrastructure in the state secretariat, saying the situation is so bad that she was finding it difficult to work. There is no infrastructure here. I wonder...
17:45
A naked picture of a gorgeous woman that will make you ill.
17:34
Take this with a mound of salt. India today expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the terror attack in Karachi and said vigil has to be stepped up in this country for which an advisory has been issued to all states. Home Minister P Chidambaram said the attack on Pakistan Navy's air base...
17:23
The sun.co.uk reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger has at least two more secret love children. British actressJane Seymour claimed it was common knowledge. She said: I heard about two more children. I met someone who knows him well. I was not remotely surprised by their separation. He was...
17:10
Even if you may not have a mammoth desire to read this, click on the link, for the maginificent pictures. The story is about Rajan, the world's last and only ocean swimming elephant, whois edging a step closer to a well-earned retirement. The dailymail.co.uk reports that the the three-ton bull...
17:05
Ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland could begin to drift across the UK towards the end of the week, forecasters have said. (Read our 12:04 pm post). Aviation officials said there was no effect on UK airspace at present, but they were monitoring the situation closely. The Grimsvotn volcano...
17:01
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived in the capital of Ethiopia on a six-day that includes Tanzania to step up bilateral ties and discuss ways of combating terrorism and piracy. Singh, is here for the Second Africa-India Forum Summit, to be attended by 15 African countries, and is also...
16:58
A suicide bomber struck a crowded Afghan bazaar today, killing four civilians and wounding another 14 in a remote town in the east of the country. There were no government offices or military patrols in the area where the incident happened. The explosives were strapped to the bomber's body, the...
16:46
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has firmly remained out of the news, has decided to run for the presidency next year, raising the possibility of a power struggle with his protege Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Kremlin leader. The Australian reports once-close relationship between...
16:44
Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik addressing a press conference in Karachi after the 16-hour siege on the naval airbase ended says, (basically), all's well that ends well. All navy assets are secure,no hostages were taken, but 10 navy personnel were killed (down from the earlier reported...
16:35
Rajiv Kumar is the man who will replace Amit Mitra (now West Bengal finance minister) as Ficci Secretary General. A well-known economist, Kumar, 59, has been the Director General of the 84-year old country's leading chamber since October, 2010 and prior to which he was Director and Chief...
16:02
With tears (crocodile? There's no love lost between Alagiri and Kanimozhi) rolling down her eyes, Union Minister M K Alagiri's wife Kanthi today met her jailed sister-in-law Kanimozhi at a trial court in New Delhi and consoled her. Kanthi, who arrived in New Delhi this morning, went to the...
15:54
Fascinating read from the Christian Science Monitor which will tell you why the civilised world is keeping its fingers crossed that Taliban boss Mullah Omar has in fact been killed. Here's an excerpt... A Pakistani official arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, this spring, on a mission to save two...
15:50
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has hit the deck running. Today, she asked authorities to prepare a file on Singur, the next working day after she took oath on Friday when she said the 400 acre land acquired from the farmers for the abandoned Tata Motors' project would be returned....
15:38
Just in: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram addressing the media in New Delhi today says Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj performed his duty and there was no question of recalling him. On Pakistan: We had some intelligence on the movements of Mullah Omar, but will have to wait and see whether...
15:37
A suspect from outside the PNS Mehran (where the seige at the Naval airbase ended today) was taken into custody by Pakistani authorities in Karachi, Geo News reported. Sources said that one person named Majid was held for viewing the 15-hour operation through a telescope.
15:20
Still no confirmation on Taliban chief Mullah Omar's death. Both the Taliban and Afghanistan denies the US claims. But who was or is the Omar, also called the One-eyed Mullah, which is self-explanatory. This is the man, who dragged Afghanistan president Najibullah out of the UN compound in Kabul,...
15:14
Chile is now preparing to exhume ex-President Salvador Allende's body to look into how he died. The remains of Chile's former president are due to be exhumed in a bid to determine whether the former leader killed himself or was murdered, reports bbc.co.uk. The official version is that Allende...
15:09
The CPI(M) today admitted that some element of alienation and anger worked behind its drubbing in West Bengal polls and did not rule out a change of Central leadership, saying the process of introspection is on. In an interview with Karan Thapar in the 'India Tonight' programme of CNBC-TV18,...
14:45
Terming the Taliban attack on the Mehran naval air base as a big security lapse, Pakistani defense and political analysts today said that insiders were facilitating the militants in their deadly agenda and asked the government and military to wake up to this. The daring attack by the armed...
14:42
In Tamil Nadu, the newly-elected members today took the oath at the first session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly after the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK came to power at Fort St George. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was the first to be administered the oath by Pro-Tem speaker C K Thamizharasan, followed by...
14:34
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (yup, she battles on), who slipped into coma last week, has emerged from her comatose state, her husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt has said. The 94-year-old screen icon was earlier rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on May 17 for an emergency stomach operation....
14:26
Just in: The Delhi High Court dismisses the bail pleas of five corporate honchos in the 2G scam. The five are Reliance executives - Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Sanjay Pipara; Unitech's Sanjay Chandra and DB Group's Vinod Goenka.
14:20
Pakistani troops have ended a siege by militants who attacked a naval base in the city of Karachi. The bbc.co.uk reports that troops are now said to be mopping up after the raid, which has left at least 14 soldiers dead. The attackers were said to have taken hostages after storming the Mehran...
13:53
R Rajagopalan tweets: No senior TNCC leader went to airport to receive Karunanidhi. Tit for tat as DMK not attended PM Dinner Karunanidhi is staying at Taj Mansingh Hotel in Delhi. At 430 pm he and his family members including Alagiri's wife, will meet Kani in Tihar Jail.
13:36
Dirty old man, and former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who made news lastweek for being indicted on seven charges including forcing a hotel maid to perform oral sex on him, and attempted rape, has more dirt on offer. If he is convicted, Strauss-Kahn faces up to 25 years in prison. The man...
13:24
This piece of information should interest Gaga fans (though how she has any is a miracle). Poker Face singer Lady Gaga, who is known for her outrageous performances, recently staged a mock birth during a show on US Saturday Night Live. Gaga, 25, began her routine by emerging from a pod,...
13:15
Another obituary (and we don't mean Mullah Omar -- that's a celebration. Read our 12:52 pm post.) Chidananda Dasgupta, noted film critic and father of renowned actor-director Aparna Sen, died here last night following brief illness. He was 89 and waspredeceased by his wife two years ago. He...
13:08
Time for Pakistan and US to play Truth or Dare. US President Barack Obama, in the immediate aftermath of Osama bin Laden's assassination said that his government would repeat the 'Osama raid' if a 'high value target' was found in Pakistan. However, the Pakistan Foreign Office said it had...
13:02
The gun battle between security forces and Taliban militants rages on inside the Mehran naval base in Pakistan -- more than 15 hours after attackers with guns and grenades stormed the compound in Karachi. A report on cnn.com says that at least 13 naval officials were killed and 14 others wounded...
12:52
While we wait it out for the truth, and presumably, pictures of Mullah Omar's dead body, here's news from India. Mala Sen, writer of the critically acclaimed film Bandit Queen, died of cancer at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. She was 64. Sen had been diagnosed with cancer some months ago....
12:49
Unlike the immedeate aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, when both Pakistan first, and the Taliban later, accepted that Osama was indeed shot dead in his rabbit hole in Abbottabad, this time around it's different. A senior Pakistani security official said he could not confirm media reports...
12:30
A week after the steep hike in petrol prices by Rs 5 a litre, the government today said a ministerial panel is likely to meet in the next few days to take a decision on raising diesel, LPG and kerosene rates. I think the EGoM meeting on diesel pricing will be called this week, Agriculture...
12:18
Two powerful bombs exploded at a high-security area and at a minister's residence in Manipur but no casualty was reported, official sources said today. No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for both the incidents. More details soon on rediff.com!
12:04
How many of you remember Eyjafjallajkull? To jog your memory, the Iceland volcano had erupted in April last year, leading to 34 countries shutting their airspace for fear that fine ash particles could cause jet engines to stop, affecting millions of passengers. It was the largest such closure...
12:00
As her father, former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi was flying into Delhi to meet her, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi on Monday approached the Delhi high court seeking bail in the 2G spectrum scam case. Kanimozhi and the MD of Kalaignar TV, Sharad Kumar, were...
11:48
Xinhua, the Chinese media, has quoted Afghan news outlet TOLOnews that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been killed in Pakistan. There has been no official confirmation of the news yet, and the Taliban has denied the report. However, reports claim that Omar was shot dead as he was in...
11:25
The joint drafting committee comprising five Union ministers and social activist Anna Hazare's representatives will meet in New Delhi on Monday to take forward the latest version of the Jan Lokpal bill to combat corruption. The fourth meeting of the team led by Hazare is expected to ask the...
11:12
81.71 per cent of the students who apperaed for their CBSE (std XII) exams have cleared it, an increase of 1.84 per cent over last year, the board has announced. This year, 7,69,929 candidates registered for the exams conducted for three streams. The CBSE results for students will be sent to...
11:08
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her resounding success in the recently concluded state assembly polls. In a congratulatory message addressed to the chief minister, Tata expressed hope that West Bengal would make rapid strides in all...
11:07
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday morning embarked on a 6-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania to, among other things, attend the Second Africa-India Forum summit. But all this you already know from rediff.com, but what you don't is that rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa is part of the prime...
10:57
Good morning, and welcome to another Monday of News As It Happens, on a day when rumours (at least as yet) abound of wanted terrorist Mullah Omar having been taking out in a US operation (If true, it begs the question: what's with American liquidations and Sunday nights!). Today is also the day...
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