18:06
And someone who will be very happy that the baby looks like Aishwarya... RGVzoomin Ram Gopal Varma's tweet on Nov 16: I just hope that she has more Aishwarya than Abhishek
17:58
Chiefs of three leading telecom firms --Bharti, Idea and Vodafone-- have sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to resolve the dispute of 3G roaming pact or else they threatened to surrender spectrum. In a letter, jointly signed by Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel, Kumar Manglam...
17:52
Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan are briefing the press, the first since the baby girl was born. The interview on NDTV shows both father and son in white kurta and pyjama, with Amitabh saying how proud and happy they are as a family at the birth of a daughter. Big B says Aishwarya...
17:32
The revolutions against Arab autocracies -- dubbed the Arab Spring -- have been greeted in America with bipartisan celebration. To President Obama, the uprising in Egypt reflected the yearning of Egyptians for the same things that we all want: a better life for ourselves and our children, and a...
17:29
Film and television actor Swapnil Joshi and two others were today detained at the international airport here, for carrying Indian currency beyond the permissible limit while returning from abroad, a senior Customs official said.Joshi, along with comedian Vijay Pawar, who is widely known as 'VIP'...
17:24
Interesting read on the Economist on how the growing rivalry between India, Pakistan and China over the region's great rivers may be threatening South Asia's peace.
17:22
The Egyptian cabinet has resigned. Follow the coverage of what is happening in Egypt on the Guardian's live blogs.
17:20
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today left for Delhi to plead with the Central Government for financial assistance to her cash-strapped government. Going to plead for Bengal, replied Banerjee cryptically before leaving for the airport. However, she declined to comment if she would meet Prime...
17:16
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Twitter: First time in Indian history in a span of 2 months rupee fell by 12pct.
17:13
Roots In Kashmir , an organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, filed a petition against novelist and social activist Arundhati Roy for allegedly calling for an end to Indian occupation of Kashmir in a speech recently at New York. The report on webindia123.com says that three members of the...
17:08
Just in: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court admits a PIL against author and activist Arundhati Roy for her alleged anti-India remarks of Indian 'occupation in the state'.
16:57
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's claim that the inflation will come down to 6-7 per cent by March was taken by the Left and the Right parties withmore than a pinch of salt. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta dubbed the Finance Minister as an astrologer, while BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain said the...
16:53
Sonia Gandhi entered Lok Sabha at 10:55 hours, Congress MPs queued up meet her tweets R Rajagopalan.
16:49
And more tweets from R Rajagopalan on the aborted proceedings inside Parliament today. PM stopped at T R Baalu's seat and enquired about Karunanidhi's health. PM and Sonia Gandhi today walked across Central Hall and greeted Congress MPs. Varun Gandhi BJP MP today was the first...
16:45
R Rajagopalan tweets on Parliament proceedings today: Kirti Azad today cried, wiped tears in Lok Sabha when Speaker Meira Kumar read an obituary on his father Bhagwad Jha Azad. Mulayam Singh Yadav's birthday. Inside Lok Sabha each MP went to greet 'Netaji'. A touching scene - tall socialist...
16:42
The Press Council has received 30 complaints of Paid News against newspapers in the country since 2009. A majority of the cases have been closed for non pursuance by complainants. Some of the complaints have been reported as matter ripe for listing before the Inquiry Committee of the Council...
16:38
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman also ridiculed Hazare's suggestion and said that her party does not support such radical methods and his approach was no way to deal with alcoholism. It is not something which you can implement, not because you can't but these(steps) are not the ways today, she...
16:34
Anna Hazare came under fire from political parties for his controversial comments that alcoholics should be flogged and shamed in public, a prescription dubbed by Congress as a Taliban-type action. The 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader's approach to combat alcoholism also kicked up a debate...
16:12
While on corruption, read this story on the Telegraph, UK: Mac Maharaj, a South African anti-apartheid activist who was incarcerated on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela has become embroiled in a kickbacks row.
16:09
US Ambassador Cameron Munter today said the American administration was prepared to help in any probe by Pakistan into the secret memorandum that purportedly sought US help to prevent a military takeover in the country.However, Munter made it clear that Pakistani authorities would have to decide...
16:06
On a similar note read this story on the New York Times: Protests awaken a Goliath in India.
16:04
The only important question in the West right now is how to restart stalled economic growth. So it is easy to be dazzled by India, where a 7 percent rise in gross domestic product is the nightmare scenario, and optimists are shooting for 9. But Indians themselves are starting to worry about how...
16:02
Danielle Mitterrand, a member of the French Resistance and outspoken advocate for human rights who broke the mold as first lady alongside France's first Socialist president, has died, says the Huffington Post. Mitterrand, who was 87, died overnight Monday to Tuesday after being hospitalized at...
15:58
A report from the South China Morning Post: China will not confront the US or change its policies ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to Washington next year, political analysts say. Beijing has been caught off guard by recent US moves in the Asia-Pacific region, but analysts do not expect China to...
15:52
More than a dozen CIA informants in the Middle East are thought to be facing execution after being caught by Iran and Hizbollah, due to a string of embarrassing failures by US spies. Read the story on Telegraph, UK.
15:48
How about a 3D tour of Picasso's Guernica? Watch it on openculture.com
15:45
On the NYT: The world is even smaller than you thought. Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase six degrees of separation' into the language, scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan reported on Monday that the average number of acquaintances separating...
15:41
Special Judge O P Saini hearing the 2G case trial announed today that the hearing will be shifted to Tihar Jail. All 2G case accused, including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi have opposed the shifting of trial to Tihar Jail. Details awaited.
15:36
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against Iran with a record number of votes, condemning the country for its human rights violations that have taken the shape of executions and torture. The 193-member Assembly also passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in North...
15:32
Vishnu Prakash, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs tweets: India had 112 million internet users in Sept 2011, making it 3rd largest Internet market after China and USA.
15:29
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury says the Left is firm on an adjournment motion on price rise and will take up the issue with PM Manmohan Singh. The Opposition has been demanding specific discussions on making public the list of Indian black money account holders abroad, food inflation, Telangana,...
15:21
The scandal over the secret memo offering to clip the Pakistani military's wings (with US support) is a perfect opportunity to discuss the country's real problems. Read the story on Foreign Policy.
15:18
Also on FP: Somalia received a rare bit of good news, recently. After struggling for months to endure the deadliest famine in 60 years, the U.N. Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit today lifted its famine designation for three Somali regions -- Bakool, Bay, and Lower Shabelle -- downgrading...
15:16
A rush of stories from the Foreign Policy magazine. Why is the Pentagon spending tens of millions of U.S. tax dollars to whitewash the image of Central Asian dictatorships? Read
15:14
The final hearing in the Jinnah House case before the Bombay High Court is likely to start from 12 December. Dina Wadia, the only child of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, moved the High Court in 2007, seeking to reclaim his bungalow, Jinnah House, located in south...
15:10
On the Telegraph, UK: Emails and text messages could be read on contact lenses linked to the internet, scientists believe. Read
15:06
As Myanmar loosens media controls, one woman's image is everywhere, from newspapers to magazines to television programs: pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or simply 'The Lady' as she is known here. Read
15:02
Libya tries to build army that can march straight and defang militias. Read the story on the New York Times.
14:57
On November 14, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority distributed a list of 1,695 words in English and Urdu, the national language, to operators, giving them seven days to implement a filtering system. It's being shelved now. Read the story on the Dawn.
14:55
On December 2, Hollywood star Tom Cruise is coming to India for promotions of 'Mission Impossible 4 -- Ghost Protocol'. Cruise along with Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor will host the biggest Indias fan screening in Mumbai where the admirers of the international actor will get a chance to...
14:54
The rupee has been hogging all the headlines this week. On Tuesday, it broke past its previous all-time low of 52.19 against the dollar to hit 52.72, a new lifetime low. Readthe story on Firstpost.com
14:38
There was a time when it looked like New York billionaire Theodore 'Teddy' Forstmann might play Aristotle Onassis to Princess Diana's poignantly single Jackie Kennedy. While not blessed with the good looks of a dashing Major James Hewitt or her other lover, swarthy art dealer Oliver Hoare, he...
14:34
On the Daily Mail: From hot buttered toast to the simple sandwich, bread was once the staple of the British diet. But today it's suffering from a serious image crisis -- it's become something of a health bogeyman, a food to be avoided and resisted. Read
14:31
Here's Vishnu Prakash's statement on the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project in Manipur and Bangladesh's apprehensions over it. Prakash, who is the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs says it has been clarified to the Bangladesh delegation that the proposed project was a...
14:18
Sex-obsessed Saif beat me and took drugs, says Gaddafi's son's stripper ex-wife. Read the story on the Daily Mail.
14:08
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said nothing can be ruled out including the involvement of miscreants in the train fire mishap in Howrah-DehradunExpress.Let us wait for the inquiry report. Involvement of miscreants cannot be ruled out at this stage. But I am not speculating anything....
14:05
Authorities hunted Monday night for the pilot and possible other occupants of a twin-engine plane carrying a large amount of marijuana that skidded off a runway at an airport west of Houston. Read the story on the Huffington Post.
14:01
Bit of a breather for Congress: The CPI today said while the entire Opposition was united on the issue of price rise, it did not support NDA's move to boycott Home Minister P Chidambaram on 2G issue, saying it would expose him inside and outside Parliament.We are not for boycott of any...
13:56
The Occupy movement has failed the essential test of protest Unlike the student revolutionaries of the Sixties, the protesters at Zuccotti Park and St Paul's Cathedral have no clear political objectives, apart from vague attacks on the current economic system. Read the Telegraph, UK report
13:51
A blog on the Telegraph, UK: Policemen shouldn't have to put up with abuse from foul-mouthed yobs. Read
13:45
On the Independent, the rise and fall of Vijay Mallya: India's self-styled King of Good Times and airline tycoon has hit turbulence. Andrew Buncombe reports. Read
13:43
A doctor, who examined Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's wounds, has fuelled speculations that his fingers were chopped off by the rebels. Dr Andrey Murkhovsky refused to rule out the possibility that Saif's injured right hand was the result of a revenge attack. Dr. Murkhovsky cast doubt on...
13:41
Vikas Yadav, serving life term along with cousin Vishal in the Nitish Katara murder case, was granted custodial parole for a day by the Delhi High Courttoday to execute a general power of attorney in favour of his mother.
13:40
On the NYT, a great read: On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explores the story behind the one man seen standing under an open black umbrella at the site. Read
13:35
Incidentally, Team Anna representatives met Arun Jaitley BJP leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha in Parliament today. The meeting comes ahead of the Parliament panel meet on Lokpal.
13:31
Right now, finance minister and Cong troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee is meeting Parliamentary Affairs minister Pavan Bansal to chalk out the way ahead as both houses were adjourned on day 1 of the winter session.
13:24
Details of the attack on the convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan. In a second major attack in as many days, suspected militants in Pakistan's restive southwest Balochistan province today attacked a group of Chineseengineers being escorted by security forces, killing five persons and injuring...
13:20
On the Wall Street Journal's India Real Time blogs: Rajinikanth's son-in-law Dhanush said he wrote the lyrics to 'Kolaveri Di' while he was bored on the set of '3,' his wife Aishwarya's upcoming Tamil film. In all honesty, it sounds like he didn't put much thought into it. Yo boys I am...
13:17
As Rahul Gandhi hits the road in UP today beginning with Barabanki, read the Firstpost.com piece: The Gandhi scion gets some attention in the latest issue of the Economist which abandons its typically caustic tone to take a softer line on the heir apparent. The editorial, for example,...
13:11
On Kafila.org: Mobpublic vs. Counterpublic in Kerala. Read
13:05
Just in: A convoy with Chinese engineers attacked in Pakistan's Balochistan province; 5 killed, Chinese escape unharmed.
12:59
A couple of nice reads coming up. First, from Open magazine, on the woman who desgined an SUV.
12:56
Before Rahul Gandhi began his meeting in Barabanki today, group of Congressmen jumped in front of his cavalcade at Amausi airport, protesting against alleged discrepancies in distribution of tickets for the upcomingUttar Pradesh Assembly polls.During his earlier rally at Phulpur two...
12:40
Incidentally, if you haven't been watching the Parliament proceedings on TV, then FYI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was seen in the Lok Sabha today after staying away from the entire Monsoon Session for treatment for an undisclosed ailment.Dressed in a bright blue silk saree, Gandhi, who is...
12:37
Right now, Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa has appeared before the Bangalore court for the second round of questioning in the disproportionate assests case. See our 11 am post
12:36
On Tehelka.com: Why India is a sitting duck in the cyber battlefield. Read
12:35
Saif Gaddafi did not inform on Abdullah Senussi, captors say. Forces have deined media reports that Muammar Gaddafi's son told them where to find toppled regime's intelligence chief. Read the Guardian story.
12:30
Meanwhile, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft has landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing three crew members back from the International Space Station (ISS). On the bbc
12:28
R Rajagopalan: Pranabda's lunch to Gadkari is buzz in Parliament. BJP terms it as general. Cong leaders read message in new PR of FM.
12:25
We told you earlier that the Parliament has adjourned for the day, even as the winter session got off to a stormy start with members raising issues ranging from better price for cotton to a separate Telangana and BJP protesting against Home Minister P Chidambaram. Briefly, here's what happened......
12:20
On day 1 of Rahul Gandhi's roadshow in UP, the Congress general secretary is addressing a rally in Barabanki. Draws on family to begin his speech, saying his family has long ties with Barabanki. He says the UP government has not allowed central funds to reach the needy, and it is the middlemen...
12:13
Libya is expected to announce the formation of a new cabinet, in a first step to forming an elected government. Prime Minister-designate Abdurrahim al-Keib said all of Libya's regions would be represented. The transitional government is tasked with drafting a constitution and holding democratic...
12:09
Takeaways on world newsEgyptian activists have called for mass demonstrations after an overnight standoff between security forces and protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Thousands flocked to the square overnight after the cabinet offered its resignation to the military council. At least 26...
12:05
Lok Sabha reconvenes and is adjourned within minutes.
11:51
Here's why Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will miss the first four days of the winter session of Parliamen. Raul begins his four-day programme in UP. At 10: 30 am: District worker's meeting at the Govt Inter College Ground, BarabankiAt 12 pm: Interaction with party workers.At 1:30 pm:...
11:39
As the Lok Sabha adjourns till noon, an interesting story on Speaker Meira Kumar. The Union government has admitted that she owes it nearly Rs 2 crore as rent for use of a palatial bungalow at 6, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi. Read the story on India Today.
11:30
In other news: Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, has declared that he loves Pakistan and is not keen to continue with his ambassadorial job. Talking to the International News, Haqqani was absolutely calm and composed and said because of an anti-American bent of mind,...
11:27
The RS adjourns due to death of a sitting member.
11:27
Bill for consideration and passing in LS today: Damodar Valley Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2011, the Public Premises Amendment Bill, 2011 and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2011. Uproar in Parliament over political situation in UP. RS adjourned till tomorrow and LS till...
11:23
Both Houses adjourned till noon.
11:22
And it begins: Calls for baith jaiye from Speaker Meira Kumar as Question Hour opens in Parliament. The first question is on Naxal-hit areas.
11:20
Twenty minutes into the session and the Parliament has not been adjourned.
11:20
This is what the PM today said on the boycott Chidambaram issue. Addressing an informal press meet before the Parliament began, PM Manmohan Singh said, As far as the boycott is concerned, I sincerely hope that the political parties will desist any such temptation. There is virtually no case for a...
11:15
As the NDA gets set to boycott Home Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament (till he offers his resignation) over his alleged involvement in the 2G Scam, members of the UPA government have been defending him in full strenght. Minister of State, PMO, V Narainswamy said, Chidambaram has done no...
11:07
The Parliament begins the Winter Session of Parliament today. There will be a total of 21 sittings. The agenda for government bills includes 31 pending bills for consideration and passing. One new bill is listed for introduction, consideration and passing to replace an ordinance. The government...
11:03
Government hopes to pass two bills a day in the Parliament session with 31 bills listed.Here's the schedule for the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha today. Lok Sabha1. Oath2. Obituary references3. Finance Minister to make a statement regarding the latest price situation and inflationary pressures...
11:00
In other news, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will be appearing personally in a special court today in the second round of questioning in a disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa is accused of accumulated assets worth Rs 66 crore during her tenure as Chief Minister between 1991-96....
10:52
Good morning. The winter session of Parliament begins at 11 am today and is expected to be stormy affair with a determined opposition stacking up ammunition against the government on a range of issues including price rise and corruption.Ahead of the Parliament session, Prime Minister Manmohan...
10:42
Howrah-Dehradun Express catches fire, seven dead (The Times of India)At least 7 people were charred to death when two AC coaches of the Howrah-Dehradun express train caught fire on Tuesday in Giridih district of Jharkhand. Read Maharashtra has spent Rs 16 crore on Kasab so far (The Times of...
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