23:38
Italy has summoned India's ambassador to insist that India's Supreme Court issue a decision soon concerning two Italian marines detained since February for the deaths of two Indian fishermen mistaken for pirates. Italy maintains the shooting occurred in international waters and that as a...
23:15
Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, looks set to have her way on the Quota Bill. If the constitutional amendment bill gets passed in Rajya Sabha on Monday, she would be scoring a massive political victory over her arch Uttar Pradesh rival Mulayam Singh Yadav, leader of the Samajwadi...
23:14
Four more persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with the firing incident at a private hospital in Gurgaon, police said.The youths Dinesh, Raju, Lakhan and Manjeet, along with key accused Manoj, were produced before the local court on Thursday which sent them to two-day police custody,...
23:10
With India approving FDI in multi-brand retail, an influential US Senator today asked New Delhi to take the next steps by providing greater market access to American companies and increasing the FDI cap on insurance and banking sectors. Senator Mark Warner, Co-Chair of the Senate India...
23:09
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to meet in Washington. Panetta said at a joint news conference with Karzai that the meeting is to be held during the week of January 7. The two leaders will use the...
22:42
The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister today, just days after soldiers behind this year's military coup arrested his predecessor and forced his resignation. Diango Cissoko officially took office in the Malian capital of Bamako, where he said the former prime...
22:41
Amitabh Bachchan today lauded sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan's contribution to Indian classical music and professed an interest in learning the musical instrument. Many a time, I thought if learning the sarod. I have purchased the instrument, the Big B said and requested Amjad Ali Khan to...
22:37
It was at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh and Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday morning when a truce was called on the quota bill. A senior official at the Prime Minister's Office played a crucial role in this truce. It is...
22:16
In what could be termed as an unprecedented feat, a Supreme Court judge, whose term is about to be over, today delivered judgements in 95 cases.Justice Swatanter Kumar, who is to retire on December 30, passed the judgements as his last working day is tomorrow as the apex court will be closed...
21:39
AFP reports: At least 24 civilians, including a large number of children, were killed in two separate car bombings southwest of Damascus today, state media reported. Eight people, mostly women and children, were killed by a car bomb in the poor Sunni town of Jdaidet Artuz, state television...
21:00
State-owned telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 's website was hacked on Thursday by a group that demanded withdrawal of section 66 A of the IT Act. The Website 'www.bsnl.co.in' was quickly restored.The group Anonymous India said that it hacked the Website in support of activists...
20:22
The Union Cabinet approved the Land Acquisition Bill which was brought for consideration at its meeting today. The bill was finalised last week by the Rural Development Ministry incorporating the suggestion of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi who had asked the...
19:49
The Cabinet today cleared setting up a Cabinet Committee on Investment for fast tracking decision on big projects. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will head the Cabinet Committee on Investment that will fast track clearances for mega projects.
19:40
Visiting Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik is likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday but will not have an interaction with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi. Official sources said the Prime Ministers' Office had agreed to a morning meeting with Malik after a request was made...
19:11
Family of the Indian couple, who have been sentenced to 15 months in prison in Norway, today made an emotional plea to Norweigan government to release or deport the duo, citing the sufferings of their children. Bhargava, brother of Anupama, also asked the Norweigian...
18:50
An impressive voter turnout of more 68 per cent was recorded across Gujarat during the first phase of state assembly elections today.The break up:Baruch: 67.5 per cent, Narmada: 71.8 per cent, Surat: 64 per cent, Tapi: 76 per cent, Navsari: 72 per cent, Dang: 66 per cent, Valsad 67 per cent,...
18:30
The number of fire tenders has now been upped to 20. More details awaited.
18:20
Just in: A major fire has broken out at Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk. Early reports say that 15 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. Bhagirath Palace is an electrical goods market.
18:13
Upset over the delay in the hanging of Afzal Guru, some families of martyrs in the 2001 Parliament attack, today boycotted the function at Parliament, demanding the convict's immediate execution. They skipped the homage ceremony held at Parliament on the eleventh anniversary of the attack....
18:11
Talibanistan: Negotiating the borders between terror, politics, and religion. Read
18:02
Assassins plotted to vastrate and murder Justin Bieber. Read
17:56
Khosla Ventures, the venture firm founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla, said it had retained former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her consulting firm as strategic advisers. Read more
17:40
On the New York Times' India blogs: Is it Time to Tear Up Lutyens Delhi? Read
17:29
A Delhi court has rejected a Delhi police plea to subject the two Zee editors to lie detector test in the absence of their consent in the alleged Jindal extortion case. The court says that Zee Group chief Subhash Chandra can undergo lie detector test after advice of his doctor and in his lawyer's...
17:13
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today questioned the timing of Narendra Modi's letter on Sir Creek issue saying the Gujarat Chief Minister has raised the matter at the time of elections, and indicated the government could take it up with the Election Commission. When we take some good...
17:08
Deepa Mehta's film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel 'Midnight's Children' has been passed without any cuts by the Censor Boardof Film Certification (CBFC). The 62-year-old Indo-Canadian filmmaker's ambitious project, which is slated for a February release, has recently opened the ongoing 17th...
17:00
Pancham-taar may have snapped, but the dhwani remains. The obit to Pt Ravi Shankar on the Hindu. Read
16:47
Read: Notes from behind a locked door. An ode to Annapurna Devi, Pt Ravi Shankar's ex wife. Madhu Kishwar tweets: Can't think of Ravi Shankar without remembering how he destroyed music career of his wife Annapurna dtr of his guru Ustad Allauddin Khan. Annapurna believed to be far more...
16:27
CNN IBN: 18 lakh government employees go on a flash strike in UP over the SC/ST Quota Bill with immediate effect. Emergency services have been exempted.
15:51
Leading realty firm Lodha Group has said it has completed the acquisition of the US Consulate's Washington House in south Mumbai for Rs 341.82 crore. It is estimated that the property, nearly 2702 sqmt, was sold at over Rs 1.2 lakh per sqft. Lodha had sealed the deal for the purchase of the...
15:46
Update on the hoax call case: At the inquest, the Westminster Coroner's Court heard that injuries were also found on the nurse's wrists - and that she had also left three notes. Two were found in her room and another was among her possessions. The inquest was told police were exploring emails and...
15:36
The nurse tricked by a radio prank call was found hanging from a wardrobe by a scarf, an inquest has heard....
15:34
The nurse fooled by a hoax call to the London hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge was later found hanged, an inquest has heard. Jacintha Saldanha was found dead on Friday, three days after the call from Australian radio presenters pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles. Read more
15:30
The SC/ST Quota Bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha. Earlier in the House, the deputy chairman had evicted SP member Arvind Kumar Singh, who first refused to leave the House, but later relents and withdraws.
14:58
Elements of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan based in Afghanistan and the Mohmand tribal region have despatched suicide bombers for a string of planned attacks on security forces, diplomatic missions and public gatherings across Pakistan, according to a media report today.Taliban elements in...
14:55
As long as Sachin's average performance is better than anyone else's, he cannot be dropped. Voluntary retirement is something else. Read
14:54
Indians first, Muslims later: We don't need faux concern of do-gooders. That's the column by Irfan Iqbal Gheta. Read
14:45
Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson evicts SP MP Arvind Kumar from the House after uproar over the SC/ST Quota row. House has been adjourned for 10 minutes.
14:01
The nurse who apparently took her own life following the royal hoax call scandal was found hanged in her staff housing, it has been claimed.Mother-of-two Jacintha Saldanha, 46, left a note for her family, it was revealed yesterday. She had not told her husband or children that she was...
13:50
Lok Sabha today remembered nine martyrs who laid down their lives defending Parliament which was attacked by armed terrorists 11 years ago. On this occasion, this House offers its respects to the brave security personnel and convey our condolences to their families, Speaker Meira Kumar said...
13:48
Historian, writer, Ramachandra Guha is wrong, and the term Hindu fundamentalist is an oxymoron. Read
13:27
My Guru Pandit Ravi Shankar, my father and I. -- a disciple pays tribute. Read
13:26
Concerned over spurt in attacks on Sikhs, Hindus and other minorities in America, the US Justice Department has asked FBI to track hate crimes against them. Terming bullying and harassment of Sikh children as a serious problem, a top official of the Justice Department has recommended that crimes...
13:24
The security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, which American 're-balancing' towards Asia and Barack Obama's tour of some Asian countries so early into his second presidency seek to address, are many and complex. Read
13:22
For the older priests of the Balaji temple in Chilkur, the news of Pandit Ravi Shankar's sudden demise brought back vivid memories of the day he landed in Hyderabad and paid them a quiet visit, taking them all by surprise.Not many people know but the sitar maestro married Sukanya Devi,...
13:08
Gujarat Polls 2012 -- Don't waste your Vote on Caste, National Interest is also at stake. Read
13:05
Rural Gujarat is in distress and today more and more people seem willing to speak out against Narendra Modi. Yet even his detractors say he will win. Read
13:01
Under pressure from the government, Shiv Sena today indicated its willingness to shift Bal Thackeray's memorial to the margins of Shivaji Park in the city. Shiv Sainiks will with their own hands shift the 'samadhi sthal' a little, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said in a statement in...
12:55
On the eleventh anniversary of Parliament attack, BJP today said the government should announce the date for hanging convict Afzal Guru today itself to pay real tribute to the martyrs of the strike.Real tribute would be only if the Home Minister assures the House today that we have paid tributes...
12:52
The Lok Sabha today witnessed repeated uproar on the demand for immediate hanging of Afzal Guru, with Speaker Meira Kumar expressing anguish over disruptions saying 13 people did not lay down their lives for this during the attack on Parliament 11 years back.Soon after the House paid homage to...
12:49
Hours after it successfully launched a long-rage rocket into space, North Korea has released raw footage of technicians tracking the rocket's orbit from the North Korean mission control center outside the capital Pyongyang. Watch
12:45
Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese plane entered airspace over disputed East China Sea islands, officials say. Government spokesman Osamu Fujimura said that Japan mobilised F-15 jet fighters when the Chinese Oceanic Administration plane was observed. Read the BBC story.
12:41
The Supreme Court today ruled that the CBI probe against UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav will continue in the disproportionate assets case. The Hindu has an interesting piece on how politicians dutifully disclose their increasing assets at each election but no...
12:19
Update on the Gujarat polls. A moderate 18 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours of polling across 87 seats in the first phase of Gujarat polls which will decide the fate of state political big-wigs like Keshubhai Patel, BJP's R C Faldu and Congress' Arjun Modhwadia. Long queues...
12:16
The Telegraph, Kolkata, today devoted pages and pages in tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar, who passed away yesterday. Have a look. He tuned, world roared and he showed them a new world. ReadAnnapurna Devi speaks: Great loss. ReadPower of communication and ability to read pulse. ReadA...
12:07
India watcher Jason Overdorf on the Global Post. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi looks to cement claim as BJP's next candidate for prime minister. Read
12:02
This is the most recent seat prediction by G V L Narsimha Rao. Thesurvey was conducted after the filing of nominations. A representativecross-sectional sample of 12,078 voters between 28 November and December 8 was taken for the survey. Rao had rightly predicted 117 seats for the BJP in 2007 in...
12:02
There has been a six per cent voter turnout in the first phase of the Gujarat polls. Meanwhile, for the first time since the riots of 2002, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi finds himself on uncertain territory in Saurashtra, where the intense caste politics of the Patels is now intertwined...
11:57
The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon amid BJP, Shiv Sena uproar over the demand to hang Afzal Guru. The BSP raised the coal scam.
11:55
Australia's media watchdog today launched a rare probe into the broadcast of a prank call by a Sydney-based radio station to a UK hospital treating pregnant Princes Kate that led to the death of an Indian-origin nurse. Australian Communications and Media Authority used its special powers to...
11:36
Rural Gujarat is in distress and today more and more people seem willing to speak out against Narendra Modi. Yet even his detractors say he will win. Read
11:24
As Gujarat goes to the polls today in its first phase today, the Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) supremo Keshubhai Patel today said the people would vote for a change in the state, and added that Chief Minister Narendra Modi would be thrown out of power after the assembly polls. There is a wave...
11:12
The SC has also directed the CBI to file a status report in the DA case before it and not to the government. The ruling is expected to create problems for Mulayam's relationship with the Centre. The SC also ruled that the CBI is independent from the government and can continue with the probe as...
11:06
The Supreme Court said there will be no probe against Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav as she did not hold an office of profit at the time the inquiry was started. On March 1, 2007, the top court had ordered a CBI inquiry against Mulayam Singh Yadav, sons Akhilesh Yadav and...
11:03
The Supreme Court drops the probe against UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple in the disproportionate assets case. However, the CBI probe against Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh will continue in the same case, says the Supreme Court. Mulayam had alleged that the Centre used...
10:31
Just in: BJP gives notice for adjournment of Question Hour in Lok Sabha to discuss delay in hanging Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
10:21
Controversy-embroiled Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will once again miss the target as the time frame of commissioning of the first unit has now been revised to the new year. Commercial operation of the 1,000 MW first unit, where 99.65 per cent of the physical progress has been completed,...
10:20
Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar would receive the lifetime achievement Grammy award, organisers of the top music award announced on Thursday.Shankar would receive the award posthumous on February 10 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, said the Recording Academy, which...
10:16
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday recovered by over 66 points in early trade on fresh buying by funds and retailers amid a firming trend on the other Asian bourses.The 30-share barometer, which has lost nearly 132 points in the past four sessions, rose by 66.46 points, or 0.34 percent, to...
10:14
London police say the result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed on Thursday.Scotland Yard said on Wednesday the cause of Jacintha Saldanha's death will not be released until a Westminster Coroner's...
10:13
The first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections today will decide the fate of several heavyweights from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the opposition Congress and Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP).Today's voting puts to test GPP chief and Narendra Modi's rival Keshubhai...
10:11
The Supreme Court is expected to pronounce its verdict on Mulayam Singh Yadav's plea asking the apex court to review its order which initiated a CBI probe into the alleged accumulation of illegal assets by the Yadav family on Thursday.Mulayam and his family members have said that there is no...
10:10
The Shiv Sena is for the first time showing signs of a debate on the structure constructed where Bal Thackeray was cremated. Their mouthpiece 'Saamna' has claimed that the party has decided to shift back the memorial to the margins of the Shivaji Park in Mumbai.This comes days after the...
09:22
Voting on 87 constituencies for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections began on Thursday amidst tight security where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a fourth term.The constituencies where polling started include 48 in seven districts of Saurashtra, 35 seats in five...
03:37
A US military judge ordered today that testimony from defendants accused of taking part in the September 11 attacks describing their torture and secret imprisonment must be kept secret. Judge James Pohl released his ruling on his military tribunal's website, agreeing with a request from the...
03:36
Syrian government forces have fired Scud missiles at insurgents in recent days, escalating the 2-year-old conflict against rebels seeking to overthrow the regime, US officials said today. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two officials said forces of President Bashar Assad have fired the...
01:44
The Dilkash Lahore Committee has apparently dropped the idea of renaming Shadman Chowk after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in the face of opposition from rightwing religious groups and decided to instead rename it after poet Habib Jalib.A press release issued on Wednesday night after a...
01:24
Shootings and bombings killed six Iraqi security forces members and an academic today, while an inmate detonated explosives in a Baghdad prison in an attempted suicide attack, officials said. Gunmen killed four police near Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a police captain and a medical source said,...
00:47
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering in a Cuban hospital today after six hours of surgery to treat a cancerous lesion in an operation his vice president said ended successfully. Chavez would soon begin a post-operative phase that would last several days, Nicolas Maduro said in an...
00:35
The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are determined to press ahead with peace efforts after a meeting in Turkey, the country's president said today, despite an attack that wounded the Afghan intelligence chief. President Abdullah Gul described the bombing, which Afghanistan believes was...
00:25
The UN Security Council, including China and the United States, today condemned North Korea for carrying out a banned rocket launch and warned it could take further action. Members of the Security Council condemned this launch which is a clear violation of Security Council resolutions 1718...
00:25
Late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes, including 31 allegations of rape, police said today, adding that the scale of his alleged crimes was unprecedented in Britain. Ten weeks after Scotland Yard began investigating claims that Savile was a paedophile, the London force...
00:23
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes awaySupreme Court frees Pak scientist Dr Khalil ChishtiGovt orders judicial probe into Walmart lobbyingZee boss ready for lie-detector test, his editors refuseRPI supports Shiv Sena on Shivaji Park renaming issueLPG cap issue: EC lets Moily off with...
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