23:33
Just in: 23-year-old gang-rape victim shifted out of Safdarjung hospital, says the Delhi PoliceShe is being taken to Singapore for further treatment.This came after the girl and her family were issued visas earlier in the day
22:16
K Anurag reports: A tea estate owner and his wife were burnt alive by irate workers, who set their bungalow and two vehicles on fire on Wednesday. The tea garden had been facing management and labour problems. The tea state is located in Bordumsa in Tinsukia district eastern Assam after...
21:53
In a bid to make public transport in Delhi safer, the Delhi government today decided to double the number of Delhi Transport Corporation buses that ply along the capital's routes at night. Additionally, home guards will be deployed on buses at night to ensure the safety of passengers, reports...
21:47
Citing the recent gang-rape of a young girl in New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked the police to make protection of women their priority and advised them to change their image which is not good among general public. Addressing a group of India Police Service...
21:02
The Delhi Police today asked the Medical Superintendent of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital to appear before them after the post-mortem of constable Subhash Tomar contradicted his version that the cop did not suffer any injuries.A senior police official said they have issued a notice to Dr T S...
19:58
Naxalites allegedly shot dead a special police officer (SPO) at his native village Aurapani in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh today, police said. Siyaram Ekka (40) was shot dead in his native village Aurapani, located close to...
19:49
Four Indian nationals, including a woman, have been arrested and almost 30 kg of drugs seized from them in connection with separate cases of alleged smuggling attempts. Customs director at the Kuala Lumpur International airport,...
18:30
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has ordered an inquiry into the spat between Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Police over the recording of the gang-rape victim's statement, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Wednesday.I don't know what the truth is... The home minister told the...
18:13
Government has decided to withdraw all security cover provided to former Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who has been taking part in a number of protests over corruption, Delhi gang-rape incident and other issues. The former Army Chief was provided Z 'Plus' security cover till November 30 but in a...
17:54
Congress leader Dijvijaya Singh today alleged that violence erupted at India Gate during the protest against the Delhi gangrape case after Yoga Guru Ramdev and Arvind Kejriwal reached the spot. Singh also lashed out at media over the incident. The violence started during the agitation after...
17:47
During the hearing on the constable Subhash Tomar's death today, accused Nafees Ahmad, who was granted bail along with seven others on December 24, told the court that he was unable to find a person who can stand as his surety. He (Nafees) is a worker. He is not able to find any person to stand...
17:44
In other news: India's massive cash-to-the-poor program, set to launch officially on Jan. 1, isn't going anywhere without the help of people like Kalawati Devi Munda. Mrs. Munda is the 'mukhiya,' or leader, of a group of four villages in eastern Jharkhand state known as Dohakatu panchayat....
17:37
A Delhi court today took note of the plea of two brothers, accused with six others in the case of death of a constable deployed during the protests in Delhi against the gang rape incident, that they were in a metro train during occurrence of the alleged incident. Metropolitan Magistrate Navita...
17:18
So, eyewitnesses, doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital says constable Tomar suffered no injuries, but the autopsy report that's just out says the cop had severe internal bleeding, broken ribs which indicate he was hit with a blunt object. The cardiac arrest was precipitated because of these...
17:12
Of the eight people arrested for the death of constable Tomar, are some members of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party. Yesterday, Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption (IAC) accused Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party of disabling its mailing list for which they earlier blamed hackers affiliated to...
17:06
The Delhi BJP has demanded a judicial inquiry into the issue of the constable Tomar's death and accused the government of covering up its mistakes and failures. The way Home Minister, Home Secretary, Delhi Chief Minister, Delhi Police Commissioner, SDM Vivek Vihar and the doctor who made...
17:03
The police have maintained that constable Tomar was severely injured in the anti gang-rape protests in Delhi. Protestors allege that this accusation has been used to combat charges of the lack of restraint shown by the cops while they used batons, tear-gas and water cannons to dispel the...
17:02
While Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday assured people that justice would be served to the 23-year-old paramedical student, who was gang-raped by six men recently, he became a subject of discussion following a gaffe in his televised address to the nation. As per reports, the Prime...
16:49
The autopsy also indicates internal bleeding, serious injuries, three ribs on the left side were fractured, says the post-mortem report. Details awaited.
16:46
Just in: The post-mortem report of constable Subhash Tomar is out. CNN IBN reports that the report says that the cop suffered from 'serious ante-mortem' (injuries received before death) and that the cardiac arrest could be because of injuries he received on his neck and chest. Cardiac arrest was...
16:35
In other news: In a controversial order, Mumbai Police have directed all public call office operators to maintain a record of every person who uses their phone. As per the direction, a customer using a PCO phone will have to produce a proof of his/ her identity before being allowed to make a...
16:33
Just in: A gang-rape protestor Pauline tells CNN IBN that constable Subhash Chand Tomar was not attacked by anyone. In fact, there were no protestors around the cop when he collapsed at Jantar Mantar. We immediately went to help him and raised an alarm, but the police nearby simply stood and...
16:26
Update on the Delhi gang-rape victim: The condition of the survivor continues to remain critical and she has been put on a ventilator. However, the Safdarjung Hospital, where she is being treated, will not issue a medical bulletin today. Dr BD Athani, who is the Medical Superintendent of...
16:19
An official US report has warned that future terrorists could come from many different religions, including Christianity and Hinduism. The reports added that right-wing and left-wing ideological groups will also pose threats. The report, however said it hopes that the withdrawal of US forces...
16:17
Of its Rs 10,500 crore investment plan for India, IKEA has got FIPB approval to bring in only Rs 4,200 crore, even as Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today batted for allowing the Swedish furniture major's global model which includes cafeterias inside their stores. The Department...
16:14
A fishmonger from Pakistan has become Britain's latest musical sensation after a song he sang at an East London fish market went viral on the Internet.The song -- 'One Pound Fish' -- has been made into a video and is currently number 29 on the British charts. Read
16:10
Even as the government today set up a Commission of Inquiry to identify lapses and fix responsibility in the gang-rape of 23-year-old girl in New Delhi, an issue that was discussed by the Union Cabinet with ministers expressing concern over the incident, women in Delhi continue to live in...
15:51
Aggravated sexual violence in Guwahati in July 2012 and gang rape in Delhi this month have led to public outrage and anger, compelling the media and the government to take serious note of the rampant sexual violence against women. Read
15:48
The number of foreign pilots employed by India's aviation industry has fallen sharply in the past year, a move that will likely strengthen the financials of the carriers.A total of 340 foreign pilots were employed as of the end of November, a decline of 35% from a year earlier, said K. C....
15:43
A local court is likely to frame charges against LeT operative and key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal next month in the 2006 Aurangabad Arms Haul Case. The (MCOCA) court has issued production warrant against Jundal for January 9 and charges are likely to be framed on that date, said Jundal's lawyer...
15:39
SP leader Azam Khan's take on the punishment for rape. Khan has demanded that rapists should be stoned to death in public as per Islamic law, saying capital punishment is much less for such a heinous crime. Advocating reverting to 'Sangsar', punishment by stoning, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet...
15:37
Five cadets of the National CadetCorps (NCC) from Delhi, who were taking part at a nationa ltrekking camp at Malayatoor in Ernakulam district, drowned in Periyar River today. The tragedy struck the cadets when they had gone to the river for a bath, police said. The victims were part of the over...
15:36
It's not only individual lives that author Rohinton Mistry paints with such meticulousness; it's how he stretches his canvas to embrace the wider world that makes his work comparable to the contemporary giants of literature.Read
15:14
To counter the imminent rise of Narendra Modi after his thumping victory in the Gujarat assembly elections, many in the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are looking to another successful chief minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Read more.
15:11
The government has decided to withdraw the Z-plus security cover given to former army Chief V.K. Singh. General Singh, who lives in an official accommodation in Delhi Cantonment, was categorised in the Z-plus security bracket which was given for a sixmonth duration that expired on November...
15:01
If you're headed to Dhaka, this is a must read. The capital of Bangladesh, may have been named after a local tree or a 16th-century temple. Or the name may come from the Bengali word that means 'covered' or 'hidden'. Read
14:52
Even as questions continue to be raised over the way protests against the gang rape of a medical student turned violent at India Gate resulting in the death of constable Subhash Chand Tomar, agitators at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday expressed remorse and betrayed a sense of guilt over the tragedy....
14:49
A couple of reads from the WSJ: The number of foreign pilots employed by India's aviation industry has fallen sharply in the past year, a move that will likely strengthen the financials of the carriers.A total of 340 foreign pilots were employed as of the end of November, a decline of 35% from a...
14:44
Here's what's being done to make Delhi safer for women. Amid national outrage over the gang-rape of a young student on a moving bus in Delhi, the government announced today that a new committee is being set up to look at the lapses that enabled the horrific assault and what needs to be done to...
14:40
Again and again, the 19-year-old dialled the number of the Delhi police women's unit. There was no response.Then she tweeted: 'terrified please help'.Shambhavi Saxena was terrified. Earlier in the afternoon, a policewoman had apparently dragged the student of English honours by her hair into...
14:30
Many Indians, including members of Parliament, have called for capital punishment to deter potential rapists in the wake of the brutal assault on a young woman in a Delhi bus, but police in some of the world's biggest metropolises follow a method that looks at prevention. Police manuals in cities...
14:28
Syed Akbaruddin MEA spokesperson tweets: India-Pakistan to meet on December 27-28 to discuss Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs).
14:24
Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager Mathew Martoma has been indicted in one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes ever involving USD 276 million and will be arraigned in a court here next month. Martoma, 38, was arrested last month at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, on charges of...
14:23
An eyewitness account of the Delhi police and RAF violence at India Gate on December 23, Sunday. Read the blog
14:13
Twitter-happy Narendra Modi after he was sworn in as chief minister of Gujarat for the fourth time today: @narendramodi: My thanks to people, senior leaders & spiritual leaders who graced the occasion & to all who watched the event LIVE across 83 nations.
14:11
Union finance minister P Chidambaram's press conference on the Cabinet briefing. On the Delhi gang-rape case, Chidambaram says the government is Open to suggestions on what more needs to be done to bring about a more safety and make the capital secure for women. He promises that the perpetrators...
14:09
The recent re-election of Narendra Modi and his party to the state legislature in Gujarat for the third time, preceded by the horrific gang-rape and near-murder of a young girl and her male companion in a Delhi bus, are both developments that ought to be read as alarms going off to indicate...
14:02
As prominent trials against policemen and Khalistan militants move towards culmination, the acrimony between the Punjab police and the judiciary is increasing. Readthe opinion piece on the Hindu.
14:00
Caught as they were between the stony silence of an impassive government and the cynically simplistic demands of Opposition politicians for instant justice, it is hardly surprising that the leaderless crowds which spontaneously gathered at India Gate on Saturday and Sunday to protest the recent...
13:54
Reuters: The cabinet has approved selling a further stake in state-run Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd, a minister said on Wednesday. The move is part of the government's plan to raise 300 billion rupees by selling part of its holding in state-run companies in the...
13:52
Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will make his formal entry into the hurly burly of Pakistani politics at an event to be held tomorrow to mark the fifth death anniversary of his mother Benazir Bhutto. Bilawal will make his entry into active politics during the meeting to be...
13:40
Just in: The Madurai police have issued summons to Union minister MK Alagari's son Durai Dayanidhi in an illegal mining case. Durai, who is a partner in the firm, 'Olympus Granites', was among the nine leading quarry-owners facing charges of encroachment of public as well as private land and...
13:31
Local police have failed to serve Salman Khan summons in the 2002 hit-and-run case since November 30 and claim he is not in Mumbai. Read
13:28
How atheist innovator Leonardo da Vinci used religious commissions to test-drive his greatest invention -- the flying machine. Read
13:04
Yesterday, millions of American children will be opening gifts left under Christmas trees. Sadly, many of those trees are decorated with ornaments produced by involuntary child labor. Read
13:01
Ministers sworn in today: Nitin Patel, Anandi Patel, Raman Vora, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Saurabh Patel, Ganpat Vasawa, Babhbhai Bokhiariya took oath as Cabinet ministers, while Purshottam Solanki, Parbat Patel, Vasuben Trivedi, Pradeepsinh Jadeja, Liladhar Vaghela, Rajnikant Patel, Govind Patel,...
13:00
Police today eased traffic restrictions at India Gate and Raisina Hill, but did not lift prohibitory orders even as protests over the gang-rape of a girl calmed down. Questions were also raised over the cause of a Constable's death during demonstrations. A journalism student Yogendra, who claimed...
12:58
In other news: When a massive hoard of treasure was discovered in the vaults of a Hindu temple in Kerala last year one question begged for an answer: who owns it?Read
12:56
The crisis arising from the gangrape of a young woman, the resultant protest movement and its mishandling by the police, has led to a full-fledged war over who ought to have custody of the Delhi Police. The Sheila Dikshit government has made it abundantly clear it would prefer the city police...
12:53
Just in: Delhi Police's Crime Branch to investigate the death of Constable Subhash Tomar during Sunday's violence at India Gate.
12:32
With 77 commendations to his credit, constable Subhash Chand Tomar earned the 78th - his last - on Tuesday when his boss saluted him at his cremation site. Tomar's wife had stopped him from joining duty on Sunday when his bike didn't start initially and then developed a puncture....
12:30
There is a heady feeling in the air that we have a licence to defy and disrupt, and force our rulers to make concessions on our terms. Read former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Harish Khare's column on the Hindu.
12:24
In other news: Doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, who attended to the constable Subhash Tomar, who died allegedly due to injuries received from protestors at India Gate, say he had NO major injuries which could have led to his death. There were no injuries on the body, except for bruises. He...
12:21
Another update from Ahmedabad's Sardar Patel Stadium. Pradipsinh Jadeja takes oath as MoS. He is Modi's trusted man elected from Vatava in Ahmedabad. #LIVE-Modi-swearing-in
12:18
In other news: After just four days of vacation, President Obama is leaving Hawaii early to return to Washington in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.A White House official said Obama would fly home Wednesday evening -- him only five days before an automatic...
12:00
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, Indian National Lok Dal leader Om Prakash Chautala, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, BJP leaders Shahnawaz Hussain, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Anurag Thakur, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar and Navjot Singh Sidhu were present to witness...
11:57
Unlike his victory speech last week, which was in Hindi, Narendra Modi takes oath in Gujarati. And so, Modi is sworn in as the CM. It's the sixth straight victory for Modi in Gujarat. Gujarat governor Kamla Beniwal offers a bouquet of roses to Modi. Tomorrow, Modi is headed to Delhi. ...
11:51
Always a showman, Modi flashes the victory sign. Governor Kamla Beniwal arrives, to deliver the oath. Modi has always had a mercurial relationship with Beniwal. Narendra Modi takes oath as Gujarat's chief minister for the fourth term.#LIVE-Modi-swearing-in
11:30
Modi's unprecedented win for the third consecutive time has profound implications for Indian politics. The near certain rise of Modi within the Bharatiya Janata Party, and by extension in the national political scene, challenges the assiduously built political consensus since Independence....
11:28
J Jayalalithaa and Sushma Swaraj seated next to each other at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Other cchief ministers present at the venue include Parkash Singh Badal of Punjab, Manohar Parrikar of Goa, Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh, Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh....
11:19
Modi now moving towards the podium. Jayalalithaa, Modi and Sushma Swaraj share a photo-op. Modi now greeting all the leaders present. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Anant Kumar, Navjot Singh Siddhu, Sahara chief Subrata Roy, Smriti Irani (in the news for Sanjay Nirupam's thumka comments), Narhari Amin all...
11:12
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa at the ceremony. Modi seated next to senior party leader Arun Jaitley. LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Najma Heptullah, Vasundhara Raje Scindia also present at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Yesterday, Narendra Modi was...
11:07
Narendra Modi to be sworn in as Gujarat chief minister any time now. All top BJP leaders are at the venue in Ahmedabad. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray are at the venue as are Bollywood stars like Vivek Oberoi, Kiron Kher.
11:03
Although the condition of the gang rape victim was a shade better on Tuesday, doctors say there has been no significant improvement. Doctors attributed the improvement in her vital parameters like blood pressure, pulse, platelet and white blood cell counts to the supplementation give to her. Read
10:54
An interesting story on the TOI: Rs 198 lakh of the taxpayers money was spent when the President was in Belgaum to inaugurate the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in October. The government renovated the Circuit House (CH) ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's visit. It spent over...
10:52
After three days of dense fog, operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here remained largely normal today. Though there was shallow fog in the morning, visibilty remained above 1500 metres and flight operations remained normal with departures and arrivals as per schedule, airport...
10:51
An interesting tussle might be on the cards as the government braces for Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, upbeat from his third straight win, expected to use the National Development Council (NDC) platform on Thursday to showcase a vision of governance while attacking the UPA. Read
10:33
The swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is about to start. His close aide and newly-elected MLA Amit Shah has already reached the venue.Top BJP leaders and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa are slated to attend the swearing-in ceremony.CLICK HERE to watch...
10:10
A military plane carrying 27 passengers, including the chief of Kazakhstan's border service, crashed in the southern part of the country on Wednesday.All passengers on board, including seven crew members and 20 military personnel, have been killed.The reason behind the crash has not been...
10:03
The home ministry today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of Delhi police constable Subhash Chand Tomar, who died in Delhi. An ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the family of Tomar in addition to financial and other...
10:02
Queen Elizabeth II thanked Britain for a memorable year -- with the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee celebrations -- in a national broadcast that was telecast in 3D.The success of these great festivals depend to an enormous degree upon the dedication and effort of an army of volunteers, she...
09:41
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said that the government would want to hold talks with Naxals, if they drop arms and adopt a democratic ideology.Ramesh said that the governments' doors for talks with Naxals were open, provided they have faith in the country's constitution and...
08:57
Top BJP leaders and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will attend the swearing-in ceremony in which Narendra Modi will take oath as Gujarat chief minister on Wednesday.Heavy security arrangements have been made at the Sardar Patel Stadium where Modi will be sworn in as chief minister at a...
08:38
The biting cold across north India continues to claim more victims.Seven people have died due to the severe cold wave in Uttar Pradesh till now.
08:37
A case of attempted rape in a bus has been reported from Kolkata.A man tried to rape a differently-abled girl inside a stationary bus at a depot in Kolkata, according to media reports.However, the police have been unable to trace the girl since she gave an initial statement to them. The police...
08:34
India and Pakistan today finalised the terms of reference for a judicial commission expected to visit India to gather evidence on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks after talks held over the past five days. An agreement on the visit of the second...
08:32
A 47-year-old spectator, who was present at the Chinnaswamy stadium for the India-Pakistan T20 match on Tuesday, died after he apparently suffered a heart attack. Doctors at the Mallya Hospital confirmed the death of city-based Kamal Jain who had...
08:31
Egypt's electoral commission today announced that voters had approved overwhelmingly the constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies. Final figures from the election commission showed the constitution was backed by 63.8...
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