18:37
Miscast as Hollywood eye-candy and mocked in her native India, Freida Pinto has struggled since Slumdog Millionaire. Now, in Michael Winterbottom's Trishna, she's found a role that suits her.Read and watch the video on the Guardian.
18:31
Secret EU deal forces Britain to take in 12,000 Indian workers despite soaring unemployment Britain. In fact, it must take more Indian workers than any other nation - and TWICE as many as France. Read more on the Daily Mail
18:28
They are among the biggest creatures to roam Africa's plains. But even these elephants were scared by a jumbo-sized cloud of birds who are the same size as the common starling. The red-billed queleas swarmed around this pair of pachyderms as they tried to drink at the Satao Camp water hole in...
18:25
Incredibly detailed model of Hogwarts Castle used for every film in blockbusting series is revealed for the first time. Magical pictures.
18:20
Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, offered a sobering outlook on Europe's debt crisis at Ramapo College, predicting the euro in its current form was unlikely to survive.Read
18:17
WB CM Mamata Banerjee's slap-happy nephew has been granted bail. He spent last night in the Alipore jail.
18:14
The CPI(M) today welcomed the Calcutta High Court order for a CID probe under its monitoring into the killings of two CPI(M) leaders, including a former MLA, in Burdwan on February 22.  We can't keep faith on the manner of inquiry being conducted by the CID and the state police and it is...
18:03
The merchant vessel which slammed into a boat leaving two fishermen dead about 15 nautical miles off Alappuzha coast around 2 am on Thursday has been identified. The incident came close on the heels of Italian ship Enrica Lexie killing two Indian fishermen. In this case, three fishermen are...
17:45
Scarlett Johansson is all set to play Janet Leigh in a movie about the making of classic horror Psycho.  Making of Psycho is a behind-the-scenes drama about the creepy film and the director Alfred Hitchock's struggle to bring it to the big screen.  Psycho is one of the most culturally...
17:37
Condemning the attack on media persons in Bangalore, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today said that the advocates who have committed the outrage deserve severe punishment in accordance with law.  I am deeply distressed that some lawyers of Bangalore today took the law into their...
17:34
Parliamentary panel on Direct Taxes Code will submit a report within a week. The panel on DTC wants the income tax exemption limit to be raised to Rs 3 lakh from the present Rs 1.8 lakh now for basic income and on investments to Rs 2.5 lakh. The recommendation represents a 67% increase over the...
17:28
Kathryn Bigelow began work in India this week on her film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, with parts of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab province, turned into a Pakistani town.Read the report on the WSJ
17:02
Five minutes ago: Kulasekara has David Hussey (74) caught by Dilshan at long off in the first ball off the final over to hand Sri Lanka a nine-run win and a passage to the final of the CB series. Chasing 238 to win, Australia could manage only 229. What all of that means is that India have...
17:00
On rediff.com:Â Sanjay Tiwari, who works for a cable television distribution company in Mumbai, has become the bane of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh's existence. Tiwari, who lives in a Mumbai slum, has alleged that Singh has amassed huge wealth disproportionate to his known...
16:59
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Kripashankar Singh's cup of woes brims over. Kripa invited the Supreme Court's ire for having mentioned his plea against a corruption case against him and his family members before a different bench today after getting the same withdrawn from the court's...
16:50
Yahoo! India had moved the Delhi High Court against a lower court order summoning it for allegedly hosting objectionable content. Refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against the website, last month, Justice Suresh Kait had declined to pass any order at this stage' and fixed the matter for...
16:44
Former telecom minister A. Raja today moved the Supreme Court, asking it to recall its 2 February judgement cancelling 122 telecom licences that had been granted during his term.In his petition, Raja, who is currently in jail (but not breaking rocks) for allegedly biasing the licence grant...
16:34
Just in: The Delhi High Court quashes criminal proceedings against Yahoo India accused of hosting alleged objectionable material on its website.
16:33
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananada Gowda today assured journalists that stern action would be taken against lawyers who attacked mediapersons and police personnel at the city civil court complex. The Chief Minister said he has directed the police to submit by evening a report on the...
16:29
Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has said accused influential Pakistani and US officials, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, of harassing him in connection with traveling to Islamabad to testify on the Memo Gate controversy. Â Before I could finalise my plan to appear in person...
16:24
Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk  The greatest expression of love...in today's age is the sound of the telephone message beeps from someone u love...wot say youngsters?
16:15
One of those reports that leave you with a sense of disbelief. Children in Britain are being abused and murdered in increasing numbers because the belief in witchcraft is rife in some African communities, police said.Read the story on the Telegraph, UK.
16:10
The Defence Ministry has denied reports that it is being monitored by bugging devices, saying routine checks are conducted in the offices of defence minister and other officers in South Block. The ministry further said that nothing has been found in these checks so far.  Earlier in the day,...
16:04
The Bombay HC has ordered the Mumbai police to start attaching the properties of Kripashankar Singh comprising a total of 19 properties. Kripa owns one sea-facing bungalow and seven flats and acres and acres of land.
15:54
Voting for the seventh and final phase in Uttar Pradesh covering the remaining 15 per cent seats and in Goa will be held tomorrow bringing to an endAssembly polls in five states billed as a mini-general election.  With the outcome of the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur...
15:37
The Supreme Court refuses immediate relief to former Mumbai Congress leader Kripashankar Singh against the Bombay High Court order in the corruption case. The SC refused to hear Singh's plea after it discovered that the plea, that was originally sought to have been listed on March 1, was later...
15:28
While on Maldives, you do know that India has proposed early presidential elections to end the political impasse in the country following the ouster of the first democratically elected President Mohamed Nasheed. During his talks with leaders of political parties on Tuesday night, Foreign...
15:25
How rogue officers gave me an hour to step down or face bloodshed. The first-person account by deposed Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Foreign Policy. Read Also see: The Dregs of Dictatorship (Nasheed's editorial for the NYT the day after he was deposed)  Â
15:14
The US has said it is strongly supportive of India's investment in the civil nuclear power sector and does not favour its NGOs opposing anti-nuclear activities in the country.  We are supportive, as a government, of India's investment in civil nuclear power. That's not what we support NGOs to...
15:03
A report from the Dawn, Pakistan, we presume the BJP and its attendant tribe hasn't seen. Â Hindu community representatives in Karachi yesterday expressed their serious concern over 'a rising sense of insecurity' among their people mainly in the interior of Sindh following some recent incidents...
14:59
When former Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafvisited India in April 2005, he met with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, as all visiting Pakistani leaders do, evidently to be seen to offering solidarity with the Kashmir cause.Read the report on Firstpost.comÂ
14:57
Interesting read: Should technocrats like Dr Manmohan Singh run a country? A view.
14:55
No tweet from Salman Rushdie yet on this report, but the moment that happens, you know you will find it here.  Anyway, the news that the co-founder of the Jaipur Lit Fest, William Dalrymple, feels that the opposition to Salman Rushdie's visit to India was not a disaster for free speech but...
14:42
Also from the WSJ: Â On Tuesday, a handful of octogenarian veterans from Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, or Azad Hind Fauj -- an armed force of Indian nationalists seeking to overthrow British rule -- gathered at Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, mingling with former...
14:34
Dalauna and Kallipurab, two villages in the state of Uttar Pradesh, are just a few miles from each other. But for locals they feel worlds apart. Dalauna, a village just outside the state capital of Lucknow and home to a few hundred people, boasts paved roads, a reasonably good drainage system and...
14:31
In yet another chilling episode in the feudal society of rural Bihar, the hands of a 20-year-old youth from Arwal district were chopped off because he failed to repay a loan of Rs 300. Ram Sagar Chandravanshi, who belongs to an extreme backward caste, is currently admitted in the Patna Medical...
14:22
On the DNA: BJP sets 'targets' for corporators in Gujarat, eyes Rs500 cr as party fund. Read
14:20
Veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck, whose last top 10 hit was 42 years ago has been chosen as the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The 75-year-old star, who famously held The Beatles off number one in 1967, has been chosen by the BBC to take part in the contest. If your repertoire of...
14:17
The Shiv Sena today described the raids conducted by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing on the premises of former city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh as farcical and alleged that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre were protecting him.  Singh was given...
14:13
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, who fell out with his actor-friend Sanjay Dutt, says, they have moved on after doing their share of movies together. Their good friendship turned sour, during the making of 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' over some payment issues. Also, Gupta had said in an interview earlier...
14:07
A PTI report says that a woman dies giving birth every three minutes in Pakistan and such deaths are attributable to the absence of birth spacing, according to a top USAID official. There are many factors to consider in determining theoptimal time interval between pregnancies. However,...
14:05
Barkha Dutt: Too much tolerance in India for snooping, prying, phone tapping within government & on private citizens. No outrage by the always outraged? Antony yet to trend on Twitter
14:03
US President Barack Obama's Facebook page switched to the social network's new timeline format, giving details of his life including his first job atan ice cream parlour. The first date on the timeline is August 4, 1961, his birthday. It is accompanied with the words Made in the USA and...
13:50
While Antony figures out the next move, a couple of world stories...US special forces are present in five South Asian countries, including India, a top Pentagon commander has revealed. US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard said the teams were deployed to help India with their...
13:46
If you recollect, on June 2011, the Manmohan Singh government was embroiled in a fresh controversy after its senior-most minister Pranab Mukherjeeconfirmed that he suspected his finance ministry offices were bugged and had sought a secret inquiry into the alleged incidents.Read Vicky...
13:29
On February 16, a bug alarm was triggered in Defence Minister AK Antony's South Block office, reports India Today. Â A hand-held bug detector wielded by Military Intelligence (MI) personnel beeped, indicating the presence a monitoring device. Â The two-man team of plainclothes MI was asked to...
13:25
Just in: Defence minister A K Antony's office orders the Intelligence Bureau to conduct a probe after it came to light that the office was being bugged. The bugging came to notice on February 16 following which Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma took up the matter with the IB for a probe.
13:20
A report on NDTV and across channels says that lawyers at a Bangalore civil court have attacked mediapersons this morning for what they describe as one-sided coverage of a strike by lawyers two weeks ago. Â Â Â The police used teargas and lathicharged as lawyers threw stones at vehicles owned by...
13:15
The Supreme Court has appointed its former judge H S Bedi as monitoring authority chairman to look into 22 encounter killings between 2002 and 2006 in Gujarat. The SC has ordered the Gujarat government to give complete facility and assistance to Bedi to make a meaningful and effective...
13:04
International newsAmerican businessman Mansoor Ijaz has said that he delivered a memo to the former US military chief last year because the intelligence agencies of fourcountries had told him of the possibility of a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden last year.Ijaz...
12:44
News of Chitrangada Singh, easily one of Bollywood's most beautiful.The actress is looking forward to her next film 'Inkaar' on sexual harassment, says PTI.  The 35-year-old is re-teaming with ace director Sudhir Mishra in the film where Arjun Rampal plays the male lead. Chitrangada stars as...
12:35
Sources say that after yesterday's ONGC debacle Pranab Mukherjee's least loved phrase is: Bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted
12:33
With the ONGC disinvestment barely scraping through, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government has decided to study the auction process before going ahead with stake sale of other companies. This (ONGC auction) is the first case. We shall have to to analyse and then make...
12:27
Just in: The Indian Olympic Association meets to decide the fate of Suresh Kalmadi. At the executive meeting, acting president VK Malhotra says he will continue with his post, while Kalmadi remains president.   Faced with intense pressure from the IOC to act against Suresh Kalmadi, the Indian...
12:18
US President Barack Obama sought to blame burgeoning growth in India, China and Brazil for the rising oil prices in a bid to deflect the criticism of theRepublicans who are attributing the surge to his failed energy policy in an election year. Citing rising auto sales in these countries, he said...
12:02
Amid tight security, former Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy was today produced before a special CBI court here whichremanded him to CBI custody till March 12 in connection with an illegal mining case. Reddy and 20 others are facing charges for their alleged...
11:57
Oscar-winning star Colin Firth has found a new wife: Nicole Kidman. She will take the role over from Rachel Weisz as the remarkable woman who helped her husband try to overcome nightmares caused by his horrific World War II experiences.More on the Daily Mail.
11:47
His love life has played out like a soap opera, but could it be possible that Eddie Murphy has finally settled down with singer Toni Braxton? Apparently so, because the Tower Heist star, 50 , and the voice behind the anthemic Un-break My Heart, 44 , 'are seeing each other,' according to Us...
11:45
He has dated a slew of beauties, including Italian TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis, British model Lisa Snowden and currently former WWE wrestler Stacey Keibler. But over the years the 50-year-old Hollywood heartthrob has continuously been the target of gay rumours.Read the Daily Mail story.
11:43
Indian government allows Pakistani players in for World Series Hockey but keeps cricketers away from IPL.Read the report on the Daily Mail.
11:37
Mamata Banerjee's nephew Akash has been produced in court today after a night in Alipore Jail, Kolkata. Akash has been accused of slapping a traffic cop on Wednesday.
11:35
Elections to the 40-member Legislative Assembly in Goa would be held tomorrow, where 10.25 lakh voters will decide the fate of 215 candidates, including nine women and 74 independents in the fray. The coastal state is the first in the country to adopt Poll Monitoring System in the assembly...
11:33
The woman is now at Jaipur's SMS Hospital after being sent to judicial custody. Her father, who is a police constable himself, claimed she needed constant help and attention. But police have said that they responded to the Rajasthan High Court's order seeking arrest of all accused in the other...
11:32
In a shocking and bizarre incident in Jaipur, the police have arrested a 21-year-old paraplegic woman over charges of abuse, reports IBN Live. The police claim the woman is involved in the kidnapping and sexual abuse of another woman. What is shocking is that the 21-year old herself is allegedly...
11:30
Boy, 8, devastated to find his illness is terminal after going on Google.Read the story on the Daily Mail.
11:27
An exclusive story from the Daily Beast: Afghan insurgents denounce 'fake' call for restraint during peace talks. Read
11:24
A TV report says that a 21-year-old paraplegic woman in Jaipur has been arrested for sexual abuse. No details yet. Â
11:18
Also on Syria... The Red Cross is due to enter the Baba Amr district of the Syrian city of Homs today to deliver food and medical supplies after a month-long siege. The International Committee of the Red Cross is to enter the area with the Syrian Red Crescent, and is also planning to evacuate the...
11:17
Two French journalists who had been trapped for days in the besieged Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr have been moved to safety in Lebanon, officials said Thursday. I can confirm that it's official, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told BFM-TV about the whereabouts of Edith Bouvier and William...
11:13
Back to what is called news...A Supreme Court bench today recused itself from hearing a petition challenging the validity of the USD 8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and seeking a CBI probe into reasons for ONGC and government in not asserting their legal rights in the issue. Without giving any...
11:11
And then there is Veena Malik, who is all set to star opposite her ex-flame Ashmit Patel in a new film called Supermodel.If you're still reading this, she says her fans (ummm) will see some sizzling on-screen chemistry between the two. The controversial Pakistani actress was seen getting close to...
11:08
Boggles the mind if the parents are indeed guilty as the CBI seems to think.In other stories... Â Shirish Kunder, who was recently in news for his tiff with Shah Rukh Khan, has apparently angered Akshay Kumar this time. The buzz has it that Akki was very upset with the director after watching...
11:05
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 28, had reserved for final orders a petition by the couple, whose daughter Arushi was found murdered at their Noida house in May 2008, to transfer the trial from Ghaziabad to Delhi after a heated bout of parry and counter between the couple and the CBI,...
10:50
The Supreme Court says only parties concerned and their counsel would beallowed inside the court during the trial, rubbishing the Talwars' claims that they faced security threats if the trial continued in Ghaziabad. They want it moved to Delhi. The trial will now resume on March 14.
10:44
Good morning. The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition of murder accused Rajesh and Nupur Talwar to move the trial against them in the case of the murder of their daughter Aarushi from Ghaziabad to Delhi.The judgement was delivered by a bench of justices B S Chauhan and J S Khehar which had,...
10:37
Despite drop, India No. 9 in number of immigrants (The Times of India)The number of foreign immigrants living in India is steadily declining, but India continues to be among the 10 countries with the highest in-migration in the world. Read India’s tit for tat to UK on visa norms (The Times of...
