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A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the member of Parliament's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night.The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around nine pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP,...
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A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the member of Parliament's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night.The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around nine pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP,...
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Backing his party colleague A Raja, prime accused in 2G spectrum scam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday expressed happiness over his securing bail.All in DMK support Raja, Karunanidhi said, hours after a Delhi court granted bail to the former Union Telecom Minister.Talking to reporters at his...
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Nearly 1.40 lakh pilgrims have registered for this year's Amarnath yatra to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Till yesterday, 1,37,096 pilgrims had registered themselves for this year's Yatra. Over 70,000 have preferred the traditional Pahalgam route while 66,911 have opted...
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Stung by the rising incidents of crime, Uttar Pradesh government today carried out a massive reshuffle at the lower rung of the state police by transferring over 20,000 constables. 20,324 constables of the civil police were today transferred. These transfers have been carried out...
19:10
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was granted bail by Delhi's special CBI court earlier in the day, walked out of of national capital's Tihar Jail, after over 15 months stay. Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader T R Baalu was outside the jail gate with other party supporters to...
18:41
Pop sensation Lady Gaga's upcoming Indonesia concert has been denied permission following protests by Islamic extremists who feel her performance will corrupt the youth of the country. The 26-year-old singer is due to play in the country's capital Jakarta on June 3 as part of her Born This...
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Just in: BJP president Nitin Gadkari likely to get an extension till 2014. The decision will be taken at the National Executive meet in Mumbai on May 24-25. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will possibly skip the meet after being sidelined over the party president's post. If you recollect he had skipped...
18:23
Kings XI Punjab player Shalabh Srivastava, one of the five suspended by the BCCI after the India TV sting says he will cooperate with the investigation.
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@Eagleeye47 @ShivAroor Asking @IPL the fountainhead of opacity regarding transparency .. like asking Coal why doesn't light pass thru you like Diamond?
18:12
IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla said that the, IPL Governing Council met on teleconference today at 2:30pm and they recommended to the BCCI President for strict action against those players who were found guilty and found suspicious on the television footage shown on India TV. Since it...
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The players will remain suspended till inquiry by Ravi Sawani, BCCI's anti-corruption unit head, is completed, says IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla. Sawani's report will be submitted to the BCCI's Disciplinary Committee for final action.
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The five players suspended are Shalabh Srivastava and Amit Yadav of Kings XI Punjab, Mohnish Mishra of Pune Warriors, T P Sudhindra and Abhinav Bali of Deccan Chargers. They have suspended from all forms of cricket for 15 days. Rajiv Shukla says the five players have been suspended...
17:51
In other news: When US President Barack Obama dispatches his negotiators to Baghdad next week to join talks with Iran over the future of its nuclear program, he'll be most concerned about the reaction of one man: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Read the report on Bloomberg.
17:48
BJP MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad says suspension is not enough.
17:46
Just in: BCCI suspends five IPL players after India TV sting operation. The governing council has also ordered an enquiry into the charges. IPL Commissioner Rajiv Shukla confirms the suspension.
17:41
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has termed the alleged spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League and other domestic competitions as disturbing and said it will take strict action against those found guilty of indulging in corrupt practices. The footage that was shown...
17:29
The government announces that Air India is on an emergency mode as the management pulls out a contingency plan. As the stir by over 200 Air India pilots entered the eighth day today leading to cancellation of 10 international flights, government said the DGCA will take action...
17:10
A surgeon has performed 200 penis enlargement operations in the last year alone. But are men getting what they pay for? Read the report on the Independent.
16:58
The IPL Council meet to decide the fate of the players allegedly involved in match fixing ends according to the India TV sting, ends. The decision will be announced soon. The footage, carried on India TV, includes an Indian cricketer apparently bowling a deliberate no-ball in a domestic...
16:48
The BJP today said the Opposition parties will bring a privilege motion against Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for speaking about policy decisions of theGovernment outside the Parliament -- that the days of the national carrier may be over -- indicating indicating privatisation. The...
16:34
One fo the architects of the IPL -- Lalit Modi -- on the India TV sting on the IPL spot fixing scandal. His tweet reads: Thousands of u have bought up issues on spot fixing. And asked my views. All I want to say on this issue is - For sure when I was there - we had none. So there was no...
16:16
Heard of Kali-Ma beer? Nobody had, till the Rajya Sabha brought it up for discussion today. A demand was made in RS today that US Ambassador to India be summoned and asked to apologise for a beer named after Goddess Kali. Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP) said it is a serious and sensitive issue that a...
16:11
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who is fast recovering in a hospital after suffering injuries in a chopper accident, will be dischaged within a dayor two. Munda, who was shifted out of ICU on Saturday after his admission on May 9, is under treatment at the Apollo Hospital in Ranchi.
15:58
Now India wants its pound of flesh. Press Council Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju has appealed to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to grant freedom to Sarabjit Singh, who is lodged in a jail there. In a letter addressed to Zardari, he said, The Indian Supreme Court had recently...
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The big news today is that former telecom minister A Raja has been granted bail. On Twitter: Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor Karunanidhi must be soiling his lungi. Raja out of jail is more dangerous to him and DMK. Small fish, big fish.
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Yesterday,Yeddyurappa held a press conference and announced that he was not quitting the BJP just yet. However, he made it clear that he had the support of 70 of the party's 121 MLAs. He also blamed chief minister Sadananda Gowda for the ills in the state and demanded his resignation. Ironically,...
15:41
CBI files FIR in illegal mining case against BS Yeddyurappa. The CBI will start probing corruption charges against the former Karnataka chief minister in connection with the mining scam. The investigating agency filed an FIR in the case today against Yeddyurappa, his two sons and...
15:31
China today took strong exception to British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama and lodged diplomatic protests accusing UK of interfering in its internal affairs by playing up the Tibet issue. China has lodged solemn representations both in Beijing and London to protest...
15:13
President Asif Ali Zardari is sending a special aircraft to India today to bring back Pakistan's ailing virologist Khalil Chishti, who has been detained in Rajasthan for nearly two decades on charges of involvement in a murder. The special jet will fly the 82-year-old Chishti from New Delhi...
15:07
The June 2011 story on Rebekah Brooks's hair. The ex-CEO's wild red mane at a Parliament hearing on Murdoch's phone-hacking scandal was ballsy'and unwise -- for someone under fire for allegedly defying laws. On the Daily Beast
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Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, are being charged with perverting the course of justice as part of the phone hacking inquiry. She was arrested on 13 March, says this BBC report. In a statement, they accused the CPS of posturing and said: We deplore this weak and unjust decision....
14:53
Former News Intl CEO Rebekah Brooks has been charged with perverting the course of justice and destruction of evidence in the phone-hacking scandal. Brooks faces three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice including the alleged removal of seven cases of material from...
14:40
Suhasini Haidar @suhasinih US Ambassador Nancy Powell to CNN-IBN: India must make much more substantial cuts of Iran oil imports to escape sanctions. Points to Japan's 80%. Read on rediff.com: Govt decides to cut Iran oil import by 11 per cent
14:36
Groundbreaking Columbia law school study sets out in shocking detail the flaws that led to Carlos DeLuna's execution in 1989. Read the report on the Guardian.
14:32
Tax-paying middle-class must come out of its cynicism while grassroots agitators must learn to be less suspicious of them. Sucheta Dalal on Moneylife.com. Read
14:25
The United States is not impressed with India's efforts to cut its oil imports from Iran, a top US diplomat said on Tuesday, throwing into doubt whether New Delhi would be given a waiver from US financial sanctions before a June deadline. As a major buyer of Iranian crude, India is crucial...
14:22
As the DMK members burst into applause outside the Patiala House court over the bail granted to A Raja, in Parliament, the party wanted the government to consider demands of striking pilots and expressed concern over the suffering and harassment of passengers due to their ongoing...
14:16
Subramanian Swamy @Swamy39 Our legal perspective is still tribal. The surprise is not Raja is out on bail but that he was in jail for so long without bail.
14:14
On the New York Times' India blogs: We Indians, with our purportedly funny accents and bobbling heads, ours picy food and penchant for dancing on demand -- are we just comic relief, dispensed solely for your entertainment?Read
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@ComedyCentral In Tihar's theme song: Jingle Bails Jingle Bails.. @rameshsrivats Tihar jailor to Cable TV guy: Kal se Sun TV subscription cancel kardo. @_eMeNeF_ Tihar Jail awaits next batch of convicts....present batch has graduated thru...
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Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said the onus lies with the BCCI as far as the IPL spot-fixing is concerned and has asked the Board to take prompt action in the interest of the millions of cricket fans in the country. I am sure and wish that BCCI acts fast, goes into the root cause of this...
13:59
Indonesian police have cancelled a Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta, the capital, after extremist Islamists threatened her with violence and said they would disrupt the performance, reports the Times, London. Although concert organisers have already sold 52,000 tickets and released...
13:53
Diplomats of European countries called on Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio amidst a controversy in New Delhi over their 'uninformed' visit to the North Eastern state. The diplomats discussed possibilities of enhancing cooperation between India and EU in...
13:48
Suraj Singh Sherawat, son of the owner of the BMW car involved in a hit-and-run case on May 5, today surrendered in a Gurgaon court and was released onbail. A few hours after Suraj surrendered before the court, the court accepted his bail application on the surety amount of Rs...
13:39
In other news, in an initiative to lessen the burden of debt-ridden farmers in the Vidarbha region, cheques amounting to nearly Rs 30 lakhs were handed over to 114 farmers on behalf of Amitabh Bachchan. As many as 114 farmers from 20 villages in Wardha district were picked up for the...
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Raja is likely to be released from jail this evening. The bail papers will be taken to Tihar jail this evening.In fact, Raja seemed very relaxed, say TV reports. He was seen joking in court an hour before the order was announced with Kanimozhi, co-accused in the telecom scam who...
13:23
Read the February 2011 editorial on the Hindu as A Raja gets bail in the 2G case: The significance of Raja's arrest
13:12
NDTV reports that A Raja was reciting prayers under his breath as the judge began reading out his order. A loud cheer went up among nearly 150 DMK supporters (confirmed by his wife) as the verdict was read out. Raja then blew kisses to his supporters. His wife, MA Parmesweri, was seen with...
13:09
Raja cannot leave New Delhi without court nod. For the last 15 months, since February 2011, Raja was in Tihar jail. Reactions coming in on Raja's bail: The BJP says the 2G case does not end with Raja's bail. The DMK says the party is very happy A Raja has got bail.
13:04
PTI says the court has granted bail to A Raja on furnishing a personal andsurety bonds of Rs 20 lakh each, which is Rs 40 lakh. TV reports say the bond is Rs 25 lakh.
13:03
Raja is already trending on Twitter. @fakingnews A Raja gets bail. First positive impact on Indian democracy after MPs united against cartoons. @TheBigDowg Aa bail mujhe maar. - A Raja.@rameshsrivats It's not A Raja's fault if the justice system takes ages, no? Catch the guys...
12:58
DMK MP TR Baalu tells CNN IBN that A Raja is not guilty until the court proves otherwise. The party will continue to support him. Baalu is now on his way to Raja. Raja's lawyer says his client has always cooperated with the court. Raja's wife tells NDTV...
12:53
On Friday, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy had claimed that former telecom minister A Raja faced a threat to his life as he knows too much in the 2G case. Swamy said Raja should be provided security if he gets bail in the case. Fifteen months after his arrest, Raja had moved the court...
12:51
Chaotic scenes outside the court as Raja's supporters cheer. Apparently, the moment the Judge OP Saini announced the verdict in just two words: Bail granted, thunderous applause broke out in court. For now, the trial in the 2G scam has been adjourned till May 28. DMK MP T R Baalu brushes off...
12:43
The bail has been granted on grounds of parity. There are a total of 15 accused in the case who were jailed. Of these, 13 were individuals, three were corporates. Raja has got bail on grounds of parity. A daily hearing is on in all the other cases. Raja has to present a...
12:41
Raja was jailed in the 2G scam on February 2011. Raja's lawyer says he cannot visit Tamil Nadu without the court's permission. The lawyer said when the session began, the judge asked Raja to present himself and announced that he has been given bail -- Bail granted.Raja's supporters who have...
12:36
Delhi court gives bail to former telecom minister A Raja.
12:23
Jaya Bachchan (SP), who entered the House before her, occupied her new seat and was engrossed in the day's agenda. The two women did not greet each other. Rekha, seated next to Anu Aga (Nom), put on headphones as the House took up listed questions. In between she exchanged notes with...
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Clad in golden saree and matching heels (observes PTI), the 57-year-old actor arrived in the Upper House at 10.57 and was immediately surrounded by members who greeted her profusely. Renowned journalist and nominated member H K Dua offered her his seat no. 97 and was seen explaining the...
12:18
MPs react to Rekha's Rajya Sabha swearing-in. RJD's Lalu Prasad Yadav says Rekha is a great actress and we welcome her to the fraternity. Amar Singh says Jaya Bachchan's decision on changing her seat is hers alone. I have no idea why she wants a change, it is her decision and I have nothing else...
12:11
The IPL's Governing Council will have a tele-conference this afternoon to discuss the television sting operation which claims to have blown the lidoff murky deals in the cash-rich T20 league. IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said strict action would be taken if any player is found to be...
12:09
As the Indian Parliament completes 60 years, it is time not for noisy celebration but for serious introspection. That India remained a parliamentary democracy while some of its South Asian neighbours went through military coups or violent upheavals can only be a small consolation to its people....
12:04
In international news, Francois Hollande prepares to be inaugurated as French president - and within hours will be in Germany to discuss Europe's debt crisis. Read the report on the bbc.
12:00
In the Rajya Sabya, Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan speaks on the ecological destruction of forests in the north-east.
11:59
From deadly terror strikes to inclement weather -- the reasons behind air crashes could be many, as massive disasters thousands of feet above the ground still continues to be a murky reality. Rediff.com takes a look at some of the most disastrous air crashes that have shaken the world. See
11:53
As the stir by over 200 Air India pilots entered the eighth day today leading to cancellation of 10 international flights, government said the DGCA will take action against those who have falsely reported sick and not joined work.Air India cancelled around 10 international flights from Delhi and...
11:50
On May 11, a furor erupted in Parliament over a black-and-white cartoon from 1949. Reproduced in a textbook for high-school juniors, the drawing depicts BR Ambedkar -- India's foremost Dalit leader and the chairman of the committee that drafted India's 1950 Constitution -- whip in...
11:44
No news from the Delhi court hearing A Raja's bail plea. Another 2G accused DMK MP Kanimozhi and partymen are believed to be in the court. Read the February 2011 editorial on The Hindu on the significance of Raja's arrest.
11:36
An 'absolutely stunning' photograph of Madonna posing naked on a bed while smoking a cigarette has sold for nearly £15,000. The sum is three times the estimate placed on the image that was taken in 1990 during the period when the singer had bleach-blonde hair and dark eye make-up. On the...
11:32
Embattled Internet firm Yahoo has announced that it would not give former Chief Executive Scott Thompson a severance package following his short tenure with the company. The firm disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday that it isn''t paying Thompson anything more. ...
11:29
Here's a nice read from the Daily Mail: The iconic characters of writer-director Satyajit Ray's Feluda, his assistant Topse and cult comic figure Jatayu have been an alltime favourite with Bengalis, be it any age group. Now, these Bengali fiction heroes are all set to win the hearts of...
11:22
Raja's bail hearing in the 2G case is still on and the verdict is expected to be delivered around lunch time. Raja is accused of engineering a loss of Rs 1.4 lakh crore loss to to the exchequer by selling the spectrum to telecom companies on a first-come first-serve basis instead of auctioning...
11:17
Former telecom minister A Raja reaches the Delhi court for his bail hearing.
11:09
Question Hour begins in RS. Minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh speaking on NREGA. Sachin Tendulkar will be sworn in tomorrow. Rekha has her headphones on and listens in. If you recollect, Rekha was supposed to seat number 99. However, Jaya Bachchan, who sits on seat number 91, was...
11:03
Bollywood actress Rekha takes oath in the Rajya Sabha. Dressed in a muted golden sari, the oath taking is a blink and miss. RS TV cameras pan in on Jaya Bachchan sitting a distance away. Rekha goes up to the Chair and greets Hamid Ansari.
11:00
The bodies of 13 Indian pilgrims who died in a plane crash in northern Nepal will be handed over to their relatives today after the process of postmortemis completed. The bodies were airlifted to Kathmandu yesterday, according to Agni Air staff. The Indians were among 15 persons who...
10:57
The big story this morning: The India TV sting operation that showed five domestic-level players, representing various IPL franchises, apparently succumbing to the lure of fixing. It showed the players discussing the alleged involvement of IPL captains and even team owners in such...
10:46
Bollywood actress Rekha is expected to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member today. President Pratibha Patil had approved her name and that of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for the Upper House. Rekha (57) was one of the top heroines of the 80s in Hindi films and had won several national awards in her...
10:37
The big story yesterday was the plane crash in Nepal which killed 15 of the 21 people on board, mostly Indians. One among those killed is child artist Taruni Sachdev who co-starred Amitabh Bachchan in the award winning film Paa and is also known for the Rasna ad. She was...
10:28
Will it be freedom for A Raja today? A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of the former telecom minister A Raja, who was arrested on February 2, 2011 and is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case.Special CBI judge OP Saini had on May 11 reserved his order on...
10:03
“We won’t ban players till we have a clear proof that they were involved in match fixing. Merely talking about fixing does not mean they are involved,” said sources in the Board Of Control For Cricket In India in wake of a TV sting operation on match fixing in the ongoing fifth edition of...
09:40
Twenty-four Air India flights were cancelled on Tuesday as the strike by 200 pilots entered Day 8. All flights from Mumbai to London, Newark, Riyadh and Shangahi were cancelled.Meanwhile the pilots appealed for talks with the government. Willing to talk if government stops being obstinate, said...
08:37
The Board Of Control For Cricket In India will meet today to examine the tapes of a TV sting operation on match fixing in the ongoing fifth edition of Indian Premier League. The BCCI said they will examine the footage to confirm whether the claims have any veracity. The board's honorary secretary...
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