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The Union Carbide Poisonous Gas Leak Inquiry Commission, which is mandated to probe the gas tragedy afresh, today issued notices to the then Collector Moti Singh and then SP Swaraj Puri of Bhopal to record their statements on December 20 in connection with the 1984 gas tragedy. Earlier, the...
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AFP reports: The convicted fraudster behind an online video that outraged Muslims says has no regrets. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's crude trailer for the anti-Islam film first appeared on YouTube in July, but touched off protests worldwide in September in the wake of a deadly attack on the US...
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The Election Commission today rejected the nomination papers of the Congress candidate for Visavadar for not providing original mandate in time, paving the way for a straight fight between former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel and the BJP's candidate.Ratibhai Mangroliya from Congress had filed...
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An email threatening to target the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi was purportedly sent by the banned terror outfit Lashker-e-Tayiba to a hotelier in Katra to avenge the execution of 26/11 terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab, the police said today.The email was received by A H Bhat, a hotelier of Devi...
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Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan today donated Rs 1 crore to the newly-launched 'Aam Aadmi Party' and said people from all walks of society will sit in Parliament after the 2014 General elections.Bhushan, whose son Prashant is a member of the AAP's National Executive, donated Rs 1 crore for...
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Bangladesh police today arrested two factory employees, including a woman, for allegedly setting on fire a readymade garments unit, a day after another inferno killed 112 workers of a nearby textile unit.Two employees of Debonair factory in Ashulia area of suburban Savar identified as Sumi Begum...
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Investigators believe that Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, arrested in connection with the Ponty Chadha case, had tried to destroy evidence regarding the pistol he allegedly used to fire during the killing of the brothers in a south Delhi farmhouse.Delhi Police had yesterday recovered a 7.62 mm pistol...
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The UPA is not averse to a vote on its decision to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV after an all-party meeting failed in its purpose to break the political deadlock holding up Parliament. But he also said a vote on FDI will...
19:12
A plea for lodging a criminal case against self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba for allegedly cheating people and breaching public trust was today dismissed by a Delhi court. Metropolitan Magistrate Neeraj Gaur dismissed advocate Prem Shankar Sharma's complaint for direction to the police to...
19:00
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal took the official plunge into electoral politics on Monday, launching his Aam Aadmi Party, the party of the 'common man.' Read
18:47
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets: India's Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai meets his US counterpart, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman.
18:44
On Firstpost.com: Ram Jethmalani reacts to the BJP's show cause notice to him: I am entitled to suspicion about why I was suspended. Ten days too short a time to come up with a show cause. I can't comment on a document I have not seen.
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Here are the details of who form the national executive of Aam Aadmi Party, according to Firstpost.com.Manish Sisodia: A former news producer with Zee News, Sisodia has been a long time associate of Kejriwal's since his campaign for a stronger Right to Information Act. He's been part of...
18:22
Nowhere in the open letter asked Muslims to forgive Narendra Modi or to vote for him. Wants Muslim voters in Gujarat to vote for the best secular candidate, preferably Muslim. Read
18:00
Chitra Ramakrishna to be the CEO and MD of the National Stock Exchage from April 1, 2013. Ramakrishna figured in the Business Today's list of most powerful women in 2008. This is what the magazine had on her. Power to her means: Shunning media glare and letting her actions speak for her...
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The story of Esther Preethi, the daughter of a poor taxi driver in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh who is now doing her final year engineering. Read
17:51
Foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has nothing to do with agricultural development. It enhances the negotiating ability of large retail chains. If they sell fresh vegetables and fruits, they will buy from present trade channels. Read
17:45
Finnish handset maker Nokia today unveiled two new 'Asha' phones equipped with new features like voice-guided self portrait and 'Slam' to share pictures and videos with other mobile phones.The dual-SIM devices -- Asha 205 and Asha 206 -- have been unveiled in four countries (Indonesia, Nigeria,...
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The BJP has issued a show cause notice to suspended Rajya Sabha MP asking why he should not be expelled from the party for six years. Jethmalani has to reply within 10 days. The BJP's top leadership met today to discuss the growing rebellion in the party, a day after it suspended Rajya Sabha...
17:28
On the fourth anniversary of the 2008 militant attacks on Mumbai, a statue of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who lost his life while leading a commando operation, was unveiled in Bangalore on Monday.Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an officer of Indian Army and deputed to the National Security Guards...
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He disdains sycophants, the politics of patronage, and caste calculations. He is young and impatient, uncomfortable with his party's old guard and its dubious allies. He is a reformer and a meritocrat, more a modern CEO than a traditional neta. That's the Read more on Rahul Gandhi.
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26/11 mastermind Hafiz Muhammad Saeed tweets: Sacrifices by Muslims will result in America's collapse. Initially, there states are demanded secession & that number is increasing. Jews, Crusaders and Hindus are trying to divide Muslims and succeed in retaining their capitalist...
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US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman tells CNN IBN that David Headley and Tahawwur Rana will he sentenced soon. India will be given unprecedented access to Headley. The US recognises that Hafiz Saeed is the mastermind of the 26/11 attacks and the US vows to bring him to justice...
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At the centre of one the biggest debates in the country today, Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru is least affected by the demand for his death, or so it seems from his daily routine.Guru, who has been on death row since 2004, has been lodged in Central Jail, Tihar, for the past 11...
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The fourth anniversary of the 26/11 terror strike saw people's angst assuaged by the recent execution of Ajmal Kasab.We were very happy when Kasab was executed. The government was late in deciding, but it was the right decision,' said Abbas Qureshi, a local resident.Kasab was executed on the...
16:44
Pakistan has sent the terms of reference for visit of the second Judicial Commission to India to cross-examine key witnesses in the Mumbai attack case to speed up the prosecution of seven Pakistani suspects in that country. Without giving details of communication, official sources said the terms...
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'The bond between Rahul and David was a powerful one. While Rahul saw a father figure in Headley, the latter saw Rahul only as a codename for Mumbai.' 'Rahul had spent approximately 1,000 hours with Headley and planned to spend more, when Headley was finally busted in the US.' 'Rahul was...
16:41
OK, fine. Silence is golden, and patience is a virtue, but let's be real: everyone knows laughter is the best medicine. A well-timed joke can change anyone's mood and make the most obscure subject matter engaging. Read
16:28
Indian dynamism puts the eurozone to shame. This is where we need to be doing business. That's the column on the Telegraph, UK. Read
16:06
US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman says LeT operative David Coleman Headley's extradition to India is under consideration. Sherman met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid this morning. A ruling in the matter is expected soon, says Sherman. Also read: Extraditing...
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Meanwhile, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal formally launched his political outfit, 'Aam Aadmi Party', at the iconic Jantar-Mantar today to mark the historic Constitution Day, November 26, as the Constitution of India was adopted on the day in 1949. Kejriwal, who had announced the...
15:35
Just in: The UPA will meet on FDI issue in Parliament tomorrow. Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamal Nath says all parties want Parliament to run and that he has asked parties to reconsider their decision on FDI. The Samajwadi Party wants debate but is not insisting on voting.The BSP wants the...
15:26
The Trinamool Congress at the all-party meeting says the Speaker should decide how the House should run.
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BSP chief Mayawati says the party first wants the Quota Bill to be passed and only then will it decide on FDI on retail.
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Here's the takeaway from the all-party meet. The BJP, JD-U, Left parties insist on discussion on FDI in retail under rules entailing voting. The Samajwadi Party ready for discussion on FDI in retail under any rule, it is for Speaker to decide, says the SP.
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Considering the travails of the Congress party, the BJP should have been a party primed for war. Instead, what we have is a gaggle of warhorses pulling in different directions.The party is speaking in multiple voices on almost everything: from prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections to...
14:55
Malala Yousafzai tweets: I feel sorry for all those who calls me American Agent. All I wanted to go to school and become a doctor. RT If you support me.Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl shot by the Taliban for speaking out against militants in Pakistan is expected to make Britain her permanent...
14:49
Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, arrested recently in connection with Ponty Chadha murder case, was today expelled from the BJP. Read
14:37
Pakistani journalist Shiraz Hassan tweets: Remembering everyone who lost their lives four years ago in#Mumbai today. We Pakistanis stand with you against the religious fanatics.
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In a bid to end the deadlock in Parliament over the FDI in retail issue, government today held an all-party meeting to find a way out amid Opposition demand for a discussion on it under the rules which entail voting. With the Opposition disrupting Parliament for the third consecutive day today...
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Carla Bruni, who has lived a life far removed from most women's, has suggested that a woman's place is in the home with her children. The 44-year-old former model, who was France's First Lady for four years until May, declared that we don't need to be feminist in my generation.' There are...
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Just in: A bomb has been found under the car of Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir's car. An explosive material packed in a black bag was recovered from a vehicle of senior journalist and anchor person Hamid Mir, who works with the Pakistan based Geo News. The channel said the explosive was...
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BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani refuses to give up. A day after the BJP suspended him from the party, Jehamalani has written another letter to party president Nitin Gadkari asking him step down. The top leadership is also expected to meet today to discuss the growing rebellion in the party....
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Mumbai's sorrow was tinged with some relief as solemn tributes were paid to the victims and martyrs of the 26/11 terror attacks on its fourth anniversary, five days after the sole surviving perpetrator Ajmal Kasab was sent to the gallows. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde led Mumbaikars in...
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Both Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till Tuesday following uproar on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The BJP earlier in the day gave a notice for suspension of Question Hour to discuss FDI in multi-brand retail. Meanwhile, the Congress-led UPA Government has...
13:35
Ireland will act speedily to implement legislation providing limited access to abortion if an expert group's recommendation is accepted by the Cabinet, a minister has said, amid the raging controversy over the death of an Indian dentist.The expert group set up to examine how the state deals with...
13:27
In wake of former CAG official R P Singh claiming his comments on PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue were misquoted, BJP today asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to retract her statement in which she had attacked the main Opposition party. In light of what R P Singh has stated,...
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Sachin Tendulkar's streak of low scores might have raised a question mark over his future but senior BCCI official and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla today came out in support of the senior batsman saying one needs to look at his colossal record before making any comment. He will hang up his boots...
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Ratan N Tata tweets: Today is the anniversary of the terrorist attack on Mumbai 4 yrs ago. My sympathies go out all those who were affected by the attack.The iconic Hotel Taj Mahal suffered losses of more than Rs 114 crore because of destruction of property in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks....
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SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav meets PM ahead of all-party meeting on FDI.
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Conflicting reports have emerged in the murder of a 28-year-old man Abdul Hakim, who was gunned down in Bulandshahr, earlier this week. The victim's wife Mehwish has alleged that the murder was orchestrated by her family who had opposed her marriage to Hakim. They would not let us live in...
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Congress leaders are meeting the Samajwadi Party over the logjam in Parliament over FDI on retail. Right now, Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamal Nath is meeting the SP's Ram Gopal Yadav.
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PM Manmohan Singh has called a meeting ahead of the all-party meeting scheduled today. At the meeting are Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Finance minsiter P Chidambaram and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. Desperate to evade washout of another crucial parliamentary session this...
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Twelve minutes. And both houses of Parliament have been adjourned till tomorrow.
12:10
Syed Akbaruddin, MEA spokesperson tweets to say that US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman calls on India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
12:04
Smoking rots the brain by damaging memory, learning and reasoning, according to researchers at King's College London. A study of 8,800 people over 50 showed high blood pressure and being overweight also seemed to affect the brain, but to a lesser extent. Read
12:02
A fire has broken out in a multi-storey building housing clothes-making factories in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, reports say.A police spokesman said Monday's blaze started on the third floor of a 12-floor building, AFP reported. More
11:57
Britain's first female Asian peer has been slammed for claiming all Muslims are on benefits and vote Labour. Indian-origin crossbencher Baroness Flather made the comments while defending PM David Cameron's new Aussie campaign chief Lynton Crosby who had allegedly said that chasing Muslim votes...
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This is what happened in the five minutes that Parliament convened today. Lok Sabha: Speaker Meira Kumar offered tributes to those who had lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attack on this day four years ago. She emphasised the need for rooting out terrorism and lauded the role of security...
11:45
In other news: In a market dominated by small cars, the competition between luxury automakers is now also heating up. Read
11:43
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Sunday that the government needs to rethink' its policy on capital punishment.Speaking at the Idea Exchange programme organised by Loksatta, the Marathi newspaper of The Indian Express Group, Shinde said: We need to rethink. We (the government and...
11:36
Arvind Kejriwal tweets: Parliament adjourned yet again. All parties happy. All politicians enjoying. People sick of their politics.
11:19
A review of the statements made by former auditor-turned-critic R.P. Singh on the extent of losses from the 2010 sale of 2G spectrum reveals striking similarities with what A. Raja -- the former Telecom Minister now facing trial on charges of corruption for his role in the 2G scam -- has been...
11:17
The Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official tells the JPC he does not disagree with the auditor's final report, but spins a totally different story to media a year later. Read
11:15
Arvind Kejriwal tweets: I urge all countrymen to pray for India. Revolution has begun. Pray for a better future.Social activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal will launch his newly-formed Aam Aadmi Party in New Delhi on Monday.The launch function of Aam Aadmi Party will be held at Jantar...
11:13
Though the government has cleared 49% equity limits for FDI by foreign airlines in the Indian aviation sector and may, BJP willing, do the same for both pensions and insurance, it will take some more fine-tuning before we see actual FDI coming into these sectors. Read
11:12
Dalit leaders in Tamil Nadu strongly feel that the community is being targeted by intermediate castes, who are unable to digest their upward economic mobility. Read
11:11
The village of Nayakankottai, on the road from Dharmapuri to Tirupattur, bears the only tribute to Naxalism in all of Tamil Nadu: a whitewashed sickle-and-hammer memorial commemorating slain Naxal leaders Balan and L Appu. But the caste violence that wrecked the lives of over a thousand Dalits...
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Within minutes, both houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon.
11:05
As India observes the fourth anniversary of the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, there are many unfinished tasks to which attention needs to be drawn, points out B Raman, India's leading expert on counter-terrorism. Read
11:00
The Supreme Court asks chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to meet to find an amicable solution to the Cauvery water dispute. We want you to meet in a congenial manner to find out a solution for the problem in the interests of farmers of both the states, says the court. Also read: Cauvery...
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Senior police officers and politicians declared on Sunday that Mumbai is prepared to repel any attack of the magnitude of 26/11 but their words were met with disbelief and scepticism.On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the bloody assault, home minister R R Patil admitted...
10:47
R P Singh as Sonia Gandhi's new gospel. That's S Gurumurthy's column for the New Indian Express. Read
10:44
Ahead of Monday's all-party meeting called to break the logjam in Parliament over the government's decision to allow foreign investment (FDI) in retail, the Congress's effort to bring its sulking ally DMK on board on the issue failed to make much headway. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi...
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Just in: DMK gives notice for discussion in Lok Sabha on the issue of CAG report on 2G in the wake of R P Singh's claims.
10:02
Reliance Industries has denied allegation that it is hoarding gas by keeping KG-D6 output low saying it was technically impossible to store gas in the KG basin fields, and sought appointment of independent international experts to verify its claims.Hoarding gas in the case of D1-D3 reservoir (in...
09:48
The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered by over 76 points in the opening trade on Monday on fresh buying by funds and retailers after previous session's losses on investor concerns over economic reforms as Parliament was adjourned.The 30-share barometer, which had shed 10.77 points in the previous...
09:06
I just want all this to end, I'm under house arrest, she tells me as she sits flanked by her mother, father, brother, cousin, aunt and uncle.What happened was completely unexpected and my family has suffered a lot because of it. I never ever thought that all this would happen when I wrote that...
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Kejriwal on Twitter this morning: Today is a big day. History in the making. Aam Aadmi comes together to directly jump in politics to throw out this corrupt political system
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CNN-IBN reports: Faced with a deadlock in Parliament over FDI in retail, the government has called an all-party meeting on Monday to resolve the stalemate. Sources said that the Congress may agree to a vote if it is sure of winning. The meeting will be convened by Parliamentary Affairs...
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Social activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal will launch his newly-formed Aam Aadmi Party in New Delhi on Monday. The launch function of Aam Aadmi Party will be held at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.Before the programme, Kejriwal and his aides will go to Raj Ghat and Ambedkar Bhawan in...
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BJP suspends Jethmalani with IMMEDIATE effect IB divided over appointment of new chiefSebi begins prosecution proceedings against SaharaGambhir hoping a miracle saves IndiaAlok Joshi to be new RAW chief
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