23:06
Refuting criticism that his party had done little for the Sri Lankan Tamils cause, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said it had struggled for the ethnic minority since the early days, with even his party led governments being dismissed in the light of the issue.Referring to the dismissal of his...
21:48
A day after Anna Hazare asked a Aam Aadmi Party member to leave his fast venue, party chief Arvind Kejriwal today said the Gandhian is being misled on the Lokpal issue as the Bill the government seeks to pass does not fulfil his demands and will create a jokepal. In a series of tweets,...
19:47
Buoyed by its performance in Delhi assembly polls, the Aam Admi Party is planning to contest all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat and take on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on his home turf.The two-day meeting of AAP's executive committee, which started here today, is...
19:44
The state BJP today appealed the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to rethink his stand on INS Vikrant, which is set to be auctioned off as scrap. Chavan should withdraw his resolve to sell the ship in scrap. He should understand people's sentiments associated with Vikrant, BJP leader...
19:13
In a sharp reaction to Rahul Gandhi's comments on the Lokpal Bill, BJP today alleged Congress and its allies are blocking the passage of the legislation and it is ready to support the measure even amid the din and without a discussion. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley...
18:54
Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has sent a report to the President on the current political situation after his consultations with the AAP and the BJP.
18:21
NR Narayana Murthy, co-founder of IT giant Infosys and a celebrated public figure, thinks the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi should not be ostracised politically for the Gujarat riots in which over a thousand people, mostly Muslims, were killed in 2002 while Mr Modi was the chief...
17:39
The CBI and the Lokpal will work together. All I am saying is that the political parties should put their differences aside, and help pass this bill, says RahulThe press conference has ended.
17:32
What we are working on is a framework to fight corruption. There are a number of steps to fight corruption. We earlier passed the RTI Bill in that regard, Rahul says. Unfair to say we want Lokpal Bill due to the bad performance in the assembly elections.
17:30
I am not saying this Bill is the solution to everything. I am only saying that this is the need of the hour, says Rahul answering a question.
17:29
Our push for Lokpal Bill has got nothing to do with the AAP, it's about fighting corruption, says Rahul Gandhi.
17:27
This Bill is the need of the hour, it will help India in a big way. We have a consensus and it is on the finish line.
17:26
Rahul Gandhi: The Lokpal Bill will give the country a serious weapon to fight corruption.
17:24
Answering a question Rahul Gandhi says, We are 99 per cent there. Nedd al parties to come together on this. I request all the parties to pass the bill since this is a matter of national importance.
17:23
We have a strong bill that has consensus, says Rahul Gandhi
17:22
Now Rahul Gandhi is speaking. He says that the Congress strongly supports the Lokpal Bill and hopes the opposition will give it their support as well.
17:21
Chidambaram: Government has made only few changes -- 2 or 3-- to the select committee recommendations. We believe there is broad consensus.
17:19
Finance Minister and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi are addressing a press conference on the Lokpal Bill.The Lokpal Bill accepts the preeminence of Lokpal, says Chidambaram.
16:45
Iran said today that it had safely returned a monkey to Earth after blasting it into space in the second such launch this year in its controversial ballistic programme. President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the scientists involved in the mission, in a message carried by Iran's official IRNA...
16:44
In the first attack of its kind in the region, at least five persons were killed when a US drone targeted a boat carrying suspected terrorists on Kabul river near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border today. Officials in Pakistan's tribal belt said the attack was carried out on the Afghan side of...
16:19
The Congress has decided to take on the Aam Aadmi Party after its convener Arvind Kejriwal challenged the Congress and BJP on accepting its conditions before deciding to form the government in Delhi.The Congress said the AAP was running away from its responsibility by putting conditions.It said...
16:12
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, V Narayanaswamy, Kapil Sibal and Ajay Maken will address a press conference on Lokpal and Prevention on Corruption amendment bill today at 5 pm at AICC.
16:00
Congress has managed to ward off likely embarrassment it would have faced from anti-Suresh Kalmadi faction, by removing photographs of the tainted MP from its offices in city. The anti-Kalmadi group led by city unit vice president Deepak Mankar, the former deputy mayor and Pune Municipal...
15:53
China will attempt to land a probe carrying the country's first lunar rover on the moon today in a major breakthrough for its ambitious space programme. The spacecraft is expected to make touchdown at about 9pm local time (1830 IST), the mission's official microblogging page said, 12 days after...
15:10
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the transfer of the Mobile Magistrate in connection with stopping an ambulance over using red beacon, which led to the death of a heart patient inside it due to delay in getting medical aid in North Kashmir. The High Court has ordered probe and...
14:06
Twenty-one workers were killed today in a gas explosion inside a coal mine in China's northwest Xinjiang province. The blast occurred early this morning when 34 workers were inside the mine in the Hutubi County in Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, state-run news agency Xinhua reported....
14:06
At least one person was killed and three others seriously wounded when twin explosions rocked the Kenyan town of Wajir near the Somalia border, police said on today. The blasts ripped through the town market shortly after 8:00 pm, a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity....
13:48
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will undertake a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu in the middle of January 2014. He has chosen three villages in the south where he proposes to spend two nights interacting with fishermen to understand the Indo-Sri Lankan fishermen problems.
13:45
The AICC media cell says it release, on a daily basis, video clippings of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi's day-to-day programmes. Video clippings of the party leaders will be available on the in AICC website.
13:36
Two more Indians were charged today by authorities here for their alleged involvement in Singapore's worst outbreak of riot in over 40 years, taking the total number of Indians arraigned in the violence to 33. Palanivel Dhasmohan, 27, and Karuppiah Chandrasekar, 31,were accused of being part...
13:25
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spent two hours interacting with editors and senior journalists at his Thuqlak Lane house. The buzz is that Sonia Gandhi too is scheduled to meet editors of TV news channels in groups from Tuesday at 10 Janpath. Regional TV channels heads are...
12:29
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who led BJP to its third straight victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, has been sworn-in as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh today.
12:21
On December 8th the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's main opposition party, handsomely won state elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, with a combined population of well over 100m. It also won, a bit more narrowly, in Chhattisgarh, and it got the largest share of the vote in Delhi...
11:36
The United States has warned North Korea against any provocative acts following the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, as the reclusive state campaigned to rally support behind the young supremo. Washington also sought to step up talks with its Asian allies, voicing concern over...
11:32
The first session of the seventh Mizoram Assembly will commence from Monday, according to an official notification. The notification issued last evening said the newly- elected legislators, who won the election to the 40-member state legislature held on November 25, would be sworn-in by the...
11:08
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been offered a ticket to contest the general elections next year by the BJP but is undecided on whether to accept the offer. It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who has promised to...
11:05
Delhi government will be formed on issues, says Kejriwal. AAP lists 17-18 points in its letter to Cong and BJP. Asks them to respond to every point forthrightly. BJP, Congress not concerned about people of Delhi, says Kejriwal.Read: AAP's letters to Sonia...
10:47
Kejrwal questions BJP and Congress's motives of offering unconditional support to AAP.
10:45
Kejriwal gives Congress and BJP 7 days to respond to his letter. He has kept aside three days for the AAP to take final decision.
10:40
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has met Lt Governor Najib Jung and asked him for 10 days to take a decision on forming a government in Delhi.Kejriwal has also written to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP president Rajnath Singh for their take on the AAP manifesto and the Jan...
10:20
Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal has reached Lt Governor Najib Jung's residence for discussions on forming the Delhi government.Both Congress and the BJP have been saying that the AAP should form the government in Delhi.
09:24
US Secretary of State John Kerry is hopeful that the shaky negotiation talks between Israel and Palestine will be on track as the two sides are committed to seal a peace deal by the end of a nine-month deadline which ends in April.Both parties remain committed to fulfilling their obligations to...
09:24
It is North Korea's version of a youth revolution, and it's making a lot of people nervous.At 30, Kim Jong Un may well be the world's youngest head of state. His brother, Kim Jong Chul, two years older, is best known as an avid Eric Clapton fan but is also said to keep an eye on the...
08:57
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to sanction those responsible for Syrian chemical weapons attacks documented in a newly released report. The UN report, issued Thursday, concluded that such banned arms were used at least five times before Damascus agreed to...
03:43
A shooting incident at a high school in the US state of Colorado has resulted in the death of the shooter and injuries to at least two students, authorities say. The shooting on Friday occurred at the Arapahoe High School in the town of Centennial, near the city of Denver. One student was...
02:46
CNN: The suspect in the shooting at Arapahoe High School is dead of what appears to have been a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Sheriff Grayson Robinson said. The suspect was a male student at the high school in Centennial, Colorado, Robinson said. The school is about 10 miles...
02:03
At least two people were injured in a shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado on Friday. Police are calling this an active shooter situation as of 1 p.m., according to 9 News. At least one student was critically injured, according to KDVR. Around 1:15 p.m., Arapahoe County...
02:01
A confrontation between the U.S. and Chinese navies led to a tense moment in the South China Sea, CNN has learned. The incident last Friday, which was resolved peacefully, was the latest sign of Chinese military aggression in international waters and airspace. A U.S. Navy warship was forced...
01:54
Six people were killed after a major fire broke out at the Mont Blanc building in South Mumbai's Kemps Corner area on Friday evening, a fire official said, NDTV reported. Five people were rescued from the 12th floor of the building where the fire started, officials said. The floor was gutted...
01:50
Terry Lee Loewen, 58, has been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Mr Loewen, an aviation technician, does not appear to have been affiliated with any religious group, police said. Authorities said Mr Loewen was snared by undercover FBI investigators and the public...
00:55
Eighteen gas pipeline workers, most of them Iranians, have been shot dead north-east of Baghdad, officials say. Security sources confirmed to the BBC that the 15 Iranians and three Iraqis had been working on a gas pipeline to run between their two countries. The attack happened near the...
00:51
AAP rejects Cong's offer of unconditional supportMumbai high-rise fire under control; 6 firemen injuredV K Singh pleads J&K assembly to drop privilege motionOdisha: Maoists set bus on fire; release 3 out of 7 abducted menMaharashtra assembly passes landmark anti-superstition actDelhi: Woman...
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