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AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal today said that he was personally against the formation of a coalition government but decided to go to people of Delhi for a referendum following a difference of opinion over the issue within the party.Kejriwal said he would respect and follow the people's verdict,...
21:31
Outgoing IAF chief NAK Browne today reviewed the progress of the Sulur air base where the force is to deploy its first squadron of the indigenously- developed Light Combat Aircraft , Tejas. On his last visit to the Southern Air Command in Thiruvananthapuram, Browne also reviewed the preparations...
20:13
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today hailed anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's determination following the passage of Lokpal Bill by the Parliament. Passage of Lokpal Bill is a fitting tribute to the struggle and determination of Anna Hazare. I pray for...
19:04
In a scathing attack on AAP, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today dubbed the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit's activities as right-wing Maoism and said its move to elicit views of people to form government in Delhi was a mockery of democracy.AAP is doing a tamasha (drama) over the popular mandate and asking...
18:59
A horrifying story has come out of rural Orissa where two labourers, Nilambar Dhangada Majhi and Pialu Dhangada Majhi from Nuaguda village are admitted in a serious condition at the Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital after having their hands chopped off by a middleman contractor...
18:22
Probably the best cartoon on the Khobragade controversy in the TOI today.
18:03
The political executive and the permanent executive should realise they are public servants first and work in harmony to achieve the constitutional objectives. The Hindu on ending VIP culture. Read
17:48
Captain James is under arrest in the west African country Togo since July on the charge of aiding pirates who had attacked and looted his Marshall Islands-flagged MT Ocean Centurion on July 16. It was reported that the infant, Vivaan, underwent an operation for intestinal gangrene but doctors...
17:38
Capt Sunil James' wife says they are disappointed at the difference in treatment meted out to them by the government. His wife says while she is proud of Indian government's handling of the Khobragade case, she says she is disappointed that in the case of an ordinary citizen the government has...
17:32
The MEA says the US planned the arrest of Devyani Khobragade by facilitating the escape of her maid's husband and kids to the US, despite India's warning on the warrant and a court injunction against the maid.
17:10
Several activists protested this afternoon outside the American Embassy in New Delhi over the alleged ill-treatment meted out to India's Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities. The protestors from different organisations, besides a group of DU students, raised...
16:47
With Devyani Khobragade being moved to the UN Diplomatic Mission, she now gets full diplomatic immunity and not just a limited one as a consular official.
16:46
With Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dithering over formation of government in Delhi and is seeking to elicit views of people on how to go about it, Shiv Sena today rubbished the exercise as farcical and appealed to people to be aware of the escapists.This whole exercise is a 'nautanki'...
16:26
Meanwhile, Devyani's maid's family has left for the US. And yes, there are visas are valid.
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Twitter on the Khobragade episode: On 10 Dec, 3 days before arrest of diplomat in NY,maid's hubby n children flew to US on visa granted by Washington.Brahma Chellaney: What is the foreign minister hinting at? It is not illegality that she [Khobragade] is accused of but the illegality she refused...
16:21
In an effort to ensure that Devyani Khobragade gets full diplomatic immunity for her remaining stay in the United States, the government has transferred her to India's Permanent Mission in New York with immediate effect.However, the complication is that she would have to apply for a fresh...
16:14
What the Lokpal Bill 2011, just passed by Parliament, holds. Read
15:46
This is not the first time Manu Sharma has got bail. Manu Sharma, serving life term in Tihar Jail was given bail for attending his brother's wedding in 2011 on the condition that he would not visit night clubs or discotheques during the period.
15:42
Manu Sharma gets parole for writing post-graduate exams in Human Rights.
15:38
Siddharth Vashisht alias Manu Sharma, who is undergoing life term for killing model Jessica Lall in 1999, was on Wednesday granted nine days parole by the Delhi High Court to appear in post graduate exams.Justice Hima Kohli granted parole to Sharma from December 28 till January 5 next year...
15:24
Khurshid also said efforts were made to find the servant but there was no cooperation from the US authorities. He said the authorities here reached out to the husband of the missing servant but he too was unwilling to cooperate. The Deputy Consular General received a phone call from a...
15:17
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets that there is no change in the security situation for all diplomats in India. India is committed to ensuring full safety and security within the confines of Indian law.
15:05
While on Khobragade, America's Fourth Amendment was designed to guard against arbitrary governmental authority. That shield has been shattered, leaving liberty and personal integrity subject to the whim of jail officials and cops on the beat. Read
15:02
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid condemned the US action and said he would not return to the House if he fails in his responsibility to bring back the arrested diplomat Devyani Khobragade. Spelling out the series of steps initiated to scale down the privileges granted to US diplomats in...
14:51
As you may be aware, the embarrassment caused to our diplomatic envoy Devyani Khobragade and India has increased since last evening. It is after all not easy to digest the news that Armaan Kohli, of Jaani Dushman and Bigg Boss 7 fame, was given bail and released even before Khobragade has been....
14:44
The rising waves of murky water around the allegation of sexual harassment against a former Supreme Court judge seem to have obliterated the clear lines of correct procedure. Read more
14:42
Although the state is required to give wide publicity to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the law is relatively unknown even to those who need to apply it. Read
14:39
Terming Aam Admi Party (AAP)'s political philosophy as right-wing Maoism, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has said the AAP's agenda is to destroy democratic system in the name of grassroots democracy. Read
14:33
Anna Hazare said today that the mere enactment of the law would not serve the purpose and announced he would form watchdog bodies in states and districts to keep an eye on how the law was being enforced. The law will be meaningless unless it is implemented and enforced properly. I will constitute...
14:23
The passage of the historic Lokpal Bill by Rajya Sabha on Tuesday was celebrated by the entire political class but for reasons other than those stated publicly. The rare show of unanimity by parties witnessed in the Upper House was certainly not driven by a genuine commitment to an...
14:19
The Lokpal Bill has been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent.
14:16
The Mumbai police are yet to arrest a man who came to them and claimed he was driving the Aston Martin that crashed into two cars nearly two weeks ago, saying they want proof that he was the driver and not someone else. Read more
14:13
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath says that Parliament has been adjourned, not prorogued; it can be reconvened at a short notice. Just so you know.
14:12
We are a nation in moral outrage. Seething, screaming and strident. The papers are full of how our national honour has been deeply affronted by the US for arresting and allegedly strip searching an Indian diplomat accused of visa fraud and other violations. Not too many details about the domestic...
14:07
Now that the Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die what will happen to Rahul Gandhi's suggestion today that the session should be extended till all anti-graft bills are passed. The BJP's Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today that the credit for the Lokpal Bill should go to Anna Hazare who has...
13:59
That's a picture of Anna Hazare breaking his nine-day fast in Ralegan Siddhi today. The picture was tweeted by Indian Express.
13:57
PM Dr Manmohan Singh says on the Lokpal Bill: We are very happy that Parliament in its wisdom has chosen to enact Lokpal legislation. Lokpal is a historic and landmark legislation.Sonia Gandhi says she is very happy that the Lokpal Bill has been passed and that the credit should go to all those...
13:52
In Ralegan Siddhi, Anna Hazare has broken his fast. Possibly nimbu pani or nariyal pani is being drunk. Two bored kids sitting on dais feed it to him. Interesting read: How much time does Parliament spend on discussing bills it passes?
13:45
Amidst outrage expressed by members in Parliament, India today asserted that it will intervene effectively and specifically to ensure the return and restoration of dignity of its Deputy Consul General in New York who has been arrested on charges of visa rules violation. Responding to concerns...
13:40
An angry Mulayam Singh Yadav spouts these immortal words in Parliament today on the Devyani Khobragade issue. Kya hai America. Dhamaka hua vahan ab vo thar thar kaanpta hai Arab deshon se. Nanga kijiye unke logon ko bhee.
13:27
Anna says that other than SP, he salutes all MPs who passed the Lokpal Bill. He said people should stay off-camera to work for the country. With the passage of the historic Lokpal Bill, the Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die.
13:23
Siddhartha Basu tweets: The demand to go after US diplomats with same sex partners takes the cake and bakery for homophobic, mean-minded jingoism.To contextualise this, Yashwant Sinha yesterday said: Sinha suggested that India could now arrest same-sex partners of American diplomatic officials....
13:18
Now there's a demand in the Lok Sabha for adopting a resolution condemning the US action against the Indian Deputy Consul General.
13:15
In Ralegan Siddhi, Anna Hazare thanks the select committee for introducing the amendments to the Lokpal. He said it was a good step against corruption. He said Lokpal won't eradicate corruption, but it will go a long way in reducing it. Kiran Bedi tweets: Watch loksabha channel. On Lokpal Bill!...
13:11
Indian agencies are trying to get in touch with the family of Sangeeta Richard, the nanny who filed a complaint against Indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade. Sangeeta, who is originally from Punjab, has been missing since June and sources tell Rediff.com that she is still in the United States...
13:08
Hours after Rahul Gandhi had come out in support of the Lokpal Bill at Congress headquarters last Saturday, chairman of the Rajya Sabha select committee Satyavrat Chaturvedi got a call from Kiran Bedi in Ralegaon Siddhi.She expressed her appreciation for his committee's efforts and passed on the...
13:02
The Lokpal Bill will now got President Pranab Mukherjee for his consideration. The Lok Sabha has moved on to the issue of Capt Sunil James', still in a Togo jail.
12:53
The Lok Sabha has passed the Lokpal Bill with just an hour of debate. Apart from Sushma Swaraj, Rahul Gandhi and Mulayam Singh, nobody else was allowed to discuss or debate the bill. And unlike the five-hour debate in the RS yesterday, this was a quickie.
12:51
And yes, history has been made. The Lokpal Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha as well.
12:33
In the Lok Sabha, the Lokpal Bill is being debated. Sushma Swaraj, Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav have spoken. Rahul said that there were six pending anti-corruption bills and if the session has to be extended to pass them, it should. He said all parties should pass the bill unanimously and...
12:28
The row between Washington and New Delhi over the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has brought into focus the role of Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York.Mail circulating among the South Block officials shows Bharara has come under the scanner for...
12:20
Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the party would decide on government formation after ascertaining the opinion of the people of Delhi. He asked people to communicate their opinion through SMSes, phone calls, social media and jan sabhas organised by party candidates across the city till...
12:17
In the Rajya Sabha, the the Devyani Khobragade issue continues. Trinamool's Derek O'Brien said that India needs to codify all privileges given to US diplomats and present it in Parliament. It is only then that we can get a measure of what privileges are given to the US and what India gets in...
12:08
A year after the brutal Delhi gang rape, institutional responses to sexual violence against women have failed to keep pace with robust efforts by civil society to sensitise the public. In its immediate aftermath, popular, city-based movements rallied around the episode to help victims shed...
12:06
Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon today amid uproar over various issues including demand for adopting a resolution against the United States for alleged ill-treatment of an Indian diplomat. Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar raised the issue of India's Deputy Consul General in New York...
12:02
What is the charge against Devyani Khobragade, the deputy consul-general at the Indian consulate in New York? And other details on the case. Read
12:01
'Only my friends know how I live here in Manhattan, saving every penny... Life in New York has not been easy for me,' Devyani Khobragade told friends and colleagues. Read
11:55
Dense fog disrupted train movement in North India for the third consecutive day today, with around 50 Delhi-bound trains, including Rajdhanis, running behind schedule. Timings of two trains leaving from Delhi this morning were rescheduled, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said. Close to 50...
11:51
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unexpectedly kept the country's policy interest rate on hold on Wednesday, despite calling current inflation too high, citing the prospect of easing retail prices and its concerns about the weak domestic economy.The RBI had been widely expected to lift its...
11:40
Yechury said he was glad the government had reacted strongly, but said we should understand the depth to which we have bent backwards in our strategic relations with the US. We have to assert ourselves.
11:37
In the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley raises the issue of the US high-handedness in dealing with Indian envoys. He says India must ensure that necessary steps must be taken in the diplomat case and said it raised serious questions on the way India conducted its foreign policy that it was taken for...
11:17
In a major setback to the CBI, Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan has refused the agency the mandatory go-ahead for prosecution of former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing scam. While 12 other charged persons will now face trial, Chavan, who lost his job for alleged...
11:14
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi expresses concern over Parliament not being able to pass Women's Reservation Bill. She underlines the need for more unity of purpose and discipline at the Congress Parliamentary Party meet. She says the party will go into the causes of the Assembly poll debacle, and...
11:06
According to the Lokpal Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha, an official will not be given a hearing at the stage of a preliminary inquiry. This was part of the select committee's unanimous recommendations tabled in Parliament more than a year ago.Lokpal became top priority for the government...
10:56
US authorities subjected Devyani Khobragade to treatment reserved for hardened criminals. On Tuesday the government was spurred into action by an email she wrote to her IFS colleagues. She was not just handcuffed but subjected to strip-search, DNA swabbing and cavity searches, she wrote. On...
09:41
Condemning the procedures adopted by law enforcement agencies while arresting Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade last week, an Indian-American advocacy group has sought the help of US lawmakers in investigating the circumstances of her arrest and the procedures followed.
09:30
Dense fog once again hit the operations at the IGI Airport here today, delaying the schedule of over 40 domestic and international flights and causing inconvenience to fliers. The runway visibility was good at night and operations were smooth but it started to deteriorate after 6:30 am and...
08:15
The US Marshals Service (USMS) has confirmed that Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was subjected to strip search after her arrest in New York last week, and subjected to the same search procedures as other arrestees. As for the type of search, I can only confirm that she was subject to the...
08:14
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, arrested last week for alleged visa fraud, is protected from prosecution by virtue of her diplomatic status and this is an embarrassing failure of the American international protocol, her attorney has said.Dr Khobragade is protected from prosecution by virtue...
08:13
Two people were killed and two injured in a shooting at hospital in Nevada, in which the gunman apparently took his own life, police said. The incident occurred at a building connected to the Renown Regional Medical Centre in Reno yesterday, reports said.
03:05
Harold Camping, the US preacher who used his evangelical radio ministry and thousands of billboards to broadcast the end of the world and then gave up public prophecy when his date-specific doomsdays did not come to pass, has died at age 92.Camping, a retired civil engineer who built a worldwide...
00:36
Facebook today began serving up video ads that pop up and play when users check their news feeds.The leading online social network said it is testing the new advertising technique this week with a clip teasing the new film Divergent. Since September, we've been testing a way to make videos...
00:35
NSA leaker Edward Snowden wrote an open letter to the people of Brazil posted on the website of the Folha de S Paulo newspaper. He said he would be willing to help Brazil investigate NSA spying but needs political asylum. Read the full text of the letter here.
00:30
Nelson Mandela topped Google's list of the hottest searches for 2013 as the Internet giant provided a look at the spirit of the times online.The 13th annual Google Zeitgeist compilation mined Internet search trends through the year to spotlight people, places and events that captured the world's...
00:29
Pope Francis has declared the 16th-century Jesuit Pierre Favre a saint, bypassing the Vatican's typical saint-making procedures to honour the first recruit of Jesuit founder St Ignatius Loyola.The announcement was made on Francis' 77th birthday. Favre, who lived from 1506 to 1546, met Ignatius...
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Fuming government gives US taste of its own medicineIndia strips US diplomats of privilegesRajya Sabha passes Lokpal Bill, Lok Sabha to debate it on WednesdayBJP will oppose Communal Violence Bill in Parliament: RajnathRetail giant Tesco plans to enter India; partners Tata'Armaan Kohli is a...
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