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Out-on-bail India pacer S Sreesanth started training today for the first time after being embroiled in the spot-fixing scandal and has expressed hope of getting back on to the field soon.Started training again..gods grace..first day..slowly getting back to normal life..thanks a lot for all ur...
22:56
The special CBI court hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case today rejected the application of Talwar couple, seeking 10-day time to appeal against its June 18 order in the Allahabad High Court.Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal turned down the application, saying that it was filed to delay the...
21:34
The South Central Railway which is running a special train with 18 coaches from Delhi to Secunderabad for the pilgrims returning from Uttarakhand has decided to extend it to Visakhapatnam. The train left Delhi on Friday (June 21) at 2130hrs.The railway said in a statement that it would be...
21:14
A Kuala Lumpur-bound Oman Air flight from Muscat with 226 passengers and 11 crew on board made an emergency landing in Mumbai on Saturday following a mid-air bomb scare. After the plane made an emergency landing, it was taken to an isolation bay and fire service and bomb disposal squad were...
21:12
In a bid to attract investment from NRIs, India is considering introduction of diaspora bonds to facilitate greater inflow of funds in the infrastructure sector.Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said government was examining longer-term investment instruments for the overseas Indians...
20:01
Hong Kong was silent Saturday on whether a former National Security Agency contractor should be extradited to the United States now that he has been charged with espionage, but some legislators said the decision should be up to the Chinese government.Edward Snowden, believed to be holed up in...
20:00
Mass exodus of migrant labourers begins in Tura of West Garo hills district of Meghalaya following Friday's incident in which two labourers were lynched to death and another sustained serious injuries by a wild mob after their alleged involvement inmolesting and attempt to rape a mentally...
19:58
A sessions court has granted anticipatory bail to starlet Sana Khan in a case wherein she has been charged with attempt to kidnap and detain a minor girl in Navi Mumbai. The court of additional sessions judge A S Waghwase yesterday confirmed the interim anticipatory bail it had granted to...
19:55
TR Baalu, Leader of DMK Parliamentary Party, on Saturday met Defence Minister AK Antony and handed over donation worth Rs 25 lakh on his party's behalf for Uttarakhand flood relief.After handing over the cheque to Antony, Baalu told media persons, Our tradition is to contribute to relief during...
19:11
China has signed a long-term agreement with Russia for oil deliveries with an estimated value of $270 billion over the next 25 years.The deal will see the supply of 365 million metric tons of oil to China starting from next month, state-run China Daily reported.China's largest State-owned oil and...
19:08
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked why the UPA government was in a hurry to legislate the Food Security Bill when its continuance was in doubt, while denying that Trinamool Congress was opposed to it.Congress is saying that they are going to pass the National Food Security...
18:24
The Pentagon has granted many exceptions, possibly numbering in the thousands, to allow staff members who administer secure computer networks to use flash drives and other portable storage devices, department spokesmen say.The exceptions to policies barring the use of such devices could make it...
18:07
Control rooms of various state governments set up in New Delhi are abuzz with frantic phone calls as relatives of stranded tourists in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand are calling anxiously to find out their whereabouts.While operations are underway on a war footing to rescue pilgrims stranded in...
17:14
Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels that the current Indian ODI team that will be playing in the Champions Trophy is 'better' than the one which won the World Cup two years back in 2011. India have been the team of the tournament so far. They are a fearless,...
17:13
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the apex body of Sikhs, today dispatched two dozen vehicles including ambulances to Dehradun to assist the ongoing rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. Mini buses, SUVs and ambulances have been sent...
16:37
The military ambulance that rushed Nelson Mandela to hospital two weeks ago broke down and another had to be called, but the unforeseen incident did not endanger the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon, the South African Presidency said today. Mandela,...
16:35
A Kuala Lumpur-bound Oman Air flight from Muscat today made an emergency landing in Mumbai after a mid-air bomb scare, airport officials said. The flight landed safely and the plane has been taken to a remote...
16:33
European Union finance ministers today put off a decision on new bank resolution and recovery rules till next Wednesday after negotiations lasting around 20 hours failed to produce an agreement. Their meeting in Luxembourg was intended to reach a deal on...
16:08
West Bengal Governor M KNarayanan today virtually disapproved of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comment -- that a section of panelists on some local TV news channels critical of her were involved in pornography. I have not heard the statement, so...
15:20
Troops of the country's largest paramilitary force CRPF have donated their one day earnings for the victims of the Uttarakhand floods. The force will send this money in the Prime Minister's Relief Fund by next...
14:49
Mukhtar Ahmad reports from Srinagar: Two policemen were killed on Saturday when militants shot at them in Srinagar.A senior police official told rediff.com, Militants shot at the policemen from a close range. They were rushed to the hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.
14:42
The trial of seven Pakistanis, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, was today adjourned for a week as the new judge hearing the case was on leave. The case was shifted from an...
14:41
The BJP on Saturday reiterated its demand that the Uttarakhand floods be declared a national calamity, and expressed hope that there are no more casualties. Thousands have already succumbed to the vagaries of monsoon and vagaries of nature, but no further casualties should happen....
14:37
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said that close to 30,000 people have been rescued so far from different parts of Uttarakhand, while over 40,000 people are still stranded. Shinde, who took stock of the rescue and relief operations in the flash flood hit areas of...
13:49
Social media giant Facebook has recently learned that a bug in one of its programme tools 'inadvertently' revealed information about its users without their knowledge. According to Fox News, the bug was identified as a ''programming flaw'', which revealed information related to email...
13:46
Swiss prosecutors have declared Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari ''free of charges'' and have refused to reopen a probe into the alleged corruption case involving Zardari and his late wife Benazir Bhutto in 1990. The prosecutors said that the decision was taken on 4th February this year...
13:44
The latest set of revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that the UK's spy agency Government Communication Headquarters reportedly has access to world's phone calls and Internet traffic and shares it with the US's National Security Agency. It has been revealed that GCHQ has...
13:42
Admitting that there has been a lack of coordination between government agencies engaged in rescue work in Uttarakhand, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said operations are underway on war footing to evacuate nearly 40,000 stranded...
13:41
Two more Naval officers of the Southern Naval command in Kochi have filed a petition in the Kerala high court, seeking to set aside the FIR registered by police on a complaint of sexual harassment filed by the estranged wife of another officer. The petition was filed...
11:27
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who is serving a 24-year prison term for his role in the once-mighty energy giant's collapse, has succeeded in getting his prison sentence reduced by 10 years as part of an agreement with prosecutors. US District...
11:24
US President Barack Obama has nominated James Comey, a Bush-era Justice Department official, as the next FBI director. If confirmed by the Senate, the 52-year-old former hedge fund executive would succeed Robert...
11:10
Pakistan's chief selector Iqbal Qasim has made it clear that he has no intention of stepping down because of the national team's poor performance in the Champions Trophy. To say that only I or my fellow selectors should resign because the team performed badly in the...
10:06
British comedian Russell Brand has canceled his shows in Lebanon and Abu Dhabi amid threats from extremists. Brand believes his look on the promotional poster for his upcoming Messiah Complex world tour may have caused the...
10:05
The main dialogue on the reconciliation process is going on between the Taliban and the Afghanistan government, the United States has said. The main dialogue that we support is the dialogue between Afghans, between the Taliban and the Afghan government. However, there are some...
02:26
Singapore's pollution standards index (PSI) tipped the scales at 401 at noon on Friday, the highest ever recorded, as the government warned that the lingering haze could last for weeks. The National Environment Agency warned the elderly, pregnant women, children and those with heart and lung...
02:24
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized Western nations for failing to ensure that weapons it plans to supply to Syrian rebels do not fall into the hands of al Qaeda. Where will those weapons end up, Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which was moderated by...
01:44
BBC: US President Barack Obama has nominated a former justice department official under President George W Bush as the next FBI director. If confirmed by the Senate, James Comey will replace outgoing director Robert Mueller III, serving for 10 years. At the White House, Mr Obama praised Mr...
01:21
A British spy agency taps the network of cables that carry the world's internet and telephone communications to secretly collect vast streams of private information, documents leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed. The GCHQ agency scoops as much as it can from Facebook...
01:16
Michael Jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run, but he unknowingly set another record that led to his death. Jackson may be the only human ever to go two months without REM -- rapid eye movement -- sleep, which is vital to keep the brain and body...
00:23
Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied across Brazil as part of a protest movement over the quality of public services and the high cost of staging the World Cup. President Dilma Rousseff called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday amid mounting pressure on her government in the...
00:19
U'khand: Death toll crosses 550; 50,000 still strandedNext two days crucial for rescue, says NDRFHow government neglect caused the Himalayan tsunamiKerry leaves for India to attend annual strategic dialogueDeclare U'khand, Himachal floods a national calamity: Par panelRains claim 28 lives in...
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